 بالله من الشيطان الرجيم بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم رب شرح لي صدري ويسر لي أمر وحل الأقدة من لسان يفقه قولي بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وصلى الله على السيدنا وحبيب قلوبنا وشفيع نفوسنا أبا القاسم محمد على آل بيته الطيبين الطاهرين المعصومين لا سيما ذقيت الله روحي وأرواح العالمين لترابي مقدمه الفداء أما بعد رسبكتت سكولرين، ألدين، أخوين وخوين، السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته أولاً أبداً كما نحن في نهاية الثلاثة من رمضان، إن شاء الله I'd like to wish everyone from the pulpit a blessed and a blessed Insha'Allah for the upcoming day and may Allah grant us all longevity and long life insha'Allah to all be under this roof once again next year to celebrate it together and also go within Ramadan and elevate ourselves both in a spiritual level and a physical level once again so for the blessing of this month insha'Allah I would like to first and foremost raise our voices and allow Salawat على محمد وآل محمد the topic that I've chosen for tonight is insha'Allah a conclusive topic a topic where insha'Allah where we can not look at the individual aspects in which we looked at throughout the month of Ramadan of the holy month of Ramadan but into taking into perspective everything that we have learned and try to see within ourselves how is it that we can learn from this holy month how is it that we can come in the next month and say to ourselves well you know what we've learned this we've applied it throughout the 11 months and insha'Allah until we get to the next month of Ramadan we again rehabilitate ourselves and gain and then again do it for the next upcoming year but how is it that we can do it on a simple level because I can come on the pulpit and I can say well you know what you have to do A B C D but I'm not going to burden anyone I'm not someone to tell you how to become religious what to study to become religious which avenues to take to become religious it's not my job what I have is an opportunity to get each and every one of you insha'Allah today and first and foremost myself into thinking how is it that I may reach closeness toward Allah I may come forth and say well you have to read more Quran but how do I know your particular perspective how do I know how Allah سبحانه وتعالى I will want you to gain nearness to Him there are so many doors that you may reach towards Allah سبحانه وتعالى and many people come to many problems and many stones that they can't overcome because they try to overburden themselves so tonight insha'Allah I want to look at two perspectives and I want to conclude it for the month of Ramadan number one when someone makes that step when someone wants to go towards Allah سبحانه وتعالى and especially within this month as we draw this month to a close how is it that we can gain everything that we've learnt this month everything that we want to apply to our lives and actually apply it within the remainder of the year until next Ramadan comes and again the spiritual revive happens because some people come forth and they see they learn they understand they comprehend however what they try to burden themselves how they say well you know what I was so inspired by this holy month I was taken back at the Quran recitation for example I want to from tomorrow read the whole juzo every single day some people may come forth and say I want to read the whole Quran every single day people have we thrive of that when we think to ourselves well we can achieve this but it becomes a negative aspect when we don't meet that criteria when we say we want to do this but we don't end up doing it because it becomes a burden why because we don't know to ourselves the capacity in which we are able to do I'll give you an example Imam Ali has a beautiful statement he says that which is very little but constant is better than that which is crowded but only for a significant time period meaning what and we want to put it in our perspective if we go and read one juzo every single day for the rest of our lives that's perfect not the shadow of doubt but if you've never read one juzo before then and then you start from tomorrow you want to read one juzo every day some people may do it those are the lucky people but the majority of people won't be able to keep in touch with one juzo for example every single day for the rest of their life that's why the imams make it simplified Imam Saidek has a narration he says 55 verses of the Holy Quran is the mustahab on a daily perspective 55 verses some of them it's in one page others it's two pages which is one double sided page he says that's sufficed you read that and the Imam has so many rewards in touch with that reading the Quran has so many rewards when you read the Quran it strengthens your eyesight it strengthens your memory amongst many others he tells you just 55 verses why? because it's taking you into an aspect don't overburden yourself when you want to come towards religiosity when you want to come towards Allah SWT yes there's a long way to go the more you learn the more you realize the less you know as in you ask the knowledgeable people the people that have knowledge not someone like me you ask people that have knowledge you ask them you ask them what do you know and how much do you know and the truly humble people will tell you nothing even though we look at them and say what amazing statuses they've reached because of their knowledge you ask them they say I don't know anything that's humbleness that's what happens when you know the knowledge of Ahlul Bayt and how much you ever want to learn or strive towards learning you'll never be enough never be sufficed in their knowledge Imam Sadaq says every knowledge that you have on this earth is an elif that's not even complete and we strive towards that but the aspect I want to focus on tonight is let's take tonight as an