 الحمد لله رب العالمين وصل الله على السيدنا وحبيب قلوبنا وشفيع نفوسنا أب القاسم محمد وعلى آل بيته الطيبين الطاهرين المعصومين لا سيما بقية الله روحي وأرواح العالمين لتراب مقدمه الفداء أما بعد رسالة سكولرين, ألدين, أبوين والسيسة السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته كما قمنا برسالة سكولرين من أبوين والسيسة السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته وعلى قرارنا نفسنا بعض الأغنى والسيسة السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته كما قمنا برسالة السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته كما نعرف عليبنا أبوي طالب ليس كبير فهذا ليس جميل ، هذا كل ما لدينا وكل هذا الذي لدينا ، look at what we can look at into the life of Ali ibn Abi Talib Ali ibn Abi Talib has so many dimensions we can look at whether it be his generosity, whether it be his closeness towards Allah سبحانه وتعالى whether it be his valor, his bravery at war, his fearlessness or whether it be when you look at Ali ibn Abi Talib in the pulpit and in the mahrab where you look at him and you see him in a teary state crying, wailing towards Allah سبحانه وتعالى to forgive him so we find in first and foremost when we even describe Ali ibn Abi Talib it's one of the most or the hardest things to do and especially to give him the significance and the time to analyze this particular figure so I've insha'Allah tried to look into the lifespan of Ali ibn Abi Talib throughout these holy nights in particular stages tonight and tomorrow night we want to first and foremost analyze the position of Ali ibn Abi Talib in reference with the Prophet of Islam how was Ali ibn Abi Talib aiding the Prophet of Islam what did the Prophet of Islam say about Ali ibn Abi Talib and his position and we're going to look at a particular hadith tonight and tomorrow we're going to look at in more detail the incident that happened in Ghadir Khom as we all know but you want to look at it from a different level and insha'Allah on the upcoming nights we'll take one night at a time discussing Ali ibn Abi Talib until we reach the 23rd night in which we'll discuss the power entrusted into Ali ibn Abi Talib so please help me in starting tonight by reciting a lot of Salawat على محمد وقال محمد the Prophet has a statement about Ali ibn Abi Talib now we may take many statements that we have in our books that we have in reference to the Prophet of Islam but I took a particular hadith that no one can come forth and say well we don't believe in this hadith because if you look into our books in the depth of our books you'll find that Ali ibn Abi Talib is mentioned in reference to this hadith if you look at the schools of thought in other than that of Ahlul Bayt whether it be of the greatest of the opposition's books or the Moussahiah such as Bukhari you'll find this particular hadith so much so that if you go towards the Nasibi and I'm mentioning Ibn Taymiya as a Nasibi you go towards his works and this particular hadith is mentioned and he says that this hadith is صحيح that's why I've taken this particular hadith and I want to analyze it to show you the position of Ali ibn Abi Talib now this hadith is in reference to the Prophet in which he states يا علي أنت مني بمنزلة هارون من موسى إلا أنه لا نبيه بعدي the translation is the Prophet of Islam is saying to Ali ibn Abi Talib and tomorrow we're going to look at the particular incidence in which the Prophet said it about Ali ibn Abi Talib but tonight we want to look at the actual saying and the comparison between Ali ibn Abi Talib and Haroon in comparison to Mousa and the Prophet of Islam he says Oh Ali you are to me like Aaron or Haroon was to Moses except that there is no Prophet after me that's the statement we want to look at for tonight when the Prophet comes forth and says this statement about someone that's not his brother because that's the first comparison Haroon and Mousa were brothers blood brothers that's the first comparison Ali ibn Abi Talib and the Prophet of Islam weren't blood brothers they were cousins now how is it that we can take the comparison that the Prophet says this about Ali ibn Abi Talib now the first reply to this is what first of all the Prophet of Islam is saying it so it can't be falsified can it the second is if it goes hand in hand with Ali ibn Abi Talib's statement in the covenant that he gives towards Malik el-Ashdab he says oh Malik people are of two types isn't it either your brother in faith or your equal in humanity the Prophet says to Ali ibn Abi Talib you are my brother you are to me like Aaron was to Moses let's look at the aspect of brotherhood that's the first aspect we want to look at the aspect of brotherhood someone may come forth and say this the Hadith is the only thing that you can prove that the Prophet and Ali ibn Abi Talib were referred to as brothers on the contrary we have so many others you go and read it he refers to Ali ibn Abi Talib but I want to take two particular examples that's narrated not just in our books in other books when the Prophet of Islam begins his journey and he brings his knee once his companion his knee family members because Allah SWT says first deliver this message to your knee once your close ones so he carries his family and he says this statement he says whomever will be first to come with me and aid me on this journey will be my brother and successor will be my brother and successor so that's the first instance that happened in Makkah when he goes towards Medina who narrates this he says I saw Ali ibn Abi Talib cry on that day why Ali ibn Abi Talib is crying he says when he migrated he took a muhajir and he put the hands in one another أخى بينهما he says except for Ali ibn Abi Talib and Ali saw this particular instance and Ali was saddened the Prophet goes to him and he says Ali why are you saddened he says because you have made the brothers between the muhajireen but you have not given anyone that I may help because they had to help one another the Prophet comes with this statement and remember who says this he says oh Ali no one else will be your brother and no one will be my brother except you and