1 Various subjects of legal rulings 70
2 Epistemology of legal reasoning in modern Shiʿi ijtihād 72
3 The modern Shiʿi ijtihādic procedure 79
4 Homosexuality and pre-homosexual categories in Muslim cultures 134
5 Shiʿi ḥadīth on various categories of same-sex sexual behaviour 196
6 Shiʿi ḥadīth on various categories of same-sex sexual behaviour 197
7 Fractions of Shiʿi ḥadīth concerning each category of same-sex sexual behaviour 197
8 Isnād of a ḥadīth on males same-sex sexual behaviour 215
9 Isnād of a ḥadīth on the prohibition of anal intercourse 218
10 Isnād of a ḥadīth on males intercrural same-sex sexual behaviour 220