u/LightOfKarbala

Hello everyone,

I recently broke my foot and have had both an ultrasound (sonar) and an X-ray done. After reviewing my X-ray, my doctor told me that I need to undergo a clinical surgical operation to fix it.

Because surgery is a major step, I am looking for a second opinion from the medical professionals here to understand if surgery is absolutely necessary for my specific injury, or if this is something that could potentially heal with a cast/boot and rest.

Age: 49

Sex: Male

Height: 175 cm

Weight: 80 kg

The Director of the Office of His Eminence Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in Lebanon, Hajj Hamid al-Khaffaf:

In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful And praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds, and peace and blessings be upon Muhammad and his family, the pure ones.

With the beginning of the aggression on Lebanon in March 2026, the Office of His Eminence Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in Lebanon began its relief work with the displaced people in all Lebanese regions. His activities have focused on supporting charitable associations and individual initiatives of those providing services to the displaced, as well as large and small kitchens that provide thousands of meals to them, and supporting religious scholars and community leaders who shelter the displaced in the areas they have fled to, as well as supporting scholars and activists who assist the steadfast in their towns and villages throughout the crisis. All these types of support are still ongoing.

An electronic medical form was also launched from the early days of the aggression, enabling the needy displaced patient, wherever he is in Lebanon, to receive financial assistance sent to the relevant hospital. The form is still in use and receives dozens of requests daily. Then it was decided to provide financial assistance to the needy displaced, and the idea of the electronic form was launched from April 2 to April 9, around the clock. When the form was closed, the number of requests submitted was (86,633), and after review and verification, it was found that the number of duplicate requests was (5,305). The number of requests accepted as meeting the necessary conditions was (74,367). The financial assistance was delivered to them via a money transfer company on their phones. There are technical problems in delivering it to a limited number, and efforts are being made to resolve them. Thus, the project of financial assistance via the electronic form ends. Whether it will be reopened again depends on the circumstances and the future.

In conclusion, we would like to express our deep gratitude to all those who contributed to providing the financial resources for the success of this important humanitarian project, especially the noble people of Iraq - who responded to the call of the Supreme Religious Authority to help the displaced in Lebanon - in all their categories: the poor before the rich, the young before the old, and the women before the men. In human scenes that words cannot describe. May God reward them with the best reward.

We would also like to express our deep gratitude and appreciation to the dozens of teams who worked to make the project a success with diligence and dedication without fatigue or boredom for two months. May God reward them and their efforts.

  It remains for us to apologize to our dear people in Lebanon for any mistakes or omissions that may have occurred. We have exerted our utmost efforts to deliver assistance to the largest possible number of needy displaced people, and we hope that we have succeeded in this. We pledge to God Almighty and all Lebanese that we will continue to serve our displaced people now and in the future to the extent possible with new initiatives until God lifts the calamity from this nation.  And God is behind the intention.

May God have mercy on the martyrs and heal the wounded, and return the displaced to their towns and villages honorably and with dignity.

And our last prayer is that praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds.