 فلحم صلى على محمد وآل محمد عود بالله من شهر الشيطان الرجيم بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم رب شرح لي صدري ويسر لي أمر وحلو الأقدة من لساني يفقه قولي بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله رب العالم وصلى الله على السيدنا وحبيب قلوبنا وشفيع نفوسنا أبل قاسم محمد وعلى البيته الطيبين الطاهرين المعصومين لاسيما بقية الله روحي وأرواح العالمين لترى بمقدمه الفداء أما بعد respect its colors elders brothers and sisters السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته وفي أعلى البيته الطيبين قمنا بتتكلم علي ابن عبطالب's position من البيته الطيب الإسلام وعلى الآن نتكلم ذلك وصفه في نحو محمد وصفه في حديث المنزل وفي أنه يقول أنك بأمي أو علي like Aaron أو هارون أن لا يوجد فرصة بعدني و نقوم بعمل أسبب براهود بين فرصة الإسلام والعلي ابن أبي طالب و yesterday we completed that in which we looked into the concept and the story of the مباهلة in which we gained knowledge and gained insight of where the prophet of إسلام goes a step further from calling علي ابن أبي طالب his brother and he calls him الله سبحانه وتعالى in reference to the Quran calls him the prophet's own self now tonight as promised we'll discuss علي ابن أبي طالب's knowledge علي ابن أبي طالب's power and when I say power it's what الله سبحانه وتعالى has entrusted into علي ابن أبي طالب in reference to the hadith that we stated yesterday insha'Allah we'll start off with that hadith today then we'll go on to discuss علي ابن أبي طالب in comparison with the other prophets of Islam and in conclusion we'll look at something that's not many people look at something that is of the utmost importance and the utmost power when Allah سبحانه وتعالى has given it to someone and that's Allah's greatest name we'll look at the letters how much does Allah's greatest name consist of what are these letters who are given these letters how many have these people throughout history been given then we'd look at a final account who is given knowledge from the Quran what is he capable of and who is the one that's given knowledge of the book remember first and foremost part of the book and what he's capable of and the other person knowledge of the book and what he's capable of and insha'Allah we'll conclude for tonight and we'll remain in the aspect and the idea of ألي ابن أبي طالب in the upcoming night so please help me in starting tonight by reciting Allah's Salawat على محمد وآلي محمد to start off I will mention the Hadith we mentioned yesterday it will be a repetition but it's a refreshment when we look at the secret within ألي ابن أبي طالب where the prophet of Islam states about and it's found in many different where you find the prophet says about ألي if I was not afraid or if I was not afraid that the people or my people will say about you what the Christian said about Jesus son of Mary so the prophet of Islam is saying what he says if I was not afraid that my after I say this particular word will say about you that you are a God if I was not afraid of that I would have said something about you that the people will take from the dust of your feet and your ablution that which they will find blessing in but it is enough that you are from me and I am from you and your followers are on pulpits of light and they are my neighbors in the hereafter that's the Hadith I want to start with what is this thing what is this secret that Allah SWT has put into ألي ابن أبي طالب we'll look at this into detail we'll look at first and foremost a comparison to show you the position of ألي ابن أبي طالب with reference to the greats because people come forth and say well let's look at ألي ابن أبي طالب with reference to the Khalifas with all due respect ألي ابن أبي طالب is not a man of this world ألي ابن أبي طالب the Khalifas lived in a palace they lived amongst palaces go look at the first, second and third Khalifa go look at all the Abbasid and the Umayyad Khalifas look at the palaces the wealth, the hoarding and look at ألي ابن أبي طالب when he comes back from one of the civil wars جر جرداغ a Christian man says I wrote a book based on this particular incident of ألي ابن أبي طالب he says I wrote an entire book I wanted to study this life of this great man because of one story that you heard of ألي ابن أبي طالب look at if he comes into the ocean which is the أهل البيت which is what we have about ألي ابن أبي طالب from books and sources and stories of his greatness he says one story brought me to what ألي ابن أبي طالب when I put him in reference to all those that were in positions before him ألي ابن أبي طالب remember if we counted nowadays most of the people agree that he ruled what's equivalent to 50 states nowadays at his time he comes back from a civil war they built him a house or a palace to rule from in كوفا he says I won't enter that place look at ألي ابن أبي طالب he says I won't never enter this place and never rule from this place why are we spending time, money, hard work why will you not enter this place why will you not rule from this place it's not worthy of you he says no that's not the reason what's the reason