 Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Raheem a mention of the mercy of your Lord to his servant Zachariah. Salaw alaikum ar-Rahmatullahi wabarakatuh welcome to live in London I'm your host Mohsin Shah. Previously said Amar has been discussing different prophets throughout this Ramadan period and those discussions are available on YouTube, Facebook and small clips on Instagram as well. Please feel free to subscribe and to also catch up on those discussions but inshallah tonight we'll be discussing Nabi Zachariah and Nabi Yahya. Who is Nabi Zachariah? And what relevance does he have to Ali Imran? And also Nabi Yahya also known as John. What lessons can we learn from his life and what sort of trials and tribulations did he go through? Inshallah we'll discuss this and a lot more with Sayyid Amar. Salam alaikum al-sayyid. Alhamdulillah we send our greetings to all the viewers and especially to our beloved Minhal Al-Khafaji who's been presenting so well and it's an honor to have you here tonight as well. Thank you very much pleasure to be here. Sayyid Amar if we go to the Quran Surah 3 verse 33. Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim. Surely Allah chose Adam and Nuh and the descendants of Ibrahim and the descendants of Imran above the nations. Is this an indication of the special families that have been chosen by Allah SWT? Fantastic question. Ali Imran if you look within that eye of the Holy Quran you find Allah SWT saying that Allah has chosen Adam and we dissected Adam's life and Nuh and he chose Noah and the family of Ibrahim and we looked at Ismail and Ishaq and Yaqub and Yusuf. But now there is an addition Al-Imran who is called Imran. Imran is the grandfather of Prophet Jesus alaihi salam. In English his name is Joachim or Joachim and he was a prophet of Allah SWT. Imran was married to a lady whose name in the English language was Ana and she had a sister by the name of Elizabeth who was married to Nabi Zakaria alaihi salam. So these two sisters chose well. One chose Imran the other chose Zakaria and what you had was although they were both married to prophets of God who are both very firm and upright servants of Allah. You know they say that the name Joachim means somebody who Allah SWT has made firm. You need that istiqama. You need that chivalry that uprightness and that he had in abundance. But Ana and Elizabeth were both tested that they both couldn't have children. Ana and Joachim, Imran couldn't have children. Elizabeth and her husband Zakaria could not have children. And therefore you found that this is the beginning of a wonderful story of Al-Imran and the way Al-Imran dedicate their children to the service of God. Because when Ana and Imran cannot have a child, they do something which we should do more in our communities. You see you could never study the story of Nabi Yahya, Nabi Zakaria without understanding Al-Imran, Al-Imran, Al-Ibrahim. These are families mentioned with glory in the Quran. You have her making a nidr or what we call a mannat. Sometimes people call it mannat, some call it a nidr. And the whole idea of that is you make a vow to God. And that vow is that ya Allah if you help me with my pregnancy and help me with my giving of birth and give me a child and bless me with a child, that child I will dedicate to your service. All of my rights as a parent and my doting love that I have is nothing compared to what I want my child to have towards you. Therefore you found that Al-Imran were facing this test but decided that instead of complaining why can't we have children, they began to talk to Allah. And the way they talk to Allah was by making a mannat or a nidr. So now if we look at Surah 3 verse 35 where it mentions about the mannat, when a woman of Imran said my Lord surely I vow to thee what is in my womb to be devoted to thy service except therefore for me surely thou art the hearing, the knowing. I mean making a mannat is something that we should do. And furthermore, you know we go to Ziyarah, you see them tying strings and stuff. Are we going a bit too far ahead with making mannat? On the contrary, making a nidr or making a mannat is one of the most beautiful acts in the religion of Islam. Not only do we find the wife of a prophet of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala making a nidr in this particular moment, making a vow. But also we find that the Ahlul Bayt alaym al-salam would make vows as well. They would make a nidr. Ahlul Bayt alaym al-salam if they make a mannat then we follow their example. When Imam al-Hassan and Imam al-Hussain alaym al-salam when they were feeling unwell, didn't the prophet tell Fatima al-Zahra make a mannat, make a nidr, that if they get better you will fast for how many days? Yes. You will fast for three days. And the famous story when they fasted for three days like me and you are fasting now and starving, the famous story was that as they're breaking they fast someone knocks at the door. Yes. First it's someone who's needy, miskeen. They're about to break their fast. Someone knocks at their door. They fulfilled their mannat, that Imam al-Hassan, Imam al-Hussain, ya Allah. This is a nidr of shukr. If they feel better we will fast for three days. First day someone knocks at the door. Old family of the prophet, can you give me something to eat? They give everything they have. Next day they're about to break their fast. Someone knocks at the door. Clearly the food tasted good from that house and everybody knew. Next day someone knocks at the door. I'm an orphan. First day I'm a needy. Third day I'm a prisoner. Each day