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180 Questions Enquiries About Islam Volume One: The Practical Laws Volume ١

Author: Ayatullah Makarim Shirazi
: Sayyid Husain Husaini
Translator: Shaykh Shahnawaz Mahdavi
Publisher: The Islamic Education Board of the World Federation of KSIMC
Category:

• Transliteration Table
• A Few Words About This Book by Ayatullah Al-Uzma Makarim Shirazi
• Biography of the Author
• His Studies
• Political Activities
• The Religious Help and Support
• 1. Religious Publications Centre for the Shi`a
• 2. Organizing Gatherings to Offer Lessons in Theology and other Religious Teachings
• 3. Islamic Council to Protect the Youth
• 4. Struggles Against Deviant Thoughts
• 5. Establishing Organizations and Centres of Learning
• 6. Writings
• Introduction
• The Prayers
• 1. What is the philosophy behind Wudu and Ghusl?
• Philosophy of Ghusl
• Explanation
• 2. What is the Philosophy behind Tayammum?
• 1. The Ethical Benefit
• 2. The Sanitary Benefit
• 3. What is the manner of washing the face, and wiping the head and the feet in Wudu?
• 4. What is the need to face the Qiblah in prayers?
• 5. What secrets lay behind the changing of the Qiblah?
• 6. What is the philosophy of prayers?
• 7. Why should we offer prayers at prescribed times?
• Notes
• Fasting
• 8. What is the philosophy of fasting?
• The Social Effects of Fasting
• The Medical and Curing Effects of Fasting
• Notes
• Khums
• 9. Is allocation of one half of Khums for the Bani Hashim not favouritism?
• Notes
• Zakat
• 10. What is the philosophy behind (the payment) of Zakat?
• Notes
• Hajj
• 11. What is the secret and philosophy of Hajj?
• The Ethical Dimension
• The Political Dimension
• The Cultural Dimension
• The Financial Dimension
• Hajj, An Important Worship for Human Development
• Notes
• Jihad
• 12. What purpose does Islam seek to achieve by Jihad? What is the need for the ‘Initiating Jihad’?
• The ‘Initiating’ and ‘Liberating’ Jihad
• The ‘Defensive’ Jihad
• Jihad for the ‘Eradication of Polytheism and Idolatry’
• 13. How does Islam attest slavery?
• Islam’s Strategy for Liberating Slaves
• The First Part: Eliminating the Sources of Slavery
• The Second Part: Opening the Door Towards freedom
• The main points of this program
• 14. What is Jizyah and What is its Philosophy?
• 15. What is the Philosophy behind the Prohibition of Battles in the Holy Months?
• Notes
• The Rights of Women In Islam
• 16. What Rights does Islam offer to Women?
• One Should not Err With Respect to the Meaning Of ‘Equality’
• The Spiritual Worth of Man and Woman
• 17. What is the Philosophy of Hijab?
• Criticisms Levelled by the Opponents of Hijab
• 18. Why is the Inheritance of Men twice that of Women?
• Explanation
• 19. Why is Blood Money for Women half that for Men?
• Explanation
• 20. What is the philosophy behind the dower for women?
• Explanation
• 21. How does Islam permit the physical punishment of women?
• 22. Why are men permitted to have more than one spouse whereas the women are not?
• 23. What is meant by ‘justice’ as mentioned in the conditions (to be considered) with respect to polygamy?
• 24. What is the philosophy behind temporary marriage?
• Criticisms levelled against temporary marriage
• Russell and temporary marriage
• 25. Did temporary marriage exist during the time of the Noble Prophet (s.a.w)?
• 26. What is the philosophy behind Muhallil?
• 27. What is the philosophy behind the observance of Iddah?
• Iddah, a means for reconciliation and return
• Iddah, a means to protect the generation
• Notes
• Philosophy Behind Some of the Prohibited Acts of Islam
• 28. What is the philosophy behind the prohibition of gambling?
• Gambling, the Premier cause of agitation and excitement
• Connection between crime and gambling
• The economic harms of gambling
• The social harms of gambling
• 29. What is music and what is the philosophy behind its prohibition?
• The philosophy behind the prohibition of music
• 1. Encouragement towards moral degradation
• 2. Heedlessness with respect to the remembrance of Allah
• 3. The harmful effects upon the nerves
• Music, one of the tools of the colonialists
• 30. What is the philosophy behind the prohibition of fornication?
• 31. What philosophy governs the prohibition of homosexuality?
• 32. What is the philosophy behind the prohibition of (consumption of) liquor?
• Effects of alcohol upon age
• The effects of alcohol upon the offspring
• Effects of alcohol upon the morals
• The social harms of alcohol
• The economic harms of alcoholic drinks
• 33. What is the philosophy that governs the prohibition of (consumption of) pork?
• 34. What is the philosophy behind the prohibition of sexual intercourse during menstruation?
• 35. What is the philosophy for the prohibition of marriage with one’s ‘immediate relatives’?
• Notes
• The Noble Qur`an
• 36. Has the Qur`an been altered?
• 37. How is the Qur`an a miracle?
• 38. Is the miracle of the Qur`an confined to its eloquence only?
• 39. How do we know they have not brought the like of the Qur`an?
• 40. What do al-Huruf al-Muqatt’ah (The Broken Letters) of the Qur`an mean?
• 41. Has the Qur`an attested the contents of the Torah and the Gospels?
• 42. Was the Qur`an collected during the time of the Noble Prophet (s.a.w) or after him?
• One Question
• 43. What are the ‘clear’ and the ‘ambiguous’ verses?
• 44. Why are some of the verses of the Qur`an ambiguous?
• 45. Is Bismillah a part of (every) chapter?
• 46. Why is it forbidden to give the Qur`an to a disbeliever?
• Notes