 الحمد لله رب العالمين وصلى الله على السيدنا وحبيب قلوبنا وشفيع نفوسنا أبل قاسم محمد وعلى آل بيته الطيبين الطاهرين المعصومين لاسيما بقية الله روحي وأرواح العالمين لتراب مقدمه الفداء ومعباد رب العالمين وصلى الله على السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته أولاً أصدقائنا نحن نقوم برسالاتنا إلى المقامب أو إمام إمام صاحب العصري والزمان أريد أن نرى سيد زي نب عليها الله صلى الله عليه وسلم when we look at them however we want to analyze tonight inshallah why is it and what makes them great because on one instance when you come forth and anyone comes forth and asks us as the followers of the school of thought of Ahl al-Bayt the followers of the family of the prophet of Islam the prophet and his family when someone comes forth and asks us why is Fatima al-Zahra great and that's a question we're going to be asked time and time again what makes Fatima al-Zahra great what makes Sayyid al-Zaynab great inshallah tonight the basis of tonight's argument inshallah I would like to look at Sayyid al-Zaynab in this light someone may come forth and you want to take the example of Fatima al-Zahra someone may come forth with a reply that you know what she's the daughter of the prophet of Islam she's the daughter of the prophet of Islam now without a shadow of doubt that in itself gives her a great status that in itself gives her a position within Islam gives her a position within even Judas Prudence as in what she says because she's the daughter of the prophet of Islam it gives her a status nonetheless however is that what makes Fatima al-Zahra great is that the instance of what makes Fatima al-Zahra is it because Fatima al-Zahra is the mother of all the imams is it because Ali ibn ibn talib is Fatima al-Zahra's husband is that what makes Fatima al-Zahra as in the same instance we can take the example of Sayyid al-Zaynab when we look at Sayyid al-Zaynab alaihi salam do we say that she's great because she is the daughter of Fatima al-Zahra and Ali ibn ibn talib is she great because she's the sister of two imams is she great because she used the tragedy of Karbala to instill what we have today and the remains of the religion of Islam she upheld it with her stances within Khufa and Sham why is it what makes them who they are that's what we want to take from tonight's topic is it great because of the position that they hold as in is it great because of their lineage is it great because of who married them and what their offspring are or is it because of their essence when we look at Sayyid al-Zaynab when we look at Sayyid al-Zaynab people often overlook the massive massive thing that the parents have the massive influence that the parents have over their children yes it has an instance that's what that Ali ibn talib has taught Sayyid al-Zaynab she looks towards her father for strength for bravery for courage for patience after the prophet of Islam she looks towards her mother in the same instances yes it's great that she's learned from them however how many a time do we know of people from great ancestral backgrounds that have went astray and on the reverse angle how many people do we know from a very bad ancestral background however they turned out great people I'll give you an example the first example we have to look at is obviously and I'm not saying they become great people but I'm saying they're not going to follow the same footsteps as their parents let's take Muawiyah the son of Yazid Muawiyah the son of Yazid when he takes the khilafah after his father he's looking at it and he says you know what I don't want this khilafah this isn't rightfully mine this khilafah isn't rightfully my father's all my forefathers therefore you see the danger what happened he wanted to give it back towards Ahl al-Bait and then the calamity happened however we see what he didn't follow in the same footsteps as his father Muhammad ابن أبا بكر these are the disciples of Ali ibn Abi Talib as in he was sought out throughout the land after the time of Ali ibn Abi Talib because he was a companion until the time of Muawiyah he was butchered as in what we look at the example it doesn't matter that their parents were great did they turn out great and that's why we have to look at Zaynab not only was her father Ali ibn Abi Talib she was the sister of two imams her mother was Fatima Tuzara and her grandfather was the man that brought us the message of Islam but let's look at Zaynab as an example when she was little until she grew up what examples can we take from her life at the age of 4 to 5 when Fatima this is the first glimpse of the greatness of Zaynab when she was 4 or 5 years of age Zaynab goes up and says that amazing speech which is known as the speech of Fatima another term used for that particular speech is the speech of Fedek if you want to research it and Imam Sahab actually was a man he says what he says that as a mu'min and a follower وعليكم السلام ورحمة الله وبركاته he says as a mu'min and a follower of Ahl al-Bayt you have to make sure that this speech is one that you must read and undertake and learn from because of the examples she gives because of what's with held within that particular speech and what we need to learn from it say the Zaynab look at the greatness of Zaynab at that young age at that young age she's one of the narrators of Hadith of that massive speech if you go now and read it or if you listen to it on an audio tune we find that it may take up to 20-25 minutes such a long speech I looked at it and I tried to memorize it I tried to memorize it it's a speech that's very hard to memorize say the Zaynab once she hears it from فاطمة الزهراء عليه أفضل الصلاة والسلام and she's learned it she's learned it and she gives it and she teaches it as in one of the narrators of Hadith say the Zaynab at such a young age another example we can take from say the Zaynab at a young age علي ابن أبي طالب he takes her one day young age he begins to teach her as all fathers teach their children he's teaching her