 صلى الله الرحمن الرحيم ، الحمد لله ، رب العالمين والصلاة والسلام على أنبياء الله جميعاً وعلى سيدهم وخاتمهم حبيبي الله العالمين أب القاسم المصطفى محمد وعلى بيتها الطيبين ، الطاهلين ، المقصومين المتجبين الله مكن يوليك الحجة بن الحسن صلواتك عليه وعلى آبائه في هذه الساعة وفي كل ساعة ولياً وحافظاً وقائداً وناصراً ودليلاً وعينا حتى تسكنه أرضك طوعاً وتماتعه فيها طويلاً أعوذ بالله من الشيبان الرجيم بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم أن الله صفى آداً ولمحاً وآل إبراهيم وآل عمران على العالمين ذرية بعضها من بعض والله سنيع وعليم صلى الله عليه وعليه العظيم مرحباً لكل of you my sisters my brothers on the eleventh of the birthday of the anniversary of the birth of our eighth imam eighth successor to Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وعليه وسلم الإمام أبو الحسن علي يبن موسى رضع عليه الصلاة والسلام الإمام who lived fifty two years of his life in the city of his grandfather and Medina and the last three years of his life he spent in خرسان in exactly the problems of those and these three years the three last years of his life were very dramatic and had a huge impact on the history of Islam in particular the history of and sometimes the enemies they are fools the enemies sometimes they try to hurt but they do a great benefit مومون العباسي who was very cunning very he was the most intelligent among this dynasty who succeeded very well was the most intelligent the reason for him to summon the imam and take him from his house in Medina all the way across the plains and rivers and deserts and mountains and take him to خرسان is to put him under house of us under his strict surveillance because he saw in this imam our imams they did not have armies they did not have weapons but they have the weapon of truth and justice and nothing is above حق in this universe nothing can be superior or more powerful than حق imagine God الله سبحانه وتعالى he calls himself الحق ذلك بأن الله هو الحق وأنما يدعونا من دونه الضر our imams including imam al-Rida they did not store weapons at home against the government neither they had fighters or soldiers but they embraced the truth الحق and this is why tyrants, dictators they feel the truth they feel حق and justice he could not stand seeing the imam being the magnet and polarizing the people towards the school of Ahl al-Bait when he was in Medina so he decided to take him to خرسان under the critics that I want to make him the heir to the throne وليه العد but this was not his intention الله مون he wanted to control the imam put him under control under house arrest but Allah سبحانه وتعالى the verses that brother Amiri recited in the beginning ويمكرون ويمكروا الله والله خيروا ما كريم they plan the deceivers they plan to destroy you but God has a better plan الله is also planning and ultimately the plan of Allah is going to win and this is what happened to the imam أبر حسن علي يبن موسى برا علي صلاة والسلام in three years of his time of his residence in خرسان he was able to attract the Jews the Christians the Sabians at that time خرسان was a center of knowledge and it was the capital مأمون he made خرسان and boosted the capital of Islam for some period of time and then he moved it from خرسان to بخدات so خرسان was the capital of Islam at that time and he wanted to embarrass the imam and defeat him so he would call the leaders of the أديان أديان المدهب the Jews the Christians the Sabians the Buddhists the atheists to confront the imam and dialogue with him but then at the end the imam will give them the answers the mind-boggling answers they knew that this is this man is not an ordinary man he is not just a scholar he is not just a scholar he has the support the تعيد of Allah so rather than the imam being embarrassed in front of مأمون and his courtyard and the interfaith leaders the مأمون himself in every session he was the one who was embarrassed because imam through his knowledge divinely inspired knowledge and logic and wisdom he was able to defeat the opponents and give them the due answers and then at that time Islam was spreading imam الإمام رغع عليه الصلاة والسلام through his knowledge his tolerance was able to spread the message of Ahl al-Bait and to the extent that المأمون himself when he could not defeat the imam he could not character assassinate the imam he declared I am Shi'a المأمون himself مأمون رقص I am one of the followers of Ahl al-Bait he pretended to be Shi'a but he was not Shi'a he pretended because he wanted also to attract the support of the masses in Khurasan also in other parts in Basra in Madin in Kufa in other parts of the Muslim world so he pretended to be one of the followers of Ahl al-Bait but he was not he was the enemy of Ahl al-Bait and the message of Imam عليه الصلاة والسلام was able to reach east and west east and west people came from many long distances to come and listen to the imam Imam Al-Ribam he was in Khurasan and when this plot was foiled and Ma'moon could not destroy the reputation of the imam he tried very hard to prove that imam is not the best one Imam Al-Ribam is just one of the scholars there are others who are better than him but he could not before him before Imam Al-Ribam was his father Imam Musa عليه الصلاة والسلام Musa Al-Jaqfar Al-Kari Musa Al-Jaqfar was imprisoned for 11 years in Basra and Baghdad and was killed by Haroon the father of Al-Ba'moon before that Imam Al-Sadaq the 6th Imam Imam Jaqfar ibn Muhammad al-Sadaq عليه الصلاة والسلام who was murdered by Abu Jaqfar al-Mansur the second upper site the one who built the city of