Grand Ayatollah Sayyid al-Hakeem meets with the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Shaykh Hasan al-Rouhani.

Grand Ayatollah Sayyid al-Hakeem meets with the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Shaykh Hasan al-Rouhani.
2019/03/14

His Eminence, Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Muhammad Saeed al-Hakeem, received the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Dr. Shaykh Hasan al-Rouhani and his aides, on Wednesday 13th March 2019. President Rouhani presented a summary of his talks with the Iraqi government in Baghdad.

His Eminence Sayyid al-Hakeem emphasized the importance of the realistic view of the officials to the circumstances which the country is going through and its effect on people. They should perceive the pains and hardships that the people are experiencing, especially in difficult times. This will lead to the people cooperating with and appreciating those in positions of power, and to receiving trust, and this will enable the people to be patient in such times of difficulties.

His Eminence also emphasized the importance of those in power to resolve the issues and disagreements with wisdom and broad-mindedness, to remove those tensions. President Rouhani expressed his thanks to His Eminence for hosting him.

Day Questions

A person was making a mistake in the sequence of his wudhu for some time, whereby he used to wash the left arm first and then the right arm. Are his previous prayers valid?

It is a condition in the correctness of the wudhu to wash the right then the left arm. Not offering the wudhu in this sequence makes it void and the prayers should be repeated.

My wife's friends (females) often invite me and her to dinner. Is it permissible for me to go to dinner with my wife and her female friends, considering that during a dinner, a person talks and laughs, also jokes around with others?

Accepting the invitation in this particular case is permissible, but mixing with the opposite sex and the absence of the boundaries of modesty between the two parties might have negative effects and social dangers that leads to damaging the family ties between husband and wife, so observing the precaution from this issue is the wise choice.

What is the ruling if one does not make up for the days he missed in Ramadan before the next Ramadan?

One must make up the days that he missed after the current month of Ramadan. Furthermore, a sum of 900 grams of wheat, oat, rice or the like must be given to the needy believers for each missed fast, and it is better to give wheat.

Is a female housemaid considered as a Mahram for men of the house?

No, she is not. She should observe hijab in their presence.