 وصل الله على سيدنا وحبيب قلوبنا وشفيع نفوسنا أبل قاسم محمد وعلى ألبيته الطيبين الطاهرين المعصومين لا سيما بقيت الله روحي وأرواح العالمين اللتراب مقدمه الفداء ومع بعض المنصولين، ألبيته والألبيت ومحاولين السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته شاء الله وإنهاء المطلق بسوء المتحدة بشكل مرحب وعينة سنة سنة سنوات سنكون مقابلت على الوصول والتفاق ونحن سنجد في نظر أهمية التي يوجد فيها مدينة من أهل البيت وصلاوات على محمد وقالي محمد الأشياء بالتطبيق هو one of the most important because when you find that on the first level when we say كنو دعاتو لنا بغير ألسنتكم the way you walk, the way you talk, the way you carry yourself the way you associate with people from the same gender and people with the opposite gender will give a great indication of your faith and a great indication of who you are what your moral values are your characteristics and your personality and that would be the first level in which you would gain people towards the message of أهل البيت the message of Islam now the second barrier or the second stage in which comes forth or comes down to once you've gained particular persons attention by your actions, by your movements is the speech process the way you present Islam verbally therefore that's what is important in the topic for tonight as we would like to look at how to go about talking how is it we should go about discussing the religion of Islam and how not to discuss the religion of Islam now let's look at it first and foremost from a religious perspective as you let's look at it from our imams and remember we said in the first instance كنو دعاتو لنا بغير ألسنتكم but then when your tongue is tested let's say before we go up and discuss into a faith dialogue dialogue within one another on a very basic level and a humanitarian level let's say let's take the stuff that is haram let's say for example the غيبة, the نميمة these kind of issues how should we go about it because we always fall into the trap of being associated or being in a particular group of people in which will be discussed a particular person in a negative manner or a نميمة that will be negative whether it be positive or negative remember the نميمة is haram just as غيبة is haram let's look at it and how the imams look at it what happened when someone comes to the imam to do a نميمة let's look at the reply of Ali ibn Abi Talib as in someone comes forth because you remember there's two sides one side is the person that's actually saying the غيبة or the نميمة however he wouldn't have that person if he didn't have an E to listen to him so the second player or the second person that has a vital role is the person that's being told and how their reaction is now let's look at Ali ibn Abi Talib a person comes to Ali ibn Abi Talib and he says what he said such and such person has said something ill about you such and such person has said something ill about you look at the reply of Ali ibn Abi Talib he's heard the نميمة he looks at the person he says we will look into if you want what you have said we will look into it he says you have three options now he says what's my options he says if you're truthful in what you have said we will make sure that you are lowered in our eyes your rank will be lowered you will be nothing towards us he says why he says because you've done an act which Allah is displeasing Allah it's نميمة he says that's the first he says what's my second option he says if you are lying we will prosecute you because that's a lie he says what's my third option he says that you seek forgiveness and we will forgive you he says oh Ali ibn Abi Talib he says I seek forgiveness he says go look at that now we find it nowadays how can we say to ourselves someone comes to us and says something فلان says such and such about you فلان you'll begin to curse that فلان you'll go find out that فلان what did they actually say drove them to say that who else says this particular issue about you look at Ali ibn Abi Talib Ali ibn Abi Talib says what what did we say if you're truthful we will lower you if you're lied we'll prosecute you and if you seek forgiveness we'll forgive you that's the issue that's within one another giving us the idea of dialogue dialogue if you take the root word in the Latin language it literally means to see in the other person's point of view or the other person's spectacles so when you come towards a dialogue remember to have an open mind that's the first reference to have an open mind is to actually look at what the other person is saying and then you can deliver that which you have if in a particular instance of dialogue we have one issue or one person screaming at another who's going to be learning what there's no level of respect between the two there's no understanding علامة طبقائي once had a debate with a Christian man a French Christian man and it's a massive book beautiful book entitled الشيع now this book I and I myself I looked at the first two pages and I ended in the dictionary with me that's the depth of knowledge that was discussed but let's look at how they started this discussion remember one of our great علماء against a Christian man how did they start off علامة طبقائي takes off his puts it down he looks at the Christian man says don't think that I'm a scholar or whatever it may be or you may be scared of me intimidated he says no let's have a dialogue like two human beings but not just any normal human beings we want to show our level of respect to one another he says do not be intimidated he takes off his علامة puts it down he says let's have a human being talk to another human being let's have our morals up high and have a dialogue in which we do not disrespect one another let's provide facts and figures in which we can look at this particular issue that we're discussing in depth that's the dialogue another Imam you remember who's ever seen the series for Imam رضا عليه الصلاة والسلام the series I think 30 CDs in