 الحمد لله رب العالمين الحمد لله الذي هدانا لهذا وما كنا لنا احتدي لولان هدان الله الحمد لله الذي انزل الفرخان على عبده ليكون للعالمين نذيرا والصلاة والسلام على خير خلق ونور عارشي أفضل الأنبياء والمرسلين حبيبنا وسيدنا وسندنا وشفيعنا ومولانا ومولانا ومولانا أب القاسم محمد الله نصر على آله التيبين الطاهرين المعاصمين المظلمين أما بعد فقد قال الله سبحانه وتعالى في كتاب المجهيد وقوله الحق وهو أستقص صادقين بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إن الله اشترى من المؤمنين أنفسهم وأموالهم بأن لهم الجنة يقاتلون في سبيل الله ويقتلون ويقتلون وعدا عليه حق في التورات والإنجيل والقرآن صدق الله عنه العظيم صلى الله عليه وسلم محمد وآله المحمد أبدأ في الله's name the benefit sent to the merciful and on this most momentous night in which the religion of Islam was saved from the machinations and the tyranny and the people of Islam was saved from the machinations and the tyranny of the ignorance that our blessed Imam has given his life and his family and I send condolences to the whole human race and I send salams with you to Imam Hussein عليه السلام together السلام عليك يا أبا عبد الله السلام عليك يا ابن رسول الله السلام عليك يا أبا عبد الله الحسين وعلى ذرواح التي حلاتي فينا عليكم مني سلام الله أبدا ما بقيت وبقية الليل والنهام ولا جعل الله واخر لاهد مني لزيارتكم سلام علي الحسين الحسين خصوصا سيد ومهو أختك زيناب وبانتك رقية جميعا شهداء كربلا ورحمة الله وبركاته السلام عليك يا محمد وآله المحمد سامر نايت أعجبنا all in this blessed night the night of ashura this is not a small night this is a big night many many events took place on this night even Musa عليه السلام as you know freed the bani Israel on the day of ashura and as you know Allah has honored this day we should be somber we should be reflective and cognizant of the fact that our new year as Muslims begins with meditation reflection and somberness not with popping champagne and being merry in silly ways for our religion is rational it's grounded it's meaningful not in animalistic ways where we just become reckless with our behaviors and it leads us to become a reckless society rather we're controlled we're compassionate we're loving, we're caring, we're sharing we're giving and we're forgiving insha'Allah and tonight I would like to speak about many subjects but I know and I'm sincere about this that no matter how much I talk and no matter how much I express myself I can never do justice to Imam Hussein عليه السلام never no matter what I say no matter how much we expose we can never do justice to him for his sacrifice with that level of empathy is just impossible to reach suffice it to say though that when we make an effort and we shed tears tears of understanding tears of compassion tears of sympathy hopefully tears of empathy that Allah سبحانه وتعالى will accept us among those who love his agents when Allah says في بيوتين أذن الله أن ترفع ويذكر فيه اسمه يصبه له فيها بالغدو والأعصان رجال لا تلحيه امتجارة ولا بيع عن ذكر الله وإقام الصلاة من تتقلّبه فيه القلوب ولا بصعار الله يصبه في المساعدة الذي يصبه في بيوتين أذن الله أن ترفع ويذكر فيه اسمه يصبه ويذكر فيه اسمه يعني when people say do we need intercessors is intercession allowed in Islam is it allowed for you and I to consider others as a means to God and I posit many questions on this and I want you to ponder all of us the most profound intercession if you and I have a doubt in this matter the commemoration the shedding of tears the visitations of the graves of the chosen agents of God if you and I have a problem with it then you and I have a problem with the following when Allah commanded the angels بإذقاء ربك للملائكة إن يجعلهم في الأرض خليفة when Allah decreed to the angels that I am going to place on earth my representative you and I know unequivocally that shirk and bowing to anyone other than Allah is a cardinal sin إن الشرق لظلم عظيم when you bow to anyone other than Allah it is association with God meaning idolatry polytheism we all agree with this this is why we are Muslims what differentiates Islam from all the religions in the world is no one has the purity of monotheism but our religion no one Christians, Jews are monotheistic but their monotheism is not pure with all your respect they give a son وقالت إن نصار المصيح إبن الله the Jews claim that Ozel was the son of God historically and the Christians claim that Jesus is the son of God that tainted is not equivalent to the way we say الله الصمد لم يلد ولم يولد ولم يكله كفون أحد look at the purity of these verses when the Prophet placed this on the Kaaba they said this is not the sings of a human being and we say what say God is uniquely one unique not وحد أحد وحد you can add أحد you can't add قل هو الله أحد الله is independent he does not begat nor is he begotten and there is no one like him no equal there is no comparison to Allah yet الله commanded the angels to bow to Adam interesting technically speaking when shaytan refused to bow الله says إلا إبليس except Iblis refused would you not say logically that Iblis was a pure mu'ahid he didn't want to worship anyone other than Allah and therefore he rejected even Allah to bow to anyone else you would think that yes he is the best one among all because he is refusing to bow to anyone but Allah what a foolish idea for it is Allah who is the authority وَلَا إِنْ سَأَلْتَمْ مَنْحَلَقَ الصَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْمِ لَيَخُولُنَّ اللَّهُ أُولِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّا بَالْأَكْثَرُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ when they are told and asked who created the universe they say Allah because they say glory be to Allah how little do they understand but there is a difference in saying Allah and glory be to Allah when Allah commands يَعْلَدِنَ آمَنُوا لَا تُقَدْمُ بَيْنَ اِدَيْ اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ وَتَّقُوا اللَّهُ or you believe do not go ahead of Allah and his messenger and be God conscious so when shaitan is refusing to bow to Adam you would think that is a great thing because he is refusing to be the one who bows to anyone but Allah so then Allah should have rewarded him rather Allah condemned him أخرج get out فينه رجيم you are cursed why? because Allah says if you do not take my shifa if you do not recognize my agents on earth and if you do not honor them and if you think you are better than them and if you refuse to obey my command when I have appointed them and that they are my agents by which their hand is my hand their tongue is my tongue so when you and I question this tonight we are commemorating how important is he in our Dean I question this that why did Allah ask the angels by the way Malakut Malakut means the angelic environment إبليس is not an angel by the way people say he is a fallen angel he is not an angel وَكَانَ مِنَ الْجِنْ he is of the jinn he is made of intense fire angels are made of light you and I are