 من الشيطان الرجيم بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله رب العالمين وصلى الله عليه وسيدنا وحبيب قلوبنا وشفيع نفوسنا أبل القاياس محمد وعلى آل بيته الطيبين الطاهرين المعصومين لا سيما بقية الله روحي وأرواح العالمين لترابي مقدمه الفداب أما بعد رسبكت السكولرين، أولادين، أخواتهم، أسلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته شاء الله أولاً، أريد أن أرسل كل شخص من أيد مبارك عن أيد الذي فقط ذهبت وإن شاء الله has showered his blessings وعلى أنه مرحباً جيداً لكل شخص ومؤمنين ومؤمنات في العالم وإن شاء الله يجب أن يأتي أكثر وفي ذلك الأن شاء الله أريد أن نأخذ كما نفعل أيد الذي هو أخبار أيد الذي يوجده هو أيد الغدير وإن شاء الله أريد أن نأخذ اليوم وماذا أمام المجموعة? هل أن أجل أمي يجب على عليب عبنى أبيطالب؟ أين عليب عبنى أبيطالب في الأشكال؟ وماذا يوجد للمشاكل؟ أو ليس للمشاكل؟ لماذا يوجد للمشاكل إمام حسين في المكان الأول؟ وإن شاء الله على وقت اليوم يمكننا أن نأخذ عليب عبنى أبيطالب في هذه الأسفل الأرسل أو الأسفل الأمر وإن شاء الله يمكننا أن نبدأ بالساعدة مع ألو صلواتا على محمد وآلي محمد وإن شاء الله في العام لدينا الكثير من الأشكال التي نظرنا في حياتنا عليب عبنى أبيطالب في which we've gained much knowledge from his actual wisdom from particular aspects when people come and ask him for answers, for questions that previously in Christianity previously in Judaism there was no answers for and Ali ibn Abi Talib came with all ease and answered them so much so that when Ali ibn Abi Talib is asked as you know no one in history ever said ask me before you lose me like Ali ibn Abi Talib and every single person when he's asked and he says ask me before you lose me we find they didn't have the answers to all the questions however when Ali ibn Abi Talib says this many people come and ask questions that are not of relevance whatsoever and other people come and look at the speed of Ali ibn Abi Talib's reply and they begin to ask Ali ibn Abi Talib saying how is it and how can a person have that much knowledge at the palm of his hands how can someone answer such clarity even so much so mathematical equations that take mathematicians nowadays many algorithms that were only solved only a few years ago people come towards Ali ibn Abi Talib and they say how is it that you can answer in such a speed in which the reply of Ali ibn Abi Talib asked him and he says how many fingers do you have look at this beautiful analogy he says to the person asking him how is it that you have knowledge at the palm of your hands he says how many fingers do you have on your hand and the person replies by saying well there's five fingers he says how do you have knowledge of that he says well it's common sense and I have that knowledge that there is five fingers on my hands he says so it's evident to you he says yes it's very evident he says anything that people have asked me الله سبحانه وتعالى has made that knowledge evident to me like he has made the five fingers on your hand evident to you I think for that we need a salawat so at first glance we know that there's an ocean of knowledge to look into there's an ocean of knowledge to be or to learn from and teach others therefore there's some aspects of his life I want to take and put it into our perspective the first of which is after he attains خلافة and he has two of the companions of the prophets also we can call them at the time or referred to as the companions of the prophets because they lived at the same time not necessarily meaning that they were faithful to the holy household after the matrim of the holy prophet of Islam when we find طلحة and زبر coming towards the house of علي بن أبي طالب now let's look at this in any angle that you want to look at it because many people can look at it on so many different levels however I want to put attention to a particular aspect of property and how you spend your wealth علي بن أبي طالب we overlook this particular aspect and we find the beauty of علي بن أبي طالب but how much of it do we actually apply to our lives علي بن أبي طالب when he comes the narration states to us طلحة and زبر when they came علي بن أبي طالب the first question after they entered the house he asked them is it for a private matter what you have come to see me for or a Islamic matter meaning that he was the governor of the time is it concerning the government or is it concerning a private matter that you want to discuss with علي بن أبي طالب so the reply that came from طلحة and زبر and they said to علي بن أبي طالب it is a private matter look at the response of علي بن أبي طالب look at how علي بن أبي طالب reacts what action he does to teach us now in the 21st century how we should go about our wealth spending our money utilizing that which we spend علي بن أبي طالب the narration says he was writing in a scripture and there was a candle at that particular point he extinguishes the candle he takes out another candle and he lights that candle up and then he begins to speak to طلحة and زبر and the narration says طلحة and زبر asks a question he says hold on you already had a candle that was lit it was enough for us the light of that candle why is it that you extinguished that candle and lit this particular candle look at the reply of علي بن أبي طالب to give us an example that we need to learn from especially in the modern society