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

We have recently learned that animals are stunned with electricity to make them unconscious before they are slaughtered. Is this allowed according to Shia fiqh, and if so up to what level of stunning is allowed?

If its death is caused by electric shock, then it is prohibited to consume. If the shock just put the animal to sleep and death was caused by slaughtering the animal, then it is permitted to consume.

If one fasted and did not know the rules of fasting and omitted the intention, are his fasts valid?

One can consider the fasting to have been valid if he doubts the validity now and there is a probability that it might be valid. In any case, the intention of fasting is not difficult to accomplish, and is usually present from everyone who is fasting, since one has the intention of fasting in mind during his fast.

Is it obligatory on the wife to make herself available for phone sex when there is no justifiable excuse or sickness?

It is not obligatory to do so, but as an obligatory precaution she should not behave in a repellent way such as disconnecting the call.