 أفلح من صلى على محمد وآل محمد أعوذ بالله من شر الشيطان الرجيم بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله رب العالمين وصلى الله على السيدنا وحبيب قلوبنا وشفيع نفوسنا أبل قاسم محمد وعلى البيته الطيبين الطاهرين المعصومين لاسيما بقية الله روحي وأرواح العالمين لتراب مقدمه الفداء أما بعد رسبكتد سكولز، ألدز، بردز and سيستز، السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته شاء الله كنسيوشن from yesterday night's topic with the limited time the time given I'd like to discuss in a more elaborate manner the effect of people's actions and a special reference to Bahloul tonight a special reference to Imam Hassan عليه الصلاة والسلام in which we celebrate his birthday yesterday Insha'Allah continuing it today as the banner is still behind me so we'll discuss his actions and how it may have an impact or one of the impacts that actions are very important to have in the society in which we live in Now Ali of Nabi Talib starts off the topic tonight by referring to his statement which he suggests and he says that knowledge will be guarding us knowledge protects us and when he compares it with money or wealth he says however on the flip side we are the ones that protect and guard our wealth knowledge throughout time increases whereas wealth you see at time progresses will be used up and he says it will deteriorate within the years whereas knowledge will increase through the years and has much more application now when we look at the concept of knowledge and we looked at it yesterday and we said to ourselves knowledge is not a determining factor the determining factor which is of the utmost importance are actions or what we act based on our knowledge and we refer to all the عمال that Allah سبحانه وتعالى needs from us from the worshipping from the transactions and how we have such a greater rank or a greater reward if we have the concept of knowledge معرفة why is it we do a particular thing why we act in a certain manner not just doing it because we were told and that's one of the main faculties that differentiate our school of thought than any other school of thought as we've said throughout the lectures and which we've stated that one particular school of thought does as they're told however the school of thought of أهل البيت we have to question everything prior to doing it prior to emerging ourselves in that particular act of worship whether it be حجاب whether it be for the male or the female whether it be صلا صيام anything any action we can look at why is it that we worship Allah سبحانه وتعالى and the mannerisms in which we worship now let's look at أعمال the application of أعمال we referred yesterday to the moral characteristics إمام حسن عليها أفضل صلاة والسلام in which a man came cursed إمام حسن and the particular action that إمام حسن replied with in which brought someone towards the origin of Islam now we know from our إمام the moral characteristics we have another moral characteristics of إمام زيل العابدين in which this one will honestly make you really determine now in our days how much someone can take إمام زيل العابدين lived through many timelines of the خلفاء one in particular was by the name of حشام ابن إسماعيل حشام when he was depositioned he was tied to the streets and the خلفاء of the time says anyone that wants anything from this particular person come and take it from him as you know خلفاء of the time he oppressed, he took he gifted as he wished corruption within the land so there's many people that had hatred towards him were infected their families affected as well by particular actions that this man did so you find look at this man and look at how much he has hurt the أهل البيت this man is replied by saying I fear no one except علي سنب حسين so you can imagine as a dictator how much he must have affected the family of the Prophet how much he affected the life of إمام زيل العابدين not just in a direct manner he would tell people to go and make sure that their life or their living circumstances were very troubled they would be in the streets they'd curse them in the streets whether they inflict damage whether it would be mental physical they would hurt them in one way or another so he comes forth and he says I'm not scared of anyone except علي زيل العابدين علي سنب حسين now the companions hear about this and they say to إمام زيل العابدين well this is your chance this is the time where you can go and you know what take your revenge because إمام زيل العابدين he says come with me he goes towards إمام زيل العابدين he's tied down in the marketplace everyone's coming and you find everyone throwing stuff at him and cursing him showing their hatred towards him إمام زيل العابدين comes and you can imagine that person the only person who's scared of him إمام زيل العابدين and he gets closer and closer and he trembles more and more he goes up to him and he whispers look at the beauty of this he whispers to him he says you know who I am he says of course he says you know what you have done وعليكم السلام عليكم ورحمة الله he says you know what you have done towards me and my family he says yes he says let me ask you another question he says what is it he says do you need anything he says excuse me is there anything that you need an outstanding debt do you want food do you want water is there anything I can help you with let's say إمام's reply to a person that's oppressed him for so long the sheikh narrates to us the characteristics of the prophet we're a Jewish man day in and day out he would attack the prophet put feces on the prophet وَلْعَذَبْ اللَّهِ make sure his traveling was troublesome one day, two days, three days pass the prophet doesn't see this Jewish man and he begins to ask where is this Jewish man the person that's hurt you or prophet of Islam says yes the person that's always causing us trouble he says he's sick he says let's go to him which one of us would do that if a friend hasn't kept in contact with us you know he's thinking what doesn't matter about him he hasn't replied to my messages or he doesn't keep in contact if he really wanted to see me he would message me taking the burden off our shoulders however Islam tells us you have to go and join relations you have to go towards the mu'mineen you have to make sure that you see what they want and provide for them so the prophet asks around and he says where is this Jewish man he says that's his house he goes towards his house so the person look at this Jewish man that's attacked the prophet he sees the man entering he sees the prophet of Islam entering he begins to fix himself he says the prophet of Islam visiting me he says yes he says why he says you're sick Islam teaches us when someone is sick we come in visit them I said so the person is embarrassed the prophet