made of clay now you would think so the reason by the way shaitan is a title his real name is إبليس شايتان by the way just a quick footnote since it's prevalent the root word is شطنة شطنة means that which harms you humans are also known as if they disobey Allah anything that harms you becomes shaitan so الشايتان is the arch-deceiver the arch-danger ألا محدي لكم يا بني آدمان and لا تعبدوا الشايتان إنه لكم عدو ومبين did we not warn you do not obey this one he is your arch enemy so when he was commanded to bow also because he was in the dominion among the angels which Allah had conferred upon him due to his prior worship in elevation but it got to his head he became arrogant thinking I'm special so it's a warning to us when we become religious empires and we become famous and we become well-known less you and I become arrogant and we lose it like shaitan God forbid so that's why he was also commanded but the wisdom of Allah in commanding the angels to bow to Adam and not to Allah is profound is deep and one of the wisdoms is the fact that Allah is saying when I choose my agents and I command you to obey them you must obey them it is my hukam it is my decree and if you disobey it I condemn you this is Allah سبحانه وتعالى there are those today in the Middle East with red beards who want to hear us every time we want to go near and obey they want to disconnect us from that love when God has put love in us towards them just like when we love our children we want to hug them it's interesting when I go to Medina and I see the majority of the people there are not from the Ja'afari school of thought but they are eager and dying to touch the sarcophagus the Darih of Rasoolillah and I'm wondering why human nature, the love is in Amin and Fusim the Prophet is greater right over you than you have over yourself and Allah loves the Holy Prophet as we say imagine the following verse in Surat Al-Ahzab you know there is one thing for Allah to command you and I to do it there is another for Allah to do it first and then to command us it's very different when Allah commands us to maintain prayers it's a command of Allah here in this ayah He tells us to do it do you know which one I'm alluding to? in Allah وملائكة indeed Allah and the angels send blessings to the Prophet يا you الذين آمنوا صلوا عليه وسلموا تسليمهم indeed Allah and the angels do it first can you imagine send blessings to the Prophet how great a man he is that when Allah سبحان الذي أصرى من المسجد الحرام إلى المسجد الأقصى الذي باركنا حوله لنور يهو من آياته الله سبحانه وتعالى I took this servant of mine to the furthest heavens قابق أو سيني أو أدنى I took him so close to my throne throne here is not physical understand it's where the authority of God is so pure that no creations can enter it except the one Allah chooses this is how honored the Prophet is and if you read the Quran the way Allah honors him it's a miracle that none of us as Muslims worship him as a God it's a miracle the Muslim world does not worship the Messenger of God given the power and authority he has that's the wisdom of Allah سبحانه وتعالى but how important is my Prophet ask any Muslim in the world can you say لا إله إلا الله and it's enough at the end of the day it wasn't the role of the Prophet to take us to Allah when he came in the Bible to the people he says your Lord is one لا إله إلا الله there is no God but one every Prophet was a Mu'ahid who promoted oneness of God every Prophet so can I say today لا إله إلا الله I'm Muslim no you're not a Muslim two nights ago a brother came to me he says I want to do my Shahada beautiful after I spoke about that boy becoming a Muslim so my brother came to say I want to do my Shahada he said are you ready he said yes I've been searching I know the way so what are you going to do I said you know that you already have the Shahada you have the Islam in your heart now utter it with your tongue and put it in action and go purify yourself for Allah tonight after your Shahada Allah will erase all the precedence لا إله إلا الله محمد الرسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم محمد وعيل محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم أهم is the name محمد you go to the world book of records and see which name is number one in the world even England in the United Kingdom which has its tentacles in the chaos of the world today the British government has so many tentacles yet they are first born the most the most names given in the United Kingdom is محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم ورفعنا لك ذكرك we raised your name how important is raising the name الله says الله نور السماوات والأرض مثل نور كمشكات فيها مسباح المسباح في زجاجة زجاجة كأنها كوكبندوري بشجرة مباركة زيتونة لا شرخية ولا غربية زيتها يضي ولا الله تمسسه نار نور على نور يهدي الله لنوره من يشاء ويضرب الله الأمثال للناس how beautiful Allah is saying Allah is the light of the universe the similarity of this light مثل نوره is like a niche in which there is a lamp and the lamp is covered with glass which glitters look at it amazing analogy when they read this ayah in surat al-noor they are unable to fathom its vastness of message and Allah says meaning first of all it is lit with a special oil lamp من شجرة مباركة from a blessed tree زيتونة ولا لا شرخية ولا غربية neither east nor west its special chosen by God you and I cannot appoint imams you and I cannot appoint خلافاء of Allah 124,000 prophets came not a single human being was allowed to choose not a single one why? give us some practice on how to do it teach us how can an ignorant society choose a leader it's like putting the card in front of the horse how can you and I gather together a 51% voting round and say we're gonna choose you to lead us when we're all relatively ignorant it is only Allah who chooses Allah says you can't not even a prophet can you imagine موسى عليه الصلاة is told by Allah إذ هديلا فرعون إنه تغى go to فرعون he has exceeded his boundaries موسى is not only a prophet he is a Rasool أول العظم not an average prophet extremely chosen Quran mentions his name one of the most mentioned names in the Quran is موسى عليه الصلاة the most revealed prophet one of the most إبراهيم موسى عنو عيسى all of these highly revealed prophets he says go to فرعون he has exceeded his boundaries موسى is a prophet his brother Haroon is a prophet can't he just look at his brothers he says come on I've got a mission I choose you I choose you oh Haroon come with me Quran says even a prophet who is an أول العظم cannot choose he is talking to Allah he says واجعني وزيرا من أهل Haroon أخي make my brother my helper if a prophet cannot choose النبيين الرسول who is the highest in the stations of God cannot choose on one mission his brother who is already a prophet how can you and I choose explain to me please in a million years I can't understand that Allah says I