His Eminence Al-Sayyid Al-Hakeem meets a group of orphaned children of the martyrs of the Popular Mobilization Forces

His Eminence Al-Sayyid Al-Hakeem meets a group of orphaned children of the martyrs of the Popular Mobilization Forces
2020/02/20

His Eminence Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Mohammed Saeed Al-Hakeem, on 16 February 2020, received a group of youth from Baghdad, children of martyrs who died fighting in the Popular Mobilization Forces (Al-Hashd Al-Sha’bi) against Daesh.

His Eminence praised the clear and manifest courage of their fathers and their sacrifice for their religion, their homeland and the holy shrines. By the grace of Allah and through their sacrifice and spilling of their noble blood, they were victorious over the enemies.

His Eminence called them to follow the Holy Prophet and the Imams of the Ahl al-Bayt (peace be upon them all), and that their ethics and morals should by distinctly higher than others, and that they should adhere to the teachings of the Sharia.

His Eminence concluded by praying to the Most High and Mighty to provide support for them and to support those who serve and help the orphans, that their Ziyarah is accepted, and that they see the blessings of it in this life and the Hereafter. He finally requested that his greetings and best wishes be conveyed to their families.

Day Questions

I would like to know if the sentence: “Every day is Ashura and every land is Karbala,” is a slogan, or a narration from our Imams (peace be upon them)?

The said statement is a slogan, and not a narration from the Prophet or the Imams (peace be upon all of them).

When performing daily obligatory prayers, is it preferable to join them, or to leave a lapse of time between each, e.g. an hour between Dhuhr and Asr, 15 minutes between Maghrib and Isha?

It is better to offer the prayer at their prime time, the best times to offer them. The prime time of the Dhuhr prayer is till the length of the shadow of an object reaches two-sevenths of the length of the object itself. The prime time of the Asr prayer is from the prime time of the Dhuhr prayer till the length of the shadow reaches four-sevenths of the object. The prime time of the Maghrib prayer is from the sunset till the disappearance of the redness from the western horizon. The prime time to offer the Isha prayer is from that time till the third of the night.