 Assalamu alaikum warahmatullahi wa barakatuh Welcome to the live Facebook on this special episode associated with Farhat-e-Zahra Now we have been wearing black and commemorating the tragedies of the Ahlul Bayt for days and weeks but the 9th of Rabi'l Awal marks the milestone of where we take off the black and we put on our bright colors and we all join investing parties and celebrations at Hussainiyah on Farhat-e-Zahra But what is behind this aid? What actually happened on this day? Why has it caused some controversy? Inshallah we'll discuss this and much more with Sheikh Muhammad Abbas Assalamu alaikum sheikhna Assalamu alaikum warahmatullahi wa barakatuh May Allah bless you and increase your happiness on this auspicious day of aid Starting with the celebration of Farhat-e-Zahra on the 9th of Rabi'l Awal Day of happiness and aid celebrations up to the 17th of Rabi'l Awal that marks the birth of the Grand Prophet of Islam Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa alaihi wa sallam and his grandson the master of the age Master of this madhab Imam Ja'far ibn Muhammad al-Sadiq sallahu alaihi wa sallam May Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala increase our happiness during this day of aid and fulfill the du'az and the hajjat of all mu'minina and mu'minat Sheikhna, how important is this aid? I mean, is this aid used as a milestone to end our season of grief, you could say? Is that why it's so important? In regards to how it is perceived today from a calendar perspective in that we begin mourning for Ahlul Bayt from the beginning of Muharram all the way until the 8th of Rabi'l Awal that marks the martyrdom of Imam Hassan al-Asqari sallallahu alaihi wa sallam and the very next day you have the 9th day of Rabi'l Awal So from a calendar perspective, this aid has this sort of fragrance attached to it that it is the day of celebration after an extended two plus months two months and some days of mourning and we have narrations in itself by Amir al-Mu'minin sallallahu alaihi wa sallam where he specifically mentions this day 9th of Rabi'l Awal as being the day in which the black clothes are removed for everything within this shari'ah even historical dates and historical occurrences they take place and fall on certain days not out of coincidence but there is a Hikmah Ilahiyyah a divine wisdom behind everything that happens even from a calendar perspective Alhamdulillah wa shukar Masha'Allah So what did actually occur on these days? In regards to the importance of Aid al-Qadir and before we touch into what exactly happened the importance of this day the importance of 9th Rabi'l Awal what is the divinity of this day? or if you could put it in another way what is the fada'il? what is the fada'il of this great day of Aid 9th of Rabi'l Awal most famously known as Farhat al-Zahra within the Hadith Mu'attabara we find that Amirul-Mu'minin salawatullahi wa salamuhu alayh describes this day of Aid 9th Rabi'ul Awal Farhat al-Zahra describing it with 72 different names he conveys this message or he relays this information for Hudayfa al-Yamani companion, Sahabi of Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi wa sallam and he mentions to him Ya Hudayfa that I know for this day 72 names and 72 days, the 72 names given to this one single day of Aid each one of these 72 names reflects a certain divine grand and auspicious element of this day of Aid and you find that in comparison to all the other days of Aid there is no single Aid within our tradition that has been granted so much importance and been blessed in such an intense manner no other Aid, not either al-Adha, not either al-Fitr, not even either al-Ghadeer you find that 72 elements are given dimensions through which this 72 different elements of the grandness of this Aid and let me read you some of these 72 titles from these 72 let me read for you some that will give you and give our blessed viewers a glimpse of the greatness of this day of celebration and why we celebrate it Hadith is from Ameer al-Mu'mineen sallallahu alayhi wa sallam alayhi speaking with Hudayfa part of the Hadith which is Masha'ur from the names that is given to Aid al-Zahra or Fatah Farhat al-Zahra Ameer al-Mu'mineen says Yawm al-Ghadeer al-Thani the ninth of Rabi'u al-Awwal is the second Aid al-Ghadeer so from here straight away we understand that Aid al-Ghadeer or the event of Ghadeer in itself is made up of two parts one part is the 18th of Dhil Hijjah and the second part is the 9th of Rabi'u al-Awwal and within this there is Kalam Kabir there is great words and there is great interpretation in regards to the similarities and the conjunction between the 9th of Rabi'u al-Awwal and the 18th of Dhil Hijjah such that the Aid of 18th Dhil Hijjah is completed with the Aid of 9th of Rabi'u