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

If the husband becomes an apostate (murtadd), should the children stay with the Muslim mother?

If the father of the children became an apostate, then his guardianship over the children is no longer valid.

If I am in the middle of the second Surah, but I forget a part of it, am I allowed to start reciting a new Surah?

It is permissible to change from one surah to another one, in the mentioned case.

Is the wife allowed to insert her fingers into her private parts while talking on phone, in order to get sexual comfort?

The married couple can talk to each other over the phone with sexual talks. But it is not permissible for rub the private parts using the hands or any other thing.

Is it permissible to work in determining the eligibility of customers to take out mortgage loans from various lending companies? Is the income of such an employee who deals in such a way with interest-based loans considered lawful?

It is prohibited to draft or write the contract for the loan agreement that involves interest or to do anything that is related to it, like calculating the balance of what the client owes. It is permissible to work in determining the eligibility of the customer to take the loan.