Sayyid al-Sistani Q&A

Sources

Rulings are never taken from the model’s memory: every ruling is retrieved from a verified text in one of these works and attributed to its book, ruling number and edition (or its link on the official website). Any clarification the bot adds where the texts are silent is explicitly marked as clarification, not text, and is bound to the known fatwas of His Eminence, then the mainstream view of the Najaf maraji‘, then what is established in the school of Ahl al-Bayt (peace be upon them).

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Practical rulings

Practical rulings are taken from this tier first; the corrected 1445 AH edition takes precedence.

  • Minhaj al-Salihin — vols. 1–2 in the corrected 1445 AH edition, vol. 3 in the older edition
  • al-Masa’il al-Muntakhaba (new revised ed.)
  • al-Istifta’at (Q&A collections)
  • Q&A published on the official website sistani.org (5,980 items, each linked)
  • Manasik al-Hajj (new ed. 1444 AH)
  • Fiqh for Expatriates
  • Tawdih al-Masa’il (Persian)
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Simplified fiqh

Simplified exposition; presented as an approved ruling, with reference to tier one when needed.

  • al-Fatawa al-Muyassara
  • Fiqh al-Hadara
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Reasoning and annotations

Presented to explain the basis, not as a binding ruling, with a note.

  • Annotations on al-Urwa al-Wuthqa — 2 vols.
  • Qa’idat La Darar wa La Dirar (lectures)

Official website

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