al-Awwal and the 9th of Rabi'u al-Awwal is completed with 18th Dhil Hijjah the one who celebrates the 9th of Rabi'u al-Awwal is because he has understood and accepted 18th Dhil Hijjah and vice-versa so you find Ameer al-Mu'mineen states 9th of Rabi'u al-Awwal Yawm al-Ghadeer al-Thani in another description Yawm al-Rafa'u al-Kalam the day the pen is raised and there is Tafsir about this Yawm al-Barakah the day of blessings Yawm al-Tharat this is the day of vengeance Yawm yus-Tahab fihi al-Dua or yus-Tajab fihi al-Dua the day where Dua's are accepted wa yawm naz'u al-Sawad naz'u al-Sawad what you were elaborating towards it is the day of removing the black clothes yawm nidamatu dhalim the day of regret for the oppressor yawm farhu shi'a the day of happiness for the shi'a wa yawm katlu al-Munafik the day where the munafik was killed sent towards jahannam wa ba'isa al-Masir yawm hadmud dalala this is the day of the destruction of misguidance and you find that so on so forth yawm nasru al-Madlum this day 9th Rabi'l Awal is the day of victory for the oppressed each and every one of these names highlight a certain particular dimension of this great aid that occurs on the 9th of Rabi'l Awal this is in regards to the importance of this day when you come and you ask in regards to your question what exactly happened on this day 9th Rabi'l Awal why do we celebrate it what is the reason for this commemoration of this grandness we have hadith hadith is Sharif which is narrated to us on authority of Imam al-Asqari and this narration is mentioned in a number of books and let me just say to you exactly in this regards I will narrate for you the importance of this day what happened on this day from the words of Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam himself which he conveys to Hudayfa and he says within this two points because the hadith is grand and the hadith is long he says to Imam Hassan and the Husaynian and Hudayfa is listening he says so we understand number one that Rasulullah celebrated this hadith and he is celebrating it in regards or in the form of a prophecy for a grand act that is going to happen years later on this day the Holy Prophet says which Rasulullah says this is the day of Barakah congratulations to you on the grandness and the Barakah of this day why? because indeed today is the day that Allah shall perish or Allah shall destroy or chastise His enemy and the enemy or the enemy of His Prophet so today is the day 9th of Rabi'ul Awal marks the day of Divine Chastisement who is being chastised the enemy of Allah and the enemy of Rasulullah today is the day that the dua of your mother was granted and accepted by Allah as a wajal which dua? in regards to the chastisement of the enemy of Allah the question also is which mother? i.e. the mother of Sayyid al-Fatiha and hence it is known as Farhat al-Zahra the happiness of Zahra the celebration of Zahra why? because the enemy of Zahra whom Zahra al-Zahra did dua against this dua was actualised on the 9th of Rabi'ul Awal and Rasulullah goes on to describe this cheese today is the day that the fearown in regards to my Ahlu al-Bayt the fearown of the Muslim Ummah the one who shall oppress them and the one who shall use up their rights shall be destroyed meaning the fir'un of the time, Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi wa sallam describes the killer of Sayyidah Fatimah al-Zahra as being a fir'un. And few sentences before that, the enemy of Allah and the enemy of Rasulullah. So, in short, when you say what happened exactly on this day, this is the day that the fir'un of this ummah and the killer of Sayyidah Fatimah al-Zahra left was killed and it marks the beginning of divine chastisement. Like the way Amir al-Mu'minin said, the day where misguidance was shattered and hence it is a day of celebration from this perspective, a day of grand celebration. Mashallah. Alhamdulillah. The Eid, Farhat al-Zahra, alayhi wa sallam, we have a tradition. And you find that this tradition, I will read out for you parts of it and this way we can get a glimpse in regards to where is the masjidah of this Eid. What is the proof? Was this celebrated during the time of the imams or not? You find it from this narration, which is narrated by Muhammad ibn al-Ala al-Hamadani al-Wasiti and Yahya ibn Muhammad ibn Jureh al-Baghdadi, both of them say that we had a dispute over a certain topic, over a certain issue. And in order to resolve this dispute, we went to the house of Ahmad ibn Ishaq al-Kummi. Who is the companion of Abul Hassan al-Asqari? Abul Hassan al-Asqari, i.e. Imam al-Hadi. Both imams are commonly known with the title al-Asqari. Imam Ali ibn Muhammad al-Asqari, and we have Imam Hassan ibn Ali al-Asqari, Imam al-Hadi and Imam al-Asqari, i.e. both 10th and 11th