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

I wish to enter into a temporary marriage with a man I have known for some time. Is it necessary for my father to approve it, or is it permissible for the temporary marriage to be known only to me and this man?

If the woman is virgin and she wanted to conduct a marriage contract and consummate the marriage then it is a condition in the correctness of her marriage to get the permission of her guardian, father or paternal grandfather.If she is a virgin then it is permissible for her to marry temporarily without her guardian's consent and all sexual acts are permitted except sexual intercourse. The latter is permissible with the guardian's permission. If she is a widow or divorced then it is permissible for her to conduct temporary marriage and consummate the marriage without the father's permission.

Can an invalid transaction also be considered to be a sin?

Some invalid transactions are prohibited like selling wine, corpses and pigs. Other invalid transactions are not sinful, like selling an unknown product. In both cases, it is sinful to spend the money that one acquires from it.

Can we bury a man in the same grave in which his grandfather was buried in?

If the corpse of the deceased previously buried in that grave has completely decayed and become earth, in such a way that the grave is no longer considered as his grave, then one can bury another deceased in it.

Does chewing gum while fasting invalidate the fast?

Chewing gum does not invalidate the fast as long as parts of it, including soluble parts such as sugar, do not pass the throat.