they gave away their meals for them. And the Quran refilled the famous verse in Sura 76 verse number 8 when Allah SWT said that they give away that food which they love to the needy, to the orphan, to the captive. Therefore Ahlul Bayt al-Maslam would tell us that make a mannat. And that's why we find that a nidr or a mannat like the one which was done by the matriarch of al-Imran can be three types. One is the nidr of shukr, ya Allah. If you help my child for example find a job, then I will give 500 pounds to the community. Shukr for your help. Then there is a nidr to remove bala. Ya Allah, I find that my child is far away from religion. This is a test for me. Ya Allah, please with your guidance guide my child. And I will help somebody go ziyarah because you have removed that bala. That's the second type of nidr. Third type of nidr is when you make a vow to Allah, ya Allah. I'm bad at fajr. But I make a mannat that if I don't wake up for fajr I don't have breakfast. Why? Because I love breakfast. But I know that listen, if I made a vow to Allah SWT then I've got to fulfill that vow because if you do not fulfill the mannat that you have made Amran's wife said that what's in my womb is going to be dedicated to the service of God. In those days you'd give your child to the temple of Herod. It's called the temple of Herod because obviously he rebuilt and reconstructed the temple. But by the temple man, you've got that temple of Herod and many of the Jewish families used to send their children to serve God. Whatever that child comes out you're going to have to dedicate that child otherwise there's a kafara to pay. A person cannot make a mannat and then not fulfill. If you now must say ya Allah if you help me pass my exams I'm going to give a thousand pounds to the community and you don't give that thousand, there's kafara you have to pay. Like a kafara when you miss a fast purposely likewise there's a kafara for this. So she had made a mannat. Whatever is my child's agenda I'm going to ensure that that child. Now she was told that your child who we're granting you is going to cure the leper, cure the blind, raise the dead, make them alive. So what's she thinking? Is the prophet who's a male? Yes. Allah planned otherwise. Yeah because if we look at in Surah 3 verse 36 So when she brought forth she said My Lord, surely I have brought it forth a female and Allah knew best what she brought forth and the male is not like the female and I have named it Maryam and I commend her and her offspring into the protection from the accursed Shaykh. Can you believe? She's thinking I'm definitely going to have a male Allah grants her a female. Issue number one she's thinking about Allah said that there's going to be a prophet born from my line. Allah didn't say that it's going to be your son, it has to be your son. Secondly, males were known to be the ones who go and serve in the temple. Now what does she have? A female. Thirdly, she has made a nether and that means that that nether has to be fulfilled and it was difficult seemingly at the time. I do not want to say that there was no female representation in the temple but not as many as the males and this is normal even you'll find within the religion of Islam today there's probably more male students in Qum than there are female. There's probably more male students in Najaf than there are female. There's probably more males who are given positions of authority than females. That doesn't mean it's right but this is a reality that has occurred sociologically in the path of many religions. One may ask the question is this sexism? Why is it that you see that the male is to be seen as better than the female? No, she's thinking that hold on, I thought it's a male child that I was going to have. Yes. But Allah had planned otherwise that female that you're going to have will be one of the four greatest females to have ever lived, no doubt. So you find therefore with that female, with Maryam she becomes a blessing for their family. She's made a manatee that I'll talk about Lady Anna that I will give my child into the service of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. Was this a common practice? Do you think it should be done today? Also, it's a female. I mean at that time were females put towards the service of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala? No, you're absolutely right. I think the manatee was a common practice but I don't think females being servants in the temples was a common practice at all. But this female Maryam was extraordinary. And what about today? Do you think that maybe the hausa and maybe even our misogynistic approach to females in Islam I mean, can females be much the hit? Can they become merajah? Can they study to levels that males can in our community? There is an opinion that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala when choosing Maryam and purifying Maryam and choosing her above all the women there is an opinion that Maryam was a prophet of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. Oh wow. Someone will say but prophets can only be males. Who said prophets can only be males? Now, I won't say that that's a majority opinion but if Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says that Allah astafa Adam wa Nooh and he says that Allah astafa Ki this choosing highlights that Allah doesn't just choose anyone. However, one may argue that there was a lady who was born after Maryam who was greater than Maryam and she was not a prophet and that is Fatima al-Zahra, alaihi salam. But one thing we cannot deny while she's in