 As-salamu alaikum my dear respected viewers from all over the world peace be upon you Peace be upon you my dear viewers today. I stand in the city of Kufa and today We're going to take a journey to visit one of the most historical Mosques in Iraq the city of Kufa and this mosque of Imam Ali alaihi as-salam InshaAllah we will go inside. We will talk about the history of Kufa We will talk about the merits of Kufa We will look over some of the maqamats here in Kufa InshaAllah with me now my dear brothers and sisters Here I am now the Masjid of Kufa The Masjid of Meera al-Mu'mineen alaihi as-salam The Masjid of Nabi Allah, Adam alaihi as-salam The Masjid of Ibrahim alaihi as-salam and Noah and all the prophets and messengers and Osyah This message this Masjid has a very beautiful sanctity This mosque has so much history This mosque it is narrated by the Mu'arrikhun by the historians at the first person To build this mosque the assas the foundation of this mosque was the biya Allah Adam alaihi as-salam Of course, there are two reports. There's a report that is narrated that this mosque was built by the angels And of course after it got destroyed Adam alaihi as-salam was the first person to come and map out the mosque here This is the mosque in which Noah alaihi as-salam built his ark. This is the mosque in which from here the flood began This is the mosque of Al-Kufa. We will begin today by narrating you narrating to you Some of the Fadail the merits of this beautiful mosque some of the merits here of praying in this mosque of Be merely being in this mosque here in this beautiful mosque It is narrated that Originally this mosque Had a bigger span a bigger area than it used to be. I will read to you a report Narrated by sheikh al-Sadoq in his book. I'm not a hudar al-Faqih His companion asks him. He says ya Ja'far of the Muhammad the limits boundaries of Masjid al-Kufa Where are they? Mama Sadaq alaihi as-salam Response to him. He says the original map that Adam alaihi as-salam had planned out The original map extended to as Sarajin as Sarajin is a bazaar currently terrain Baghdad So if you imagine Kufa and you take a map and you find the distance between here and that location You find a great distance. This is the original map of Masjid al-Kufa Then he asked the Imam he told them ya Imam then who changed it after that the Imam alaihi as-salam said Firstly the grand floods At the time of Noah alaihi as-salam you see it is here in this holy mosque Where their flood started where Noah built his ark Prophet Noah alaihi as-salam then he says He says secondly the companions of Kisra and the companions of the Nauman Ibn al-Mundar and lastly it was Ziyad ibn Abi Sufyan who out of the map last and that is exactly The people and that is that is and those are the people that out of the map And now as you can see the beauty behind this mosque inshallah we will further walk into this mosque And we will talk to you more about the merits of this mosque inshallah ta'ala We spoke that the mosque here Has so much history this mosque itself has beautiful sanctity The blessings of this mosque it is narrated by the commander of the faithful Peace be upon him Ali ibn Abi Talib. He states that the blessings attained from this mosque Are felt at a mile or at a radius of 12 miles You know you see there's there's many there's many Important locations here in this mosque and inshallah we will try our best today to cover as much as possible We will try our best today to cover as much as possible and speak about the merits of this mosque Speak about the history of this mosque speak about What occurred here in this mosque? inshallah First of all who will narrate some of the fadail of this mosque Since we are here in this holy grounds in this holy masjid We will narrate to you a tradition a tradition Narrated by sheikh al-kulayni in his ktabi al-kafi al-shareef He narrates tradition on the authority of Imam ja'far ibn muhammad al-sadaq. He says Lillahi haramun, wa hiya maqya Wa l-rasul haramun, wa hiya al-madina Wa liya haramun, wa hiya al-kufa This tradition is narrated on the authority of Imam Ali al-salaam He says that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has a sanctuary and that sanctuary is maqya Rasulullah peace be upon him and his family has a sanctuary and that sanctuary is al-madina And I have a sanctuary and that sanctuary is masjid al-kufa There is another report by Imam al-sadaq al-salaam With the same mazmun but at the end Imam al-sadaq al-salaam And our sanctuary as in mine and the shia'a is Qum So you see this masjid has a high sanctity This masjid has a beautiful sanctity This masjid has many blessings Let us go on to a different report A different report now It is narrated in another report By sheikh al-kulaini With the same mazmun almost the same context as the other report By Abu Abdullah ja'far al-muhammad al-sadaq al-salaam Imam al-sadaq al-salaam al-lahi al-Aliya What does he say? Imam al-sadaq says that maqya is the sacred line The sacred site of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala As well as his prophet and his wasi Imam Ali peace be upon him Then he says that one dirham Spent towards maqya And towards this land Counts 100,000 in your deeds And one prayer in this holy site Counts 100,000 prayers The Imam continues He says madina is the sacred land of Allah as well And madina is the sacred land of Rasulullah al-Aliya al-salaam And he says that the dirham spent and the prayer in it Equate to 10,000 in your mizan In your good deeds Then he continues And he says al-kufa as well Is the sacred sanctity of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala The messenger of Allah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam And Imam Ali al-salaam In the peace and blessings of Allah be upon them And he says that the dirham spent to come To this holy mosque equates 1,000 dirham And the prayer that you pray One ruqaa equates 1,000 So the believer here that comes to this mosque And he prays He prays one ruqaa He gains how much? 1,000 in his mizan, in his good deeds This is one report That is narrated by