 دعنا نرى فاتحة لكل من who have left this world including our brother who recently drowned مرهوم ربيح and all those who have left this world and the mother of حج سانر جعفر صلاة الله محمد والمحمد أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله رب العالمين الحمد لله الذي هدانا لهذا وما كنا لنهتد يلولان هدان الله الحمد لله الذي أنزل الفرقان على عبده ليكون للعالمين نذيرا وصلاة والسلام على خير خلق ونور عشي أفضل للأنبياء والمرسلين حبيبنا وسيدنا وسندنا وشفيعنا ومولانا أب القاسم محمد الله مسلاله ورحمه وعلى آله التيبين الطاهرين المأسمين المظلمين أما بعد فقد قال الله سبحانه وتعالى في كتاب المجيد وقوله الحق وهو أستقص صادقين بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إن الله يأمركم أن تؤد الأمانات إلى أهلها وإذا حكمت بين الناس أن تحكم بالعدل إن الله نعما يعذقهم به إن الله كان سميعا بصيرا صدق الله العلي العظيم سلواتنا محمد وأهل محمد كل محمد يبقى على الله سبحانه وتعالى ونبدأ في بلسة نام لتساعدنا هذه الوصول يجعلنا أن نساعدنا بحيث جميعا كما قلتنا yesterday ويجعلنا أن نحاول أن نتواجد أفضل الإنقلاناتنا ونرى رفج مع الله من أصدقائنا لذلك هو ما سنحاول أننا نحن أفضل لنا ونحن أفضل لنا ونحن نحن أفضل لنا ونحن أفضل لنا than ourselves هذا هو حياتنا نعتقد أننا نحن أفضل نحن مميزنا ونحن أساعدنا نحن أفضل لا يمكننا أن نحاول أفضل أفضل than ourselves لذلك نرى رفج في ذلك وأن الله قد تسلمنا هذا الوصول لنا بحيث نحن أفضل يا إيو اللذي نعمن قو أنفصكم وآهليكم نار أو أنك أعتقد أنك أفضل لك أفضل لك في أساسك وفي أساسك من المرحب ومعك لك to be reckless and lethargic and as one would say تسلح لك ومعك لك ونحن أفضل لنا هذا الوصول لنا أعودنا أنفص is an honor but greater honor is free will and even greater honor is guidance and even greater honor are the prophets and the imams and the Quran سبحان الله and of course Allah has guided our souls that's huge as an honor and Allah in the Quran says if you simply focus on all my mercies you will remain in the right path for then you will understand the gravity of this examination and you will be naturally taken in the direction of being a good person you will naturally love to give and forgive and to care and to share so these conversations are all about what has Allah created us for and why are we commemorating such a great event as in Karbala we all know it doesn't take a Muslim doesn't take a follow of Ahl al-Bayt to understand that when somebody sacrifices their souls then they certainly love for these two words love and sacrifice are inseparable but the greater value in love is sacrifice for we can say that I love you or I love something but if I don't sacrifice then it is meaningless but if I sacrifice and I don't say I love it is enough evidence that you love for sacrifice is all encompassing just like mercy mercy is all encompassing it has justice in it it has love in it what we call rahma that is why you will notice the Quran the entire Quran 114 chapters except one starts with بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم بنيفسنت for there is no word more powerful in the domain of the realities of the universe than rahma that is why Allah says على نفس الرحما indeed I have made incumbent upon myself واجب upon myself mercy when you and I understand that then we will become mercy full we will become givers we will become protectors we will become guides we will become the true lovers of the creation of God the way Allah intended us to love when people ask why do you believe in God say to them that I can understand science I can understand a lot but at the end of the day what matters is that I need to be a good person but we all know that good needs to go to infinity one cannot say I will be good for a day for a week for a month and only so much good thereafter I stop one must make every effort to be approaching what we call the infinite good we are finite our deeds are finite but if we do not aim towards the infinite good whatever good we do is minimized it's marginalized that is the reason why we believe in God when people ask us why do you believe in God say to them the ultimate absolute good is God for he created the universe he shaped everything in it and Allah talks about it constantly in the Quran Allah says خلق الله فعروني ماذا خلق الذين من دوني this is what God has created show us what anyone else has created هذا خلق الله فعروني ماذا خلق الذين من دوني show us for there is nothing that one can show on that matter so as a result what we find within ourselves is that when we believe in Allah we take for ourselves the ultimate good we move in that direction for Allah is the one who honors us with existence he maintains our morality he observes us ألم يعلم بأن الله يرى don't you know that God sees Allah in the Quran says الله بصير بما تعملون Allah sees that which you do الله بصير صلى الله عليه وسلم صلى الله عليه وسلم صلى الله عليه وسلم صلى الله عليه وسلم صلى الله عليه وسلم when we commemorate this event what is the event of Karbala all about it is all about morality it is about justice it is about uprightness look what Imam went through he went through loss loss of his family loss of his life loss of his companions he went through all those losses so if you and I are achieving material gains then the Imam should have achieved material gains but he is telling us يوم لا ينفع مال ولا بنون إلا منط الله بقلب سليم on that day nothing will help us except hearts that are tranquil الله says when you do zikr of Allah hearts become tranquil when you do good hearts become tranquil when you avoid evil hearts become tranquil when you worship God hearts become tranquil when we forgive hearts become tranquil but if we are not willing to do so then of course we will be depressed if you look at statistics today the human race is going towards greater depression and suicide in the united states since 2012 to 2018 in just a matter of 6 