choose نور على نور special they come from a special blessed progeny from a tree that is pure شجرة مباركة زيتونة لا شرقية ولا غربية and Allah says who are they وَلَوْ لَمْ تَمْسَسْهُ نَارْ fire doesn't touch them meaning إبليس who is made of fire cannot touch them and يوم القيامة hell will never touch them because they are pure وَلَوْ لَمْ تَمْسَسْهُ نَارْ نور على نور light upon light يَهْدِ اللَّهُ اللي نوري من يشاء and God guides to the light who he holds إمام السينة إمام السينة is نور على نور إمام علي على السلام نورنا إمام حسن فاتمت الزهراء سلام الله زينا these people نور على نور يهدِ الله اللي نوري إمام زين العبدين على السلام نور على نور light upon light and then after this verse is the verse I just recited before في بيوتينة in Allah in houses which God has exalted and through them God is remembered night and day through them this commemoration is not some concoction we have this is the command of God this is the greatest worship you and I will do is when we remember أحلى البيت it's the greatest worship when we recognize the agents of God for then Shaytan cannot fool us for we have role models we have people to hold on to for Allah is saying to Iblis if you refuse to bow to Adam get out of my dominion for I curse you so when people say شفاء should we mention the names of Ahl al-Bayt you know how important it is to mention them if you look at the stories of Ahl al-Bayt the prophet himself if you see it's Haifa Sajadi of Imam زين العبدين amazing 34 years Imam زين العبدين عليه السلام spent decades and he wrote after Karbala if we talk about it it makes my skin shudder for how could a man with such level of patience spend the time to write dua meaning prayers for you and I to meet any condition you have problems with health there's a dua finances there's a dua somebody says bad things to you dua you want to do something else the dua there's a dua for any issue you and I have Imam زين العبدين has written them you look at مصحف في مام عليه عليه السلام same thing what you find is the dua even in when you look in dua كوميل for example you will notice if you want to send the dua properly you give recognition to Ahl al-Bayt so when we started with the dua we said بحق محمد وانت المحمود وابحق علي وانت العلا وابحق فاتمة وانت فاطر السماوات والأرض وابحق الحسن وانت المحسن وابحق الحسين وانت قديم الإحسان وابحق تسأة المعصومين من ذرية الحسين وابحق كاف هايا عين صاد وابحق ها ميم عين سين قاف and then ask for prayers this kind of prayer even Imam سين عليه السلام before he goes and I will recite it tonight before he goes to become martin he holds the hand of Imam زين العبدين on his chest he said my mother has taught me this which was taught by Jibrail to my grandfather the holy prophet recited بحق ياسين والقرآن الحكيم وابحق تاها والقرآن البجيل you find that when you look at this and he say now after you recite this دع now ask Allah why? because Allah says you recognize my agent you understand who my agents are and why it is so important for you to understand because when you and I have our imams and the prophets in our vision then you and I will have a difficult time doing Haram you and I will say like people ask me this question you know this smoking or shisha you know it's not it's sort of like مبار maybe I said no Marja we have Maraja who condemned it made it Haram so don't go there and you don't need a Marja to tell you this like you got cyanide you're going to send a picture of cyanide to the Marja and say can I drink this one question I asked them I said can you see the prophet doing this I said no no I can't I said then take it off why is she had attained then why do I need to say شدن محمد رسول الله could you see محمد رسول الله could you ever see him doing this could you see him smoking could you see him in my conscious it's impossible to penetrate in my head even if I was to do that I can never see them doing it this is why الله says it's so important to hold on to them for when you see them as your ultimate role model you will follow their footsteps وين تطيع الله ورسوله لا يلتك من عمالكم الشيئان if you obey Allah in the prophet your deeds will be intact صلوات رحم محمد ويل محمد when we talk about Imam Hussein and his family leaving these are not ordinary people these are extraordinary chosen people and their power is so amazing that even in the geopolitics of the world today they are afraid of you and I crying or believing in them or loving them they are so afraid that clandestinal organizations study our psychology in Ashura as to what is the impetus that will bring justice on earth that will break the shackles and the knees of the tyrants of the world it's going to come to the blood of Imam Hussein صلى الله عليه وسلم صلى الله عليه وسلم صلى الله عليه وسلم صلى الله عليه وسلم صلى الله عليه وسلم you find that Imam Hussein Asim you no and did Allah let me translate hurricane we translate Allah has bought of the believers their persons in their property for this the shall have the garden. they're fighting on the way so they slay and are slain. a promise which is binding on him, in the where and achievements and the Qur'an its amazing that when you read this verse in Гдеص Turkumbling verse 11 تجد أن الله سبحانه وتعالى مستحيلة how does Allah مستحيلة it's freewill you and I have to sell it but these agents of Allah who Allah creates special chosen by Him commanded for you and I to follow them and to consider them essential and if you remove them out of the equation we are lost so for you and I to say I don't need a prophet I don't need أحل البيت، لا أحتاج أي شيء، حسبنا كتاب الله لا لا كتاب الله إذا كنتظر إلى الكتاب الكتاب من الله يساعدنا أن أبقهم يا يولا دين آمنوا أعطيوا الله وأعطيوا الرسول وأولي لامر منكم إذا كنتب كتاب is enough الكتاب is telling me go and obey Allah and the messenger and those with authority from among you وأولي لامر منكم meaning now إمام الحج عجل الله تعالى فرجاء is our Imam now he is the أولي لامر منكم please understand that منكم meaning not from whom منكم not them now there is always a living Imam and Allah says obey them it's a command of Allah so when we talk about these personalities we wonder why are they so important المنطقة is such that we are driven by role models and if you look at the core principles you will see leadership is what drives everything when you have good leadership you execute when you lack leadership even if you have the capacity to do something you won't be able to do it if you took the best basketball players in the world and you didn't give them a captain or you didn't give them a coach and they played the likelihood of them winning is low but they are the best in the world but they are not coordinated they don't have a single vision leadership is lacking so it's chaos in a corporation if you ever incorporated a company in any civil society you will notice that you must designate a leader who is going to be the person