ألي ابن أبي طالب he says look at the top this palace is higher than that or more elevated than that roof of the poor people ألي ابن أبي طالب that's why when people would be in the streets in the marketplace and ألي ابن أبي طالب would give a particular act or help a particular person people would know it would be ألي ابن أبي طالب when he finds the old lady and it's mentioned in نهج البلاغة one of the first stories mentioned in نهج البلاغة when ألي ابن أبي طالب finds a woman in the marketplace an elderly woman with an arched back he helps her to her house he says what's the problem and she says it's all because of ألي that I'm in this state she doesn't know it's ألي because the kings of the time they never used to be with the people they never used to be in the marketplace they weren't seen by the general public ألي ابن طالب would be in the marketplace he helps the lady all the way back to her house and he says I want to make the bread for you do you want to make the bread and I'll go on the تنور which is the oven nowadays she says it's too hot for me and I'm an elderly lady in this staunching sun I'll make the bread you can put it into the oven into the تنور ألي ابن أبي طالب is making the bread the heat would heat ألي ابن أبي طالب and he has the line he says feel the heat وضقها ألي he says this is what the people will face if they forget the widows and the orphans a woman comes in that particular point and she goes to the owner of the house she says how may Allah blacken as our terminology is found to translate may Allah blacken your face she says why is ألي ابن أبي طالب she says that's ألي ابن أبي طالب what Khalifa before or after now does that let's look at this great man what made him great in the battlefield he lifts a door that 40 people can't lift but when he wants to break a bread he finds it very hot and he struggles he's asked why you lifted the door of خيبر you can't break a barley bread he says خيبر was for Allah سبحانه وتعالى this barley bread is for Ali that's the great man in comparison in comparison people are asked throughout history because we realize now that he's a great man we need to compare him with the greats in history we need to compare him with Adam سليمان نوح ابراهيم موسعيس that's the people need to compare Ali ابن أبي طالب and the comparisons are there we'll go into them now first and foremost he's compared to Adam he says who's great أدم وعلي ابن أبي طالب and you will realize within history that imams have a particular way in which they develop your intellect allow you to think for yourself and the example is in the Abbasid courtroom between imam al-sadaq and between Abu Hanif there was a debate and dialogue imam asks Abu Hanif how do you give these fatwas or these rulings without studying what kind of source of knowledge do you have he says I've studied 2 years under you and now I've gained an aspect in which I can preach he says okay let me ask you what are you strong in he says I'm strong in نجاسة انطهارة so he asks him questions there's many but I'll just give you the first example he says نجاسة انطهارة and the imam asks him he says what's more impure he says urine or semen what's more impure so Abu Hanif quickly says well urine is much more impure straight away he says are you sure he says yes he makes him think he says if urine is more impure why is it that when it leaves the body you only wash that particular body part when semen is released you wash an entire body so Abu Hanif is thinking to himself now ask me about the pillars of Islam when he asks me there's not a problem there's more in the eyes of Allah at a higher rank Salah or Siam he says well Salah is much higher than Siam he says okay he says why is it that the women when they're in their cycles they don't have to repeat their Salah but they have to repeat their Siam so Abu Hanif is thinking to himself I'm not quite sure anymore he answers by another question making him think Abu Hanif is thinking I have no idea what's the importance of what's going on I don't know anything whatsoever Ali ibn Talib has the same aspect he makes us think when he's compared to Adam he says Adam ate from a tree which he was not supposed to or was advised against he says me for Ali ibn Abi Talib as for me he says that which Allah has made Halal for me I stay away from that's the first comparison and we're given that comparison he commemorated two nights ago when he goes to what narration says is it could be another name she offers him three particular food types he says what are you doing do you want me to go towards my lord with a full stomach what did she offer him salt, some milk and a bread he says do you want me to go to my lord in a full stomach that which Allah has made Halal the second comparison and there's many but I need to cut it short inshallah to look at Allah's greatest name in the second comparison he's compared to Sulaiman and as we know Sulaiman had the greatest kingdom he asked Allah SWT for the greatest kingdom Sulaiman's kingdom he had rolling over the jinn the winds he