 Anadeev Ghadeer Ali was announced Amir. His devotion and justice were clear. Bravery, knowledge and sincere. On the battlefield he was a lion with no fear and in the middle of the night to the orphans he was loving and so dear my respected viewers, brothers and sisters in Islam. As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. Welcome to a new episode of Life From Karbala with Meer Hosta Ahmad Ali. I would like to congratulate all the Muslim community, the Ahl al-Bait and Imam Sahib al-Asr al-Zaman, Imam al-Mahdi, may Allah hasten his reappearance for the completion of our religion for the day and the greatest day and the greatest A'id to Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala, A'id al Ghadeer. So thank you very much for tuning in this episode and inshallah tonight we are going to discuss the significance of A'id al Ghadeer and why it is so significant to Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala and the Ahl al-Bait also talking about narrations from the Qur'an, sorry verses from the Qur'an, narrations from Ahl al-Bait. But before we commence further into the episode, let's welcome our dear guest and my dear brother, Sheikh Muntad al-Karbala'i. As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. How are you? Alhamdulillah. I would like to congratulate you as I congratulate my respected viewers and brothers and sisters. What are your emotions on such a blessed evening? I don't know what to say because after when you read the Ahl al-Bait, peace be upon them, you begin to realize how grand this day is. When the Imam, peace be upon him, states that this day is more honorable and more greater and more grand than the A'id al-Fitr, the A'id al-Aabha on the Friday. And don't forget our mass of our time when he appears, he appears on a Friday. But this day is even greater than that day. And of course, for many reasons, which we will discuss, inshallah, tonight. Because hopefully we'll bring a closer understanding and picture to the entire world of the importance of this day in terms of Islam and in terms of being as a Muslim, inshallah. Alhamdulillah. Discussing, historically discussing, what exactly happened and why did Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi wasallam chose Ghadir Khom for this blessed occasion. I mean, historically speaking, many historians, many scholars have mentioned various narrations from Ahl al-Bait, from Prophet Muhammad himself regarding the atmosphere of that area. So if you can enlighten us with that, please. Now, excellent question, because it's important to look at the geographical area in which the event of Ghadir took place. Now, let us pretend we go back in time now. We go back to the Antitha of the Al-Hujjah on a day like this. We go back to 10 years after the migration, the hedger of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi wasallam. The location known as Ghadir Khom or the location today is called Al-Rabih. And this area, if you're to analyze it geographically, you'll find it a very important area, especially for the Arabs. You see, even before the Islamic period and Islamic era, before the coming of Islam, the coming of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi, between these cities, Makkan Madina, between the cities surrounding Makkan Madina, this location of Ghadir Khom was known by the Arabs, was known by the caravans, was known by the pilgrims as an area rich in soil, as an area that carries ponds of water. And then you see that a lot of people, when they used to travel, they would rest in this area. They would replenish their supplies, feed their horses, fill their water, water skins with water, and then they would depart to their various cities. Also, what's very interesting, that's one of our very close friends and teachers. He narrated to us a very important geographical hint about Ghadir. And I think unless you actually go there, you can feel this. And since this person has been informed by a person that was there. So he says that one of our friends told us that upon him reaching the Ghadir, he called the Sayyid up, and he told him, Sayyidna, I'm on the top of the Ghadir cliff. And when I utter, when I speak, even though I'm not using a high decibel, a high sound, I feel my voice being echoed kilometers and kilometers ahead. Allah SWT informed Rasulullah through the revelation that when you reach this point of time, this exact coordinate on this map on the entire way, he could have easily done it in Makkah. He could have done it in Medina. Why did he do it in the Hajj? Why did he pick this location? Because he wanted to make sure that his voice is heard by the thousands and thousands. As you know, the numbers tell us 30,000, 40,000, 70,000, Allah knows how many numbers. We have so many narrations that we can't even pinpoint the exact number. There's no speaker systems back in those days. Rasulullah through this willaya takwiniya, through this ilm