numerically the numbers she says he says to say the Zaynab say one so he says the Zaynab says one he says Zaynab say two and Zaynab wouldn't say two he looks at her again he says Zaynab say two look at the reply of this woman and at that young age you'll begin to realize what greatness she grew up to become what greatness and what stances she took in the 10th of Muharram and the aftermath of Karbala that had a pivotal position in changing the course of history a pivotal position in which upholding the message of Islam the message that her brother died for that he was martyred that her family was butchered for and we'll begin to realize what kind of stance and what kind of knowledge this woman had which made her great she says to Ali ibn Abi Talib she says this tongue that's uttered the oneness of God cannot bear to utter a number other than one صلى الله عليه وسلم that's say the Zaynab at such a young age and you begin to realize this is just say the Zaynab at a young age imagine what she became when she grew up when she began to teach Quran within her household Imam Ali when he shows us the protection he had for say the Zaynab the protection he had we begin to analyze that you know what there will become a time when say the Zaynab people would not know anything of her as in when when we come to the courtroom of Abidallah ibn Ziyad there's a particular speech that takes place between say the Zaynab and between Abidallah ibn Ziyad as you know the gist of it is what on one side he says are you Zaynab as in they didn't know what say the Zaynab looked like Imam Ali even in Khufa when he was in Khilafah Imam Ali people would come towards him and they would beg him it's Aid you're the Khalifa of our time we want a woman not us we want a woman to go towards say the Zaynab we want a woman to go and celebrate with the say the Zaynab as in nowadays everyone goes towards other people's houses and says you know what Aid mubarak let's celebrate together Imam Ali they ask him for permission to go oh Ali let us go towards say the Zaynab let us have a celebration let's give her the celebration of this a specific occasion what does Imam Ali say what does Imam Ali say he says no why he says I'm afraid why are you afraid just going to send Aid teleprations what is it to be afraid of he says I'm afraid that the woman may see the characteristics of say the Zaynab and when they in circles they'll begin to utter her characteristics that I will not have as in what do you know when say the Zaynab wants to go out and visit the graves of the Prophet of Islam and her mother Fatima who gives us the example of not a narration from any normal person or the Sahaba anyone like that one of the enemies of Ahl al Bayt he says to say the Zaynab what do you mention before in the courtroom of course where he says to say the Zaynab you are Zaynab he says you are Zaynab the one that Ali Ibn Abi Talib in the night look at the example given he says in the night he takes with him what we look at nowadays as a lamp or a candle he says in the night when he takes the candle with him and he goes in front of you and you have three brothers surrounding you one on either side and one behind you even in the night he turns off that flame why he says I cannot bear to let people see the shadow of say the Zaynab who says this about the life in this yard who is he the enemy of Ahl al Bayt he says you are Zaynab the one that Ali Ibn Abi Talib used to extinguish the light within the candle or lantern so people did not see your shadow you are that Zaynab that's how he refers to her that's why we look at the examples even not in just a female perspective even in a male perspective there is greatness yes when we look at the ancestral that the genes that do play a massive role that's why the prophet of Islam when he comes towards marriage he says make sure you know your spouses he says because genealogy is a very interesting thing to look at because in some genes they may be gene that which is unfavorable when you look towards the genetics when you look at who these people are make sure that the background is what is that of God fearing nature when Ali Ibn Abi Talib gives us an example when he goes towards his brother Aqeel that knew the genealogies at the time he says to him oh Aqeel he says I want a woman that will bring for me a son that will defend my son Hussein on the 10th of March find me a spouse because what even then Ali Ibn Abi Talib he knows that genealogy has a massive part to play in the upbringing of a child the essence of a child as in the battle of Safin when the arrows were pouring down like rain and he gives the flag towards one of his sons by the name of Muhammad in the Hanafiyah he says go out and bring us victory or go out and bring us victory or go out and break the ranks he goes out he sees the arrows flying like rain he goes back to Ali Nattari he says I can't I fear I have fear in my heart he says go out again he goes and he comes back he takes the flag of him he says what's happened he says you have a gene from your mother he says the sons of Ali and Fatima don't have that gene of fear he gives the flag to Imam Hassan and he goes out without a glimpse of fear without a glimpse of fear and he goes and breaks the ranks giving us the example that what yes on the first instance genealogy plays a massive part when you choose and the prophet says تخيور النظافكم إن الأرقاء the sons it tells you then and there however when we look at Zaynab yes she has all that characteristics she has the grandparents she has the parents she has the brothers but when we look at her greatness is when all that is taken away when all that when she is left on the plains of Karbala without a grandfather the mercy that brought the message without the father in which people used to look at him not just just look at him used to fee his name and tremble when they hear his name which was looked at as a source of guidance a source of power a source of backbone a