 respected viewers brothers and sisters in Islam as-salamu alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh welcome to the third episode as we continue to celebrate the birth anniversary of one of the greatest ladies in Islam and as a matter of fact the great one of the greatest ladies in history it is no other than lady Zaynab peace and blessings be upon her for this reason I would like to congratulate all my dear Muslim brothers and sisters everyone across the world especially the Imam of our time may Allah hasten his reappearance to the Ahl al-Bait and to two individuals al-Abbas alayhi as-salam and imam al-Hasayn peace and blessings be upon them both on this very auspicious occasion but in the previous episodes we have been talking about the merits the attributes the characteristics of lady Zaynab alayhi as-salam and we touched upon a book written by Nur ad-Din al-Jazaadi on the attributes of lady Zaynab so it's very important to look at that book and for the dear viewers who didn't get the chance to view the previous episodes you can log in to our youtube channel at imam hasayn 3 tv or check out our facebook page for to watch the previous episodes but about lady Zaynab alayhi as-salam it is beyond the power of any ordinary person to pen the merits and the virtues of lady Zaynab whose praise requires eloquence of that which brings forth by the holy Quran and as fluently expressive as the tongue of prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam and his infallible progeny Zaynab was too great to rest on family achievements she explored a different path to own for her own and became the reason behind the virtues of her being entitled as al-Zahra al-Thaniya the second only to her impeccable mother phalam al-Zahra the greatest lady in all world in all times lady phalam al-Zahra alayhi as-salam needed an immaculate deputy to demonstrate to the entire world and to women especially the greatness of Islam and the practical meaning of piety virtue and feminine rights this is why her elders daughter Zaynab alayhi as-salam took the stand and bore the responsibilities the heavy responsibilities which enabled her to have an enormous stance in history she left a name behind Zaynab whenever you ask who is Zaynab just google the name lady Zaynab Zaynab Zaynab al-Kubra and you'll find who this great individual is although not fully infallible like Prophet Muhammad like the prophets like the imams like her mother phalam al-Zahra alayhi as-salam yet the hermon of Karbala set a lasting message set an example for everyone that even some of the infallibles in prophets before her grandfather could not make a stand like Zaynab alayhi as-salam although as you mentioned in the previous episodes she has the minor infallibility not the major infallibility but yet Zaynab was that distinctive individual she was so distinct in her own ways that no person or no other lady can reach her status except for you know being Zahra and the other ladies but Zaynab alayhi as-salam was the embodiment of practical knowledge now I would like to emphasize on this on this point sheikh saduq may Allah rest his soul and peace he writes on the authority of certain individuals who received it from the imams he says Zaynab had a special authority on behalf of Imam al-Hussain alayhi as-salam people used to refer to her in jurisprudential matters related to what is permitted and what is forbidden until her nephew Imam Zaynab alayhi as-salam recovered from his illness I want to emphasize on this point that Zaynab alayhi as-salam received a special authority from Imam al-Hussain although Imam Zaynab alayhi was present he was the infallible leader he was the infallible Imam was supposed to lead the ummah yet when he was ill Zaynab alayhi as-salam took the responsibility the authority from Karbala all the way to Medina until Imam Zaynab alayhi was healed from his sickness from his illness so we find anyone that needed anything regarding jurisprudence faith matters anything related with religion went to Zaynab alayhi as-salam similar to when Imam al-Kawam alayhi as-salam was taken to Baghdad when he was imprisoned Ma'suma his daughter was where she was in Medina yet anyone that would want that went to the house of Ahl al-Bayt as-salam saw Ma'suma and she replied to their acquires she replied to their questions but yet the certain story long story short they want to make sure if her answer was correct so they went to Imam al-Kawam and they seen the same answer he says anything you need go to my daughter Ma'suma so we do find that Ahl al-Bayt as-salam have grand the women of Ahl al-Bayt have received certain levels where they have reached the minor infallibility not the major one like the imams and the prophets but a minor one to enable them to become those individuals who lead the Muslim ummah but if you want to look at the knowledge and the knowledge of Zaynab alayhi as-salam we see that knowledge unveils all realities regarding to Zaynab if you look at what she did in the court of Yazid the knowledge that she spoke of she unveiled what Yazid had implanted and what's the moral of this is that no aspect in human life does not require knowledge and awareness her father alayhi as-salam in his famous advice to his disciple komeil ben ziyad and this is mentioned in the balaqa has beautifully outlined the crucial part of knowledge as more worthy than wealth ma'a ma'a ma'a alayhi as-salam he states knowledge guards you while you have to guard wealth wealth decreases by spending while knowledge increases by spending what's the correlation