 أعود بالله من الشيطان الرجيم بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والحمد لله رب العالمين والصلاة والسلام على سيدنا ونبينا وحبيب قلوبنا أب القاسم المصطفى محمد وعلى أهل بيته الطيبين الطاهرين اللهم صل على محمد وآل محمد قال تعالى في كتابه الكريم بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم قل لا أسألكم عليه أجرا إلا المودة في القربى ومن يقترف حسنة نزد له فيها حسنا إن الله غفور ونشكور my dear viewers السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته on the occasion of the birthday of the fourth member of أصحاب الكساء I see this great opportunity to congratulate all of you as well as the entire Islamic nation for such a happy and joyous occasion also we take the opportunity to learn from this great Imam legacy instruction and teachings the humanity today is in dire need of his wonderful legacy that he has left in tonight's discussion I will be alluding to some references in the holy Quran where there are some verses were revealed in occasion and in reference to the great Imam Al-Hassan عليه السلام the reason is that we are instructed by the Almighty to emulate the prophets and the most exonerated and infallible people because those are the ones who will assure we will take the right path and who is better than the Imam Al-Hassan عليه السلام that we can emulate and follow his path the first ayah that I will be reciting is ayat المباهلة and this is in chapter Al-Imran number 61 where the Almighty الله سبحانه وتعالى says فقل تعالوا ندعو أبناءنا وابناءكم ونساءنا ونساءكم وأنفسنا وأنفسكم ثم نبتهل فنجعل العنة الله على الكاذبين The cause of the descent was in relation to the incident that took place between the prophet peace be upon him and the Christians of Najran when they came to debate the prophet eventually there was no agreement reached so both decided that they would worship and supplicate to God to put his wrath against the lying party therefore the Almighty asked the prophet to bring his children his women and himself and all narrators and historians indicate that the prophet brought Hassan and Hussein as his children and of course the woman was only one and that was Fatimah al-Zahra and he brought as his soul made but our emphasis and focus on the children the prophet peace be upon him is making sure revealing to the public to the companions and to the other side the adversary is that his children are Hassan and Hussein and here the Almighty Allah سبحانه وتعالى comes to stress on this point because many Umayyah throughout their history they have a propagated that Hassan and Hussein were not the children of the prophet but the children of Ali ibn Abi Talib peace be upon him this is a great refute to their acclaim now we know that Quran does not emphasize on the blood relation blood relationship is not the important relationship as we know that there are certain sons offsprings who turn to be embarrassment and shame to their parents there is an incident in the holy Quran that the Almighty reveals the story of Nuh Nuh had a child who was an embarrassment to him when after the flood Nuh asked the Almighty what has happened with the fate of Hassan because the Almighty has promised him that all his offsprings and children will be saved but when Nuh asked the Almighty about the fate of his son the Almighty gave him this قال يا Nuh إنه ليس من أهلك إنه عمل غير صالح this blood relationship is not that important he is not part of your family he is a deviant person therefore in the logic of Quran a blood relationship is not that important at all but why the Almighty here is mentioning the word ابناء أنا و ابناءكم your children and our children emphasizing on the fact that Hassan and Hussein are the offsprings of the Prophet to signify this fact that Hassan and Hussein besides being the natural children an offsprings of the Prophet they are also his natural extension they are the ones who have inherited his legacy his message his holiness and sacredness his knowledge and his infallibility this is the take home message of آية المباهلة that Hassan and Hussein are directly connected to the Prophet and they are his true children so this is one reference in the holy Quran where the Almighty emphasizes on the connection of ألمام الحسن عليه السلام with his grandfather peace be upon him the second example is آية التطهير again in Surat Al-Ahzab آية 33 the Almighty الله سبحانه وتعالى declares that the household of the Prophet who are five members are immaculate where it says إنما يريد الله ليذهب عنكم الرتسأه للبيت ويطهركم تطهيره الله سبحانه وتعالى that the household of the Prophet the title is called أهل البيت those individuals are venerated and exalted from any sin from any filth of Shaytan the followers of أهل البيت take this آية as a reference and as a proof to the fact that the household of the Prophet are infallible they are not making any mistakes