today he said that candle that علي بن أبي طالب has extinguished was bought from the money or the treasury of the Muslims and I only utilize this particular candle when I am in the midst of deciphering events and deciphering particular aspects for the Ummah as in what this particular candle is bought for the governorship to decipher to decipher particular aspects and rules and regulations and problems that occur and rules that have to be laid down in the aspect of the خلافة this candle that I have lit was bought from my money therefore I utilize it when I decide for stuff or personal relations to do with me علي بن أبي طالب nowadays how many of us can say that we apply that to our lives how many of us can actually question that which we have bought of told for example the government or the tax that you know what we bought this utilized for this particular act this particular part of the work environment however we utilize it for every other particular aspect some of us don't even use it for that particular act some don't even have that particular thing that they wrote down that they bought why but because of the tax particular aspects and the lying to get that five or ten or fifteen or let's say hundreds of dollars extra in cash where is that particular position in the eyes of Allah سبحانه وتعالى and in hand with علي بن أبي طالب tries to teach us all those years ago that he's bought something so somebody overlook it nowadays we want a concept candle how much is it less than a dollar to buy a candle but the what the principle is there the principle that علي بن أبي طالب tries to teach us that no and have depth of knowledge of how to spend your money and know very well that Allah سبحانه وتعالى is watching every move doesn't matter how small it is doesn't matter how big it is if it's a sin you've sinned against the Lord and if you performed a good deed the Lord of the universe is watching that particular good deed that's the concept we need to learn and the principle that we have to learn from this particular aspect of علي بن أبي طالب the story in reference to the candle that he extinguished in the candle he lit number one number two let's look at علي بن أبي طالب's justice the justice of علي بن أبي طالب many stories we can learn from the justice of علي بن أبي طالب but one in particular that a Christian writes a whole book naming it the treaties or naming it sorry the voice of human justice not the treaties the voice of human justice Christian man what allows him or pushes him to write a book an entire book entitled the voice of human justice Christian man he says there's one story I heard about علي بن أبي طالب that I just crave to learn more about this particular man's life what's this story that would draw a Christian man to write a biography of علي بن أبي طالب and naming this particular person the voice of human justice he could have wrote about anyone in history no one he chose علي بن أبي طالب he says one act which he has done which I have never seen any other person done before or do before or will ever do in the future he says what is it what is this particular story what event occurred that he drew this man towards learning about علي بن أبي طالب he says after the civil war that he had he comes back and they have built him what we like to know nowadays is a palace to rule from this خلافة his empire and the story goes that علي بن أبي طالب when he entered and he saw the building he begins to ask he said who's this building for why is it being built he says this is where you should have your governorship from this is where you should rule from in which علي بن أبي طالب replies and his reply is what drew that man to go and learn towards what علي بن أبي طالب is in essence علي بن أبي طالب replied by saying I will never rule from such a place people began to ask why is it not worthy of your position is it not worthy of your status why is it that you will not rule from this particular palace that we've erected for you why he says if you look at the palace the roof of that palace is at a higher level than the roof of the poor people he says I will not rule from or live in a palace or live in a place in which the rooftop is higher than that of the poor people I am the governor yes but I will not rule like those that ruled before me people before me never knew the people of the time never knew what they looked like because they lived in the palaces when علي بن أبي طالب came people didn't recognize him because they thought they would never find the Khalifa within the streets he would be within the streets he would be answering people's questions deciphering rights from wrong and joining good forbidding evil in the streets even people that would talk against علي بن أبي طالب accuse him tried to ridicule him people will start to tell them you know what this is the Khalifa of the time people wouldn't believe it why because the Khalifa of the time before it never used to be in the streets that's why it was so significant for علي بن أبي طالب the people of the time couldn't comprehend this justice of this man and we know the story of the Christian that took him to court and won that particular court judgment and that Christian became Muslim of the justice of علي بن أبي طالب but the