The Press Release on the Events in Azerbaijan
- 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 with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Al-Hakeem receives a Sufi group from the UK
- Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Mohammed Saeed al-Hakeem Praises the Sacrifices of the Female Freed Prisoners of the Shia Turkmen and Shabak, and Recommends Everyone to be Proud of them, honor them and Sympathize with them
- His Eminence, Al-Sayyid Al-Hakeem, receives the Romanian Ambassador in Iraq
- His Eminence Grand Ayatollah al-Hakeem advises the preachers from Pakistan to reach the remote areas to spread the message of Islam and the Ahlulbait
- His Eminence, Grand Ayatollah Al-Hakeem, Speaks of the Life of Imam Ali (Peace be upon him)
- His Eminence, Grand Ayatollah al-Hakeem, receives His Eminence, Grand Ayatollah Shaikh Basheer al-Najafi
Day Questions
Is reciting Ziyara without offering the prayer accepted?
The Ziyara can be performed without the prayer of Ziyara, but if it is followed by the prayers, it becomes better.
Can I recite Ziyarat Ashura in the Urdu translation?
It is permissible to recite the Urdu translation of Ziyarat Ashura, although the narrations instruct us to recite the original Arabic.
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.”
Do I have to follow one Marja in a particular issue, or can I follow more than one in that issue, choosing one of their edicts?
If the edicts of the Marjas are different in any particular issue, one must follow the most knowledgeable. If his opinion is an obligatory precaution, one has a choice of following him by acting upon the precaution or referring to another Marja provided that the latter is more knowledge than the rest of the Marjas.