they are beyond any filth and mistake whether physical or spiritual this is the second reference the third reference is سورة الإنسان the entire Surah was revealed to the Prophet to exalt and appraise his household and the story for which this Surah was descendant that this Surah descend to the Prophet is that when Ali ibn Abi Talib his wife and both of their children الحسن and حسين عليهم السلام were observing fasting at the first day when they were observing fasting and of course it was not during the month of Ramadan rather it was in another occasion at the time of Iftar when they were supposed to break their fasting a needy person came and knocked on the door and begged them he was a beggar he asked for help they took all their foods which consist of five pieces of bread and gave it to the needy and they broke their fasting with only drink of water the next day the same incident repeats itself but this time it was a captive who came and knocked on the door and asked for help again they give him all their food that they had at their disposal the third day again the same thing the same scenario repeated itself where there was an orphan who came and begged the household of the prophet for assistance now let's remember the captive who came and knocked on the door was not a Muslim he was non Muslim and the household of the prophet offered him what they had some words with a word and he was done and what happened to them he and theroom that he gave say all his nickname of him is a länger than that ونظروا بهم أفضلهم ونظروا بهم أنهم كانوا مجموعة وقالوا إلهي أتموت درية محمد من الجوة هل أن أصبحت المحمد من مجموعة ونهنغر؟ في ذلك الوقت يجدون أفضل من المنزل ونسألهم أفضل من المنزل now that was a sacrifice there is a difference between generosity and sacrifice sacrifice is an ultimate kind of generosity generosity is that you give yet you don't stay in need but sacrifice meaning that you are in dire need of that thing yet you give it to others at the expense of yourself and that what the household of the prophet did that Ali and Fatima did that consciously because they were preparing their children for their ultimate sacrifice that was a training if it were not those moments that Ali and Fatima would teach their children Imam Hassan and Imam Hussein were not able to do the ultimate sacrifice who have saved the entire humanity and the religion of God from the filth of Bani Umayyah so that was a lesson very well learned by Hassan and Hussein the fourth ayah it's called where the Almighty mandates the love and showing of the love and affection and demonstration at its best to the household of the prophet where it says قل لا أسألكم عليه أجرا إلا المودة في القربة this is verse number 23 of Surah Al-Shura the Almighty make it compulsory and mandatory upon all Muslims to observe love and show their love and admiration to his household there are couple points that we need to allude to number one whoever has fought Hassan Ibn Ali and showed animosity toward him is complicit of neglecting this ayah becoming disobedient of the call of Allah someone who showed hatred and animosity and involved in fighting Hassan Ibn Ali Ibn Abi Talib means that he became disobedient and disregarded this ayah no matter how important is that person no matter how much the official history glorifies that person this person is sinful of showing hatred to the Imam Al-Hassan the second thing the second valuable point that we deduct from this is that those mentioned in the household are considered to be infallible why? because the Almighty ask us to show our love constantly at any time to them now as a Muslim an observant Muslim if we see someone who is disobedient to God and commits sins we should show our resentment and disown the person and show our disgust not our love meaning that the household of the Prophet they never make a mistake they never make a sin otherwise God would not ask would not command us to show our love and affection to them and the last point is that the love of Ahl al-Bait is the most important thing the most valuable thing that anyone can imagine why? because the Prophet equates that with the price of his message he says I am not seeking any compensation for my message and legacy that I have brought to you that you will be saved from the Hellfire except one thing and that's showing the love of Ahl al-Bait he's striking an equation on one side is salvation from Hellfire and getting into the heaven on the other side is the love of Ahl al-Bait therefore when we say that the love of Ahl al-Bait is the most valuable thing we have not exaggerated at all may Allah make us all the lovers of Ahl al-Bait يا من إليه يلجأوا المتحير يا من به يستأنسوا المريد يا من به يفتخروا المحبون يا من في عفوه يطمعوا الخاطئ يا من إليه يسكنوا الموقن يا من عليه يتوكلوا المتوكلوا سبحانك يا لا فألاوت خلصناه من النار