 respected viewers, brothers and sisters in Islam, As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh A letter from a father to a son from Ali bin Abi Talib, the Wul of Ali bin Abi Talib, peace be upon him to his son, Ma'am Hassan, peace be upon him Bloody be known to you that decaying of health passing away of time and nearness of death had made me realize that I should give more thought to my future, the next world and to my people I advised them and spent more time in equipping them mentally to face this materialistic world I felt that my own sons and my near ones have as much right to utilize from my experiences and knowledge all the ups and downs of my life all the realities and all the truths about life in this world and the hereafter I decided therefore to spend more time over you to prepare you for your own good This was neither selflessness nor self-esteem nor mental luxury of giving away pieces of advice but it was the sincere desire of making you see the world as I found it Look at the realities of life as I looked at them and do the right thing at the right time at the right place as it should be done which made me write down these advices to you You will not find them You will not find in them anything but truth and realities My dear son, you are a part of my body and my soul Whenever I look at you I feel like as if I am looking at myself If any problem befalls you if it is like it has befallen me your death will make me feel as if my own death your affairs to me are like my own affairs Therefore, I committed these pieces of advice to paper I want you to take care of them to pay attention and to guard them very well I may remain longer in your life or I may not but I want these pieces of advice to remain always and all time with you My first and foremost advice to you My son is to free Allah SWT Be his obedient servant Keep his thought always fresh in your mind Be attached and carefully guard the principles of Islam which cannot which connect you to Allah SWT There is no stronger or no more doable connection than with Allah SWT Respected viewers, brothers and sisters in Islam As-Salamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuh Welcome to another episode of Life from Karbala The will that I just read is the will of Ali ibn Abi Talib as I mentioned to one of his sons and a strongly narrated by historians to his son, Ma'ma al-Hassan al-Mushtaba May Allah's peace and blessings be upon him Tonight is the most significant night compared to the other nights across the year It is the 23rd night of the holy month of Ramadan Tonight is the night when the Holy Quran was revealed to Prophet Muhammad SAW Tonight is the night when the angel descended on Prophet Muhammad Tonight is the night which is better and holier than 1000 months Tonight is the night of Lait al-Qadr So insha'Allah tonight we will discuss the significance of Lait al-Qadr and the connection between such a night and Ahlul Bayt peace be upon them But first let's welcome our very special guest Sayyid Ja'far al-Qazweeni Assalamu alaikum Sayyidina How are you? Alhamdulillah Wa'a maalakum insha'Allah There is no better place to be on such a night between the two holy shrines of Ma'ma al-Hassan and Abbas peace be upon them May Allah accept our prayers insha'Allah insha'Allah because of where we are insha'Allah insha'Allah from within the Haram of Ma'ma al-Hassan I won't forget to you with some of the dear viewers insha'Allah from behind insha'Allah As narrations by Ahlul Bayt Lait al-Qadr it is very mustahab it is very good a good deed to do is to visit the holy shrines Hussain peace be upon them and to ask forgiveness for all the believers all the lovers of Ahlul Bayt and even just everyone across the world but Lait al-Qadr is the great blessings of Allah SWT which the doors of His mercy are open to all the believers who sincerely and faithfully love and obey His commands however Allah SWT discusses and explain the significance of this night when we read Chapter 97 Surat al-Qadr we see Allah SWT telling and saying about this verse that is better and holier than 1,000 months you know as if someone would worship 1,000 months and misses this night as if he didn't worship those those 1,000 months so why is this night so significant and where does its significance originate from Sayyidina In the name of Allah Most Gracious, Most Merciful All praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds and peace be upon Muhammad and his good family Allah SWT may the Lord explain to me my heart and my mind and my words In the name of Allah Most Gracious, Most Merciful we have sent him down in a night of Lait al-Qadr my dear brothers dear viewers peace be upon you may Allah SWT may Allah SWT in the first verse of this holy chapter Bismillah Al-Rahman Al-Raheem we have revealed it on the night of Qadr there are a couple of beautiful notes to mention because today is indeed Lait al-Qadr the night of power or destiny as they refer to it