The Necessity of Fiqh and Ijtihad in Responding to Emerging Issues

A senior official at Department for Contemporary Jurisprudence (Fiqh) in Qom, discussed that fiqh and ijtihad must respond to modern and emerging...

Ḥiyāzah as the Basis of Initial Ownership in Fiqh

Theoretical premise that the origin of all forms of ownership lies in ḥiyāzah - taking possession or acquiring unknown objects is discussed.

Rethinking Precaution in Life, Blood, and Honor

Critical re-assessment on the principles of precaution (iḥtiyāṭ) in matters of furūj (sexual relations), dimāʾ (blood/life), and nufūs (human lives)