The Press Release on the Terrorist Attack in Quetta Pakistan

The Press Release on the Terrorist Attack in Quetta Pakistan
2013/01/16

We were shocked by the heinous crime that was committed by the terrorists in the city of Quetta in Pakistan, that lead to the martyrdom and wounding of a huge number of innocent people. This crime is part of sequence of organized assaults against the followers of the Ahlul-Bait (peace be upon them).

As we ask the Almighty Allah to send His mercy on the souls of the martyrs and to grant the wounded fast recovery, we condemn this crime and all crimes that were committed by the terrorist groups. These crimes violate all humane criterion and values, and they tarnish the image of Islam and the name of the Prophet (peace be upon him and his holy progeny). We hold the Pakistani government responsible for protecting its own innocent citizens and to bring the perpetrators to justice. We also consider the silence of the Muslim dignitaries and foundations and the carelessness of the international community as important factors that encourage the terrorists to continue shedding blood of innocent people.

Day Questions

What is the position of smoking cigarette, since it has real side effect, and WHO - World Health Organization - warns that Tobacco smoker are liable to die young?

Smoking cigarettes is not prohibited since it is not prohibited to consume harmful things. Yes, it is prohibited to consume what leads to direct and immediate major harm to the human's health like getting sick with incurable kind of disease or lose of an organ or death.

I have two homes, one in a city and another at my native village, and the distance between them is about 200 km. I mainly work and live in the city and visit my village every month or so for a few days. What is the ruling of fasting and praying there?

As long as the native village was your hometown where you used to live and you did not abandon it – i.e. you still consider it as your home town – then your prayer must be offered in full and you can fast as well while you are staying there.

There is a verse in Quran “Rabul mashariqein w rabul magrebain" - Lord of the two Easts, and Lord of the two Wests". 55:17 What is the logic behind this?

It could mean the plurality of places of sunrise and sunset as per its revolution in one day. It could also mean the numerousness of sunrise and sunset places with respect to the horizon seen by the individual in his/her site place during the year as the places of sunrise and sunset are numerous in the seen horizon during the year.

Many Muslims offer the “Taraweeh” prayer in Ramadan. What is the religious position of such prayer?

This prayer was not offered by the Prophet (peace be upon him and his progeny) and was invented after his death. It is not legislated by the Sharia.