The Press Release on the Terrorist Attacks during the month of Ramadan

The Press Release on the Terrorist Attacks during the month of Ramadan
2017/06/11

Press Release on the Terrorist Attacks during the month of Ramadan

"Those who do wrong will come to know by what a (great) reverse they will be overturned!" (Holy Quran 26:227)

The terrorist attacks against the innocent followers of the Ahlul-Bait (peace be upon them) in Iraq have increased recently in various bombings of civilian gatherings in Baghdad and number of governates in Iraq during the Holy month of Ramadan. These terrorist acts have resulted in the martyrdom and wounding of hundreds of civilians, while the international, Islamic and Arabic organizations remain quiet. This confirms that these attacks are part of regional plot that will have dangerous consequences on the security of the regional and of the world.

As we ask Almighty Allah to send His mercy on the souls of the martyrs and to grant the wounded fast recovery. We strongly condemn these savage attacks and emphasize on the following:
Firstly: It is necessary for the Iraqi government and the Judiciary to fulfill their responsibility in bringing the perpetrators to justice and in protecting civilian citizens, especially the followers of the Ahlul-Bait (peace be upon them) as they are the primary target of terrorism.
Secondly: We call the international community, especially the international organizations, to classify such crimes as crimes against humanity, since they are genocides that resulted from hate culture and shedding human blood on religious bases which are violations of the international laws and ethics.

"There is no power save from Allah, the All-High, the All-Great".

The Office of the Religious Authority, Sayyid Mohammed Saeed Al-Hakeem.

Day Questions

If someone is reciting Quran in front of me, am I allowed to speak? Does it make a difference if the recitation is not live, but is a recording?

We have been ordered in some narrations to listen to whoever recites Quran. This does not include recorded recitations.

At some schools as part of teaching biology, they require students to dissect small animals like frogs and insects. Is this permissible? I feel that this violates the rights of the animals and I am not comfortable with this.

Dissection of animals is allowed for scientific research and learning, even if it does not agree with the emotional feeling towards the animal.

Can a child’s parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts, eat the meat of Aqeeqah, and do we distribute it as cooked or raw meat?

It is permissible but disliked for the parents and those whom the parents financially support to eat from the Aqeeqah. You can distribute the Aqeeqah as cooked food or raw meat.

Almighty Allah created us humans to worship Him, but He does not need anyone to worship Him because He is perfect. So is there any other reason why He created us?

One of the characteristics of Almighty Allah is that He is “the Merciful”. There is no doubt that creating the human beings gives them the opportunity to gain the acceptance of Almighty Allah and His mercy in this life and in the Hereafter. Although Almighty Allah does not need anyone and He did not create this creation out of need, His wisdom and mercy lead to creation, among which is the human being. In a narration of Abu Baseer, Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) was asked about the verse: “Yet they cease not differing, save him on whom thy Lord hath mercy; and for that He did create them.” (11:118-119) Imam said: He created them so they can do what causes them to gain His mercy, then He would be merciful with them”.

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