the temple of Herod she gains an unbelievable amount of knowledge Jibrail visits her Someone says well, she has to be a prophet if Jibrail visits her I don't know if you definitely have to be a prophet for Jibrail to visit you but certainly you're up there in the highest ranks so the misogyny that we sometimes have the male-shavenistic attitude that can exist we should never forget how Maryam broke all of this and it seemed that with the children of Israel especially this was prevalent Now, can a female be a Mujtahid? Of course, we've had some great female Mujtahid Yes, in the past Can she be a Marja? Well, why shouldn't she be a Marja? You see, every Marja as a Mujtahid well, not every Mujtahid as a Marja but there are ulama out there male Marja who have said that there are no harm if a lady has reached the highest level of studying Islamic law and what is a Marja but a person who has achieved the highest of levels in jurisprudence and sharia and the understanding of all the other sciences then why not? Why can a person not emulate somebody because of their agenda but these are all discussions that are being had at the moment Today in the West we do have female lawyers we also have female judges Correct So an academic skill acquired and if females have acquired that skill I don't see any issue Well, even if you look Quranically Allah SWT is not scared or embarrassed one bit to discuss the beauty of the Queen of Sheba being a lady in authority but a lady of justice There were men under her but they revered her they respected her It's not like Muslim countries haven't had female leaders You know, Pakistan and Bangladesh will be the first to say that you think we're third world at least we've had a female leader There are some countries in the world you know very well who are supposedly the most powerful and have never had a female president So, you know, I think this is an area which maybe needs reassessment So the child is named Maryam or Mary in English What's the root? What does it mean? Maryam, there's an opinion that it means servant of God and no doubt there was no servant of God like her and she required a guardian who could look after her when she entered the temple Yes So now we have Nabi Zakaria coming in and what was... I mean, why did he look after Joachim, the Prophet Joachim? No, Joachim had died Joachim Amran had died Otherwise, Amran would have looked after his daughter I see He could have looked after his daughter but Maryam had lost her parents Therefore, when she had lost her parents she required a guardian When requiring a guardian what happened was that in those days they would do a Qura'a like we saw in the story of Nabi Yunus, alaihi salam, yesterday who's going to be the one of the ship Likewise, they would do a Qura'a and when they done this Qura'a they wanted to see who would be the guardian of Maryam, alaihi salam and that's where we see Nabi Zakaria entering the fold because Nabi Zakaria, alaihi salam at this moment, when they pick out the name they pick out his name Now Nabi Zakaria who's what? the brother-in-law of Maryam's mom Maryam is like the husband of her maternal aunt now he has the responsibility of looking after Maryam in the temple of Herod and it's a big honour for him as well Mashallah So now if we go back to the Qura'an Surah 19 verse 5 and surely I fear my cousins after me and my wife is barren therefore grant me from thyself an heir Yes Nabi Zakaria as we mentioned earlier his wife Elizabeth could not have children Anna and Joachim couldn't have until they made the mannet Anna was a female what's interesting is that Nabi Zakaria and his wife obviously it's a difficult time for them not having a child it seems Muhsin from what you mentioned in the ayah that he clearly says I fear some sort of dissension within the family that if I die and there's no heir to me they're going to inherit the wealth and people with no consciousness of Allah are going to destroy the family if the wealth goes to them Is it only the wealth to inherit? Can they inherit prophethood as well? You can't inherit prophethood Prophethood is based on a covenant with God You can't inherit otherwise Qabil can turn around now and say I'm the son of Adam I should have prophethood which he said when he fought Habil in the famous story of Abel and Cain this does not refer to prophethood I want someone who is going to be inheriting the wealth of the family of Yaqub Do prophets leave behind wealth? We saw in the story of Suleyman and Dawood that prophets alaykum salam they leave behind their inheritance to their family members Someone told me that prophets do not leave behind any wealth what they leave behind is knowledge their wealth is a sadaqa That's a statement to indicate that the prophets aren't after this dunya they're not concerned of leaving what that I am going to get this much money and amass this much wealth their concern is that they're going to give people their knowledge However, when they have a certain amount of wealth the Quran says that in your will, you must write down a certain amount of money you must write to who it goes you must allot this so what that applies to everybody but doesn't apply to the prophets of Allah this ayah was used by when they said that Fadak does not belong to her because the first Khalifa quoted a hadith that prophets don't leave behind who knows more in the world of hadith Fatima who grew up in the house of Muhammad or those who used to worship idols Nobody comes near the knowledge of Fatima al-Zahra except her husband Imam Ali alaihi salam Fatima al-Zahra said did not the Quran