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  2. Ask A Question About Islam And Muslims

Ask A Question About Islam And Muslims

15 Questions

In Ja'fari fiqh, can Jizya only be taken from Kitabis? If so, is the only option for other groups under an Islamic Government is to convert or be killed? What would be the situation of groups like the Hindus and Buddhists under a Shi'i Islamic government?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

1. No human being will be forced to believe in the True Faith of Islam as it is clearly stated in Quran: No compulsion in religion. 2:256.

2. There is no question at all of killing a non Muslim for not converting to Islam. 
3. Jizyah is a tax paid by Kitabi non Muslims for the services they get from the Muslims government as they don't pay Zakat nor Khums unlike Muslim citizens. Non Kitabi non Muslims enjoy all services from the Muslim government and pay a tax to the government which is not Jizyah but an amount determined by the Muslim ruler if the government needs, and if the government does not need funds, can enjoy all the services free of charge.

4. Shia rulers in many parts of India never forced any Hindu or Buddhist or any non Muslim to convert to Islam, nor did they harmed them over centuries of their governments in Hyderabad, Bijapur, Awadh etc.

Wassalam.
Is forex trading considered forbidden or permissible according to the Fatwas of various mujtahids, particularly Agha Sistani and Agha Khamenei?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Forex trading is permissible as far as it involves permissible trading and avoid Haraam dealings e.g. companies dealing with alcohol, gambling, usury, weapons to kill innocents, cheating etc.

You can easily contact the offices of any Marja' of Taqleed via email and seek their advice directly.

Wassalam.
Is Forex Spot and Gold CFD trading, with no physical ownership or delivery, allowed in Shia Fiqh such as through a non-Muslim broker like Exness?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Physical possession is must in selling according to Shariah. Forex Spot and CFD trading do not have possession so it is not a proper selling and buying according to Shariah, but it looks like commitment to buy or sell based on studying the market. Such commitment is permissible despite it is not a sale transaction in Shariah, nor gambling but just commitment to buy or sell under certain conditions after studying the market's movement.

Wassalam.
What does Islamic jurisprudence say about a husband drinking his wife's breast milk during intimacy?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

Drinking wife's milk is not permissible according to obligatory precaution. This is according to Shia jurisprudence. Some Wahabi Shaikhs like Ibn Baz claims in his website www,binbaz.org that it is allowed for husband to drink his wife's milk.

Wassalam.