His Eminence Grand Ayatollah Sayyid al-Hakeem hosts a group of teachers of Pakistani universities, and he advises love, tolerance and cooperation

His Eminence Grand Ayatollah Sayyid al-Hakeem hosts a group of teachers of Pakistani universities, and he advises love, tolerance and cooperation
2019/01/30

His Eminence Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Mohammed Saeed al-Hakeem advised a group of Muslims from Pakistan towards love, compassion and tolerance amongst the various parts of its society, and to distance themselves from segregation, and all forms of enmity and hatred. As such, the Muslims can benefit from one another. He advised them to act according to the laws of Islam.
His Eminence presented this advice to a group of university teachers from Pakistan.
He further advised that they should continue the commemoration of special occasions and the pilgrimage to the holy sites, in order to enrich themselves from the lives of the holy personalities and to follow in their righteous footsteps.
To conclude the meeting, His Eminence mentioned a narration from the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and his progeny): “The believer is a structure for another believer, each supporting one another.”
He prayed that Allah Almighty supports them in acting in His obedience, and that He accepts their pilgrimage.

Day Questions

Is it permissible for me, without the consent of the Marji, to give khums to my Sayyid relatives who are very poor?

The share of Sayyids from the khums is payable to the needy Sayyid believers. His Eminence, the Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Al-Hakeem (may Allah prolong his life) has given his permission to spend the said share on the needy Sayyids. Orphans and needy people who are not Sayyid are not to be given from the share of Sayyids. The share of the Imam (peace be upon him) from the khums is to be given to the Marji who you follow via his network of appointed agents or to be spent with his permission.

If someone has cat's hair on his clothes can he offer the prayers with those clothes?

The prayer is invalid if there was cat's hair on the person's clothes based on compulsory precaution.

I have heard that one should intent to travel before he can offer shortened prayer. How is that?

It is condition in offering a shortened prayer that one intends to cross the sharia determined distance for a traveler. If he intended to cross a lesser distance then he intended to go further until he reached the said distance, he should offer full prayer even if the total distance crossed was the sharia defined distance of traveler.