 بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله رب العالمين وصلى الله على السيدنا وحبيب قلوبنا وشفيع نفوسنا أبل قاسم محمد لا لبيته الطيبين الطاهرين المعصومين لا سيما بقية الله روحي وأرواح العالمين ومترابي مقدميه الفدأ وما بعد سكولرين، ألدين، أخواتين السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته إن شاء الله كما نحن لدينا إن شاء الله إلى الإسلام كالندر إذا 2 أو 3 سنوات ونحن سيكون 3 سنوات التي لدينا من سنوات رمضان ونحن يأتي إلى مجموعة إن شاء الله أحب to discuss something on a very personal level a very emotional level in which we can relate to break down Islam إن شاء الله for the last 3 nights and see to ourselves by the time that 8 comes we have discussed in a very brief aspect how is it that we can become good Muslims how we can achieve that which we may find very hard to achieve and in a way we can simplify it down you know how to become if we want to say how to become the perfect Muslim or how to strive to become the perfect follower إن شاء الله tonight I want to look at one aspect which is of the utmost importance and that's learning from your superiors following in the footsteps taking into granted that which we have and realizing it after it's taken from us إن شاء الله I know I've touched up on a topic of role models and their importance so I'm not going to talk about the importance of role models I'm rather wanting to talk about tonight the importance of actually following in their footsteps because we can have role models in one aspect and we discuss the importance of having such figures having them as a beacon of guidance however that's one aspect that's looking up to somebody and saying wow he has amazing characteristics and there's another point in which we can learn from them there's another point in which we apply what they say to our lives apply what they teach to our lives in a daily perspective live by what they teach us now the first perspective I want to look at إن شاء الله tonight is in particular instances especially within history people that come forth and say the Quran is enough that's the first dot point I want to look at for tonight the second dot point is I want to look at the aspect of what can assist the Quran in translation and the problems that arise and on the third level we'll want to look at examples from history from people that thought they can narrate the Quran thought that they can get jurisprudential ethical theological aspects from the Quran to apply to our lives in a wrong manner and we want to look at how أهل البيت can derive from the Quran into very simplified stories إن شاء الله we'll continue this in the aspect of how to achieve perfection إن شاء الله in the upcoming night so please assist me in starting tonight's topic by reciting as we know within history to derive a particular ruling or to deprive ourselves of the Quran is out of the question now people come forth and state that the Quran is enough now the reply is very simple because when we remember the calamity of Thursday what did the second Khalifa say to the prophet of Islam on his deathbed when he said وما ينطق عن الهواء he does not talk of his own accord he said bring me what we know nowadays as a pen and a paper to write for you something that if you stick to it you will never go astray he's talking about nowadays the Quran the person comes and says the prophet is delirious and we said we're going to go and read about it the calamity of Thursday he says the prophet is delirious it's enough for us the book of Allah it's enough for us Allah's holy book which is the Quran now let's take this into perspective the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم says in numerous occasions numerous occasions both within our books and every single other school of thought they have these in one book or another and it's narrated make sure you hold on to two things and I want you to pay attention to this particular aspect because every single action because we can look at the perfection of the wording of the prophet there's perfection in it because nothing he says is from his own accord it's from Allah and we know that for a fact how about his actions because some people come forth and say well the prophet of Islam he was only perfect in some aspects and the other aspect he was very fallible as in he was a normal human being we differ he says the prophet's infallible every single action movement he did was perfection and I want to give you an example especially in context with what we're mentioning tonight as we know the prophet has a narration in which he says me and the person that takes care or sponsors an orphan and he points with these two fingers the middle finger and the index he points to these two now look at these two fingers one of them is larger than the other isn't it one has extra one has less however you want to look at it one is larger than the other now the prophet of Islam is not any man to say me and the person that sponsors an orphan are like these two in heaven because obviously the prophet has a higher rank the person doesn't have the same rank as the prophet because he's sponsoring orphan he's his neighbor yes but the perfection is what that they're not equal they're together but they're not equal now look at this perspective when he mentions this hadith he says if you hold on to these two you will never go astray after me and you can't have one without the other what does he say he says the Quran and my Ahlul Bait my Ahlul Bait now look at the perfection of his movements he puts this exact same fingers on either side on each one of his hands and he puts them together what does that tell us the Quran and the Ahlul Bait are one one is not excessive one doesn't have more than the other one doesn't have less than the other isn't that the perfection of the prophet's movements he's trying to tell you one is equivalent to the other they will not be divided except on the day of judgment on the pool of kothar when everything has taken its place perfection one translates the other you can't have one without the other we have examples now so that's the first aspect if we can only look at the Quran without the translation without the performances of the prophet known as the sunnah of the prophet which means how he acted the sunnah what does it mean doesn't mean a sect in Islam the sunnah means how the prophet carried himself what he allowed what he disallowed his narrations put it all into context the way he acted that's what sunnah actually means people refer to it as