years I want you to understand that in a matter of 6 years this country has increased in suicide rates by 30% statistical fact 30% more people have killed themselves in this past 6 years that is becoming asymptotic as one would say meaning it's going to double and triple and quadruple so homicides have gone down suicides have gone up we've become ultra-protective of ourselves where we've denied ourselves social interactions at the human level we're now indulging in cyber world which is now leading us to become bipolar in many ways because we're dual personalities now we're living so much in that world that we've become 2 different people that day to day we cannot even converse we cannot even give each other eye contact I see children addicted is it because they love it I think it's because we're not talking the real lingo with them you and I as a human race as adults are not talking the real lingo when people get together try to listen in their conversation and see how many are talking about the purpose of life the vision of life what they need to do in a positive way is to think gossiping and they're enjoying it to the brim when children see that it leads to apathy life has no purpose it's so meaningless while parents are busy talking or friends are busy talking about how to amass billions of dollars and how they cheated this one and took that land and ate what we call deep rooted depression that starts and we start to get very very depressed for life has no purpose we lose the hope we have no desire so then we look for instant pleasure when one of the instant pleasures is open up the refrigerator and take anything that's sweet feels good for the second and you start feeding you touch your mouth it relieves your tension a little bit the next thing you know you're out of shape you're developing type 2 diabetes and your body is now starting to degrade and die and I'm talking about 13, 14, 15 year olds not 80, 90 year olds just new teenagers starting to degrade socially those even who are on the social media they're famous looking to become even more famous الله says الحاكم التكاثر حتى زرتم المقابر ابندنس has diverted you that you are such a famous person making millions of dollars but you need to make more millions and more millions and become even more famous and get more likes and more followers because it's all about numbers what happened to values what happened that when we go to the graveyard and we bury human beings where's all his usually when you travel you have luggage where's your luggage how many bags are you checking in you're going to an eternal journey to the next world where's your baggage should we not be asking are we digging another hole in the grave to put their gold and silver and their money nobody ever asks that nobody the only thing we take is our kafan our شراود do we talk about that no in fact we don't like to talk about it we're scared in fact when somebody of our loved ones dies we send them to the mortician who beautifies them and puts makeup on them to make them look like they're alive and sleeping they put blush on their faces to make them look reddish when they're pale yeah so that I see them like they're sleeping because you know I don't want to have that image of them having left this world so we are averse to seeing that then let's ask the question what's the wisdom of God that when we die why is it that the body does not disintegrate and vanish why does it have to be washed and if we don't it decomposes and gives off a foul smell oh that's the loved one who used to smell good yesterday Allah says why did you make me fight take this body wash it give it its due right dig the hole and bury it yeah Allah why don't you do it it scares me Allah says this death is your wake up call for you have forgotten the value of life you've been too busy plugging in the wrong directions which is leading to apathy which is leading to depression and it's our children to get into those indulgences that today drug abuse is so prevalent the subtle forms even hidden under the garb of medicinal quote unquote that marijuana today weed is hidden under the garb of medicine when marijuana shrinks your brain tetrahydro cannabinol is known to reduce the surface area of your brain it actually shrinks your brain and there's a direct correlation to it leading to psychosis where we are there and then the criminals in their little laboratories are taking all the chemistry and mixing them up everybody's going to cloud 6 and 7 no no we'll take them to cloud 9 9 is not working 10 12 they brains blow apart with the first whiff and that drug comes in and just destroys your innards I've seen teenagers die in a heartbeat not wake up fentanyl it's one of those very very exotic drugs coming you know one carload of fentanyl is more lethal than all the nuclear weapons we have on earth but we don't care there's a market and if that's not enough fentanyl takes you to another level car fentanyl is even more and there's a market out there see nobody in the lab will make it if there's no market you don't make something where there's no market there's a market sisters and brothers there's a market my dear sisters and brothers honestly on this earth and I'm worried about our next generations how many of our children will fall into this trap this abysmal trap that parents are willing to give all their wealth to bring this child out of this dependency that it is so sad that even in the professional industry sometimes some physicians who are licensed are part of this game that's how unethical this Machiavellian idea has become that whatever it takes to prescribe to get rich even at the cost of destroying the human race الله says man kind لقد خلقنا الإنسان في أحسان تقويم ثم