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Ask A Question About Islam And Muslims

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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.
I am interested in learning about Shia Islam of Iranians and their leader Ayatullah Khamenei and aspects of their religious worldview in terms of political turmoils around the world especially that of Gaza and Palestine. Can you help me?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

You can ask your local Aalim to help you to learn or to have useful websites.

Wassalam.
Some individuals identify as non-sectarian and argue that classifying oneself into a specific sect is incorrect, citing Surah al-Anam verse 159 as evidence. What justifies our classification as Shi'is, and how should we respond to their perspective?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

There is a big misunderstanding or misguiding regarding the meaning of this verse and another similar verses. شيعا means groups and does not have any link with Shia شيعة.  Allah in Quran Praised the great Prophet Ebraheem of being. Shia وإنَّ مِن شيعته لإبراهيم  (Sura Al-Saffaat, verse 83). Allah (SWT) called the sincere followers of the prophets as their Shia as we read in Quran Sura Al-Qasab, verse 15.

The groups blamed are those who went away from the Prophet and his real successors (Abul Bayt) while the real followers of the Prophet are called his Shia. We thank Allah for granting us with this great bounty of being a Shia of the Prophet (SAWA) and Ahlul Bayt (AS) and saving us from those groups who went away from Ahlul Bayt (AS).

'When we say that we are Shia Muslims, it means that we are following the original Islam of the Prophet and his holy Progeny.

Wassalam.
Could you provide the names of Shi'a Maraje' who allow trading in cryptocurrency derivatives or futures?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi

List of Shia great scholars who allow cryptocurrency dealings include Ayatullah Sayyed Musa Shubayri Zanjani in Qum, and Ayatullah Shaikh Baqir Ayrawani in Najaf Ashraf and Ayatullah Shaikh Hasan Jawahiri in Najaf Ashraf. Late Ayatullah Sayyed Sa'eed Al-Hakeem in Najaf Ashraf allowed also dealing with crypto currencies.

Wassalam.