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

We believe in the fourteen infallibles, but we also know that bibi fatima in qom is called Masooma. Is every member in the Ahlulbait is masoom, like Abbas ibn Ali and bibi Zainab?

The fourteen infallibles are proven to be infallible by a concrete evidence. Some of the children of the imams might have reached a high level of closeness to almighty Allah in such a level that is close to the infallibility.

When does Prayer of Signs becomes obligatory?

The Prayer of Signs (Salat al-Ayat) is performed when the following events take place: lunar eclipses and solar eclipses, even if they do not cause fear; and every celestial event that causes fear, like thunderbolts and black storms; similarly, during earthquakes as an obligatory precaution, as well as during every earthly event that causes fear, such as great destruction, landslides, etc.

After marriage, the wife came to know that her husband is mad. Could you please advise me whether that marriage was valid? If it is valid, can the wife demand a divorce from her side?

The wife has the right to annul the marriage due to the insanity of the husband, whether he was insane before the marriage or became so after it.

What are the parts of a person's body that is obligatory to shave?

It is recommended to remove the hair from the pubic area and the armpits, but it is not obligatory.