said did not the Quran say that Ya'oob wanted someone to inherit his wealth Therefore, these examples when the Ahlul-Bait have given us the meaning of them they highlight it's not that Ya'aab Zakariya alaihi salam wanted someone to inherit nubua No, Nabi Zakariya wanted somebody to inherit what? to inherit his wealth Ya'ab Masha'Allah Thank you Sayed Now we're going to go to a break and insha'Allah we'll be continuing our discussion on Nabi Zakariya and then going on towards Nabi Yahya insha'Allah Join us after the break Salam alaykum Rahmatullahi wabarakatuh Imam Hussein media group is a virtual university that works on a global scale to spread the true message of the Prophet and the Ahlul-Bait peace and blessings be upon them Imam Hussein TV was established 10 years ago in the city of Esfahan, Iran We work to cover all aspects of religion 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and we were talking about people going and praying and asking to offer Nabi Zakaria specifically goes towards the Mahrab to ask for an air I mean does time and place wherever you ask for doa does it actually have a significant impact on your doa Many people don't realise that there are certain spots on the earth where there is more energy than others even the energy of a certain area is a science now that people look for places of positive energy the colour features the water features the stone features We know very well that a person can gain energy in any area but there's nothing like being next to the Kaaba That's it Why is looking at the Kaaba Ibadah Why is going all the way to Hajj compulsory within the religion of Islam Allah Subhanu Wa Ta'ala can tell us read doa from where you are in London I ask you is the energy of Colendale the same energy as the energy of the Kaaba is the energy of Southall the same energy as that of the Kaaba is the energy of Bradford the same energy as that of the Kaaba we all pray in these areas but there are certain areas where we know that in that spot Fatima bint Assad gave birth to Ali In that spot Hajar is buried In that spot many prophets of God are in a semi-circle buried In that spot is where Muhammad Peace be upon him and his family used to walk used to talk used to sit There are certain places therefore where a doa is accepted quicker than others When people ask why did Nabi Zakaria pray by the Mihrab where Maryam was that Mihrab was a famous Mihrab from the time of Nabi Dawood and you find that in that Mihrab Maryam used to receive summer fruits in the winter and winter fruits when in the summer Today that's easy If I want a gawafa or a papaya or a sweet watermelon I can go to Whole Foods and I can have the best supply of fruits you'll ever see and I can find that today if I go to other supermarkets the summer fruits of Africa can be front of me in winter and the winter fruits can be front of me in the summer but in those days there's no service where all of a sudden you want that fruit that's right in front of you When Nabi Zakaria saw this he saw a number of things number one Maryam is a sign of Allah where she is that's to be honoured number two we also have a situation where I have seen the blessings of Jibra'il in that area number three the fruits from Jannah are in that area I am a vast Allah I am 120 years of age and my wife Elizabeth at 98 years of age all this time I am vast Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala Ya Allah I want an heir someone who will look after the inheritance of the family of Yaqum who will not corrupt it who will not destroy it I can read a dua anywhere but there is no dua like a dua which has had the energy of somebody who is a symbol of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala on the earth and that's why I remember being in Jannah al-Baqi'a May Allah grant us and grant all of our listeners the Ziyarah of Imam Al-Hasan Alayhi Al-Salam Imam Zayn Al-Abideen Imam Al-Baqir Imam Ja'far Al-Sadaq and Umm Al-Baneen May Allah grant all of us the Ziyarah When I was at Jannah al-Baqi'a you've got these four or five gods who are standing by Al-Baqi'a they differ with us obviously in ideology they think that when we come by the graves of the grandsons of the Prophet peace upon his family that we're committing shirk or that this is a bid'ah we clearly are saying as-shadu anna qad qad aqamta al-salat a'ta'ita al-zakat a'marza bil-ma'roof na'ita al-mukad a'ta'ata Allah you obeyed Allah but they say from the teachings from the time of Ibn Taymiyyah and Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah and others who say that the Shia and the Sufis and all of these people heretics so they say that we're all heretics they say to us why do you come here near these graves to read a du'a this fundamental why? what difference will it make? you go Karbala what difference does it make? you go to Sham what difference does it make? you go to Mashhad what difference does it make? they don't realize we're a prophet sat we're a miracle took place we're one of the Awliya or one of their imma was has an energy reverberating around it the way Allah symbolically highlighted the energy of the Kaaba or the energy of the Mihrab of Maryam هنا لك دعا زكرية ربه وين زكرية وين تنساتت that Mihrab he was highlighting to us there are certain places the du'a the email of the du'a gets quicker because the wifi gets better in that area you know when I'm looking for wifi some places when I'm going looking for wifi I can't get any wifi I go to another part of the house I see that there's wifi I go to another part there's brilliant wifi when Zakaria wanted a child he wanted a