His Eminence, Al-Sayyid Al-Hakeem, receives the Romanian Ambassador in Iraq

His Eminence, Al-Sayyid Al-Hakeem, receives the Romanian Ambassador in Iraq
2019/07/02

His Eminence, Grand Ayatollah Al-Sayyid Mohammed Saeed Al-Hakeem received the Ambassador of Romania in Baghdad, Mr. Iacob Prada, with his aides.

His Eminence advised on the importance of communication between communities, distant from political and personal motives, in order to embed great human values with societies, and to enable cooperation.

His Eminence also spoke of the role of Marji'iyyah and its complete independence, and its relationship with different levels of society.

The respected guest, Mr. Prada, expressed his gratitude in being able to visit Najaf and meet his Eminence, and he praised the fatherly role of Marji'iyyah for the Iraqi people and beyond.

Day Questions

Will the ghusl be valid if you have applied kohl to your eyes and have washed it, but yet there is some still left in the eyes?

Usually after washing the eyes there is nothing left of the kohl except the colour, and there is no trace of it that prevents the water from reaching the skin. Therefore, the ghusl in this case is valid.

If my shoes become najis by stepping into najasah, can I make my shoes tahir by rubbing them on the earth?

Earth can only make the soles of the shoes, the feet and the like tahir by walking on them, provided that the najasah was caused by walking on the earth. Earth can make things tahir when it is dry, and based on an obligatory precaution it must be tahir itself.

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.