رددناه أسفلها سافلين indeed we created man in the best of forms then we lowered them to the lowest of the law what does it mean means Allah allowed us this recklessness so that when we are right when we are on the battlefield fighting for justice the way the companions of Imam Hussein the way the women زينا بعليه السلام أم فروه ليلا they were all standing there looking some say ليلا was not there رباب the wife of Imam Hussein the mother of Abdullah the mother of Rukia standing there watching giving their lives giving their happiness thirsty starving but standing firm that's the morality Allah loves إن الله شراء من المؤمنين أنفسهم الله has purchased them given them a gift Allah says not only أنفسهم they even sell their wealth for me Allah says upright what does Allah mean by that Allah doesn't want us to hold swords and go fight He wants us to be upright to be God conscious to stay away from this danger to learn to read to converse that when we have gatherings let's talk sensible talk not rubbish talk then the fruits of our children come out in the wrong way and they become lost sometimes God forbid criminals we cheat each other all the time we've lost it honestly statistically as I mentioned even when I mentioned the other day is changing its pathways it's coming back to this modesty to this it's coming back because we are all guinea pigs with a social scientist you see and only in time we begin to realize we made a mistake but here's the danger of moral mistakes sometimes it's irreversible because when you raise a child the wrong way at an early age it takes a nation to bring them back sometimes and it's irreversible sometimes so we need to be cognizant and careful that even before the child is born how is it going to be nurtured in the womb of the mother what kind of food will it be fed what kind of talk is the mother going to have when the baby is forming research shows that children are acutely aware infants in the wombs of their mothers are acutely aware of their outer environment and they adopt many many pathways in behavioral sciences study they show that there's a direct effect even before the child is born on how this child is nurtured in the womb of its mother but we gossip we fight we indulge in smoking weed even shisha I know some people don't like what I say it's bad for us I don't understand why we're even going there stop please it's deadly it's not good even marhom said it is forbidden for you to touch this stuff how many people will follow great scholars like that who pass such rulings and say this is enough this is bad for you you don't need to go there what has Allah made haram for you say who made haram for you the good things go do the good things go to the gym eat good food eat healthy food live a healthy lifestyle grow old and be the best representative on earth why kill yourself you make money with your fancy cars and then you park them outside these places where people are just smoking and your head is dizzy this is the way of the imam you think imam صاب زمان who do this you think Rasoolillah we'll do this I don't need to point a finger I'm with you I'm no better than you I'm not higher than you those of us and I'm not condemning those who do but let's advise تواسو بالحق تواسو بالصبر let's advise each other brother please sister please cut it stop it be healthy we love what God has given you prolong it don't go to the hospital tomorrow don't be a burden on yourself eat the good stuff stay away from haram why do we do this oh I'm stressed this helps me how about Quran oh that's too much Quran me we cry for imam صلى الله عليه وسلم he was the walking talking living Quran Quran another the moving living yeah but that's Quran you know that's the excuse we give we learn everything else we learn the art of how to do real estate how to do everything else we're smart but when it comes to learning what Allah says وننزل من القرآن ما هو شفاون ورحمة للمؤمنين ولا يزيد الظالمين إلا خصارا what we have revealed in the Quran is a شفاعة and a mercy for you and it does nothing to the wrongdoers but destruction we turn a blind eye وقال الرسول يا ربي إن قوم التخذ هذا القرآن مع جورة the prophet will say on judgment day my community has ignored the gift of God you and I are all going to psychiatrists we're going to doctors we're going to community leaders help me help me help me I'm depressed when Allah is saying I've already given you what you need for your help but you're ignoring it you're ignoring it and yet you cry for Imam Hussein why do you think he was there if not to save our Salah if not to save our Deen if not to teach us good morals if not to teach us being upright if not to teach us to be kind and forgiving and loving that even if the enemy wants to strike you at the cost of principles by which you and I need to stand and represent the ultimate good because we believe in Allah who is the ultimate good template for us then let it come and let us die for it for that is what Islam is all about صلاة الله محمد والمحمد you know what is one of the reasons why we lose faith أمانة this verse that I recited نصوت النساء verse 58 Allah commands you أخبروا أخذتهم وأخبروا أخذتهم أنه when you judge between people you judge with justice and equity not in an imbalanced way surely Allah admonishes you with what is excellent surely Allah is seeing, hearing succinct to the point but incredibly powerful give the trust when you promise somebody deliver it we violate each other's trust too much when we don't deliver we say what we don't do when Allah in the Quran says لماذا تقولون ما لا تفعلون why do you say that which you don't do كبرت مقدن إنه الله ان تقولون ما لا تفعلون it is detestable to Allah that you say that which you don't do why Allah says because that's