 I would dearest viewers from across the globe, our most sincere and heartfelt congratulations to each and every one of you, As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullah, wabarakatuh and welcome to Iman Hussein TV3 from our London studio where we actually have sun in London which makes a lovely change and it's quite a coincidence as we celebrate three of the sons of Islamic history, none other than Imam al-Sajjad Sayyid al-Sajj Deen, Sayyid al-Shuhada Imam al-Hussein and his noble and most loyal brother Abu Fadal al-Abbas alayhim, As-salamu alayhim, As-salamu alayhim. Alhamdulillah, I am overjoyed to be joined by three esteemed guests, Sayyid al-Haydar, Abu Shahbaz al-Murad al-Aadhim, we welcome you all, As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullah. Our dearest viewers, smiles are on the faces of the Shia on this month, we're eagerly anticipating the holy month of Allah SWT, but in order to prepare for this our spiritual awakening is shaken by the celebration of the birth of these lions of Karbala, of these heroes of Islam and insha'Allah today our goal is very simple, between us we want to melt the hearts of the believers, we want to melt the hearts of our brothers and sisters insha'Allah, but insha'Allah most importantly to serve and to bring a smile to the face off our day away to say may Allah hasten his reappearance as we sing the praises and speak of the praises of these incredible men and I start with any one of you, pick one of them and that will be the start of the show insha'Allah. All three, two Imams, and we can even refer to Hazrat Abbas al-Islam as Imam Abbas, if those who have been to Karbala and know the Iraqis refer to him as Imam Abbas, not in the sense of Imam from the twelve Imams, but one of the saddest things that I feel when there's a big injustice to Hazrat Abbas al-Islam is we've always been told about his valour, his strength, how courageous he was and there's no doubt in that, he was the son of Ali ibn Abu Talib al-Islam and that was one of his great abilities, but he was also highly knowledged, his talimat was from Imam Ali al-Islam himself, Imam Hassan al-Islam, Imam Hussein al-Islam, I don't think you'll find anybody in this world who's had three Imams as his teacher, so there is no doubt about it that the knowledge of Hazrat Abbas al-Islam was beyond the level we can even contemplate, but unfortunately some of our lecturers, they don't give justice to this and I think for our youth especially, it's something you have to look into. I remember reading a Qutbah quite recently about when Hazrat Abbas al-Islam, and we know he was very powerful, not only in war but even in speech and when they were in Mecca, Hazrat Abbas al-Islam got on top of the Kaaba and I clarified with some sheikhs and well-learned scholars if this Qutbah was actually real, one of the things he says in the Qutbah, he goes, this house only has value because my father, no, because his father, look how Hazrat Abbas speaks, look at the respect level, he doesn't say my father, he says his father referring to Imam His father was born in it, that was the power of his speech, so it's something that we should always understand that Hazrat Abbas al-Islam wasn't just a bloodthirsty barbaric sword-flying killer of enemies, he was a great warrior, scholar, I'm sure had there been a time where he would have had to answer a question, he would have done it just as well as any Imam would have and that was something that we don't give him credit for. And of course when we remember our father, we must remember Umm Al-Bani, salamu alayhi alayhi, our Queen and our inspiration to men and women regardless of Qala and of eviction for Ali Muhammad, of course. And I love her loyalty towards the Adil Bayt, because when she got the news of Qalbala, she didn't ask about her own sons, she asked about Imam Hussain and even though going through each of our sons one by one, until getting to Abu Fadr al-Abbas, which is one of her favorite sons, she still didn't, you know, she didn't break as much as she did when she found out about Imam Hussain. And you know, we cannot blame such an amazing being such as Abu Fadr al-Abbas when he comes from a mother so strong and so much so filled with the love of Amir al-Mu'minin, Imam Hussain and stuff like that. She came in and said, don't call me by my name. I said, well, I don't remind them, you know what I said? Absolutely, right-hader there said, because we know the al-Bait because we were taught by our parents. Hazr Tabas, alayhi salam, it was his mother that installed and instilled that love, that loyalty, yes, in him because a mother plays a very important role in Islam. Within our fiqh, women are a very important part of Islam. We have Bibi Fatima Sayyeda, Salamu alayya, we have Bibi Zaynab, alayhi salam. Even there's no justification to Omey Kulthum sometimes. We completely forget Omey Allah's peace and blessings be upon her. She did as many struggles as anybody in