question that I want to raise tonight because we can learn so many stories and if I cite with the stories of علي بن أبي طالب trust me the entire year if we talk about علي بن أبي طالب it would not suffice of who he is when we have narration stating that if the oceans were ink imagine to what level of what extent the narrations of علي بن أبي طالب has reached the opposition if they say if the oceans were ink and the trees were pens if we want to put it in our metaphor if the trees were pens and the oceans were ink and the gin and the ins the humankind and gin both were the writers of علي بن أبي طالب's merits they will not suffice and you will run out of the oceans of the world only writing his particular merits now imagine how much we need to learn about this great man imagine what we don't know about this great man the question that I want to raise is is it capable for people to know the position of علي بن أبي طالب in the eyes of the prophets to know what effect and the pivotal role he had in playing in the upholding of this religion and go against this particular person that's the question we want to raise how can people come and say that this person we don't believe in him we go against anyone that follows him we will call the people that follow this great man in فدلز and كفار at first glance it will be appearing as barbaric however we find that nowadays yes if you were to tell anyone a story without mentioning names let's say any story that we've mentioned about علي بن أبي طالب any story of greatness of valor of bravery of justice anything don't mention the names but don't mention علي بن أبي طالب was the person behind it if you mention it to any particular person that hates علي بن أبي طالب they will say wow this is a great story what a great man that person must have been to do such an act to have such an act to do such justice such bravery such act of worship if such and such Quranic verse was revealed about علي بن أبي طالب what a great man that must have been but bring forth the name of علي بن أبي طالب let's see what kind of a reaction they have straight away no no no it can't be this particular person it can't be you guys are elevating him you're a mughali that's the aspect that we have whenever علي بن أبي طالب is mentioned mention it about any other person any tom that can harry within history they will accept it without a shadow of doubt as in there was once I don't want to get too much into detail there was once in Egypt in the house of their time and there was a person that was teaching a narration which they came and said عبسة وتولة he frowned and moved away from the blind man so the person is teaching and he says well this verse it revealed about the prophet now this is the irony of the opposition and I want you to look at the irony of this particular aspect he says that this was mentioned about the prophet of Islam so one of his students not the teacher the students goes up and he says how can you say it's about the prophet of Islam I heard it was about such and such and so the teacher he said it was about the prophet of Islam the teacher gets up enraged he says how dare you accuse the companion of رسول الله of such an act he says then you are accusing رسول الله of such an act what about his companion your balance and your scales have been tipped you allow it for رسول الله but you don't allow it for someone other than رسول الله he is the moral of mankind he is the perfection of mannerisms and morals the prophet himself says what he says I have come to perfect the morals of mankind so the teacher says it's about the prophet the person says no no no it's about this person he says how dare you that's the irony of the society who live nowadays brothers and sisters and this is why we have to pay close attention of what instills the people or how to not fall into the trap of being of the people that go against علي ابن أبي طالب because we might think to ourselves that no no no we are the Shi'a of علي ابن أبي طالب we are the followers we call ourselves the Shi'a of علي ابن أبي طالب in actual facts we are the lovers of أهل البيت yes the Shi'a have an entitlement above that of a محمد rules and regulations to become Shi'a the Shi'a are أعمار مقداد سلمان أبادر those are the Shi'a of علي ابن أبي طالب we would be honored with the dust of those people's feasts the dust of their feet would be honored from we are only lovers of these people how can how can we even say that on the tenth of محرم we wouldn't be against إمام حسين if we question ourselves if we say yes we are Shi'a we are the followers of علي ابن أبي طالب yes followers but let's apply to our lives how much do we actually follow from the teachings of علي ابن أبي طالب how many of the teachings of علي ابن أبي طالب he says such and such we go against we only follow that which we want to follow علي ابن أبي طالب says this is too hard this well it doesn't go into my roster I live in this particular environment even though this is حرام علي ابن أبي طالب says no the prophet says no it doesn't quite match my particular schedule or particular working environment or particular roster that's what we have to apply brothers and sisters when we say we are the followers of علي ابن أبي طالب سلمان الفارس teaches us when Abadzar