aspect in which we can learn ourselves that yes we have a goal we have to identify the goal we know what we're lacking I can't tell each and everyone what we're lacking I have to first and foremost tell myself that I am lacking ABCD my weaknesses are ABCD my strengths are ABCD I have to work on my strengths and my weaknesses not just my weaknesses that's what you're strong let me make it stronger don't ever think to yourself that I've sufficed it's enough in the eyes of Allah because once you do that's when you begin to downfall when you reach that state of arrogance like Iblis what happened 6000 years he's in gender and he's in the skies in the heavens and he's prostrating towards Allah 6000 years one moment of downfall one moment of arrogance he goes all the way down one moment now to ourselves that's what we have to learn as high ranks as we reach as much worship as we can do it's never enough in the eyes of Allah to an impact so much so that's when you say الحمد لله for breathing you have to say it twice because you're breathing out and you're breathing in that's the simplified account that you can never thank Allah enough if every single breath you take you say الحمد لله الحمد لله because you have to say it every single time twice you'll never reach an aspect which can thank Allah enough for what blessings he has given us that's why we have to strive towards perfection strive and to holding on to the ropes of Allah so that's the first perspective is always think that I have an end goal and write to yourself how I can reach that end goal in a step by step process no one can ever run before they walk we have these signs no one can ever run before they walk no one can speak fluently before they learn the alphabet one letter at a time you don't burden yourself these are the aspects that they give us so that's number one I want to take from the lectures throughout the month of Ramadan is let's look at first and foremost what we want to become next Ramadan write within yourself write it down if you have to put the dot point say what you want to be even if it's a small but effective as praying on time for the next year look how much your life will change something so simple but effective small portions if you read one verse every day just one verse of the Holy Quran for the rest of the year until next Ramadan that's suffice if that's what you want if that's what you want to achieve it's all to do with you your capacity you're more knowledgeable about yourself about your organized skills your organized daily routines so number one organization do not over burden yourself because if you over burden yourself you reach a state where you don't want to do anything whatsoever you'll get fed up you'll think it's too much it's too much simplify it and you will reach a stage where you know that I can add more on my daily routine so that's number one number two and this is one that each and every one of us has to understand in depth because many of us think to ourselves when we look at people that are great when we look at people that have reached particular ranks when we look at people that have achieved all that which they have achieved we look at ourselves in comparison to them and say well I'm nothing I'm nothing الله سبحانه وتعالى says one of the greatest sin is to have ya'is ya'is means what means you believe that there is no one on earth that can be of assistance or you're worthless and Allah will never help you Allah doesn't exist والأياد بالله people go and commit suicide because they don't believe in Allah سبحانه وتعالى because they don't believe in a way that's the lowest rank when you can reach when you don't believe in yourself علي ابناء بيطالب has a beautiful statement and it's a very it's a long statement but we want to take one particular analogy علي ابناء بيطالب starts a narration by saying he says you're sickness and it can be taken in many different aspects but I'm not going to go into the back for that tonight what I want to look at is the gist of this particular narration and the aspect that we want to look at بيطالب ourself or knowing that we are capable of doing anything if we set our mind to it he says your sickness is from you look at the wordings of علي ابناء he says your sickness is from you but you do not perceive it he says your remedy is within you but you do not see it then he goes on to say what you think you are but a small entity that's what we want to get at tonight you think you are nothing some people may come forth and say well you know I can never achieve such a thing I can never be great I can never be of the companions of إمام صاحب العصري والزمان I can never let Allah even look at me because of my sins he says you think you are but a small entity then what does he say علي ابناء بيطالب he says but within you the entire universe unfolds comprehend that reminisce over the words of علي ابناء بيطالب he says you think you are a small entity whereas within you the entire universe is unfolding what kind of knowledge has Allah instilled in us what kind of achievements can someone that's a humble servant of Allah سبحانه وتعالى achieve if only he listens to Allah and stays away from that which is haram and does that which Allah سبحانه وتعالى wants him to do there's only a handful of things that are haram why is it that because of circular societies because of the media because of what the magazines tell us it's cool we have to go towards that which is haram a handful of things a handful of things people come and attack us going well Islam doesn't allow you to do A B and C a handful of things that will affect us in a negative it won't affect Allah سبحانه وتعالى that's what we have to understand so that's the second level Allah teaches one of His prophets this particular aspect He teaches us that each and every individual has a place has love that Allah سبحانه وتعالى