What are Shariah rulings?

Shariah rulings are religious laws related to human duties. Shariah rulings are divided into two types: obligatory and conditional: obligatory rulings directly state human duties; such as the ruling that one should pray or not drink alcohol. Conditional rulings are indirectly related to human duties; such as the ruling that praying in impure clothing is invalid.

Shariah rulings are derived from Shariah evidence, which includes: the Quran, Sunnah, reason, and consensus. A person who has the ability to deduce rulings from this evidence is called a mujtahid. Today, Shariah rulings are presented in books of explanation of issues that contain the opinions of the religious authorities.

Based on the fatwas of the religious authorities, it is obligatory to learn the rulings that one deals with most often.