Islam and our women in Islam have given as much as the men. And we recognize this, alhamdulillah, on a great deal. And this is because a mother plays a very, very big role as well. And I wouldn't love the al-Bait the way I do. If it wasn't for my mother teaching me that, my children wouldn't have that because I couldn't do that to my children. I can only play a certain role. So a great deal of credit goes to Umul Benin for how Hazr Tabas and how his brothers were. Of course. They were all equal in love for the al-Bait. Adding to that about Hazr Tabas, alayhi salam, there was once an older poet and he said that everybody in this dunya asks through Imam Ali, alayhi salam, you ask for risk, you ask for him. You ask for children, you ask for him. Everything, even when he was alive, people used to come through him. Yet if there was one thing that Imam Ali, alayhi salam, asked for, that was Abu Fathal al-Abbas. Ahsan, ahsan, beautiful. Ahsan, Salwat, insha'Allah. Salawat, insha'Allah. And of course, we remember another hero of Karbala, though maybe not with the sword, but thereafter with his tongue and his eloquence, none other than Imam al-Sajjad, alayhi salam, and it's with Imam Hussain, usually when we think of that name immediately, we think Karbala, Karbala. When we think of Abu Fathal, we usually think straight away, Karbala, Karbala. With Imam al-Sajjad, we do tend to divide his life into two parts, kind of Karbala and post Karbala. And there is naturally the one text that we go to whenever we think about him is the Treaties of Rights, Rasala Salah al-Hukuk, which we'll talk a little about later. But just that title, if we may, just for a moment, Sayyid al-Sajjadin, Sayyid al-Sajjadin, the jewel or the pearl of the worshippers. I mean, that's a level, you know? It is, it definitely is. Well, worshipping Allah, as one of our ta'ala, is the greatest thing we can do. And none of us could ever relate or even understand what his eminence went through. Of course. And he found solace and peace in prostrating to Allah. He has did all the imams. And we've read many hadith where, and I'm sure people have heard, where they had to shave the calluses of his head due to the amount of Sajjudah he used to do. Because it was nearness to Allah, Subhanahu wa Ta'ala. They got him through those difficult times. And we should remember that these are examples for us. These are examples. Our imams went through these trials and tribulations to leave examples for us. When you are going through a hard time, when you do feel that the world is, you know, dissipating around you, things are falling through, I'm a man with a lot of experience. Find solace in God, do your Sajjud, go get close to Allah, go into Sajjud, speak to your Lord, yes? Because our imam taught us that. And we mustn't forget their teachings. It's, of course, we must never forget Karbala. But there's no point only remembering Karbala. If we forget Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala, then we're actually, our imams will be very upset with us. Of course, of course. Imam Sajjad played a massive role actually in Karbala, and after Karbala. You know, Imam Sajjad, during Karbala, you know, there was a reason why he was, he wasn't able to fight. And there was a reason why, you know, he was ill during those, during that event. And this is not just like a coincidence. Oh, he's all know that Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala has bestowed this on him. Why? Because he has a much more important duty after Karbala, and that's maintaining. Because, okay, they saved the name of Islam. But at the end of the day, everyone that was in Karbala has passed away, all the men, anything. So they need it. Imam Sajjad had one of the most important jobs out of our imams. Because, and that's maintaining the message of Rasulullah, and not letting it slip. And Subhanallah Imam Sajjad done it, and we live through it. If I can add something there, there's when after Karbala, when Imam Sajjad, alaihi s-salam, was in Medina, and Yazid had ram-sat, the balloon. He'd completely tried to destroy the carbon. Yeah. But at a later stage, Imam Sajjad, alaihi s-salam, he was taking rice on his back, and he was dropping outside people's houses who were hungry. And some viewers may have heard this tradition and narration. And one of his Sahaba turn around and said, oh Imam, this is the Umayyads. He said, they are hungry. Whether they accept me as their Imam, or they don't accept me as their Imam, I am their Imam. This is my responsibility. I mean, imagine giving food to the people or the people who are responsible for it. But this is what the difference is between, this is why they are infallible. This is why we don't understand sometimes, we say infallible, we think, what's infallible? You know, okay, they didn't come to sin. Understand what infallible is. It's not just a simple concept. There's a hadith, I just wanna narrate on the back of that, actually. So Imam