when you violate trust we accuse each other of that let's stop accusing each other الله says لا تلمزو تسويش 말씀يا To be a role model let's encourage even though people are doing something wrong don't poke fun at them don't look down upon them welcome them honor them give them the secondary option say you're doing this, you're smoking you're doing this couldn't I show you something else when we say no to our children I advise us all don't ever say NO without giving an alternative شخص يريد أن يفعل شيء لا أخبرهم أن لا يمكنك أن تفعل هذا يجب أن يقول أنني لا أريدك أن تفعل هذا كيف يجب أن نفعل ذلك يجب أن تفعل هذا يجب أن يكون جيدا في المدينة المتحدة ويشعر أنهم يفعلون أنك تساعدني أنك لا تفعلني المشكلة التي لدينا لا ، لا ، لا لا نحن لدينا مجموعة لذلك يشعرون وعندما يشعرون خيجاب is a thing same thing we don't offer guidance we shove it down their throats people have a distaste for that that's why Allah in the Quran says لا يقرح في الدين قد تبينا رشته من الغي there is no compulsion in religion truth is clear from error so I advise us all brothers and sisters first and foremost let's use our minds when we get together let's question the integrity I sit here sometimes with my teenage brothers and sisters till late till 3 sometimes 2 in the morning asking me questions about God religion Quran how is this right how is that true how do you know Christianity Judaism is not talk I love it 4 hours 5 hours I said 48 hours I'm not tired because that's food that's zikr وذكر الله كثير we don't need to go too deep no essential issues but if it's going to strengthen your it's going to strengthen your philosophy your fundamental beliefs and purposes in life then we need to teach each other to fish not throw fish at each other but if we love it we practice it we put it into action so let's spend more time so use our akal brothers and sisters use our tongues for good things when we hear gossip we should encourage those who gossip to stop in other words we discourage them from gossiping by changing the subject oh by the way did you know change the subject don't entertain it change it I hear too much gossip الله say لا يغطب بعضكم بعضه I you أحب أحدكم أن يأكل لهم أخيه أخيه ميتن فكريه تبوه do not find do not back bite each other it is like eating the flesh of your dead brother and it is detestable to you الله says that's what you do when you back bite the communities that we live in around the world is busy gossiping and back biting and busy holding the other behind in our communities our progress levels are slow slow we're moving at snail space when it comes to progress our personal financial progress masha'Allah masha'Allah some people really move fast 3 4 5 houses cars whatever but coming to the community affairs where infrastructure for the future of our generations is to be built to secure the future generations on a moral front to understand the value of why we were created and to have discussions and institutions that talk valid lingo of the Quran and through role modeling because we don't care or we don't know how but he has even worse when somebody does it we work hard to stop them we gossip we find faults we try to stop them we mock them we don't support them no wonder the programs the progress doesn't take place because the human race is in the ditch and anybody who tries to get out they pull them down you're with me you're going to stay with me because if you go up there then you will look better than me الله says are you jealous of what we have given to some who have become ahead of you are you jealous the prophet said jealousy is like fire burning wood and Allah said لا يحظنك قولهم عزة لله جميعا لا تتكلموا ما they say if you believe in the truth let them point fingers at you indeed we know what is secret and what is known don't worry on judgment day Allah says none of these people who make comments can stand in front of you no will they be asked they will be held liable for their own needs اقرأ كتابك كفاء هذا البقاء الذي يصدره يجب أن تقرأه وانه يصدرك يحبك لذلك اليوم دعنا نتخلص على نفسنا ونقول أنا سأعيش حياتا أنا سأعيش حياتا ونحن سأعيش حياتا من ذلك حياتي لأي أنه سيكون لديه سيكون لديه سيكون لديه ونأكثر ايسي my hair ايسي my brain سأعيش حياتا ونحن سأعيش حياتا ونحن سأعيش حياتا يا الله انت لقد تخلصني على هذا المن لكن هذا المن كان يتخلصني ارجوك اعجبنا all الإسلام هو مجدد ونحن نستخدم أني أتعرف هل تريد تتعرف؟ اتذهب ونقرر القرآن ونقرر ركب ونقرر ربما اتعرف فلنقر المنصف بالعبور لأنها تصدق ونقرر ونحن تأكيد ونقرر ونقرر ونقرر ونقرر ونقرر يجب أن نقوم بكتباتنا في نفسنا كيف يجب أن نذهب في هذه المنطقة؟ لذا لأنه يوجد هناك مكتب ولماذا الناس يقتلونهم يعني يجب أن يقوم بكتب هل يجب أن يقوم بكتب؟ أعتقدني أنه لا يوجد any other reason لقد قمت بكتب this long enough يجب أن يأتي من هذه المنطقة من المنطقة الاجتماعية المنطقة العامية لا يوجد any secret أن هذا هو المنطقة ولكن ما يوجد تأتي المنطقة؟ المنطقة يوجد أعطت أسجل حقاً لدى ستدي 70 أشهر لقد قمت بكتبة 70 سنوات وقال لهم ما هو Your greatest desire؟ ما تردون؟ ما تردون؟ ما تردون للمستقل؟ أسجل الخاص أسجل إذا أسجل أي أسجل في العالم سأجل نفسه رجع أريد أن أكون رجع ونريد أن أكون رجع 70 سنوات أسجل من الذين حدثوا يجب أنهم يقرأون أنهم كانوا مخطئاً رجع ورد يوجد فتاة يوجد مجرد أسجل ورد يوجد فتاة يوجد فتاة في الكثير من المنطقة إذا كنتم أسمعوا بعض هذه الكيباب يتبعون مثل فلس يتبعون مثل فلس ولكنهم جيداً لماذا يتبعون؟ إذا كانوا يتبعون يوجد فتاة يوجد فتاة لا أعرف ما يفعل with it يتبعون كثيراً يتبعون للمستقل يتبعون للمستقل أنت تعتقد أنك جيداً أنت جيداً لماذا؟ لأنه عندما لا يوجد فتاة حتى إذا كنتم أسجل وإذا كنتم أسجل لا يوجد فتاة يتبعون للمستقل أن يتبعون للمستقل أن تطمع أسجل يتبعون للمستقل إنسان حلوباً أنك يتوقف وإن أنك يتبعون للمستقل ويأخلوا ويألحوا وكثيراً يوجد فتاة إتبعون للمستقل أنه هي الأمر تستطيع أن تتيج فالكامل في القرآن always said that يوسف عليه الصلاة والهقني بالصالحين let me die Muslim and make me among the good doers والهقني بالصالحين سليمان a great king riding his horse and the insects are talking سليمان stops, he hears the ant telling the other ants move for سليمان will crush us سبحان الله even the ants know who I am that's how great سليمان was he looks up and says ربي اوزعني انا شكرا نعمتك اللتي انعمت علي وعلى والدي my lord invoke in me look at how humble he is he doesn't say thank you god invoke in me make me grateful he's already grateful but what a dua اوزعني انا شكرا نعمتك اللتي انعمت علي not pontificating on his horse like look how great I am how powerful I am look at these little creatures who are so scared of me and I can crush them no اوزعني انا شكرا نعمتك اللتي انعمت علي وعلى والدي in my parents you know when I observe just this dua a great king on a horse with little insects under his feet and he looks up and he's asking god to invoke gratitude and remembers his parents as a king how many of us would do that وعلى والدي وعلى والدي وعلى والدي make me do good deeds that makes you satisfied وادخلني برحمتك في عبادك الصالح and let me enter by your mercy among your good worshippers look at the social relationship in the Quran continuously every prophet is begging for the same thing that يا الله put me among these good people انصرت الفجر you know there are three stages of the self نفس المارا نفس اللوانا نفس المطمئنة three major stages when we reach the highest stage which is نفس المطمئنة which is the self that has taught itself and aligned itself perfectly the way god wants him to be as a true servant of god on this earth and your heart is tranquil and you've avoided all the haram and you choose all that's good and you're the soldier of god promoting good and forbidding evil يا يا تون نفس المطمئنة الله is addressing يا يا تون نفس المطمئنة ارجعي الى ربك راضية مرضية come back to your lord well pleased راضية مرضية listen to the next verse فدخلي في عبادي enter among the worshippers ودخلي جنة enter paradise notice god doesn't say enter paradise enter among the worshippers now the true operative of the next existence in the next world will be to be among the social environment of the best of the best same on this earth الله says choose your friends wisely live with them إمام عليال إسلام says shame on you when you find a good friend and you lose him shame on you for it is not easy to find a good friend and when you lose a good friend you are a fool إمام says keep it for that is one of the most powerful gifts of god that today research in university is showing that the real impetus of the human race is to reach a stage where there is trust honesty dignity so you find رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم صلى الله عليه وسلم somebody asked me says you know you are a muslim a christian asked me this question says you are a muslim you believe in christ jesus peace be upon him a great man but i would say that jesus is better than your prophet i said why he said well see according to you when jesus was born he declared his prophet at birth قال لي عبد الله تاني الكتابة وجعلني نبيا وجعلني مباركانينما كنت he said i am a servant of god by the way the bible doesn't mention this it's an interesting thing it's an irony when people claim that the prophet plagiarized the Quran the Quran elegantly challenges that says if the prophet plagiarized the Quran make you plagiarize one too make another one since he can do it you do it and the Arabs of the time were experts nobody could do it so that accusation is rubbish what is interesting is that the miracle of isa aley salam's birth is that he also was born without a father but he also spoke in the cradle when mariam says that i wish i wasn't alive for this for this pain is too much وَهْنَنْ عَلَى وَهْنِنْ وَفِي صَالُهُ فِي عَامَيْنِ the mother suffers pain upon pain for two years in weaning this child وَنِشْكُلِّ وَالِيْوَالِيْوَالِيْدَيْكَ اللَّهْسِ thank me and your parents for the pain that they went through to bring you mariam is giving birth to isa aley salam she says it's very painful فَنَادَا مِنْ تَحْتِهَا أن لا تَحْزَني قد جعل ربك تحتك صرية the baby calls out from beneath her and says don't fret for God has put a river under your foot وَهُزِّي إِلَيْكِ بِجِزْعِنْ نَخْلَةِ تُسَاقِتْ عَلَيْكِ رُتَبَاً جَانِيَّا and shake this tree and take the ripe dates and cool yourself baby talking to its mother no scripture talks about that except the Quran the highest moral standards you teach a child that miracle of a child protecting his mother because when a woman delivers a child without a father it is impossible to prove that there was no father it is impossible socially there is absolutely no way to show that unless a miracle takes place yet you find biblically no such mention the first miracle of Jesus aley salam in the bible is when he is older he turns water into wine in the feast of kinnan and he calls his mother woman what have you to do with me so he says to me Jesus declared his prophet but your prophet declared it later at the age of 40 now let me get once point straight to all of us all prophets 124,000 of them are all born prophets they are not born non prophets who become prophets later in time no every prophet is already in a pointee at birth but some declare it early some declare it later so what is the wisdom of the holy prophet declaring it at the age of 40 so this christian brother of mine beautiful brother loving, caring it's a dialogue we're having I said you make a good point it appears that way that Jesus declared his prophethood at birth and you would think it is better because the prophet declared it at the age of 40 I said well let me tell you the wisdom of why the prophet didn't declare it at birth for he was certainly a prophet in fact