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

What is His Eminence’s view on the Quran being complete and unchanged?

His Eminence answered a group of questions that were raised to him from a Sunni researcher in which he said the following regarding the completion of the Quran: “Muslims from Shia and Sunni sects have unanimously agreed by practical means that whatever between the two covers in the current book is the complete Holy Quran. The current books of Quran that are spread in all Muslim countries serve as evidence to this truth. Muslims consider reciting the entirety of the current copies of the Quran to be the complete reciting of the Book of Allah. Similarly, a recitation of a Surah in the current Quran is considered to be the recitation of the complete Surah. They do not add a word or remove another. The said is clear in their understanding, conduct and in the verdicts of their religious scholars. This practical consensus is one of the strongest proofs of the Muslims’ position in general – whether they are Shia or Sunni – on the Holy Quran. Nothing can stand against such evidence as it expresses the fact that the noble Quran is entirely extant in the current book as an existing and self-evident truth. Muslims have acknowledged it and implemented it, while all fallacies seeking to cause doubt in it have failed.”

What is the ruling if I forget Tashahhud in the second rak’a and realize after getting up?

If he forgets the first Tashahhud and remembers it before the bowing (ruku') of the next rak’ah, he should return to sit immediately and perform the Tashahhud; he should also perform the prostrations of forgetfulness, after the prayer. If he remembers that he missed it after the Ruku, he should continue the prayers and he should make the Tashahhud up within the prostrations of forgetfulness.

How is one supposed to treat people that are homosexual/transsexual in their society?

Performance with the same sex is not accepted in all religions. People who are infected with this problem should seek cure to it so they can live a healthy life. Submission to the right to practice such kind of sex does not solve the problem. instead, it complicates it since sex is not a pure desire, it is a bestowal from the Almighty Lord to be used to live happily and establish a family with strong ties that is based on love and compassion where every member in the family can satisfy the emotional need of the others and offer support should other family members suffer from the hardships of life. The Said relations can not be achieved by homosexuals. They should cure themselves to be normal people who value life and enjoy all enormous desires given by Almighty God.

What kind of things can the dowry (mahr) be in an Islamic marriage?

Anything that has a value and is permissible to earn from, by selling or leasing for instance, can be set as dowry, even if it is a little. It can be a tangible item, or a debt that is becomes liable for, or a service, such as to sew a garment or recite the Quran. As for those things which are not permissible to make one’s earning by, such as musical instruments or pigs, it is not permissible to make them the dowry.