between this tradition and Zaynab alayhi as-salam the relation between this is that if we study what happened after ashura and in the court of Yazid and what Yazid did to the Ahlul bayt alayhim as-salam a special speech of Zaynab we will find that Yazid whatever he did the hate that he had and the tragedies that he committed against Ahlul bayt alayhim as-salam and the calamities that lady Zaynab had to face one would think that any ordinary woman would collapse at that moment seeing her brother being killed seeing everyone around her being killed yet Zaynab had that personality where she stood up against the tyrant of her time and what did she do she fought back she defended the Ahlul bayt alayhim as-salam how did she fight back did she fight back through a sword through a pen no her only weapon was raising awareness bringing everyone together so they would know what happened on a day of ashura telling them who their grandfather were because when upon entering the cities that were they were taken around they thought they were rebels against the government they didn't know that this group of people were descendants of prophet Muhammad allah when they realized they knew that the opponent which was Yazid may Allah curse him had something to do with the killing of ma'mal hussain alayhis salam everyone rose against him zaynab caused a revolution this is why when we say that yes ma'mal hussain sacrificed but zaynab was the one to continue the sacrifice zaynab was the one to continue the message of ma'mal hussain alayhis salam and that's why we need to focus on her life because honestly if it wasn't for the three women if it wasn't for khadija farum tzahra and lady zaynab islam would not survive the woman going back to the woman aspect in islam women like khadija farum tzahra and zaynab were very crucial had a very important role to play within islam if we go to khadija we'll find laula amwal khadija was safe alayhi talib and if it wasn't for the wealth of khadija the sword of alayhi talib and the bravery of alayhi talib and the faith of abu talib islam would have never existed and if we go to farum tzahra what farum tzahra need no introduction the eloquence and the way that farum tzahra led her life was amazing and if we go to zaynab alayhi salam we'll find that she continued the message of islam because honestly islam would have left here in karbala islam would have stayed here and nowhere else but yet zaynab took that stand and made everyone understand who is on the right path who possesses divine knowledge and of course zaynab alayhi salam if you look if you look into her speech you will find that it's out of the ordinary that a woman that has not been taught before you are a scholar without being taught a person that has never been taught before speaking so eloquently and for the time of her time she said she tells yazid kid kaidak wa saasayak o yazid plot your plots and try your hardest for wallah la tamhu zikrana by allah you will not eliminate our mention why didn't she say the mention of ahl al-bayt tamhu zikrana because she is a part of the ahl al-bayt alayhi salam she possesses the minor infallibility which emanated from prophet muhammad emanated from her mother father and of course her development so we find that zaynab alayhi salam is included in ahl al-bayt through her speech she she defended ahl al-bayt because ahl al-bayt means everything to her but inshallah we'll continue our discussion but after the short break so stay tuned respected viewers brothers and sisters in islam once again aslamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh i greet you and welcome back to the second part of tonight's episode as we continue rejoicing the birth anniversary of our great lady lady zaynab peace and blessings be upon her and once again i do congratulate you on this very auspicious occasion but continuing the discussion where we left off from beginning from before the break in islam as everyone knows knowledge is not only confined to men women are also urged to pursue knowledge to acquire it and zaynab alayhi salam through her stand made it clear to the entire world that whenever we see something done wrong whether we are male or female whatever and whenever we see something being done wrong to our neighbors to ourselves to our religion of course we have to make a stand and make everyone understand what the truth is because the truth is what keeps everything going and honestly if you go through history you'll find that everyone wishes to be with the truth yet there is so much falsehood around that it's very hard to follow up but zaynab alayhi salam and through her actions we find her demonstrating what the teachings of islam islam restored the status of women the natural status of women and with an emphasis on women being literate and being knowledgeable why so they can nurture a society so they can nurture their children to build our communities to build our societies because they are the future the hope that everyone wants to be no if you look around everyone wants to continue the women are the ones who educate so do men but spending the majority of the time with the children enables them to make them better individuals the mother has a huge influence on her child and psychology proves that but if we continued female leaders in islam have been overlooked by the mainstream muslim world today and for centuries the truth to be told is that if it weren't for the woman that i mentioned earlier khadija lady fatima al-zara and zaynab islam would not survive and that's one of the crucial points that