Jurisprudence of Life

 
Introduction
First: The direct approach
Second: The indirect approach
The Translator's Introduction
A Preface by the late Religious Authority, His Eminence, Sayyed Muhammad Hussein Fadlullah(ra)
Emulation: A Culture
The duty of emulation: A historical recount
Conditions of emulation
Emulating a dead Religious Authority
Freezing the development of jurisprudence
Condition of knowledgeability in emulation
The permissibility of Tab'eed
The qualifications of a religious authority
The duties of the Mukallaf towards the religious authority
Disagreeing with mainstream views (Al-Ma- sh'hour)..
Secondary considerations
Emergence of new factors
The sources of derivation (Istinbat)
Religious permissions
Pure or impure
Sewage water
Other issues
Jurisprudence of Family
Obedience to Parents
Children's secrets
Raising children and the principle of freedom...
Women's adornment
Wigs and veils
Music and dancing
Miscellaneous
Hitting children
Parent's stands vs. children's freedom
The discerning child
Wives and household chores
Hitting partners
Responding to wives' desires
Child trafficking
The marriage bond
Times of privacy
Elderly women
Earnestness in temporary marriage
Polyandry
Jurisprudence of Fashion
A fashionable veil
Eccentric clothes
The social veil
The mental veil (barrier)
Changes in the meaning of the veil
The Islamic characteristics of the veil
Jurisprudence of Immigration
Jurisprudence of Minorities
Changing nationality and related issues
Residence
Allegiance to non-Muslim rulers
Submitting to the laws of non-Islamic govern- ments.
Relying on a non-Islamic judiciary
Working in non-Muslim governments
The relationship with non-Muslims
Code of conduct in dealing with western institu- tions.
Relations with Christian institutions
Joining political parties
Leniency over doing what is prohibited
Opening up to non-Muslims
Jurisprudence of Press
Jurisprudence of the Market
Copyrights
Banks and deposits
Rules governing slaughtered animals and selling
meat.
Landlords and tenants
Insurance companies
Jurisprudence of Relations
The relationship between the two sexes
The relationship with the People of the Book
Relationships with Non-Muslims
The bases of dealing among Muslims
Yesterday's foe, today's friend
The limits and specifications of the just state
Breaching the laws of a state and transgressing its
properties.
Jurisprudence of Elections
Electoral lists
Jurisprudence of Medicine
Limits and restraints
Euthanasia (Mercy Killing)
Autopsy... abortion and organ donation
Rulings and individual interests
Human Cloning
But:
Jurisprudence of Arts
Statues and portraits
Female artists wearing the veil
Singing and enchantment
Dirbasha
Jurisprudence of Amusing Games and Parties.
Birthday Parties
Jurisprudence of sex
Transsexuals (Sex Reassignment Surgery (SRS)).
So, what is meant by Allah's creation?
Inferiority of sex
The hymen
Female circumcision
Muta'a and legalized fornication
Jurisprudence of Literature
Jurisprudence of Sports
Jurisprudence of Rituals
Visits (Ziyarat)
Miscellaneous Issues
The conditions of the crescent sighting.
Rulings of homelands
Horns and loud noises
Garbage
Implicit permission
Issues in Islamic Doctrine
Opinions on Infallibility