that was bestowed upon him by Allah SWT, was he was told by Rasulullah by Allah SWT, that's ya ayyuhar rasul, Pretend like this, pretend you have a film that's reeling. Rasulullah passed by the specific location on earth and this ayyuh was informed by him and he told him, preach what is revealed to you from your Lord. If you will not preach, it would be as though you have not conveyed my message at all. That means if you do not preach what I want you to preach, which is a point and inform the entire ummah that Ali ibn Abi Talib, is the Imam after me. He is the recipient of the Divine Supreme Covenant. He is a divine leader. He is the commander of the faithful. And then he stopped 30,000 people in order to preach this to this entire ummah. And of course we will further, we will go on as the night goes and he will speak on how much people attended. Who were the attendees? Some of the Muslims today call them the greatest Sahaba attended this and they heard this and they narrated this. The greatest companions? The greatest companions, so-called companions of Rasulullah narrated this incident and they were there and they heard this beautiful eloquent sermon of Rasulullah. This sermon that was delivered by Allah SWT through revelation because Rasulullah does not speak out of tenir. It's not better revelation as the Quran says. Yeah. So, I mean when you mention that Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam as soon as he went to Ghadir, was he entered Ghadir, Allah SWT sent jibreel to him to reveal that verse. I mean before that event, before that occasion Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam hinted, you know, a lot of times, several times as narrated by, you know, both mukhalifin and Shia books that Rasulullah narrated that Ali ibn Abi Talib is the one to succeed in. So, but how Subhanallah, Ghadir became, you know, the most significant aid because as Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam states, in his sermon, I have completed your religion and accepted the religion of Islam to you and for you. So, I mean, it's it's very significant. And also, Allam al-Tabra, he narrates in his book, Al-Ihtijaj, he quotes Imam Muhammad al-Baqar alaihi salam, who quotes his great grandfather Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. He says, at the end of the sermon, after Sulla finished, before he says, he says, Islam is established by five things, prayer, charity, fasting, pilgrimage, and willaya. Adhering willaya, as the respected viewers may know, willaya is adhering to the guardians authorized by Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. And then he concludes, as Sulla concludes, nothing is more emphasized than willaya. Nothing, we can extract from that narration, that nothing is important as in significance as willaya. Ahsantum, and that's that's very significant. So, speaking about the narrations of Ahl al-Bait, what did Ahl al-Bait narrate regarding this blessed occasion? I mean, we have hundreds of quotes, hundreds of narrations from Al-Kafi, from Al-Alamat-Tobrosi, from many historians and scholars in Islam, both from Muqalifin and from Shia books. So, if you can discuss some narrations, that would be amazing. Of course, insha'Allah, it is my job on this night to inform my viewers and whoever watches with us today to show them the importance of willaya, to show them the importance of ghadir. And none can do this except who? Except the progeny of Muhammad, and of course, since we know Ahl al-Bait is all-nour, everything that comes out of them is the lights. And since this is considered as a majlis right now, we're gathered, Allah testifies to our gathering. My master, they testify and they see our maqam now. And then my master, Amal Hujja, is with us right now too. And I want to narrate what they say only, nothing from my time. And just to clarify, majlis means as a sitting, doesn't mean as a sad occasion. A gathering. It could be just a gathering. Yes. So, just to clarify that. Yeah. And then we want to narrate from them, because when we read the du'a'b al-sadaq, al-salaam, what does he say? He says, al-sadaq tells us that when you begin speaking, say, al-sadaq tells us that everything that I utter is but the words in the reports of Al-Muhammad, so we have chosen a couple of a hadith here, and insha'Allah some of them will narrate the full, some of them will narrate in short, just to get a better understanding of the day of Ghadir. There is a mousu'aqad, mousu'a'at ahadithah al-bi'at, and this book, the narrator or the compiler, what he does is he compiles various ahadith from the at al-bi'at in various categories, so in this case, he narrates it from who? From al-sadaq, al-sadaq, one of our most prominent scholars, narrates the following reports on who Al-Hassan Ibn Rashid, Al-Rashid, he says that Abu Abdullah al-sadaq was asked, is there a iid other than the iid of al-Hadha, al-futr, al-jum'ah, he has a