Grand Ayatollah Shirazi remarks on ruling of usurped places during daily scholarly meeting

The daily scholarly meeting of Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Sadegh al-Hosseini al-Shirazi was held on Wednesday, the 19th of Dhul-Hajjah. In this session, like the previous meetings, the Marja answered the questions of the attendees about various jurisprudential issues.

On the ruling of places such as mosques, shops, or people’s houses that have been usurped by oppressive governments, Grand Ayatollah Shirazi said: It is stated in the book of Urwa al-Wuthqa and some jurisprudence books that after such places are turned into a new place, they are not treated in Ahkam with their original status and thus routine passage in them is permissible. Although there is no consensus on this ruling, it has been accepted by jurists.