a particular school of thought in Islam no Tijani has a book what does he write he says the Shi'a are the true sunnah because they follow the prophet the most as we know the people and the time of the first second third Khalif when they prayed behind عليب نبي طالب what was the first thing they said they said we've never prayed like this ever since the prophet passed away what does that tell us what does that tell us Imam Ali A.S. comes into kufa after the reign of the second Khalifa and the third Khalifa he's in kufa he says to the people that were praying what we call nowadays is tarawih in congregation he says it's mustahab you don't let's pray it in congregation I have to pray it individually you imagine praying Salat in congregation where's the merits in it so عليب نبي طالب says you can't do this the prophet clearly says you can't do this you have to pray this in a single manner the people what do they scream out in عليب نبي طالب خلافة they say what which means what which means he had a totally different aspect when اثمان is given the خلافة because after the first and second Khalifa اثمان is given the خلافة and عليب نبي طالب had an opportunity they said to عليب نبي طالب do you take the Quran the sunnah of the prophet and the first and second Khalifa said no I only take the Quran and sunnah of the prophet of Islam the first two where did you bring them from where do I have to follow them in the Quran they're not infallible on the contrary they went against the prophet in many aspects they've removed so many things that the prophet put into perspective and put stuff that the prophet made haram they've changed the entire sunnah of the prophet therefore if I follow these three it's in difference with one another it contradicts one another so عليب نبي طالب says I won't have this they take it to the other person اثمان عفان he says without a shadow of doubt give me the seat I'll sit on it it's not a problem if the Quran was enough and everyone knew the in depth translations of the Quran and why it was revealed when it was revealed and what it was revealed about we didn't need translation we wouldn't have 73 sects nowadays one saying that the other isn't infidel would we if the Quran was enough we'd be united on everything we'd be united on the translation we all have the same Quran can anyone come forth and say one haraqa is in its wrong position أفتح أوركسره we can't say that because the Quran is perfect the Quran says we have brought down this Quran and we protect it the Quran is perfect where does the differences lie in its translation if the second Khalifa was correct to tell the Prophet that the Quran is enough for us we wouldn't have these many sects that's the first aspect the second aspect how have people taken it out of context I'll give you an example there was a Khalifa I believe this is attributed to Al-Hajjaj now look at this and look at how they take it out of context Al-Hajjaj one day he made a ruling on a particular person Al-Hajjaj he said that this particular person was a حكم شر I can't remember exactly what the حكم was for but the punishment was 80 lashes 80 lashes so the person is being lashed the حكم is there he had the person who was whipping him 80 lashes he's whipping and whipping and the person he's in a weakened state all he has is Allah SWT what did we say if you have no one you go towards Allah SWT the person what is he saying as he's being whipped for his sin he's saying الحمد لله الحمد لله الحمد لله so the person that's whipping he looks at the Khalifa he says should I stop he says no no keep going he says but you've only told me 80 he says no keep going trust me وعليكم السلام رحمة الله he says keep going so he kept going the person saying hold on you said 80 I've been whipped a lot more than 80 what's going on he said you're saying الحمد لله he says yes he says Allah says in the Quran if you thank me لأزيدانكم he says Allah in the Quran says if you thank me I will increase you I will give you more and the person is thinking to himself that's totally out of context how does it even apply to me I'm going to eat another extra 10 or 20 weeps because you can't translate the verse in question properly and use it as you wish so we find people in history that take it out of context as an example as a Hajjaj we have some extra 20 because he wants to translate it in a particular aspect out 10th Imam there was an aspect that happened in the Khalifest time the Abbas Khalifest time in which they had to cut off someone's hand because he's stolen something they couldn't understand they couldn't comprehend where to cut his hand some people said we have to cut it from here some say I had to cut it from the hand some say they had to cut his fingers so people started to have their own opinions in the Khalifest culture we're seeking to himself if there's only one Quran why do you have so many different opinions why do you have so many different opinions so his right hand man looks at him he says you know that we have the son of the grandson of the Prophet of Islam in isolation and you know that's the only one that can actually give us the correct hoqom he says yes he says go to him he sends a messenger he comes back he quotes a verse from the holy Quran in which he says the mosques are for Allah and he translates this in a way that says this is the thing that you put down you need something to put down when you're in sujud and he says you have to keep his palms if you want cut his fingers off takes it in beautiful manner in another narration the same Imam at the time he said in particular another nowadays if we have another we say to ourselves if we do such and such I will do such and such as an example if Allah for example allows me to finish my studies I will pray a hundred rakat for example or I'll give this much charity that's another between you and Allah so this Khalifa says if this particular aspect happens I will give from my wealth كثير is the word that he used I will give وأنفق مالا كثير كثير so the people again in the courtroom he brings all the scholars he says what's كثير get me from the Quran what's كثير I mean how much do I have to give 1,000, 2,000 what do I have to give in dinars what's كثير in the Quran get me a jurisprudential ruling how much is it that I have to give so everyone begins to throw answers left right and center and the person's thinking what's going on everyone's wearing a turban in front of us you can't come to one conclusion so his right hand man again tells