The translator Hamid Mavani has mentioned that he had to either remain faithful to the original text or be idiomatic. He opted for the former at the expense of smooth and flowing sentences and as a result the readers will find that some sentences are stilted and unidiomatic.
Question: Is it permissible to excavate the grave of a deceased if it does not entail disrespect for the deceased?
Answer: It is not permissible except for special purposes that have been explained in the books of fiqh, such as cases of dire necessity.
Question: If one year elapses on bank shares, is it obligatory to pay khums on them? If it is obligatory, then is it based on the actual value or purchase price?
Answer: It is obligatory to pay khums on the actual value
Question: A person builds a house by borrowing money, repaying the state bank in instalments. He decides to settle (with al-hakim al-shar’i) on the khums of the house, knowing that this house is not part of his necessary (annual) provision (ma’unah). Is there any khums on these instalments that he has paid to the bank?
Answer: On the supposition of the question, khums will be applied on the house at the end of the year on the total present value (of the house) if he has paid all his loans; however, if he has paid only part of it, then it is applied to that proportion.
Question: Some banks distribute cards free of charge or for a defined price such that:
1. It is possible to withdraw any amount from the bank without interest except for service charges for the bank machine.
2. If he (user) delays repayment by a month, then he is charged interest for late payment.
What is the ruling for this in the event where repayment is delayed or otherwise?
Answer: There is no objection to withdrawing the amount with the intention of "unknown owner" (majhul al-malik), and not as a loan; it can be corrected by obtaining permission as mentioned in the next question. The person’s knowing that the bank will demand repayment of the principal and interest does not impair this, and when the bank requests it (repayment), it should be made to it.
Question: Do you give the followers (muqallids) a general authorisation to dispose of and deal with "unknown owner's" property and other transactions in it, by taking possession of the money from government or jointly-owned (private and government) banks without having to refer to al-hakim al-shar'i or his representative to rectify it, for the ease and facility for the believers? May Allah (s.w.t.) support and honour you.
Answer: Yes, we have allowed the believers --- may they succeed in attaining the Exalted Allah's pleasure -- to accept, through legal means from government or jointly-owned institutions, by taking possession of it (property) on behalf of those commissioned among the poor with the intention of performing acts of charity upon them (the poor). Then, they (the believers) can own it for themselves. This applies to salaries and the like. As for interest and the like, they are allowed to own half of it along the lines outlined, on the condition that they give in charity (sadaqah) the other half to the religiously-devout poor.
Question: You mentioned in a previous dialogue that masturbation is forbidden. Are the male and female alike in this ruling?
Answer: Yes. As it is forbidden for the man to titillate his genitalia until he ejaculates, so too it is not permissible for the woman to titillate her genitalia to orgasm. (FM, p.431)
Question: Certain illnesses require that the doctor may request the patient’s semen for examination and discharging it by the shar’i way is difficult because it must be discharged in the present of the doctor.
Answer: If the patient is in dire need to do so, then he is allowed.
Question: If a person desires to test his ability to have children and the doctor asks him to discharge the semen to examine it?
Answer: As long as he is not obliged to do that, it is not permissible for him to masturbate.
Question: A man cannot impregnate and asks the doctor to determine the reason for his sterility through an examination of his sperm. The emission (of such semen) is obtained by the use of an instrument attached to his genitals and, by its movements, causes a discharge. Is this to be considered as masturbation and thus forbidden or is it allowed for the purpose of the examination? And does it matter whether the patient is in difficulty or is acting out of necessity?
Answer: Yes, it is considered as masturbation. It is not allowed unless the examination requires it. It is equally so for reliance upon that except under the previous two situations (difficulty and necessity), assuming, as does your question that some definitive result can be determined from it. God knows best.