Day Questions

Is it permissible to give bread as kaffarah?

As a compulsory precaution, it is not sufficient to give bread as the kaffarah. It is permissible to give wheat and barley.

Somebody had income from lawful and unlawful sources, like he took interest from the believers. He has stopped doing this now and started practicing the religion. What is his obligation in respect to this money now, considering that he does not know how much he took from who?

If he does not know who he took the interest from, and he cannot determine which part of his wealth is lawful and which part is unlawful, then he should pay the khums from the mixed amount.

What is the ruling of touching a corpse's bone if it is covered with a thin insulating substance if:a) The dead has been given ghusl; b) The dead has not been given ghusl?

It is permissible to touch the dead, but if the body is cold and not given the ghusl then it is obligatory to perform ghusl of touching a dead body. The said ghusl is not required if the body was still warm or has been given the ghusl. Ghusl is not obligatory in all cases with the presence of a barrier between the hand and the deceased's body.