could talk any sort of dialect with any animal we have to open the Quran we have to read for ourselves he used to talk to any dialect we have a whole surah based on an incident that happened between Sulaiman and Ant look at it chapter 27 of the Quran look at it Sulaiman had a kingdom like no other Ali ibn Abi Talib is narrated to have said he says this is dunya Allah SWT has created and all its beauties and bounties I have divorced 3 times I don't want it I don't want a kingdom I don't want this dunya when he's asked Ali ibn Abi Talib in reference to this dunya he says would you rather be here or in heaven he says I'd only rather be here for one aspect it's when I'm here praying to Allah Allah is happy with me whereas if I am in heaven I am happy with myself and that's the aspect of Ali ibn Abi Talib another comparison he says Musa and we were cited that yesterday that surah to Tawbah 9th chapter in the Quran the prophet gave to Ali ibn Abi Talib as himself to reveal to Quraish he says Musa killed one person from his tribe and he was afraid to go back he says Ali ibn Abi Talib killed not not only one person he says not a household in Quraish except they were mourning someone that Ali ibn Abi Talib killed in their family he says however I did not hesitate for one second to go back to Quraish and reveal this chapter of the holy Quran this is where it gets interesting then he goes about Isa Isa he says the one that could walk on water Isa is the one that's made a sculpture out of bird out of clay and he blew when it became a bird Isa surely Ali ibn Abi Talib didn't say to my mother to go out of the holy land he's told my mother here is my house the Kaaba and I will open it for you to give birth to Ali ibn Abi Talib he says Isa you look at his mother Maryam Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala what does he say gets out of the holy land to give birth to Isa he says look at the comparison with Ali ibn Abi Talib Ali ibn Abi Talib Salawat then he's compared with our prophet and he says so who is this man what greatness does he have what power is entrusted in him now let's look at it in comparison and in reference to اسم الله العظم Allah's greatest name what do we know about it Allah's greatest name remains a secret to many people it consists of 73 letters these 73 letters these 73 letters if a person has one do you know what it is capable of انصورة النمل انصورة النمل we read when Sulayman says I need someone to bring me the throne of Balqis what do we know about it one of the jinn stands up and he says to Sulayman I will bring it for you before you stand from your place or before you stand from where you are sitting and you will find me on this aspect to be strong and loyal then the next verse that was verse 39 verse 40 this is where it gets very very interesting then verse 40 says one of the people that were there that had knowledge from the book remember look at the terminology he had knowledge from the book not of the book knowledge from the book I will bring you the throne in narrations it wasn't just the throne like this not like a pulpit in narrations it says and the sheikh went through it a couple of nights ago she was referring to her entire palace in which her throne stood on top of the palace because they used to worship the sun and it would be opened so the sun would come inside where she would worship what she believed he said I will bring you the throne before you blink this eyelid before it comes back I will bring you the throne what kind of power must he have it's in the Quran it's not something that we can believe or not believe it's the Quran the word of Allah he had what in our narrations the prophets asked how much letters of Allah's greatest name did this person have he said he had one letter of Allah's greatest name is able to produce that particular miracle let's look at the prophet how many did they have asa walk on water when they were dead give the blind their eyesight back make a clay statue of a bird blow on it and becomes a real bird بإذن الله remember with the permission of Allah سبحانه وتعالى he had two letters two letters of Allah's greatest name موسى his stick becomes a snake موسى with his miracles against the magicians of the time three of Allah's greatest name ابراهيم attained rank upon rank upon rank until he was given the rank of Imam he had eight eight of Allah's greatest names look at what he was capable of Imam الباقر says in reference to our prophet he says he had 72 he had 72 he says he had 72 out of 73 letters of Allah's greatest name صلى الله عليه وسلم when he used to make miracles and perform miracles people would come forth and say you're a magician if he doesn't perform miracles he says you're not a real messenger what do you do what do you do then look at nowadays we have intellect not miracles we're not showing miracles we have intellect we tell them this is the path what do they call us don't talk to a follower of Ahlulbayt because they're magicians they will magically turn your head towards Ahlulbayt magically