The Fundamentals of Religion (Book of “The Position Between Two Positions”)

“Indeed, those who disbelieve and die while they are disbelievers – never would the [whole] capacity of the earth in gold be accepted from one of them if he would [seek to] ransom himself with it.” [Āl ʿImrān:91] Question: What...

Question: Allah the Exalted says: “O Prophet, strive against the disbelievers and the hypocrites and be harsh upon them.” [At-Tawbah:73]. It has not been narrated in the Prophet’s (May Allah bless him and his family and grant them peace) biography...

Question: The scholars of the madhhab said: The congregational prayer is not valid behind a sinner (fāsiq) or anyone who is considered as such. The sinner is well known, but we want a rule by which we can recognize one...

I asked some scholars—may Allah be pleased with them—about whether the singer or the listener to songs is an immoral sinner, and they hesitated and did not decisively judge him so, even though the evidences for the prohibition of singing...

Question: Some scholars of Ahl al-Bayt said that one is not decisively judged as a disbeliever or immoral sinner for saying “exiting the Fire,” while it is known that the claim that the people of major sins will leave the...

Question: Allah (Most High) said: "As for those who believe and whose descendants follow them in faith, We will join their descendants with them, and We will not deprive them of anything of their deeds. Every person, for what he...

Question: The hadith: “Whoever relieves a remorseful one, Allah will relieve his slip on the Day of Resurrection.” If the “slip” is major, nothing expiates it except repentance—as is known in the principles of the Imams (Peace be Upon Them)....

Question: What is requested is the explanation and clarification of minor sins.

[Question]: On the view that the major sins nullify deeds: if a believer commits a major sin and then repents, do the good deeds he had done before the sin return to him, or do they not return? And if...

Question: It has been authentically transmitted from some of our Imāms (Peace be upon them) that they held the view of balancing (al-muwāzanah) between good deeds and evil deeds, using as proof His saying, exalted is He: "So whoever does...