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Question 267

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Question 1: What is the ruling concerning blood sometimes found inside an egg? Question 2: Did Mary (a) know that the crucified one was Jesus’s likeness (a), not Jesus himself, and did she know that Jesus (a) had been raised? Question 3: If khums was paid upon a particular sum, a year passed over it, and part remained, is khums paid upon it again? Question 4: The Exalted said: ‘They were unable to scale it, nor were they able to pierce it’ ([98]). What is the difference between the two Arabic forms istāʿū and istaṭāʿū? The Exalted also said: ‘As for the wall, it belonged to two orphan boys in the city. Beneath it was a treasure belonging to them, and their father had been righteous. So your Lord willed that they reach maturity and extract their treasure, as a mercy from your Lord. I did not do it upon my own command. That is the interpretation of what you could not bear patiently’ ([99]). What does the Arabic form tasṭiʿ mean, and why did He not say tastaṭiʿ as in another verse? Question 5: What is the ruling concerning the substance that exits the anus because of inflammation and resembles fat-that is, it is not feces? Is it impure, and does it invalidate ablution? Question 6: What is meant by Gog and Magog, who emerge at the end times according to the narrations? Question 7: What is the ruling concerning color remaining on clothing, for example after washing away blood or feces? Question 8: Are people gathered with the same worldly bodies? What is the difference between the spirit and the self, where are they located in the human body, and upon what does punishment in the Hereafter fall: the spirit, the self, or the body? Question 9: Why are there three takbirs at the end of the prayer? Sender: Abu Hasan

Ahmed al-Hasan Response:

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers upon Muhammad and the family of Muhammad, the Imams and the Mahdis, and grant them abundant peace. Answer to Question 1: It is impure. Answer to Question 2: She knows that. Answer to Question 3: Khums is not paid upon it again. Answer to Question 4: Allah willing, a book will be issued containing a detailed explanation of this. Answer to Question 5: It does not invalidate ablution and is not impure, on condition that no feces accompany it. Answer to Question 6: Allah willing, you will find a detailed explanation of this matter in a book that will be issued. Answer to Question 7: It is pure. Answer to Question 8: Allah willing, a book about the spirit will be published containing a detailed explanation. Answer to Question 9: The Exalted said: ‘Then a fast of three days during the pilgrimage and seven when you return; those are ten complete. This is for one whose family is not present at the Sacred Mosque’ ([100]). The degrees of faith, or stations of ascent, are ten: three in the House of Allah and seven in your houses-the seven heavens. The human being is meant to ascend through his prayer from his condition in this world to the Hereafter, for prayer is the believer’s ascension, as he (s) said ([101]). First, he wishes to ascend, so he says the takbir seven times and thereby ascends the seven heavens. Then his prayer is meant to be an ascent through what remains so that his condition becomes: ‘at a distance of two bow-lengths or nearer’ ([102]). These are the three takbirs at the end of the prayer. That is, his prayer is meant to bring him to the highest station, which is ascending the three remaining ranks after the universal seventh heaven. As I explained previously, these three are the Footstool, the Greatest Throne, and the pavilion of the Greatest Throne ([103]). As you see, the three are in the pilgrimage, in the Sacred Mosque, and in the House of Allah, at the conclusion of prayer; that is, they are the utmost ascent the servant reaches through his prayer. Ahmed Alhasan

Source: The Enlightening Answer Across the Ether, Vol 3; Author: Imam Ahmed Al-Hasan; Question 267; Page Not available; AL-JAWAB-AL-MUNIR-V3-Q267. View Arabic source · Open the original Arabic source ↗

Source footnotes

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↑ [98] Al-Kahf: 97.

↑ [99] Al-Kahf: 82.

↑ [100] Al-Baqarah: 196.

↑ [101] Mustadrak Safinat al-Bihar: vol. 6, p. 343.

↑ [102] Al-Najm: 9.

↑ [103] See p. 31 of this book.

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References

  1. ↑ Ahmed Al-Hasan. The Enlightening Answer Across the Ether, Vol 3. Question 267; Page Not available. AL-JAWAB-AL-MUNIR-V3-Q267. View Arabic source
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Ahmed Al-Hasan. The Enlightening Answer Across the Ether, Vol 3. Question: 267. Page: Not available. AL-JAWAB-AL-MUNIR-V3-Q267. https://ahmedalhasan.org/ar/Library/BookContent/53

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