The Press Release on the Terrorist Attack in Quetta Pakistan

The Press Release on the Terrorist Attack in Quetta Pakistan
2013/01/16

We were shocked by the heinous crime that was committed by the terrorists in the city of Quetta in Pakistan, that lead to the martyrdom and wounding of a huge number of innocent people. This crime is part of sequence of organized assaults against the followers of the Ahlul-Bait (peace be upon them).

As we ask the Almighty Allah to send His mercy on the souls of the martyrs and to grant the wounded fast recovery, we condemn this crime and all crimes that were committed by the terrorist groups. These crimes violate all humane criterion and values, and they tarnish the image of Islam and the name of the Prophet (peace be upon him and his holy progeny). We hold the Pakistani government responsible for protecting its own innocent citizens and to bring the perpetrators to justice. We also consider the silence of the Muslim dignitaries and foundations and the carelessness of the international community as important factors that encourage the terrorists to continue shedding blood of innocent people.

Day Questions

I am trying to build a spiritual connection with Almighty Allah but I don’t know how relaxed I should be because of how merciful God is, and I don’t know how fearful I should be because of how severe He is in punishment.

The religious texts indicate that the believer is urged to balance between fear and hope, so he should not deem himself secure from the scheme of Allah, nor should he despair from the mercy of Allah. If this is done, the individual will have the motivation towards obedience because his hope in the mercy makes him convinced in the advantage of the action; and his fear from the wrath of Almighty Allah makes him avoid the sins.

If the wife renounces Islam, does she become automatically divorced? What if she chooses to follow one of the religions of the Ahlul-Kitab (People of the Book)? And what if she took to another religion?

If she left the religion of Islam for one of the religions of the People of the Book, the marriage is still valid. If she chose another religion, then the marriage becomes nullified.

I have heard that alcohol that is in perfumes and creams is not intoxicating; is this true? If so, does this mean that these perfumes and creams are not najis?

If the alcohol itself is intoxicating by nature then it is najis, even when it is mixed with other substances that makes the mixture non-consumable – due it being harmful or poisonous – or non-intoxicating. If the alcohol itself is not intoxicating by nature, then it is tahir.

Regarding Ibless, the Shaitan how is just one jinni able to misguide billions of humans how is he so powerful?

What appears from the meaning of the Quranic verses is that there are Satan(s) and not only one Satan.