and as they translated to English there are two a couple of beautiful points in regards with this holy verses in the Holy Quran first of all Allah SWT we notice that he is saying that we have revealed it some may ask that everyone knows and all the historians all the narrators of hadith and the transmitters of hadith all the scholars agree on that it refers to the Holy Quran and that Allah SWT is speaking about the Holy Quran to be revealed on this night Lait al-Qadr so why didn't Allah SWT for example say that we have revealed the Quran in Lait al-Qadr scholars say that it is out of glorification and honor for the Quran let me give you an example for example I go and visit a very well known scholar Marjah for instance and I sat with him and then when I go back home they ask me where have you been I don't bring up his name because that he is very known and he is well known to everyone I say that I was with Samahat al-Sayyid or Samahat al-Sheikh for example and that's out of glorification and honor and that Allah SWT here in this beautiful verse points at the Holy Quran in a very beautiful way and also to give it more to give it more honor and glorification Allah SWT says we have revealed it Inna anzenna in Lait al-Qadr he didn't say that it was revealed he is saying that we revealed it on Lait al-Qadr which gives it more glorification and more honor to the holy book another question might be raised dear brother that some would say that wasn't the Holy Quran didn't it start with Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim iqra Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim iqra wasn't that ten years prior to the to the hijra of the prophet on the day that the prophethood was he became a prophet and wasn't the last verse that was revealed ayat al-indar or ayat al-tabligh Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim iqra the verse that clearly and loudly announces Ali ibn iqra as the successor of the prophet peace be upon him so how come Allah SWT is saying that we have revealed it on the night of Qadr scholars go to two different answers to this question and most of them most of the scholars believe and say that the Quran was revealed on the prophet on his heart to the prophet twice once and overall Quran that was in the beginning some point in the beginning Allah SWT revealed the whole Quran to the prophet so that the prophet peace be upon him and his family during the 23 years of prophethood and of announcing and of i'laa kalimat Allah SWT during his mission accomplishing his mission he would have a general idea of the whole Quran and the i'aqam and what it says and what it contains and then throughout the 23 years the verses and the i'aqam and the and the requests and orders of the whole Quran were given in details to the prophet so that the prophet would give it to the nation after that so they believe that it was revealed into two times once all in one on Lailat Al Qadr and and Shahid Al Sadr Allah SWT he has a he gives a beautiful he gives a beautiful delil evidence ascent from the whole Quran saying that because in other verse Allah SWT states Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Raheem Kitabun Uhkimat aayatuhu Thumma fosalat that the whole Quran states here that the verses were made strong first and then they were sent or revealed in details to the prophet so he refers to this aayat and he takes it as an evidence that the Quran was revealed twice and another reason and another point beautiful point that the scholars mention in regards to this topic they say that the Holy Quran was revealed on the prophet throughout and by the way before I say this the Holy Quran our holy book the Holy Quran our prophet's holy book was the only book was the only book that was revealed throughout stages within a period of time within 23 years and that was the only holy book a holy book that was revealed by Allah this way the Bible the Old Testament Tawarat New Testament the Bible and the other holy books that were revealed from Allah to his messengers were all at once but our Quran and the Holy Quran was revealed throughout stages why some people ask the most beautiful answer that I have heard so far is that and also Allah mentions the answer within the Holy Quran within the Holy Quran within the Holy Quran within the Holy Quran Allah says Allah says why Allah says the translation of this holy verse is and those who disbelieve say that why wasn't this book revealed to him all at once Allah says in the end of this holy verse says that this is for us to that we may strengthen the heart of the Prophet we might strengthen your heart Holy Prophet imagine that the imagine that Jibreel because when the Prophet used to when Jibreel used to be to come down to the Prophet and reveal some verses and speak to the Prophet it was comforting with the Holy Prophet the Prophet would feel comfortable strengthen by seeing Jibreel and speaking to him and giving the delivering the message from