1- Masculinity is not a condition for being a religious authority.
2- Masculinity is not a condition for occupying any ruling position.
3- Masculinity is not a condition for serving as a judge.
4- Men and women are equal in blood vengeance and retaliation for wounds.
5- Men and women are equal in blood money and compensation for injury.
6- If a man does not have any heirs other than his wife, the wife will inherit his entire legacy after his death.
7- When a man dies, his wife will inherit from all his property, including movable property and also from the value of the immovable property.
8- It is not forbidden for a woman to leave the house and go out without her husband`s permission as long as it does not threaten the man’s dignity and provided that it does not violate his right of enjoyment and pleasure from his wife.
9- It is not necessary for a woman to obtain her husband’s permission for making a vow as long as the vow concerns the woman herself or if she is financially independent and possesses her own property; however, this will only be the case if her vow does not violate the husband’s right of enjoyment and pleasure from his wife.
10- The authority to divorce is in the hands of the husband but if a woman forgoes her marriage portion in return for getting divorced, it will be obligatory for the husband to divorce her.
11- Temporary marriage pertains to special circumstances and it is not considered as parallel to permanent marriage.
12- Birds droppings are pure.
13- The leather which is imported from non-Muslim countries is pure since it is not of dead animals.
14- Removing an impurity from the surface of a solid thing is a way to purify it, unless the religion has specified a particular way to purify it, such as purifying the urinary outlet, and also applying soil onto a vessel which has been licked by dogs or in which dogs have drunk water or any other liquid.
15- Sewage becomes pure after being treated with chemicals and thus cleaned provided that there remains no solid impurity in it.
16- Just like a Muslim, a non-Muslim inherits from a Muslim.
17- The life and property of a non-Muslim are respected just as those of a Muslim.
18- Muslims and non-Muslims are equal in compensation and blood money.
19- Muslims and non-Muslims are equal in retaliation.
20- It is not forbidden for a man to shave his beard.
21- The music which does not contain laxity and immorality is not illegal.
22- Sculpture and painting portraits, animals and objects are not illegal.
23- It is not seen as a condition for a judge to be a religious jurist (Mujtahid) and it would suffice if they simply have the knowledge of the laws.
24- The interest paid on depreciation (Istihlaaki) is considered as usury and is illegal but the one paid on gainful employment of the principal (Istintaaji) is legal.
25- It is not forbidden to abort a fetus younger than four months of age if it is due to unbearable distress and hardship such as the fetus’s illness.
26- It is not forbidden to use contraceptives for family planning; nor is it illegal for either of the parents to make themselves permanently infertile if they already have many children.
27- In case of any unbearable distress and hardship for a child and their step mother or stepfather, it will not be illegal to touch and look at each other.
28- Any given ritual bathing (Ghusl) whether obligatory or recommended, would remove the necessity of ablutions (Wudhu) in practicing legal obligations.
29- In the absence of the signs of puberty, girls are considered to have reached puberty at thirteen lunar years of age.
30- The criterion for being an oft-traveler -who must offer full prayers and also keep their fasts- is merely their frequent traveling, whether traveling is their job or it is for any other purpose (An oft-traveler is one who travels a legal distance at least once every ten days (before a ten-day stay is over).
31- It is permissible for the disabled warriors to be the leader of the congregational prayer provided that they can offer prayer in standing position.
32- The time for legal sunset is the same common sunset, that is, when the sun goes down and it is not necessary that the redness in the East should be disappeared.
33- Just as fathers, mothers are also exempted from retaliation for murdering their children unless it is committed for personal purposes such as enmity, greed for possessions and power, or preventing them from revealing their crimes and betrayals etc. where the general rule for retaliation will apply to both mothers and fathers.
34- Intellectual property rights such as authorship, copyright etc., are respected.
35- If there is no contract of gambling and betting, mere playing with the relevant instruments is not forbidden.
36- In the absence of a father, the mother will be the guardian of the children and their property and she takes precedence over their paternal grandfather in this regard.
37- It is permissible to fertilize an egg in vitro and transfer it into the womb.
Basically, the books compiled by great religious jurists -who are considered as protectors of religion as a heritage of the tradition age in the new age- cover their specialist field and scientific findings and practices.
Few religious jurists would enter areas other than their area of specialty. However, the realm of religious authority is the realm of scientific research and writing and as it is evident, the neo-thinking Shiite jurist Grand Ayatollah Saanei is not an exception to this principle. Especially, this has been the trend among Iranian religious authorities in the new age, to extend their studies and practices to other areas such as politics, society, culture, economics etc.