Section three deals with man’s personal status...
Section three deals with man’s personal status, such as matrimonial matters, votive offering (nadhr), covenants, oaths, etc. Discussed in this section too are matters of al amr bil ma’rouf wan nahi anil munkar (enjoining what is good and forbidding what is wrong) and two dialogues on general themes.
According to this plan, the book shall feature the following dialogues: Taqleed, Najis and Tahir things, Janabah (the state of being najis after a sexual act that may or may not lead to ejaculation), Haydh (menstruation), Wudhu (an act of ablution that is required before the performance of certain acts of worship), Ghusl (obligatory ceremonial bathing that is required after certain acts or occurrences), Tayamum (Dry ablution, i.e.
using dust instead of water, as in the cases of wudhu and ghusl when, for specific reasons, these acts are not possible), Jabirah (splint), Prayer, in two parts, Fasting, Hajj, Zakat (the poor rate: A legally prescribed tax), Khums (a type of religious levy, equivalent to one fifth of taxable income), Trade, Slaughtering and Hunting, Marriage, Divorce, Votive Offering, Oath, and Covenant, Making a Will, Inheritance, Waqf (religious endowment), Enjoining what is good and forbidding what is evil, and the two all-round dialogues, covering matters ranging from women issues, reproduction, medical, ethical, science and technology, entertainment to donating human organs.
This edition of the book has been the subject of checking and scrutiny by the Office of Grand Ayatullah as-Sayyid as-Seestani in Holy Najaf to ensure that the contents conform to his edicts. Where necessary modifications have been made to ensure compliance. I hope that I have succeeded in what I set out to do. I thank all those who lent me their support in the process of writing this book.
Finally, I pray to Allah, the Most High, to make me amongst those, “..given his book in his right hand, these shall read their book..” (17/71), make my work pure in His way on, “The day on which property will not avail, nor sons, except him who comes to Allah with a heart free (of evil)”. (26/88, 89). “..Oh Lord! do not punish us if we forget or make a mistake..”. (2/286). “..Oh Lord! Thy forgiveness (do we crave), and to Thee is the eventual course”. (2/285).