source of bravery courage patience he wasn't there on the 10th of Muharram her mother Fatima died at a young age flower that Bailey blossomed taken away علي مطالبة the first one who says what he says Fatima came from heaven and she left her fragrance in my mind and she's gone back towards heaven Fatima wasn't there Imam Hassan was taken away Imam Hussein was butchered in front of her and all the family members therefore we want to look at Sayyid Zainab on that instance what did Sayyid Zainab do in that stance where can we see the greatest aspect of Sayyid Zainab and there's many great aspects to look at but it's that position when no one else is around when there's no one to have as a backbone or tie your belt to what does she do in that instance and that's what we have to look at in this instance to see what is Sayyid Zainab how great is this woman is when she goes on the planes of Karbala and as we know Imam Hussein after every martyrdom he takes that martyr and he offers him to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala a sacrifice even he's 6 months old when the blood drips from his neck he gathers the blood from under his neck and he throws it towards the sky and he says God take until you are sufficed Sayyid Zainab what is in this instance after everyone's butchered she goes in the night between the bodies that lie on the planes of Karbala and you want to imagine this brothers a sister that grew up every day in the morning to the light of the face of Imam Hussein not any normal person to the face of Imam Hussein in which we have narrations and I stated a few weeks ago that the narration states that we have that Imam Hussein's face will illuminate paradise that people will forget there's something called حور العين that's the face of Imam Hussein Sayyid Zainab imagine waking up to that face for her whole life and on the 10th of محرم when she sees his head on a spear when she goes on the planes of Karbala imagine trying to find your brothers body without a head that's being trampled on by the horses and after people have come forth and taken every single garment and ripped off a finger from him to take that particular ring that he had imagine what state Imam Hussein's body was in sayyid Zainab to go on the planes of Karbala and hold Imam Hussein and offer him and raise him and say to Allah سبحانه وتعالى she says to Allah look at the powerful nature of this woman and this is what we can look at in Kufa we know that when sayyid Zainab was to speak people said it's the essence it's the aura of Ali ibn Abi Talib who is this great woman she lifts on the 10th of محرم after the calamity of the 10th of محرم lifts the body who was left of the body of Abba Abdullah and she says to Allah look at this sentence she says please accept from us this little sacrifice sayyid Zainab this is why we look at sayyid Zainab now and the example is what is that who people look at from the ancestry when you celebrate sayyid M'asumat tonight we don't celebrate it because she's a woman that has a brother that's an Imam a nephew that's an Imam we don't celebrate it because of that it's because of the woman that she is it's because the greatness and we know she has a great rank within the eyes of Allah سبحانه وتعالى when people go or mention her name in a nidr or they pray to Allah through her means and everything is accepted when Allah grants you that which you wish that's all aside Allah سبحانه وتعالى has elevated her name that's in itself should say it by itself and the reference point that we had tonight is sayyid Zainab the reference point that we had from tonight is to look at a person for who they are to look at a person and their greatness their attributes what they've done for the religion of Islam what stances they've taken and what examples we can learn not just look at them as an ancestral basis as in this was his father his must be great this was his mother she must be great no yet yes it does have a major influence yes but on the flip side what do we know about that particular person and that's what we have to ask ourselves about Fatima al-Zahra how many stories do we know about Fatima al-Zahra how many do we know about Fatima al-Zahra as Hijab and how many do we know about say the Fatima's patience how was say the Fatima a great wife a great mother a great daughter a mother being in itself if the prophet of Islam says that she's the mother of her father imagine what kind of mother she was to her children when we decipher such examples when we want to dissect these kind of people when we want to look into their lives this is what we need to hold on to when we open the chapters to learn from these particular people when we look at their stories we don't just flip the page no we want to see how much we've applied to our lives and how far we are from this religion we say that we're Muslim yes we say we're the followers of Ahl al-Bait how much of the Ahl al-Bait's teachings do we apply how much is Imam Sahib al-Asri was looking at us and saying you know what we've actually learnt from the Ahl al-Bait and are applying and I tell myself first and foremost because we're all together on this one massive boat wanting to clench onto the rope of salvation which is the rope of Muhammad و'Ali Muhammad Insha'Allah my time tonight has come to a close and I thank everyone for listening to this particular lecture Insha'Allah we can learn to look at the lives of these infallibles to look at these lives of these great great characters in history and try to learn from it not just because they're females that we mentioned tonight because all of us we have mothers we have sisters we have daughters let's try to be an influential factor in their lives by applying first and foremost to ours learning in order for us to teach and I end on this note brothers and sisters and I just want to bless Insha'Allah the Majlis with everyone reciting الصورة المباركة المباركة الفاتحة but before it Allow Salawat على محمد و'Ali Muhammad