اللهم إني يسألك باسمك يا حبيب يا طبي يا قريب يا رقي يا حسيب يا مهي يا مثيب يا مجي يا خبير بصي سبحانك يا خلصناه من النار يا أقربا من كل قريب يا أحبا من كل حبيب يا أبصر من كل بصي يا أخبرا من كل خبيب يا أشرفا من كل شري أرفعا من كل رفيني يا أقوى من كل قوي يا أغنا من كل غناج ودى من كل جوا سبحانك خلصناه من النار سبحانك يا رب باللداء وممال دعا جوشن الكبير سنجد تقديم سقمات number 43, 44 و45 سقمات number 43 تقديم سقمات number 2 بصناحة يا من إليه يا رب الخائفون يا من إليه يا فزع المدينون مذنبون يا من إليه يا قصد المنبون يا من إليه أرغبوا الساهدون، يا من إليه يلجأوا المتحيرون، يا من به يستأنسوا المريدون، يا من به يفتخروا المحبون، يا من في عفوه يطمعوا الخاطئون، يا من إليه يسكنوا الموقنون، يا من عليه يتوكلوا المتوكلون The words يتوكل المتوكلون. This is a beautiful phrase. توكل. Reliance and a trust in the Almighty. الله سبحانه وتعالى. One of the most valuable worships and means of seeking nearness to God is through توكل or reliance on the Almighty. What does that mean? It means that our hearts are sincere, that everything is at the hand of the Lord. He is the ultimate source of power. He is the ultimate source of goodness. He can change things. He can make things in our advantage. This is meaning of توكل. When I have a complete faith and certainty of God's wisdom and ability to do everything in any favourable way and second, I act upon it. This means توكل. Now, is there any contradiction between believing in God's ability and having توكل and reliance on God versus working hard or seeking the apparent causes of things? Is there a contradiction between the two? There isn't any contradiction. Someone who has full confidence on God and truly trusts God at the same time he has to seek the apparent causes to reach his own destination. If someone is in the middle of nowhere and he wants to move fast, he has to take a vehicle. He cannot say I am relying on God. He will take me from spot A to spot B without any means. He has to take the means. A farmer, for example, cannot say I will stay in my home and don't go to my farm. So in return I have reliance on God. He will get me what I want. This is not توكل. توكل is that when you work hard, when you seek the apparent causes of things because this is how God has designed the entire system of His creation. There are divine creations, divine laws and His creations. And that divine law says that there isn't anything without an apparent cause. There must be an apparent cause. Even if that cause is so weak, so frail, unmentionable yet you have to take the course of seeking that apparent cause. I can give you an example. Virgin Mary, when she was pregnant with her son, she was very weak, terrified, isolated and very frail. When she took away from her community, she reached a place where there was a palm tree. Now God wanted to feed her. He didn't descend or brought down those dates, those fresh dates to her. Rather, he asked her to shake the tree. وَهُزِّي إِلَيكِ بَجَدْعَ النَّخْلَةَ تُساقطُ عَلَيكِ رُطَبَنْ جَنِيًا Well, how easy to shake a very formidable palm tree to get its fruit. It is very difficult. It's not an easy job. In fact, the farmer has to climb all the way to the top of the palm tree and pull those dates down. But the Almighty asked Mary to shake it, meaning she has to take the apparent natural course of the apparent causes. Even if it's so weak, even it's just a rubber stamp. Even that would not make any sense, yet she has to take it. Because God will put Baraka in that thing, will make it work and become a fruitful. With a single shake, the fruit, the fresh dates descended and came down to her. So here we have to take this natural course of things that we seek the apparent causes. We cannot stay at home and say, I am relying on God. And God would send me everything. God would not hear us, would not listen to us. What are the fruits of توقل? Number one, when we work hard and rely on God, number one thing that we are assured is success and victory. Here the Almighty says, إن ينصركم الله فلا غالب لكم. وإن يخدلكم فمن ذالذي ينصركم من بعد وعلى الله فلي توقل المتوكلون. If you want to be successful, if you want to read salvation or victory, overcoming challenges, overcoming the enemy, you have to have توقل. Total reliance on the Almighty. The second fruit of توقل is that you will be protected and shielded from the effect of شيطان. The evil effect where the Almighty says فإذا قرأت القرآن فاستعد بالله من الشيطان الرجيم. إنه ليس له سلطان على الذين آمنوا وعلى ربهم يتوقلون. He cannot control those who have full reliance توقل on the Almighty. Meaning that there is a shield between us and شيطان if we have total reliance on him. The third factor is to create and foster this spirit of courage and bravery. People became courageous. They became brave when they have total reliance on God because they know that nothing will happen to them as long