he was the prophet of all prophets and every prophet preceding him including Jesus peace be upon him had to recognize him even biblically for Jesus says there's much for me to say unto you but ye shall not bear what I will tell you but the pericles who will come after me the one the comforter who shall come after me he shall not speak of himself but except that which God tells him Allah says that Allah swears by the stars that this man that you call the prophet is not delirious he is not astray and he speaks nothing but that which God reveals to him this is Rasulillah that even the jews who were waiting for their messiah in their scriptures knew that the person who is going to come and save humanity is going to show up in Medina and when he showed up to their dismay he wasn't directly from the bani Israel and therefore they rejected him صلى الله عليه وسلم so the miracle of Isa is tremendous he brought the dead back to life he turned lepers into healthy people he was the word of God no question about it chosen highest never lied never cheated even biblically when you read Jesus he is loving he is caring he is forgiving he is questioning the integrity of people he is challenging the establishment what a man of high degree no question about it but why the prophet at 40 that is heck minute wisdom for that is the foundation of religion which I am speaking about tonight as I promised you yesterday it's the foundation of trust the reason our children are going astray the reason our community has lost faith the reason our community stops to pray the reason our community starts to question the existence of God it's because we are violating each other's trust we are showering each other's trust we are breaking bonds every minute through fault finding giving incendiary comments even parents who come and tell their children I've seen children depressed they said my dad calls me ugly my mom says I'm ugly I said which mom tells you you're ugly she says my mom tells me I'm ugly I said maybe she's annoyed maybe she's tired you're not ugly yeah but my mom told me that and my mom doesn't lie so I am ugly and then this child you tell him to study you give them hope they doubt they doubt they doubt are you sure are you sure and they do everything to make themselves beautiful trying everything going online you click here if you think I'm cute anything I said to them stop stop you're already beautiful stop start taking your beauty and grow with it please don't let people stop you from what they say but they need somebody to come in the way to give them that hope there are children and adults who are on their way to commit suicide and they met somebody who gave them hope and then they wrote in the diaries I was on my way to kill myself but this person spoke to me so I didn't تواصب الحق تواصب صبر محاولة معاهم يجب ان يجد صياحة في إبقاق شخصنا هل انت بسخة كما تفعل هل رأيت شيطان اوه شيطان اوه اوه اوه اوه اوه اوه اوه اوه اوه اوه اوه إلا إبا إذا كمين هم المخلصين إلا أن يكون هناك أجنس من الله فقط هؤلاء لذا أريد أن أكمل على هذا ثم إن شاء الله أنك and I سنعمل على ذلك أن يا الله أنا أريد أن أحاول تأكد من الأجهزة أفضل الأشياء التي لدينا في الأرض هو أننا نحن فيها بشكل صعب نحن فيها بشكل صعب بشكل صعب لكن نحن يجب أن نبحث في المرور ونسأل السؤال كيف بشكل صعب so that we don't point too many fingers at others let us be trustworthy now here's an interesting verse in the Quran in سلط الأحقاف verse number 15 ووصّينا الإنسان بوالدي إحسان حملت أمه كرهن ووضعته كرهن وحمله وفصاله ثلاثون الشهر حتى إذا بلغى الشد هو بلغى أربعين سنة قال ربي أو زعني أشكرا نعمتك look same what Suleiman said سلط الأحقاف نعمتك التي نعمت علي وعلى والدي وأن أعمل أصال ينترضى واصلحلي في ذرية إني تبتوا إليك وإني من المسلمين and we have enjoined on man doing good to parents what a beautiful verse enjoined upon mankind a religion that's beautifully laid out all of mankind should be good to their parents what a solution come back to your roots honor them trust them first root rule of law you want security don't give up the tree that gave birth to you he says and did his mother bear him and with trouble did she bring him forth and the bearing of him and the weaning of him was 30 months until when he attains his maturity and reaches 40 years he says my lord grant me that I may give grant me that I may give thanks for your favor which you have bestowed on me and on my parents and that I may do good which places you and do good to me in respect of my offspring this one not only parents but offspring surely I turn to you and surely I am of those who submit final point here you will notice that 40 is an interesting number Quran is addressing the age 40 prior to the age of 40 you become baligh as a male between 13 and 15 years of age sisters around 9 between 9 and 40 is all God allowing you to bounce around make mistakes slip find it start early start at birth but by 40 if you haven't got it then it's going to get harder there is something about the age of 40 that just settles you down life takes a unique turn marriages take in place so the me has become a we the m flipped children came the I got distributed to more all those little escapades and little joys that we had for our childish selfish runs suddenly become secondary because now you have to worry about the outcome of the family there is maturity Rasoolillah at the age of 40 declared his prophethood so I was telling this Christian brother of mine I said the religion of God is built on the foundation of trust for the prophet could have easily performed a miracle at birth but miracles die in time for if you and I witnessed Lazarus being brought to life when he died you and I if we witnessed our faith will be at its maximum level but our great grandchildren will be questioning the integrity