imams. So he says, we went to Ishaq ibn Ahmad al-Kummi, who was the companion of Imam al-Hadi in the city of Qummi. We knocked on the door, and we knocked over the door, and when we left, there was a young Iraqi girl who came out of the house. So we asked her, and we asked the girl, where is Ahmad ibn Ishaq al-Kummi. she said to him, who are mashgulun bi-aidi, ifa inna hu yawma-aid, she said to him, he's busy celebrating the aid, he's preoccupied in celebration. So look at what the hadith goes on to say. Fakulna, these two people, he said, subhanallah, al-a'iyad, a'iyad is shi'a arba, al-adha, al-fitr, yawm al-gadir, yawm al-jum'a. These two companions got shocked. They said, Baba, we have, they didn't say Baba, no, I'm just, you know. They said, subhanallah, they said, subhanallah, a'id, what do you mean an a'id? Ask the shi'a, we have only four a'ids that we know about. We know about a'id al-adha, we know about a'id al-fitr, we know about a'id al-gadir, and we know, jum'a is day of a'id. Which other a'id came on top of this? And on this day, Khalat, she said, She replies back to them. She says, She says, That today is a day of a'id. Rather, it is the best of all a'ids for their ahlul bait. And they didn't say, For a muwali and the shi'a, there is a great difference in terms of daraja, in terms of alliance, in terms of affiliation. La'ash, she said, muwali, everyone and anyone at any different level of iman. Even the levels of iman lower than the shi'a, it is taken as an a'id for them. So the hadith goes on to say, She said, Ask permission from him so that we can come in and tell him who we are. She said, She went and she told Ahmadi bin Ishaq, who has come to the house, and Ahmadi bin Ishaq came and he welcomed them. And we said to him, Today is the day of a'id, And it was the first day of the month of Rabi. Today is the day of a'id, and it was the first day of Rabi. And then the hadith goes on to say, That he welcomed them to the house, And he went on to say to them, He says, just like the way you all are coming to me, He says, I, with a group of people, With a number of my brothers, Just like the way that you have come to me, My brothers, we went to Surman Ra'a. Surman Ra'a, the full name for Samarra. Samarra, back in the day, used to be known as Surman Ra'a, Because it was pleasant as a city for anybody to look at it, with the green region, everything. He says, we entered into the house on a day like this, The night of Rabi'ul Awal, in the previous year or in the previous years. And we saw our master wearing the best of clothes. He had encouraged all his servants, and the people in his house, who Imam Al-Hadi, To dress as much as possible in their best clothes. He was lighting the Eid, and spreading the Eid by himself. Look at the manner in which Imam Al-Hadi is celebrating. He is with the Oud, and he is spreading the Oud in the house by himself. So we said to him, may our mothers and our fathers be sacrificed for you, Ya'bna Rasulullah, Al-Tajaddada li Ahlul Bayt fi hadal yawm farh. They said to him, Ya' Imam al-Asqari, Ya' Mawlana Ya Sayyidina, Did something happen today to renew the happiness of Ahlul Bayt? Look at the response of the Imam. He answers the question with another question, rhetorical question. And which other day other than this, is there a day that has a greater sanctity in the regards to Ahlul Bayt? Rhetorical question, he says, one of the most sanctuous days within the calendar. And then the Hadith goes on to state how Imam Al-Hadi narrates the incident from Hudayfah al-Yamani on authority of the Prophet on how the Prophet gave glad tidings. That the 9th of Rabi'ul Awal is the day where the killer of Sayyid al-Fatima al-Zahra shall perish. So what we understand is that this Hadith illustrates for us how Farhat al-Zahra and the celebration of 9th of Rabi'ul Awal is the day of Eid from the time of Imam Hassan al-Asqari, and the greatest companions around the Imam celebrated this Eid. Person may come and the person may say, well before this, you find that a lot of the Shi'a and perhaps the narrators of these two traditions were not even aware of this Eid, which perhaps shows us or is an indication. We've lost translation. The Shi'a never had the chance to openly express themselves or practice their faith with safety and aman. They were never granted that freedom to do so. And it shows us the level of taqiyyah. And the person who looks into history will see that this narration and in itself became a turning point to make this celebration one of the most well-known and well-celebrated Eids in the entire Shi'a history from there on, within Shi'a communities across the globe. If a person looks into history and he sees this transformation and not to say that this Eid was not celebrated. When he says taqiyyah, doesn't