Al-Baqir, alaihi s-salam, of course, Imam Sajjad's son, he says, verily, he, referring to Imam Sajjad, verily, he used to provide for 100 households from among the poor of Medina. He liked for the orphans, the needy, the disabled, the poor, and the destitute to be present at his food spreads. He served them with his own hands. And if anyone among them had a family, he used to take the food to their household. He never ate any food, but that he first gave charity from it. And we're saying this is coming from Imam Al-Baqir, alaihi s-salam. So we're not saying, you know, is this going to be a legitimate or, you know, how true of it? And he's saying, just that last bit, he never ate any food. So no bite of any food, but that he first gave charity from it. And that is Al-Muhammad, if you could have a summary. It's incredible. Viewers, Alhamdulillah, with our guests, we've got a mixture of incredible voices, but also lyricists, and that's definitely not myself. That's the three around me. And during this program, insha'Allah, they'll be delivering lines of poetry to heighten your emotion in praise and in memory and enjoy a celebration of these infallible personalities. And there is that famous narration, kind of looking at the opposite of it, where it says anyone who writes a bait of poetry, a cup of poetry, and makes the individuals cry, then paradise is their haven, and it goes through a descending amount of numbers, and so even if it's just one, and if they're sad, then you'll still enter paradise. So insha'Allah, I leave the floor open to you guys, as and when you feel right to read out some of your poetry, insha'Allah. I will start off with a very, I'll start off, I'll start off the poetry, if you allow me, with something very short, but very to the point. And this is a poem of honour to Imam Hussein. To Imam Hussein, it's four lines, and it's, I will try and explain it after I read the poetry, what I'm trying to say in the last one. Insha'Allah. O Hussein, you fought the tyrants and their oppression. O Hussein, you fought the tyrants and their oppression. O Hussein, you taught us defence against aggression. O Hussein, you taught us defence against aggression. Against an umayyad onslaught of arrogance and transgression. Of arrogance and transgression, you gave your head to Hussein and saved Islam's every generation. O Allah. When I say Islam's every generation, Islam didn't start with Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him. Islam started with Adam. Ahsad. And then every descending prophet, right until our holy prophet, Muhammad, peace be upon him, were all part of the revelation of Islam. Had Imam Hussein and Islam not given his head in that sacrifice, then every generation of Islam would have been destroyed from Adam to Noah to Moses as the English words after these prophets, Jesus or Issa. So understand what Imam Hussein and Islam actually did. A hero, a hero, a saviour. Well, I'll do anything for us, insha'Allah. Bismillahirrahmanirrahim. As you guys may know, my path into reciting was inspired very much so by my teacher, Ustad Siftajafir, who was killed by the enemies of the Ahl al-Bayt, may peace be upon him, in Qalaji a couple of years ago. So in his memory and to bless the sawab of his words, I want to recite some of his words to you guys. And insha'Allah, I understand that a lot of people who are watching are people who understand English. So I'll try and give you a brief sort of outline of what the poet is trying to say so that everybody can get an idea of how powerful his message is. Unfortunately, I can't do all the words justice in English, but I will definitely give it a try. Insha'Allah. Allahumma salli ala Muhammad wa aali Muhammad. So in these words, something we call a radif, which is the last line of a poem and that can be the subject of what he's trying to say. So he says, that it is alive through your name, right? That's his basis of his poetry. So I'll recite all the poetry, just a couple of verses, and as I go along, I'll explain them in English to all of us so that we can all benefit from this great, great man's words. Let's remember his soul with the loud salawat. Allahumma salli ala Muhammad wa aali Muhammad. Shabir yassab dunya tere naam se zinda haa Shabir yassab dunya tere naam se zinda haa Yeh din Muhammad ka tere naam se zinda haa He says, Shabir is a term in Punjabi that's used for Imam Hussain Ali Muhammad salli ala Muhammad. And he says, Shabir yassab dunya. Shabir, this whole world is alive through your name. I would say what I say in the universe. Shabir yassab dunya tere naam se zinda haa Yeh din Muhammad ka tere naam se zinda haa This religion of Muhammad is alive through your name. And then he says, Allah kabhi kalma tere naam se zinda haa Allah's kalma is alive through your name. Then he says, Haali haa zamane mein tawheed ki tanwee rahe Goon ji haa tere damse Kaun naane mein takwee rahe Haake se paainda tere naam se zinda haa He says that in this world