 من الشيطان الغجيم بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على أشرف الأمبياء والمرسلين حبيب المصطفاء وعلى أهل بي صلى الله عليه وعيتك المظلوم صلى الله وعيتك المظلوم ونفوزا فوزا عظيم كتابه الكريم بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لم الصلاة النهار وزلفا من اللي إن الحسناة يذهبنا السيئة وعلى أهل بي صلى الله عليه وعيتك المظلوم صلى الله عليه وعيتك المظلوم أحد الأشخاص الأمبياء اللي يمكن أن يأت من أي أمبي هو حياة محلقة حياة محلقة where it becomes a habit to disobey الله سبحانه وتعالى to transgress the orders of Allah سبحانه وتعالى and this will have a negative effect on a person's life it will have a negative effect on a person's relationship with Allah and his or her relationship with other people because the orders of Allah سبحانه وتعالى we know most of them they do not have to do necessarily with Allah سبحانه وتعالى when Allah says do not lie this is for the well-being of society when Allah says do not cheat, do not steal, do not abuse, do not backbite these are all for the well-being of society so when we live a sinful lifestyle we are in fact turning against one another and this is one of the greatest disasters that can happen to any single one of us and it has many negative effects الله says in the Quran كل بران على قلوبهم ما كانوا يكسبون every time you disobey Allah there's going to be a dot on your heart there's going to be a blackness on your heart not literally but if we want something to compare it to today doctors will tell you about cholesterol when you eat food that has a lot of oil in it you're going to block the arteries in your heart one day, two days, one year, two years, three years eventually the heart the doctors will tell you you need a heart transplant this heart is no good you can't use this heart anymore this heart will not function the Quran tells us that sin does the same thing towards the spiritual heart كل بران على قلوبهم ما كانوا يكسبون their actions it places a dot on their heart a filth on their heart that eventually it will consume the whole heart and eventually the heart will be away from Allah سبحانه وتعالى what happens when my heart is completely filthy امير المؤمنين tells us ان دعاءكم ايه he says اللهم اختر لي الدنوب التي تحت كل عصم there are sins that will break the purity and the protection that Allah سبحانه وتعالى created me with Allah created me as a pure person Allah created us all as معصوم but there are sins that break that purity اللهم اختر لي الدنوب التي تحت كل عصم اللهم اختر لي الدنوب التي تنزل النقم there are sins the effect of that sin I may not see it because I'm living a lifestyle of bad habits I don't see it but there are sins that bring the Bala there are sins that bring the نقم the wrath of Allah and the punishment of Allah upon me and upon society around me اللهم اختر لي الدنوب التي تغير النقم Allah سبحانه وتعالى has blessed me but sometimes that blessing it can turn into a Bala and we've seen that happen we all want money we consider money to be a blessing but if I live a lifestyle of sinning and disobeying Allah what does that money become? that money becomes a source a way for me to turn against Allah سبحانه وتعالى it's a نعمة but if I'm living a sinful lifestyle it becomes a نعمة we want children we ask Allah for children this is a نعمة it's a blessing but if I do not raise my children the right way my children will become a نعمة upon me they will become something that Allah will ask me about on the day of judgment why did you not raise your children the right way why are your children not praying why are your children why do they not have a connection with their Lord and their Creator this is a question that we all have to ask ourselves اللهم اخفر لي الذنوب التي تنزل البناق اللهم اخفر لي الذنوب التي تحبس الدعاء when I live a sinful lifestyle my دعاء will not be accepted anymore my دعاء will not even be able to penetrate the walls the ceiling not alone reach the skies and the heavens this is the effect of sin and therefore we need to repent اللهم سبحانه وتعالى we need to turn to Allah سبحانه وتعالى and get out of that lifestyle get out of those bad habits that we have confined ourselves to you know sins it's chains that are holding me on they're not allowing me to be free they're not allowing me to be liberated so that I can speak to Allah سبحانه وتعالى and if I cannot speak to Allah if my دعاء is not accepted then this is the worst بلاء upon any single person therefore اللهم سبحانه وتعالى out of his mercy out of his compassion we have a merciful Lord we have a رب غفور رب رحيم اللهم سبحانه وتعالى wants us to call him through his رحمة he has 99 names but Allah says when you say when you recite the Quran starts with بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم always remember the mercy of Allah and these are two words from the same roots