and to Allah and I'll give you also an example about that for example I'm a college student so I go overseas to do my education to continue my education and I am a type that I have a very strong relationship with my mother and I use and I am used to speak to her every day and about everything and that so when I am overseas when I am out there they give me two options they say that you either speak to your mom once a week for two hours every week but it's going to be once a week or they tell me that you will speak and speak to your mom every day for 15 to 20 minutes I would definitely prefer to speak with my mom every day for even though it's a short time but because I miss her because I love her because I want her because I want to hear her voice because I want to listen to her I would prefer to speak to her every day for a shorter period of time and this is exactly or this is it is an example of what I mean and how it was for the Prophet to speak with her it was converting for the Prophet to he would feel stronger and more comfortable when it would happen and this is reason number one and reason number two of why the Holy Quran was revealed throughout stages and within stages and within 23 years the other answer the scholars bring up is that this is because the Quran is not a book of entertainment it's not a love story it's not a novel that I might read prior to sleep and because I want to go to sleep I would like to read something and it's a book of revolution and revolutions take time they don't occur and happen and affect within a single night or two they take time and because Allah SWT wanted to make and he did and the Quran was one of the Holy Prophet's miracles miracles how was it a miracle so many answers and one of them is that it's a book of revolution it's got a way of life in it it's not only about Allah SWT giving stories to the Holy Prophet and that would be all and it needed that time and it might have even needed longer because because even after 23 years of revealing holy verses and speak into the nation through the prophet peace be upon him did it affect people? I mean we see that the Holy Quran also answers this question by saying Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Raheem وما محمدون إلا رسولون قد خلت من قبله رسول أفأمات أو قتلا قلبتم على عقابكم a lot of people went back to to what they were doing before the prophet became a prophet Ahsan a lot of people became misguided right after the prophet departed us and right after the prophet passed away so even for some people for a lot of people that were with the prophet and around him 23 years was not even enough not even 23 years was enough for them to change for good and do so and this is why this holy book and Islam and the religion of Allah and the faith needed أحلى البيh صلى الله عليه وسلم وعلي to continue what the prophet started to continue what the prophet peace be upon him had it started to continue his mission and to be with the people guiding them and shielding them from being misguided and here comes the most significant and important role of أحلى البيh صلى الله عليه وسلم وعلي as the viewers may know there is a very very strong connection according to our Sadaq peace be upon him and Bihar Anwar there is a very strong connection between أحلى البيh peace be upon them and رييت القدر especially with فاطمة الزهراء صلى الله عليه وسلم وعلي وعلي ن makeup كل موتر م unpredictable is in his peace be upon him he states the person who has fully grasped the deep understanding of فاطمة الزهراء who may peace and blessings be upon her as she ought to be understood then he has understood and experienced the blessings When Allah SWT says that this night is greater than a thousand months, we see on Sadaq through At-Laha Alayh saying that the believers who worship in this night won't understand or won't benefit from their worship until they understand what Fatima Az-Zahra is and what Prophet Muhammad SAW states, whoever angers her, angers me, and whoever angers me, angers Allah SWT. And we discussed over the past few nights, you know, civil individuals, press Alimi Al-Talib and the Ahlul Bayt. But what does Prophet Muhammad, and what has Ahlul Bayt peace be upon them, narrated regarding Dayat Al-Qadir? Hassan, so many dear brothers, so many dear brothers, it is important to know that Ahlul Bayt, peace be upon him, there are certain points in the religion of Islam that were meant to be hidden from us, some certain details. For example, when is Dayat Al-Qadir? The Prophet, in many instances, in many stories, in many times, was asked, SAW, that when is it exactly, he wouldn't answer to that. Imam Amir Mu'mineen, SAW, was asked that when is Dayat Al-Qadir? He would answer that I know, but I'm not going to tell you. You just say there's the last ten nights in the Ramadan, it's one of the nights. We have so many different narrations, it stays, we also have, you know that we have narrations saying that it might be like a single day, Ahsan, the