as God is satisfied with them. As long as they are in compliance with God's order and they rely completely on him. As the ayah says Nothing will happen to us if God doesn't want that. Everything that will take place should be with his will and with his order. This is the meaning of reliance. And the final fruit of relying on Allah سبحانه وتعالى is the embodiment. It is the verification of our faith. When we claim that we are faithful how do we put this into demonstration? Is that when we rely on him when we have a complete and total reliance and a trust on him? Now, what about the complacency? Again, do they go hand in hand complacency with Tawakul? No. Someone cannot stay at home and say I have a total dependency and reliance on God and God will bring me my nourishment and my basic needs. God would say you have to go outside and work. The same way as the great prophets of God has done that. They worked hard and they achieved it. And they earned it due to the success and the help of God to them. The second segment is segment number 44 and the theme is to cultivate love where it says أسألك باسمك يا حبيب يا طريبي يا قريب يا رقيب يا حسيب يا مهيب يا مثيب يا مجيب يا خبير يا بصير It says Oh the beloved the physician the healer the nearer the supervisor the rickner to account the awful the rewarder the acceptor aware all seeing the word يا حبيب يا طبيب God is beloved. Now this road of love is a two way loving and being loved you have to show the love in order to receive the love. It's an environment where both way should work an atmosphere that has two ways as we have said earlier that it is mandatory and naturally accepting that every single one should feel the love towards others and be beloved be embraced this is how natural life is when you look at those criminals especially the youngsters the juveniles who end up in prison and are inmates when you look at them you see that the majority of them they were deprived from the warm atmosphere of the family where they could not share and experience love this feeling therefore they were abandoned and that will causes an imbalance to the personality disturbance to our daily activities love is an integral part of anything the hadith says from the prophet بس بيع بنهم says أفاضلكم أحاسنكم أخلاقا الموطعون أكناثة الذين يألفون وتوطأوا رحالهم أفضل منكم هؤلاء الذين are lenient with people who can be loved and can love can integrate in society and society also will miss them they will embrace them they would love them they will keep them if they are away the society will miss them this is how it is a man came to an Imam and told him هل الحب في الدين does religion have love the Imam said و هل الدين إلا الحب the whole religion the whole faith is based on love God has made this religion so we love each other and have a very warm and good relationship with each other to have harmonious relationship with each other the segment number 45 the theme is to dispel fearful dreams where it says the nearest of all the friendliest of all friends the possessor of a greater inside than all others most aware of all the noblest of all nobles most exalted of all most independent of all most generous of all kindness of all those who are kind it is where it says the nearest of all يا أقرب من كل قريب God is a closer thing to us more than anything else the Almighty says و لقد خلقنا الإنسان و نعلموا ما توهس و نعلموا ما توهس و نعلموا ما توهس و نعلموا ما توهس و الشبه نفسه و نحن أقربه إليه من حبل الوريب g ج와ك Wat و إذا سألك عبادة عني فإنني قريب I am so close I can hear them when they Musa ask Allah tells them يا رب أبعيد أنت فأناديك أم قريب فأناديك Are you far away that I shout when I talk to you or you are close that I whisper God tells him neither one أن جليس من ذكرني I am confident I am the soulmate of whoever mentions me maybe he doesn't even use his tongue only in heart he mentions me I will become his جليس and his confident may the Almighty give us the ability the guidance and power to follow through his commands والسلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركات perform good acts while you are still in the vastness of life the books are open for recording of actions the dependence is allowed the runner away from Allah is being called and the sinner is being given hope of forgiveness before the light of the action is put off time expires life ends go for it dependence is closed and angels ascend to the sky therefore a man should derive benefit for himself from the living for the dead from the mortal for the lasting end from the departure for that stare a man should fear Allah while he is given age to live up to his death and is allowed time to act a man should control his self by rain and hold it with its bridge thus by the rain he should prevent it from disobedience towards Allah and by the bridle he should lead it towards obedience to Allah