the light of tawheed spread through your name. Goon ji haa tere damse kaun naane mein takwee rahe And the echoes of takweed were heard around the world through your name. Allah kabhi kalma. And Haake is in connection with you. Tere naam se zinda haa, alive through your name. I'll just go through a last verse so that my other respected reciters will get a chance to recite as well. And this is when he's referring to himself as to how much Imam Hussain alaihi sallam had actually blessed him. Shabbir ka marisiya khabhi, Shabbir ka shair bhi. Shabbir ka marisiya khabhi, Shabbir ka shair bhi. Pahchaan yehi hai zamane mein ab sabte jaa fari ki. Sad shukr tera banda tere naam se zinda haa. He says that someone who recites the marisiya or lamentation of Imam Hussain alaihi sallam is called a marisiya khan. Nauha khan, Kasidla khan, marisiya khan. He says Shabbir ka marisiya khan bhi, Shabbir ka shair bhi. He says I am the reciter of Shabbir's marisiya and I'm also a poet of Imam Hussain alaihi sallam. And he says, Pahchaan yehi hai zamane mein ab sabte jaa fari ki. That sabte jaa fari in the whole world is realized through this, through his poetry and through reciting his marisiya. And then he says, hundreds and thousands of shukr to Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala. Tere naam se zinda haa, I am alive through your name. Ahsant, Salawat ala Muhammad. Allahumma salli ala, Muhammad wa ala Muhammad. And the viewers for those of you who are, who have not familiar with Shaheed, Subtijat from May Allah bless his soul eternally, please do YouTube him. There's many different legends out there in this world have taken the time to actually translate his work and subtitle it on YouTube. And there's a very famous piece that he writes about the arrival of Imam Al-Qa'im, Al-Faruj Al-Sharif. I really, really recommend you guys to try and listen to it, insha'Allah. And may Allah bless you. So, thank you brother Al-Qa'im, As-Sentil. I'm in love with our beliefs. Sometimes I actually sit back and actually think to myself that we have so much detail in our belief that no other religion has. Okay, so this is a nice little poem from Luli Sardar. And I'm not going to say too much of it, you'll catch on as I'm going, insha'Allah. It's called, I'm in love. Her taste is sweeter than water The thought of her absence destroys me And her name is Karbala Her scent it throws me off balance As it weaves around her figure She teases and plays with my heart It grows in me her loving nature Comfort within me Every night I slept Upon her suns in Karbala I'm lost when I'm lost in her Through minds of her sun Just as my heart it sleeps Through her Each day I spend on her Desert my heart dipped in her dark So she becomes imprinted on me Till my blood is Karbala Insha'Allah I'm love day Lost two domes fixed on my pupil So that I see them wherever Time itself becomes meaningless Infinite forever And I follow her So entrance that All roads leads to Karbala Just on that point, as you spoke about Karbala, which is where we know both Imam Hussein and Hazrat Abbas are both buried. When I went to Karbala a few years ago, I was sitting on a rooftop of a hotel and Murtaza Karbalayi. Oh, I remember the story. Yeah, you told me. He came upstairs, very respectful boy and very beautiful boy. And he said to me, he said, he said, uncle, do you not think Karbala is heaven? And I actually said to him, no, it's not heaven. And he was in a bit of shock. And I said, he's greater than heaven. And then this poem came to me and I think you've heard this and they really loves it. And it goes like this. How do you call Karbala heaven heaven itself succumbilates pain of Haramain? Allah. Heaven itself succumbilates pain of Haramain. How do you call Karbala heaven when heaven itself waits for its door to be opened by Abbas and Hussein? To be opened by Abbas and Hussein. How do you call Karbala heaven when heaven itself is created from Karbala's dust and its every grain? Karbala is not heaven. It's greatness better. Heaven waits for Karbala. It's quesant. Quesant means quiet. Heaven waits for Karbala. It's quesant without Karbala. Heaven is stateless. Heaven is station but Karbala is omnipresent. Karbala the kibla before any creation. Because had Allah not created Karbala then there was no point of creating creation. Karbala the kibla before any creation. Karbala the soul of heaven's foundation. Karbala itself gives heaven a donation for Karbala heaven itself has an admiration. Karbala the giver and heaven the peasant. Because Karbala gave heaven Imam Hussein. So Karbala the given heaven the peasant. Karbala the galaxy heaven its moon and crescent. Karbala gives heaven its aroma its essence. Without Karbala heaven is evanescence. Evanescence means it could evaporate and just disappear. With Karbala heaven wants an association. With Karbala heaven wants an association. With Karbala heaven wishes a had bifurcation which is a joining of two branches. Karbala gave