child he was reading du'a constantly when he ran by the Mihrab he set a lesson for us what was that lesson? that du'a and that's why they go on ziyara why? why they go to Karbala on the 15th of Shaaban why do they go to Karbala on the day of Arafa why do they go to Karbala on the 40th of Imam al-Husayn because they know that the du'a is mustajab under the Qubb of Aby Abdullah al-Husayn and by the Darih of Imam al-Husayn alayhi salam therefore when people ask why did Nabi Zakaria alayhi salam pray by the Mihrab of Maryam it was setting a message there are places on this earth where my servants have sat where your e-mail of your du'a will reach quicker and will be answered quicker Sayyidna Nabi Zakaria's maasha Allah his du'a was answered and he was granted a son and we go to the Quran Surah 19 verse 7 Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim O Zakaria indeed we give you good tidings of a boy whose name will be John we have not assigned to any before this name so Nabi Yahya was the first person to be named Yahya? Yes Yahya was the first to be given that name by Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala Christians may refer to him as Yourhana Okay Others will say John And is this the same John as in the Bible the Gospel of John? No That's John of Zebedee Okay Matthew, Mark, Luke and John Look at John That's different Some people said look there may be people called Yahya at that time the Quran is contradictory because there are others who are given the name John The name Yahya was the first name given by Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala someone that name Yahya Yes someone's mom might have named him Yahya someone's dad over there might have named Yahya Nobody had Allah naming them Yahya This was a distinct honor that nobody had been given this name to Yahya except it was given by Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala Masha Allah Say that we carry on with the Surah we go to ayah 12 Oh Allah Bismillahirrahmanirrahim Allah said Oh John take the Scriptures with determination and we have give him judgment while yet a boy So you know is Nabi Yahya quite young and are we used to seeing prophets being very very young maybe No Yahya take the Scriptures with strength and we have given him wisdom and authority while a child Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is not a just we are there's sexist there's racist there's ageist Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is not a just we are there's sexist there's racist there's ageist Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is not a just we the Arabs and many Muslims are ageist they discriminate according to age if you're younger than them but more knowledgeable they won't listen to you because they can't take it you have to look older than them if you want to reach a position but there's someone older than you they prefer someone older than you than the younger Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala when he said wa aateinahu al-hukma sabiyah he's saying that we choose who we want to give nubawa to it could be a nabi who's 5 or a nabi who's 40 nabi i'hya from a young age unique other kids are playing he says how can I play when there is a saraat and there's a day of judgment I have to answer other kids want to go and play he wants to go and learn other kids want to play he wants to go to the temple and serve he's begging his mom mom please I want to go to the temple I want to gain ilm and I want to worship Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and his mom would see him crying why are you crying I cry because I remember the bounties of my lord I cry because I remember there's a day of judgment there's a day we have to answer our lord nabi i'hya was something else but Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala I ask you if he wants to give someone hikma in that young age and Allah will give that hikma nabi i'hya was a miracle a miracle firstly because his parents were at a very old age and miracle secondly because his father Allah gave him a sign that for three days you won't speak then you'll know that you're going to have that son and miracle thirdly because he had wisdom profound in that young age was this used by any of the imams of Ahl al bayt yes it was because when imam al jawad alayhi salam became an imam imam al jawad alayhi salam became an imam at which age he became an imam at age of nine people would give dirty looks one person tried to give a dirty look to imam al jawad imam al jawad straight away replied to him wa atayna hul hukma sabiya did Allah not give wisdom to i'hya when he was a child so why do you doubt that Allah could give me if Allah wants to that anbiya he made prophets at 40 but some he made prophets at 13 salihan sulaiman likewise with nabi i'hya Allah gave him authority and wisdom at a very young age nabi i'hya alayhi salam from that young age had mastered the Torah nobody could come near him in knowledge nabi i'hya alayhi salam had mastered the Torah he was very beloved to his mom his mom you know gave birth to him six month pregnancy Allah named him i'hya but his mom was like ya Allah you've given me the Shah but the Shah is always sad and he's like mom I'm not sad I'm honored but I remember Allah and the bounties Allah has given me makes me cry so if Allah wants to he can appoint his prophets as we will see tomorrow in the show Prophet Jesus was a prophet from which age infancy why then when Imam Ali was going to be the Khalifa did they say that Imam Ali is only 33 there are people older than him Baba we believe in