 الحمد لله رب العالمين وصلى الله على سيدنا وحبيب قلوبنا وشفيع نفوسنا أبل قاسم محال وعلى عالي بيته الطيبين الطاهرين الماصومين لاسيما بقية الله روحي وأرواح العالمين لترى بمقدمه الفداء ومع بعض المحاليين أبسكتين أبسكتين أبسكتين أبسكتين السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته كما نحن بقية سفرات نهاية الوصول من هذه أدفعات مجالسة وقلية أبسكتين ومن شاء الله نحن نستخدم أولاً ونقوم بشكل أجل ثم يقومون بإضافة مع الله سبحانه وتعالى وفي الثلاثة سنقوم بإضافة ذلك التي نحن نعلم في منطقة محرم وإن شاء الله كما نعلم لأن محرم is the first month in the calendar the Islamic calendar we can utilize it to have new year's resolution seeing how much we can change till next محرم and how much of the teachings of Ahl al-Bayt we can apply until the next محرم now for tonight's topic as we commemorate a youth in which his name is and will ever be remaining in the beautiful books of history and will be remembered time in and time out we want to analyze how he came to be that particular youth what's around him from the environmental factors allowed him to be that who he is and why he is remembered till tonight and inshallah we would like to shed a light on this but before we do that there's an aspect of importance when looking at the battle of Karbala and that's a comparison that we can look at through three different stages of Islamic history the first stage we want to look at the Prophet of Islam what he went through from trials and tribulations and who is the main man associated behind these trials and tribulations the second we'd like to look at the life of Ali ibn Abi Talib Amirul Mu'mineen and the battles that he has had and the trials and tribulations that he suffered and from whose hands and on the third level we'll begin to realize as a procedure like father like son we find Imam al-Hussein will also have an enemy which is very common to that of Rasulullah and to that of Amirul Mu'mineen and once we've discussed these three ideas and three stages in Islamic history we can get a more in-depth understanding of the final battle of Islam and that's the battle in which Imam Mehdi Imam صاحب العصر والزمان will come with to give us justice on this earth and we want to see what relevance do the three figures we're going to relate to tonight about the three particular stages of history and what relevance do we have with Imam صاحب العصر والزمان so inshallah to start off the topic for tonight and to analyze these historical aspects of the trials and tribulations of our Prophet our Imams please help me in reciting the Prophet of Islam the messenger the final messenger the mercy to mankind when we begin to analyze his life and we find that he comes forth and has a statement saying there was no Prophet that was hurt more than I was so understanding that yes our Prophet the mercy to mankind was hurt like no other but when we want to analyze and especially to the relevance of the topic for tonight who was their main people associated with the trials and tribulations that the Prophet went through we stand at a particular instance so the main figure we stand at has been an opposition towards the Prophet of Islam is none other than Abu Sufyan and say well he was his relative but let's look at how and what he did to harm the Prophet in any manner in which he can and there's many traditions that we can look at but it's suffice to stand at three particular wars that Abu Sufyan led against the Prophet of Islam now before analyzing this because we're going to go into many wars that we're going to refer to tonight but we need to take the example of what a war actually intends when someone comes from one side of an army and there's another particular figure on another side of an army let's take Gemel for example you'll find there was very prestigious people not necessarily for good prestige but there was prestigious people on both sides now someone comes and says well there are Muslims at the end of the day putting a blind eye to the fact that one Muslim comes to the battle to kill the other Muslim and that's why we have to realize when a war takes place it doesn't matter who there's always a right side and a wrong side and that's why we have to look at the aspect of making sure we need to choose a side don't be like Abu Huraira in Sufine you know what Abu Huraira was you know these people that always don't want to take a side they know there's something being oppressed and there's someone do the oppressing but they never take a side because they're both someone that they can benefit from they always stand in the middle whoever wins they follow that particular person that's what Abu Huraira did in Sufine when he stands on a patch of sand and everyone looks towards this particular narrator of Hadith stating you've narrated so much from the Prophet where do you stand when Muawiyah fights Ali ibn Abi Talib and the reply comes from Abu Huraira stating that the