to heaven its coronation. Not the Quran Karbala is heaven's recitation. Karbala is where one finds heaven's registration. If you don't go to Karbala you can't go there. Karbala is where one finds heaven's registration. Karbala no choice but heaven's obligation. Karbala the reality heaven the innovation. Because we go to Karbala we see Karbala to me heaven is an innovation. Karbala is reality. Karbala the reality heaven is innovation. To Karbala heaven itself eternally in prostration. Karbala is not heaven it's the element that gives heaven its essence. Do not call Karbala heaven. Heaven is matter. Karbala is quintessence. Quintessence is the sixth element which everything heaven is made out. I love these kind of poems that has like a little punch to it. Because in Arabic as well I don't know if they're called metaphors or not. But in Arabic we have something like that as well. So there's a very short one I'll translate as I'm going. So it goes. Not only Najaf he has a mazar. Ali even in a Ka'ba we can see him. Ali the one who loves him will go on the Ka'ba and kiss the walls of the Ka'ba. Ali even the one who doesn't like him will go on the Ka'ba and kiss the Ka'ba. So these kind of poems are beautiful. Amazing, really amazing. This is the power of poetry and this is why our emma they love poetry so much because it delivers a message in its own very unique way. It's a tool. It captures the mind. And with that my dearest viewers we head towards a break. You can start googling to get your tickets towards Karbala inshallah and to Najaf. But we'll see you in a few minutes to continue our celebration. Asalaamu alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuhu. Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Raheem our dearest viewers. Welcome back asalaamu alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuhu. We are continuing our festivities in this epic month of Sha'ban where we celebrate the birth anniversaries of three legends in our life. None other than Imam al-Hussain, Imam al-Sajjad and Abu Fadil al-Alihim Mu'afdal al-Salati was-salaam. And to welcome you back inshallah your hearts are still quite warm from what we were previously going through. I just want to give you a hadith from Kamal al-Ziyarah about the Qabr of Imam Hussain al-Salaam. And this comes from our Holy Sikh Imam Imam al-Sadi al-Salaam the grandson of Imam Hussain where he says Allah has dedicated 4,000 angels to the grave of Hussain al-Salaam. 4,000 who were disheveled and covered with dust who cry over him and will continue to do so until the day of judgment. And he goes on, Imam al-Salaam. He says these angels will accompany those who go to the Ziyarah of Hussain al-Salaam while knowing his rights until they arrive at the safe haven. And if they become ill, the angels will visit them every morning and every evening. And when they die, and when they die, this is the promise of Ahmad al-Alihim. So if you go and visit them, they're with you till forever. And when they die, the visit of Aba Abdullah and when they die, the angels will attend their funerals and seek forgiveness for them until the day of judgment. Such is the status and the maqam of Aba Abdullah al-Hussain. And such is his nearness to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. I don't know if it's in the hadith that the head angel's name is Mansour. The head angel who is in charge of all the angels in the shrine, in the dome, they reside in the dome of Imam al-Salaam, his name is Mansour. So when you go there, not a lot of people know this, but you should say, Mansour, witness that I am one who has come to visit the master of all martyrs. Insha'Allah. Moving on with what you're talking about, the grave of Imam al-Salaam. In Punjabi, there's a term called, for example, Haid al-Jani, Abu Shahbaz Jani. As in, leave it between them. Abu Shahbaz knows and Haid al-Nuz, for example, Sayyid Haid al-Nuz, for example. So there's a Punjabi Qasidah that's recited universally and with so much pride and oomph in Pakistan in Punjabi and I'd like to recite that to you brothers. And insha'Allah I'll explain the words as we go along so that the viewers who are viewing in can benefit as well. Insha'Allah. It's the same way I mentioned that, the wadzah, So how does, and it goes through different stories and different narrations where it was the miracles, yeah, and history said, you know what, leave this between Allah and Imam Hussein. So it's like, it's poetic license, you know, it's allowed. We shouldn't be so hardcore. Haa, Rab jaanite Hussein jaanee, Rab jaanite Hussein jaanee, Rab jaanite Hussein jaanee, Rab jaanite Hussein jaanee, De ke tu idha wasta mang le dua, Rab jaanite Hussein jaanee, Rab jaanite Hussein jaanee, De ke tu idha wasta, Gif is wasta, De ke tu idha wasta mang le dua, Gif is wasta, make your dua, after that Hussein knows and Allah knows, Allah, yeah. Rab jaanite Hussein jaanee, and this refers to the time where Imam, the Prophet, was done, and