 Ladies and gentlemen welcome to the late-night talk with me your host Ahmed Ali and once again We have entered the month which teaches us many lessons such as bravery loyalty sacrifice And how to care for one another how to sacrifice our own selves for a perfect cause Like we'll get to touch upon these 10 or 13 nights of Muharram now and tonight is the first night prior to Muharram and Honestly one of the saddest nights is To enter a month which not only Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala and the throne of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala was struck By the enemies of Allah but millions of Muslims around the world commemorate these nights With sorrow with lamentation and remembering the sacrifices that were offered in this month tonight We have our very special guest. Sheikh Abbas Kondru joining us tonight live from the holy city of Karbala Sheikh As-Salamu Alaikum Aadam Allah Ojulakum May Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala brighten your reward for entering the month of Muharram the month which actually Breaks the heart without doubt Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem Kala Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi wa sallam Inna li katli al-Husayn Hararatan fi kulub al-mu'mineena la tabrudu abadah The holy prophet of Islam says that indeed for the killing of Imam al-Husayn there is a Burning heat within the hearts of the mu'mineen within the hearts of the believers that can never be extinguished and tonight as we welcome or as we receive The new moon commemorating the beginning of Shahruh Muharram You find that millions of people from across Iraq millions of people from across the globe as our viewers can see I've gathered here tonight to pledge allegiance to the master of martyrs Sayyid al-Shuhada ab Abdullah al-Husayn and to begin this ceremony of commemorating his martyrdom and the year after year you see the crowds and the number of people across the globe Becoming more and more when it comes to marking the martyrdom of Imam al-Husayn Without doubt right here, you know, I wish the viewers can see what I'm looking at right now Legit looks like a brain one hundred percent and Subhan Allah you will find that Despite the tragedy occurring almost fourteen hundred years ago. You find that this is a tragedy It's commemoration has defied all the odds still fresh human history Ahshantu they look at majority of or you look at any revolution that has taken place in human history Yes, its memory may exist a couple of years a couple of decades a couple of centuries Yes, it might be recorded within textbooks or books of history But an event coming to life at this magnitude Yeah, such that every year on the day of ashura It is not like as if Imam al-Husayn was sacrificed in 61 a age is not like as if he was beheaded back in history But today this year on this day at this time it is as if the martyrdom is occurring Yes, and you find that despite all the odds number one nature that people forget History is tend to is there is a tendency that history is forgotten or if it is commemorated This is not commemorated commemorated with so much zeal and with so much fava Yet you find the Imam al-Husayn is an exception. This is on one side on the other hand. Yes, the World the entire dunya has been against the commemoration of Imam al-Husayn Yeah, centuries after centuries Dictator after dictator from 61 age till today. Yeah, they have tried their utmost governments Empires have gotten together to obliterate the memory of Imam al-Husayn yet you find Imam al-Husayn stands against They can't they can't in fact Habibi Ahmed the more they try to obliterate The remembrance of Imam al-Husayn the stronger it the more it grows the more it grows I mean and and we do apologize for the noises coming from outside, but tonight sheikhna is the banner exchange ceremony where soon the The I believe yeah hasn't changed yet for one Hussain and I'll put the bus, but soon If we can get cameras sheikhna if you look over there, you can see the green lights changing to red lights They just changed right now And soon it will come to a bit of a bus and it will be Changed as well because as you know red is the color of blood and which you know was spilled in this land Absolutely, you see the marking The ceremony of changing the flag in itself is very symbolic in regards to our faith Yes, not only does it commemorate the official Period that marks the beginning of the morning morning ceremonies Yes, but in addition to that you see this red flag that is raised over the kubba over the dome of Imam al-Husayn It's supposed to mark the fact that the person who's been martyred over here No one has yet come to take his vengeance And he will be avenged by that awaited Mahdi I've got a lot of a lot of a Rajah and Sharif and the fact that this flag is changed from red to black Black the universal color of grief This is the revival of these days where we live through the tragedy of Karbala day by day You'll find lovers of Ahlul Bayt. They live through this tragedy and The fact that the environment is changed the lights are red This is to show you that this was a divine battleground Karbala This is the land of freedom Karbala the land of tears Karbala the land of grief Karbala the land of tawhid and When you find the changing of the flag and the changing of the lights The person who comes to Karbala Realizes and he senses this from the very bottom of his soul that this was a battleground in which the most epic battle between Huck and the bottle took place Every step of this every inch of this land of Karbala is a land which is divine is a land which is Muqaddas you find Mu'minin they come and you find them weeping bain al harameen Yeah, you look right you look left and you you can't help but sit back and think perhaps This is where the blood of Abu al-Fadil was spilled This is perhaps where there were traces of blood of horror or Habib ibn Madhahir a place that is Marked with so much grief and this grief has a spiritual power That is able to shake the thrones of Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta'ala Yes, I mean and what's beautiful about it is you know in military they salute Once a martyr goes by But in Mu'arram as you can hear sheikhna and the viewers can hear it They're saluting the flag that's going up. They're saluting the individuals that are buried in these shrines And you know trumpets are going off and you know the the the military music and and they they Just changed the flag sheikhna if you look at the shrine of our saying they just changed the flag of Imam Hassan alaihi salam and you know, it's It's it's really sad to get To the stage of Mu'arram sheikhna wouldn't you agree because honestly Mu'arram is a month where fighting is forbidden Yet we see you know not just there any regular individual being killed You know or you know being shot with an arrow and killed no no no we see to