has for that person whether he'd be a Muslim or not a Muslim of course why because that person you never look at him and say in the parts of our religion he's not even believing in Allah you say to yourself that's a person that can believe in Allah سبحانه وتعالى that's a person if he has qualities and characteristics if he was to believe in Allah سبحانه وتعالى and hold on to the rope of Allah which is the أهل البيت I believe he can be great look in a positive sense people come forth with Ali ibn Abi Talib the companions of Ali they go past the church and they look at the church look at Ali ibn Abi Talib and they say oh Ali look at this church look how much Allah سبحانه وتعالى was looked down upon in this particular church look how much kufr was in this church Ali ibn Talib looks at that person says why do you say that why is it that you do not say that look at how much Allah was glorified in this church why always look at the negatives look at the positives within yourself look at how you can achieve greatness do not think to yourself well I have done this scene I might as well not repent because Allah will not forgive me anyway the greatest door towards Allah is the door of Tawba what better day or what better month to repent than this month and it is the last day of this month let us put it into practice before tomorrow A'eed what do we celebrate do we celebrate that we fasted that we have removed food and drinks or do we celebrate that we have achieved the whole month one whole month obeying Allah staying away not only from that which is haram but also encompassing ourselves to stay away from that which is halal if we can do that for one month why is it we can't do it for the rest of the year that's why we celebrate because we can achieve we have greatness within us but we overlook it نبي الله نوح after the flood occurred and the kuffar all died نبي الله نوح as you know all of our NBA our معصومين obviously they had jobs they weren't just preaching each and every one of them had a particular thing that they used to do a trade a job working giving us an aspect that you know what you have to go and earn نبي الله نوح we used to work with pottery to make bars ornaments so two people after the flood occurred two people comes into his shop they come and buy everything of نبي الله نوح everything they buy it نبي الله نوح imagine what he's thinking he's like these guys really like my stuff they buy everything from نبي الله نوح they take it نبي الله نوح sells it he's excited wow who wouldn't be look at the aspect they take everything that they bought outside and they begin to break it they bought it they start breaking it outside نبي الله نوح they sold it it doesn't have possession of it but he's still hurt why because he says I've spent time on this these are my works I've spent valuable time I have a connection with these particular ornaments I'm proud of these particular ornaments those two people reveal themselves and they said نبي الله we are angels sent from الله سبحانه وتعالى to teach you a lesson he says what's the lesson what wisdom do you wish to teach me he says نبي الله نوح he says when you raised your hands after 950 years as the Quran states 1000 minus 50 as the Quran states after 950 years of دعوة you raised your hands and said الله bring down your anger or bring down your عذاب on these people because I have done that which is enough عليمي مطالب has a reference with نبي الله نوح because after 950 years he says I can't give دعوة anymore these people don't have a chance these people don't want to come towards the religion عليمي مطالب was in comparison to نبي الله نوح he says نبي الله نوح after 950 years he was fed up with these people he did enough he didn't want to do more دعوة he says these people will never learn عليمي مطالب in that reference he says if I was given to internity I would never stop preaching عليمي بطالب not only preach to the humans how many narrations do we have when he went towards the jinn in the underground tunnels and fought with them how many people did he bring towards how many jinn did he bring towards Islam دعوة دعوة he was a living manifestation of the Quran everywhere he walked the way he talked the way he attributed himself with other people they didn't even know it was عليمي بن أبي طالب until someone else told them people used to admire his character why because he didn't want to tell people that I am such and such he taught us yesterday we discussed know the truth and you'll know its people so Allah سبحانه وتعالى was trying to teach نبي الله نوح that each and every human that was drowned in the flood could have come towards Islam had a value when we look at it within ourselves each and every one of us we have a value in the eyes of Allah within ourselves we can become like شمر by one action or we can become like حسين something as simple as choosing the right path simple simple aspects it doesn't have to be a world-shattering decision where you have to choose if you start with the small decisions small decisions obeying or disobeying going with those particular peace towards something which is haram or something which may be haram or may occur that is haram or staying away simple decisions on a step-by-step letter so when we reach the big decisions we already had under our belt that we've always chosen the right path do you think in the big decisions we'll choose wrong? small steps so when the big test comes you know what to choose المام صاحب when we look at this aspect because what do you want to achieve? I want each and every one of you to think of one concept think of a concept it's not in religiosity it's nothing to do with religiosity I want to look at your goals if Allah was to say if Allah was to say I will grant each and every one of you tonight one wish what would you wish for? it's not bound by time, space it's not bound anything