His Eminence, Grand Ayatollah al-Hakeem, receives the Lebanese Ambassador to Iraq

His Eminence, Grand Ayatollah al-Hakeem, receives the Lebanese Ambassador to Iraq
2019/05/05

His Eminence Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Muhammed Saeed al-Hakeem received Mr. Ali Adib al-Habhab, the Ambassador of Lebanon in Baghdad, along with his aides, on Sunday 5 May 2019.

Day Questions

Can a Muslim living in a non-Muslim country pay for somebody else’s meal at a restaurant if the meal consists of non-halal food?

If the other person at the restaurant was considered to be the buyer and customer, one is allowed to pay on his behalf. However, if he is paying for the other person, while considering himself to be party to the purchase, i.e. the actual buyer and customer, then he is not allowed to do so.

Is it necessary to mention name of the girl in the process of divorce ?

In the name of Allah, the most gracious, the most merciful The divorce must be specified even in general way, like when he says when recites the divorce formula “my wife is divorced” when he is actually married to one wife. May Allah guide you to please him.

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.