i'hya wa aateinahu al-hukba sabiyya when Imam Ali was on the day of Ghadir was 33 nabi i'hya was still not even in his teens Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala if he wants to give nabi i'hya wisdom at that young age the gate to the city of knowledge does not have that wisdom the one who the prophet chewed his food and fed him and taught him everything that opened thousand doors does not have that knowledge it's absurd when you hear sadly that after saqeefa you have people saying that Ali cannot be leader because he's too young what do you mean too young Islam we don't have too young therefore nabi i'hya from a young age was given immense wisdom and authority yes Sayyidina nabi i'hya masha'Allah miraculous perfume and with the du'as of his father nabi zakariya and if you go to the Quran surah 19 ayah 15 Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Raheem and peace be upon him the day he was born and the day he dies and the day he is raised alive is this some sort of indication to the birthdays and the molads that we have of the prophets and the imams or is this just peace be upon him the day he is born and people say you shouldn't remember the birthdays of the prophets these are all bid'ah innovations if Allah is saying salam on him the day he is born then this highlights that the day of his birth was abaraka and it was a day of rizq for all of us therefore if it is salam alayhi yawma walida salams be on him the day he is born then how about the day that muhammad peace be upon him and his family was born the biggest sadness in the muslim world is the people who do not celebrate the molad of the prophet peace be upon his family I remember there are people who say you shia do not respect the prophet you think Ali is the prophet you don't talk about the prophet a lot we never forget the molud of the prophet peace be upon him and we don't forget the shahada of the prophet peace be upon him I defy you to show your community in the muslim world who when it comes to rabi al awwal or comes to saffar remembers the holy prophet peace be upon his family like we do not just wilada shahada as well Allah doesn't need to say if the day of his birth is not important why say salam on him the day he is born because those days are the days there is an increase in barakah there is a fable on us mankind there is a ni'ma on us the birth of this personality therefore this nonsense that celebrating the day of the birth is a bid'aa on the contrary we remember these lines in particular insightful say it say it we knew we've had discussions beforehand on you know people being married and also relationships and also sex we're looking at the yahya he has a very celibate life and we know from christianity as well you know men and women especially priests and nuns they like to marry themselves to God and have a celibate life as well can is this like similar to Islam do we have a similar approach I've always wondered about celibacy I have some friends who are in the priesthood who are wonderful human beings and when I asked them about celibacy they say that we devote all our energy towards the Lord now the church has been rocked with scandals of pedophilia of child sex abuse whether that can be directly related to this celibacy which they see in John the Baptist or they see in Christ whether we can generalize like that or no I prefer not to generalize but certainly if John the Baptist was celibate that's John the Baptist you know Nabi Yahya alaihi salam being celibate that's made for him in particular that he's able to and he didn't live long on this earth before he was sadly martyred in terms of the holy prophet peace be upon his family who's our greatest role model and I'd say 99% of the prophets they've all got married and got kids so that's even more than one wife and I think when the prophet peace be upon his family sees this trend where some of his own companions start staying away from sex and perfume and meat thinking that religiosity is if you stay away from the desires of the dunya and you stay away from sex and perfume and meat this is a sign of you being holy and he scolded them he said I go to my wife I eat meat and I perfume myself not surprising when somebody says that I'm going to live a life without having a son when the god of the religion is meant to have had one son you know I find that very interesting that there are people out there who are like I don't want to have a family and I want to vote myself to God but God supposedly in Christianity decided to send his only son so even God had some sort of relation supposedly but in Islam celibacy is no way encouraged there was a time when there were people who would come to the imams and there were ladies who would say that I want to stay away from getting married I just want to serve God and study and the imams reply if this was the best way then Fata my daughter of Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam would not have got married true but did she get married yes did she have children yes did she become the best worshipper indeed so even there are those in certain Islamic spiritual circles when they refer to some mystics in those circles they say that that female mystic stayed away from marriage they'll mention for example I think Rabih al-Adawiya and others and they say that they stayed away from marriage our greatest role models in the female is Fathmat al-Zahra alaihi sallam and the greatest in the males is sallallahu alaihi wa sallam alaihi wa sallam and while they got married that's a lesson for all of us and the prophet himself would say Nikah