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

Is clapping allowed in Islam? Is it allowed to clap in nasheeds and tawashi’s which are read in praise of Ahlulbait?

If it does not form a musical cadence and does not involve another prohibition, then it is permissible.

If a lay person decided on who is the most knowledgeable mujtahid based on his own research and without needing to ask the religious scholars who can determine the most knowledgeable, would this be sufficient?

A lay individual is not qualified to determine the most knowledgeable in the right way without referring to whoever can determine him amongst the experts, since they– and not any inexperienced person – are the ones who know the level of knowledge of the people that reached the level of ijtihad.

If a woman is forced by her parents to marry a man that she does not like, is her marriage valid?

If she accepted the said marriage - even to please her family and other relations, or on their insistence - then the marriage is valid.

I had a painting of myself done by a student. Is this against the laws of Islam to have something like that done for oneself?

In general, painting of live things is prohibited, but owning the painting is not prohibited. As for the student who made the painting, his action is not prohibited since he did not know the verdict.