turn your head towards علي ابنى أبيضة when the prophet 1400 years ago he was called the same thing magician nowadays people go towards their workplaces and they don't say anything on an actual account a person said just ask your sheikh don't want to hear it from me ask your sheikh of the battle of Jamal he goes to his sheikh I know you told us not to talk towards the followers of Ahlulbayt but one of them asked me a question he says can you tell me about the battle of Jamal what's Jamal what's going on he says Jamal you've been talking to a sheikh haven't you what do you say where do you start that's the oppression every level going back he says what do we know about the prophet he says I am the city of knowledge and علي is it علي ابنى بطالب he says ألف باب تفتح من كل باب ألف باب one thousand doors of knowledge the prophet has taught me and from those thousand and others are open محمد باقل also says what he says those seventy two letters that the prophet had he passed on to who علي ابنى بطالب that's the status of علي when we read the miracles of علي ابنى بطالب honestly I had a book open earlier today I'm reading the miracles I'm thinking to myself I can't say this on the pulpits I need background before I say this because the prophet what does he say these people will say about you علي like the christian said about Jesus son of Mary but if I put into context that Allah says oh my servant obey me like the way I have instructed I will allow you to be like me in which I say to the thing كون فيا كون if you obey me in that instance I will allow you to say to the thing be and it will be so miracles of علي ابنى بطالب when we read that he returned the son twice when we read of the miracles of علي ابنى ابنى بطالب انسلوني قبل ان تفقدوني some things honestly make your hair go white and you think to yourself this is unimaginable the prophet of Islam he goes to معراج look at this narration brothers and sisters he goes to the معراج when he is next to Allah سبحانه و تعالى next to the mercy of Allah سبحانه و تعالى look at the position of علي ابنى بطالب in the narration it says that obviously Allah سبحانه و تعالى can't have a voice because we'll be objectifying Allah Allah can't be objectified that's covered therefore Allah has to create a voice doesn't he he can create a voice in which he can speak to the prophet in likewise he creates a voice when Musa spoke to him in the tree now the comparison we gave two nights ago between علي ابنى بطالب was what you are like you are to me like Aaron was to Moses انت مني بمنزلة هارون من Musa that's the comparison that we have when Musa was talking in the tree with Allah سبحانه و تعالى Allah creates a voice what voice was it it was Haroon God why have you created Haroon's voice that voice gives you serenity gives you an ease likewise when the prophet went on he heard the voice of علي ابنى بطالب I've had the signal so I have to end on that note brothers and sisters but Insha'Allah we'll continue with the miracles tomorrow we're looking more depth into who علي ابنى بطالب is the miracles of علي ابنى بطالب when we go to كوفا we realize that he spoke with the when it comes into the masjid of kufa and a whole doors called because there was a jinn that came to علي ابنى بطالب in front of everyone and it's recorded in history that the jinn talked to علي ابنى بطالب علي ابنى بطالب علي ابنى بطالب سلونيا قبل ان تفقدوني it's narrated and it's narrated in numerous other books عاشم البحراني's it's narrated I just read today A person in the crowd علي ابنى بطالب and I end on this note just to show you the greatness and the sight of علي ابنى بطالب and what power that Allah سبحانه وتعالى entrusted in this man and I end on this A person sitting in the majlis like this in كوفا علي ابنى بطالب on the property سلونيا قبل ان تفقدوني Ask me before you lose me A person gets up he says I want to ask you where is جبرايل so the people think you know what I'm going to answer this the narration says علي ابنى بطالب looks towards the earth for moments then he puts his head up he looks towards the right hand side for moments then he comes back looks towards the left hand side moments then he looks up for an extended time period then he looks straight at the man that asked him and he says you are جبرايل in which the narration states that a light beam expanded two wings were formed and جبرايل flew out of the ceiling صلى على محمد وعلي محمد that's the smallest miracle I can mention that's the smallest that people won't be hesitant to ask about ان شاء الله we end on this note may Allah سبحانه وتعالى strengthen us on the Imam strengthen us on this path as we commemorate our Imam بنى ابي طالب on this tragic occasion of his martyrdom we ask Allah and we thank Allah that he has made us firm on this path on the willaya of علي ابنى ابي طالب and we pray to Allah that he accepts our praise on this holy night accepts our عمال on this holy night and the عمال of the مؤمنين and the مؤمنات everywhere around the world بباركة صورة المباركة الفاتحة تصبقها three of your loudest واتعلا محمد وآل محمد