Baghdad he built a city physical city but he killed the scholars of the imams Abu Jaqfar al-Mansur was so hateful to Ahlul Bayt that he made it mandatory that people should should follow only the Khalifatain and he would sanctify them the two caliphs and that every speaker at the Friday sermon should not leave the podium before praising and complimenting the two caliphs اللهم فلان فلان فلان that the cliché that you hear today it goes back to the time of Abu Jaqfar al-Mansur before him normally would mention the caliphs but because he was so hateful to Ahlul Bayt so he decided that the name of the caliphs has to be mentioned in the Friday sermons this is the challenge that our imams they faced by the tyrants of that time but still a truth cannot be conceived truth cannot be defeated cannot be defeated truth would move forward وينكرون وينكروا الله والله خلو الماكرين يريدون أن يطفعون ووالله بأفواههم ويأب الله إلا أن يتلم النورة and part of our mission today we the followers of Allah and Imam and the followers of Imam Hussein and ultimately we are the followers of Rasul Allah we need to follow their example we need to take this message of Islam this pure message of Islam to the masses through not necessarily speeches of books sometimes they are good they write books and give speeches and researches but also the movies that you saw the trailer of this movie where our dear brother Abu Muhammad Jassan I know his father had Muhammad Qawazal when I was a little kid I grew up in Kuwait and his father was really a magnet for the highly educated people the scholars Christians Sunnis his house was the hub I remember at the age of 10 sometimes my father would smuggle us to your father's house takes us because we would harass my mother at home so he would take some of us, two or three of us with him so we would see your father and he was surrounded by scholars, authors olama, theologians jurists his father was keen on the school of Ahl al Bayt through and out so Jassan took this trait and this quality from his late father Muhammad Qawazal and he worked on this movie which insha'Allah is going to be a beginning I saw the movie last night at home he graciously came to my house last night and we spent good time with him and I saw the full movie it's about two hours 10 minutes 2 hours of 10 minutes movie it's a good movie this is how we should introduce the message of Iman for saying to the masses to the Muslims first before the non-Muslims many Muslims they know nothing about Iman they know nothing they hear the name for saying but what does for saying mean what does he stands for what does he stand for they know nothing about that it is our job my sisters my brothers the young generation the old generation to take this message of peace and love and togetherness and harmony to mankind we have to carry this message the message of Ahl al Bayt to the masses Imam al-Riba as mother Nuri mentioned Nuri Sardar who recited the poetry here this is the second time here and I mentioned if you remember some of you Nuri he crossed the eye Nuri Sardar he crossed the eye you know what I mean by crossing the eye he crossed the eye to embrace the school of Ahl al Bayt he was not born the father of Ahl al Bayt but through research through reading through comparison he found that the school of Ahl al Bayt is the school that leads to Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم he embraced this school wholeheartedly which is reflected in his beautiful and powerful power that you see this is our job we have to research it is through research through reading through comparison my friends don't take Shia Islam for granted it is an ongoing ongoing task that we do the research every single day to try to reach the truth and find the truth we cannot take a break until we reach the truth some of you are born some of us we are born into this family and that family but this is not enough this is not enough when God is going to question us tomorrow on the day of judgment to tell him that I was born in this family it happened that my family was following this school of thought and this method it will not bring us salvation on the jet Allah says I am going to ask and I am going to ask you to make a comparison there were thousands of Adiyan and Meda'ib and philosophical and theological traditions why did you choose this more we have to provide the answer so thank you jasem may Allah bless you and his honorable wife who is joining him in his mission and she is helping him she is also with us tonight we welcome you they flew all the way and they are going to have a private screening of this movie in New York on Sunday we wish you all the success to get the message of Imam Hussein especially now where Islam is highly distorted according to the newspapers two thirds of the American people they have suspicious views about this one suspicious views about this one two thirds of the American people but we have to work some people say Americans are 300 million how can we get to them you begin with first step you begin with your neighbor coworker friend Allah will send the message Imam Hussein in Karbala where only 72 but today he has millions of followers millions of people who believe in his mission when they read it they fall in love with Hussein although they don't see him there are many people who accept in Islam because of the mission of Imam Hussein because of the sacrifice of Imam Hussein because of the sacrifice of Imam Hussein we have to work so Allah سلسلاته