mean that somebody within the viewers respected brothers and sisters thinks that this Eid was never celebrated until the time of Imam Al-Hadi. No, it was celebrated but celebrated in a manner where majority of the people were not aware because there are indications as we shall discuss later on in the show that we have hadith not only from Imam Al-Hadi in this regard, but hadith going back to Imam Sadiq, salawatullahi wa salamahu alayhi. As-salamu alayhi. Shaykhna, I think it's really like if you look in today's society that we do have people who are a little skeptical in regards to these hadith. They're a bit skeptical in order to celebrate Arhat-e-Zahra for whatever reason. Before we go to a break, if you quickly summarize, why do you think some people challenge these hadith? Why do you think some people are trying to hide or cover Arhat-e-Zahra in the daylight today? How much time do we have? The answer is in accordance to that. If we have a few minutes before the break, we'll see over here that the authenticity of the hadith, there is absolutely no doubt in regards to this. And inshallah, perhaps this is something that we can touch off to the break. But, I think what you're illustrating towards is the concept of tatwijl Imam Al-Hujjah, jalla Allahu ta'ala farajahu sharif, where the 9th of Rabi'ul Awal is marked or is commemorated as the first day of the Imamate of Imam Sahib Al-Amra. So it's a day of celebration, celebrating the Imamate of Imam Al-Hujjah. Two ishqals in regards to this, two difficulties or two problems in regards to this. Habibi, number one, technically this is incorrect. 9th of Rabi'ul Awal was not the first day of the Imamate of Imam Al-Hujjah. Rather, the Imamate of Imam Al-Hujjah is from the day of the Istishhan of Imam Hassan Al-Asqari, salawatullahi wa salamuhu, alayh, which is the 8th of Rabi'ul Awal. So the divine responsibilities of divine leadership in terms of executing this authority because Imam was an Imam from even before. There is no doubt. It's not that he was not an Imam and now he became an Imam. No, he was always an Imam. But now this authority of executing the responsibility of this Imamate, this began from the Istishhan of Imam Hassan Al-Asqari, alayh, which is famous within the books of Tariq, 8th of Rabi'ul Awal. So the 8th of Rabi'ul Awal, technically speaking, is the first day of the Imamate of Imam Al-Hujjah. It's not the 9th of Rabi'ul Awal. This is the first mistake, ishqal number one. Ishqal number two. Ya'akhi, we have never had within the history of Tashayi'u that we have celebrated the commencement of the Imamate of any Imam. Yes, we have one celebration. The divine, the taking of the bay'ah in terms of this announcement of the divine leadership of Amirul Mu'mineen, which actually happened before the Istishhad of Rasulullah. Which happened at the center, 18th of Dil-Hujjah. But we don't have celebration within Shi'a history, the celebration of the beginning of one Imamate. Ya'ani for example, for example, can nobody within the Shi'a world, can, or even from the non-Shi'a, can dispute with you on the fact the Hadith of Imam Al-Husayn and we spoke about this number of times and Khutaba'a always mentioned this. Inna Al-Husayn. Najat. Imam Al-Husayn is the savior, is the lantern of guidance and the ark of salvation. Whoever votes the ark of Imam Al-Husayn is the ark of Jannah. We know that, correct? Now just because Imam Al-Husayn is the ark of salvation, does it mean, on the Istishhad of Imam Hassan al-Asqari, we begin to celebrate the Imamate of Imam Al-Husayn? Because he's the Imam that gave us the greatest sacrifice to save humanity? Ya'ahu wa min mantik. This is nonsensical, it's a nonsensical argument to be respectful. It's a nonsensical argument. We have never had, now it's incorrect in terms of a date perspective, the first day of the Imamate of Imam Al-Hujjah is Rabi'ul Awad. Number two, it has never been a practice from the practice of the Shi'a before, that we commemorate the beginning of the Imamate of any other Imam in that sense. Number three, and this is the last before we go on to break, if you really think about it, the beginning of the Imamate of Imam Al-Hujjah, Ya'ahi, should actually be, it's a situation of grief. Ghaibat al-Sukra began. Yes. Habibi, what is there to celebrate about the beginning of Ghaibat al-Qubra? It says, the prophets say that they shall come upon a time where, because of the Ghaibah, people will go astray. You don't have physical access to your Imam. The reason that we recite the An-Nudbah every Friday is we we bend, we wail and we cry. We cannot see the Imam of our time. And now suddenly we want to begin to celebrate the beginning of this Ghaibah, Ya'ahi. This is a lot. That in itself is incorrect and in many times the excuse