which the I think the 25 CD looks into the مناظرة where المأمون brings forth the best of the best in the lands the highest ranking atheists the highest ranking Christians the highest ranking Jews at the time to see is this really the son or the grandson of the prophet of Islam does he say that he has the knowledge in which he has so he comes forth the people told Imam رضا عليه الصلاة والسلام he says if you go towards this and you attain victory you will have written your doom because the man will kill you however if you don't go no one will know the position of the أهل البيت so he goes every single word that comes out of the Imam's mouth in that مناظرة is something we need to learn is something we need to read is something we need to look at when we having dialogue with the other schools of thought and in the other sects as an example let's look at the Christian and the atheists and then I'll move on Insha'Allah to look at inter racial dialogue he goes at the Christian man and the Christian man comes forth he was the first to approach the Imam and he looks at him and he says to the Imam he says what do you say what do you say about your prophet in comparison to ours why do you think that your prophet is the best in comparison to ours look at the Imam look at how he replies because remember knowledge and application the previous nights he knows what they are how they think what they believe in so the Imam uses it to his advantage he narrows down the Christian in a particular corner look at the reply of the Imam he could have said anything he could have said anything from the Quran وعليكم سلام he says to the Christian man he says we believe that our prophet is the greatest of prophets the Christian man says why is he the greatest of prophets he says because he prayed the most that's the only thing he says at the start he says because he prayed the most then the Christian man he speaks out he says how dare you say such a thing he says why what have I said he says how can you say that's anyone prayed more than our Lord وَلَا يَا دُبِلَّهْ جُزَسْ كَرْسْتِ he says how can you say that the Imam's already got him in a corner what was his reply he says if you say that he is your Lord can you answer me and tell me who is he praying towards look at that position he narrows him down he says can you tell me if he is your Lord if he is your God why is it that he's praying why is he postrating if he is your Lord the person be quiet goes back another person comes forth he answers and he answers an atheist comes by the name of I believe Amoran al-Sabi if I'm not mistaken and he comes towards the Imam and he speaks to the Imam and he begins to attack the Imam and he says tell me about God and this is something when we look at توحيد this is it's so detailed the reply of the Imam that we can take it into different particular sections and analyze every single wording of the Imam look at how he replies because how he distinctly gives us the image which is توحيد the atheist tells him he says tell me about your Lord and the Imam begins to tell him he is known through his أسماء this is all the characteristics then he says a question is our we in Allah or is Allah in us look at that think about it actually like let's comprehend this he asks a question are we as creation created inside something which is the Almighty or is Allah inside us is he everywhere within us he asks this to the Imam and everyone begins to ask themselves he says yes that's true are we in Allah is Allah in us what's going on we can't comprehend it look at the reply of the Imam he looks at the man he says tell me about the mirror tell me about the mirror he says what do you want to know about the mirror he says are you in the mirror or is the mirror in you look at that detail are you in the mirror or is the mirror are you in the mirror or is the mirror in you because you can see yourself it's a reflection that we see we're not in the mirror the mirror is not in us but we can see ourselves isn't it the person begins to come up with arguments and everyone knew that the Imam already had him is a ring on his finger and that's imagine just that in itself in the aspect of Tauheed that we can analyze that Allah's reflections if you look at the mirror images of Allah's mercy Allah's justice the ethics that Allah wants who is Allah's mirror images on earth that he wants except for Muhammad and Ali Muhammad that's the beauty of it when we look at perfection it's different from looking at imperfection when you have two glasses in front of you and this is the idea of role models when we have to take from role models how to act and react in certain situations when we have the perfection let's say a clear glass of water a clear glass of water not a speck in it perfect Allah says that's water and the effect of water should be the effect of the mu'mineen it purifies all that around them and that's intertwined with wudu intertwined how you should be feeling in wudu how you should be purified in a thought process when making wudu before even making it the mu'min is like water now imagine our imams our imams now imagine our imams our mu'min clear water that's our role models the role models of other schools of thought the role models of other sects they say to themselves yes it's water we tell them they have such and such mistake they have committed this atrocity they have committed this particular act of injustice this act of kufr they say that's okay overall they're good people now I want to ask you if you have a clear cup of water nothing in it and you have a cup of water that you put a bit of dirt in let it be one grain of dirt when you mix it doesn't it become cloudy therefore it's not clear anymore is it it doesn't show you the path to Allah as clear as the clear one does it when the radio you open it the closer you are to the frequency the more clear it becomes isn't it the further you are the more shaky the