 I seek salvation from shaitan the accursed Dear viewers, As-salamu alaikum jami'an wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh May the peace, blessings and protection of Allah SWT be with you all at all times I would like to welcome you to another show of the Ramadan show On this very special night, we are getting prepared for the nights of Al Qadr And apart from that, we are also getting ready for the nights of the martyrdom of Amir al-Mu'mineen AS Before proceeding onto the show, I just want to remind you once again that you can join us on social media using Twitter and using the hashtag IHTVRamadan You can join us on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube Please also don't forget to send us your videos from wherever you are to show the rest of the world how you prepare for the month of Ramadan Before proceeding onto the show, I just wanted to remember one hadith from Amir al-Mu'mineen And it seems like there is no better night to remember it and no better occasion to remember it than this Imam Ali AS says, tears dry up due to the harshness or the hardness of the heart And hardness of the heart is caused due to frequent sinning In this month and in these great nights, let's endeavor to try and seek forgiveness for our sins And therefore soften our hearts, which will allow us to cry and repent towards Allah SWT even more And therefore elevate our spiritual status In this episode, when we talk about spiritual refinement We'll be taking an example from that individual, that personality who was thought to be the peak of piety That individual who was not only the peak of piety but known as the peak of eloquence We'll be talking about Ali ibn Abi Atali AS The reason why we'll be concentrating on this individual, this personality is because over the coming nights, we'll be commemorating his martyrdom But before I go into his martyrdom, I just want to talk a little bit about who he was as a person What guidance he gave us and what did he show us through his day-to-day life Books of tradition and books of history have told us that Amir al-Mu'minin was thought to be the perfect human being And the realization of all the good possible ethical traits and moral traits of a human being And he stayed away from all vices, all the negative traits that can possibly exist in a human being He was thought to be one of the best worshipers of his time His worship was not only excellent in the form of quantity, amount of time But also in quality, because he prayed with full sincerity, presence of heart And the observation of Allah SWT One of his famous sayings was Oh Allah, I do not worship you for the fear of punishment or for the hope of reward I worship you solely because I know that you are worthy of worship Someone once asked Amir al-Mu'minin Have you seen your Lord so that you worship him? He replied, woe be unto you, I do not worship the Lord who I have not seen Then he was asked, how have you seen him? Amir al-Mu'minin said A human eye cannot see Allah SWT Rather his heart can perceive Allah by real belief And this is what Allah SWT meant to Amir al-Mu'minin This is how he, in his mind, in his soul became close to Allah SWT When we talk about his piety Piety in the essence of the word means No interest in worldly issues, no interest in property, no interest in money, positions, or status Amir al-Mu'minin, by that definition, was one of the most pious men that has ever existed Imam al-Sadaq Alayhi Salam has said Amir al-Mu'minin was the most similar person to the Prophet Peace and blessings be upon him in the way he ate He ate bread, vinegar and olives whilst he fed the people bread and meat Once it is said that food was brought in the presence of Amir al-Mu'minin And that food was made with dates, raisins and oil At that time it was thought to be a very lavish meal Amir al-Mu'minin refused to eat that He was asked, do you know that this kind of food Do you think that this kind of food is unlawful Amir al-Mu'minin said, no, it is not unlawful But I fear that if I eat it, I may like it and get used to it And then he recites the following verse He says, and on the day that the unbelievers will be placed before the fire It will be said to them, ye received your good things in the life of the world Amir al-Mu'minin always focused and paid specific attention to the hereafter And whatever he did in the way he conducted himself He never forgot his Lord in every moment through his life Having talked a little bit about who Amir al-Mu'minin was in terms of his piety In terms of his worship And now bring our minds towards the 21st of the holy month of Ramadan It is the date of the martyrdom of Amir al-Mu'minin He was the victim of being struck on the head by the sword of Ibn-e-Muljim May the curse of Allah be upon him in the mosque of Kufa On the night of the 19th of the holy month of Ramadan Ibn-e-Muljim had been lying in wait for Amir al-Mu'minin from the beginning of the night And when Amir al-Mu'minin walked past his assassin Was pretending to be asleep amidst a group of