or the justification that weage, the crowning of the beginning of the Imamate of Imam Al-Hujjah in my humble opinion is a good cover for hiding the reality. Insha'Allah, Sheikh, we're going to carry on our discussion after the break. So to the viewers, please don't go anywhere and please join us after the break as we continue the discussion. Insha'Allah, see you after. As-salamu alaikum wa rahmatullah wa barakatuh. As-salamu alaikum wa rahmatullah wa barakatuh. Welcome back to the live Facebook. We have a special program to do with Farhat al-Zahra. Our phone lines are open. So if you do have a question you'd like to ask the Sheikh, please call us on 0203-5150-199. And insha'Allah the Sheikh will be able to answer the question for you. Insha'Allah. Sheikh Naid, you gave us a hadith by Ahmad Ibn Ishaq Al-Kummi. How authentic is this? Is this hadith ever challenged by anyone or anything? In regards to the narration of Ahmad Ibn Ishaq Al-Kummi, you find that this narration is found within Bihar al-Anwar. It's narrated inside of Bihar al-Anwar by Alama al-Majlisi. And it's very unfortunate that you have in this day and age that there is this attack on Alama al-Majlisi and then attack on the credibility and the authenticity of this encyclopedia known as Bihar al-Anwar. Leaving these misconceptions aside, there is a particular series that is prepared in regards to understanding. With Bihar al-Anwar and encyclopedia, there is a manner in which it needs to be studied and a manner in which... I think it's important to let the viewers understand how big Bihar al-Anwar actually is. I think it's 40 volumes or something. In today's publications, 110 volumes. In today's publications, 110. You will see some editions where they've put volume 31 and 32 together. So 102 volumes, 106 volumes altogether, depending on the print. But you can say safely, 100 volume. 100 volume, yes. What about the Hadith inside of these heavyweight Hadith? I mean, Siddique Bihar al-Anwar. Truly, an ocean and a sea of lights and noor emanating from within this writing and no other historian before or after or no other scholar before or after has ever been able to even replicate something close to Bihar al-Anwar. So you have this Hadith inside which is mentioned in Bihar al-Anwar. You find that a number of other scholars have talked about and mentioned this Hadith of Isha Ahmed ibn Ishakal Kumi. Alama al-Majlisi rahmatullah alaih in the version that I have, volume 95. You have Sayyid ibn Tawoos in his book, Zawa'id al-Fawa'id. You have Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari in his book, Dala'il al-Imamah. And then you have a fourth scholar by the name of Sheikh Hashim ibn Muhammad who was from the Ulama of the 6th century in his book, Misbah al-Anwar. So a person might ask, who is Hisham ibn Muhammad and what's the importance of this book, Kitab Misbah al-Anwar? You find that Alama al-Majlisi rahmatullah alaih in a footnote writes that one of the classical things or the distinguishing factors about the scholar, Sheikh Hashim ibn Muhammad in his book, Misbah al-Anwar. Alama al-Majlisi writes, Yarwi minal usul al-Mu'tabara minal khasa wal-Ama that Sheikh Hashim ibn Muhammad in his book, Misbah al-Anwar had access to those books that are known as the Usul al-Mu'tabara. The Usul al-Arbamiya, for example, 400 core books written under the direct communication of the Imam or supervised under the Imam. So you find that this Hadith of Ahmad ibn Ishaq al-Kummi has roots within the Usul al-Mu'tabara. And then on top of that you have Hashim al-Bahrani, the author, Atullah Hashim al-Bahrani, the author of Madinah tul-Ma'ajij, Atullah Sayyidina Ahmad tul-Lahi al-Jaza'iri. So you have six and there are many more. If you keep going, the number is endless. So this common misconception that this Hadith is only narrated by Alama al-Majlisi is incorrect. This same narration has been repeated by grand scholars from within our times and six of them we have just listed them. Another thing is this, when you're looking at authenticity, first of all the narrator of this Hadith Ahmad ibn Ishaq al-Kummi is a notable figure and a very well revered figure within Tashayyuk, within the Shia School of Thought, a companion of Imam al-Jawad and Imam al-Hadi and Imam al-Asqari. You find that he is his mazar, he actually has a shrine where it is a place of visitation till today if I'm not mistaken in Kerman Shah in Iran. He was one of those few companions who was blessed to have seen Imam al-Hudja during the lifetime of Imam Hassan al-Asqari alaihi salam and an author as well from the ulama and the wukala of the 12th Imam who was also the author of books and in regards to his credibility in regards to his credibility if you are looking at this from a Sunnah perspective, Sheikh al-Najash