 بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم رب شرح لي صدري ويسر لي أمري وحل العقدة من لساني يفقه قولي بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله رب العالمين وصلى الله على السيدنا وحبيب قلوبنا وشفيع نفوسنا أبل قاسم محمد وعلى عالي بيته الطيبين الطاهرين المعصومين لاسيما بقية الله روحي وأرواح العالمين لتراب مقدمه الفداء ومع بعد رسبكت السكولرين، ألدين، بلدين والصلاة والسلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته إن شاء الله كما نحن نتذكره اليوم الماتدم of one of the descendants of our second Imam محمد حسن المجتبه وعلى عالي عبداللللصلاة وسلام we look at and we want to look at particular aspects of this great personality's life this personality that may have been overlooked to the wide majority of the population especially the people living outside the lands of Iran and especially where the person that we can rate tonight أو أردت إلى أشهر عبدالعبيم ألحساني في which we tonight look at his life from Australia, Sydney and we seek to analyze some important factors in his life and try to at the very best and within the time restraints that we have see what significance and what role he played and we want to take that and try to apply it on a 21st century perspective a level in which we can take it from it nowadays because we commemorate him and he died a thousand years ago and however if we look at it nowadays how does his death and how does his life affect our life how is it that we can learn from his life and put it into practice now when we look at his life there are many things that we can look at within the limited hadith that we have the first and foremost is we know that this particular person and obviously it was taken around in the messages that this person if you visit his shrine and this is a hadith from Imam Al-Hadiya if you visit this person's shrine and also narrated by Imam Al-Asqariya says if you visit this particular person's shrine it's as if you have visited Imam Sayyid Al-Shuhada Imam Al-Hussein عليه أفضل الصلاة والسلام نحن نحن كل شخص هنا في المسك of Imam Hussein when we look at this particular aspect and we know the rewards associated with such a ziyara the ziyara of Imam Al-Hussein we want to realize what kind of person was this that his ziyara and his visitation of his shrine is equivalent to that of Imam Al-Hussein not in all aspects obviously but when we look at it in perspective it's a particular person that we need to analyze now we look at Shaykh Al-Sadoq when he analyzes this particular person's life and he says this Imam this descended of the Imam this particular person he always used to go towards the imams and show them and tell them his عقيدة now as you think to yourself he's a descended of an Imam he's directly descended from the Imam he associates with who Imam Rida عليه أفضل الصلاة والسلام حمد جواد عليه الحادي that's the people that he kept in close contact with the imams however look at this particular important factor every single time he'd see them or from time to time he would tell them this is my belief this is my عقيدة can you make sure it's correct can you ensure that I'm on the right path that's the particular person that when you visit him his yara is equivalent to Imam Hussein in a narration now let's look at this particular aspect he goes to Imam الحادي and he says can you check my عقيدة he says what do you believe in he says I believe in Allah and he begins to say particular aspects of the oneness of Allah سبحانه وتعالى each one is more detailed than the other then he goes on after he extracts the idea of the oneness of Allah سبحانه وتعالى he moves on and he says that's because of the oneness of Allah سبحانه وتعالى I have deciphered and I have come to the conclusion that what that the Prophet Muhammad is his messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم and because I came with the conclusion that the oneness of Allah leads to the prophethood of the prophet of Islam I have deciphered that there is no other way for this religion to continue except with the حجة and I came to the conclusion that he is ولي and he is entrusted ولي after the Prophet of Islam the guardian of the message of Islam after the Prophet is علي and he is descendent صلى الله عليه وسلم now someone may come forth and say well obviously we are in the school of thought in which we believe in Allah سبحانه وتعالى we believe in the Prophet of Islam we believe in Ali ibn Abi Talib we believe in the 12th Imam the person when he went to Imam Imam Al-Haidi he tells him he tells him I believe A, B, C, D and then he states each and every Imam up until he got to him he says and I believe that then the Imam asks him this is an important factor for today the Imam asks him he says and after my son حسن العسكري he says the 12th Imam he says he will be in occultation do you believe in him as well this is an important factor he says you will not be seeing him the people at the end of time will not be seeing him as you see me عبد العظيم he says you will not be in contact he may be around us he may be in this very majlis he may be a person that we come across every single day when the Imam comes there is narration that states that when the Imam comes we look at the Imam and say we recognize his face because at one stage or another he has assisted us in something he has come across us we have seen him he is in occultation yes you don't have direct relations with him yes he is here he is taking care of the Shi'a now