Imam Hussein came on effect. Sent. So he says, it's referring to when the Prophet is in Sajdah and Imam Hussein al-Assalam is on his back. And he goes, it's many namazis, right? Don't be restless. Go in Sajdah, pray as much namaz as you need to. Don't be restless. Just pray as many Husayn gets you to pray today. Mostafa, Sajdah, Wadah, Qanda, Husayn says, Mostafa, Prolong your Sajdah. Mostafa, Prolong your Sajdah. Allah says, Rab-e-Janat-e-Husayn. Allah knows and Husayn knows. So in Pakistan, our tradition is narrated quite a lot. To be honest, I don't know the authenticity of it that much because it's not my field. But when he comes to Imam Hussein al-Assalam, and he says, Imam, Allah has not blessed me with any children, right? And I have a massive wish to have a son, right? It's a valid narration. Authenticated. So then I'll narrate that to you as well. Final verse. Please, please, please. So this was a Rahib as in a traveler who comes to Imam Hussein al-Assalam. And he says, Allah has not given me any children, has given me any sons. He says, In my fortune it's not written for me to have children, right? But Husayn means the cradle, right? He goes, he, how can I say? He rejuvenated the cradle of my house, right? So he asked for one child, Imam Hussein al-Assalam, granted him seven children. Allah. He gave me seven sons and he said, Go, Rab-ul-Janat. He made a dua. This was a Christian. And it's not a narration. He came to Imam Hussein, Imam Hussein al-Assalam, made a dua for him. Some tradition state is the same Christian priest who looked after his enemy. In addition to that, I think a lot of people sometimes try and use any option or any avenue they can to downgrade the state so that I can debate over him al-Assalam. Where they'll say, yeah, this is within our own faith. Where they'll say, yeah, Imam, you can't say Imam Hussein al-Assalam gave it to him because Allah swt gave it. There's no doubt in Allah swt gave it, but he gave it through Imam Hussein al-Assalam. If it wasn't for Imam Hussein al-Assalam, Allah swt wouldn't have given it. I'm going to quickly tell you a lovely tradition that will try and explain this to people and it's about Prophet Moses and I'll be very quick. Prophet Moses, as we know, used to walk up and talk to Allah swt and when he was going one time a guy turned around and said to him, ask your God for a very stupid question. So Moses was going up the mountain. Then a lady said to him, I can't have children. Can you ask your God to bestow me children? So this guy was like an infidel and Moses was the prophet of God. So Moses is going and coming and he's saying to God, give this woman a child, give this woman a child and God doesn't give her a child. This woman asked that guy, can you ask God to give me a child? So Moses has gone up the mountain and he said to Moses, listen Moses, if you wanted to have a child bring me human flesh. Moses baffled, so he's going everywhere, so he's asking around, give me human flesh, nobody's giving it to him. So he sees that same guy and he says, Moses, why are you upset? He goes, because God has asked me for human flesh and no one's giving him human flesh. He said give me the knife, cut his flesh off, puts it in a plate. Moses goes up to the mountain, he gives God the human flesh. A little while later, the woman has a child. Moses says, oh, maybe it's my prayer. She goes, no, you prayed for a long time but I asked this guy. So Moses has gone in a strong. He said, God, I'm your prophet. This guy asked me, he doesn't even believe in you properly. He goes, Moses, I asked you for flesh, did you think of giving me your own? This man gave me his. So imagine the status of Imam Hussein al-Islam in front of Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala. When he gave everything, of course, and going on from that, there's a poem I have because it's not only Imam Hussein al-Islam. Many of us go to the door of Abu Fadala. And this is a poem which involves some of my real life experience. Yes, the poem is strong but poetic license as well. And the poem is called Kaaf Noon. I love this one. One of my favourites. O Zainab's God and Ali's Pride. O Zainab's God and Ali's Pride, they call you not an Imam but Babel Hawaii. They call you not an Imam but Babel Hawaii. I ask how every wish do you fulfil? Because nobody comes back empty handed. You go with a clean heart to Abu Fadala. Yes, you won't come back empty handed. I ask how every wish do you fulfil? Do you have the power of being at will? Do you have the power of being at will? Because I got something which I shouldn't have got. I come to Karbala and I stand at your shrine. I close my eyes looking for a sign. I see a vision, the name of us and it spreads its wings. I swear I am blinded, brighter than shibrails that shine. And then I see the wishes waiting to be fulfilled, standing line after line. Wish after wish after wish, standing line after line. And then as these wings spread around me a