less you know the more the things become appearing to us as half balanced not the complete picture we hear one word and another word is very shaky another word shaky we hear another word out of context the imams are always on the correct frequency the imams are that clear cup of water if we hold on to them we are holding on to the rope of Allah SWT and when we know such people when we look at their ethics we look at how they acted in society how they acted and reacted within one another when they're angered when they're happy when they're in a state of sorrow when they're in a state of happiness everything was perfection when they're happy we can see that they used to give out when they were in a state of oppression when they didn't have anything to give they would even give from themselves that give whether it be دعاء whether it be how did the Quran write down in a verse in the Holy Quran when they fasted for three days without food or water and they gave three people that came towards their doorstep knocking and they had nothing to eat they gave everything that they had towards them when they were oppressed Imam Zain Al-Abideen after his father was murdered he finds a person clinging on to the Kaaba crying and crying and he goes towards him he says what's wrong he says Allah will never forgive me he says what's the matter he says I was one of the people that went out and killed Imam Hussein let's look at this because we can analyze how they're always perfect whether they've been oppressed whether they're happy whether they're sad from this particular instance he goes towards him he says what's wrong he says no Allah will never forgive me why because I've killed or I've been amongst the people that have killed Imam Hussein he says I will let you know look at the reply of the Imam he says I will let you know of something to do that Allah will forgive you your sins and he says what is it he says pray Salatul Ghafaila he says what's that Imam teaches him he says Salatul Ghafaila he says when you recite the first raka is el hamd and you recite from the Quran and the second raka is also and you recite from the holy Quran two raka are very simple one take 5 minutes whether noon in the first in the first raka 3 minutes and he says I'll give you this I've gifted you this you've killed my father but I'll give you this information لأننا نحن من المنزل أننا نحن مرسي يجب عليهم هذه الصلاة يقول لزينا بلوكساتهم يقول لهم why have you given him this they've killed your father يقول I am a hujjah on this earth when someone asks through me I give him nothing but perfection I give him what Allah has entrusted me but he replies by saying what he says because Allah will not give him the blessing the tawfiq to pray these two raka'at because of his actions that's what I want to get at when Allah سبحانه وتعالى gives us the month of Ramadhan he gives us before it two months to prepare for Ramadhan the month of istighfar and the month of charity the month in which we can account for our sins and replenish them so that when we come to the month of blessing which is Ramadhan there's no actions that will guard us that will not allow Allah سبحانه وتعالى to take our deeds like that person that wasn't given the tawfiq to pray those two raka'at between Maghrib and Aisha'a we don't want ourselves to fall under that trap that's why we have to ask Allah first and foremost for forgiveness for our sins give from what Allah has given us towards those that have nothing so that Allah may forgive us if we have sins and on the final level when we do our deeds we make sure when we do it with the right hand our left hand doesn't know when we pray Salat Al-Lail you don't come the next morning and you tell everyone well I'm thirsty why are you thirsty haven't you had Suhoor he says no I've been in Salat Al-Lail all night and I've missed Suhoor you don't in that particular instance make sure whatever you do whether it be charity whether it be Salat Quran you do it with your right hand your left hand doesn't know make sure you do everything in secret Allah سبحانه وتعالى will appreciate it more why do you think Salat Al-Lail has such a high significance because you do it when no one is watching only Allah سبحانه وتعالى you don't have lengthy ركو it's in Sujood while everyone is watching there's a story about a scholar that was in a mosque he had the door open so he thought to himself that someone's come in I must make sure that my Salat is perfect so he extends his ركو he extends his Sujood make sure his بسم الله his heart throughout the mosque it echoes he finishes he does the Taslim right, left he does the Shajat Al-Shukr and he sticks himself this person is going to think wow, what a scholar he looks around and he finds out that the cat has made its way into the mosque he sticks himself what have I done give us an idea that what look at the concept of Riyadh look at the concept which we have to learn that when someone is watching we become elevated how about when the Lord that created you is watching when the Lord that created you is the one that will be accounting and you will be accountable and insha'Allah in the nights of ليل قدر when Ali ibn Talib was struck we want to talk about Salat its importance its application and its effect through the genes that will follow and insha'Allah I end on this mana I end on this note and insha'Allah this brings us to the conclusion for the series of knowledge for this Ramadan insha'Allah and we will continue with a new series tomorrow and we pray to Allah on this note that he wipes out the sins which hold us back from gaining the rewards of Ramadan that he wipes the sins in which hold our du'az hold our A'mal hold our Salat from reaching the roof and may Allah accept all the du'az and the A'mal and the Siyam and the Salat and the Quran of everyone here with the blessed صورة المباركة الفاتح but before it through your loud الصلاوات على محمد وقال محمد