he says wakana wafidu l-kummiyin warawa anabi ja'farathani wa abil Hasan wakana khasatabi Muhammad he was the face the head of the delegations of the kummiyin and narrated hadith on authority of Imam al-Jawad and Imam al-Hadi and was from the khasatabi Muhammad in those particular close circles of Imam Hassan al-Asqari Sheikh al-Tusi says the same thing khawasabi Muhammad warawa sahib al-zaman wa huwa sheikh ul-kummiyin wa wafidu l-kum he was the sheikh of the kummiyin the master, the grand scholar of the people of kum and the official you could say representative of the faith and representative of the Imam in that sense so this is in regards to Ahmad ibn Ishaq al-kummi look, now the point that I wanted to get towards when it comes to establishing the authenticity of any given narration the Sunnah in itself the chain of narrators in itself is not the only criteria for establishing the authenticity of a hadith it is one of many ways in which the authenticity of a hadith can be established we have a concept within usul al-hadith which is known, even if the sunnah has no e'atabah if the sunnah was weak, da'if for a number of reasons as hadith can be da'if in regards to its sunnah because of a number of reasons on the assumption that the hadith in itself was da'if it does not become a reason to negate the authenticity of the hadith in its entirety why? because the hadith in itself can be mahfuf bil-kara'in it is surrounded it is clustered with a number of indicators that allow us to establish the authenticity of this hadith without any doubt masha'Allah sheikhna, I do believe we have a caller on the line insha'Allah we'll be able to get through to them salamu alaykum, your name and where you're calling from? why do we celebrate Fahd al-Zahra you guys are celebrating the death of someone who is revered by the Sunni school of thought aren't you causing issues and problems within the Shia Sunni unity okay, your name brother where you're calling from? my name is Amir Tadiq, I'm calling from Nasser masha'Allah, thank you very much Amir thank you for your question sheikhna, this controversial you know maybe you know celebrating the death of someone who may be revered very highly by other schools of thought causing maybe some damage to interfaith relations see, over here when it comes to the question whether Fahd al-Zahra causes sectarianism and then we say no why? because this entire being is built on a system of truth and hack you have hack and you have battle if we say on the premise that for example this Eid when you look at the titles that is given to this day of Eid by Amir al-Mu'minin it is the day of justice it is the day of divine chastisement for us the Shia this is a day of celebration because it is a day of justice the person who oppressed the person who persecuted the person who assaulted the daughter of the Holy Prophet broke her ribs caused the death of her unborn child this was the day where he carried out all these tragedies and these atrocities what gave him that courage to attack the daughter of the Prophet in this way because they felt that they were not accountable to anyone they felt that they were above any sort of accountability and because the Ahlul Bayt and the Shia were patient and they said that if vengeance cannot be taken here then there is a day where every oppressor shall be judged and shall be held accountable for the crimes that they committed on this earth and therefore the celebration has nothing to do with causing sectarianism rather this is a day of celebrating divine justice against those who oppressed the daughter of the Holy Prophet this is a day of hope for everyone who is oppressed till today that wherever you are in the world my dear brother, my dear sister if you are being oppressed and above you those who are oppressing you are powers who are so arrogant who behave as if they are the pharaohs of this earth do not lose hope do not lose hope in God do not lose hope in justice do not lose hope in freedom because God has shown us by way of 9th Rabi'ul Awal every oppressed person shall one day gain justice for all the crimes and oppressions carried out against him so I would say to you my dear brothers, my dear sister if there are misconceptions in regards to why we celebrate Farhat al-Zahra if it is offending other people I would say to you this offence to for a large number of people it's because they don't know the reality of what happened to say the Fatimah al-Zahra there is no single Muslim who prays today who would tell you that he doesn't love the daughter of Rasulullah we are not talking about people who are devious and have agendas or who know the truth but refuse to acknowledge the truth these people are there and they are a minority minority, the large vast majority of the population