let's look at it in perspective not only the Shi'a every single person on earth he is the حجة of Allah on earth now the perspective I want to take from tonight is what is this aspect of the أقيد that we take into consideration and that we have to take into consideration that we have to every single day remind ourselves every single day put the calculations in front of us make sure that we are on the right path make sure that's what because there's one aspect that we've said in the past having knowledge of the message of Allah but there's an entirely different entity put it into practice that's where belief comes into place if you have knowledge how many people do we know that's unknowledgeable as in people come forth and I'm taking it from a perspective where I don't have much wisdom I don't have much experience in the world as in what's a 20 plus year old know about life how many people has he met especially the older generation can tell you this people that are not religious people that don't pray and fast people that do stuff that Allah سبحانه وتعالى says stay away from some of these people not the majority some of these people have more knowledge but have chosen to go against Allah you tell them history they'll tell you every single war that came they'll tell you شريعة they'll tell you every single jurisprudential argument do you pray he says no why? that's the question when you have belief in Allah when you have belief in the day of judgment when Allah سبحانه وتعالى in the Quran says وذكرهم بأيام الله what does it mean? and remind them of the days of Allah one of the days is what? is the day of death is the day at each and every individual will die the one thing every single person on earth the one particular thing that every single person on earth knows for 100% certainty that he will die doesn't matter if you're a Christian you're an atheist you're a Muslim you're a Jew doesn't matter you go to an atheist do you think you'll live forever? obviously he's saying no remind him don't you want to do good in your life don't you want to plant your آخر when you remind them of the day of judgment when you remind them the day of death then they'll begin to reconsider what they've done in this world then they'll begin to take into analogies what have I done what must I do to achieve my goal what must I do to achieve the goal in which pleasing the Imam صاحب العصري والزمان each and every one of us every individual in this particular room craves to look at the Imam for our eyesight to be blessed if you don't look at the Imam look at where he steps the dust under his feet we crave that but how do we act that's the question that we have to take into consideration tonight is knowledge enough without a shadow of doubt knowledge is not enough because we said شمر on the 10th of Muharram and we've said it before and I'll repeat it because it's something that we have to put into aspect شمر had knowledge of the Imam didn't he he cries on the chest of the Imam he couldn't bear killing him because he was looking at him while he was uttering the Holy Quran he turns him over so he doesn't look at his face and then he strikes him 12 times he takes his head towards about the life in his yard in Khufa he says I know this person I know who I've killed I know and he says the famous lines give me silver and gold up to my knees because I have killed the man that is the greatest at the time and has the greatest mother and father tell me does this person not know who the Imam is that's the question he had knowledge of the Imam what did he do the worldly desires when they come the aspects that Allah tests you in the aspect that someone may bribe you that the majority might go towards a particular place and you go against yourself and Allah and go with them because they're the majority and the Quran everywhere you look it says the مخلصين the people that are a handful the people of the book the people that are righteous the people that Allah has chosen go and tell me where it says the majority go and read صورة الواقع from the start to the end where does it say ثله قليلون إمام زين العابدين after the incident of Karbala he looks at a particular shepherd that had sheep alongside him and he looks at his companion he says what he says he says by Allah we and he says we the people of the house don't have lovers we don't have anyone loving us in Mecca and in Medina as much as there are sheep behind this person he says I counted them and there were 20 heads he says 20 heads 20 sheep he says there was not 20 people in Mecca and in Medina that loved the people of the house that's who the words of who إمام سجاد إمام زين العابدين after the tragedy and the incident of Karbala not on a normal occasion after the incident everyone began to know who the people of the house are إمام wrote three particular texts that distributed the school of thought رسالة الحقوق دعاء مكان من أخلاق صحيفة سجادية you just open it it has everything that you need in it it has du'as that you've never thought of in your life it has du'a before you even recite du'a and the single aspect is accounted for in Islam and when the prophet says كهاتين and he says about the people of the house and the book of Allah it means what as much as the Quran applies to our lives the people of the house will apply and we commemorate a person that knew this particular aspect knew that the importance of knowledge the importance of application