Salah look at her reply to give you an idea that even he knew who was on the righteous side and who was opposing the message of Islam Abu Huraira replies by saying the Salah the Ibadah behind Ali ibn Abi Talib is much more rewarding but the food with Muawiyah is a lot better for me and the standing on this particular patch of sand is a lot better for Abu Huraira therefore I'll stand whoever wins I'll follow them at the end of the day they're Muslims that's the danger of the society nowadays we stand back let's not have an opinion let's not care what's something that happened 1400 years ago what's it to do with me tonight that's the danger because you will have to take a side when Imam Mehdi comes and you'll have to know how they made the decision and the 10th of Muharram in order for you to make your decision when the Imam صاحب العصر و الزمان comes so that's the first point when we find the uncle of the Prophet comes Abu Sufyan comes and rages the first war against Islam Bader second year after Hijra he brings 950 men Prophet had 313 remember that number because the first and the last battle of Islam shall incur that particular number 313 victorious against 950 look at the quality of the people back then keep that number in mind when we discuss later on tonight number quality versus quantity 313 were victorious on 950 Prophet to one side the opposition army led by Abu Sufyan is uncle second battle in Islam أحود third year after Hijra he says well I'm not going to come back from a massacre some 313 beaters I'm gonna come try again third year after Hijra أحود you find an أحود when Hamza fell the wife and the mother of Muawiya look at this family tree to give you an analogy of who fought the Ahl al-Bayt and what they were capable of Abu Sufyan, leader of the army kills Hamza the flag bearer of the prophet of Islam his wife Abu Sufyan's wife the mother of Muawiya comes the narration states she comes to Hamza first and foremost she cuts his nose off and she hangs it as a necklace as an adornment for her and she does many things with his body until what the famous narration states that she cuts his stomach open takes out the kidney and tries to begin chewing it that's where the line comes أكلة الأكباد isn't it and that's why many people in history from the side of Ali ibn Abi Talib referred to Muawiya as the son of أكلة الأكباد reminding him who his mother was what his lineage was when Islam came and who opposed 30 and the famous quote by Rasool Allah comes in that particular year when it's 50 after Hijra in the battle of Al-Ahzab when Abu Sufyan doesn't have any means no one would let him in so the only way he could fight for the prophet of Islam is making a covenant with a particular Jewish tribe by the name of and he says to the tribe I'm going to beat Muhammad صلى الله عليه I'll beat this messenger they say you've already tried twice and you failed miserably what makes you think that you'll beat him this time Abu Sufyan says I have a person in my army and the entire Arabian Peninsula fees who's that? أمر ابن عبد العامري the narration state to us that he was worth 1,000 men if you had him in an army and you had 1,000 in an army you'd count your army as to be 2,000 because he was in the army look at how much of a presence that person had so Benoq Ainu Ghassez will not a problem come within our side and attack the prophet if you have this particular person and we know exactly what happened on that day when the prophet of Islam tells every single person whoever goes out and fights Amr I'll guarantee him Jannah on 3 occasions he says it and on 3 occasions no one comes forth in fear of who Amr was and the narration state to us that they were so silent imagine being that fearful that they hesitated to move even in the slightest instance as if they had birds nesting on their head can you imagine how still you have to be for a bird to nest on your head that's how still they were in case they make a sudden movement and the prophet said you moved come only a person comes forth 3 times Ali ibn Abi Talib if someone says well the prophet didn't choose me I put my hand up 3 times the prophet says oh Ali this is Amr oh Ali this is Amr oh Ali this is Amr in which Ali comes forth and states so what if he's Amr I'm Ali ibn Abi Talib and that's why we have the instance on that battlefield where the prophet comes with a statement 2 major statements that we can utilize in any debate that we have both books open up any historical book this is related the prophet has 2 instances 2 merity attributes to what Ali ibn Abi Talib number 1 he says the entire faith has gone out to fire the entire evil isn't it now the prophet could have easily come forth and said well faith or a person that has faith or someone that has evil inside him but look at the wording of the prophet the entire faith encompassing Ali ibn Abi Talib the entire faith went out against