Faith & Reason  50 Questions book    by Ayatullah Mahdi Hadavi Tehrani

Answers to a series of questions often asked by young Muslims growing up in Western societies. The questions are on diverse topics ranging from Divine will, marriage, the role of women and the 12th Imam. http://al-islam.org/action.php?action=go&id=15202

 Table of Contents

1. Divine Will and Human Will 
2. Free choice and the Divine seal and lock upon the hearts of the perverse 
3. The possibility of knowledge of AllÁh 
4. Misguidance from AllÁh  
5. Being AllÁh's servant   
6. Nearness to AllÁh  
7. Friends of AllÁh not having fear 
8. AllÁh – fear or love?  
9. Asking one's needs from other than AllÁh  
10. The Light of the Heavens and the Earth  
11. Divine Tests 
12. AllÁh's Will in human guidance 
13. Non-Muslims and Hell 
14. Self-confidence and Trust in AllÁh 
15. Attaining Perfection   
16. The Angels and free-will 
17. Satan's influence  
18. The power of Satan and Jinn  
19. Resurrection   
20. Heaven and Hell   
21. The infallibility of the Prophets in the QurÁn   
22. The Original Sin of Àdam and Eve    
23. The purpose of religion    
24. The purpose of creation   
25. The signs for the re-emergence of ImÁm Al-MahdР   
26. Issues such as marriage, place of residence, etc… concerning the life ofthe Twelfth ImÁm  
27. The qualities of human society after the reappearance of ImÁm Al-MahdÐ - the state of justice, oppression, poverty and sin  
28. The role of women in the government of ImÁm Al-MahdР 
29. The Reason for ImÁm al-ZamÁn's prolongued age    
30. Possibility of a decline in ImÁm Al-MahdÐ's government    
31. The difference between the blood money of a woman and that of aman in IslÁmic Jurisprudence   
32. The difference between the inheritance of men and women in IslÁmic Jurisprudence 
33. The role a person plays in obtaining his sustenance   
34. Treatment of illness and supplication
35. The canonization of the QurÁn
36. The names of the ImÁms in the QurÁn  
37. ImÁmate at childhood  
38. Those conditions the fulfilment of which guarantees the acceptance ofa prayer   
39. Sins and its repercussions  
40. Magnanimity 
41. Pure Wine in the Noble QurÁn 
42. The prerequisites for understanding the QurÁn   
43. A question regarding verse  of Suratul Kahf
44. The existence of the spirit within animals and its difference from that of the human being 
45. The number of the Ahlul Bayt  
46. Religion and Politics  
47. Governance of a Jurist and Jurisprudence  
48. Legal imitation of a Jurist (Mujtahid) 
49. The Íukm and the FatwÁ  
50. Religious Pluralism and different interpretations of religion