question, he has an istiftar, he wants to know, ya, Abu Abdullah, is there a different iid? Abu Abdullah says, yes, the believers have an iid that is greater than the ones you mentioned, important, greater than the ones you mentioned, that is the day in which the Apostle of Allah, Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, designated and appointed Ali peace be upon him as the commander of the faithful, a divine leader, an imam, and he took a covenant upon all the believers on that day, men and women to this day, on that day of Qadir, then he was asked, the imam was asked which day was that, the imam alayhi sallallahu alayhi wa sallam says it was the 18th of the Al-Hujjah, now this is the part where it's ajib, considering the merit of this day, we have merits on iid al-Adha, we get from iid al-Fatah, the Juma'a, listen to these merits, the Amal, the religious duties performed on this day equates the religious duties performed for 80 days of regular day, that's one thing, the believer on this day should increase in his dhikr, remembrance of Allah sb, he should send his salutations and peace upon Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa sallam and he who has a family should spend on his family in order for his money that he has to be blessed with this day's title and with this occasion's title, that's one example, a different example that has the same siyaq, the imams also asked about is there a different iid than al-Fatah al-Adha, in this case al-Mufadal, which is a very close and trustworthy companion of Ibi Abdullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, he says these are the words of Ibi Abdullah, not anybody, the words of an imam appointed by Allah sb as a divine leader that this day is the day in which that's most honorable of the days and most grand of the eid, it is the 18th of the l-hujjah, it is the day in which Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam appointed emir al-mu'mineen, Ali ibn Abi Talib, as what the commander of the faithful, the divine leader appointed by Allah sb, now al-Mufadal wants to understand and bring forth the picture closer to himself, he wants to know does this day have a different concerning some in this case, the Mufadal asked a question, what are my obligations on this day, obligations on this day, what are my wajibat on this day, now of course the Fouqaha have did the rock of this and they have said it's mustahab, highly recommended, in this case it says, it's obligatory, and inshallah sooner or later we'll go through when we go through the khutbah of Rasulullah, we'll find the importance of narrating the khutbah of Rasulullah to the people and we find the importance of reviving this day in general, we will get there inshallah, but listen to this right now, it is incumbent upon you to fast this day, give thanks to Allah and glorify him, even though Allah sb deserves glorification and thanks every single day, furthermore this is the sunnah, the tradition of the prophets upon appointing their successor, they command their successor to fast on that day, which they are appointed as the day of Eid, lastly he who fasts on this day receives more merit than one who perform religious duties for 60 years, the other one said 80 months, this one says 60 years, 60 years, so you can tell that the maybe the mistake and then the because they don't make mistake, it's from the narrator and the transcriber that might have had, so Allah will know, 60 days or 60 years or even more than that, like we said, the ma'rafah is the most important thing, now a different hadith here, in summary, there was a gathering in which Ali ibn Musa, may peace be upon him, was sitting and you narrated a part of this hadith, this is what happened before this, they were sitting down, they were talking about some people began to deny it's merit, deny it's blessings, he said, my father narrated to me from his father, he said the day of Ghadir in the heavens is more notorious than on the earth, then he begins to say wherever you are, attend the day of Ghadir beside Amir al-Mu'mineen, for Allah will erase the sins of every believing man and woman on this day, sins of 60 years all will be erased, the Imam says, furthermore, Allah will free a multitude of slaves on this day, more than he frees in the month of Ramadhan, more than he frees on Laylatul Qadr, and you know how much slaves are freed on the Laylatul Qadr of Ramadhan from Hellfire, the dirham spent, if you spent a dirham for your brother, for your family member on this day, Allah says it will be multiplied by 1,000 dirhams, so the rizq will come, then he says, the Imam says, henceforth I advise you to spend on your brothers and sisters on this day, in a similar narration, he was asked in the same meeting, he says, they asked him, his companions, what should we do on a day like this, it is highly rewarded to be in Najaf on this blessed day, and to perform before you go to