min Sunnati Faman raghiba Nikah is from my sunnah whoever stays away from my sunnah is not one of me when we have this khutba in our mosques this khutba is making clear celibacy is not something encouraged people actually think would you be surprised there are people who think Islam is anti-sex Islam is one of the religions that promote sex the most indeed yeah, culture-wise I'd leave that for another discussion but the religion itself promotes sex however there are boundaries but the extreme of one side of celibacy and the extreme of the other side where you just have sex with anybody without there being any questions Islam doesn't promote that there are relationships to be had there is sexual intercourse to be had celibacy is certainly not something encouraged if it happened with Nabi Yahya Nabi Yahya in that period chose a particular godly way but that doesn't make it the norm yes Sayyidina you were mentioning Nabi Yahya having a very aesthetic lifestyle he didn't want to play with toys wasn't very materialistic on the other hand we have prophets like David and Solomon who had palaces and big temples what's the right way? it's an interesting question because you'll find when someone wants to start becoming very religious they're like I don't want to be someone of the dunya I don't want to have a nice house Dawood had a nice house I don't want to have a nice car you should see the horses in the story of Suleiman he loved his horses and he was stroking them from how much he loved them there's a balance that's needed one thing about Dawood or Yahya Dawood was the richest Yahya was the poorest if you put them in their own times they would have behaved the same in your own time you judge if there's a lot of poverty in your time you hold back but if everybody's doing well economically then you're able to know Allah swt never said I want all of you to be equal there's no such idea it's the same wage I have blessed some with certain parts of Razak others I'm testing I've tested those people for some parts of their life they'll have a test later those guys will have it easier later but it's all about achieving a balance live in this world but don't let the world live in you you know there are people when it comes to donations to the mosque he's got a Ferrari but he just about donates and they ask how do I know if I'm a person of the dunya I don't donate as much as you bought that Ferrari to your mosque then you by all means have that Ferrari but if you're somebody who's thinking a million times about donations but when it comes to cars you can give so much away that's when you begin to reassess therefore Allah did not say a person cannot live in a big house otherwise Suleiman's house is problematic nor did Allah swt you all have to live as aesthetic as Yahya alaih so now try and find a healthy balance yeah so Nabi Yahya is known as John the Baptist in the Bible as Muslims do we believe in baptism do we believe in this this ritual of ablution that brings you into a religion the ritual of ablution and the way that baptism is done in the churches is not something we believe in we believe in it metaphorically there's an ayah in the Quran in Sura 2 verse 1 3 8 subghatallah the subgh of Allah the colouring of Allah wa man ahsanu minallahi subgh so true the painting of Allah the colours of Allah and who better to colour us than Allah who bet the baptism of Allah and who better to baptise us than Allah not literally Allah colours me I don't need to get a dye and mix it with water and sprinkle it on a baby's head no metaphorically the colour of Allah has truthfulness the colour of Allah has taqwa the colour of Allah's humility therefore if somebody asks do we believe in baptism we believe in a metaphorical baptism subghatallah wa man ahsanu minallahi subghat in Sura 2 verse 1 highlights that there is a baptism but it's where we ask Allah ya Allah paint me or decorate is a better word decorate me with your generosity decorate me with your knowledge decorate me with your honour that type of baptism and decoration we agree on metaphorically but literally no we don't believe in it we don't believe in the sprinkling of water on somebody and with John the Baptist Nabi Yahya do we as Muslims believe his sole purpose was to foretell the coming of Hazrat Issa Al-Isra no his purpose was to teach the Torah of Moses he does of course like any prophet would do tell you who's coming after him 20 years after him comes Nabi Isa alayhis salam and there are many traditions about him talking about Nabi Isa but do we believe that John the Baptist's sole role was to tell people that the only son of God is going to come he's going to save all of you and he's going to be crucified we don't believe that at all with Nabi Yahya I believe he had a very tragic you could say gruesome barbaric death or martyrdom could you please explain what happened to you I think Nabi Yahya and Nabi Zakaria both of them I think are martyrs I certainly know that Nabi Yahya is a martyr from the traditions and there are some that indicate even Nabi Zakaria was sought to death while hiding in a tree from a mob who wanted to kill him Nabi Yahya John the Baptist has many similarities to Imam al-Hussein alayhis salam I will show you how John the Baptist while he was living there was a king who wanted to marry the some say his step-daughter some say his wife's niece at the time for the children of Israel this was something which was not allowed it was prohibited I've never seen this girl and it's like she's so beautiful but she's related to my mrs in a way where I can't marry her he knew