who is going to be responsible for the future and the manager of this business and you can designate yourself as the director or the president or whatever but you have to be the leader first before you can designate a company why? because by law of nature we are bound by leadership our countries demand leadership we have to have leaders we appoint them they are selected sometimes sometimes they are monarchies nonetheless there has to be a leader why? because that's how you bring harmony leadership extremely important right? so when we examine the leadership in Islam if the world today is bereft of manager a leader who Allah SWT has to appoint then mankind will be in a state of chaos anarchy leadership is extremely important but you will notice the quality of the people designates the leader and the leader tends to be the one who will now designate the quality of the people implying that when you see bad leadership you'll find the people tend to be bad if you find that there's good leadership people tend to become good so that is why it is so important for you and I to designate within our hearts who is my leader Allah says your prophet is your leader then after him who reflects who follows the footsteps of the prophet you must have a living leader chosen by Allah that's why it's so important you and I by the way if you look at our societies today the likes and dislikes of our children the societal traditions that you and I have is because others are doing it we are all affected by our surroundings that is why it is extremely important for you and I in tonight's remembrance of Shahad of Imam Hussein in every step he took you say that is my leader and every move he made is what I want to live by the standards of that sacrifice that I want to live so how do we know Imam Hussein is an amazing is the finest leader in the world he sacrificed his self for Allah and I'll tell you therefore I can tell you that Imam Hussein loves Allah you might say how do we know I love you if I say to a brother I say I love you I say to my Haj Hassan I love you that's just a sentence it means nothing I love you Haj I love you okay Mashallah I love you you love me too what does that mean it means nothing it's just words it's when you live the love that you really love and how do you live the love you must sacrifice if you don't sacrifice you don't love you go on a vacation with somebody you love and no problems you don't know that's real love it's when you have problems and the person is willing to sacrifice their selves their wealth and their happiness for your happiness that's love الله says لن تنال البر حتى تنفقوا من ما تحبون you will not achieve righteousness until you give with that which you love most Imam Hussein عليه السلام loves Allah he gave what he loves the most not only his children not only his wealth but his self his head this is true love and I'm telling us all if you and I really want to understand love go there because when you conquer that love there will be no greater love for there is no greater love than the love of Allah even the word Allah if you break it down deep Allah says the depth of the word Allah means one who is most worthy of being loved that's the deep meaning of the name Allah one who is most worthy but when does that love come brothers and sisters you know when it comes to purity is when you are abandoned is when everything is taken away from you when things are taken from us and the promises are broken and people invite and they turn their backs the way they did to Imam Hussein عليه السلام and the swords were being sharpened to kill him when yesterday the Prophet was carrying him on his back and kissing him lip to lip that today they abandoned him in a heartbeat people said you the prince of the Prophet who carried you لحمهم لحمي ودمهم دمي their flesh is my flesh their blood is my blood you people turn the blind eye but the Imam was in love with Allah Imam Musa Naja'far Al-Qadim was in prison for decades he loved Allah he didn't care but there is nothing more beautiful when it comes to love it's when the world abandons you that's why Allah in the Quran says وَلَنَبْلُوَنَّكُمْ بِشَيْئِمْ مِنَ الْخَوْفِ وَالْجُوْعِ وَنَقْسِنْ مِنَ الْمْوَالْ وَالْأَنْفُسِ وَالْتَمَرَاتِ وَبَشِّرِ الصَّابِرِهِنْ الذين إذا أصابتهم مصيبة قالوا إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ وَأُولَائِكَ عَلَيْهِمْ سَلَوَاتُ مِنْ رَبِّيْمِ وَأُولَائِكَ هُمُ الْمُهْتَدُونَ these are the ones who Allah sends blessings to and these are the ones who are guided who Allah says we will test them with loss life, fear everything, everything everything is laid out كربلا is one of the best examples in history in human race of this where iman is giving everything وَالَنَبْلُوَنَّكُمْ بِشَيْئِمْ مِنَ الْخَوْفِ خروف they will stand up there unafraid نقص من الأول والانفص والثمرات everything is on the table Allah says give the good news to the patient ones الذين إذا أصابتهم نصيبة who when they are in this difficult time they say we are from Allah and we will return to him this is quintessential death of love when you and I do something for Allah and our friends are going to abandon us don't be afraid when you and I take the step towards Allah I know friends for example who want to pray somebody pray to say oh my friend is praying I'm no longer with him I know so many sisters who are afraid to wear hijab because they will lose their friends I know a sister who came to me and said brother I don't wear hijab I go out sunbathing with my friends but now I've realized hijab is important for me but I'm afraid I said what are you afraid of she said I'm afraid my friends will abandon me I said for doing a good deed they will abandon you what kind of friends do you have can you imagine when you do something good your friend abandons you is that really a friend or an enemy that's an enemy keeping you inside the ditch who's making sure you never get out and you think you're so safe because you've got this friend next to you it's an enemy I'd rather have a wise enemy than a foolish friend at least the wise one will think twice before he kills me but this foolish friend is killing me in their pretentious love so I said to a sister don't be afraid she says I'm afraid I said fall in love with Allah and you need it and you need to be abandoned sometimes take the step of Allah and be purified brother I can't I said try it you will be amazed for this modesty and dignity that has entered your heart is precious and shaitan doesn't want you to have it he wants you to be abused so give it up she said ok she put the hijab on and those same friends not only gave her up they cursed her they condemned her she said oh my god I never knew these are the people I spent decades growing up together that now they're cursing me simply because I put a head covering and I'm wearing loose clothes