Awm, our job is to work and we leave the rest with God but God is going to ask me and you each and every persons what did you do for your religion what did you do for your religion for your faith for the 안에 لا تجوزوا قدمة I conclude with this Habib لا تجوزوا قدما عبد يوم القيامة حتى يسأل عن أربع وصول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول لا شخص يمكن أن يتعطي بسيطة على يوم رزيلاكشن لا شخص يمكن أن يتعطي بسيطة unless he provides four answers to four critical questions وعمره فيما أفناء كيف تستمتع لك your time your age your life كيف تستمتع بي where did you spend your time where tell me where did you spend your time وعن جسدي فيما أبلا we have given you this gift of eyes ears ears eyes hearts other limbs how did you spend them where and then وعن ماله من أينك تسبه وفيما صرفه you're earning where did you bring this money from and two hours ago two hours ago I was sitting in the office a lady called she said I have a question I said if the question is short I can answer it now she said yes I make it short see look at Islam look at faith she said say it I used to gamble with my husband we had the habit of gambling بمار we go to Vegas but then this I decided I would never do that again I decided to go back to Allah after knowing that gambling is dangerous not only a sin it's a cardinal sin that leads into the destruction of our life this is what she told me she said the last time I gambled I won $57,000 $57,000 I paid $11,000 as taxes you may know or you may don't know I didn't know that you have to pay taxes now I know something new so she won $57,000 $11,000 won for taxes she said now I don't like this money everyone loves money in this life but when she knows that this is haram and it does not belong to her now she decides to give this money to the charities and the poor people this is faith this is an act of faith when you need the money but you know the source of this money is haram source haram does not belong to you you stay away from it and the amount is a huge amount of money it's not a couple of hundreds that you can forego it's a huge amount but this is an act of faith this is how a person is transformed when something is haram I don't touch it I don't get close with it because I'm going to be asked و عن ماله من أي نكتصر they are going to ask us about the source of this money و فيما صرفه how did you spend this money and forth the fourth question fourth question و عن حبنا و الولاياتنا أهل البيت عليها فالصورة this is very good Allah has given us Allah has made a huge favor on mankind by introducing to them محمد و عالم محمد عليهم he selected the best the best in this cosmos system محمد و العالم محمد he introduced them to the humanity to mankind as leaders do we follow them or we bypass them we have the option those who follow them not only love them but we follow them و الولاياتنا و الولايات means you stick to their path and you practice what they practice علي محمد we are number one in taqwa and piety like the lady the lady who called me she does not want to touch this money that comes from Qimar this is piety this is the fear of God this is a preparation for the Akhira otherwise people come before I see Israeel couple of weeks I will go to Hajj and I will no this is not piety piety is when you stop the wrong things you are doing immediately even if you are healthy even if you are 20 30 40 years old this is piety this is Taqwa Allah to be the follower of Ahlul Bayt this is important Imam Al-Sadaq says it's not be fitting for someone to call himself Ahlul Bayt and he lives in a city and in that city there are thousands و فيه العلاف من الناس و يعيش في مصر و فيه العلاف من الناس to live in a neighborhood مصر means neighborhood city, town and there are thousands of inhabitants and he is not number one in piety and Taqwa if he is not number one he should not call himself Sheeha this is Sheeha this is Sheeha Sheeha is not name it's not name we carry I am Sheeha I am Sheeha I love Imam Rila I love Imam Rila Sheeha is to practice put it into practice you have to show piety in private life and public life piety, righteousness the fear of God this is Sheeha Imam Rila was number one pious during his time before him Imam Imam Musa Al-Qadim before him Imam Al-Sadaq Imam Muhammad Al-Baqar Imam Zain al-Abideen Imam Al-Hussain Imam Al-Hussain Imam Al-Hassan Amir al-Mu'mineer وسلم الله صلى الله عليه وسلم they were number one in piety and righteousness and discipline in the sense of responsibility we ask Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala to enable us to follow insha'Allah the path of our eighth Imam Imam Ali ibn Musa رضا عليه الصلاة والسلام and all other imams and their great grandfather وسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم and insha'Allah a continuation of this celebration on Saturday because Imam Rila he deserves more than one night of celebration he deserves more more nights that we come here we gather to learn insha'Allah and be inspired by those leaders let me before I recite the final dua some friends of us are at the hospital they have surgery let's recite tonight is Rila to Jua'a insha'Allah we listen to you du'as for supplications let's recite سوه أما يجيب المصطر إذا أتعام ويكشف السوء يا الله منا على مرضانا بالشفاء والعافية المرضى المنظورين أما أمان بسهم ثور الصحة والعافية يا أرحم الراحمين أقل حواعجنا للدنيا والآخرة فرج عن المكربين والمظومين يا أرحم الراحمين وعدج في فرج سيدنا ومولانا صاحب العصر والزمان ويلا أواحي مؤمنة والمؤمنات والشهداء دوابا الفاتح مع الصلاة على محمد وقال محمد