that nobody had the Kitab of Moses and the laws of Moses like John Nabi Yahya alayhis salam so he would come to Nabi Yahya al-Hussein he asked him he said listen my wife has got a daughter from her first marriage I want to marry her and the traditions differ exactly on the details Nabi Yahya alayhis salam turned around to me he said you can't he said to him why he said to him because in the laws of God this is not allowed he said is there no loophole find me a loophole why don't people go to Maulana as an accountant you go to a Maulana when you want a loophole you go to an accountant when you want a loophole so he came to me he said is there no loophole come on I beg you give me a loophole he said no there isn't his wife wanted this the marriage because it would look after her future and her family's future she came to him she said what happened he's like you know I tried but it didn't work out she said what do you mean it didn't work out you're the king everything should work out for you what do you mean it didn't work out he's like you know I asked him but the reply was that it's not allowed she's like ask him again so he came to Nabi Yahya again I beg you is there a loophole is there anything that we can do again nothing okay one day she got the king drunk and she got the girl to come out in her finest regalia the king sees her and she's virtually wearing nothing the king's besotted by her so the king comes up to her wants to touch her she's like no his wife says you want to touch her you behead Yahya he's like what do you mean behead Yahya she's like you get Yahya's head you behead Yahya and you bring the head to Sham in the palace you put the head only then you can have this girl he's like what Yahya is a prophet of God he's a sign of God Allah named him he told his soldiers get Yahya they bought Nabi Yahya he said I want to marry this girl said you can't got the sword beheaded Nabi Yahya when he beheaded Nabi Yahya he was able at that moment to marry that girl like the story of the shee camel of Saleh how the person was told by his girl you want me you kill the camel like Ibn Muljam when Qatam said you want me you kill Ali Ibn Nabi Talib subhan Allah sometimes sexual energy can destroy society can ruin a society if there is no consciousness of a day of resurrection and accountability you can destroy society you know what he did he got the head of Nabi Yahya and he put it in his palace in Sham I ask you Mohsin you been visit to Sham have you been to the Umayyad palace I have who's buried inside Nabi Yahya eventually when somebody does this the Quran says who will avenge the oppressors don't worry about us we'll get them eventually when he comes into power absolutely annihilates this man look at the similarities of Imam Hussain you know Nabi Zakaria loved Imam Hussain Nabi Zakaria when he read the du'a said in the name of that martyr because he was told the story of Imam Hussain and you know people always try and say that Kaaf Ha'iyah Ainsad refers in a way to Karbala you know those letters we don't need to go to those interpretation but what we have is hadith that says that Nabi Zakaria loved Imam Hussain Imam Zayn Al-Abideen says on our way to Karbala my father Imam Hussain would always mention Nabi Yahya I wondered why only when we got to Sham I realized why because you know of Imam Hussain includes that you died in the same way Yahya died now look Nabi Yahya a.s. Allah named him Nabi Yahya a.s. was born after 6 months pregnancy Imam Hussain was born after 8 6 months pregnancy Nabi Yahya a.s. was killed by the emperor of his time Imam Hussain was killed by who the emperor of his time what was his name? Nabi Yahya a.s. was beheaded Imam Hussain was Nabi Yahya a.s. had was taken to Sham Imam Hussain's head was taken to Sham head was paraded to everybody on a gold tray in Sham Imam Hussain was and on a gold tray in Sham Nabi Yahya a.s. was avenged by Nabush Al-Nasr and you found Mokhtar Al-Thakha in short Le'aft Karbala within 5 years avenged the killing of Imam Al-Hussain therefore when we read Ziyarat Al-Arabain of Imam Al-Hussain and may Allah bless all of our viewers the name of Amir Al-Mu'mineen martyred on these nights and the name and the holy night that is Le'aft Al-Qad bless us with Ziyarat Al-Arabain in Ziyarat Al-Arabain you will come to that line that you O Imam Al-Hussain went through what Nabi Yahya had gone through before you therefore Nabi Zakaria Nabi Yahya had taught us a lesson in this world success and victory comes through Muhammad Al-Muhammad and remembrance of Hussain we as a channel are honored that we are called Imam Al-Hussain TV because we remember before us the NBI like Nabi Zakaria like Nabi Yahya were all lovers of Imam Al-Hussain without having even met Imam Al-Hussain and if anybody uttered those lines it would be these two prophets of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala very insightful God bless you thank you very much final point to the viewers maybe something on the life of Julspiah Nabi Zakaria the beauty of this father son relationship the beauty of dua never doubt what Allah can do for you and never doubt making a mannat or a nether because at the end Allah will always be there for you thank you very much thank you to all our viewers for joining us we appreciate and we thank all our viewers for joining us and all the comments that you've been sending inshallah we'll have a new discussion tomorrow with Sayyid Amar on another prophet inshallah until then Nabi Isa alayhi salam inshallah tomorrow please be merciful to us and have a lovely fast Salam alaykum Salam alaykum