180 Questions book Part 1 - Ayatullah Makarem Shirazi   Table Of Contents

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Prayers  

1 -       What is the philosophy behind wudhu and ghusl?

2 -          What is the philosophy behind tayammum?

3 -        What is the manner of washing the face, and wiping the head and the feet in wudhu?

4 -         What is the need to face the Qiblah in the prayers?

5 -          What secrets lay behind the changing of the Qiblah?

6 -         What is the philosophy of prayers?

7 -        Why should we offer the prayers at prescribed times?

Fasts

8 -              What is the philosophy of fasts?  

Khums

9 -              Is allocation of one half of khums for the Bani Hashim not favouritism?  

Zakaat 

10 -          What is the philosophy behind (the payment) of zakaat?  

Hajj 

11 -          What is the secret and philosophy of Hajj?  

Jihad 

12 -          What aim does Islam seek to achieve by jihad?  What is the need for the Initiating Jihad?

13 -          How does Islam attest slavery?

14 -          What is jizyah and what is the philosophy behind it?

15 -          What is the philosophy behind the prohibition of battles in the holy months?    

Rights Of Women In Islam 

16 -          What rights does Islam have to offer to the women?

17 -          What is the philosophy of hijab?

18 -          Why is the inheritance of men twice that of women?

19 -          Why is blood money for women half that for men?

20 -          What is the philosophy behind the dower for women?

21 -          How does Islam permit the physical punishment of women?

22 -          Why are men permitted to have more than one spouse whereas the women are not?

23 -          What is meant by ‘justice’, mentioned in the conditions (to be considered) with respect to polygamy?

24 -          What is the philosophy behind temporary marriage?

25 -          Did temporary marriage exist during the time of the holy prophet (peace be upon him and his progeny)?

26 -          What is the philosophy behind muhallil?

27 -          What is the philosophy behind the observance of i’ddah?

  Philosophy Behind Some Of The Acts Prohibited In Islam  

28 -          What is the philosophy behind the prohibition on gambling?

29 -          What is music, and what philosophy exists behind its prohibition?

30 -          What is the philosophy behind the prohibition of fornication?

31 -          What philosophy governs the prohibition of homosexuality?

32 -          What is the philosophy behind the prohibition of (consumption of) liquor?

33 -          What is the philosophy that governs the prohibition of (consumption of) pork?

34 -          What is the philosophy behind the prohibition of sexual intercourse during menstruation?

35 -          What is the philosophy for the prohibition of marriage with one’s ‘immediate relatives’?  

Qur’an  

36 -          Has the Qur’an been altered?

37 -          How is the Qur’an a miracle?

38 -          Is the miracle of the Qur’an confined to its eloquence only?

39 -          How do we know they have not brought the like of the Qur'an?

40 -          What do al-huruf al-muqatta’h (the broken letters) of the Qur’an mean?

41 -          Has the Qur’an attested the contents of the Torah and the Gospels?

42 -          Was the Qur’an collected during the time of the holy prophet (peace be upon him and his progeny) or after him?

43 -          What are the ‘clear’ and the ‘ambiguous’ verses?

44 -          Why are some of the verses of the Qur’an ambiguous?

45 -          Is Bismillah a part of (every) chapter?

46 -          Why is it forbidden to give the Qur’an to a disbeliever?

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