the full extent of of savagery of Uncivilization of of savagery that You know beheaded the greatest individual ever to walk this planet Absolutely when you look at the manner in which this war was conducted These are so-called Muslims who violated the sanctity of a month Which even the juhala during the days of jahiliya used to revere this month Yes, people who are atheists people who are polytheists used to respect the sanctity of this month Wow Subhanallah half a century or so later. You have Muslims who say ashadu allah illa Allah who say ashadu allah Muhammad the Rasulullah Behead the grandson of the Prophet within these sacred months And you know you mentioned this war that took place It was a full-scale war in which there wasn't a single war crime Except that it was committed not a single atrocity even if you look at Conventional rules of war that are stipulated today by non-Muslims even according to their standards What was done to Imam al-Hussein surpasses everything horrific in terms of war crimes that were created That were that were carried out in that not only is a fallen soldier beheaded But his body mutilated his his body trampled by horses. Yeah, and if you just think about The brutality yeah involved within this there is no human being who has truly a heart a Heart through which is considered to be a human being except that he he sheds tears Yeah, he cries rivers for for the for the atrocities that were committed here in Karbala now So we'll come back to the discussion, but since the flag of muhsain went to black Not far inshallah will see the flag of the father Abbas also changing to black as well Now can you comment on what's going on your your your emotions your feelings of you know of what's going on in Karbala I'll be be Ahmed. This is perhaps one of the most difficult questions to ask When you hear the trumpets blowing and you hear the Latmiya being recited and tribute being paid to say the shohadah This for us is a pledge of loyalty. Yes This for us is a pledge of allegiance This flag change is not the change of any normal flag just from red to black This is a flag that represents Tauheed this is a flag that represents the entire teachings of Islam This is a flag that represents the oppression of Ahlul Bayt This is a flag that represents the superiority of Ahlul Bayt. Habibi Ahmed This is a flag that represents our identity And what way she in terms of when Imam al-Hussein came here to Karbala Each army was recognized through the flag that they bore and you find that the flag in in Traditional warfare when you go down through history the flag of an army represented the values for which they stood up for Which is why you will find that even during the time of Rasulullah. He was very particular about the flag We have the flag that he used on the day of Badr Was a flag that was used by Amirul-Mu'minin on the day of Jamal and on the day of Sifri And after that it was used in Karbala and it's not been used again until the Duhur of the 12th Imam So that flag has a divinity attached to it in regards to what it represents The army that is holding up this flag is an army that upholds the true religion of Allah When I look at this flag, I see within it humanity When I look at this flag, I see within it submission to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala when I look at this flag I look at honor. Yes And hence the flag represents the values the values of Islam the prophecy of Rasulullah Attesting to his prophethood a testing to the oneness of God and the Mushriki had their flags as well Their flags represented that they or their flags stood to represent the fact that they are from the side of the Polythes and that they're from the side of Koffar and that they are from the side of shirk and Fisk and Fassad and the same thing When Imam al-Hussein came here This flag see the flag if you look at any country today Every country has its flag. Yeah, and you'll find that even institutions or organizations have their own flags These flags have colors These colors represent certain values within that symbols So they symbolize values that that nation upholds to us for to a certain extent and Similarly when it comes to Islam Everything that Imam al-Hussein stood up for is represented within this flag Which is why you find that when Abu al-Fadil went into the battle ground Why was he so reluctant for this flag to fall down such that as you know the arbab al-makat and say when both his arms Were severed he held on to the flag with what was remaining from his arms against his chest Yeah, but father is a flag. It's a piece of cloth. It could fall and you could go and Hasten towards the tents and get the water to the children But no Abu al-Fadil held this flag high. Why because this flag represents Islam This flag represents a Rasulullah this flag represents Amir al-Mu'mineen Ali ibn Abi Talib and his willaya and hence for us this changing of this flag ceremony Represents everything that we stand for over here the fact that we display it in our Jose Nia's The the fact that we display these flags in our homes in the atabata over here It's a show of our loyalty towards this flag Definitely just like how you have in today's culture people who put up the American flag or the British flag or the Canadian flag It's a sign of patriotism. Yes Why because they are loyal and they adhere to this to the laws of the land They have a love towards this land is represented within the flag and the same thing when it comes to Islam for us It's this loyalty and this affiliation. Yes, that's where looking to us now. This is a question I know we'll get to Abul-Hadal Abbas in the seventh night inshallah, but As you mentioned, it's a divine flag carried by Prophet Muhammad Imam Ali and then later on Incarbala by Hassan, but why did Imam Hassan not carry it himself and give it to Abul-Fadil? I mean doesn't that raise a bit of question as in, you know, why wasn't responsibility put on your Hussein and then Tablo Fadal Abbas Sure when we look into the ranks when you come into the world of warfare or Even military formation you find that you have one person The general within the army the flag bearer the commander of that army You have a leader on one hand, and then you have the commander Just like the way during the time of Rasulullah Rasulullah is the embodiment and the representative the representative the ultimate Representative of Islam, but when you find when he goes into war, he gives the banner to Abul-Fadal to Amir al-Mu'mineen Yes, Salawatullah, peace be upon him. Therefore the flag bearer is that central person within the army appointed by the head of the army Who is the most steadfast person? Around whom the entire formation of the army revolves around his strength represents the strength of the army Yes, and hence this is a position that is given by the leader Be it at the time of Rasulullah when he gave it to Amir al-Mu'mineen or at the time of Imam