wind like a monsoon, because I felt something, I realised as I looked, not only is this a bus, this is the Hashemite moon. This is the Hashemite moon. I know how he fulfills every wish. I know how he fulfills every wish, because as he opens his wing on when I see calf on the other noon. When I see calf on the other noon. To some the revelation is cool, cool, cool ending with nas. To some the revelation is cool, cool, cool ending with nas. To me it's Ali Fatima Hasnain and Abbas. I think it's, you know, when we try and understand why, like why has this man got such a status? It's because of his servitude to a man who had an even greater status and you know, when we try and give like, you know, very simple, simple ahadif to youngsters and still even to us as adults, I was about to say elders, I don't think we're there yet. You know, us as adults, there are some that really kind of touch the heart in a very delicate way and I just want to share one with you, insha'Allah, which comes regarding Imam Hussein, alaihi s-salam, where, and it's a very famous narration where the Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, was carrying Imam Hussein alaihi s-salam on his shoulders. So similar to when the Prophet was praying and Imam Hussein was on his back, that was a regular type thing, they had that such grandson, grandfather type playfulness between them and it's, it gets that Imam Hussein more to him than just caravan. Here he is in his childhood. So the Prophet's carrying Imam Hussein on his shoulders as his, you know, grandchild in that love and this man says to him, what a good ride you've mounted on, son. Talking to Imam Hussein, what a good ride you've got. You've got yourself the Prophet, what a good ride to which the Prophet replies and says and what a good rider he is talking about Imam Hussein alaihi s-salam. It's just that love and cheek between the two that this is the Prophet, you know, this isn't some round, this is the Prophet playing with Imam Hussein in such a kind way, kissing him on his cheek, holding him on his shoulders and it's no surprise then when you see a man who serves and gives all to defend. Of course, Allah s.w.t. gives you everything in return and of course you become Bab al-Huray. Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. Do you know a lot of times I tell people when we're talking within ourselves, especially within our families and with the Mu'minin, sometimes we're very hostile and harsh towards somebody else. If you actually look at the way that Ahlul Bayt alaihi s-salam is to talk to each other, right, if you look, some day if you get the chance to read the translation of Hadith al-Qasr and how the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam talks to his and when he refers to Imam Hussein alaihi s-salam he says, all the north of my eyes. Yeah. And when they refer to him, he says, all the Nabi of Allah s.w.t. You know, that love, respect and love and it was both ways. That they had for each other for their fellow Mu'minin, for the fellow followers of Ahlul Bayt alaihi s-salam are we sometimes guilty of going against that in our own actions? All comes down to love and this is a quick poem about love and the love of Imam Hussein. What is love, they ask? Love itself. We all say love is an emotion, yes? Love itself, love is who installed love in my heart. Imam Hussein installed love in my heart. Love itself, loves who you installed love in my heart is Ussein who has gained the heart of love itself. Is Ussein who is gained the heart of love itself. His love is an intoxication of pain yet it pleasures my soul. It's an intoxication of pain yet it pleasures my soul. Love is an unknown treasure worth more than all the diamonds and all the gold. His love is not my right nor my due, for I may be a sinner. We're all sinners. I may be a sinner, but my love for sure is true. I love He who is the gravity of love. The more I get closer, the more I cannot get enough. I'm sure everybody will say, every time you go to Karbala, when you come back, you wish you never came back. You want to go again and again and again and the closer the older you get. The more I get closer, the more I cannot get enough. And then I say, oh, what an intoxication. People have alcohol as intoxication. That's not an intoxication. That's mine now. This is heaven intoxication. Or what an intoxication? Keep filling my heart with His name for He is the Alexia of love. But this month, Subhanallah, we have one month where there are so many blessings, you know. Alaykum As-Salamu Alaykum. Alaykum Alaykum. Exactly. So there is a nice poem, again by Nuri. And this one, I recited a few years ago in Karbala. I'm also on MSN TV. So every time I look I always bring back memories. I've been Shaaban in Iraq and the atmosphere is amazing. Like you see in Al-Ba'in when you go home, the atmosphere is sad, everyone's there. And you know, you literally, you're so tight, but you take energy from everyone around