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One influential fatwa against tatbir is that of Sayyid Abu l-Hasan al-Isfahani: | One influential [[fatwa]] against tatbir is that of [[Sayyid Abu l-Hasan al-Isfahani]]: | ||
The use of swords and chains and drums and horns and whatever is common today in mourning processions on the Day of Ashura is forbidden and against the sharia. | :The use of swords and chains and drums and horns and whatever is common today in mourning processions on the Day of Ashura is forbidden and against the sharia. | ||
After this fatwa, the most important text in opposition to tatbir was the book, al-Tanzih li-a'mal al-shabih by Sayyid Muhsin al-Amin, in which tatbir and other similar practices of mourning are considered as illegitimate, irrational, and a ground for undermining Shiism. The publication of the book led to different reactions, and books and essays were written and published in its defense or against it. | After this fatwa, the most important text in opposition to tatbir was the book, ''[[al-Tanzih li-a'mal al-shabih]]'' by [[Sayyid Muhsin al-Amin]], in which tatbir and other similar practices of mourning are considered as illegitimate, irrational, and a ground for undermining Shiism. The publication of the book led to different reactions, and books and essays were written and published in its defense or against it. | ||
In answer to | In answer to a [[istifta'|question]] concerning the permissibility or impermissibility of tatbir, [[Imam Khomeini]] said that it depends on whether it is harmful and on circumstances of the time, and because of present circumstances, he said that it was forbidden. [[Ayatollah Khamenei]], the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, said about tatbir in [[1414]]/[[1994 CE|1994]]: "tatbir is an illegitimate, fabricated, and wrong practice which has, unfortunately, been propagated by some people in the last few years. Tatbir is a religious or a mourning practice, and it is certainly illegitimate and a heresy, and there is no doubt that God is not happy with it, and I am not happy in my heart with those who publicly practice tatbir." Some scholars confirmed the words of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and believed that tatbir undermines Shiism, and is therefore illegitimate. | ||
Other marja's have also forbidden tatbir in their fatwas, including: | Other marja's have also forbidden tatbir in their fatwas, including: | ||
* [[Muhammad Fadil Lankarani]] | |||
Muhammad Fadil Lankarani | * [[Husayn'ali Muntaziri]] | ||
* [[Nasir Makarim Shirazi]] | |||
Husayn'ali Muntaziri | * [['Abd Allah Jawadi Amuli]] | ||
* [[Sayyid Muhammad 'Ali 'Alawi Gurgani]] | |||
Nasir Makarim Shirazi | * [[Qurban'ali Muhaqqiq Kabuli]] | ||
* [[Husayn Mazahiri]] | |||
'Abd Allah Jawadi Amuli | * [[Husayn Nuri Hamadani]] | ||
Sayyid Muhammad 'Ali 'Alawi Gurgani | |||
Qurban'ali Muhaqqiq Kabuli | |||
Husayn Mazahiri | |||
Husayn Nuri Hamadani | |||
The main reasons for the forbiddance of tatbir in the views of its opponents consist in the following: | The main reasons for the forbiddance of tatbir in the views of its opponents consist in the following: | ||
* It is against the sharia, due to the jurisprudential principle of the "forbiddance of self-harm." | |||
It is against the sharia, due to the jurisprudential principle of the | * It is a [[Bid'a|heresy]]. | ||
* It is irrational. | |||
It is a heresy. | |||
It is irrational. | |||
It undermines the religion and the denomination, that is, Islam and Shiism (that is, it leads to insults of the religion and the denomination in the public view or in the views of other religions and denominations). | It undermines the religion and the denomination, that is, Islam and Shiism (that is, it leads to insults of the religion and the denomination in the public view or in the views of other religions and denominations). | ||