Beer

1 Question: What is your opinion about the beer (Maa al-Sha'eir) which is sold on the market normally with a label that reads "alcohol free". Answer: The drink that is made from barley and called "Fuqa' in Arabic is definitely forbidden and ritually impure as an obligatory precaution. This drink is not intoxicant normally but it makes one feel tipsy; that is a state of slight drunkenness caused apparently by low percentage of alcohol in ...

( 2024-10-20 04:33:49 )

What is the difference between Mojtahid and Marja’a? The Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Sadeq Rouhani’s answer

The Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Sadeq Rouhani answered a question about the difference between Mojtahid and Marja’a.

Question: What is the difference between Mojtahid and Marja’a?

The Grand Ayatollah Rouhani: Marja’a must be A’alam (highest ranking scholar of Islam) and being Mojtahid is not enough to be a Marja’a.

( 2024-10-20 04:33:48 )

Is it allowed to play flute when commemorating dead persons? The Grand Ayatollah Shahroodi’s answer

Question: At this time a custom emerging that in the 3rd, 7th, and 40th day after the death of a person, in addition to eulogies, and speeches, flute (pipe) is used to play sad music, and people cry. This happens sometimes in the Mosque, and in Hossaynia, and sometimes in the cemetery. Is this (playing pipe) allowed in the mentioned places or ...

( 2024-10-20 01:20:46 )

Clarification on Ayatullah Sayyid Ali al-Sistani’s Opinion on the Practice of Tatbir

In the Name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful Clarification on Ayatullah Sayyid Ali al-Sistani’s Opinion on the Practice of Tatbir In response to this question asked by “The Missionary Youth” group: The reason for abstaining from issuing an edict on this matter can be understood from the following standpoints: First: A believer can refer in his or her emulation (taqleed) either to the supreme religious ...

( 2024-10-19 21:11:25 )

Who was his mother?

Who was his mother?His mother was The Virgin Mariam (Mary) the daughter of Imran (father) and Hinnah (mother). When Hinnah carried Mariam in her womb she vowed to offer Mariam to God by letting her serve Him in one of His houses of worship. When Mariam was born her mother wrapped her in a piece of cloth, and took her to Al-Aqsa Mosque where she was handed over to the priests.When the priests looked at her, and found out that she was the daughter ...

( 2024-10-19 21:11:23 )

Azadari

1 Question: What is the philosophy of Azadari (mourning and lamentation) for Imam Husain? Answer: There is no doubt that the tragedy of Kerbala, when ascribed to the killers, is a criminal and terrible act. However when ascribed to Husain (A) himself, it represents a conscious confrontation and a courageous resistance for a sacred cause. The whole nation had failed to stand up to Yazid. They had succumbed to his will, and deviation and ...

( 2024-10-19 19:05:00 )

Is Jesus the Same as God?

Is Jesus the Same as God? By: Muhammad QasemIn John 10:30 Jesus said, "I and my Father are one." This verse, according to Christians, shows God and Jesus Christ to be same. On the other hand, we read in John 20:17, "Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God." Here Jesus stated that there was a ...

( 2024-10-19 14:56:38 )

Is it true that the Sunni traditions which are in favor of Shia have been entered in their books by Shiites themselves?

I heard some Wahhabis say that the Sunni traditions which are in favor of Shia have been entered in their books by Shiites themselves? If it is so, then all the references given from the Sunni books to confirm Shia's viewpoint become null and void. Please send me a detailed answer in this regard.Concise answer In order to get a clear answer to your question, you need to go through the following points: Firstly, it is good that you ask the ...

( 2024-10-19 11:25:01 )

Grand Ayatollah Sistani answers some questions regarding Ramadan

Grand Ayatollah Sistani answers some questions regarding Ramadan: Question: You are requested to let us know the rules of fasting in the month of Ramadan for those who are living in northern hemisphere keeping in view the following scenarios: 1. where there is either night or day during 24 hours throughout the month of Ramadan. There is no sunset or sunrise in the entire month.2. Where there is day or night during 24 hours but there is no ...

( 2024-10-19 02:51:56 )

The solution for the boy and the girl who are willing to marry but due to high dowry demanded by the girl’s family the marriage is cancelled

Question: Is it allowed to demand high dowry in Islam? In your opinion, is there a solution for the girl and the boy who are willing to marry but due to high dowry demand by the girl’s family, the marriage is ...

( 2024-10-18 19:13:44 )

The amount of maintenance (Nafaqah)/the Grand Ayatollah Sistani’s Fatwa

According to religious laws, there is no definite amount set for Wajib maintenance (a husband’s provision for wife), but the Wajib amount provides for food, clothes, housing, and other needs equal to wife’s status and according to the present time and the place. The one whose maintenance is the Wajib responsibility of another person, if that person refuses to pay for the maintenance, he can be forced to pay by referring the dispute ...