from the رحمة of Allah سبحانه وتعالى Allah سبحانه وتعالى has opened the doors of repentance Allah has promised to forgive us all anyone who commits any sins Allah سبحانه وتعالى promises to forgive them قل يا عبادي الذين أصرفوا على أنفسهم لا تقنضوا من رحمة الله إن الله يغفر الذنوب جميعا you know how beautiful this verse is tell my عباد tell my servants the ones who have oppressed themselves الذين أصرفوا على أنفسهم because when we disobey Allah we're not doing anything to harm Allah سبحانه وتعالى we're not hurting Allah أصرفوا على أنفسهم we hurt ourselves لا تقنضوا من رحمة الله do not ever give up hope in the mercy of Allah إن الله يغفر الذنوب جميعا Allah forgives all of all of the sins where do you find someone that promises to forgive all of the sins you know how compassionate some parents are with their children but there is a time where the parents will shut the door in their children's face they will tell them go you have hurt me too much I cannot forgive you there are times where couples they do not forgive one another but Allah says إن الله يغفر الذنوب جميعا الله forgives all of the sins in another verse الله says والذين إذا فعلوا فاحشة أو ظلموا أنفسهم the ones who have done a fahshah they have done a great sin أو ظلموا أنفسهم once again they have oppressed themselves ذكروا الله they remembered Allah سبحانه وتعالى لذنوبهم they asked Allah to forgive them for their sins and then Allah says ومن يغفر الذنوب إلا الله who else can they turn to other than Allah can I turn to someone else and ask that person to forgive me it is only Allah that will forgive it is only Allah that I can turn to there is only one sin that Allah does not forgive and that is associating a partner with Allah سبحانه وتعالى other than that Allah forgives all of the sins now someone might ask why does Allah not forgive for a mushrik why does Allah not forgive someone who associates a partner with him the answer is clear because when someone is associating a partner with Allah this person is cutting off the bond with Allah سبحانه وتعالى there is a connection that I have with my Lord but when I believe that someone else can forgive me someone else is a God I give someone else who is a creator Godly attributes then that means I am not acknowledging the fact that Allah forgives the sins other than that Allah سبحانه وتعالى forgives all of the sins now there are ways Allah سبحانه وتعالى is so merciful that he has not made it just one way that we can seek salvation there are different ways where we can reach the Rahma of Allah سبحانه وتعالى and the salvation of Allah and these are mentioned in the Quran I will mention five ways where Allah سبحانه وتعالى has promised to forgive for the one who performs that act the first Allah says in the Quran الحسانات يثبنا سيئات the good deed it removes it erases the bad deed and there is a story why this verse came down one day a man came to Rasool Allah a young man he had just prayed in the Masjid of Rasool Allah and he came crying to Rasool Allah he told him oh Rasool Allah I am in pain I am feeling the guilt I have done something very wrong and I want to see if Allah will forgive me Rasool Allah what did you do he said I have a store in the market that I sell dates that date was the the cheese candy the chocolate of the time so he says I sell dates and one day a lady a beautiful lady she came to the store and she wanted to buy dates so I saw that she was very beautiful I gave her the expensive dates for the money that she was giving she had less money but I gave her the better one and then I also went and I kissed her and now I realized that she has a husband and and I feel the regret I feel the remorse and this is why it's not a good idea to just randomly kiss someone because you don't know what this person you know the story and you can't just go and kiss someone so this man he tells Rasool Allah I am feeling the shame I'm feeling the guilt she has a husband he was away Rasool Allah told him he told Rasool Allah will Allah forgive me Rasool Allah told him were you praying with us he said yes I was praying I pray here every day I come and I pray جماعة at the masjid Rasool Allah he waited for a moment until جبرايل came down with this verse in the Qur'an واتم الصلاة طرفين طرفين نهار وزلفا من الليل إن الحسنات يذهبنا سيئات الله told him pray in the morning and that night as long as you pray all day you have حسنات you do good deeds that good deed it will erase the bad deed that you commit there in the day and this is the beauty of prayer my dear brothers and sisters this is the beauty that Allah سبحانه وتعالى has allowed us to speak to him five times a day some people say why do I need to speak to Allah five times a day that's too much I don't even talk to my parents five times a day I don't talk to the closest people some husbands