they curse me I said sister they were not your friends they were your enemy they would have killed you in a heartbeat who wants them we want purity we want companions of Imam Hussein thousands came with him Imam says no I want purity I want the special ones the ones who are hardcore believers of God I need is one good friend in life you have one good friend like that you have a treasure she gave up she became lonely she said brother what do I do I said pray to God you're not lonely what are you talking about you are actually very weak in yourself you are so dependent on accolades your feeling is dependent on other people's feelings I feel good because my friends feel good about me what kind of a silly thought is that we live like that in the world today we are living likes you know please like me please how many likes do I have how many likes I'm wondering ya Allah I can't sleep at night how many likes did I get today do people like me are you kidding me ya but I have so many likes you think Allah is going to ask on judgment day حسنين how many likes did you have يوم لا ينفعوا مالون ولا بنون إلا منط الله on that day nothing will help you but hearts to the tranquil how do hearts become tranquil unless they purify Allah when you do zikr of Allah and you fall in love with Him and you hold on to Him and say let the world come or it doesn't come I don't care for my services to my Lord and when I go six feet down I cannot jump in they have to bury me and even if they stand there for a day or two they have to go home we as a human race somehow have forgotten this part that we are alone with Allah and I tell you when Allah helps us oh my God you own the universe Allah says in ينصركم الله فلا غالب لكم وإن يخضلكم فمن ذا الذي ينصركم من بعد when you God when Allah in ينصركم الله فلا غالب لكم وإن يخضلكم and if God doesn't help you who will help you you know Arnold Schwarzenegger the governor of california famous actor governor amazing mr. universe he's a phenomenal body they have a statue of him in california and he was trying to go into the museum they wouldn't let him go in he said this is my statue you know he took a sleeping bag and slept outside of it he said see all this is all fake they gave me popularity because I was famous then today I'm not as famous they say they don't want me anymore Arnold Schwarzenegger you are on your own come to your Lord when I take everything away from you I love you when I strip things away from you I love you for if you understand the value of loss and you really hold on and you will see that Allah when he loves you he challenges you and says okay I'm going to take this away from you what are you going to do many of us complain oh there is no God I don't like him he doesn't like me he took my toys away from me no no Allah says I love you too much you are too distracted with these phones and material and money give it up look at me when you do successful are the believers when they come to prayers they are in a state of khushu where should I go what should I go it's an amazing thing when you forget something just open up the carpet man and start praying you'll remember everything because shaitan is now whispering stop stop stop no you're with me you're going to hell with me and you find Allah that's all when I remember Imam saying wait he's all alone tonight when I speak about him oh my god it's the most powerful moment when he says who is there to help me I reply to you my father Imam says no not you I'm calling the people are you all standing out for justice are you rising against tyranny the prophet said in his famous hadith and Imam reiterates his hadith I'll recite it he says I'll just read the English part whoever is faced with a ruler who is oppressive and who permits what is prohibited by Allah who breaks the covenants of Allah who contradicts the sunnah the prophet of Allah who acts with wickedness and gross injustice towards people if he does not not oppose him either by action or by words it would be right for Allah to put him into such an abode that befits him meaning maybe hell so when you and I sleep at night and no tyranny is taking place injustice is taking place not only on the geopolitical level but among our societies we are using drugs into our children we are infusing haram gossiping backbiting in decency as part of our social fabric and you and I see it where backbiting is taking place fault finding is taking place the prophet says if you don't do something to stop it you will be like them my grandfather served water to the army of yazid he didn't fight they are the sword the Imam says he is no different than the one who lifted the sword for they are the same they helped each other they were enablers so our tacit silence and acquiescence to the pressures of society that takes us to becoming decent immoral unethical human beings is tantamount to the leader who is promoting this madness to say that well it's okay they are doing it Allah is condemning that what have you done فليستجيب لي therefore answer me وليؤمنو بي so that you are guided so this sister by the way who gave up her friends was lonely for a few months but you could see she was getting purified it's like going to the gym you are so out of shape usually until you get in shape then the world changes that sister today has never accepted it she said in the friends I have now are priceless I have a few but they are priceless I had dozens before they were useless now they are priceless but how did it come with loss you see when the prophet hears that jibrail tells him soon after you this grandson of yours Husayn ibn Ali he is going to be butchered and martyred and beheaded and jibrail rings the soil of Karbala to the prophet and the prophet is crying he said really yeah Allah says you know I mean نصر الله و الفتح ورأيت الناس يدخلون في دين الله أفواجه when my help comes to you with victory and people are entering the region of Islam in armies أفواجه everybody is praising the prophet can you imagine how painful that must be that when you are dealing with hundreds of thousands of people in your audience and you know that as soon as you leave the very one you have appointed who is going to be his representative and he says Husayn is from me and I am from Husayn that the prophet is holding this earth and says that they will do this to my grandson I said yes you and I must question ourselves for how party are we to this thought that we witness that there is no God but Allah and the prophet is our messenger will we stand without living Imam will we promote justice will we demote indecency and tyranny will we are we the little things you and I do to conform with societies the lies that we concoct the pain we cause each other the lawsuits we give unnecessarily all for the sake of money and power these are all tent amount equivalent to what happened