al-Hussein when he gave it to Abul-Fadil and you find how there is a relationship over here in that Abul-Fadil the son of Amir al-Mu'mineen Abir al-Mu'mineen was the flag bearer of Rasulullah Abul-Fadil his son is the flag bearer of Imam al-Hussein and Rasulullah says Hussainu minni wa anamin al-Hussein The position of Imam al-Hussein like the position of Rasulullah and the position of Abul-Fadil like the position of Amir al-Mu'mineen Ya'ani the person who is most most steadfast most staunch in terms of representing these beliefs and defending these beliefs is given the flag Wow That's beautiful. I mean right now, you know, I we stand in We're amazed by what's going on right now. Sheikhman because the flag is changing Very soon and you hear everyone Chanting the name Hussain in millions You know across the year we don't hear that sheikhman I have goosebumps just listening to the to the cries Yah Hussain within the mics and from the people themselves Yes, and this is this pledge of allegiance It is when these people cry out Yah Hussain and when this flag is raised up This is their way of saying Abad walla ya Zahra manin sa Hussain, which will they will chant very soon They will chant very soon and they were chanting even before Salat al-Maghrib. Yeah I mean coming from Najaf al-Ashraf to Karbala. You see the millions of people That are here at this shout Yah Hussain our pledge of allegiance Yah Aba Abdullah even though we were not there in Karbala with you on the 61st of a H Here we are today and we ensure that we will uphold your martyrdom the commemoration of your martyrdom We will weep for you and we will revive your sacrifice and the values for which you sacrifice to your life Yes, this is our pledge of allegiance to you and in reality This is what you see today millions of people over here whether they are here on Karbala Yes, wherever they are in the world through this channel Mubarakah inshallah people pledging their allegiance through the their TV screens. This is what they're doing We have come here on this night of Muharram. We are living this journey with Imam al-Hussain We are here to pledge our allegiance to him the master and this is the commemoration of the ceremonies People who are perhaps double-minded of participating within Azab participating in Majalis Serving Imam al-Hussain in any way possible when they see Scenarios such as these when they see the world coming together Habibi Ahmed, it wakes you up. It does from this sort of Zafla throughout the year We are attacked with sins and we are subdued in in this worldly life And we are drowned in materialism and in consumerism, but this call Yah Hussain This flag change of red to black awakens the soul and it brings us towards that Which is reality Imam al-Hussain and me and what's beautiful about what you just said right now, you know across the year We're having fun and whatsoever, but when it comes to Ramadan, there's a different vibe You know of discipline and when it comes to Muharram your soul actually awakens as you just mentioned By the chant Yah Hussain now you began tonight's episode with a very Important narration by Prophet Muhammad where you know there's a flame burning within the hearts of the believers For you know Hussain won't be extinguished until the day of judgment Now is that the only motive that brings everyone together like this or is there a specific motive? Higher than that that you know what everyone across the year year after year come to the same place The same everything, you know the same ceremony has been there for ten years, you know Probably the same people come every year, you know from different countries Is that the only motive that brings everyone together on the ban on Hussain? When we look into the world of traditions, you will find that in reality Ahmed This occurrence This gathering of the people over here is divinely decreed by Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala It is from the decree of God That Karbala will be revived in this manner with this further every year from the time of his martyrdom until Yomul Qiyamah You have that this in essence is the actualization of the supplication of Rasulullah, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam and we have traditions to go along these lines Yes, so for example, you have within Biharul Anwar. Yes, which volume 44 Allama al-Majlisi rahmatullah alaih went through this great effort in compiling an encyclopedia of traditions Traditions that were long lost. He went out and revived them out of his way If Allah gives us Tophik inshallah, we can have a particular episode just on allama al-Majlisi And his journey of compiling Biharul Anwar. Yes an encyclopedia. There is no second one of the greatest colors without doubt In volume 44. Yes, he mentions this Narration on authority of the holy prophet of Islam when he's having a conversation with his daughter Seda Fatima Zahra He says the tradition goes When Fatima Alayhi sallallahu alaihi wa sallam was killed by Hussain's son And what he did to him was to kill Fatima Bukaan Shadeeda When Rasulullah informed Seda Fatima of the tragedies, the trials of the tribulations that would fall upon Imam Al-Hussain Seda Fatima began to weep She began to weep bitterly Bukaan Shadeeda Wakaalat Excuse me, yes Ya abata matatakun dalika She said oh my father when will this happen the killing of Imam Al-Hussain He replies by saying This is it will happen at a time where I yourself and Ali will not even be present The narration says So her weeping became even more intense Wakaalat she asked, she said to her father Ya abata fa man yabiki wa man yeltazim bi ikamatil azalahu Look at the concern of Seda Fatima Zahra He says if I'm not there, Ali is not there, Amir al-Mu'mineen alaihi sallam Imam Hassan is not there, you are not there Then who is going to weep over Imam Al-Hussain Wa man yeltazim bi ikamatil azab Yeltazim who is going to be compliant with the revival and upholding the azal the weeping ceremonies of Imam Al-Hussain Like we have today Like we have today Wow Rasulullah says There is going to be generation of men and women The women will weep the women of our Ahlulbayt Their men will weep the men from our Ahlulbayt Generation after generation Wow Rasulullah's supplication His promise to Fatima Zahra alaihi sallam That every year until the day of judgment There will be men and women Who will be compliant Yeltazimun To be compliant, to be disciplined In terms of organization In terms of logistics All that that you see here today Millions of people, this requires logistics Changing of the flags and the trumpets And the marching ceremony between Bain al-Haramain Organization, compliance People leave their work People look at them in this baking heat They have come with their little children They experience the heat They cry they remember Abu al-Fadil They remember Aliunil Akbar This is Divinely decreed This was the supplication Of Rasulullah