among that which reached me from the Shaykh Abi Ja`far Muhammad b. Uthman قدس الله روحه as answers to my questions to the Master of the Age عليه السلام … as for that which you have asked about in regards the one who prays while the fire, or an image, or a lamp is in front of him – is his prayer accepted? [you ask this] because the people in your midst have differed about that – then – it is permissible for the one who is not a direct descendant of the idol-worshipers or fire-worshipers to pray while the fire, or an image, or a lamp is in front of him, and it is not permissible for the one who is a direct descendant of the idol and fire worshipers.