i would like to touch upon tonight but on the fifth of jama'at al-awwal in the six three year after hijrah zaynab alayhi salam and the whole entire world celebrates her birth because she is the female leader that brought the right back to the atlanta alayhi salam through her actions against the tyrants of her time through her stand against falsehood people began to know who the atlanta were people began to know how wrongfully alayhi salam was murdered this is why we find that throughout zaynab's life alayhi salam she had gatherings for women where she disseminated the knowledge of atlanta alayhi salam she disseminated the knowledge and teachings of islam to the point where she became alama ghayr muallama as mam zayn abideen refers to her lady zaynab used to get gatherings and teach people about Quran and the verses of the Quran she was relentless in her observance to her duties to her religious duties and night prayers and the mustahabbat the recommended prayers would never leave her nor fasting to the point especially night prayer to the point where imam al-hasayn alayhi salam on the day of ashura she was known as the worshipper al-abida on the day of ashura before islam left he tells her oh sister zaynab do not forget me in your night prayers in your salat al-layl oh sister do not forget me in your night prayers this is an infallible telling his sister that oh sister do not forget me in your night prayers this brings forth evidence to the minor infallibility of zaynab to the knowledge that zaynab possessed to her great personality to her elevated status this is why we see other titles as well we find that the worshipper we find that she is the generous one kareemah to ahl al-bayt zaynab alayhi salam according to various narrations whoever beseeches her in the first episode or second episode we mentioned how zaynab alayhi salam used to grant and up until now grant the wishes of those who beseech her and this is why we find her name her title being entitled kareemah to ahl al-bayt she was very generous according to the ahl al-bayt alayhi salam whoever needed something while she was in madina or in kufa everyone would go to the house of zaynab alayhi salam everyone would knock on her door and ask for something and she will always give it to her to that needy individual she got married to her first cousin the son of ja'far al-tayyar and honestly they had a very well off life but yet they lived a very humble life everything they had they gave it away to charity because what does Allah swt say in the holy Quran you will not reach the elevated status you will not reach the pleasure of Allah until you give what you cherish zaynab alayhi salam lived a life of obedience this is why she was named the worshipper the generous one of ahl al-bayt alayhi salam yahya al mazini reports the out in the neighborhood of the commander of the faithful this was in kufa sorry in madina for a very long time and close to the zaynab's house he says i swear by Allah i never saw her shadow and i had never heard her voice if she wanted to visit her grandfather sallallahu alayhi wa sallam she would do so at night with al-hasan on her right al-hasain on her left and the commander of the faithful in front of her when she would get closer to the tomb of the commander of the faithful would first turn the lamps off and let her continue once imam al-hasain alayhi salam asked his father for the reason of turning off the lights he says i fear that one might see your sister's shadow to that point of modesty zaynab alayhi salam had this goes out to our dear sisters is that in order for for one to reach a very high status a person must be modest a person i'm not saying that if you go around let people walk around you so you don't see this is zaynab alayhi salam people don't have to see your shadow no but act in a modest way act in a way where people get to understand that you represent al-bayta alayhi salam mama sadaq alayhi salam says be representatives of our souls so we ask for al-bayta alayhi salam as sisters you must continue in the footsteps of lady zaynab alayhi salam being that individual who inspires other ladies that whenever they see you they either ask of the great modesty you possess or they say that is the modesty of zaynab although no one can reach the level of zaynab but one must get or one must try their best to live up to the standard of zaynab alayhi salam but i would like to cut it off right now by or conclude tonight's episode by touching upon a very nice story from when she was little narrated by ibn abbas who was very astonished at this action she says zaynab when she was small she saw her mother giving the speech in the mosque of rasulullah regarding the rights that were stolen from her regarding fadak and other things so zaynab alayhi salam heard that speech once and memorized it from day one everyone realized that this young girl had something special about her something was special about that young girl from day one this was when she was five or six or seven years old everyone was astonished zaynab repeated the same speech without any mistakes so from day one zaynab alayhi salam possessed that knowledge so this message as a conclusion the message that we send from today is that we must become those individuals who aid ahlul bayt alayhi salam we must be those individuals who continue to support the cause of ahlul bayt and be representatives for them and true representatives for islam lastly i would like to ask allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to shed his blessings and mercy upon everyone