Imam Sadaq al-salaam Now I will narrate you a different incident This incident is narrated by Mama Ali al-salaam A man came to Amira al-Mu'mineen salam Allah al-Aliya And this incident is narrated in Bihar al-Anwar Al-Alam al-Majdisi If you refer back to volume 97 In the chapter concerning Masjid al-kufa You will find all of these beautiful narrations And more as well So a man comes to Amira al-Mu'mineen The commander of the faithful Peace be upon him And he begins to talk to him He tells him Ya Amira al-Mu'mineen Our commander of the faithful I have readied my caravan And I have readied my provisions And I will soon head out to the holy Bait al-Maktas The holy house in Jerusalem What do you ask of me, our Amira al-Mu'mineen? The commander of the faithful told him O man Get rid of your caravan Sell your caravan Sell your provisions And head to Masjid al-Kufa And I will read you the Nus The exact context As mama al-Aliya al-Salam told this man He told him Depart now Depart now And sell your caravan And your provisions For I suggest That you come to Masjid al-Kufa I suggest that you come To this mosque over here He says Masjid al-Kufa Is of the Masjid al-Arabaa Masjid al-Kufa Is of the four holy mosques Then he says Praying a unit of prayer Here in this mosque Is unlike praying a unit of prayer Elsewhere This mosque Is very holy He says Praying one unit of prayer here Is unlike praying A unit of prayer anywhere else He says The one who comes To this holy mosque Attains its blessings At a range of 12 miles It continues Even though That this mosque lost 1000 arm length Because of the flood that happened From the corner It continues He says Furthermore By the fifth pillar Is where Prophet Abraham Prayed By the fifth pillar Is where Prophet Abraham Prayed And he says Prophet Abraham As well as 1000 prophets And 1000 messengers Prayed in these holy grounds He continues This mosque is the asa The king of Musa And in this mosque is the khatim The ring of Nabi Allah Dawood Peace be upon him He continues He says In the center of this mosque Is a garden of the gardens Of paradise This mosque He says Has three eyes An eye That gushes water An eye That gushes honey And an eye that gushes oil He says Purity Purity is diffused from this mosque This purity That's diffused that we cannot see Purifies the believer He continues He says This is where Allah Destroyed the nation of Noah And destroyed the idols Whom the idols He destroyed them here In this mosque On the day of judgment Ameer al-Mu'minin says That 70,000 people That are buried in this area Will enter paradise Without any question Imam says The right side of this mosque Represents zikr And the left side Now, in the Tafsir of this It says That zikr meaning it is the favor of Allah When Allah is remembered The Imam continues And he says By Allah If the people only knew By Allah If the people only knew What blessing this place had They would come to it crawling This is so far Three reports Of this holy mosque And insha'Allah We will narrate to you more reports By Allah We narrated a couple of traditions Concerning the merits of Masjid al-Kufa From the tongue of the commander Of the faithful peace be upon him as well As Imam al-Sadaq peace be upon him We will conclude our introduction With a couple of more narrations From the holy household Concerning the fadail And the merits of Masjid al-Kufa That can be found in Bihar al-Anwar By Al-Alamat al-Majlisi Imam al-Sadaq peace be upon him says For those that have a house In Kufa For those that have a house In Masjid al-Kufa I ask them not to leave it And to hold on to it Imam al-Sadaq a.s. here Peace be upon him is telling us That if you have a house Near Masjid al-Kufa Hold on to it and do not let go There is another tradition as well Narrated by Ibn Qalawayl Qummi In his book Kamlu Ziyarat He narrates this on the authority Of Abu Hamza al-Thumali With one Allah Ta'ala Ali Abu Hamza narrates He says Imam al-Sajjad Imam Zayn al-A'abideen peace be upon him He left Madina For the sole purpose Of visiting Masjid al-Kufa And he prayed two Units of prayer and departed This here is a sunnah A sunnah from Imam Ma'soom Muftar al-Taa'a And from him We learn that it is an obligation for us To also come to Masjid al-Kufa And enact on the sunnah To conclude There is one more report Narrated by Ibn Qalawayl Qummi He narrates From the authority Of Al-Hasan al-Mujtaba Abu Muhammad a.s. The person Living in Kufa His house is more love to me Than my house in Madina You see my dear brothers and sisters Those of you that are watching me Here in this holy land This Masjid This mosque is beyond Words of explanation I can sit here Day and night and speak to you About the Fadail of this mosque And I would still be called a muqassar I would still have not given this mosque Its full rights I would still not have given The full merit of this mosque This is the mosque On which the day of judgment Will intercede And tell Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala It will materialize And say those Who have prayed in my mosque This mosque will come and testify This is the mosque where in thousands And thousands of angels descend And they stay here And they pray here And they do not go back to the heavens Until the day of judgment This here is the mosque Of the prophets and the messengers This here is the mosque Of Ameer al-Mu'mineen Here In these walls In this courtyard My master Ali ibn Abi Talib walked This mosque carries the footsteps Of Ali ibn Abi Talib This is the holy mosque And when we come here We should take care of its sanctity We come in a pure form Insha'Allah Now that we have talked About the merits of this holy mosque We will continue insha'Allah And go to the maqams here To the dakka To the branches in this mosque So that we may talk to you more About the incidents The historical incidents that happened In this mosque The green You might know his name All Muslims know about the green He is famous for his incident With Musa Peace be upon him The green Has history here In this mosque The green In this mosque here He met the commander of the faithful