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Introduction
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate the Merciful

In the Name of Allah, the Most High
This treatise (Summary of the Rules of Worship) is in accordance with the verdicts of the esteemed religious authority, al-Sayyid al-Sistani (may he live long). Whosoever acts upon the Sharīʿa rules contained herein, shall be fulfilling his religious obligations.
Office of Al-Sayyid Al-Sistani
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds, and may peace and blessings be upon the best of His creation, Muḥammad, and his pure and noble family.
The following treatise is a summary of the rules of worship, covering the most important rulings on the five acts of worship (prayer, fasting, pilgrimage, Zakāt, and Khums). It also includes selected rulings on purity, taqlīd, and enjoining good and forbidding evil.
This treatise has been prepared and organized in accordance with the fatwas of the esteemed religious authority, Al-Sayyid Ali al-Husayni al-Sistani (may he live long), at the request of a group of his followers.
We ask Almighty Allah that this treatise be beneficial for the believers and that He grants us success in pursuing what pleases Him.