to Allah This was a promise of Rasulullah to Fatima And you find that these people Are the manifestation Of the supplication of Rasulullah In fact more than that We have a tradition on the 11th Of Muharram When All the Imam al-Hussain and his companions Are martyred Imam Sajjad and the rest of the women Are being taken as prisoners As we will discuss As the nights go on But you find that The narrations mention Imam Sajjad looked at the Mutilated body of Imam al-Hussain And he was at the brink Of death He was at the brink Of death Imam Sajjad notices The reaction of Imam Sajjad Al-Kubra, alaihi salam And she says to him Ma al-Iraqa tajudu bi nafsik Ya Bakiya tajaddi Wa abi wa ahwati She says The remainder of my brother The one who carries the trace And the message of my brother And my father How is it that I see that You are solely struggling This is an expression that is used When the soul is about to Exit the body This is the state of Imam Sajjad She says She says to him Indeed This is a covenant from God That he has taken a pledge from people The fear-owns of the dunya The tyrants and the oppressors of this world Do not know them And they know the people of the heavens These are people who are known In the heavens By the angels By the prophets Who are these people? These are people who are going to gather These mutilated bodies They are going to bury them And they will forget These are people Who are going to establish an Alam Alam means flag If you take it by literal translation But the word Alam over here means That they will make sure That they will make sure That they will make sure That they will make sure That they will make sure Assign They will ensure that A sign is posted Or a sign is constructed Everything is done basically To ensure that the remembrance Of your father, Sayyid al-Shuhadah Is not obliterated Like what we have right now So the Alam means the Qubba The Alam is the Manara Anything to do With the remembrance of Aba Abdul Lahil Hussein According to our Ulaman Mufassireen It comes under the term Alam She says they are going to come together They are going to revive the memory What did she say? These are people who have taken Allah has taken a pledge from them In Alam at Dar before we were created Before these millions of people were created You see them over here They are fulfilling this covenant That was taken from them By Allah That they would revive And look at what Sayyid al-Zaynab goes on to say She goes on to say Not a single trace Of Imam al-Hussein Shall be obliterated Not a single memory of his Shall be wiped out Allah With the passing Of days and nights Until the day of judgment Not a single trace Of Karbala Not a single trace of Sayyid al-Shuhadah Will be obliterated The Imam of Kufr The leaders of this belief And those people Who follow deviation They shall do everything and anything To try and obliterate To be little Imam al-Hussein But Sayyid al-Zaynab says You know what? With all their efforts This will only increase This will only increase This will only increase This will only increase This will only increase And Habibi Ahmad This is the manifestation Of the promise of Sayyid al-Zaynab To Imam Sajjad What you see here today Her promise to Imam Zainul Abideen On the 11th of Muharram 61 A.H We see its signs today over here These are people Who Allah Azza wa Jalla Ask for Sayyid al-Zaynab's word And she is Aalima ghermuallama And what's interesting about Is you know Zainab alayhi salam Is actually telling Her infallible nephew Absolutely Her nephew is not only infallible But he is the Imam After Imam Hussain alayhi salam Zainab has I mean did Imam Sajjad know this And was it concealed Because we know stuff is concealed Or not concealed from the Imam al-Bait Or was Zainab actually Not knowledgeable to the extent that the Imam Needed a reminder There is no doubt that the Imam Has knowledge of everything So why was his soul That you know I know Seeing your father being beheaded But Zainab being the one Who calms him down is just something astonishing This shows us If a ma'soom Imam gets to this level It shows us The intensity of The atrocities that were committed on one hand And it shows us the greatness Of the position of Zainab al-Kubra Zainab al-Kubra alayhi salam It is through statements Like this When she is consoling a ma'soom Imam that we understand her daraja When we say Imam Sajjad Attests to her infallibility He does You are an A scholar But a scholar who was not taught By any other regular person Where did her ilm come from Divine Divinely sent Ilm for Zainab al-Kubra And this is what you see Her prophecy Where she manifests this reality For Imam Sajjad You see all these people over here Because of the pledge that was taken From them by Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala And therefore When you ask me this question Is there anything deeper behind this I say to you that this commemoration Of Imam al-Hussein Is divinely guided and watched By Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala Despite the odds as we said earlier Look at the tyrants that have come Be it the Shah, be it Saddam Be it Any other deviated Ideological score The Abbasids, look at what they did Umayyaj Imam Sajjad says There are not more than 20 people Who love us Ahlu al-Bayt Yet today Look at the millions Millions of the commemoration There was a time during The Abbasid period where people's Limbs were severed As a way of tax For visiting Imam al-Hussein And from here we have this famous saying That They sent our men To take us off Along those lines They emanated from it that time Bani Abbasid Emperor, Emperor The strongest superpower on the earth At that time was not able to stop them Even today look at the Suicide bombings that happen across the region Despite this You don't find people holding back Because the tragedy of Imam al-Hussein Is divinely guided And divinely upheld Within the Mashi'atillah That Imam al-Hussein Will be wept until the day of judgment And for this region I say, Hanian Congratulations To each and every one person Who has come here to weep Imam al-Hussein Congratulations to our Viewers across the globe Who are going to participate In the commemoration of Imam al-Hussein Uphold the commemoration of Imam al-Hussein Even the one making chai In the kitchen Even the one Who is sweeping the Hussein here Who is collecting the shoes In the parking lots The volunteers of the centers Everything has been watched By the master over here Everything has been recorded as Service towards the message of Imam al-Hussein Insha'Allah, insha'Allah There's one narration that I've heard Along the lines of Since we're speaking about weeping We have The I just got news that the shrine The flag is about to go up From the flag of Abbas al-Hussein It's not black yet But my question is regarding the narration Every creation Weeps over Imam al-Hussein And remembers Imam al-Hussein Al-Hussein Yet we find that In the