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Here are gathered important matters of faith, worship, family, conduct, money, purity, society and other parts of life. If you are interested in a specific matter, simply follow the needed link.

Short path through the most common questions

• How to accept Islam and what to believe in: accepting Islam, shahada, foundations of faith.
• How to pray: namaz, rakaat, qibla, sunnah prayer, witr.
• How to fast: fasting in Islam, tarawih, tahajjud.
• How to give charity: zakat, charity, threshold that separates the poor.
• How to perform pilgrimage: hajj, umra, ihram, tawaf.
• What to know about family and marriage: marriage in Islam, marriage contract, mahr, divorce in Islam.
• What to know about purity: ritual washing, minor ablution, wiping with wet hands, ritual cleansing with sand.
• What can and cannot be eaten: ritual slaughter, alcohol in Islam, pork in Islam.
• How Islam relates to money and trade: interest, buy-sell contract with markup, banking in Islam, withholding.
• What human rights are: human rights, etiquette, mahram.

Faith and worship

This section gathers the foundations of faith, prayer, fasting, charity and pilgrimage.

• ritual practice
• shahada, namaz, rakaat, qibla
• sunnah prayer, tarawih, tahajjud, witr, voluntary prayer
• fasting in Islam, zakat, hajj, ihram, tawaf, umra

Politics and governance

Here are gathered topics of leadership, authority, allegiance, protection and people's social status.

• Islamic leadership, caliphate, consultative council, imamate
• oath of obedience to the emir, people of the covenant, concept of security

Family and family life

This section is about marriage, family, spouses' duties, children and nursing.

• marriage in Islam, marriage contract, mahr, traveler's marriage, nikah halala, customs, marriage for a limited time
• polygyny, divorce in Islam, dissolution of marriage at the wife's initiative, waiting period after divorce
• adoption in Islam, breastfeeding

Sexual and bodily matters

Here are topics of maturity, modesty, the body and forbidden acts.

• awrah, reaching adulthood, modesty (haya), hygiene
• abortion in Islam, rape, zina, masturbation

Society and human rights

Here are gathered topics of relations between people, justice and social duties.

• human rights
• Sharia Constitution
• Sharia Criminal Code
• Sharia Criminal Procedure Code
• Sharia Labor Code
• Sharia Civil Code
• Sharia Commercial Code
• Sharia Civil Procedure Code
• Sharia Arbitration Procedure Code
• Sharia Code of Administrative Offenses
• Sharia Family Code
• Sharia Housing Code
• Sharia Land Code
• Sharia Commercial Code
• Sharia Tax Code

Criminal law and responsibility

Here are gathered questions of punishment, crimes, unrest, damage and compensation.

• grave crimes against religion, blasphemy, gambling, apostasy, corruption, spreader of vice, conspiracies
• stoning, withholding, retribution, compensation for killing or maiming

Etiquette and conduct

This section gathers topics of good behavior, boundaries of interaction and everyday etiquette.

• etiquette, separation of men and women, mahram
• respectful conduct, rules for using the toilet

Economy and property

This section is about charity, taxes, common property, inheritance and trade.

• history of Islam's economic rules, poll tax, minimum threshold amount of property, charity, withholding of property, state treasury
• banking in Islam, interest, murabaha, mutual guarantee, cheque, inheritance in Islam

Purity, hygiene and food

Here are questions of cleansing, ablution, bodily purity and permitted food.

• sexual matters, ihram, ablution, wiping with wet hands, ritual full washing, ritual cleansing with sand, miswak, impurity, ritual cleansing
• ritual slaughter, alcohol in Islam, pork in Islam, comparison with kashrut

Military matters

This section is about war, truce, defense and the status of captives.

• jihad, war booty, truce, prisoners of war

See also

• Quran
• Sunnah
• Sharia
• fiqh
• Islam