these are people very good natured people very kind hearted people and doesn't mean we sever ties with them other than Allah they don't know they are either misinformed or there is a picture of this individual that is drawn for them as being pious and the leader of the Muslims but if they were to know the media propaganda that went behind it and the reality of how he usurped the right of Amir al-Mu'minin and how he assaulted the daughter of the Prophet nobody would come and condemn you for taking this day of celebration the reason that we have injustice and bloodshed within this ummah we can have our speculations we can have our reasons we want to analyze the cause of bloodshed in the ummah today as per the words of Ahlul Mayt then I go back to the khutbah in the khutbah, adakiyyah where she clearly stated that the effect of these this usurpation of the Khilaf of Amir al-Mu'minin is going to cause bloodshed within the ummah Zahra alaihi salam for told this so therefore one of the greatest ways or one of the most important ways that need to be taken in order to have and restore the glory of Islam is to come back to the original teachings of Rasulullah and to be able to be brave enough to say that yes this crime happened, this was wrong to be brave enough to embrace the truth why should there be an element of violence in this? do the Shi'a carry arms on the 9th of Rabi'ul Awad do they go out with weapons expressing their faith and celebrating their faith why should we be the target of attacks and then the attack is condemned for expressing his voice and the attacker walks free what type of logic is this it should not cause any tension any sectarianism we need to educate the masses on the reality of what has happened and the reality of this history if a person comes and says that this is causing sectarianism Rasulullah celebrated this Eid Imam Hassan Al-Asqari does it mean that Imam Hassan Al-Asqari promoted sectarianism? never we have to stand up in a manner that is loving in a manner that has logic in a manner that has dhaleen and proof to show the people why exactly we're celebrating no one should be offended from this because it's a celebration of justice the daughter was oppressed the daughter of the prophet was oppressed on this earth she couldn't they couldn't stand up against him they controlled themselves and they adapted the stance of sabr but they knew that this dunya is not the end this dunya is not the ultimate there is a world and a realm of existence greater than this dunya and a person who oppresses you over here he will get his according to punishment accordingly and you see this is something that is this is something that is very logical in the sense that it is a day of celebrating justice and a day of celebrating hope for the oppressed there is no sectarianism in both these concepts rather both these concepts using the akali something that is mahboob it is something that is loved and it is something that is respected and stood up for I mean you can't even blame Iraqis who were celebrating the death of Saddam and when Saddam was punished and executed there was millions that took to the streets celebrating and you know being happy about their freedom and this dictator and such an oppressor had been killed and likewise do you think that other celebrations such as they say when fathers their mother days come there are those couples that have issues because there is no mother in that couple or there is no father in that couple and they find that offensive or those who do we had memorial day the other day in regards to the first world war the French the British, the Russians versus Germans, Austrians, Italians I mean obviously there was a lot of people who sacrificed their lives it was a very very sensitive topic but there were still commemorations in regards to this people commemorate that and you see this is a valid point you see all these show us the underlying problems that we have within the Muslim omba our understanding of sectarianism it needs to be taken do we take our understanding of sectarianism from the media from other people's personal opinions sectarianism from the Quran and the Hadith if we call ourselves Muslims we need to go back to the Quran and the Hadith what is the definition of sectarianism if this is one, number two is the issue of offense when Rasulullah said la ilaha illallah inter when you say la ilaha illallah there is no God but Allah do you know how offensive that statement is to millions of people on earth right now today does it mean I stop saying la ilaha illallah in my Shahada this is again this is Khilaf Manteg this is against the logic like you rightly said fathers day we celebrate fathers day today does that mean if we celebrate fathers day it is offensive for those children