Maqatil as your profession We see The creations Going with Imam al-Hussein Trampling over his body Creation Not The rocks that were thrown And then blood was found under them Weeping for Imam al-Hussein Is that true? Is there a contradictory there? Sure, it's a very good question And there are a number of questions Related to this In terms of understanding this issue Number one is that How does the creation even weep Number one Because we have traditions The fish in the sea weep The trees weep The sun weeps The moon weeps over Imam al-Hussein Everything within the cone Everything within the realm of existence weeps For Imam al-Hussein Number one, are there traditions in regards to this? Yes, there are traditions Not only in books that are of the Khasa of Shia ulama But you even have these traditions Imam al-Amba have also narrated these Occurrences And I'll narrate for you One tradition That is granted to us again In Bihar al-Anwar And this is a narration by Amir al-Mu'mineen Yes Sorry to cut you off Sheikhna But they're changing the banner just now It's going to come down The red one So we're getting requests On Facebook and everywhere else So leave a comment on what's going on right now And then we'll come back to the narration Sorry for that Absolutely With the changing of the flag of You find that even the chronology In which the flags are changed It marks It marks the relationship Between Abul Fadil and Imam al-Hussein You notice that the flag Changed with Imam al-Hussein And then to Abul Fadil Showing that Abul Fadil seconds to Imam al-Hussein Abul Fadil His entire life was servitude To Imam al-Hussein Such that even if a flag is changed Out of having known Abul Fadil's sentiments To Imam al-Hussein Despite him being the flag bearer You find that the flag of Imam al-Hussein Is changed first Because Abul Fadil did not do anything Except that he kept Hussein first In everything within his life Now when you come And you see the flag being changed Over the dome of Abul Fadil This is something special Sahibur Raya Abul Fadil Qamar Bani Hashim This is that Abul Fadil When the flag is being changed Over the dome What comes to my mind And what comes to the minds Of the millions of people It's that moment when Abul Fadil Wanted to go into the battlefield And he says to his master Imam al-Hussein That I wish to go into the battlefield Imam al-Hussein tearfully Looks at Abul Fadil and he says to him But you are the flag bearer Of my army This is at a time where All the companions were massacred A person looks around and he says But there is no army But do you know what The Ma'soom Imam Is pointing towards a reality Imam doesn't exaggerate Abul Fadil himself Was an army against the eyes Of Bani Umayyah Imam al-Hussein says You are the flag bearer of my army So long as Abbas is there The army of Imam al-Hussein Is still there So long as Abbas is on his feet The enemies Cannot even dare Come close to the tents Of the women Abul Fadil is there Zainab cannot be a slave Zainab cannot be a prisoner This is that Abbas Who holds that flag as we said in the beginning His arms being severed But this flag doesn't fall When I look at this flag being changed Over the dome of Abul Fadil I need to pay allegiance To Imam al-Hussein I need to pay allegiance to Islam I need to pay allegiance to Abul Fadil And I need to say that In regards to Islam These values of Shiaism Which are contained within this flag Be it Salat Be it Zakat Be it Amrab al-Ma'roof Be it Nahyan al-Munkar Be it wearing the right hijab Be it anything in regards When I see this flag Everything that I lack In regards to Islam I make amends I make an oath That I am going to follow the Sharia Definitely To a greater extent as much that is possible Yes This flag represents Salat When the time of Salat comes in If I feel that I am lazy I look at this flag of Abul Fadil I look at the sacrifice That Abul Fadil gave for this flag For this Deen And I motivate myself to stand up in Salat Imam al-Hussein recited Salat On the Day of Ashura When I am lazy in Salat I remember this And this is the flag being changed to black Yes This is that Abul Fadil Who carried The same traits And was given the same position By Imam al-Hussein That Rasulullah gave to his father Amir al-Mu'minin And you notice that This position that was given to Amir al-Mu'minin You understand from the day of Qaybar Rasulullah says I will give this flier This banner to a person Who is loved by Allah And his prophet And who in turn loves Allah And his prophet And the same thing when it comes to Abul Fadil There was, every one of the companions Was exceptional There is no man That has been born From the violence of Imam al-Hussein But from amongst all of them Abul Fadil stood out You look at the tents within the mukayyam You look at the orders of the tents You find that In order to get to the tent of Sayyidah Zaynab To get to the tent of Imam al-Hussein You have to pass through the tent of Abul Fadil Abul Fadil was the defender The first line of defense That's a nice observation Such that even if the enemies were to penetrate The tents, they would have to first come Through the tent of Abbas And who had Who did To have the courage to stand in front of Abul Fadil You notice even in the narration That when he went into the battlefield And he attacked them on his horse As we will see during his Maktal in his night For in Qalabad Maymanetahum maysara Wa maysaratahum maymanah As he entered into the battlefield on his horse Ya Akhi, he has not even raised his sword His appearance This Haiba That was emanating from him People looking at Abul Fadil They saw death in front of them And they dispersed The Maktal says that the right wing Dispatched onto the left And the left wing dispersed onto the right In terms of warfare This sort of This organization shows The weakness of the army It dismantled the right wing and the left wing Without even using a sword This is Abbas And this is the flag that has been changed When people look at this This is what goes through their minds Their tears come rolling down their cheeks But at the same time They have pride within them This was my Imam This was The second This was the commander to the army of Hussain, this was Abul Fadil This is the source of inspiration Any person who is going to Change his life For the better To become more compliant towards the religion To become any person who is Aspiring to be from amongst The Ashab and the Ansar of Imam Al-Hussain Their inspiration is Abul Fadil Their inspiration is Imam Al-Hussain This is a place of not only allegiance But this is a place of inspiration When you see all the trials And the tribulations Abul Fadil went to But never gave up His loyalty towards the Imam Reaching the water To that extent To any individual He knew that he was brave No one needed to tell him that he was brave But yet his Sense of humbleness if you will Or his humility When he reached the water He