I you are my brother in this he in this world and hereafter the first instance of brotherhood there's more depth to it there's a very basic level the second of which he says Ali is to me like Haroon was to Musa the comparison here when we look at the definition when people try to explain this in other schools of thought they say yes they were brothers they were close but let's look at it in more depth and we'll look at it especially in the depth which is Khilafah tomorrow Haroon who was he to Musa in the comparison of Khilafah Haroon died before Musa Haroon was Musa's successor if Musa died Haroon was the next in charge they were both prophets one succeeded the other Musa his successor was Haroon therefore when the prophet of Islam comes and he says you are to me like Haroon was to Moses it's saying that you are after me the successor the Khalifa of Allah SWT not the Khalifa that we find nowadays that you say this was the first the second the third took the pulpit no the Khalifa of Allah is the Imam it's totally different the Khalifa to them is a person that sits on the chair and has the rulings we're talking about the rulings of Allah SWT because people might differentiate and may not differentiate between the Khalifa and the Imam the Khalifa of Allah SWT the Khalifa of Allah SWT and the Khalifa that people choose as we know the difference was the second Khalifa once he heard someone cursing him saying ill things about him he had him whipped we've mentioned this example but let's look at it the difference he had him whipped because he spoke ill of him Ali ibn Abi Talib on the second hand who goes past the mosques that his name was being cursed as we know and still this until 70 years after on the pulpit Ali ibn Abi Talib was cursed Ali he's this look at the difference the second Khalifa whips the person Ali ibn Abi Talib he's this and he says may Allah forgive them the Christian man has given us this analogy and he says this is the difference between the Khalifa that people have chosen and the Khalifa that Allah has handpicked that's the difference he says look at that such a simple aspect to us but what's a magnanimous effect it had on society up until now that's the second example the Khalifa the succession of the Prophet that's why أمر بن الخطاب is narrated to say that i am jealous or envious of Ali ibn Abi Talib for three occasions what are these three occasions he says the first and foremost is that he brought victory at خيبر خيبر was a very pivotal point in the Muslims time frame timeline because it was what because the Jews had everything closed off the Muslims tried and tried to conquer no one would bring victory then the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم had the statement tomorrow i will give a banner that's for a man that loves me and Allah and Allah and myself the Prophet of Islam says love him remember at that time Ali ibn Abi Talib had a problem with his eye he couldn't fight so everyone's looking around saying it wouldn't be Ali ibn Abi Talib again surely Ali ibn Abi Talib has an infection in his eye he can't be the one that the Prophet will give the banner to in which the third day comes the Prophet takes from his saliva as the narration says and puts it on the eye of Ali ibn Abi Talib and he's cured Ali is narrated to say i've never seen with such clarity after that incident that the Prophet wiped his blessed hands with the saliva on his eyes و له في يوم خيبر فتكات كبرت منظرا على من رأىها يوم قال النبي إني أعطي راية ليثها و حامي حماها فشرأبت آناق كل فريق ليروا أي ماجد يعطاها فدعى أين وارث العلم والحلم مجير الأنام من بأسها أين ذنجدة نودعته في السماوات مروعة لباها فتوزع Ali ibn Abi Talib فأتاه وصي أرمد عين فسقاها من ريقه فشفاها وأزال بابها بقوة بأس لو حمده الأفلاك منه لأفناها صلوات يقول النبي أعطي في ذلك الوقت أنه يخبرت خيبر أعطي في ذلك الوقت أنه يخبرت فاطمة الزهراء لأنه يخبرت بحيث أنه لا يوجد يوجد يوجد يوجد يوجد يوجد يوجد يوجد يوجد Shay. لا أτηط عن أنه هاتف الإيقاطال من جهاز فاستдеح إن زهرا각ك가요 أوسف أridها أو حديث بنا أبي طالب ، هذا هو الثلاثة الأمر التي كنت أبقى منها ، في which the prophet says ألي أنت مني بمنزيلة هارون من موسى إلا أنه لعنبيه بعد he says that's the third occasion which I was envious from him that was the third occasion and the prophet سبحانه وتعالى tomorrow I've got the signal and tomorrow إن شاء الله will analyze in more depth the times in which the prophet of Islam used this particular quote to make him in the position that he is in to tell people after him that he is my successor he is the one that's after me he is myself and I leave him behind and tomorrow we'll discuss an aspect brothers and sisters and I'll repeat this same thing about to say tomorrow because we'll look at it in more detail when I end on this but remember the position of because we're going to discuss it throughout these nights the last thing I'm about to say is remember that's Allah سبحانه وتعالى from Adam until خاتم الأنبياء محمد رحم الله من ذكر القائم thank you everyone that have me forward إن شاء الله just to end on this note that from حادم عليه الصلاة والسلام until now our prophets 124,000 prophets with their books with their scriptures with everything in the Quran with the prophet 11 years one place 12 years in another everything all this that Allah سبحانه وتعالى has given to us the religion was not completed until what until the tell Allah tells رسول الله take the hand of Ali ابن أبي طالب until the people اليوم أكملت لكم دينكم look at the position of Ali ابن أبي طالب I'll leave you on that and let you ponder over it and إن شاء الله we'll take it up tomorrow again when we discuss this in more detail I end on this brothers and sisters and إن شاء الله we want to pray to Allah on these blessed nights to accept our prayers to accept our إستخفار and to allow us to seek closeness towards Allah and He does not veil from us these blessed nights He doesn't veil from us our دعاء He doesn't veil anything that we go towards Allah سبحانه وتعالى in our actions we pray to Allah on this note with the Surah المباركة الفاتحة but before it three of your loudest salawat على محمد وآل محمد