takes his head puts it on his lap he dies on the prophet's lap this Jewish man dies on the prophet's lap saying اشهد أن لا إله إلا الله وأن محمدًا رسول الله so many stories we have we have an ocean of stories when we look at the moral ethics of the imams of the prophet of Islam the prophet that he himself and the Quran states he was not sent except a mercy for mankind the prophet himself says I was not sent I was not revealed except to perfect to perfect the morals and mannerisms of mankind let's look at Islam your actions the prophet came to perfect our moral standings so be sure if we have a foul tongue make sure that's not what the prophet thought make sure if we have a foul tongue the Imam صاحب العصري was a man who not look at us twice look at the way we act we have the knowledge let's imply it let's put it into practice let's make sure that when someone looks at us he says that's a follower of the school of thought of Ja'far Assad let's make sure that's knowledge the comparison tonight was in favor of wealth now we know wealth doesn't buy us happiness and we have this idea and everyone knows this idea doesn't affect our happiness whatsoever as in how many people do we know that are the richest of people but they don't know what to do with their money they live miserable lives how many people do we know on the opposite agenda they're rich but they give homes they build centers they give towards the poor they give charity look how happy they are but to give you an example there's part of both worlds you have the people that have money don't know what to do with it other people they're blessed and they bless the people around them giving charity giving from what they have and the beautiful thing is the people that don't have when they give look how much of a reward that is in the eyes of Allah because the difference when Allah is giving you is giving you let's say for example a thousand dollars you don't need a thousand dollars this week he's giving it to you it's a difference when that person takes ten dollars of that one thousand and gives it away whereas if a person all he has during that week to provide is a hundred dollars and he gives ten dollars from that see the difference big difference someone surviving of this someone doesn't even need it and you'll be given obviously in reference to this particular act and how much you give from what you are given and Allah will provide because charity you're going into business with Allah سبحانه وتعالى not a normal person Allah says give I will give you ten folds come to me I will come ten steps if you take one step that's the idea that he gives us now the idea of wealth is very simple we know that and we said this I think three nights ago when the comparison between Sulayman which we can no one can say that someone had a bigger kingdom than Sulayman from the people that starts till the end of time no one will have a kingdom like Sulayman no one will have an option in which he controls jinn hence talks every language has the wind under his command no one will have that kingdom but look at the flip side what's the flip side see the Fatima wants to go to the prophet of Islam and she says I want a ring a ring he says not a problem he taught her a particular prayer he says after he finished this prayer open your prayer mat on the right hand side you'll find the ring so she prays the particular prayer that the prophet taught her opens the prayer mat and there's the ring in the dream that night she sees a castle in a beautiful garden she goes into the castle in many rooms she says I entered the room there was a table that had three feet not four had three feet and it was wobbly she goes and tells the prophet of Islam she says I saw this dream what does it mean the prophet says see that ring that you got in the dunya she says yes he says that's taken away from your akhara I says how he says you've asked for this so it's taken away reference points that's why we have that's Suleiman in our narrations will be the last prophet out of the prophet to enter paradise not because there's something against Suleiman no but he will have a longer time being questioned for all that which he had as in Bahlul gives us this example when Haroon was drunk and looks at Bahlul he says Bahlul will you tell me about the day of judgment and this is a lesson for us tonight Insha'Allah I've just got the signal to go down but he gives us this example and Insha'Allah we can end on this note he asks Bahlul he says tell me about the day of judgment how will it be like Bahlul says not a problem get a pot and I need you to light a fire under it so Haroon's king he makes one sign and people have it ready for him he says now teach me about the day of judgment Bahlul he had a walking stick and he had some ragged clothes he jumps on look at what he says look at what he says he says my name is Bahlul I own these garnments I have this walking stick or broom at the time and he jumps off it's all he said he says your turn so Haroon he's drunk he gets on whilst he's on he says my name is Haroon I own these clothes and he begins to he says a couple of things I own this much cattle this much wealth he jumps straight away off didn't last Bahlul looks at him he says hold on Haroon you forgot such and such palace such and such land such and such cattle he says you could not bear that particular heat he says what about the one thing that you've taken that's not yours he says what is it he says that chair that you sit on the خلافة of أهل البيت when Haroon went away from his from his throne for a couple of seconds Bahlul sat on it and then when Haroon returns he's whipped Bahlul is whipped and whipped and whipped and he starts to cry and cry and then Haroon asks him he says why is it that you cry Bahlul he says look at the reply of Bahlul he says I've sat on a throne which is not mine for seconds I was beaten like this he says look at you you've sat on the throne all your life and it's not yours this is the throne of محمد و آلي محمد how do you think your judgment will be on the day of judgment إن شاء الله we end on this but to give us an idea tonight and just to wrap it up we talked about knowledge it's application very brief instance but we looked at importantly wealth and how it does not buy happiness it's what you do with what you have when you pray for Allah for رزق رزق it's not just wealth it's health it's توفيق it's حسن العقبة it's much more than this material item that will always diminish we have to remember this brothers and sisters so we pray to Allah on this note a team may provide sustenance رزق for each and every one of us each and every one of the مؤمنين and مؤمنات بركة الصلاة للمباركة الفاتحة تسبقها الصلاة على محمد و آلي محمد