could have drank And nothing would have happened to him And no one would have blamed him But The altruism This sentiment within you That so long as my Imam is thirsty I can never quench my thirst Meaning what The Imam's will The Imam's desire comes Or supersedes all personal interests This is the lesson that you and I take home In our daily lives When we come across choices Be it at work, be it at school Be it at Husaynias Be it at anything If my personal interest Contradicts with the interest of religion Or in other words I need to make a choice Between my own benefit Or upholding the values of the religion I seek inspiration from Abul Fadil And Abul Fadil This is the door of Allah SWT How many How many millions Of people come here At the door of Abul Fadil They ask for their desires And with the grace of Abul Fadil These desires are fulfilled These prayers, these supplications Are answered In every aspect of life There is one person A very dear brother to me In London And he has visited Imam Husayn And Abul Fadil maybe three or four times In his life This is Earlier you mentioned that That the pilgrims Will be saying what Sheikhna What does that mean We swear to you By Allah To paraphrase We swear to you by Allah That we shall never Ever forget Imam Husayn This is a promise they are making And there is a reason Why are they making this promise We have a tradition We have a tradition That It is by Abu Abdullah Mentioned in the text He says There is not a single person Who weeps for him Yes He says that there is not a single person Who weeps for Imam Husayn Except that Through this weeping He has Fortified The rights Or he has fulfilled the rights of the Fatimah He has brought happiness In her heart What does it mean To bring happiness in the heart of Fatimah Aleyhi assalam In Allah Allah is pleased with the pleasure of Fatimah And anger with the anger of Fatimah When you sit and you shed this Single tear It streams down your cheeks You have brought happiness to the heart of Fatimah To bring happiness to Fatimah To bring happiness to Allah This is that Fatimah Who cried for her beloved son Imam Husayn Yes And when you weep for Imam Husayn This is a form of consolation That you are given to say the Fatimah Wasala Fatimah You have reached out to her You have given her consolations You know when we have a death Within our families or within our communities May Allah SWT grant all our family Members and friends In a healthy life But do you notice that when a certain individual dies How we all go as friends Or extended family members We console Those who are close to the deceased The mother, the father, the son Whoever we are we cry with them We console them This consolation For a person who has lost a beloved one It gives them Some form of relief It makes them feel that they are not alone They have somebody with them They have somebody to lean upon them In the same thinking In the same line But we need her We show out of our love The whole world was against your son They killed him in the worst way But here we are weeping for him And we console you Weep still today for Imam Husayn We have traditions From our sixth Imam Aleyhi salam That when Sayyidah Fatimah the Zahra weeps From the manner in which she cries Just that Sai of grief The flames of Jahannam want to leap out of Jahannam Allah SWT sends angels To contain the fire The flames within Jahannam because they cannot Bear to hear the Sai and the weeping of Fatimah This is Fatimah Aleyhi salam And perhaps She is holding on to her broken rib Weeping for Imam Husayn Who is Fatimah? What is Fatimah? To bring happiness to the heart of Fatimah Aleyhi salam By weeping for Imam Husayn And this is why They say that they make this pledge That ya Fatimah Because we know how grieved You are over the grief of Imam Husayn We are making this pledge That we shall continue to uphold this adekah And we shall continue to uphold this memory And what's also interesting And also links the two together Is they're making that oath In front of the shrine And in front of the Abbas Aleyhi salam There's a narration which I would like you to comment on Is the link between Fatimah the Zahra And in front of the Abbas Aleyhi salam Is where on the day of judgment Ummul Baneen Will raise the shirt The blooded shirt of Imam Husayn And Fatimah the Zahra will raise The two hands of Abbas Abbas Peace be upon you So that link right there Where they're making that oath To Fatimah the Zahra And in front of the shrine Abbas Aleyhi salam 100% we have this tradition That the day of judgment Is judgment Where those who did Right are rewarded And those who have done Evil are punished There is a divine court room If you may say The proceedings of the day of judgment Begin With Sayyidah Fatimah The Zahra seeking justice For those Who severed the arms of Abul Fadil There is a connection This is the first act of Divine justice Carried out on the day of judgment The narration mentions she will come with a tash Jibrail will say to her When the Fatimah the Zahra comes into the mahshah And everybody is told the daughter Of the holy prophet is coming so lower your heads They lower their heads Fatimah Aleyhi salam is coming through the mahshah Surrounded by angels And she says Ya Allah I want you to seek justice for me Jibrail comes down and says Do you want justice to be sought for muhsin Do you want justice to be sought For the manner in which Ali was killed Or Hussain was killed or Hasan was killed She says no She is holding a tash, a tray that is covered Jibrail says to her O Fatimah For whom do you want to seek justice Is it against those people who broke your ribs Who slapped you And burnt down your house She says no She removes the cloth from the tash And within this tash So the severed arms of Mawlana Abul Fadil She says Ya Allah Judge between me And between those who severed his arms Meaning what? Sayyeda Fatimah Zahra Aleyhi salam Is taking responsibility For seeking justice For those who severed the arms Of Abul Fadil Do you know There is an incident Dreams sometimes Realities that exist Out of this world Are manifested for us through dreams Yes And there is an entire science One that is a Bishara One that is not a Bishara And so on and so forth I've heard from our seniors Our teachers within the house The Asatidah may Allah grant All of them along in a healthy life This was an incident That took place with a kateeb A very well known kateeb From here Iraq, his Maktal is recited Every year on the day of Ashura Abdul Zahra Al Kaabi Rahmatullah Aleyhi As you know He was well known for the recitation Of the eulogies Is he the one that written or compiled it? It was compiled It was the Maktal that he had put together And he used to recite it What a legacy Without doubt and till today You can imagine The service that he has provided Millions of people weep And you can only imagine The status that he has been granted In the Akhira That he performed one