they say I don't even talk to my wife once a day or twice a day now coming and talking to Allah five times a day yes we connect with Allah five times a day because that is a form of purification when you pray you are constantly going back to Allah سبحانه وتعالى even though you sinned even though you disobeyed Allah during the day but then when you go back to prayer you say you go back you build a bond with Allah سبحانه وتعالى that is a form of حسنة and that will repel you from sin because in the end when you pray when you pray you repel you from sin because in essence it's supposed to it's supposed to it's supposed to prayer it removes the from our lives so if I live a life where I'm constantly praying and I value that prayer and I respect that prayer prayer eventually it's supposed to stop me from sinning and stop me from disobeying Allah سبحانه وتعالى so this is first إن الحسنات يتهبن السيئات the good deed it removes the bad deed just like when you are washing your face 5 times a day and رسول الله he gave the Muslims this example they told him why do we have to pray 5 times a day he said imagine someone who has a river next to his house at that time they didn't have access to showers they didn't have that easy access he says imagine if someone has a river next to his house he goes and he dips himself in that river 5 times a day how clean will this person be this person will be extremely clean he said prayer does the same thing it purifies you every time you are going to be led away from Allah prayer is what purifies you this is the first the good deeds and specifically prayer it is a form of kafara it is a form of purification from sin the second is to stay away from the greater sins the sins they are not all at one level in the eyes of Allah there are some sins that are greater than other sins for example Allah says if someone killed this person will be punished and this person will have نار جهنم for someone who killed but Allah is not going to punish someone who committed a minor sin someone who forgot it was an accident he accidentally did something wrong one of the صغيرة Allah is not going to punish him the same way that he punishes someone who has killed or who has done one of the kaba'ir so Allah says if you stay away from the greater sins then we will forgive your minor sins Allah سبحانه وتعالى says as long as you live a life of obedience you are not committing the greater sins now someone might ask what's a كبيرة and what's a صغيرة what's a small thing what's a small thing what's a small thing what's a small thing what's a صغيرة what's a small sin and what's a great sin scholars have answered this in two ways and there's two ways to look at it they have numbered a group of sins some sins as the كبيرة for example killing adultery even some sins that we might look at them as very small sins for example backbiting it's considered as one of the كبيرة but then there's other one for example by accident you look at something you did something you listen to something by accident one time it was a slip of a tongue this is considered a صغيرة and then there's another approach some scholars they say no any sin and of course there's a حديث that that justifies this and speaks about this the حديث says that any sin you should not look at the sin that you're committing you should look at who you are disobeying you should look at الله سبحانه وتعالى so a small sin is a sin that is committed by accident you did not do it on purpose someone might say yes since this is considered a small sin then let me do this everyday on purpose no لا صغيرة if someone continues to perform and commit this small sin it will turn into a greater sin and الله سبحانه وتعالى will not forgive for that sin but Allah says ان تجتنبوا كبائل ما تنهون عنه نكفر عنكم سيئاتكم we will forgive the unintentional sins the sins that you did not commit on purpose this is the second the third means of forgiveness is توبة توبة is a feeling in the heart توبة is the feeling of remorse the feeling of regret that every single sinner feels after they have committed a sin and this is in the Quran الله speaks about نفس اللوامة لا أقسم بيوم القيامة ولا أقسم بالنفس اللوامة there is a part of every single one of us whenever we have done something wrong we feel the shame and we feel the guilt and that is the gravity that pulls us back to Allah سبحانه وتعالى that is the توبة of course everyone feels that but the توبة is the one who actually feels the remorse and decides on not committing that sin once again this is توبة and the beautiful thing of توبة is that it doesn't require anything there is only one condition for توبة you don't need to be in a state of although you don't need to be in the masjid you don't need to be sitting in a specific way you could be sleeping, you could be on