him he goes you know that we've only put the turbans on these people so that we can take people away from the school of thought of Ahlulbayt because they didn't actually know anything you're not actually going to listen to them so he goes send the messenger sends the messenger to the Imam comes back the messenger he goes you have to give 82 or 83 dinar he says why he says because Allah tells this prophet that we in the Quran he says he says we have made you victorious in many places مواضن كثير and he says if you count in history how many places that the prophet was victorious in battle it comes to 82 or 83 times I can't remember exactly right now but the narration states and the gist of the narration is what is that the imams can grab something that we don't look at and put it into perspective 3 nights ago or 4 nights ago we mentioned in which the mothers came towards and says the son's house with he got the breast milk from both mothers and he weighed it and he says the one that's twice as heavy that's the one that the boy belongs to they say why he says from the Quran it's derived he says where's in the Quran what did we mention the ذكر 2 females have the right of 1 or the inheritance of 1 is like that of 2 females he says therefore I have derived that the milk weighs twice as much now we just look for our perspective can we get that particular narration from this where can we get that narration so therefore we can analyze and dictate to ourselves that the Quran without the true translators of the Quran is down to interpretation therefore that's why we have the translations the Hadith of the Prophet of Islam and his Holy Project Ali ibn Abi Talib what does he have a statement he says there is not one verse in the Holy Quran that has been revealed to the Prophet of Islam except that I know where it was revealed when it was revealed and what it was revealed about then he goes on to say سلوني قبل ان تفقدوني why because it was Ali ibn Abi Talib the person that opened his eyes in the eyes of the Prophet of Islam do you think he has the translation of the Quran or someone that didn't even see the Prophet this is the family of the Prophet the place in where جبرايل used to bring down the revelation that's why we have to look into perspectives when we have the Holy Quran and it's the book of blessing the miracle of the Prophet of Islam we have to look at the people that translated and the arbitration between Muawiya and Ali ibn Abi Talib in what happens Muawiya puts the Quran on the speeds to trouble the Muslims to make the Muslims divide within themselves to pretend that they're the people of the book Ali ibn Abi Talib what does he say he says attack those people they've taken the word of God in a wrong manner he says I am the Quran that is speaking he says I am the manifestation of the Quran he says the Quran is a perfect book nonetheless we don't comprehend it we need people to translate it for us that have the knowledge of the Quran that are on the same level in accordance with the Prophet of Islam he says hold on to the book of Allah and my ahlulbayt my ahlulbayt my ahlulbayt there's a deeper significance and there's so much to say in this particular topic but I want to just put it in the light of the perspective and inshallah tomorrow we want to continue of how simple Islam can be how simplified Islam can be that to ourselves in theory it's so simple if we say to ourselves that you know what if we pray five times a day three times a day five pray is on time عجال الله تعالى فرجة الشريف look at us will consider us Allah سبحانه وتعالى when he calls us let's be there on time theoretically it's perfect it's sound it's easy come into practice come into practice I talk to myself first and foremost I say how many days have gone past or when was the last time that I prayed every single prayer on time when was the last time within the time span within the first 15 to 20 to 30 minutes I can't question myself I can't remember the last time I'm perfectly on time محمد a person wasn't even religious but he knew he had the characteristics to pray on time when he made the nether to the Imam the Imam quickly answered it he knew in himself that that person had those qualities when we look at the people that the Imam visits and it's another level we'll talk about tomorrow we look at the characteristics of these people simple people not the most religious not the most knowledgeable but they practice that which our Imam preached on a very very very delicate level very delicate level and insha'Allah I end on that note but insha'Allah we want to take into context the topic for tomorrow night which will be very very important which is how to humble ourselves tomorrow we want to look at how to simplify Islam how to look at it and a very very simple level in our actions not going into the depth of knowledge or understanding but our actions in a humane level in a human level the sad thing is there's a scholar that went towards France in the West take this as the last comment for tonight and insha'Allah we'll continue from this comment tomorrow night he says I went to the West I went to the West you saw I saw Islam the way people treated each other the systems that were in play the respect one had for one another he says the way people treat one another human level I saw Islam however I did not see any Muslims no one was called Muslim but I saw Islam in practice I saw it he says when I went back to my country which was inhabited by Muslims I didn't see Islam I didn't see Islam being practice the moral values the ethical principles the way that Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala told us to live within one another he said I didn't see those principles I saw it in the West he says in the Middle East I didn't see it let's put it into question how is it that we can be Muslims and practice Islam insha'Allah we'll get into that tomorrow night but I prayed tonight on the final level and I allow the chance for the Shaykh to enlighten us with his wisdom on the final level that we need to understand and we pray to Allah that he increases us in the understanding of how to follow in the footsteps of our imams how to follow in the footsteps of the Ahl al-Bayt how to listen to something that they've done and apply it to our lives that's the perspective that we have to learn from Ramadan before it escapes from us and we pray to Allah on that note the Surah المباركة الفاتح but before it three of your loudest salawat محمد وآل محمد