Shia Ayatollahs Ali al-Sistani and Ali Khamenei believe there are no authoritative Islamic prohibitions on tattoos. The Quran does not mention tattoos or tattooing at all. Grand Ayatollah Sadiq Hussaini Shirazi ruled: "Tattoos are considered Makruh (disliked and discouraged).
Ayatollah Ali Sistani, the highest Shi'ite leader in Iraq, and one revered by many Lebanese, has said that neither the piano nor classical music are prohibited in Islam.
Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq's supreme Shia religious authority, has previously issued rulings forbidding chess. After the 1979 Islamic revolution, playing chess was banned in public in Iran and declared as haram, forbidden, by senior clerics because it was associated with gambling.
Definition of Sistani 1 : a people of southwestern Afghanistan. 2 : a member of the Sistani people.
While moderate Muslims generally don't object to music and dancing per se, a large portion of the faithful view sexually suggestive movement, racy lyrics, and unmarried couples dancing together as haram, because they may lead to un-Islamic behavior.
A majority of scholars who cite that hadith say it permits dancing under certain conditions: no alcohol, no gender mixing, no effeminate moves, and don't do it excessively.
Following the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran, Saudi Arabia's current regional foe, chess was declared "haram," or forbidden, by religious leaders due to its connections to gambling.
Hearthstone is a haram game. The reason being inclusion of magic concepts.
91 years (August 4, 1930)Ali al-Sistani / AgeSistani is now 91 years old and the question of succession is a central one — one that concerns not only Shi'a Muslims, but the wider Middle East as well. This paper aims to shed light on the future of the religious authority in the Shi'a world based on the unavoidable change after Sistani.
In 2005, al-Sistani was listed among the Top 100 intellectuals of the world. In 2005 and 2014, he was also nominated for Nobel Prize Award towards his efforts for establishing peace....Ali al-Sistani.Ayatollah Sayyid Ali al-SistaniBorn4 August 1930 Mashhad, Imperial State of IranReligionIslamChildrenMuhammad-Ridha Muhammad-Baqir14 more rows
Sistani Persians (Persian: مردم سیستانی) (also known as the Sistanis, Sistan, and historically referred to Sagzi) are a Persian ethnic group, who primarily inhabit Sistan in southeastern Iran and historically southwestern Afghanistan as well.
Ayatollah Ali Sistani, the highest Shi'ite leader in Iraq, and one revered by many Lebanese, has said that neither the piano nor classical music are prohibited in Islam.
However, in 2005, a Ramadan guide published in BBC states that listening to music, along with other activities like watching TV and playing board games, are banned during the Holy Month.
Though there are no direct references to music in the Quran, certain Hadiths (sayings and actions of Prophet Muhammad) argue that music is haram, like when Abu Huraira reported the Prophet Muhammad saying: “the bell is the musical instrument of the Satan.” Equally, others feel that listening to music is okay.
Launching yoga classes at the Shia Post-Graduate Degree College in the holy month of Ramzan, Shia cleric Maulana Yasoob Abbas said Islam was not weak and yoga posed no threat to the religion.