that you want what would you choose? what would you choose? many people that I've asked I said well I want to be of the Imam صاحب العسل و الزمان many people and I'm sure each and every one of us would love that but you got to remember if that's the one wish that you do want if that's the one goal that you want to achieve because remember you have this only one goal one wish from Allah what would you choose? think about it now if your answer is to be a part of the soldiers of Imam صاحب العسل و الزمان you don't need to wish you need to act because it's achievable that's the aspect he says I want to be of the companions you can be of the companions it's in your hands your actions will determine whether you'll be with or against the Imam because they were Muslims against or weren't they Muslims against Imam الحسين on the tent of Muharram but because of their actions their daily lifestyles they were still Muslim in name and practice they weren't 30,000 of them opposed the Imam of their time only 72 were hand in hand because they made the right choices within their life they knew who the rope of Allah was and that's the aspect brothers and sisters that we need to learn from tonight if we apply everything that we've learnt in a small scale in a daily perspective we say something small like you know what I do this wrong let me try to do it right I have an anger problem let me try to fix it let me take that in comparison with what the Imams have told me to do if I'm angry if I'm sitting I'll stand if I'm stand I'll sit if that doesn't work I'll makeakes the cold water will affect simple aspect that may have a significant effect on your life and we have to learn that's a third aspect I want to learn from tonight we have to learn from our Imams remember what we said a few nights ago we are of the luckiest people on this earth why? because we did not have to search the entire world the entire books to come to the conclusion that this is the best religion and the most sought out we were given it we were gifted it Allah gifted it to us other people have to search their entire life to know who Ali Ibn Abi Talib is they have to search their whole life to see what kind of mercy the prophet of Islam was they have to search their entire life and when they hold on to this rope not only Muslims the people outside the religion of Islam how many Christians do we know that have learnt about Ali Ibn Abi Talib and they have the sword الفقار hanging behind their house doors why? it says to remember what a great man he was we want to teach our children to be like him even a Christian poet what does he say? about Ali Ibn Abi Talib he says don't say that Ali is only for the Shi'a لا تقول شي'اتون هو to Ali don't say only the Shi'a love Ali إن في كل منصفين شيعية هو فخر الإنسان لا فخر الشعب إستفاه وعده ولي it's a Christian man he says don't think that Ali is for a certain faculty or a certain group of people Ali is for humanity he's a Christian he says then he says what? he says فقد كان خلقه نبوية يا سماء الشدي ويا أرض قري وخشعي إنني ذكرت to Ali a Christian man has that effect from Ali Ibn Abi Talib he says if Ali was not a prophet his morals his characteristics his actual stances that he had were that of a prophet or were prophetic he understood his Christian man he understood the position of Ali Ibn Abi Talib he understood the power that's instilled into this man and how it can be a role model for the entire of mankind that's what we have to hold on to the rope of the Ahlul Bayt we have to hold on to the rope when we learn within these gatherings when we are blessed to come towards these mosques in such holy months such as the holy month of Ramadan إن شاء الله when Muharram comes once again we have to remember these people not only just by memory and uttering of the tongue and listening doesn't want to come from this ear it goes at the other we want to apply it we want to say Ali did this I want to do that say the Zaynab had patience I want to have patience say the Zaynab prayed Salatul Layl on the 11th of Muharram I want to pray Salatul Layl from now on anyone has recited the Holy Quran better than anyone else I want to begin to recite the Quran any example you want to apply to your life there is open the books and see patience go look at say the Zaynab stances look at Imam Hussein bravery, courage, knowledge look at Ali ibn Abi Talib brotherhood look at Abu Fadl al-Abbas motherhood look at Fatima al-Zahra mercy in its utmost manifestation look at the Prophet whatever lessons you want to learn you can find it in the household of Muhammad and Ali Muhammad I've gone I've gone over time for tonight and I apologize from the Sheikh apologies that I have gone over time but it's insha'Allah it's my last night that I'm blessed to be amongst such a beautiful gathering and I want to end on a note in which I want to say that I whatever I said that is correct is from Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala and from the from the Imam from the Prophet of Islam anything that I've said that's incorrect from me if I haven't offended anyone in any way please forgive me in this holy month and we pray to Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala that he brings this Ramadan again next year and we can all be amongst this gathering in the presence of Imam صاحب العصر والزمان we want to pray to Allah to bless us and to accept our prayers and to give and the last thing for tonight to gift الصورة المباركة الفاتح to all of those people that are of the Shi'a of Ahl al-Bayt all the mu'minina and mu'minat whoever has an inheritor to remember them and all those that do not have any inheritance to remember them we want to gift them in this holy month and the last month and the last night of this month of the holy month of Ramadan الصورة المباركة الفاتح but before it three of your loudest salawat على محمد على محمد