perform Ziyara, do ghusl, and then go perform Ziyara with Ali Shrine, for this day there are many, you can pray, there is a tour at prayer in Fatiha in Jinnah, Allah says it will come in the rates, Allah says do Aadari in the rates, a Ziyara with Ali, a ghusl, fasting, and now there is, insha'Allah, one more report before we move on, I want to bring this viewer closer and closer and closer to the importance of this day, my job here is to bring the viewer as close as I can to the importance of this day, even though I myself am a Qasr no matter what concerning the fall of this day, and Allah testifies to this, I am trying my best insha'Allah, this hadith caught my attention, because it has various examples from the various prophets, and most if not all the prophets on this day, something happened in which they remember on this day, and to this day, and the Imam speaks about this day, what does he say, Ibn Tawwus, he reports this again from Imam al-Mufaddal, from Imam al-Sadiq al-Salam, maybe this can be connected to the other narration together, so you can get a full picture, he tells Imam al-Sadiq al-Salam, he says do you order me to fast on this day, and now listen Allahu ta'ala fi Ibrahim al-Khalil, now it's time to translate this, it's a beautiful hadith, by Allah, by Allah, by Allah, yes, fast, Mu'faddal, today is the day on which Allah accepted the repentance of Adam al-Salam, and Adam, and thanks to Allah, fasted on this day, today is the day in which Allah saved Ibrahim from the fires of Namrud, and Ibrahim al-Salam, fasted on this day, and thanks to Allah, today is the day in which Prophet Musa appointed Harun as his representative, and they fasted that day, and thanks to Allah, today is the day in which Prophet Jesus, peace be upon him, appointed Shama'un al-Safa, Simon, as his Khalifa, as his representative, and Allah, ordered them to fast on this day, and then it is the day in which Rasulullah appointed Ali ibn Abi Talib as the banner, the leader, the Imam, the Divine recipient, and they fasted, and thanks to Allah, on that day, then he says today is a day of fasting and a prayer, a day of meeting with your brothers and pleasing them, a day in which Satan is furious and angered, because Satan does not like this kind of majalis, he does not, and I'm pretty sure now he's not enjoying what we're doing today, but it's our job, this is just, as we say, a scratch on the surface, because no matter what we can do, you can never get 100% Ma'rifah, all we can do, me, you, the viewers, we can take steps and steps, and as we get closer to Allah, Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala, insha'Allah, will open the doors for us, insha'Allah, to further our understanding of this day, insha'Allah. So, Hayyub Sheikhan, thank you very much, respected viewers, we'll go into a short break, so please stay tuned. Maulah Hayyudar, Maulah Hayyudar, Ali Ali Jaan, Maulah Hayyudar, Maulah Hayyudar, Ali Ali Jaan, Maulah Hayyudar, Maulah Hayyudar, Ali Ali Jaan, Mola Hayda Ali Ali Jaan Mola Hayda Ali Ali Jaan Manan Be Hubba To Aseer Mola Ali Jaan Manan Gola Motu Ameer Mola Ali Jaan Manan Gola Motu Ameer Mola Hayda Mola Hayda Ali Ali Jaan Mola Hayda Mola Hayda Mola Hayda Mola Hayda Ali Ali Jaan Mola Hayda Mola Hayda Ali Ali Jaan Respected viewers, brothers and sisters, welcome back with me and Shaykh Montadal Karbala'i. Before we went into a break, we were discussing the significance of Eid al-Gadir and how it is the greatest aid to Allah SWT. I mean Shaykh Montadal mentioned that this day is so significant that it is more significant than Eid al-Futr, Eid al-Adha and Fridays. Why? Because this occasion can only be celebrated by the true followers of Ahlul Bayt. And as Prophet Muhammad SAW said on Eid al-Gadir, on the day of Gadir, he says, Allahumma wali man walah wa adi man adah. So it is only the true followers of Ahlul Bayt who can celebrate and have good time with their families and as narrated by Imam Raza AS as we've been discussing, he says where your best clothes and put on the best smelling perfume or cologne and then go out to visit Imam Ali Ibn Abi Qadib AS. So Shaykhna, welcome back. Now it's a very, we can say difficult, but some were misled out of the way. Even their leaders were present on the day of Gadir. I mean some great companions and some other companions were present on the day of Gadir. I mean we see Umar, Abu Bakr, Talha and Zubair, Anas bin Malik and hundreds of companions of Prophet Muhammad SAW were present on the day of Gadir. So I mean and yet after Gadir, we see the Ummah splitting up into how many divisions, how many sects, how many denominations, why have they been misled? However, that's not our discussion tonight. I mean our discussion tonight focuses on proving why Eid al-Gadir is the greatest Eid to Allah SWT. So are there any narrations in non-Shia scripture, non-Shia books? Excellent question. The Banta of Gadir and honestly it's not in