you, right? Now Shaaban is exactly the same thing. It's packed. But it's different. But it's different. It's more of a happy mood. Joyous, yeah. Exactly, a joyous mood. And the energy that you get from everyone. Look, subhanAllah, you know, it's absolutely beautiful. So this is, this is a small poem. Please, please. This is Karbala's month. Hussein born on the third. Born on the fourth. The moon. The fifth. Imam al-Sajjad. This month, Karbala glows. In all of its heroes. Abu Sajjad's, Sajjad, Hussein and his brother. Two sons and a moon this month like no other. Welcomes Shaaban, Karbala. Lit up in pride and honor. For its loved ones, she leaves in awe. Each lover, each man wants to be with her. And she listens. She decorates her wonders. On her beauty, men ponder. Her sand sweetens. She perfumes each visitor. Leaving the heart so tender. For three lions. And it's actually very true now. When you go to Karbala, no matter, you know, all of us are nowhere near the feet of the infallibles. And their akhlaq and their patience. I mean, look, Sayyid al-Zaynab has the mind infallibility. And why was she blessed with this? It's because of her patience and what she offered to Islam. She practically saved Islam. And this is what, this was a blessing from Allah swt. Knowing that Sayyid al-Zaynab has that pride inside her. And yet again, unfortunately, there is not one lecture. I don't think I've heard only one main woman, one or two, three lectures that I've heard, given the biography of Sayyid al-Zaynab and who she is. Now, people, a lot of people actually don't understand that Sayyid al-Zaynab was, what Zaynab means, Zina Tabiha. She's the decorations of her father, of her father. She's the mirror reflection of her father. Now, when she was born, when Ali came, he said to father, Zahra, have you named her? Because you know, they have this, nowadays they fight. No, I want to name you, I want to name you. No, he comes to me, father, Zahra, have you named her? He says, she says, how can I name her? And her father hasn't named her. And what does that mean only when he says, he goes, how can I name her? If Rasulullah hasn't named her, let's go to Rasulullah. We go to Rasulullah and we ask Rasulullah, we have, what are you going to name her? He said, how can I name her? If we have Allah SWT. And Jibril came down and said, name her Zaynab. This lady didn't only live in Karbala. Her beauty, her knowledge she passed down wasn't in Karbala. She had the knowledge of an Imam. Now Imam Hassan Askeri says that if you are not close, if the Imam of your time isn't available, if he's away or something like that, then ladies, go to his wife, go to his sister. Because they are as knowledgeable. Sayyid Zaynab, Amir al-Mu'mineen, in Kufa, or in Medina, when Amir al-Mu'mineen used to give lessons in the mosque, sayyid Zaynab used to give lessons inside the house. And seven days a week, one day it was the Quran, how to recite it, the second day. The third day is Aqai, the fourth day is Fiqh, the fifth day. It's crazy, this says Zaynab and no one actually, because there's not a person who's actually come out and given a whole one hour, hour-and-a-half lecture, because there is, you haven't heard it. There is a few, I've heard a few. There's not enough. There's not enough, of course not, no one is enough. I mean, sayyid Zaynab played a massive, massive role in our religion. I'm not saying there is no lectures, but there is, you know, it should be there in your face, everyone should know this. I think if we look at sayyid Zaynab, her sacrifices, her mother, her father, her brothers, her children, and what she saw in Sham, I think if you looked at one person, that she was a lady, but we would say, but the character, the strength of the strongest man that ever lived. Zaynab, simple as that. Zaynab, that's it. And insha'Allah, my dearest viewers, we leave you with this one hadith, insha'Allah, going towards Imam al-Sajjad, alayhim, as-salam, coming from the Prophet, when Nabi'Allah Muhammad, sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi wa sallam, says, on the day of judgment, a caller will call, where is the adornment of the worshippers? Where is sayyid al-Sajjad? Where is Zayn al-A'abideen? And it is as if I am looking at my son, Ali ibn al-Hussain, Ibn Ali ibn Abi Al-Qalib, emerging from between the rows. The words of Nabi'Allah Muhammad, off our dear beloved Imam, his birthday, they we celebrate amongst his father and his uncle. I thank our dear guest on behalf of all of our dear viewers, and may Allah SWT, insha'Allah, accept what little we have offered towards his immaculate servants, and may Allah grant us the intercession of them, fit dunya wa ala akhira. May Allah enlighten the graves of our Marhumim with their nur and scent into their graves, insha'Allah. And may Allah SWT hasten the reappearance of the one who will avenge the blood of al-Hussain and Karbala. Wassalamu alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh.