About S.L. Al-Hakim

Sayyid Samer Al-Hakim is a practicing pharmacist (Monash University, Melbourne, Australia) since 1999 and has been studying in the Seminary of Qum since 2014. In 2020, he completed his Bachelor’s degree, specialising in Qur’anic Sciences. He is currently undertaking postgraduate studies in Exegesis and Qur’anic Sciences. Sayyid Samer enjoys interacting with those who have a desire to learn. Among the courses he has conducted are ‘Health and Wellbeing in Islamic Traditions’, ‘The Holy Qur’an: Understanding Translations and Concepts’, ‘Islamic Jurisprudence’, and ‘Migration’. Sayyid Samer has authored Migration and the Choice Between a Permissible Difficult and a Forbidden Ease (2020), and Pursuing Excellence: The Guide to Memorising the Holy Qur’an (available online). He has also translated two works of Shaykh Mohsen Gharaati: Parables: Important Questions, Simple Answers (2017), and Ramadhan with The Holy Qur’an: 30 Lessons in 30 Days (2017).

Preachers Entering Polytheistic Nations

By |2019-05-25T01:54:18+04:30May 25th, 2019|Islamic, Jurisprudence, Lessons, Migration|

Scholars and preachers need to travel to polytheistic and non-Islamic nations in order to serve the Islamic communities in those countries and strengthen their identity, resolve fallacies and facilitate inter-faith activities.  Those societies are not free from religious and social issues and problems and need the presence of a learned guide.

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Migration: Opinions Of Classic and Modern Scholars – Part II – Syed Sistani

By |2019-05-09T21:43:15+04:30May 9th, 2019|Islamic, Jurisprudence, Lessons, Migration|

In the last article we reviewed some of the opinions with regards to migration from respected scholars, classic and modern, such as Sheikh Al-Tusi, Alaama [...]

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Migration: Opinions of Classic and Modern Scholars – Part I

By |2019-05-11T05:10:35+04:30May 2nd, 2019|Islamic, Jurisprudence, Lessons, Migration|

“And then Allahﷻ says in the next Ayah (4:100) so that there is no one who can say “But I can not migrate because I was born and raised there, or that there is where my people and family and friends and work and house and garden and business and farm and wife and children are and the rest of my life. So, my life is settled there.”

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Definition of Attarub (التعرب)

By |2019-04-11T13:57:25+04:30April 11th, 2019|Islamic, Jurisprudence, Lessons, Migration|

This term is from the phrase (التعرب بعد الهجرة) Attaa’rub badul Alhijjrah, which means to return to a former, inferior state after migrating to a superior one. The term is taken from Bedouins who live in the deserts and are away from civilization and centres of learning, is not knowledgeable about issue of religion, and in Arabic it is termed al’araab (الأعراب). So it is a borrowed term…

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Migration – And the Choice Between a Permissible Difficult and a Forbidden Ease

By |2019-03-29T02:00:53+04:30March 29th, 2019|Islamic, Jurisprudence, Lessons, Migration|

There are two words that need to be clarified and explained in order to best understand the concept of migration in Islam and before proceeding to the implications of what our religion has to say on the issue. These words are Migration, and Taa’rub, and will be discussed in the next article(s).

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Building or Renovating? Some pointers to consider from an Islamic Health point of view.

By |2018-10-26T04:16:14+03:30October 26th, 2018|building, Islamic|

Other than than jurisprudential need to ensure the toilet is positioned so that you neither face nor back the qibla, there are some recommendations to [...]

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