your bed you could be driving as long as you feel that regret and that shame and that guilt and you decide on not going back to that sin that is توبة you see all of the other أبادات for example prayer you have to go and do with all you have to travel you have fasting you have to refrain from eating you have to come and give money you have to practice but توبة it does not require any movement it does not require anything extra and this is the beauty of Allah's mercy Allah is so merciful that he says you don't need to do much all you do is have that feeling of regret and feeling of shame and guilt for the sins that you have committed but it has one condition and that is you have to be sincere how many of us are sincere with ourselves how many of us are honest with ourselves يا أيها الذين آمنوا توبوا إلى الله توبة نصوحة return to Allah do توبة however let your توبة be نصوحة let it be a sincere توبة maybe we could fool other people maybe we could tell other people that I won't do something and then I go and do it behind their back but is there a running away from Allah سبحانه وتعالى is there a place that I can go and hide where Allah سبحانه وتعالى does not see me ولا يمكن الفرار من حكومتك there is no escape from the government of Allah سبحانه وتعالى Allah سبحانه وتعالى توبة is for the ones who are sincere and this is why we go once again to امير المؤمنين he speaks about how one should turn to Allah سبحانه وتعالى وقد اتيتك يا إلهي بعد تقصيري وأسرافي على نفسي معتذرا مستطيلة مستفرة أجدو مفرم من ما كان مجزعا أتود أصدقائك أصدقائك أصدقائك أصدقائك أصدقائك وشيئا للمشاكل و أعلم أنه لا يوجد أخر way لا يوجد أخر way من يمكنني أن أخبرك و أخبر ذلك المشاكل و أخبرك This is the beauty of the توبة و الله سبحانه وتعالى تقصد توبة من يجب أن يسأل أن الله يحب التوابين و يحب متبهرين الله يحب There is only a few times where Allah says Here Allah says Here Allah says الله يحب التوابين The ones who turn to him and repent to him In one hadith The hadith says كل أبناء أدم كبعون و أحسنهم التوابون All the children of Adam are sinners There is no escape from sinning and disobeying However We have to try of course But then الله says The best of the ones who sin are the ones who perform توبة صلى الله عليه وسلم In another hadith The Imam says الله تعالى أشد فرحا بتوبة عبده من رجل أظل و أحلته و زاده في ليلة ظلماء فوجدها الله سبحانه وتعالى Welcome the one who repent The one who turns to him And he is happy When someone says And turns to him Just like someone who loses all that he owns In the middle of the night And then he finds it before sunrise How happy will this person be Someone who lost all of that he owns And then he found it This person will be so happy The hadith says Allah is happier Allah is happier Of course Allah does not have feelings like you and I Allah's happiness Means that Allah will accept that person's doha Allah will accept that person's توبة This is the mercy of الله سبحانه وتعالى Of course Allah has another condition It does not have to do with Allah Allah says I will forgive you The sins that you have disobeyed me But what about the ones Who you have oppressed What about the ones whom you have abused What about the people that you have talked bad about And you have backbited Against them These people You have to go and have them be satisfied With you Allah says with my part I will forgive But you also need to have those people also be satisfied With you This is why you can't have someone who steals Who cheats Who backbites Their tongue is constantly backbiting And then you see this person coming to the masjid And praying the best and most beautiful prayer Yes Allah says with my part I will forgive you But you also need to go and make sure That these people are happy with you These people are satisfied with you What about the ones that you have oppressed Allah does not like oppression So this is also A condition for طوبة And the fourth Is استخفار Now there is a difference between طوبة and استخفار The طوبة Is a feeling in the heart And a decision not to disobey Allah within ourselves استخفار أسطلب المخفر أسطلب المخفر أسطلب الله To forgive us And this is also an act Where Allah سبحانه وتعالى Forgives for والذين إذا فعلوا فاحشة أو ظلموا أنفسهم ذكروا الله They remembered Allah Allah was undermined However They asked Allah to forgive them I should not just feel the shame And the remorse Without asking Allah to forgive me Asking for the مخفر Asking for the mercy Of Allah سبحانه وتعالى And the forgiveness of Allah And of course استخفار Has a lot of blessings Even رسول الله صلى الله عليه واله رسول الله Who Allah سبحانه وتعالى Purified him He used to say استخفار 100 times every day Some Muslims They came to Rasool الله And they told him Why are you doing this استخفار When Allah has purified you You have no sins He tells them Should I not be a thankful servant