Sheikh Mateen
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Name: Sheikh Mateen
Age: 39
Location: Virginia, US
Expertize: Aqaed and Fiqh ('Ibadaat)
Question:Is fish galunggong fish halal here in uae tauna fish is sold but up to my info there are 2 types of tuna fish one with fins and one without. .. we dont know which fish are sold… can we eat above mentioned fish?

Ayatollah:Sistani

Answer: Salam. I have tried to research this fish to see if it has scales or not, but unfortunately not able to find out. The general rule is if the fish has scales it is permissible. Perhaps you can inquire from those that catch these types of fish.
Question:Are women allowed to give sermons in Jumma (Khutba) only to women's. Namaz is performed in the presence of male Olema.

Ayatollah:Sistani

Answer: Jumah is not obligated for women. Women can not have their own Jumah services or lead Jumah prayers. However women can have their own programs (excluding Jumah) and give a speech and lead the obligatory prayers when there are only women present.
Question:Salaam Alaikom Shaikh, can a woman read the Holy Qur'an during the Menstrual cycle. I have read we can but we cannot touch the writing of the Holy Qur'an.

Ayatollah:Sayed Sadiq Hussain Shirazi

Answer: Wa alaykum salam. In Sayed Sadeq Shirazi's English risalat on page 98 it says "It is makruh (discouraged) for the one who has Hayd (heavy bleeding) to recite the Holy Quran, have it with her, carry it or touch the space between the lines."
Question:There is a total eclipse happening in the US right now. is it incumbent on us in other parts of the world not experiencing an eclipse to perform salary ayah?

Ayatollah:Sistani

Answer: No it is only for those effected by it.
Question:Salam alaykum Many Sunnis claim that Imam Ali named his sons after their three caliphs out of love for them. And they provide one Hadith where it says his son was named after Uthman ibn Affan, and not Uthman ibn Mazoon as the Shia belief is. I need proof from both Sunni and Shia ahadith that this is not true and InshaAllah those are available, Thank you and may Allah bless you.

Ayatollah:Sayed Sistani

Answer: Wa alaykum salam وذكر فيه (الثقفي في تاريخه)، عن هبيرة بن ميرم قال: كنا جلوسا عند علي عليه السلام، فدعا ابنه عثمان، فقال له: يا عثمان، ثم قال: إني لم أسمه باسم عثمان الشيخ الكافر، إنما سميته باسم عثمان بن مظعون. أبو الصلاح الحلبي، تقريب المعارف، ص ٢٩٤ Al-Thaqāfi (in his book of history) has narrated from: Hubarātah b. Mariam, he said: We were sitting with Ali (as) & Ali (as) had called for his son 'Uthmān to come, he said to him:O Uthmān, he continued and said: I did not name him 'Uthmān because of the Kāfir Shaykh 'Uthmān, for I named him 'Uthmān because of 'Uthmān b. Math'un. Abu Salah al-Halabi, Taqreeb al-Ma'ārif, Pg. 294
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