the importance of reviving his soul reviving his accounting and saying what I have done and what I must do that's why we commemorate him that's why there's a shrine built on top that people come and have their blessings when they go towards this particular shrine in Iran now another aspect I want to draw your attention to and it applies to this particular scenario the idea that against all odds you have to stand firm and Allah will be with you the example is of Imam Al-Hasan because when we commemorate عبد العظيم Al-Hasan it's because he's what he's direct the sentence of Imam Al-Hasan now some people I'm not saying everyone but some people may come forth and say Imam Hussein is greater than Imam Hasan some might come forth and say that and we ask them why it says because of the incident of Karbala the bravery of Imam Hasan Allah the Almighty has a beautiful statement he says every single person every single Imam had a role to play if any incident happened when they were exchanged as an example if Imam Hasan was put in Imam Hussein's position and Imam Hussein was put in Imam Hasan's position would they act the same way the answer is yes because at that particular stage of Islam it needed a particular aspect it needed a particular stance when the Prophet says my sons Hasan and Hussein Imam Man whether they stand or sit قامة أو that's the concept that's the idea that Imam Hasan was put in Karbala he will do the same thing Imam Hussein did if Imam Hussein was put in Imam Hasan's position would he do the exact same thing it's one light one message one divine protection of Islam and look at how much they've sacrificed for us and what have we done in return how much do we know about their lives Imam Hussein I want to put a scenario into perspective look at it nowadays look at the greatness of Imam Hussein look at it nowadays and let's look at it in the concept of let's say a particular ruler that is an oppressive ruler a tyrant a dictator someone that we're all familiar with let's take as an example Saddam Saddam ruler of the time had money weapon people not necessarily people that wanted to be with him obviously some were forced against their wills other were threatened and a large majority was actually helping him now we had these three aspects wealth people and weaponry if someone comes forth in front of Saddam for example at his time at his peak and he says as an opposition as a opposition and he says I want to have a ceasefire and this person asks him Saddam is going to ask him he says well do you have people alongside you and this person will say no I don't have anyone he says okay do you have any weapons and that person the opposition will say I don't have any weapons and then he says do you have any money that you can back up what you say buy people out and that person would say no I don't how far do you think that particular opposition will go no money no people and no weaponry as in he's lucky that that person this particular person hasn't been beheaded there and then imagine that's the position that Imam Hassan was in معاوية at the time he owned the people through money he owned the weapons and he owned the wealth the treasury was under his hand he had all of that someone of a grand stature the image of Allah the mirror of Allah's message the guardian of Allah's message on earth Imam Hassan المجتبة at the time what does he do does he have wealth does the Imam have an abundance of wealth in which he can buy the people out معاوية did that Imam Hassan would never do that Imam Hassan would never do that that's the difference between the أهل البيت and those that opposed Imam Hassan doesn't anyone in religion doesn't buy someone if you don't have faith in that particular person he's not going to try to force you into his religion Imam Hassan didn't have any loyal people his general stabbed him in his leg because he was bought out by معاوية so therefore Imam Hassan didn't have people with him everyone was bought out against Imam Hassan he didn't have wealth with him and he didn't have weaponry imagine he has none of the above we said in the example of Saddam if someone was to come there he wouldn't even take him seriously I said what do you have to threaten me with معاوية and Imam Hassan Imam Hassan had himself but look at the position of Imam Hassan he says I am going to write a treaty and I am going to tell you these are the rules and regulations if you sign on then will come to an agreement and that in its perspective in itself shows you the greatness of the Imam having nothing however his word being heard that's number one number two look at the magnanimous nature and the intelligence of the Imam the divine intelligence of the Imam that he knew that in writing this treaty he will show what kind of person معاوية is how look at the particular point that he raised one of the points if you die the خلافة returns back to me and if I die it returns to Imam Hassan number one did معاوية uphold this no he gave it to Yazid that's number one number two do not kill any of the followers of Ahl al-Bayt and you know everyone knows whoever is killed and who he has it but I want to give you a controversial example he killed the son of أبا بكر known as محمد بن أبا بكر one of Imam Ali's as we refer to them disciples that's what a great person he was number two number three he said stop the cursing of my father Ali ibn Abi Talib on the pulpits did he after معاوية 