in Karbala will we do we have their capacity to replace this earth and gives it to Umm Salma and so Umm Salma hold this for there will come a day when it will turn red and on the day of Ashura it turned red and Umm Salma cried and she said my prophet told me this will happen but Imam Husayn alone why sacrificial unafraid but I'll tell you even the Quran states because Imam Husayn went رُكَّ عن صُجَّدًا يَبْتَغُونَ فَضْلَ مِنَ اللَّهُ وَرِدْوَانَ سِيمَا هُمْ فِي مُجُوْهِ مِنْ أَثَلِ الصُجُونَ you will see them praying giving charity رُكَّ عن صُجَّدًا for the pleasure of God they are in love with God unafraid you and I must keep Salah that the action of Imam Husayn in Karbala there is not enough time and I know I can't do justice usually as we know the day of Shahad of Imam Husayn is recited in the daytime it's going to recite this tonight I will recite this conclusion of Imam Husayn and then tomorrow we will discuss the aftermath of Karbala which I think is when the real Karbala started the aftermath the movement of Imam Husayn the movement of Zaynah oh God its reverberations are until now you and I are a product of this incredible power that the Imam gave sacrifice he went forward unafraid and it is so tragic in that moment of solitude I want us to touch solitude I want us to be alone let's remove this destruction of the world our friends our family our money our looks push it aside hold on to Allah و توقل الله إنما المؤمنين الذين إذا ذكر الله وجلت قلوبه و إذا تليت عليما يأتوا زادتهم إيمان و على ربهم يتوقلون the believers are those who when they hear the name of Allah it's palpitating وجلت قلوبهم when the verses of the Quran are recited و إذا تليت عليما يأتوا زادتهم إيمان and their faith increases and in their Lord they have trust trust this is a whole conversation about توقل و توقل على الله و كفى بالله وكيلة have faith in Allah trust it's unprecedented in history if you look here إمام السلام is doing dua it's an amazing dua اللهم أنت ثقة في كل كرب الله أكبر Our Lord upon you is my trust in every distress and hope in every calamity and it is you who is the source of confidence and esteem in every affair that confronts me you are the guardian of every blessing the master of every good work and the goal of every desire this Imam recited before he left to become mat tonight this sacrifice is so profound and tomorrow inshallah will recite the full history but I wanted to absorb in our hearts this solitude of Imam Hussein all along when he says who is there to help me you and I if we don't go through that we haven't really embarked towards Allah when you and I speak the truth the world will condemn us because they don't like it when you and I hold salah the world will feel angry I've seen it sometimes when we pray even in Muslim communities if we go to a restaurant and it's a lot of time we ask them can we pray? they say no no no there's no place here so we take something and we go outside on the lawn and when we're praying we see some people when they come they look at us with anger like did you have to pray now why? because when you pray you remind فذكر إنفعت الذكر سيذكر من يخشى اللذي يسلم نار القبر رمينهم رمينهم is beneficial who will listen to you? the one whose heart is ready to receive the one who will be against you? is the one who is wretched and he will look at you what are you doing? when you and I want to hold on to Dean when you and I say I want to quit my bad habits I'm going to become a better person you will see the ones who will attack you first are your friends watch and family and friends will be the ones who will be a first line of attack when that happens don't quit you know that something good coming for this is what Imam is teaching me he's teaching me that watch me watch what's happening to me right now I am giving everything up to teach you how to be alone with your Lord how to fall in love with your Lord إن كنتم تحبون الله فتبعوني then obey me if you claim to love Allah obey me follow me so Imam Hussein in the night of Ashwara as you know when Ibn Ziyad sends the letter to Omar ibn Sa'd and Omar ibn Sa'd tells him he's told start the war immediately immediately suddenly you find that Imam he's seeing this army attacking him he says whoa hold on I want to talk to Ibn Sa'd so Imam Hussein and Abbas they go towards Ibn Sa'd and they talk and Imam says what is going on حسناً Ibn Ziyad I must get your fealty I must get your bay'a I must get your submission now or I must kill you now Imam says if that is what you wish give us one night Ibn Sa'd hesitates because if he hesitates then he will think that he's weak he thinks that Ibn Ziyad look how he's trying to please Ibn Ziyad look how he looks up to a tyrant leader to please him this is the madness of the human race these are the people who will take them to hell with them now they're doing everything to please them and Imam Hussein say you know Ibn Sa'd we are the family of the prophet we love to pray رُكّان سُجَّدَن يَبْتَغُونَ فَضْلَمِنَ اللَّهِ we do ruku and sujud for the love of God سِيمَا هُمْ فِي وُجُوْهِمْ after his sujud you will see the signs of sujud on their faces you know we love to pray give us one night to pray so Ibn Sa'd reluctantly says ok and there was a buzzing night the other side was merry making sharpening their blades counting what they will get tomorrow from the tyrant kings while on this side they're making the ah each one is saying I'm gonna go before you no I'm gonna become Shahid before you no no no please pray that I become Shahid before you can you imagine the difference what a difference between the two groups you and I today have to decide for the rest of our lives which side of the army are we on when we grow up until we die which side of the army are we on because there is nothing more conspicuous when it comes to Haq meaning حلال and حرام then Karbala and they prayed and Imam went into sujud and he made such du'a continuously continuously praying my lord I love you my lord how pleased I am to have this option Imam was saying he's approaching Karbala Ali Akbar is with him he looks up and he says انا لله and he says what happened he said I see animals devouring my flesh the metaphor animals curry he said but it's okay we have sold our souls for Allah let us go that sacrifice take one percent two percent all of us let's live it and you and I will be there in the company insha'Allah judgment day insha'Allah so the Imam now looks around he says اينا اله Akbar he's gone اينا عبده he's gone اينا حبيب المضاء he's gone all the companions are dead all killed killed all of them Imam takes everybody and brings it back everybody brings it back some he could not he just left it there he could not it was difficult and Imam is looking around and he says بحمة Others then he hears his infant child his name is Abdullah as you know Imam as a six month old baby