third, the fifth, the seventh, until the end of the month. But the most of narrations, most of narrations in general, they speak about three nights of this holy month, Shahra Ramadan, they speak about the 19th and the night of the 19th and the night of the 21st and the night of the 23rd of this holy month. And also most of the narrations, or the narrations, I believe two or three narrations that the scholars depend on to prove that it might be tonight, the night of the 23rd of Ramadan, or Shahra Ramadan. This is why they call it Al-Qadir Al-Kubra, because most of the people there, and they all go back to one or two narrations, maybe more, I'm not positive, but they mostly go to Hadith Al-Arabi, which states that Al-Arabi, one of the people that used to love the desert with his family and animals and stuff, he came to the Holy Prophet, telling him that dear Prophet, I cannot come every night during the holy month of Ramadan, or in the single night of Fardiyah, I can't come because every time I come I have to take my family with me because I can't leave them out there in the desert, and I have to bring my animals with me, so it's very difficult, and I cannot come except one night. So when would you tell me to order me, when would be the best time for me to come and to be with you during your prayers and do prayers and dua with you? The Prophet whispered something in his ears, he didn't say Allah, so he thanked the Prophet and left, and people saw him later on coming on the Me'ev of 23rd, and every year they would see him come on that night, so the rest of the companions started seeing this Arabic Juhaina, by the name of Juhaina, started seeing him every year on this specific Eve, the evening of the night of the 23rd, the eve of the 23rd of Ramadan, they started seeing him come into the Prophet and doing his prayer, and because he couldn't come every night, the Prophet whispered, according to this hadith, they said that it's pretty obvious that the Prophet told them that the eve of Qadir, the night of Qadir, is on the evening of the 23rd, and as I said also, they asked Imam Ameer al-Momeen, that when is it, is it the 19th, is it the 21st, is it the 23rd, Imam said that I know, but I will not tell you, what harm would it cause you if you worship Allah three nights, this would be usually the overall answer of Ahl al-Bayt, all the infallibles, and also Imam Al-Baqir Salatullah was also asked, that do you know when is the night of Qadir, he said of course I know, when is the night of Qadir, where do you think the angels, who do you think the angels revealed to on that night, they revealed to me, because during the Prophet's time they used to reveal to the Prophet, Allah SWT, they revealed to whom they are revealed, during the Prophet's time it was on the Prophet, during Imam Ali's time it was on Imam Hassan's time, Imam, it was on Imam Hassan, and today of course they come to Hajj of Allah, Imam Sahib al-Asr, they go to their master and our master, they go to our master and their master, and they are revealed on him, giving him all about what was during the last year and what's going to be during the upcoming year. So these are some narrations stating that Ahl al-Bayt, they definitely know when it is, but they just wanted it was meant for this Eve to be hidden from us, why? Because Allah SWT wants us, it's like he is looking for excuses to forgive us, what is tonight, what's so special about this evening, the special about this evening, this evening is the huge sales that's going on, Allah SWT gives reveals and passes on and divides his mercy upon people in this evening, in this specific evening, more than he does throughout the whole year. And our actions, Allah SWT in the second verse of Surah Al-Qadr says, Bismillah ar-Rahman al-Raheem, from the beginning, Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Raheem, and there's also a narration from the Holy Prophet, peace be upon him, says that there was a man among many Israel that fought because of the cause of Allah SWT, for the cause of Allah, for the sake of Allah, he fought the disbelievers for 80 to 82 years, he spent 80 to 82 years, he spent all his life fighting for Allah SWT, and then he became a martyr, so some of the companions said, wow, what a great thing he did, what a great reward, he received of doing this, Allah SWT here answers to them that you too can receive the same reward, khayrum min al-fi shahr, the prayers, the dua, the prayers, the mercy that we ask from Allah during this evening is khayrum min al-fi shahr, it's better than 1000 months, which is equal to 80 to 82 years, so it is such a glorious evening, such a significant evening because of these facts, because of Allah SWT's sense upon us his mercy on this evening, and they say also scholars say that any good deed that I do on this evening evening, for example if I do naafil, extra prayers, if I donate money to the orphans and to the poor, it is multiplied by 1000 in this