the entire evil number 1 the second merit what was it he says the strike of Ali ibn Abi Talib that day was worth more on the scales of balance than the entire worship of both humans and of jinn until the day of judgment i think that needs a salawat on Muhammad and Ali Muhammad one strike why because when amr ibn abdawid spat at Ali ibn Abi Talib's face anyone that had an opportunity to kill this great warrior would have taken it and not hesitated Ali ibn Abi Talib stops there and then and he goes around in circles then he comes back and beheads amr and when ask why he does that he replies by saying when amr spat at me i felt an anger inside me enraged so i feel that i might strike him through my anger and not the anger that i should have that this is a disbeliever in Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala so i calmed down while circulating around the battle and then i came when i knew exactly what i was doing and what i was striking and i knew how Allah viewed the strike before during and after and only then did i take that strike so that's what happened in the third battle of Islam raged by the uncle of the prophet now let's see this uncle of his because someone can come and say well he became a muslim later on he raged three wars he became a muslim because there was a sword on his neck he had no choice and look at the ideology of these uncles there was good uncles we had Abu Talib and we had the Abu Jahl when the prophet comes and says that that that is greater than Abu Jahl what do we learn from that for Aoun is greater than Abu Jahl why he says for Aoun in the last instance that dying moments of his life when he sees everything that the prophet moussa brings forth from miracles as the sea collides and he's drowning he says i believe in the lord of moussa he says look at Abu Jahl when he's fighting in the battle of Badr he falls as he say well give me a chance i want to come towards the religion teach me what does he say a person comes to him is about to finish him off so he looks at the prophet and says oh prophet he doesn't call him prophet but he calls him by his name he says i don't want to be killed by this person the prophet says why he says what would the arab say about me if a short person was to kill me i want a tall person to kill me for Aoun greater than Abu Jahl that's the instance that we have ignorance let's look at how this ignorance is still alive till today that's number one second level prophet Ali ibn Abi Talib معاوية Imam حسين يزيد معاوية صفين Thousands upon thousands killed معاوية كرس and raises the idea to curse امير المؤمنين on the pulpits after the Adhan it carried on for 70 years look at the audacity these people had towards the Ahl al-Bayt the anger they had towards Ahl al-Bayt the hatred they had towards Ahl al-Bayt to give me an idea of who fought Imam حسين on the 10th of Muharram معاوية so much so that he tried to buy as much as he can from the side of Ali ibn Abi Talib however he tried in many different means to bring forth the army of Ali ibn Abi Talib to be part of his army and we have a great example that can teach us two things number one that معاوية was trying his utmost best to draw in anyone from the side of Ali ibn Abi Talib and number two if you have a solid belief nothing can make it shaky the example is one of Ali ibn Abi Talib's men by the name of أبو أسود الدوألي he has a daughter I have narrated this in Ramadan but let's look at the beauty of this narration to teach ourselves if we teach our children at a young age they have that flame for Ahl al-Bayt it can never be extinguished no matter how old or how young they are معاوية how we used to buy or how we used to get people towards his army or towards his side many different means one of the means is bribery so he'd know that Ali ibn Abi Talib's people weren't necessarily the most rich they were in a state of poverty so he would leave gifts here and there one of the gifts he left at أبو أسود الدوألي's house was honey that had saffron inside do you imagine you're in poverty you have nothing to eat or drink then you have outside your house a jar of honey which was significantly rare not only that it was honey that had saffron inside 6 year old girl أبو أسود الدوألي's daughter opens the door finds honey takes it takes a scoop and how she felt then and then wow haven't tasted this in a while so her father comes look at how he tests her oh daughter do you know who this honey is from she says no father I found it outside the door says this is from معاوية trying to get people towards him or to like him look what the daughter does 6 years of age 6 years of age she puts her hand in the back of her throat until she regurgitates everything she just ate because we know the traditions that say when asked why did Muslims fight Muslims he says because their stomachs have been filled with haram she regurgitates everything that