7 years until it stopped أمر بن عبد العزيز for a periodical time stopped the cursing of Ali ibn Abi Talib that's just some of the aspects that he gave to معاوية none of which he kept but to show us from one perspective that he is so grand that he had no one by him no wealth no people no weapons however he can bring a tyrant to his knees with words with position with character and the second position is trying to show you what kind of person معاوية is by revealing his true nature but that's the image that we have till today that people still say now معاوية was a good person image till today that people when they are asked and this is defining factor when we are put in a scenario where someone has to choose between معاوية and Ali and Safine you ask them tell them would you fight alongside معاوية or would you fight alongside Ali ibn Abi Talib people till today will say I will fight with معاوية oh you find people like Abu Huraira in which they looked at him as your narrator of Hadi in the time of Safine where are you what's happening do you take Ali's side or do you take معاوية where are you people look towards him he is standing on a patch of sand and he says الصلاة وراءة or Ali he says the prayer behind Ali is much more rewarding and he says the food with معاوية is much more as we say oily that's him he says now the food with معاوية is much better but the Salah with Ali is better but what for me Abu Huraira I'll stand on this tail والوقف على تلي لأسلام he says wherever wins I'll go after them that's the position that we're in that's the position that we're in when we're giving this aspect and we commemorate this man this man had position this man knew who he's fought for he knew his أقيدة he knew his Imam do we know our Imam we know his name we know when he was born how many days he was in an occultation do we know what we have to do in preparation of the Imam do we know that the Imam or do we have a factor that we know that the Imam is watching our everyday actions every Friday our Amal are giving to him do we know that there's aspects that we have no idea about the Imam whatsoever there is aspects that we have to learn and put into practice that's why we have to look at ourselves first and foremost I want to give you a personal perspective of debates number one we have to strengthen ourselves and I'll tell you why when someone comes forth at university and whoever's gone through this may or may not have gone through this in the university there was a particular stage two or three years ago when people would just take out turbaz would take out blessed turbaz and would break them we'd have them in the Mos'allah all the side minding their own business people will come the next day they're broken or at the back of them it's written Shirk the importance of our religion and the difference between the school of thought of Ahlul-Bayt and those against Ahlul-Bayt is that and a very definitive line is that the school of thought of Ahlul-Bayt teaches us that you have to elevate yourself you have to keep progressing the Imam say if you do not progress this day more than yesterday you are not from Al-Shia Ali ibn Abi Talim says this he says if you want to be of Al-Shia you must better yourself increase your knowledge elevate your rank imagine these people at university personal perspective they write Shirk and they break the turbaz now someone may come forth and retaliate as they did people came forth and took their stuff it's an automatic retaliation I'm not saying that it was a good retaliation we shouldn't sink down to their level the importance is where is knowing the aspect of turbaz so that when someone comes and attacks us you know how to defend it when someone comes forth and attacks us we know how to defend it why because you might not see or you may not see how or why or what effect it may have on that person but that person may have an effect on another I'll give you an example one particular person he was very anti Ahlul-Bayt let's just put it that perspective this person we were studying at the university exam period everyone studying this person had his computer louder than anyone else he's watching all these videos of the particular group at the time that we're fighting I don't know at the time I think it was FSA or it was an ISIS at the time and then he looks towards me and he says say it he didn't know what's happening what's religion what sector I was in he says say it what do you think of this and I'm looking and there's these people fighting and they're cursing the Shi'a and they're cursing the أم المصاعب سيد زي نب and what kind of perspective will I have imagine people around you and you're putting into that position I could have easily retaliated people around me there was Shi'a that could have easily retaliated but everyone was minding their own business and this person begins to talk five hour conversation in which we discussed at the conclusion of it تربة he talked about أقيدة we talked about the تربة and I asked I told him at the end of the conversation he says I am the follower of أهل البيت I believe that Allah سبحانه وتعالى is the Prophet Muhammad and I believe that Allah سبحانه وتعالى is Ali Ibn Abi Talib and I began to tell him all the imams and I said the true message and that we believe in is derived from محمد وآل محمد this particular person had a problem why? he says my father look at the particular aspect he says my father never