of what we saw because miracles die in time but the miracle of trust the miracle of wisdom the miracle of intellect continues to grow that is why the greatest miracle of the prophet is the Quran which doesn't die in time it grows in time صلى الله عليه وسلم so you find when the prophet came and I said to my friend I said the prophet was standing on the foundation of miracles and I'll tell you how he did it for when Allah says يا يوه المدثر انذر or you wrapped and go on the people that you are now the prophet of their people of the people he was silent for 40 years when he came to Makkah to the people he was in Makkah he tells the people come he stands on a mountain called Abu Khabais today there is a palace up there he says if I tell you people and remember who are these people idol worshippers pagans don't believe in God as one believe in statues their statues were made even of dates and wood and stone he says if I tell you that there is a caravan behind this mountain will you believe me he said انت صادق الأمين you're honest you're trustworthy he said then I say to you there is no God but Allah and I'm his messenger it was such a profound statement people were stunned we're idol worshippers we have 360 gods in the Kaaba our economy is dependent on that he says I'm telling you you know why but when he stood there 40 years did you guys see me lie? cheat but he needed to be silent to prove that point for if he declared his prophethood early then people will be questioning that maybe it's all an act but see he was silent so the validity of a human being's prophethood is standing on the foundation of trust you and I brothers and sisters are endowed with the finest models on earth finest representatives when Allah said في رسول الله اسوة حسنة you have the best role model one who's built on trust who never violated a single trust that even when they wanted to kill him and he did hijra from Makkah to Medina and people were giving him wealth to store in his house he appoints it to Imam Ali and says you will sleep on my bed and before you come to Medina you will distribute this wealth that was given to me as amana by the very people who are my enemies الله says we enjoin upon you to return the trust of mankind and when you judge you judge with dignity and equity this is the religion of Islam which you and I need to follow صلى الله عليه وسلم محمد والمحمد كربلا is all about trust when they wrote letters to Imam Hussein come to Kufa we are with you Imam says I have an obligation people are calling me people are beginning to realize their duty they have ignored the duty that when Allah commanded them يَا يُلَّذِينَ عَامَنُواْ أَتِي أُلَّهُ وَأَتِيُ الْرَسُولِ وَأُولِ الْأَمْرِ مِنْكُمْ or you believe obey Allah and obey the messenger and those vested with authority from among you we forgot the third group and a caliph comes يَزِيدِ ابن معاوية ابن أبسوفيان a tyrant in three years he desecrated the most sacred institutions of Islam desecrated killed the grandson of the prophet basically killed the prophet he desecrated he burnt the Kaaba and he desecrated the prophet's house in the mosque which caliph in which religion do you know was capable of doing that in three years يزيد did it so people wrote letters to him come you are our Imam he said I am sending my representative first to establish and to validate and to prepare for my coming so مُسْلِبِمْنَاقِيل goes to Kufa first and in a heartbeat people abandon him I remember this every day sisters and brothers every single day that when my Imam comes God forbid I abandon him God forbid the prophet says I abandon the servant in the waiting of the prophet one of the best forms of the servant is the waiting of your leader hold on to him for that's your guiding connection to God for that's where dignity lies that's where trust lies that's where honesty lies guidance and leadership that Imam Hussein was so careful in his movements so careful every stop he made out of the 14 stops until the 14th one was Karbala he would talk to the people invite them warn them tell them even Arafah before Imam leaves he tells them I'm warning you this is what you need to do Allah says warn them do the da'wah bring them closer tell them the truth even on the day of Ashura Imam would keep going forward and talk to them he would constantly talk to them many of the companions who fought with Imam Hussein would go forward and talk to the enemy and said wait you're doing a mistake stop stop they didn't listen this is how Imam was such a leadership trust so he goes he's been entrusted and many a times in fact in Madina when he was cornered by the governor to give bay'a and he says I want bay'a now you give me bay'a right now Imam says are you threatening me he says we will kill you Imam holds the hilt of his sword he said we have made a promise to God to give ourselves to him we're not afraid do not threaten me Imam Ali peace be upon him was like that Imam Hassan was like that every Imam was like that unafraid bold so he said we're not afraid I asked myself يبنى رسول الله what is it that gives you such security Allah says what a wakala to Allah وكفاة بالله وكيلة نتوكل I will save you even if your death comes trust tonight we commemorate the son of Imam Hassan and the two sons of Zaynab Aoun and Muhammad and Imam Hassan's son was known as Qasim ibn al-Hassan these were young boys let me establish something important in Karbala Imam selected who will represent him he made sure not a single companion who represented Karbala would turn their face away from the truth for it would taint the message of Karbala the sacrifice for human generations to come so you will read every companion who fought old and young never wavered and I think that's trust