my position to speak about how much narration is there are here. The Ulamama, may Allah bless them, have written so many books. Al-Alam al-Amini has a moso'a called al-Gadir. And it's important to speak about this book for a bit because Al-Alam al-Amini, he did not have what we have today, he did not have a library where he can put down a nasfama hadith and then he gets all the hadith down. Al-Alam al-Amini has narrated that he used to walk around Najaf, around Kufa, he would go to all over the Islamic cities and he would try to get the manuscripts and then he would try to take them and transcribe them down in his book, all the authentic sources. And focusing on the historical texts and the hadith narrated from the books of the Muqalifi. So, I mean, of course here we have examples but I suggest to my viewers to refer to these encyclopedias. Al-Alam al-Amini's encyclopedia and many other encyclopedias, it's a very excellent book. Now, like you said, Anas, Abu Harira, Sayyid Ibn Arqam, the companions of Rasulullah, the Saleh and the Talih, they were all there on that day of Gadir. So, we have examples here. One example, I will narrate the fullness of the hadith. While the other examples, we will merely mention the scholar, his time of death, so you know how far back he was. Then we will mention the book that it's narrated in, in terms that the viewers get an understanding that there's a lot of hadith. And yes, here I have maybe four or five, six narrations and that's already considered in Al-Malrajala's Tawater. You know, of course, there are different methods and different content in the hadith. But still, they all have one same meaning, which is Rasulullah appointing Ayat Ibn Talib as the master after him. So, why did the ummah turn back on their heels on that day of Sakhifah? It's very important because history is very important. That's why we must study history explicitly to be able to find the exact historical events so we cannot do the same mistakes today. First example, Al-Hafid Abu Bakr Abdullah Ibn Muhammad Ibn Abi Shaba. He has a famous book known as Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaba. He died in the year 235 after Hijrah, 10th year after Hijrah, 235 after Hijrah. Meaning, this was after about 230 years after the event of Ghadir. He's considered from the Motaqad-Dameen scholars that lied between the time frame of 200 to 600 years after Hijrah. He is a non-Shia scholar. He's a prominent Muqalif scholar. And he is known as a notorious scholar amongst the Muqalifi. He reports this on the authority of Al-Baraa Ibn A'zam, who was also a Sahabi who witnessed the event of Ghadir. This man, he says, And then it says that we were on our way back from Hajj. We stopped by the valley of Ghadir and the call for prayer began. We prayed Al-Zuhr under a tree and after the completion of this prayer. Rasulullah pictured this. Rasulullah took the hand of Ali Ibn Abi Talib. It says here He stood and raised it to the sky. He took the hand of Ali Ibn Abi Talib. He said, He took the hand of Ali Ibn Abi Talib. He said, Allahumma man kuntu maulah fa'liyul maulah. Allahumma waliman walah wa'adi man aada. Then it says, In a different narration, exactly. So he says that he took the hand of Ali and he said, Do you not know that I am closer to the believers than themselves? Meaning I have a willaya, a capability and decree over their own bodies and his life and then they do. He raised the hand of Ali and he said, Whoever I am his master and his maulah, then Ali is his master. Oh Allah, love whoever loves him. Befriend whoever befriends him and be an enemy to whoever is an enemy to him. The narrator says, after the prophet said this, Umar came to Ali Ibn Abi Talib and said, You have become the maulah of every believing man and every believing woman. And as you added in a different narration, you have become my master and the master of every believing man and every believing woman. That's one example. Another example, the Imam of the Hanbali scholar, Ahmad ibn Hanbal, death 241 after Hijra. He narrates in his Musnad, Ahmad ibn ibn Hanbal, volume 4, page 281, a similar report. And in his same volume, he narrates volume 5, page 355, hadith, 18,011. And also in a different book, Ahmad ibn Hanbal has a book called, Fadail al-Sahaba, where he narrates the merits of the Sahaba. Volume 2, page 596, hadith, 1060. That's just Ahmad ibn Hanbal. Next hadith, He has a book called, He died in the year 307 after Hijra. See, we're going slowly on the timetable. In his Musnad, page 100, and then the same hadith is narrated by Ibn Kathir in his Bida'i at the end. Also another very prominent scholar. I can even say that some of these scholars are considered Nawasab too. But they have narrated this hadith. Volume 5, page 209, to 210. Because they can't ignore the fact, it's a historical fact that... History cannot be altered. As you mentioned, and as hadith Bait, and as scholars mentioned, that