His Eminence Al-Sayyid Al-Hakeem meets with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

His Eminence Al-Sayyid Al-Hakeem meets with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
2020/02/19

His Eminence Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Mohammed Saeed Al-Hakeem, on 15 February 2020, received representative of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the UN in Iraq, Dr. Salah Al-Haaj Hasan and his team.

Dr. Salah Al-Haaj Hasan presented a report on the projects undertaken by FAO, consisting of ways in which agriculture can be improved in rural and semi-urban areas in Iraq, in order to ensure food provision for Iraq and a decent life for farmers.

Day Questions

It says in the ingredients of a food product that it includes gelatin, but it doesn't specify whether it is meat-based gelatin or vegetarian gelatin. Is it permissible for me to still eat it?

If it is known that this substance is originated from prohibited to consume source like impurity – najasah or meat of an animal not slaughtered in accordance to the Sharia then it is not permissible to consume. If such is not known, then it is permissible to consume.

In the recommended prayer of Ja’far ibn Abi Talib, is it necessary to recite the dhikr in the bowing position, in the prostration, tashahhud and salam?

It is a condition to recite the dhikr in tashahhud and tasleem. The dhikr during bowing and prostration are also part of the prayer based on compulsory precaution.