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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Your Questions Answered (volume 7) Q. 60: Ladies To Supervise Children's Procession A procession of small children was taken out in the car park of the mosque and a few ladies assisted thesk children. Ali these ladies were in proper hijab. To this the Jamaat had agreed. Was it lawful, according to the shari'ah, for these ladies to be out in the car park to supervise the children's procession?

A: If all conditions of hijab were observed then it was certainly lawful, according to shari'ah for the ladies to be out in the car park. Q. 61: WHY WE DO NOT WASH FEET IN WUDHU Allah the Almighty has prescribed the way wudhu should be done. He says: "O ye who believe! When ye prepare for prayer, wash your faces, and your hands (and arms) to the elbows: rub your heads (with water): and (wash) your feet to the ankles." (5:6).

Why are we Shi'as doing the other way completely different from that shown by Allah? A: I do not know from where you have taken this translation. However, it needs not much intelligence to realize that the words given within the brackets are not in the original Arabic. Also if you look at the Arabic column on the right side, you will see that there is no punctuation mark from the beginning of the verse till it comes to the words, (i.e. to the ankles).

Now read the translation omitting the words in brackets and ignoring the arbitrary punctuation marks. You will find: "O you who believe! when you prepare (actual trans: rise up) for prayer wash your faces and your hands to (or.

as far as) the elbows and wipe your heads and your feet to the ankles." Grammatically our stand is so clear that the famous Sunni scholar, Imam Fakhruddin Razi has written in his Tafsir Kabir under this verse that the Arabic grammatical rules support the wiping (mas-h) of feet. Also you are advised to read answer to the Question 69 in Your Questions Answered, Vol.6, where more detail is given. Q.62: TAKING HELP IN WUDHU: Is a 2nd person allowed to help one in doing wudhu e.g.

giving him water in his hand from a jug/cup whatever it be, or one should do this job by himself? A: One of the conditions of wudhu is that the person concerned should do it himself/herself.