What is the reason behind solar and lunar eclipses?
Category: Society & the World
Television in hospitals
Some of the inpatient rooms have a television; Some of the patients want it and others do not – and this can cause strain upon some of them. What should we do in this situation?
Exchanging greetings and well-wishes for the New Year
Is it permissible for a person to initiate the well-wishing for the new year to someone?
An unqualified doctor performing medical surgery
Should a doctor put himself forward to perform medical surgery if he is not proficient in it?
Taking the initial bow in karate
We joined one of the Karate clubs in America and the trainer said [to us]: “It is required of you to take an initial bow when you are bowed to” [at the start of the karate dual]…
He had stolen a camel and instructed his son to return it after his death
A bedouin man stole a camel, and when death approached him he instructed his son to return it [to it’s owner], however, his son does not know who the owner is.
The oppressed supplicating against his oppressor
Does the oppressed have the right to supplicate against his oppressor?
Gender change operations
And the Council studied the matter of changing a male to a female and a female to a male [gender change operation] and [in so doing] studied research papers already prepared in this field…
The ruling regarding a hermaphrodite
Is a hermaphrodite to be treated as a female, bearing in mind his affair has not yet become clear ? And are all the rulings which are applicable to a woman [likewise] applicable to him?
Research and testing using animals
Is it permissible to perform research [and testing] upon animals for medical and medicinal advancement?