taught us this he says this is not the أقيدة that's the wording he uses it's not the أقيدة that my father taught me and my father would not appreciate me looking towards people from this particular school of thought now when we discuss this we discuss the تربة and I told him what do you think of this because he was one of the people that were approving of the people destroying the تربة in the mosques approving of the people writing شرك on this particular تربة what happened? we discussing it سبحانه وتعالى at the time there's توفيق people may come they might have the knowledge but not sustain it in particular aspects when you need that knowledge you just forget it but الحمد لله at that particular time الله سبحانه وتعالى reminded me of the particular aspect of the تربة and we began a particular discussion I brought forth حادي he brought forth logical aspects that he thought were logical at the end of it I brought forth we went to the library and we looked at the person that hates of one of the people that hates the أهل البيت more than any other as I don't want to say it on the pulpit but just for a reference and because it's being recorded ام تايمية one of the people that has hatred towards the أهل البيت not normal hatred go look at his books what he has written about the تربة and I told him look you believe in him he says yes of course and I says do you know what he says about the تربة do you know what he says about praying on dirt and praying on clay and rocks in reference to the سجادة he says no I haven't read it I says go read it because it says in his words if you pray on the سجادة that's bid'ah and that's going out of Islam however the Prophet and he says it himself he says if you pray on the rock and you pray on the dust of this earth that is what the Prophet did I told him where's the bid'ah the problem is where when the person is asked don't talk to a shia because they will magically turn your head they have magic the Prophet what was he called when he first brought the message when he had logic when he had beautiful poetry perfect poetry perfect wording of Allah سبحانه وتعالى was he or was he not called a magician I ask you the first thing they called him was a magician nowadays you find it it repeats ourselves history repeats itself when you have logic when you have a perspective in which you can bring the masses with your knowledge with your intellect not saying yours as in hours we're saying yours as in from and derived from أهل البيت when Imam Sadiq says there is not a rock that you lift except the knowledge found under it is from us or من أندنا that's the aspect of knowledge and what knowledge do we have that we think all these advances all these medical advances all these particular theories that we come up with perspectives all these medicines that come into place chemistry, biology, physics Imam Sadiq says everything that you have on this earth is but one letter of the alphabet elephant غير معطوفة he says that's all you have and you think that you're great now inshallah to conclude tonight it's to give you an aspect if we don't take anything from tonight is this is that when we remember such people is that when we come towards the mosques we want to better ourselves yes or no yes that's the first aspect when we went to better ourselves we have to find out how because we know why we know why we should better ourselves without a shadow of doubt but how is it that we must better ourselves each and every particular person better themselves in a different perspective the negatives in a particular person and me is different than any other person in this room that's why we have to strengthen this within ourselves we have to know what our faults are in order to strengthen them we have to know what knowledge we're missing in order to strengthen it we have to go towards our اناما go towards our مراجع tell them what is it that we have to do where is it that I can better ourselves not as an individual only but as a community how can we work together to prepare for the Imam صاحب العصري والزمان when we take that into perspective brothers and sisters let's put it into a modern society in the modern day we say and we know for a fact that lying is haram backbiting is haram ABCD haram haram but when it comes to practice when it comes to practice when Imam زين العابدين he says not in مكة or مدين twenty people that love the أهل البيت does it mean that they didn't have knowledge we all have knowledge of أهل البيت how much do we listen to them how much do we follow in their footsteps what do we do when someone is backbiting what do we do when someone attacks us Imam زين العلي عليه السلام was sitting around the campfire someone comes and he curses علي ابنة ابطالب one of his men stands up draws his sword and is about to attack him Imam علي says hold on hold on what are you doing he says he's cursed you all the way what does Imam say he says سب ونبسب أفوان عم ذن he says you could there is a concept of عين بالعين there is a concept he does this you do that yes but the great aspect and the morals of أهل البيت teachers that what he has done a particular perspective leave it with Allah when he's attacked in the market place when he's humiliated in the market place he goes towards the mosque he doesn't attack the person he goes towards the mosque the person finds out he runs he says I'm sorry I didn't know you were the leader and the general of علي ابنة ابطالب's