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Letter regarding a woman taking refuge
Regarding a woman who has run away and taken refuge at the house of the addressee in Isfahan; the writer asks for her return to the uncle. Referring to his previous letter, he expresses gratitude that the addressee has taken care of her and that she had been wise enough to go to him; it is as if she had taken refuge in her own house. The writer emphasizes that the matter should be dealt with according to the edicts of the shari‘a and sunna, especially on such a sensitive issue. If the man's family have a rightful claim, they should bring it forth; only if a settlement cannot be agreed upon,...
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Power of attorney to divorce Fatimah Baygum and Isma‘il, 1903
Isma‘il, son of Muhammad ‘Ali, gives the power of attorney to the writer to divorce his consummated wife, Fatimah Baygum (daughter of Karbalayi Muhammad), in exchange for her waiving her mahr
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Power of attorney to divorce Sakinah Khanum and Karbalayi Muhammad, 1916
Karbalayi Muhammad, son of Darvish, gives the power of attorney to the writer to divorce his consummated wife, Sakinah Khanum, daughter of Aqa Kushi [?]. She, too, gives the the power of attorney to the writer for waiving her mahr and divorcing her husband.
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Prayers and poems
On one page: prayers, including one for a man who is disinclined [to women], one for a person with a scar on their throat, one for baldness, one if someone has become mute, and one to stop someone [from sexual intercourse]; the other side contains poems about Qasim [the son of Imam Hasan] and the martyrs of Karbala.
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Questions and answers
Questions for Sayyid Abu al-Hasan Mujtahid Isfahani, including various issues related to prayer and ablution; transactions with apostates; a person who has transferred his properties to his sons a few hours before his death, excluding his daughter from inheritance; bestowing a pair of silver hamsa amulets; urinating and ablution in a public bath; divorce after a woman's menstruation; and the need for a muhallil after three divorces
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Questions and answers
Questions for Sayyid Muhammad Yazdi Firuzabadi in Najaf, including divorce after the woman's menstruation and marriage to a muhallil after triple-divorce
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Questions and answers
Questions for Sayyid Muhammad Yazdi Firuzabadi in Najaf, sent from Rasht, about prayer and ablution after intercourse; power of attorney to perform divorce, marriage, and other legal contracts; ownership of dowries after the passing of either the parents or the daughter; responsibility for costs of food, medicine, and a doctor for a woman who is living in her parents' house
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Questions for Sayyid Muhammad Yazdi Firuzabadi in Najaf, regarding the power of attorney to perform divorce; a father's permission for marriage or temporary marriage of an adult virgin woman; the amount of mahr in case the husband dies before consummating marriage; alimony for an adult woman in a marriage with an underage boy or vice versa; the waiting period for woman in case of the death of her husband before consummation; marrying a sister-in-law after a wife's death in case of the mother-in-law breastfeeding the man's son; alimony in temporary marriage and during pregnancy after...
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Questions and answers
Questions for Sayyid Abu al-Hasan Mujtahid Isfahani, sent from Rasht, regarding a woman who has ended her fast in Ramadan during what she had falsely thought to be her menstruation; withdrawal before ejaculation; rent in case of tenant's death; and renting Takiyah during ʻAshura
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Questions and answers, 1925
Questions for Shaykh ‘Abd al-Karim Mujtahid Ha’iri, regarding various issues related to prayers, fasts, and ablution after intercourse, as well as animal slaughter