( 2024-10-18 13:52:01 )

The Grand Ayatollah Safi’s answer to a question about endoscopy whilst fasting

The Grand Ayatollah Safi answered a question about carrying out endoscopy whilst fasting.

Question: Endoscopy is a device which enters digestive tract and takes pictures without anything entering stomach. Can this operation make fasting void or not?

The Grand Ayatollah Safi: According to precaution, this causes problem for fasting.

( 2024-10-17 15:48:47 )

Do the Shī‘ah think that Jibra’īl (Archangel Gabriel) has committed treachery when he conveyed the message [risālah] to Muhammad instead of ‘Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib

Do the Shī‘ah think that Jibra’īl (Archangel Gabriel) has committed treachery when he conveyed the message [risālah] to Muhammad instead of ‘Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib? Reply: Before proving the groundlessness of this loathsome accusation made against the Shī‘ah by some ignorant or spiteful people, it is ...

( 2024-10-16 23:06:43 )

To what level a non-Mahram man can hear a woman’s voice? The Grand Ayatollah Sistani’s answer

The Grand Ayatollah Sistani answered a question about the level a non-Mahram man can hear a woman’s voice.

Question: To what level a non-Maharam man is allowed to hear a woman’s voice?

The Grand Ayatollah Sistani: There is no problem in hearing a non-Mahram woman’s voice if it is not out of enjoyment or fear of falling into Haram.

( 2024-10-16 17:40:38 )

Freedom of women in the Islamic system

Freedom of women in the Islamic system Question: You have been accused of being against civilisation and you have turned the accusation against the Shah. That is not necessarily convincing. How do you stand on specific issues like agrarian reform, industrialisation and the status of women? Reply: . . . As for women, Islam has never been against their freedom. It is, to the contrary, opposed to the idea of woman-as-object ...

( 2024-10-16 17:40:37 )

MASTER ! ASSUAGE OUR HEARTS

MASTER ! ASSUAGE OUR HEARTS "0 Allah ! Assuage our hearts through Imam-e-Zamana (A.S.)" - (Dua-e-lftetaah) The religion that has come to perfect human ethics, to create the feelings of brotherhood, love and amity in the depth of hearts of the people and to eliminate enmity, injustice and inequality. Then why do people say, "Islam is the best religion but Muslims are the worst people." Why are the Muslims a divided lot? Why do they harbor ...

( 2024-10-16 16:39:38 )

What is the criterion for distinguishing monotheism or the Unity of God [tawḥīd] from polytheism [shirk]?

What is the criterion for distinguishing monotheism or the Unity of God [tawḥīd] from polytheism [shirk]? Reply: The most important issue in the study of monotheism [tawḥīd] and polytheism [shirk] is discerning what their criterion is, and if this issue is not decisively settled, part of the secondary issues ...

( 2024-10-16 14:37:56 )

Person knows that nocturnal emission will happen if sleeps before dawn in the month of Ramadhan/the Grand Ayatollah Safi’s answer

Question: One hour is left to dawn’s call to prayer (Adhan), and the person knows that if falls sleep, does not wake up until call to prayer and nocturnal emission will happen; can the person sleep or not? And if the person sleeps and nocturnal emission happens, and call to prayer is performed, is the fasting correct or ...

( 2024-10-16 14:37:54 )

Late Ayatollah Bahjat has been quoted as having said: "The aged ones of this era will witness the moment of the reappearance of the Imam of Time (atf)." What is your opinion concerning this saying of the late Ayatollah?

Late Ayatollah Bahjat has been quoted as having said: "The aged ones of this era will witness the moment of the reappearance of the Imam of Time (atf)." What is your opinion concerning this saying of the late Ayatollah?Concise answer We have enquired the office of late Ayatollah Bahjat about whether or not the Ayatollah had said those words and they denied that he had said them. Instead, His Eminence had said that whenever difficulties and ...

( 2024-10-14 23:21:34 )

Governance of Jurist

1 Question: What is Grand Ayatollah Sistani's opinion about Wilayat-e Faqih (governance of jurist)? Answer: Every jurisprudent (Faqih) has wilayah (guardianship) over non-litigious affairs. Non-litigious affairs are called "al-omour al-hesbiah". As for general affairs to which social order is linked, wilayah of a Faqih and enforcement of wilayah depend on certain conditions one of which is popularity of Faqih among majority of ...

( 2024-10-14 22:15:24 )