asks the prophet of إسلام saying how can we achieve greatness and be of the elevated in the eyes of Allah because there were ranks back then he says go out and see how سلمان is walking I've narrated this on many occasions but it gives us a perfect analogy of how is it that we can follow and become and acquire شعر to become the followers of علي ابن the followers of the path that the prophet of إسلام set for us and علي ابن طالب when Abadzar goes outside he says علي ابن طالب go and he sees علي ابن طالب puts his left foot سلمان puts his left wherever إمام علي puts his right foot سلمان puts his right foot he says then it clicked to me that you know what if you follow in actual fact the footsteps into that detail of the Imam then you will achieve salvation then you can call yourself a follower not you want to step علي ابن طالب steps on the right foot well that place isn't very good for me I just will step on the left or step on part of the left how much do we apply let's question ourselves how much do we apply of the lives of the imams to our lives we say beautiful stories we're like wow we're in aura of the lives of the imams how amazing they were but when the exact same concept comes to us the exact same concept comes to our households no no no imam is imam then what's the reason that we follow this person what's the reason that there are role models what's the reason that الله سبحانه و تعالى had made these role models for us that are perfect isn't that we shouldn't follow every single footstep otherwise if we want to choose this particular aspect and leave that particular aspect out what is the difference between us and the other school of thought of Islam because they accept people that have faults they accept people that are not infallible they had mistakes we say no we refuse we refuse to follow those people that went against the message we refuse to follow those people that didn't follow in the footsteps of the prophet of Islam in every aspect we follow Ali because he followed the prophet in every aspect and we pride ourselves in being because we think to ourselves that we'll follow in every footstep there's a beautiful saying a person comes and he says that look at the time of all our imams all our imams especially Imam Al-Qadim Imam Al-Qadim was the Imam of the time he says the Shi'a of the time for Imam Al-Qadim there were two three gods on the prison that he was in if the Shi'a wanted they would go and take the Imam out thousands would go march at the time towards the Hussein of the Imam Hussein at the time yes people would march towards Imam Hussein thousands would go but the Hussein of the time of their time which was Imam Al-Qadim in prison who would visit him that's the concept you have to put into nowadays we millions upon millions march towards Imam Hussein millions Guinness World Records we pride ourselves and it's a beautiful thing that we go and march against every single oppressor out there that says what we'll try to bomb you and try to kill you on your way people crave towards going for Shahad going to Imam Hussein every time they hear about a bomb they go and bring their kids and come back they have that beautiful nature but when we ask ourselves the Hussein of our time which as Imam Imam Mehdi عجل الله على فرجه الشريف is waiting for each and every one of us each and every one of us the Hussein of our time do you think millions go towards him do you think millions go and do that which he wants that he is waiting for do you think millions that the Imam can look at us and say that you know what I am proud of the followers or do we need to first and foremost prepare ourselves brothers and sisters because Muharram is around the corner let's say to ourselves that this Muharram we want to attain this Muharram a level of spirituality we want to attain not only a level of spirituality we want to attain a closeness towards Allah we want to wipe out our sins we want to make a covenant with the Imam of our time that we will be better next Muharram let's take a covenant on ourselves let's promise ourselves first and foremost that we want to achieve greatness we want to acknowledge that he is watching we want to acknowledge that Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala is watching us we want to acknowledge our sins towards Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala and we want to say to Allah that Oh Allah for everything that I have done for the path that I would have been going towards وعليكم السلامة الله for the path please Oh Allah on the blessed night and in the blessed night of Muharram change my path to go towards the path that has the footsteps of أهل البيت the footsteps of the followers of Ali ibn Abi Talib we want to pray to Allah on this night and insha'Allah on every night that he changes our path if it was going that towards a bad Aqaba and change it towards going to that which the Imam of our time would want us to go so we may be or attain a place close towards the Imam attain a place in which the Imam will be proud of where we will be at the end of our lives insha'Allah we pray to Allah that he gives us this and we pray to Allah with a Fatiha insha'Allah but before the three of your loudest صلوات على محمد وعلي محمد