Teaching, Learning and Their Proprieties 16item University students of both sexes meet each other and discuss matters ranging from study to exchanging light-hearted jokes. Of course this is done without any questionable intentions or sexual pleasure. Is it permissible? Is it permissible to teach and study philosophy in Islamic seminaries? Is it permissible for a woman to learn driving with the help of a non-maḥram instructor if she observers ḥijāb and chastity throughout? A university student is in his fourth year in the school of medicine. He has a burning desire to be a theology student. Is it obligatory on him to continue with his study of medicine or can he make a change? A theology student has finished the first stage of his study. He is confident that he can carry on attaining the level of ijtihād. Does it become obligatory on him, as an ‘aynī obligation, to finish his studies? A teacher severely punished one of his students in front of his classmates. Is the student justified to retaliate against him? What is the ruling in the matter of buying and selling misguiding books such as “The Satanic Verses”? What is the right way for the devout specialists and other professionals in imparting their knowledge to the people in the Islamic Republic? And who, in government departments, is entitled to have access to important information and technology? What are the avenues of reaching certitude in matters of the fundamentals of religion? Should man be held guilty for abandoning the gaining of knowledge about religious issues which are usually encountered by him? What is the ruling in the matter of reading misleading books or the books that belong to other faiths in order to acquire insight into them and get more knowledge and information about them? What is the ruling in the matter of lethargy and time wasting in gaining knowledge? Is it ḥarām? What is the ruling in the matter of enrolling one’s children in schools that teach false beliefs, assuming that they are not going to be affected by what they are taught? What is the view on teaching and storytelling of fables and fictions that deal with human beings and animals if there is any benefit that could be gained from doing so? What is the ruling on enrolling in a university where men mix with women, especially when some of the women are not wearing ḥijāb? 12