who were born out of wedlock and don't know who their fathers are so in order to not offend them we should stop celebrating fathers day God forbid the orphans there are so many orphans with the orphans we celebrate fathers day or mothers day that we are actually taunting them or mocking them no, nobody says this rather you use that fathers day to show extra love and extra care to the orphans in the same way to for the Farhat al-Zahra you take extra care to educate people on the reality of this passion and how we oppress the daughter of the holy prophet everything with independence day beautiful example you threw regardless of Baba we are not talking about whether the war was right or wrong and our stance of Islam against violence it's nothing like that but does it mean but just because for example we celebrated memorial day remembrance day that the countries who are on the other side of the war get offended do they come and they say no, why did you celebrate what is it, remembrance or memorial day it's the same thing remembrance day, why did you guys celebrate remembrance day it's offensive to us and that we should sever diplomatic ties they don't say that independence day the countries that were colonized by the British empire independence day celebrates what they were engaged in war and they broke out from the control of the European colonialist powers there for example Pakistan independence day India but Kenya Kenya was also a British colony Kenya was a British colony does that mean that if I be patriotic I celebrate independence day for Kenya that means I'm waging war against the British or it will be offensive to the British because it denotes the fall of their empire and a revolt of the Kenyan people against the British soldiers and God knows how much blood was shed nobody says this it's a holiday that is celebrated they celebrate independence day they break away from British rule and at the same time they have diplomatic ties with me in that sense so the idea the argument of it being offensive is an argument that is not logical that a person stops an act or a faith because the other person is offence with this what needs to happen is that we need to create a culture of dialogue and a culture of acceptance at the end of the day everybody brings forward their dhalil and their proof the one who is convinced alhamdulillah the one who is not convinced you celebrate you see him as a person who is condemned to hell you have this person going to heaven you deal the way you want celebrate the way you want and it shouldn't lead to bloodshed this is what we are saying freedom of expression in that sense you see all of this from the barakat coming out of Farhat al-Zahra where these discussions can be made in a non-violent manner and in a manner with dhalil this is our biggest thing it's very important also that we understand that there are differences and for example there are those that we revere very highly and the other schools say that they are kufr and they are going to hell so it's both ways I've never seen Shia jump and shout and scream in regards to that you have your faith and we have our faith and we have differences and we can always tolerate and be respectful to one another this is it the definitions of tolerance and the important thing is that Baba the stances have to be non-violent why should these celebrations lead to the violence of others there are those who celebrate the birth of multiple gods we believe in the existence of one god because it's all against Allah God to be born but does that mean we go and we stop them from celebrating because you are offending my faith no we don't say that this is your belief in the celebrate when the time comes and those of ideological debate and ideological discussion is open and the concept of how we should live our lives and the concept of what is the ultimate one single truth that will guarantee us paradise we can sit on the table and we can have discussions but more than that you cannot force your belief on somebody else and neither can anybody else or does anybody else have the right to force their faith on you we can be open to discussion and the whole goal comes back over here and it underlines our ethos and our belief that's the practice of non-violence thank you very much Shaykh Na'far for tonight's discussion you've cleared up a lot of misconceptions and a lot of misunderstanding to all of you I hope you enjoyed the discussion inshallah we'll be back again with more theological debates coming from the arguments coming from the book inshallah until then I hope you enjoyed the show and I hope you enjoyed your Eid Farhat Zahra bidding you farewell may god curse all of the enemies of the Ahlul Bayt and the Rasulah especially those who attacked the door of Zahra inshallah