Alhassanain(p) Network for Heritage and Islamic Thought

A Code of Practice For Muslims in the West

This book is corrected and edited by Al-Hassanain (p) Institue for Islamic Heritage and Thought

• Introduction
• Notes
• Editor's Note
• Translator's Preface
• Notes
• Author's Preface
• Migration to Non-Muslim Countries
• Introduction
• General Rules
• Questions and Answers
• Notes
• Taqlid: Following a Jurist
• Introduction
• General Rules
• Questions and Answers
• Note
• Taharat & Najasat: Ritual purity & impurity
• Introduction
• General Rules
• Questions and Answers
• Notes
• Salat: The ritual prayer
• Introduction
• General Rules
• Questions and Answers
• Notes
• Sawm: Fasting
• Introduction
• General Rules
• Questions and Answers
• Note
• Hajj: The pilgrimage to Mecca
• Introduction
• General Rules
• Questions and Answers
• Notes
• Death related issues
• Introduction
• General Rules
• Before Death
• Ablution (Ghusl) for the Corpse
• Tahnit and Shrouding
• The Prayer
• Burial
• Question and Answers
• Notes
• Eating & Drinking
• Introduction
• General Rules
• Questions and Answers
• Notes
• Dress & Clothings
• Introduction
• General Rules
• Questions and Answers
• Dealing with laws in non-Muslim countries
• Introduction
• General Rules
• Questions and Answers
• Note
• Work & investment
• Introduction
• General Rules
• Questions and Answer
• Notes
• Interaction in social life
• Introduction
• General Rules
• Rights of one’s Relatives
• The Parents
• The Elderly
• Visiting One Another
• The Neighbour
• Truthfulness
• Husband and Wife
• Friendship with non-Muslims
• Al-Amr bi ’l-Ma‘rûf and an-Nahi ‘ani ’l-Munkar
• Kindness towards People
• Making Peace Between People
• Sincere Advice for Muslim Brethren
• Spying
• Backbiting, Namimah
• Extravagance and Waste
• Charity
• Gifts for Family members
• Concern for the Muslim Ummah
• Questions and Answers
• Notes
• Medical Issues
• Introduction
• General Rules
• Question and Answers
• AIDS
• Note
• Marriage
• Introduction
• General Rules
• Questions and Answers
• Notes
• Women's issues
• Introduction
• General Rules
• Questions and Answers
• Notes
• Youth's issues
• Introduction
• General Rules
• Questions and Answers
• Music, singing & dancing
• Introduction
• General Rules
• Questions and Answers
• Notes
• Miscellaneous
• Introduction
• General Rules
• Questions and Answers
• Epilogue
• Appendices
• Specimen of the Answers of His Eminence Ayatullah as-Sistani to some of the questions in this Book
• List of Main Haram Ingredients Used in the Manufacturing of Food
• Explanation on Ingredients and Preservatives Used in Food Products
• List of scale fish
• Note