Fatwas Archive

Question: A man pledged an item to another as security for a debt until a fixed term. When the term fell due, the owner of the pledged item did not come. Is it permissible for the pledgee to sell the...

What is the solution to the problem of a man who, when he thinks about the creature, immediately thinks about the Creator, and he cannot dismiss this satanic thought, etc.?

What is the meaning of “Do not curse time, for time is God,” etc.?

Question: There are grazing commons (maḥājir) and irrigation channels (masāqī). The people of a land may agree to divide those tracts among themselves. Is it obligatory, in such cases, to allocate women’s shares, or not?

Question: Custom in our lands has run, regarding the runoff attached to plots and plantings, that when they wish to divide it, the holder of the runoff right takes half, and the holder of the grazing right takes the other...

Question: Tribes have mutually recognized the division of wilderness and mountains. If they disagree and take their case to a judge, should he judge between them according to what they have mutually recognized? Or according to what the Law decrees—even...

Question: Is one who refuses to divide runoff waters and the like of rights to be compelled, or not?

Question: If the partners disagree over how to divide a tract of land—some saying it should be divided lengthwise, and some saying widthwise—and then they draw lots between them, what should the judge or the conciliator do in such a...

Question: Two people are partners in land, buildings, and trade. One of them requested division, but the other refused. Must the one who refuses accept the division, or not?

Question: Is it permissible for a man to move the road from one side of his land to the other without causing harm to the holder of the right of way? And does this differ between a public road and...