His Eminence Grand Ayatollah al-Hakeem advises the preachers from Pakistan to reach the remote areas to spread the message of Islam and the Ahlulbait

His Eminence Grand Ayatollah al-Hakeem advises the preachers from Pakistan to reach the remote areas to spread the message of Islam and the Ahlulbait
2019/06/11

His Eminence Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Muhammad Saeed al-Hakeem spoke to male and female preachers from Pakistan of the necessity of reaching the remote areas of Pakistan in order to teach the people there the Islamic laws, and to invite them to the True Path, and to propagate to them the message of the Ahlulbait (peace be upon them).

This advice was also directed especially towards the female preachers. After exerting their efforts in learning and studying, they must undertake their duties as preachers, by explaining the Islamic laws pertaining to women, so that the women can benefit from them in those areas. His Eminence continued to advise preachers towards having good behavior and etiquettes, humility, and keeping close to other believers, so that every one of them can fulfil their duties towards God in a manner that pleases Him, the Prophet and the Infallibles (peace be upon them all).

At the end, His Eminence supplicated to God that He accept the guests’ ziyarah and good deeds, and He answers their calls, and He supports them in their endeavors and duties, while interacting with others with love, compassion, honesty and humility. He prayed that He gives them the fruit of their good acts in this life and in the Hereafter. He is, indeed, All-Hearing, All-Knowing.

Day Questions

I want to know the Islamic background of Eid-e-Nowruz. Is it an Islamic festival?

No, it is not. Nowruz is a national festival for Persians and other nations like Turks and Kurds. The said nations are still celebrating it as a festival connected to their cultures even after they embraced Islam.

It is said the sky cried for forty days after the tragic events at Karbala. If that is the case, how do we reconcile that with the history of the Prophet (Peace be upon him and his holy progeny) when his son Ibrahim died and there was a solar eclipse during burial and people thought that occurred because of the Prophet’s sadness but the Prophet quickly warned them against such superstition - as Islam came to destroy superstition?

There is no doubt that certain worldly phenomenal events took place after the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (peace be upon him). Historical texts narrated by Muslims in general indicated this. This clearly shows that what happened to the Imam and his family was a great tragedy that represents an offence against Islam, and a violation to the sanctity of the Prophet (peace be upon him), and to the obligation of following the Ahlubait (peace be upon them) and loving them. The said is completely different to the death of Ibrahim, the son of the Prophet (peace be upon him), which was a natural death without any aggression against him.