action One Amal through whom people weep For Imam al-Hussein Till God knows when In essence, Maynal Kaussein Between brackets, this is a lesson for you and I For all our respected viewers That we leave behind some sort of Action Some sort of Amal through weep The legacy of Imam al-Hussein Way after our deaths Coming back to this incident Abdul Zahra al-Kaabi Rahmatullah Aleyhi As you know, he used to recite Majalis Everywhere, he used to recite In the Sahan Sharif of Imam al-Hussein In the Sahan of Abu al-Fadil Between al-Haramain, in the Mokhayyya Wherever there was Masjid, there used to be a time Where the ulamas used to mention That before the time of the Ba'athis During the days of Muharram On any given day They would count, they would be at least At least a hundred Majalis Aza happening in the city of Karbala Be it in somebody's house Be it within the different Hussainias Be it in the Sahan here there They tallied up all the Majalis A hundred Majalis per day Ten days of Muharram How many? A thousand A thousand Majalis You can imagine all the different dimensions Of the messages of Imam al-Hussein With all the different dimensions and everything Masjid Aza has an important Role in refining The character of people And this is a television Absolutely without doubt And even for the children From a young age, okay They may not understand everything that is there But it leaves an effect on their soul They can link with the ones who are the same age Absolutely, science shows us today That the mind of a child Is sharper by far than the mind of an adult They are able to comprehend these meanings When they see people crying Their fathers, their mothers, their elders It has an effect on their soul Coming back to the incident of Abdul Zahra Al-Kabi One of the days after a Majlis He was reciting the Ziyarah And this goes back to the connection between Sayyidat Nisa Al-Alamin and Abul Fadil As he was reciting the Ziyarah He said Wow We don't have this We don't have this The son of Abul Fadil was not from The children born by Amir Al-Mu'minin and Sayyidat Nisa Al-Alamin So he realized this mistake And he corrected himself He said He corrected himself He recited the Ziyarah He went home And he felt within himself How could I make such a mistake That I said Abbas the son of Fatima Al-Zahra I wish I would not have done this mistake He narrated that night He went to sleep In his dream He sees Sayyidat Nisa Al-Alamin And she says to him Abul Zahra Do not belittle The relationship between Me and Abbas Indeed Abul Fadil, Abbas is my son We may not see it From that physical Perspective But for the service That Abul Fadil gave To Abba Abdullah Al-Hushayn Sayyidat Fatima Al-Zahra Considered him To be Hasan This shows us the status of Abul Fadil We pray to Allah That he inspires us And that he motivates us All our respected Viewers from across the globe Who are witnessing This monumental event They are watching This legacy being revived The manifestation Of the supplication of the Holy Prophet That we are inspired To uphold the memory of Imam Al-Husayn Uphold the Aza Whichever part of the world in which we are Whatever we do for Imam Al-Husayn We do with a full heart If it's attending Majalis Attend with your full heart If you are attending the Latmiya Perform the Latam with your full heart Whatever form of service there is We encourage each other Yes, there are days we are going to work We are going to school Homework takes a back seat You know what, in all this tiredness In all this exhaustion Habibi Ahmad there is a sweetness Yes, there is And before we continue Sheikhna I'm getting a lot of requests From people who couldn't make it to Karbala And they're saying I wish to come to Karbala for the first time From around the world So Sheikhna If you can just give us a minute Of reciting on their behalf To the Holy Shrine Right now I know they just changed the banner So it's a very blessed moment And I know for a fact As 100% was the job and accepted From Allah SWT in this moment Allah SWT In the name of Allah Pray to Allah SWT The most beneficial The most merciful By the sake of Imam Al-Husayn By the sake of the trampled body Of Imam Al-Husayn And by the sake of the severed arms Of Abul Fadil I pray to Allah SWT And I ask Mawlana Abul Fadil That each and every Lover of yours in the east Of the world and the west of the world Who has not had an opportunity To come to Karbala Ya Abul Fadil you make it easy for them And you provide them the means To come here so that they may Pledge allegiance to you I ask Abul Fadil and I ask Imam Al-Husayn Because Allah has given them that power And that status To fulfill anyone's dua That all our viewers Lovers of Imam Al-Husayn in the east of the world In the west of the world Whatever hajjat they have Whatever desires that they have You fulfill them And whatever difficulties they may be facing You provide ease for them and forage I pray insha'Allah Under the kubba of Abul Fadil And the kubba of Imam Al-Husayn All of these people are granted a chance To come here to Karbala Those who have come here before They keep getting a chance To come again and again For every year so long as we are alive I pray to Allah By the shake of the severed arms Of Abul Fadil To never distance us From Karbala so long as we are alive Insha'Allah Insha'Allah I mean very beautiful And the fact that Allah SWT does say to us To Prophet Muhammad He says Reach me Through the people I love and I dear And what better way To reach Allah SWT Than Abul Fadil Abbas And we hope insha'Allah Everyone that can't really come to Karbala As you mentioned work School Everyone is so busy With the materialistic world That there's no chance Of visiting these beautiful shrines We hope everyone insha'Allah Gets the chance To be able To reach Karbala Now Sheikhna we go back To our Discussion But before we do that Let's go to a short break You're getting very thirsty So insha'Allah we do remember In our thirst insha'Allah we'll be back We expect viewers do stay tuned For we will continue Our commemoration Of the banner exchange ceremony And our discussion But after the short break so do stay tuned Can one who the heart has stolen Be worlds apart from his servant Can one who the heart has stolen Be worlds apart from his servant Husser I'll take this between myself and Husser I'd take it stolen Be worlds Be worlds Be worlds You The world I stand I search For your figure So to you As I can Still Worlds apart I stand Even since I wish When you Stood there And to you Is it a strike Be Is it fair that time can stand still When I'm entranced by your mention Is it fair that time can stand still When I'm entranced by your mention Yet it won't go back Centuries to days of your tribulation Is it fair that time can stand still When I'm entranced by your mention Yet it won't go back Centuries to days of your tribulation Is it fair that you come to me In each hopeless situation But I cannot return