Recent advances in the field of cloning and stem cell research have introduced new hope for treatment of serious diseases. But this promise has been accompanied by enormous questions. Currently, cloning is a matter of public discussion. It is rare that a field of science causes debate and challenge not only among scientists but also among ethicists, religious scholars, governments, and politici...

by accepting the responsibility of ‘āqila (blood relatives of the person perpetrated homicide) in unintentional homicides, the islamic penal law, passed on ordibehesht 1, 1392 sh/march 21, 2013, has included this view in article 463. this law maintains the following concerning how to pay for the diya (blood money) mentioned under article 468, “‘āqila includes father, son, and the paternal and m...

islamic azad university of maymeh, young and elite research club, maymeh, iran moon is considered a natural calendar for human individuals. proving the crescent sighting is among the issues that all human beings are somehow in need of. similarly, the islamic religious law has subjected some of the important devotional acts upon proving the crescent sighting. this very fundamental function of th...

one of the most important issues in the occultation age that has been discussed by islamic jurists is whether the implementation of hudod punishment is allowed during the occultation age of infallible imam or not. the jurists have different opinions about this issue that we could generally categorize such opinions into three groups. the majority of jurists believe in the permissibility of perfo...

in islamic jurisprudence, juridical disagreement means dispute between islamic jurists to confirm a comment or proscribe another. disagreement is arising from contradict reasons or jurist concepts. whether concern other concepts is necessary or not, is a contradict matter. in the shafi'ite's jurist opinion avoidance from diversity is recommended for all jurists and followers. it means...