evening, so I remind myself, dear brother, and all the dear viewers as well, to take advantage of this evening, because there is also another story of during the time that the Prophet was before his prophethood, he went to taif, to another city, and he was there for a while, and over there some guy given shelter, and the Prophet back then wasn't a prophet and a well-known prophet that everyone know about, and the final messenger of Allah, he wasn't known by that, and he was weak back then, he wasn't strong, so this guy sheltered the Prophet for many nights, I believe, and then years later this guy heard that the same guy that the Prophet Muhammad, that he sheltered years ago is now has become a prophet, and he is supposed to be the final prophet and messenger of Allah, and he has his nation now and he has a kingdom, so he went to the Prophet, he told him that dear Prophet remember me, remember that I gave you shelter back then, the Prophet said indeed what can I do for you now, he said that I want you to do whatever I request from you, for me, the Prophet told him ask anything you want, and I shall guarantee it for you, for Allah, so the guy asked for 200 sheeps, so the Prophet, peace be upon him, raised his hand and he did the dua and asked Allah, and after maybe a couple of minutes somebody showed up with 250 and some extra sheeps and gave it to him, so after he left it was very happy, he took the sheeps, thank you very much, and he left, after he left the Prophet came to his companions and said that how low his ambitions were, he could have asked, I told him that I will guarantee anything, anything that she would request, I would, he could have requested to be with me, my neighbor in heavens, at my level, and because I told him that I guarantee anything you ask, he could have asked for khayr of dunya and akhara, what is 200 sheeps you're asking from the Prophet, peace be upon him, and the Prophet is giving you guarantee that your du'as and your prayers should be guaranteed, and we dear brother also should now forget that we are asking from Allah, the Creator of the Prophet, peace be upon him, tonight, and every night, and we raise our hands and do du'as for him, and our first dua should always be that Allahumma ajallahu wa yadukum farah, du'a al maami khudja, may Allah SWT hasten the re-appearance of our saviour and our imam, Salawatullah, Salamu alayhi. So you're all human, too. Ahsant, ahsant, so it is important for us to have high ambitions and we take, we raise the level of our requests tonight from Allah SWT. Don't worry, you're asking Allah SWT, the strongest, you're asking the Creator, and you're asking the Al-Ghani, Al-Qadir, that we shall not forget, and also there is a narration, beautiful narration from an imam, Al-Baqas, as well, from Imam Al-Baqas, that he said that do prayers to Allah in this evening, in this evening, using tongues that you didn't sin Allah with, so that people ask them that, okay, we're not infallibles, we all have done sins, so how could we ask Allah something with the tongue that we haven't done a sin with it? He said that you should be clever. In this evening, make agreements with your brothers and neighbors and your friends, so that they do a dua for you and you do dua for them. In this way, because I haven't sinned Allah with your tongue, and you haven't sinned Allah with my tongue, so if I do prayers for you, ahsant exchange prayers, and Imam, at the end of this, he's very beautiful, he says that Allah, replies back to you after your prayers for your brothers and neighbors and family members, and first of all, the Imam, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, he says, an angel shouts and says that it is guaranteed for him what you prayed and for you the double of what you asked, for you double of what you asked for everyone. So, dear brothers and dear viewers, do prayers for your brothers, for your family members, for your neighbors, don't forget them. Especially for, you know, hastening their appearance on our own. Because we see, I mean, the world right now is full of oppression, and the best thing to do at the moment, and only on this night especially, is to ask Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, and to strongly request from Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala to hasten the appearance of our beloved Imam. Because, I mean, as we see right now, there are millions, if not thousands, thousands, not millions of pilgrims are visiting Oha peace be upon him, and I will follow the Abbas. Inshallah, may Allah accept everyone's prayers. But when speaking about Imam Sahib al-Asri wa al-Zaman, it is very significant to note that Lailat al-Qadr also interconnects with our Sahib, has a strong connection with Sahib al-Zaman. According to strong narrations by Ahlul Bayt, Lailat al-Qadr is meant for people to pray to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, and as you mentioned, it's unknown. People just say, you