to you When left you there a whole nation And you stood there amongst the dead In your eyes But death's reflection Drawn in your eye The tears that soar On Hussain the world's desertion Tell me Tell me how the eye that sees this Notices me Oh Hussain Tell me how the eye that sees this Notices me Oh Hussain How does the man that works with death Seek life in me Can he whose love, time's Strengthen be worlds apart From his servant Though time draws us Further Apart Fires My Recalls your day I feel Your pain Tears and dating As clean Welcome back, hope you're in Trinidad Not as much enjoyed Sheikhna to use the word But you know we have to say enjoyed Because honestly at the comfort of your home You're getting the opportunity To perform a live Ziyara Tsunan Hussain aleyhis salam And speaking of live Ziyara My brother and A very good friend of mine Tsunan Sukhni will be on air After midnight Welcome to Karbala It's a very Very well opportunity For everyone living abroad To perform a Ziyara Goers and people call them They can perform a Ziyara Tsunan aleyhis salam And do enjoy this opportunity Because This shows that The lovers of Ahmad Bait Our bodies Could be different parts of the world Our hearts Our hearts reside here Our hearts live Our hearts perform Tawaf Around the Haram of Abdul Fadil Our hearts perform Tawaf Around the Haram of Imam al-Hussain Our hearts perform Sa'i Between the Haramain Over here and this is the reality Every person who has come to Karbala Is left their hearts here People who have not yet come to Karbala Perhaps whether they realize Or they don't realize Their hearts are already in Karbala Their bodies are away And hence when you tell me about These brothers or these number of brothers Who are doing dua and asking for dua To be here They say to them that you are blessed Your hearts are residing in Karbala And Alhamdulillah This shows that spiritual connection And affiliation That lies between these pure individuals With their imams Alhamdulillah It is through this blessed channel That you are able to bring the hearts Of the people to Karbala When they see the images of the Haram Through this blessed channel You transport their hearts and their souls Alhamdulillah Hopefully we can through your hard work And dedication We can get the exact message Of Imam al-Hussain Out there and the oppressions Because this month really It's supposed to be a month Going back to Allah just like Ramadan But yet it's turned into a month of Sacrifice A month of oppression A month of lamentation As we were talking about before But going back to our discussion There's a lot of Questioning that goes around Weeping for Imam al-Hussain Now Should we and why Is it important To weep for Imam al-Hussain And is it the only Form Of reviving Imam al-Hussain The commemoration of Imam al-Hussain When it comes to reviving The commemoration of Imam al-Hussain We have a number of manners Number of mannerisms Through which the grief of Imam al-Hussain The revolution of Imam al-Hussain Is commemorated By far one of the Most important ones is weeping It's not the only one But it's a number of different It is one of many ways In which the commemoration Is upheld The revolution is revived To do with the emotion Which is a prerequisite To enhancing The intellect And it is the weeping That lays the foundation for Amal Upon the values For which Imam al-Hussain sacrificed his life Therefore when you look into this Fikha and I use the word Fikha In the sense that it is a science To understand When you look at any given text Fikha in terms of Jurisprudence In terms of its literal translation Over here we use it in the terms of Science The science of understanding The commemoration of Imam al-Hussain We look at the importance That is given to weeping And I say weeping is a foundation For everything else that is later Going to come Weeping in essence You will find that You look at any text of Hadith That speaks about Imam al-Hussain Take for example Kamil al-Ziyarat Author by Ibn Kaulaway One of the most authentic Books that we have in terms of Iqtiba' In the beginning of the text Everything that I have narrated In this book I have narrated from those individuals Who are known to be Fikha Trustworthy Look at the number of narrations That he has compiled In regards to the importance For weeping for Imam al-Hussain This act of weeping It symbolizes a number of things A number of them Perhaps for the time that we have About maybe six or seven If a person thought about this He could come about with much more than this Number one See it is within the sunnah Of the Imma and the sunnah of Rasulullah And the prophets before him You can imagine this is one of the Khasa'is of Imam al-Hussain Particularities of Imam al-Hussain That the Anbiya from Adam To Isha web for Imam al-Hussain Even before the charge of the Karbala Perhaps in one of the later shows We are able to go through this tradition And we do have two minutes before the end of the show But for weeping As the final message over here Number one, weeping Indicates Your Alliance With Imam al-Hussain And it indicates Your resistance and your opposition Towards the enemies of Imam al-Hussain Because when you weep Weeping denotes what? It shows your sympathy You sympathize with Imam al-Hussain If you sympathize with Imam al-Hussain You are in the camp of Imam al-Hussain When you weep for the atrocities That were committed against him It means that you are denouncing Bani Umayyah for what they did Weeping in essence Is an expression of Tawalli And Tabarri In addition to the fact that At the very base level For a person to be indifferent To atrocities such as this In Karbala If a person is indifferent to this Tell me what aspect of humanity Exists within him Nothing At the very basic level Weeping denotes The humanity that exists within us At another level It is an expression of Tawalli That you are on the side of Imam al-Hussain And it shows that you are in opposition Tabarri against Bani Umayyah And every other party That is trying to attack Imam al-Hussain Or any one of the Ahlul Bayt Sheikh, I would like to thank you very much I know we don't have time and Masha'Allah You have prepared for us a lot tonight But insha'Allah we can continue this But on the sixth day Of Aishara Which is the seventh night I believe Of Muharram We will come back with Although tomorrow And the days leading To the sixth day Of Aishara or Muharram We will have a special Or special night In Muharram insha'Allah Special guests joining us from Skype As well as over the phone So do stay tuned for that And do stay tuned for the upcoming shows With Sheikh Abbas Monsher Thank you very much for joining us tonight Hopefully insha'Allah Learn from these nights How to be characterised With the Act given Or with the lessons provided from Imam al-Hussain Once again, thank you very much As-Salaamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuh Thank you very much