build trust go forward don't ever run away from the battlefield when you make a promise deliver even if it means you die and Imam is standing there he was so meticulous let me give you one quick point when he was digging a moat behind the tent for the women as he's digging Shemrad al-Joshan comes on his horse and Imam now is putting wood to prevent the enemy from attacking the women's tents from the back because Imam is concerned about the women the women are there and if you ask the Imam you will see his greatest concern was the women he's leaving behind even Imam Zain al-Abideen was present in Karbala even Imam Muhammad Baqar was present in Karbala you find their fear the greatest fear was their women what will happen to their women so Imam is digging and he's putting these pieces of wood and lighting a fire Shemrad says oh you're preparing yourself for hell taunting Muslim ibn Awsaja was present the old companion who was Hafiz of Quran he was furious he looks at Shemrad and says you will be the first one to burn in hell and Muslim has his hand on the health of his sword and is ready to take it out to strike Shemrad Imam looks at him puts his hand on his sword and tells him don't Muslim don't become be patient for he wants you to do this for if you get annoyed look how careful the Imam was to ensure that nobody moved away from the message of Karbala you and I its beneficiaries today for that perfection you and I must live and die for this cause so Imam was saying on the day of Aishura all the companions have died now in Karbala every age was represented from an infant to the oldest from male to female every representative was there from the white to the yellow to the brown to the black every group was there from all groups and cultures they joined in and of course the youngest was Imam Hussein son Abdullah so while the Imam is standing he sees all the companions have died and why the companions died first in every battle the Prophet and his family would be the first to defend Karbala it was reversed Imam told the companions to go first and he went last because this one was a massacre so the companions have been killed حبيب ابن مضاهر is gone مسلم ابن أوسط is gone all the companions have died their bodies are strewn on the fields while the Imam is standing a young boy 13 years old is pulling on his aba he says uncle Imam looks at him he says give me permission to go and fight he carries him 13 year old he said you are the amana my brother left you with you are the gift my brother left you with me after he became sheikh then how can I give you this permission to go he says allow me to go قاسم ابن الحسد 13 years old Imam looks at him he says I can't let you go you're an amana he says my father has given you a note that there will come a day when you will need this protection and Imam Hassan says to him I will not be there for our mother and father and grandfather has told us about this day but my son will represent you so Imam says I can't refuse you قاسم if my brother's wish was that if your mother has allowed you to go ابن الحسد then I cannot say no reluctantly Imam puts him on a horse historians say that he wasn't a soldier he was wearing sandals and his sandals strap actually was hanging because it wasn't tied and as he's riding away on his horse Imam said that strap was dragging on the sand he said I witnessed that as he's going one of his titles this little boy was قمر ابن الحشد the moon of ابن الحشد so he goes forward and قاسم was valiant he says أنا قاسم ابن الحسد ابن علي a little 13 year old boy swinging his sword with right he won't last long some historians say he struck a few he was شجع then soon he was struck and he falls and he calls his uncle and Imam say and goes towards and I can just imagine that scenery it's quick but it's so rich and deep it's so deep that a young boy ready to sacrifice for truth we must teach our children in this world to sacrifice for truth even if it means on a battlefield but day to day firm indeed أون محمد the two sons of Zaynab you know they both went to Karbala with her and Zaynab علي السلام grits them goodbye they come and seek permission from their uncle again but he says go to your mother the sister of Imam and she says how reluctant I would have to be but as a mother I cannot say anything but for this great sacrifice my two sons make me proud they say these two brothers also ascended on the horse and Zaynab kissed them goodbye which mother I say in the annals of history which mother can give up her two beautiful sons and watch them as they alight as they get on the horse and as they are riding and she is standing there making dua ربنا تقب الحاد my lord accept this sacrifice أون محمد also killed but before they were killed they were valiant talking to each other spinning their horses coming forward to the enemy historians say they killed a few the numbers we don't exactly know we know that they fought I don't need to get into the goriness of it but every one of them their head was suffered from the body حلالا عناط الله والخوم الغالبي وسيعلم الذين ذلموا أي من قلبين ينقلبوا صلى الله و عليك يا عبا عبد الله صلى الله و عليك يا ابن رسول الله السلام و عليك يا أبا عبد الله و على لرواح التي حلات بفنائك عليكم مني سلام الله أبدان ما بقيت وبقية الليل والنار ولا جعل الله واخر الهن مني رزيارتك السلام على الحسين وعلى علي ابن الحسين وعلى ولا دين الحسين وعلى أصحاب الحسين وسوسا سيدي ومولا يا بالفن العباس واختك زينا وباتك رخية جميعا ورحمة الله وبركاته عزم الله وجورنا ووجوركم إن شاء الله مي الله ربوط擊لوا هذا الأحيان و tonight سوف نعيش وق crochet ولify حكاية غيب رقمتنا في محاولة جميعنا رقمتنا ورقمتنا هذا المشاهد يجب أن يجد أكثر رقمات ومشاهدات مثل جماعة ورقمات يجب أن يجد أكثر رقماتنا يجب علينا إن شاء الله صلوات الله محمد وعال محمد