other people Some narrations say that suddenly he sprang out and struck Amir al-Mu'minin on top of the head with the sword which was poisoned And the Imam was in a very poor state for three days As the poison travelled through his body He left behind some of the guides that we look at in our daily lives today He left behind his children, those reflections of him Who until today stand tall in the world as we remember what they've done for us He left behind Imam Al-Hassan, Imam Al-Hussain Sayyidah Zaynab, Lady Umikul Thum and Abul Fadr al-Abbas, alaihi salam These are the reflections of what Amir al-Mu'minin was, all of his positive traits After he passed away, his two eldest sons, Imam Hassan and Imam Al-Hussain alaihi salam Gave him ghusl, washed him and shrouded him They carried him to Al-Ghari in Najaf, where they eventually buried him We've already talked a little bit about Imam alaihi salam The way he would worship his piety, the height of his love towards Allah SWT Now we move on towards his martyrdom The reason why we're focusing on this great personality on these nights Is that Amir al-Mu'minin was martyred or he died on the 21st of the holy month of Ramadan When we look at his life, even in his death, we see how much trials Amir al-Mu'minin faced We saw how much hatred the people had for him Because of his truthfulness, because of his path in the love of Allah SWT On the night of the 19th of Ramadan, Ibn-e-Muljim, may Allah's curse be upon him Was lying in wait for Amir al-Mu'minin He was pretending to be asleep And when Amir al-Mu'minin walked by a group of people Ibn-e-Muljim was within this group of people and he was pretending to be fast asleep Amir al-Mu'minin then proceeded towards Masjid al-Kufa The place where he was eventually struck He began his prayers And as he began his prayers, Ibn-e-Muljim, he sprang out from the crowd of people With his sword which was poisoned And as Amir al-Mu'minin went into Sujood He struck the head of Amir al-Mu'minin At this point, Amir al-Mu'minin was brought back to his home By his young children Those children whom we look to today The reflections of his beautiful being The reflection of his piety He left behind children who stand today as the height of standing for the truth As the height of truthfulness And they're the individuals who are also one of our guides He left behind Imam Hassan, Imam Hussein Lady Zainab, Lady Umar Kufoom And Abu al-Fadr al-Abbas, alayhi salam When he was brought back His children tended to him But as the poison began to seep through the body of Amir al-Mu'minin He lay in a bad state for three days And eventually met with his martyrdom on the 21st of the holy month of Ramadhan Soon after he died His two eldest sons Imam Hassan and Hussein alayhi salam They washed him And they gave him ghusl They shrouded his body And took him to a place within the confines of Najaf where they buried him It is said that after the martyrdom of Amir al-Mu'minin The little orphans in the streets of Najaf Were wondering what had happened To the person who would give them food To the person who would look after them Amir al-Mu'minin was well known to go out during the night With a veil So that people would not see who he was And with the veil on He would give food to the orphans He would show them love and affection Something that they were lacking Because they had no parents After this day It is said that the orphans were truly orphaned Because Amir al-Mu'minin was known as the father of the orphans As we see These qualities of Amir al-Mu'minin We will try over the next few nights To expand upon these It is said in the books of history That during wars When Amir al-Mu'minin Had a thorn stuck in his foot Or he had an arrow in his foot People Would only remove that thorn or that arrow When Amir al-Mu'minin would go into prayer Because prayer to him Was such a An elevated thing That when he was in prayer He was only concentrating on Allah SWT He would forget about anything else Any pain in his body And it is at this time That people would pull these thorns out of his feet Whilst he is in the process of prayer Because of this And with the nights Of Al-Qadir coming up Over the next few episodes We will be talking about prayer We will be concentrating And focusing on practical tips On steps that you can take In your day to day lives In order to help you to concentrate On prayer To give you the best Possible setup Best possible foundation So that you can make the most Of prayer and your prayers Insha'Allah we will be telling you practical steps Which include things like Spiritual elevation How to prepare yourself before prayer And also things to concentrate on When you are praying Insha'Allah until those episodes I would like you to Remember Amir al-Mu'minin Read the history books Read about his life Read about his biography Unfortunately even Read about Amir al-Mu'minin Throughout these 30 episodes For the whole of these episodes I will not be doing him justice There is so much to say about him So I would just want each and every