Although we have referred to all of the printed books...

Although we have referred to all of the printed books detailing the various laws of Islam from each of the Maraja’, but just to be completely satisfied that what we have compiled is correct, we had three of the major scholars who work in the offices of each of the Maraja’ look over our work.

For ease of reading, it is possible that the rulings we have included in this book, which we may put forth as a “Rule”, may have been posed to the office of the Marja’ in the form of a question, or vice-versa.

The abbreviations for the Maraja’ Taqlid are as follows: A Ayatullah al-Udhma al-haj ash-Shaykh ‘Ali al-Araki B Ayatullah al-Udhma al-haj ash-Shaykh Muhammad Taqi al-Behjat G Ayatullah al-Udhma al-haj as-Sayyid Muhammad Riza al-Gulpaygani K Ayatullah al-Udhma al-haj as-Sayyid Ruhullah al-Musawi al-Khumayni L Ayatullah al-Udhma al-haj ash-Shaykh Muhammad Fazil al-Lankarani M Ayatullah al-Udhma al-haj ash-Shaykh Nasir Makarim al-Shirazi S Ayatullah al-Udhma al-haj as-Sayyid ‘Ali al-Husaini as-Seestani T Ayatullah al-Udhma al-haj ash-Shaykh Mirza Jawad al-Tabrizi…