Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Al-Hakeem receives a Sufi group from the UK

Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Al-Hakeem receives a Sufi group from the UK
2020/01/03

Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Mohammed Saeed Al-Hakeem received a Sufi group from the UK on Thursday, 2nd January 2020. He advised that the Muslims in all nations across the world to increase the dialogue, cooperation and affection amongst each other. He emphasized the importance of unity, through entrenching the commonalities and strengthening them.

His Eminence narrated to his guests the narration of the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him and his progeny): “Compassion has not been placed in something, but that it adorns it; and foolishness has not been placed in anything, but that it causes it disgrace.”

His Eminence called all Muslims to act upon the straight path shown by the Holy Quran and the teachings of the Prophet (peace be upon him and his progeny), with beautiful ethics, taking the Prophet as an example in how he was able to establish his personality amongst the polytheists, with his beautiful etiquettes and ethics.

Day Questions

Does the ability of the person contemplating sin to actually carry out his thoughts have any bearing on the punishment? If, for example, I want to commit adultery, but I do not know how to approach a woman. Another person may be able to do so, yet refrains from doing it. Is that person’s sin and mine of the same severity?

The individual does not deserve to be punished for a sin just because he wants to commit it. If he is able to commit the sin but refuses to do so because he fears or respects God, Almighty Allah will reward him for passing such a test correctly.

I do not always prostrate in prayers on earth or something which grows from the earth. Will my prayer be void?

Your prayer is valid only when you prostrate on something other than earth or what grows from it in the following cases:(i) If you did so because you did not know that the material you prostrated on is not one on which prostration is required to be performed upon.(ii) If you did so because you did not know that it is a condition in the prayer that you must prostrate on earth and the material that grows from it.(iii) If you forget and did not pay attention until after performing the prostration.(iv) If you did this out of fear - taqiyyah.Otherwise the prayer is void and should be repeated.

when slaughtering an animal, can we use a knife or a sword made out of steel? or can we only use a knife made out of iron?

One should use iron. However, it is permissible to use steel if it is made mainly from iron and the additional substances are minimal.