she just ate however pleasant and beautiful she thought it was then she looks towards Damascus and she says these lines أب العسل المزعفر يبنة هندن نبيع لك إيمانا و دينا فلا والله لا يكون ذاك و مولانا أمير المؤمنين so she states that you try to bribe us into leaving علي ابنة أبي طالب with a may honey that's covered in a favor of saffron she says no way will we go towards you when we have a great man like علي ابنة أبي طالب so the idea is there and then معاوية just like his father fought the prophet he fights علي ابنة أبي طالب and likewise يزيد fights and that's why we have the tradition who was Yazid who put him in the pulpit in the first place when we look at the traditions that tell us about the merits of Yazid not in our books but the only merit the attribute to him is one of five the first is that he liked to be in the presence of boys that didn't have any facial hair you think of that one number two he liked to see monkeys fighting number three he liked to see bears and frogs fighting number four he'd always be in the presence of dances number five not only was he always intoxicated he'd used to use his power to get each individual ingredient for the wines that he produced from every single place of outskirts of the entire empire صل على محمد و آله محمد these are the merits that come forth and state about Yazid other things that we don't know that are not mentioned about Yazid he has a monkey he names this monkey calls it about Yazid he's a monkey he's this monkey calls it about Yazid look at the audacity of this man to give you an idea of how much of an ignorant society those people were but because of money because of positions because they were following the majority they follow a man like Yazid and that's why we have to understand why Imam Hussein said that person like me will never give his ba'a to a person like Yazid Yazid on an occasion with his monkey about guys he takes him horse riding he thinks to himself it's very wise to let my monkey ride a horse and he found it funny monkey how does he know how to ride a horse and horse riding is difficult for a man let alone a monkey so he lets his pet ride the horse doesn't know how to ride it when he hits his head he dies everything is fine now until now everything is fine monkey dies what does Yazid do Yazid the killer of Imam Hussein throws a party when the sabayah come in what does he do when his monkey dies and this is the filth of history the filth of Islam three days he has what we look at to be a commemorative institute where he wore black and he made everyone commemorate the death of his monkey people come to him I'm sorry for your loss what loss monkey killer of who Imam Hussein commemorate a monkey that's the person that Yazid was the person three years in khilafat the first year he kills Imam Hussein سيدة شباب أهل الجنة the second year he desecrates the shrine of the prophet third year he burns a Kaaba خليفة people told tonight say may Allah have mercy on him people told tonight say that the idea we need to look at tonight prophet Abu Sufyan معاوية Imam Hussein Yazid and that's why in our traditions when Imam صاحب العصي والزمان comes who will be his opposition person by the name of a Sufyani isn't it I want to ask you why Sufyani it's obvious isn't it he's a descendant of who first battle in Islam last battle in Islam 313 prophet in his message the Mahdi in the manifestation the enemy Abu Sufyan he's descendant Sufyani when you look at history repeating itself as an in depth look we need to analyze and that's why when we look in history in the depth of history we look at the people nowadays when we look at these groups that are merging and emerging and emerging and they begin to split and split each day a new name each day a new fight each day more ignorance than the last we look at the forefathers when Imam Ali sends a messenger towards Damascus look at this I want you to look at this in depth brothers and sisters he sends a messenger to Damascus to give a message to Muawiya on the way as he's riding he gets stopped by someone one of Muawiya's men when he stopped he says that which you ride is mine that jamel he says that jamel is mine he says I've just come from Ali ibn Mitalib how can this one be yours he says I'm going to take you to a court of law he says take me to a court of law goes to a court of law so the judge of the time tells the messenger from Ali ibn Mitalib do you have any witnesses that this camel is yours he says no he says but this camel is in my possession you need to give me a witness from the other side stating that this camel is theirs we didn't want to get too much into the jurisprudence of it but if someone has possession you need shahood witnesses to say that this isn't here so the person comes and says tomorrow I'll get you the witnesses not a problem wait till tomorrow can you believe the next day that person from Mu'awiya's army