one of you If you can't read the whole biography Of Amir al-Mu'minin Just read a few pages About what he was like as a person How he led his life How he treated those around him Because don't forget Amir al-Mu'minin went through different stages of his life Stages when he was A stage when he was outlawed And his rights were usurped And a stage when he was actually The leader of the Muslim ummah Throughout these stages of his life He behaved in a very very unique And a special way To everyone around him And that's why his life Can be related to so many of ours Because he went through so many different phases In his life So please read the biography Of Amir al-Mu'minin And implement them In your day to day lives The holy prophet Muhammad May peace and blessings of Allah be upon him And his progeny has said O people, surely the month of God Has approached you The month which in the eyes of Allah Is the most virtuous of the months Its days are the best of days And its nights are the best of nights And its moments the best of moments As we go through these nights of Ramadan During these episodes We've been trying to Do during this month How they alter their day to day lives In order to make accommodations For the month of Ramadan And how they adopt their day to day lives So that they can make the most And have spiritual elevation as much as they can During this holy month In today's episode We're going to talk about The metropolitan city of Paris Which is found as the capital city of France Obviously Paris has a very diverse community Which exists of Muslims And non-Muslims alike And even within the Muslim community We find that people come from very From many many diverse places Around the world However in Paris There is a predominant population Of North Africans And a lot of the Muslim North African population They have a very specific way In which they prepare for the month Obviously because Paris And France as a whole Is a non-Muslim country So people have to make do And they have to work during the month However a lot of people Find that when they collate And bring together all of their leave From work They try to take it all in the month Of Ramadan as much as they can During this holy month So that they can rest And be ready for this month A lot of people Especially from the North African communities They like to eat food at home During the times of Iftar In their local communities And they have Iftar at home After which you will find From the very early days In the month of Ramadan That the Parisians Even the Muslims The North Africans In fact from all over From all races in Paris Will head to the city centre In order to start preparing For the day of Eid They don't want to leave it To the last few days Especially at night time You will see that the city comes to life during the night Due to the high Muslim population And especially the North Africans You will see places like the Shams-e-Lise Or the Eiffel Tower Will be flooded with people During the hours of the night Especially one or two hours after Iftar time As they head to town And they start to live The day to day lives Beginning at night After this They have the sahur And in the month of Ramadan Obviously Because France is found In Europe This year especially It's going to be very long hours Of fasting during the daylight time So what they do is They usually try and have a break After work, have some rest And then after that Prepare for the time of Iftar We've talked about Paris And insha'Allah we hope That you really need your help We hope that you can send in your videos Your pictures Even some anecdotes from how you Or for how you Prepare for this holy month How you go about your day to day lives How you prepare your food How you deal with work How you prepare your families For the nights of the Amal Insha'Allah we hope to be getting your videos And your pictures soon So we can put them on to our channel So the rest of the world Sayyidina, can you tell us about your work That you do here in Karbala? In fact In this Karbala exhibition We have a lot of sections Which are Islamic paintings This cultural section The views The Husaynian and Islamic biographies We have The food section That you can take We tried in this project You refused To say that you are souvenirs What can they take with them As a gift to their state Or their protection As for the clothes section The clothes section You refused To take any of the things I asked Sayyid Riyadh And he is saying that This shop consists of different sections And different parts They have parts specified For children The part that we are here now Exactly They have other parts They have like foods They have And they have also clothing As well as Islamic tables And paintings So their idea is To build a project Where a visitor from Iraq Or outside of Iraq To take back with them Sayyid, do you prefer this section That we are here now? This section is the cultural section That we are focusing on Which includes A number of parts For example The international collections The cultural