know, according to narrations, and people seeing someone coming back on the 23rd night. But it's similar to the grave of Fatima to Zahra, which is also hidden, and Mahdi, M'Allah, has his reappearance, which is also hidden from our eyes, but lives in our hearts, inshallah. It's a very significant connection that Imam al-Qadr peace be upon him does in Bihar al-Nawar. But we see that Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, you know, when we learn that Allah revealed the Quran and Prophet Muhammad on such a night, it's a blessed occasion. People should be, you know, rejoicing this night. But we see people are so sad on such a night, you know, worshiping Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala with a saddened heart. Why is that, Sayyidina? I mean, why we should be happy that Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala revealed the Quran, you know, appearing and... We are happy that Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala has given us such blessings of introducing such an evening to us. And I mean, an evening that every single penny that I spend for Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala tonight is multiplied by a thousand and even more than that. So we are happy of that side. And also, we should not forget that we should not forget that the Malaika wa Ruh that are mentioned in the Holy Verse that come down on this evening, on this evening, they all come down to our master and to their master Imam Sahib al-Zaman SAW. And he gets to see, he gets to see what we have done in the past year and what's going to happen to us in the upcoming year. He SAW gets to check off our actions and our destinies in this evening. So the sadness is always the, I believe, the main reason. And this is the same reason, reason you see some of the some of the Mu'mineen kind of sad on Friday in the afternoons because they know that it is supposed to be on Friday. We are told that it is going to be on Friday the reappearance of our saviour of our Imam. And so every Friday noon that would pass without the appearance of the Imam, it means that we're going to have to wait for another week and we don't know if we're going to be alive for another week or not. So also on this evening, when we know that the angels and the Ruh, which is mostly Jibra'il SAW, they all come to the Imam SAW and they bring what's destined for everyone throughout this year to him. We wish that we could we could see him. We wish that we could do prayers behind him with him. We could say I'm mean to his prayers. And also and also because we mentioned the Imam SAW, I would like my dear brother to recite Dua'a al-Mam Al-Hujjah on this evening and inshallah all of us inshallah and all the dear viewers. Al Rahman Al Raheem Quda Amaloo Fa Sayyara Allah Amalakum Wa Rasuluhu Wa Al Mu'minoon Work and because Allah SAW and his prophet and the Mu'minoon, which are the Ahlul Bayt, which is today our Imam Sa'hab Al-Asr wa Az-Zama'a SAW, Madin Muntoor today it is him that is referred in this holy verse at Mu'minoon. They see our actions, they see what we have done throughout the year and what's going to happen to us. So inshallah we ask Allah to grant us a good year inshallah in the upcoming year inshallah whether we were alive until the upcoming year of Qadr or not. If we are inshallah we'll have a good life inshallah taking lessons and improving in this in this life of ours and if we were not and if I was not my dear brother inshallah may Allah grant us heavens and paradise inshallah. Inshallah grant us his forgiveness and inshallah if we are alive we can pray behind Sa'hab Al-Asr wa Az-Zama'a you know in this very holy place. Thank you very much Sayyidina and it's also significant that on a night like this as you mentioned there's a we conclude this episode with this narration there was one scholar who used to sit in the mosque I think Kufa or there's the mosque Sardab in Najaf Sardab Al-Ghaybe Sardab Al-Ghaybe in Sa'mur Ra' and he used to sit there and people used to hear him praying praying for the for the disbelievers so they were shocked like Sayyidina or Maulana you're praying for the disbelievers and not for the believers he said because the believers are already blessed with the blessings of Islam they'd have to follow the path the path is drawn for them they just have to walk on it but the disbelievers did not get the message of Allah or were not present. This is a kind of belief and ambitions that we're talking about. Yeah so he sits on it praying for disbelievers so inshallah we can you know pray for this believer as well as pray for our brothers and sisters so thank you very much Sayyidina and thank you very much respected viewers please not forget us in your dua and inshallah we as well not forget you when we visit the holy shrine of Hussain Abbas and Imam Ali and Najaf so thank you very much if you didn't get the chance to view the episode you can check out our youtube channel at Imam Hussain's PTV