Fasting or Ṣawm, is one of the most important obligatory rituals in Islam. Muslims must abstain from a number of activities including eating and drinking from dawn to dusk to...
Read More »Ayatollah Sistani’s Fatwa on Fasting during Ramadan in the Shadow of Coronavirus
In reply to a question about fasting in the Month of Ramadan in the shadow of the Coronavirus outbreak, the Grand Ayatollah Sistani emphasized that fasting as an individual duty is Wajib, and whoever has the...
Read More »Ayatollah Sistani’s Fatwas on Ghosl and Burial of Coronavirus Dead Bodies
The Grand Ayatollah Sistani in an important Fatwa about decedents of Coronavirus emphasized that “It is not permissible to burn the Muslim dead bodies and their relatives and...
Read More »Ayatollah Sistani’s Fatwas, Recommendations about Coronavirus
The Grand Ayatollah Sistani, in a statement while answering questions about the Coronavirus, also made important recommendations for...
Read More »Ayatollah Sistani’s Important Advices over Coronavirus
The office of the Grand Ayatollah Sistani issued a statement today, Saturday, about the families affected by the current situation due to the spread of the...
Read More »Religious Obligations over Coronavirus according to Ayatollah Sistani
The office of Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Sistani has answered some questions about the coronavirus outbreak and its repercussions include how a person should deal with those who...
Read More »Medical Staff in Battle against Coronavirus Are as Warriors in Protecting Country Borders
“Efforts made by medical staff to treat and take care of patients affected by Coronavirus are as important as efforts made by fighting warriors in protecting country...
Read More »The ‘Formal’ Marjaʿ: Shiʿi Clerical Authority and the State in Post-2003 Iraq
This article argues that although Sistani’s authority has not been constitutionalized, it was indirectly and roughly ‘formalized’ through practices and...
Read More »Funeral Rites for a Body with an Infectious Disease according to Ayatollah Sistani
In response to religious questions regarding the funeral rites for people who have passed away due to an infectious disease such as coronavirus in different parts of the...
Read More »Ayatollah Sistani’s Advices over Coronavirus
Due to the spread of the coronavirus and its aftermath, the Grand Ayatollah Sistani’s office in Holy city of Qom, by issuing five important recommendations, permitted the half of...
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