His Eminence, Grand Ayatollah al-Hakeem, receives His Eminence, Grand Ayatollah Shaikh Basheer al-Najafi

His Eminence, Grand Ayatollah al-Hakeem, receives His Eminence, Grand Ayatollah Shaikh Basheer al-Najafi
2019/05/10

During the Holy month of Ramadhan and its spiritual atmosphere, His Eminence, Grand Ayatollah al-Hakeem, receives His Eminence, Grand Ayatollah Shaikh Basheer al-Najafi, on Thursday night the 4th of the holy month.

Day Questions

Does vomiting break your fast?

If it was not deliberate, then it does not invalidate the fast.

I deposited money in governmental national savings bank in Pakistan, knowing it will give me twelve percent interest after ten years. How should I withdraw the money in His Eminence’s name, and how much should I give to the needy by your permission?

It is necessary when receiving the funds from such banks to intend to receive them on behalf of His Eminence, Grand Ayatollah Al-Hakeem (may Allah prolong his life), and to then take ownership of the funds after that, including the interest. You should then pay the financial religious obligations. Furthermore, it is better to use some of these funds given as interest to help needy believers.

In Canada, it is very difficult to see the New Moon of Ramadan and Shawwal with the naked eye, so can we depend on scientific calculations?

If the new moon has been ascertained through the religiously valid way in any place in the Americas, then one should act upon it in all the regions of the Americas. If the sighting of the new moon has not been established, but there is certainty derived from scientific calculations that the new moon has reached the level where it is possible to be seen by the naked eye, then one should act upon that too. If there is no such certainty, then one should assume that the month is continuing until the completion of thirty days.