26-13 A woman’s menstruating days is a maximum of ten days and a minimum of three days. A semi-menstruating woman should use cotton pads and perform the ritual bathing before she performs any prayers. The menstruating woman quits saying her prayers, and doesn’t have to make up the prayers that she misses during her period of menstruation. She quits fasting, however, she should make up for the days of fasting that she misses. Fasting should be observed during the (Arabic) month of Ramazan only when the new moon is seen, and should be stopped when the new moon (of the next month) is seen. It is invalid to offer the recommendable prayers in congregations as this would be an innovation (in religion). All innovations in religion result in our loss and we end up in the Fire. It is a recommendable tradition to fast during three days of every month: two Thursdays with a Wednesday in between. The first Thursday would be during the first ten days. The Wednesday would be during the middle ten days, and the next Thursday would be during the last ten days of the month. It is recommendable for anyone who can fast, to fast during the (Arabic) month of Sha’ban because good people fast or wish to fast during that month. God’s Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم fasted during the two months of Sha’ban and Ramazan. It is acceptable to make up the missed days of fasting of Ramazan in different days, but it would be better if you could make them up successively. The performance of the Hajj pilgrimage to the Ka’aba is obligatory upon everyone who has the ability to do so. This ability applies to the provisions for the expenses for the trip (to Mecca), the means to take the trip (riding on an animal, by vehicle, or by airplane), healthiness, maintenance to be left for one’s household and the provisions for returning from Mecca to one’s homeland. Any form of Hajj except for that of Tamatu' Hajj is not allowed (except for the people of Mecca and those present there.) It is also not allowed to opt for Hajj Ifra’ad or Hajj Al-Kiran except for the people who live around the Al-Haram Mosque. Entering the state of ritual consecration (or wearing Ihram ) is not allowed before reaching the miqat. It is also not allowed to put off entering the state of ritual consecration after reaching the miqat unless it be due to illness or concealing faith. The Sublime God says, “And complete the Hajj or Umra in the service of God…” What is meant by ‘complete the Hajj’ in this verse is not sleeping with one’s spouse, not telling lies and not fighting. It is not allowed to offer a castrate sheep for sacrifice because it is imperfect. It is permissible to offer for sacrifice a sheep with damaged testicles only if you cannot get any others. The following are the obligatory acts during the Hajj pilgrimage: the state of ritual consecration (Ihram), Talbiyah that is saying: (Here I am, O Allah, at Thy service. Here I am, Thou art without partner, here I am. All Praise and blessings are thine, and Dominion! Thou art without partner!)’And circumambulating around the Ka’ba during the Umra (supererogatory) pilgrimage is obligatory. And saying two units of prayer at the Station of Abraham is obligatory. Walking between Safa and Marva is obligatory. Circumambulation of the Hajj is obligatory. Saying two units of prayers at the Station is obligatory. Then walking between Safa and Marva is obligatory. The Al-Nisa Circumambulation is obligatory. Saying two units of prayers at the Station is obligatory. There is no more walking between Safa and Marva. Stopping at the Mash’ar (Sacred Monument) is obligatory. Offering for sacrifice is obligatory for anyone who goes on the Tamatu Hajj. Staying in Arafat is obligatory. And cutting the hair is a tradition. Stoning at the Devil (Jamrah) is a tradition. ”Jihad (the Holy War) is obligatory only under the leadership of a just leader. Whoever gets killed for defending his wealth is considered to be a martyr. It is not allowed to kill any atheists or imposters during their concealment of the faith, except for murderers or aggressors who cause corruption; and only when you have no fear for the safety of yourself and your companions guaranteed from the aftermath. The concealment of faith is obligatory when needed. There is no expiation for telling lies in order to fend off oppression from oneself as a part of concealment of faith. Divorce is valid only when it is implemented according to Islamic laws that the Honorable the Exalted God mentioned in His Book, or according to the tradition of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم. Any other form of divorce is invalid, including the forms that oppose the Book. Similarly, any form of marriage that opposes the Book is invalid. It is not allowed for a man to marry more than four free women at the same time. You cannot re-marry your wife if you divorce her thrice, until after she marries someone else. Moreover, the Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم said, ‘Stay away from women who were divorced three times at once, for they are still married women.’ It is obligatory to send blessings upon the Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم in every situation, including when one sneezes, the blowing of the wind, and so on. It is obligatory to cherish the friends of the Sublime God and to hate and disavow their enemies who oppressed the members of the Household of Muhammad صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم, tore their curtain of respect; took the tract of land called Fadak away from Fatimah عليه السلام, withheld her inheritance from her, usurped her right and her husband’s right by force; tried to put her house on fire; established oppression; and changed the traditions of the Prophet of God صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم. It is obligatory to hate the perfidious party, the deviators, and the apostates. It is obligatory to hate those guilty of perjury in Jamal, oppressors in the Battle of Siffin, and those who abandoned the religion in Nahrawan. It is obligatory to hate the murderers - from the first to the last. It is obligatory to hate those who mistreated the she-camel send to the Thamud clan. It is obligatory to hate the murderer of the Commander of the Faithful عليه السلام. It is obligatory to hate all those who murdered the members of the Household of the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم. It is obligatory to love those believers who did not turn away from the religion after the demise of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم such as: Salman Farsi, Abu Dharr Ghafari, Miqdad ibn al-Aswad al-Kindi, Ammar ibn Yasser, Jabir ibn Abdullah Ansari, Hudhaifa ibn al-Yaman, Abil Haytham ibn Tayihan, Sahl ibn Hunayf, Abi Ayyub Al-Ansari, Abdullah ibn Samit, Ubada ibn Samit, Khuzayma ibn Thabit Dhul-Shahadatayn, Abi Sa’id al-Khudri, and others who followed their way and acted as they did. It is obligatory to love those who used them as their models and followed them.