Should I not appreciate What Allah سبحانه وتعالى Has given me So asking for استخفار It has a lot of blessings Upon a person And The Hadith says that it is Recommended to do استخفار 70 to 100 times Every day Now imagine If you are asking your friend If you are asking your mother Your family member Your friend, your cousin Something 70 times Every day You keep telling this person I want this I want this 70 times And anyone who hates you They will probably give it to you After asking them 70 times Now imagine Allah سبحانه وتعالى If we ask Allah 70 times You think Allah will not forgive This is why It is recommended To always ask And we have sins Rasool الله didn't have sins But we have to do استخفار Every day in our lives And This is the final That I will mention A way of seeking forgiveness From Allah سبحانه وتعالى Is through Rasool الله صلى الله عليه وسلم Through the imams Of the Ahl al-Bayt Now here Probably A Wahabi Someone who goes And shoots up people That are remembering the Ahl al-Bayt And قطيف Someone walks in a much less Just like we are sitting today And he shoots people That are remembering Rasool الله And the family of Rasool الله Now here this person might not agree But we do not care Because Allah سبحانه وتعالى Has justified this act In the Quran Allah says وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ إِضْظَلَمُوا أنْفُسَهُمْ جَا أُوُكَ فَا استخفَرُ الله لَوَجَدُ اللهَ تَوَابَنْ رَحِيمَا لَوَجَدُ اللهَ تَوَابَنْ رَحِيمَا For the ones who have oppressed themselves They came to you Oh Rasool الله And next to you Oh Rasool الله They asked Allah to forgive them And Rasool الله Asked Allah to forgive them لَوَجَدُ اللهَ تَوَابَنْ رَحِيمَا They will see that Allah will forgive them And this is what all of the Sahaba The companions They all used to do this They all used to go to the grave of Rasool الله And ask for the intercession of Rasool الله Until a man Came 500 years ago By the name of Ibn Taymiyah He said no no no no Don't visit Rasool الله Breaking the sunnah of Rasool الله And the sunnah of the companions And the Tabi'een He came and he wanted to add His own bid'ah To religion You know what he said? He said it's haram to visit the grave of Rasool الله And he wanted to destroy The grave of Rasool الله And you know what the Muslims did at that time It was not the Shi'as who were in power They placed him in prison And he died in the prison in Damascus But then 300 years ago A man by the name of Muhammad Ibn Abdul Wahab He came and he gave life to that A false bid'ah He gave life to that bid'ah And they went And they destroyed the graves Of the imams in Baqea And they would have destroyed The grave of Rasool الله But there's a secret to that So we turn We turn to The imams We turn to Rasool الله Sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi Because Allah has allowed us to And there's a hadith from Rasool الله He says He says In my life I will be a blessing For you and in my death I will also be a blessing for you So they told him Oh Rasool الله how are you a blessing He told them In my life I'm a blessing Because Allah says And you are in them Allah does not bring the wrath Upon a group of people That within them is Rasool الله And then He said In my death I will see your أعمال أعمالكم Your deeds I will see them And I will ask Allah To forgive you This is The mercy of Rasool الله Rasool الله was also a Allah is merciful And Rasool الله وما أرسلناك إلا رحمة للعالمين He is also a source of mercy Of Allah سبحانه وتعالى So We turn to Rasool الله There's nothing wrong with that And you know who else we turn to We turn to أبو عبد الله الحسين عليه السلام We turn to the imam And he said about him إن الحسين مصباح الهدى وسفينة النجاة حسين is the beacon of light And he is the ark of salvation He will take people to paradise with him Many years they come And they remember him الله سبحانه وتعالى For the love of imam الحسين He will not allow the ones who shed tears For أبو عبد الله To be burned in the hellfire This is why we turn to إمام الحسين And there are numerous hadith Many narrations In one hadith إمام الصادق عليه السلام He says إمام الصادق عليه السلام He says إمام الصادق عليه السلام He says إمام الصادق عليه السلام الله سبحانه وتعالى إمام الحسين By giving him the imams The nine imams They are from the children of imam الحسين عليه السلام And the soil of the grave of أبو عبد الله It has shifa It has healing Now someone might come and say That doesn't make sense How does dirt, how does soil have healing Go and do some studying Go and read You will see that the medicine that we take Every night before we sleep They take it from this animal and that animal Imagine Now that medicine that we are accepting It's taken from animals We take it without questioning What about a soil that is mixed With the purified