thousands, tens of thousands of people were present on that day. So they can't just ignore such a significant fact. Yet what do they say? Some people, I mean, sorry for cutting you off. But some scholars have said, you know, recent scholars, they've said when Rasulullah says, O Allah, be the master. Make Ali the master of whoever... You are a master. If I am their master, then Ali is your master. So they say that Ali is only a role model. Yes, that's the start of Sireb. He's only a spiritual leader. I don't have to, you know, follow in his footsteps. The master of my family is not the master of the Ummah in terms of Relayah on the nefs. Subhanallah. I don't understand. There's a problem with the intellect. The Aqil. That's where there's a problem with the intellect. Now, one more example. Because we've got to make sure we bring the Burhan. So we don't get questioned later on. Abu Jareel al-Tabari. The one who is known for his famous Tariq al-Tabari. In his Tafseer, he has a Tafseer called Tafseer al-Tabari. Volume 3, page 428 also narrates a similar event that happened. Now, we know what happened. We know that's Umar ibn al-Khattab, Abu Bakr, all these people that later on, they turned back on their heels. Yes, in the Zahir, outside, what did they do? They pledged allegiance to Ali ibn Abi Talib. Our Imam, alaihi salam, there's a hadith found in our books in which the Imam, alaihi salam, gives us what truly happened on that day. And I know this is not part of the question, but I find it's very important to narrate this hadith. Al-Kulayni, in his Kaafi, narrates with a Sahih, chain of transmission. He says, about Hassan al-Jammal. He says So, this narrator says that I was with Abu Abdullah on his way to Hajj from Madinah to Makkah. We stopped by the Masjid of Ghadir, Masjid of Ghadir al-Khum. And Abu Abdullah stopped me and he said, on the right here is the after the remnants of where Rasulullah stood and raised Ali's hand and said, Then he looks and says, see down there, that is the location of the tent of the companions of Rasulullah. And then it says, it's very interesting here. It says He began speaking to each other. Allah SWT does not hear them. They are ridiculing Rasulullah and insulting Rasulullah. He says that they were sitting down and then they began to look at the eyes of Rasulullah. They said, look at his eyes. They revolve and look upon us as if the eyes of a crazy man. After this, it says, the archangel Jibrail, peace be upon him, ascended with the following verse. Those who disbelieve, because this group of people are just believers. That means their allegiance was nothing but a Zahir thing, a hypocritical allegiance. Those who disbelieve show they're ridicule this pleasure in their eyes when they hear the message, the reminder and say he is crazy. Allah tells them say it is in fact a message to the entire world. Now it's very important here, the Imam when he says, when he says in the Quran, he hears Ali ibn Abi Talib. Because Rasulullah is speaking about Ali ibn Abi Talib. And then Allah says reply to them and say but he is a zikr to the Aalib, to the universes, to all the worlds. Don't try to ridicule Ali ibn Abi Talib. Who are you to ridicule Ali ibn Abi Talib? When Ali comes from a father like Abu Talib. The cousin of the greatest human being. The cousin of the greatest human being. The one who is his wife is Sayyid al-Nisa al-Aalim. The transcendent maiden Fatimah al-Zahra. Allah quickly replies to the enemies of Islam. Subhan Allah. This is one of the secrets that the Imam reveals to us. Because we can only see the Zahir from that hadith. The Imam goes to the bottom, to the inner hidden secrets and tells us their bay'ah was merely a bay'ah of hypocrisy in order to gain the sulta and the commands. Because if they truly gave allegiance to somebody like Ali ibn Abi Talib, somebody who used to walk the nights and feed the orphans. Somebody who used to say, I do not want to live under shade. Because there might be somebody outside that the scorching sun burns his face. I want to be and I want to feel what he feels. No. Because there's something wrong with the heart, Ahmed. It is. Something wrong with the heart. It is. I mean, it's very touching how you mentioned that. But it's weird how they were misled and as you mentioned, they have corrupted hearts. I mean, someone who pledges allegiance to someone like Ali ibn Abi Talib, the greatest master after Rasulullah ibn Abi Talib. Nifsum Muhammad. Nifsum Muhammad, you are to me like Aaron was to Moses. But there is no prophet after me. Why did they, you know, be misguided? They were jealous. I mean, this world is very weird how people like Umar Abu Bakr, Ibn Hambal and all these Muqalifin scholars and Nawasud, they were present on that day. Yet, why didn't they take the actual message of Rasulullah and Ali ibn Abi Talib? I mean, Subhan Allah. Subhan Allah. But as everyone knows, I mean, even the