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 a Christian woman need to still take divorce from her Christian husband once she becomes Muslim?

If she embraced Islam but her husband did not, then her marriage has become null and void, and she can get married again after observing the waiting period (iddah).

Is "786" considered as "Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Raheem"? What is the ruling of touching it without wudhu?

There is no problem in writing it to refer to the Besmalah, but the laws pertaining to the actual Besmalah, like the prohibition of touching it without the state of ablution, are not applicable to it.

Is it allowed to have pictures of Maryam or Isa (peace be upon them)?

It is permissible to have the pictures of Prophet Isa and his mother (peace be upon them) unless this promotes false beliefs as they are symbols of Christianity today.

Do Imams (peace be upon them) know the unseen (ilm-ul-gaib)?

Nobody knows the Unseen but Almighty Allah, and whomever Almighty Allah informs. He said: “(He is) the Knower of the Unseen, and He reveals unto none His secret, save unto every messenger whom He hath chosen, and then He makes a guard to go before him and a guard behind him”. This characteristic is inherited by the guardians of the nation of Islam after the Prophet (peace be upon him and holy progeny). Narrations indicate that the Prophet and Imams (peace be upon them all) used to inform others of future, like the murder of Imam Hussain (peace be upon him) in Karbala. The Holy Prophet also informed Imam Ali (peace be upon him) that the latter will be murdered by a sword, and that the blood of his head will cover his beard, and he even told the Imam about the exact night that will witness his martyrdom. There are many occasions recorded in historical narrations in which they informed us about news from the Unseen.