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

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
2019/08/17

Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Mohammed Saeed al-Hakeem praised the sacrifices of the oppressed female freed prisoners of the Shiite Turkmen and Shabak, who were subjected to a great injustice, by the Dash criminals, who invaded the sanctities, sacred places and souls. His Eminence recommended all, especially believers, tribal chiefs and others to be proud of them and respected them, and honored them.

This took place during the reception of His Eminence to the female prisoners of the Shia Turkmen and Shabak, Tuesday, the 16th of July, 2019 who were freed from the hands of Dash criminal gangs.

His eminence, advised them to at the highest level of psychological comfort and since the oppressed should not consider injustice to be a disgrace to him. His eminence was pointing to the words of Imam Ali (peace be upon him): “a believer is not belittled when being oppressed.

At the end of the reception, His eminence asked the Almighty Allah to avenge them from their oppressors, and to compensate them with the best awards in this world and the hereafter.

Day Questions

If an unbeliever asks me to help him pray to Allah so that his legitimate desires be granted by Allah, can I do so? And if he gives me a gift for it, can I accept it?

You can pray for their guidance, and you can also accept their gifts. Religious narrations encourage good behavior with the unbelievers.

Can a woman have sexual intercourse after her menstrual bleeding stops but before she does ghusl?

Yes, she can, but as an obligatory precaution she should wash her vagina before doing so.

When any Muslim dies we say "Inna Lillahi wa Inna Ilaihi Raji'oon"; can we say the same when a non-Muslim dies?

The mentioned wording is an indication of the fact that we are human beings owned by Almighty Allah and that His power manages us and we are under His ruling. There is nothing wrong in saying the mentioned words when hearing of the death of a Muslim or a non-Muslim since God's power is all-encompassing.

Some people say that Imam Ali (peace be upon him) gave his oath of allegiance to Abu Bakr and Umar, which they required to establish their caliphate. Is this true?

It is clear in some of the words of Imam Ali (peace be upon him) in the book of Nahjul Balagha that he did not pay the allegiance until the welfare of Islam required him to do so. This is clear when he said: “when the Prophet passed away, the Muslims quarreled about the matter [of authority] after him. Then, by Allah, it never occurred to me and I never imagined, that after the Prophet the Arabs would snatch away the matter [of authority] from his Ahlulbait, nor that they would take it away from me after him. It alarmed me to see the people surrounding so-and-so to giving him allegiance, I therefore withheld my hand – until I saw that many people were reverting away from Islam and trying to destroy the religion of Mohammed (may Allah bless him and his progeny). I then feared that if I did not protect Islam and its people and there occurred in it a breach or destruction, it would mean a greater calamity for me than the loss of authority over you...”. (Letter 62).