Muqalifin know this fact that Ali ibn Abi Talib is the source of unity in this world. No one made just rules and was moving according to justice like Ali ibn Abi Talib, Salawatullahi Ali. I mean, if the people now stuck and before, even before, if they stuck to the rightful Imam and on the path of righteousness and truly accepting that Ali ibn Abi Talib is a divine leader chosen by Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala. Prophet Muhammad did not choose Ali ibn Abi Talib. It was Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala who chose. You know, if they say he's a spiritual leader, or a role model, I mean, where did all the narrations go? I have completed your religion. I have completed your religion. Completing your religion means that you have to follow the footsteps of Ali ibn Abi Talib and the footsteps of Ali ibn Abi Talib. But, I mean, what happened to the ummah after that? It's confusing. It's heartbroken. But we see that even in Quran, Quranic verses and narrations by prophets, by imams, by the Ahlul Bayt, sallallahu alayhim, how can you comment on the recent events that happened, I mean, during this hajj that just went by? And the difference is that, you know, not just in this hajj, I mean, every hajj we see problems occurring between Sunni and Shia. I mean, when do we actually unite? When do we actually stand under the rightful umbrella, the umbrella of Allah SWT and the umbrella of Ahlul Bayt? I mean, it's very confusing. It is very confusing. What happened, the tragic occasions that happened in hajj, let me tell you this, there's no organization, why? Because the hearts have not found Ahlul Bayt. The hearts either are ignorant for the right of Ahlul Bayt or the hearts have enmity and anger toward Ahlul Bayt. Now, there's a very important ayah in the Qur'an. In this ayah, Allah SWT says and holds steadfast to the rope of Allah which stretches out to you and be not divided amongst yourself and remember with gratitude Allah's favor upon you. This verse in the Holy Qur'an has a ta'weel and in both our narrations and the narration of the mukhalifim, it has been narrated that this hablu-Allah that if the ummah wants to not disunite, they should hold on to this rope of Allah SWT. That's what we get from the ayah. Now, there's a scholar by the name of Al-Qandouzi Al-Hanafi, he has a book called Yanabi'a al-Muaddah. He reports the following hadith from Tafsir al-Thalabi and he narrates with his chain of transmission to who? To Ja'far al-Sadr, peace be upon him. It's a narration found in the books of the mukhalifim but Al-Qandouzi narrates it in his book. He says, we are the rope of Allah mentioned in the Qur'an and hold fast together to the rope of Allah. That's one example. Another example in Kitab al-Manaqib from Ibn Abbas it says that we were with the Prophet and the Arabian man came to the Prophet and he asked him, Ya Rasulullah, I heard you utter the following verse and hold stay fast to the rope of Allah let's unite. What is the rope of Allah? Rasulullah says he took his hand and placed it on the hand of Ibn Abi Talib and he said hold, stay fast on to him. He is the stronghold and he is the rope of Allah. I mean this is too hadith. And then I also found this Maqala by Ibn Hajar who hated me in the way. He says Ibn Hajar has recorded these verses under the category of those that ascended for the Hassan of Muhammad. He transcribed these verses in his famous book known as Sawaq al-Muharqa in which he refused to Shi'a'z but at the same time he narrates Fada'il of Ahli al-Biyat. Chapter 11 he recorded the report of the Ta'alabi on the Sadaq. So now we say ponder upon this verse that goes side by side with this verse and several other narrations I don't have the time to bring the sources for. Allah Rasulullah says that Quran al-Ahli al-Biyat hold these together and they will not separate and stay together until they meet me at the ponder of Qautha. What does that mean? It means that imagine right now if these organizers these people I mean I don't like calling it Saudi Arabia because it's the city of Rasulullah it's the country of Rasulullah but for the sake of argument we call it Saudi Arabia. If they were to hold on to Ahli al-Biyat and the Quran together not hold on to the Quran and leave Ahli al-Biyat because he says that these two will never go astray and they are your guidance meaning that if you have these two together you will not have this unity in the Ummah because first of all Rasulullah says that Ahli al-Bit'alab the Abdullah from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and here in the Quran we say that what? that if you hold on to it you will not disunite I mean look at Karbala Imam al-Hussain testifies to me 20 million 25 million, 30 million Zawar how come we don't have a stampede like this and lovers they run towards al-Hussain al-Alayhi s-salam especially those that have not seen him and they cry children, old