which he took with him to Karbala to show you how he didn't want to fight to show you how he loved peace to show you how he was going to expose the tyranncy and to show you his compassion he goes to the mother of Abdullah her name is rabab oh my god rebab if there is a dream نحن يجب أن نكون لدينا في فتاة مجموعة يجب أن نكون لدينا أسباوس يجب أن نكون لدينا رباوم رباوم كانت مجموعة كانت لدينا أخيين في كربالاوم رقياوم كانت أعرفة سكينة وعبدالله كانت أعرفة أليل أصدر كل هذه كانت في كربالاوم ونحن this young child was barely, barely crying because it had no energy anymore it was too thirsty and his tongue was sticking out parched, dry the father is feeling this pain that my son is a baby, a six-month baby سكينة is crying this little young girl is tugging on to his clothes أطع I'm thirsty how can a father just go and become a massacre and he has to show that compassion at least to make an effort he says to Ramad maybe there is some level of compassion in those enemies and I want to expose it I want to give them a chance you find that he takes this child hands are dangling it's holding an emotional life in my years of all the years I've tried to contemplate and meditate كربالا this to me is the most treacherous honestly for a six-month-old baby when my daughter was born if you have a little scratch you get worried oh my God she's bleeding what's going on she's sick I remember one time she was sick I took her to the hospital my wife and I was so disturbed like what's going to happen which doctor is going to look at her heart is she going to come out healthy just have a father and I'm in a hospital I'm in a safe environment Imam Hussein has no such luxury he's taking this infant beautiful child and he puts it up and says okay you people you don't like me you have a grudge against me you have a grudge against my father aren't you what wrong has this baby done at least feed this baby if you have any compassion feed it it will not harm him it will not harm you سبحان الله look at how amazing the reality is the soldier started looking because the Imam was the master of bringing people to Allah بالحكمة he said if you think I'm going to drink this water then I will put it down and you feed it the army starts to look and says that's a possibility ابن صاد looks the other way says this is dangerous for if this man can incite compassion in my army then they won't kill him so ابن صاد looks at Hormallah as you know Hormallah was an archer he was a very very precise archer his archery skills were impeccable he looks at Hormallah and says to Hormallah silence this child silence this call while the Imam is talking and he's invoking them to look at this beautiful little baby and strikes it into the neck of this little infant child and it shrieks this baby is screaming like this it shrieks and they say the arrow plunged into the Imam's arm a little bit too and he began to bleed and the blood is flowing Allah he looks up and he says ابن صاد for instead of eating in water his wife is standing there he says am I going to take this child back to her now I took her I took him away from his mother ابن صاد and she's watching this زينا بلسل I'm standing on the hill looking says wow Zayn what are they doing what have they done I'm used to send curses on them shame on you you foolish people shame on you you reckless people Imam comes back with this baby he goes back he says my lord we are satisfied with this tragedy we are satisfied we submit we submit to this command and you have taken this away from me or you enemies no problem I have trust in Allah and the Imam in his weak state takes the his sword and he digs a hole by the turret he digs a hole and above is this little baby lifeless who has left this world he buries it covers it you know after the history of Karbala meaning after the event of Imam Hussein these retching people went and took this baby take it to the king it's how bad they are Ali al-Asqar was even presented to Yazid Imam Hussein alaihi salam is now left looks around everybody's gone Imam Zayn al-Abideen he's standing up and says I will help you روح القدس I'm going to give you special knowledge for I'm now just giving up this to you you are my successor and they said every Imam before they left when the Prophet left also he whispered into the ears of the Imam and he transferred special knowledge روح القدس and Imam Zayn al-Abideen received it Imam says you are now and you will manage the affairs as God commanded you then he goes to his sister Zaynab he goes to Zaynab and he says my sister it's time for me to go give me those Yemeni trousers that I have let me wear it he puts on and he says tear it, rip it up so it has no value because these people are so ratchet that they will even take my clothes he puts on the green turban Imam says and he bids his sister goodbye she kisses him on his chest she says my brother this pain and he says Zaynab please be patient don't hurt yourself be patient Zaynab there's a big trial awaiting you Zaynab I can't imagine that conversation if I hear this conversation I don't think I'll ever overcome it because there's nothing in the universe more powerful than this conversation where he's leaving her and saying Zaynab you would have such difficulty but be patient Zaynab they say when Zaynab returns to Medina even her husband doesn't recognize her because she aged so much the pain was horrendous he said but be patient Zaynab there's a big trial on you she bids him goodbye she bids him goodbye and then you know this little child Imam is now has to leave this little 4 year old الله أكبر رقية you know رقية became شهيد soon after Karbala رقية is a 4 year old daughter I can empathize a little bit because I have a daughter and when your daughter sleeps on your chest it's the greatest moment of your life that this Zaynab this little child of Imam Zaynab رقية is now sleeping on his chest whenever she would sleep now she will not have a chest he started saying that she was running on the battlefield looking for her father's body so she could put her head on his chest when do you end it when can you leave when can you turn your eye away from this beloved child I know when I travel and I say goodbye to my daughter I just don't want to take my eyes off of her he says you are my success this little رقية holds on to him and you know the sad thing is رقية cried so much that when she was in the mosque in the palace of Yazid she cried so much Yazid was annoyed by it this same little رقية he was so annoyed by her crying so they say he says why isn't the girl crying he says he's missing her father he says then give her her father and when she looked she uncovered the head she held unprecedented that Imam when he gets on his horse and he's about to leave she's still holding on to him he doesn't know what to do how do you say goodbye to a four year old