Blood of Imam الحسين عليه السلام And third The dua is answered Under the dome of أبو عبد الله Do you know what the imams used to do The imams from the children Of imam الحسين Imam زين العابدين Imam الصادق Imam الهادي They used to tell their companions They would tell them I cannot go and visit imam الحسين I want you to go visit imam الحسين And do dua for me Under the dome of imam الحسين The companions They would tell the imam But you are an imam you are معصوم Allah answers your dua He says there are places That Allah likes to be asked And this is why we turn To أبا عبد الله عليه السلام Imam الحسين He is a source Of mercy of Allah He is from the mercy of Allah And this is why his whole Mission It was to save people It was to bring people Towards Allah سبحانه وتعالى He stood in Makkah And he asked people to join him He asked people to join His caravan And be with him He says He who joins us He will become a martyr However, he who does not join us ومن لم يلحق بنا This person will not be successful This person will not be victorious Because according to Imam الحسين Victory comes through the Shahada On the second of Muharram We remember how Imam الحسين Arrived to Karbala It was the day Imam الحسين Set foot to Karbala But Imam الحسين Before being in Karbala He was in Hajj He was performing the Hajj On the 8th Of the Hajjah The day of Tarwiyah The day where all of the Hajjaj They are going to Arafat The caravans They were flocking towards Arafat To perform the Hajj There was one caravan That was leaving Makkah And headed towards Araaq That caravan It had the flag of Bani Hashim They asked Imam الحسين Why are you leaving This is Hajj It's wajib to perform the Hajj Imam الحسين's reply Was that I have a greater Hajj to perform The Hajjaj they offer One sacrifice They sacrifice a sheep In the way of Allah I have a greater sacrifice To offer in the way of Allah Hajj is one of the Furu'ah of Deen When the essence of religion Is in danger by Imam Like Yazid The sacrifice has to be the blood of Abdullah This is the only thing that can save The religion of Islam He gave And he announced to the world That he is leaving Because he had heard And there was rumors And he had heard that Yazid had sent someone to kill Imam الحسين Even if he is holding on To the sitar To the drapes of the Ka'bah Yazid He sent 40 men to kill Imam الحسين Even if he is holding on To the Ka'bah Imam الحسين is doing Tawaf He heard a caller يا حسين انجوا بنفسك فإن يزيد قد عزمة على قتلك يجد مكة يجد المساعدة Because Yazid يجد يجد ان يتنقل Imam الحسين يجد من أنت The reply was انا سادي سكم تحت الكساء It was Jibra'il Telling Imam الحسين I am the 6th one That is under the kasa Imam الحسين They came to him Many people tried to stop him One of them was He came to him He tells him He will be killed if you go Yazid is a tyrant He will kill you if you go Imam الحسين Replyed Allah has destined That I become a martyr Because of this religion And then he tells him Then if you know you are going to be killed Why are you taking the women And the children with you He replied Allah has destined That they become prisoners of war So that the message of Abdullah can reach All of the world Imam الحسين He has a camel here with him Someone who leads the way A navigator This man by the name of Abdullah He was holding the camel And leading the holy caravan Of Imam الحسين And he begins reciting أساعدة البيض الوجوه He does a dua for Imam الحسين عليه السلام As the caravan is travelling Suddenly the horse Of Imam الحسين stops Imam الحسين He changes the horse And then he changes another horse Until he realized That this is a stopping point He asks his companions What's the name of this land What's the name of this land They told him He tells them Is there another name They tell him Is there another name They tell him Is there another name Until one person Imam الحسين As soon as he heard The word Karbala He said Allah That was one day Where Imam الحسين Arrived to Karbala They had the man with them They had the whole family Was together It was times of difficulty But they were all together And there was another day That the woman and no man Imam الحسين As the caravan is travelling They told him Is there another name Until one person Imam الحسين As soon as he heard The word Karbala He said Is there another name Until one person Imam الحسين As soon as he heard The word Karbala He said Is there another name Until one person Imam الحسين As soon as he heard The word Karbala He said Is there another name Until one person Imam الحسين As soon as he heard The word Karbala He said Is there another name Until one person Imam الحسين As soon as he heard The word Karbala He said Is there another name Until one person Imam الحسين As soon as he heard The word Karbala He said Is there another name Until one person Imam الحسين