men, old women they come here but all the hearts are pure all the hearts have been have taken and removed all darkness and all enmity and the hearts have been filled with the Nur of Ahli al-Biyat the Nur of Ahli al-Biyat governs this entire the entire universe is governed by Ahli al-Biyat and their Nur now this is very important now because I just pray that my viewers understand this that imagine if you can give the organization of Mecca and Al-Hajj to the Faaz of Ahli al-Biyat and see what happens just give a test run let's see what happens 700 to 800 people killed and they're going to visit Allah Al-Hajj they're going on a very spiritual pilgrimage and no matter how much money it's been subhan Allah because these lands are lands that have been stolen maqsooba just like the land of Fadak that was taken from Fatima to Zahra no khayr comes because they do not have permission to build on this land take oil from this land this is the result of what happened Al-Hajj there was no Ahli al-Biyat involved I'm sorry I mean it's very unfortunate but we're coming to a conclusion so if you can recite to us what Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam uttered on or said on day of Qadir this is the part I've been waiting for Rasulullah delivered the most eloquent speech on day of Qadir time is very limited and we have approximately 5 to 5-10 minutes so insha'Allah let's skip some parts of this and I want to go to parts of the in which Rasulullah emphasized on so he says that oh people prefer him Ali over others there is no knowledge except that Allah has divulged it to me and all the knowledge I have learned I have divulged it to the Imam and there is no knowledge except that I divulged it to Ali ibn Abi Talib meaning that Ali ibn Abi Talib if you want to find unity in the ummah in the khutbah the Rasul says that Ali ibn Talib is the hadi and the mahdi he is the guide so if you want to find the path in order to Allah for unity you must hold on to Ali ibn Talib now, before I end one more part here it says because here I have been joining righteousness is to resort to my speech and to convey it to whomever did not attend and to order him on my behalf to accept it, us, our job and then he says and to likewise order him not to violate it for it is an order from Allah where to Rasulullah and now I want to leave you if you may give me the time I don't want to take any more of your time but I really need to narrate the words of Fatimah because we spoke about organization we spoke about this unity one sentence from Sayyid al-Alamin in her khutbah she says she says the obligation to obey us has been prescribed to set order in the community now imagine if these words were taken into consideration and our authority Imamah has been prescribed to save the people from the differences now I say what Imam Al-Sadiq taught me to recite on this day I want to say Ya Allah, I thank you that you gave me the honor of being a follower of Ali ibn Abi Talib that you gave me this blessing of being born out of pure birth because my mother and father gave me this blessing Alhamdulillah who made us the believers by His mercy and His trust and His trust and His trust by His grace and His mercy and His trust and His trust and His trust with the Debena I ask Allah that He has graced us today these are the words that were said on this day of Qadir that warped, these are the knee that Allah you have graced me that I am holding His willyya and not rejecting it the blessing from Allah Alhamdulillah who created his whole body I thank Allah that he has placed the completion of this religion and his blessings in the willaya, in the divine leadership of Imam Ali, I conclude by saying The religion is complete with the willaya to us Ahl al-Biyat and the blessings of this association from our enemies Thank you very much Habibi Sheikhna, inshallah we can learn from the lessons of Ahl al-Biyat I mean as we've been mentioning and repeating and repeating, Eid al-Gadir is the greatest day, the greatest Eid to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala Alhamdulillah that he created a Shia and followers of Ahl al-Biyat Alhamdulillah Thank you very much Habibi Sheikhna May Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala bless you and continue the blessings of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala which are showered upon the Mu'mineen and the believers on a light like this So respected viewers, thank you very much once again for tuning in I would like just to say for all the Shia and for all the Mu'mineen around the world and congratulate you once again for rejoicing Eid al-Gadir, Eid Allah al-Akbar, Allah's greatest Eid Please stay tuned for the upcoming episodes and if you didn't get the chance to view this full episode or the previous episodes you can go on our YouTube channel at Imam Hussain 3TV and check out our YouTube Facebook page Wassalamu Alaikum, Rahmatullahi Wabarakatuh