historians say that when he stood up on the horse they said when this man approached us Imam SA goes towards the enemy and gives them a last advice but they don't listen they said we saw a lion coming to us a lion he would charge we would all run he would charge we would all run we saw the Prophet's face on him they said we saw the Prophet so much we couldn't understand it we were dumbfounded how much should you add strength Imam SA and he fought and he dislodged the many but finally they pelted him with so many wrongs they pelted him with so many errors historians say he was filled with errors and he's still riding and he's reciting eyes of Quran there's so much to say but I'm too emotional I can't express it and then he fights until he's subdued and he's struck and he falls off his horse and then he goes into state of sujood I want us to understand that Imam asked for Salah before he went as you know at the time Abu Thamama was one of the companions in Karbala he said it's time for Salah Imam SA in this most difficult moment I remember may God raise you among the prayerful ones the way Ibrahim prayed you know Ibrahim SA he said and when he went up the mountain and he Allah replaced him and then when his father told him I see in my dream that I should sacrifice you he says ان شاء الله من الصابرين do what you've been commanded maybe I will be among the patient ones Allah delays it and who is more patient than the children of Ismail than Imam SA in Karbala that he's so patient but he's so prayerful they say and almost 30% to 40% of his army was killed during Salah Imam gave it all up for Salah now as he's being hit and he's falling and he's now on the earth scorching hot sands of Karbala and he's got his head on the ground and he's making dua and he's praying to Allah my lord I love you my lord I love you شمر comes from the back so many of them tried to get his head but they couldn't because every time they looked at him but شمر was a heartless human being he gets on the back of the blessed Imam and takes a blood dive and he ends it Allah قد خطي لألخساينه بكاربا Allah says يا يتنص المطمعين إرجي إلى ربكي راضية مرضية فدخلي في عباد ودخلي جنة زينا بلسر وقد شرعك فدخلي بصار بس they were so angry but Imam says no problem where I have sacrificed myself you will never get me to bow to shaitan على العنين مصيع level الاثلمون أن يمقل من يمقلمون بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ربنا اخفلنا واليخواننا الذين سبقون من إيما ولا تجعل في قلوبنا غلر للأمن ربنا ويسألتوا الله سبحانه وتعالى ويسألتوا ذي زيارة ويسألت أشهد أنك قد قمت الصلاة وآتيت الزكة وآمرت بالمعروف ونهيت عن المنكر واتعت الله ورسوله حتى اتاكر Yeahkine We bear witness أشهد أنك قد أقمت الصلاة وقال الله bear witness We bear witness that our Blessed Imam maintained prayer قد أقمت الصلاة وآتيت الزكة and he gave charity وآمرت بالمعروف he promoted good ونهيت عن المنكر and he demoted evil وعتعت الله ورسوله and he obeyed Allah and his prophet حتى أتاقى اليقين حتى نحن نحن نتاقين و لأنه بحياته يأخذنا السلام عليك يا عبد الله الحسين و على الله واحد التي حلت بفنائك may Allah give us the tawfiq and when we drink water and when we live every single day every time we drink this water if you and I have a moment please send salams to the blessed Imam for when Imam Zehra Abideen would pass by any time a well where people would be drinking water he would remember Karbala let's live by those standards insha'Allah and insha'Allah we will succeed we do five times in this blessed night we ask Allah to eradicate the evil that is prevalent in the world to enable us to be the role models and the strength and the tongue and the wealth and the health and the bodies that Allah has created for you and I that Allah infused that strength in us to be the bearers of justice and for goodness on earth and we pray to Allah to return our Imam is present among us but to bring him back to us and to lead the world as Allah says it is our desire you oppressed that you will become the leaders and inheritors we pray soon around the corner that we have this victory so the world can live in peace and in tranquility and not with the war machines that are taking place with tyranny in the world today may Allah give us the tawfiq insha'Allah to become the role model voices and this community is a blessing and I really really tomorrow insha'Allah I will speak more but I can't thank you enough for your patience for your kindness but the most beautiful thing is that you've all taken the time to come and listen to the message of Imam SA I know sisters brothers who come from and now and I have from distant places just to come and listen to these lectures how powerful, how beautiful they are please apply it appreciate it and let us put it in action so our spirits don't fade away after these 10 nights of maharam insha'Allah let's recite 5 times I believe strongly that when we are sick we ask Allah SWT جوشن كبير for example recite جوشن كبير recite the dua as the imams have left us with these are golden sentences that have been prescribed precisely to affect change in us I'll talk tomorrow insha'Allah about the power of prayer if time allows me how to make dua given the time that tomorrow is my last lecture and I really ask us all never to give up dua for dua is silah Muslim it is the way it brings peace within us it is the way for our success insha'Allah dua researchers have studied there's nothing more important than prayer when you and I become ill our money, our power our notoriety nothing will help us only prayer prayer is the most powerful thing even Harvard did studies that people who were prayed for got cured more than those who were not prayed for even though those who were prayed for didn't know they were being prayed for think about it that when you and I do pray and we know we're praying for each other how powerful that is let's underestimate the power of dua Quran is filled with verses of dua let's spend time reading it please as you know people have asked me about this الميزان في تفسير القرار if you go to towheed.com.au almost all the volumes are being published now spend time read them please read the books by philosophers like متحري and شيد بخر صدر these are great books that you and I should understand even at a simple level let us improve our knowledge history very important for us to know what happened in history know the politics of today understand the psychology of human beings it's a lot to ask for we need to start somewhere together please we'll recite five times ام يجيب المتر ريضا دعا ويكشف الصور and I thank you all for this kindness بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم اما يجيب متر ريضا دعا ويكشف الصور اما يجيب متر ريضا دعا ويكشف الصور اما يجيب متر ريضا دعا ويكشف الصور شفصوا one more time اما يشفصوا بسم صلان تعمار صاب الزمان please اللهم صلع الحسن صلواتك تسكنه وتمدعوا في محمدك يا محمد وآله محمد محمد