army forgive me he says I've already forgiven you that's the reason why I'm in the mosque because I prayed so Allah may forgive you for what you've done that's the ashab that we have to look into this that's the people that we have to go in there footsteps because at any time we might have an aspect where we think that we are elevated we think that we have knowledge we think that Allah سبحانه وتعالى is happy with us we may reach this and Iblis 6000 years he prayed to Allah worshipped Allah where is Iblis now one aspect goes down there's a particular person and I end on this note برسي صات his name was Jewish rabbi by most narrations this person the narration stated that his دعاء was automatically accepted by Allah سبحانه وتعالى he was in the synagogue 247 he was worshipping Allah praying towards Allah gaining closeness towards Allah the king's daughter became sick they took her everywhere and everyone would say there's no cure for her so the king said I know that there's a rabbi by the name of برسي صات take it to him take my daughter to him برسي صات he comes he says what are you doing he says now we want to leave this girl with you make the دعاء pray to Allah that she is cured and insha'Allah tomorrow we'll come and take her so برسي صات he says I don't want anything to do with the king I don't want any aspect to do with this particular he says now we'll pay you in a grand sum we'll elevate you we'll give you bonuses so they left the girl with her the daughter of the king he prays look at the closest of this person he prays to Allah she's cured then what happened this is the aspect when I say that we may come forth and when any of our grand مراجعة any of our علماء anyone with knowledge when he's asked do you do this particular aspect of Haram no way will you see them or find them say no I've never done that or no will I do that what did they say he says I seek refuge in Allah when this aspect happens that Allah guides me because it's easy to say that I won't commit this sin I won't look at this sin I won't say that particular aspect but when we put in the position there's a different category altogether برسي صات what happens the shaitan begins to speak to him he says it's a girl she's a young girl she's a beautiful girl she's in her health no one will find out الشيطان وصواس so this particular person the shaitan is playing with his mind remember he's one of the people that's always with Allah سبحانه وتعالى in his remembrance all of a sudden he commits an act of atrocity he commits a haram act and look one haram act leads to another and the Quran states this don't go in the aspect don't follow in the footsteps of shaitan don't follow in the footsteps of shaitan don't follow in the footsteps whether or the big footsteps doesn't matter don't follow in the footsteps one haram let's count it then what does he do the shaitan comes again he says well you've done a committed haram what are you going to do now she's going to go tell the king you've done ABCD you have to kill her second aspect so he says you don't have to he kills her he says what do you want to do now the shaitan comes again he says you have to bury her if they find out you're dead he goes buries her the brothers come back the next day he says where's our sister he says I don't know I cured her and she left she left so they went searching for her they had no idea that this particular person that's called himself religious has done that particular act so after he leaves they look around look around shaitan in bodies and he tells the brothers he says what were you looking for he says we're looking for we're looking for a particular girl our sister he says okay that particular person killed her I've seen him and he's buried her in the backyard so he goes the brothers go they dig it up and they find the girl that particular person is taken away and he's the حكم is what that he will be hung the king said you will be hung prosecuted his whole life worshipping Allah سبحانه وتعالى then it comes into perspective that what at the end of his life he's going to be hung even in the last dying moments this person sees the shaitan and he begins cursing the shaitan he says look what you've put me through I have worshipped my whole life because of you I'm in this place and shaitan comes again he doesn't stop there shaitan always comes he doesn't stop there his last words shaitan comes and he says don't worry I'll save you he says how he says bow just bow to me I'll save you he says I have a rope on my neck how am I supposed to bow he says just with your eyelids he bows with his eyelids and he's hung and shaitan's laughing he says I've captured another one of these متفين I've captured another one of these people that you thought oh Allah that is close to me and that's what we have to take into perspective if we know the أهل البيت and we know their teachings we have to elevate our rank we have to educate ourselves and our children and our friends and our families and not just educate ourselves but also put it into practice and I end on this note brothers and sisters and inshallah we pray to Allah that Allah may allow us the معرفة of أهل البيت he may allow us to elevate in the rank in the eyes of Allah may increase our knowledge of the أهل البيت the معرفة of أهل البيت and we pray to Allah that he raises us with the أصحاب of إمام صاحب العصر والزمان بباركة الصورة المباركة الفاتحة تسبقها صلاة على محل محمد وآل محمد