brings forth 40 people to say that jamel was that persons not Imam Ali's messengers Imam Ali's messenger says not a problem he's brought forth witnesses not a problem take it Mu'awiya smiles he looks at the messenger from Ali ibn Mitalib he says what's the matter what's wrong he says do you see my governorship justice he says it's not that I'm surprised that Allah just went through in the court of Allah in a court of law he says why he says number one the audacity is he just produced 40 people to lie for him saying that this jamel was that persons when it's not he says then why is it that you smile he says this isn't even a jamel this is a naqa the people that came forth to bear witness that this jamel was that persons all bear witness that it's a jamel he says the irony is it's not a male it's a female so if you've brought forth 40 people to witness in the wrong something that doesn't even exist and Mu'awiya tells him this and I need you to pay attention to this he says go take my message to Ali ibn Abi Talib tell Ali ibn Abi Talib I fight you with an army that doesn't know the difference between a naqa and a jamel that's the army I bring forth I tell them follow me in this they follow me blindly and the people we find nowadays producing groups you can't talk to them about religion what religion our fulan scholar said don't listen towards the school of thought of Ahl al-Bayt because they're magicians just like we said history repeats itself when the prophet brought the message of Islam what did they call him a magician history repeats itself that's why when we look at the depths of the catastrophes in the 10th of Muharram what do we see we see because of the audacity of a person burning the house of the prophet we find someone having the audacity to burn the tents of Abaa Abdullah just like a person had the audacity to kill an infant known as muhsin still in the womb of his mother فاطمة we find that people have audacity to kill a six month old in the hands of his father just like people had the audacity to break a rib behind the door of Rasool Allah we find an audacity of people that come forth to trample on the body and break the ribs of Abaa Abdullah we see the comparison now we see how history repeats itself we see why 313 because it's quality not quantity at the start of time people were firm that's the first battle of Islam do you know what happened in the last battle in the prophet's time the battle of Hunayn 12,000 strong Muslims the prophet puts them in two different ranks 6000 with Ali ibn Abi Talib 6000 with Khalid and mom Ali tells Khalid don't go in the valley it's dangerous they'll attack you from the top of that valley Khalid I'm going to go in the valley those in the valley people start attacking him the Muslims 12,000 strong fighting an army which was half their number 5000 12,000 5000 first battle what do we say 13,950 quality not quantity we had 12,000 in Hunayn they had 5 they ran the Muslims do you know how many people defended the prophet of Islam 12,000 people we have to give you an idea how many of us and how much Muslims we have in the world now it's not by numbers when we say 3 billion the Imam is waiting for 313 do you know how many people left protecting the prophet of Islam you think thousand maybe hundreds in the tens out of 12,000 8 people were defending the prophet of Islam 8 people quality not quantity never about quantity it's never about I pray a thousand as a day pray turk art knowledge that's why turk art of a knowledgeable person is worth 70 of any other knowledge let it become that which you apply to your life and what we need to know from tonight brothers and sisters and this is the important thing that you need to take home from tonight the enemies of Aba Abdullah and Muslim remember that Muslim they too believed in tawheed they too prayed fast however let's look at what differentiated the 72 on one side from the 30,000 on the other and once we can isolate the factors and the characteristics that made the 72 of Imam Hussein who they are that's when we can take those characteristics and say we want to hold on to any of the ashab and be like any of the ashab and we'll reach salvation and one day we can say إن شاء الله with the blessing of Allah that we can be of the soldiers of Imam Sahib so we pray to Allah on this note and on a final chapter to allow us to understand history in more depth firstly, secondly to apply it to our lives in a matter scene where we are now where we would have been if Karbala was to take place tomorrow and where we need to be as a character as ethical perspectives as knowledge as friends because you have to remember who their friend circles were and how we can grow as a community to achieve a rank in which we can say we are the companions of Imam Sahib and on that note with the Surah المباركة الفاتح but before it three of your loudest salawat على محمد وآل محمد