books The children's books The books of visitors The different stories And other things This cultural section Which focuses more on children In this section I asked brother Riyadh About the section that we are here In Karbala souvenir He is saying that This part is the cultural part Of this shop In this part of the shop They have souvenirs regarding children Like stories and books for children And they have also They have some stamps As well as Different cultural books In this section That they provided with the visitors Of Imam Hussein, peace be upon him Sayyid, the lights that we are here All of them are made in Karbala Or outside of Karbala In reality There are Many of the lights That are in this shop Are made in Karbala Like the records As you can see Our records And the record That we have These records Some things For example, a bag For the records And some Islamic books And some things for children And some cultural things For our company And the rest Of the other countries That we have the light I asked brother Riyadh About the products And he is saying that Most of the products that you can see here Are produced by themselves By Karbala Souvenir Shop Like the prayer mats The Tasbih, the Moor And some of the tables And the paintings Are made here in the holy city of Karbala And by this project itself In this episode As we look at medical For these next few nights As we remember The sad nights of the month of Ramadan And we come across The nights of Al Qadr We Think about different facets Of what we've learnt Through our teachings One of the studies That I found One of the pieces of literature That was written by my brother Abbas Was the memory of water And I just wanted to talk a little bit about it In our lives And how we can influence The way that water affects us In the holy Quran It is written And amongst his signs is that He sends down water from the sky And therewith revives the earth After its death Verily In that are indeed signs For a people who understand You see water is a natural substance Without it life cannot exist We know that 70% of the planet Is covered by water And approximately 70% of us Is indeed made of water A theory That was initially published by A French scientist Called Jacques Benevest In 1988 Said that Water is capable of having A memory A theory that was First met with skepticism From many other scientists However There were experiments that were done Which confirmed this as well Recently a Japanese scientist Called Dr. Imoto Performed an experiment Where he took normal tap water He said some words He put the tap water in different test tubes And in the different test tubes He blew or he said words over the water And after that He looked at the structure of the water On a molecular level And What he found astonished him He said that the water Remembered the word And as a result Changed its structure Studies have shown That a positive structure Or a good structure of water Can have positive effects on the body itself And a negative Structure of water For the human body As we're aware That majority of our body is made of water So if you have a good structure of water It can help you with your health But a negative structure of water Will be detrimental to your health This idea is extremely relevant Because as a child Many of us have been taught To say Bismillah Before drinking some water Or before eating anything The interesting thing is After drinking water This Japanese scientist found That the word That transformed the water Into the most positive structure Was the word of God And verily by saying words like Bismillah Where you start off in the name of God Can only have a positive impact On the crystalline structure of that water After all A good structure of water Can only help us And help the cells within our body As I was growing up I often used to see my mum And my dad Recite the verse of the Qur'an And then blow it onto water Or recite dua'a And blow it onto water And we are taught from The Ahlul Bayt That there's certain Amal we can do certain dua'as We can recite We can blow it on water, drink the water Or we can put certain things in the water And then drink that water To the community Many of the open thinkers Or so they call themselves They meet this with quite a lot of skepticism And they say how can this Actually have a positive impact What does it all mean It is only when we look at studies like this Do we actually find that Saying things to water And reciting things to the water Can actually have a positive impact on that water And when you drink it Can only have a positive impact on yourself For those of you who haven't Read this literature Insha'Allah it will be published On social media On the Facebook page Of the television channel Imam Hussein TV Insha'Allah you can read it for yourself You can look at the pictures for yourself And see exactly how the crystalline structure Of the water changes Based on what is being said to it This is an interesting Theory which has been tested By this scientist Regarding digital biology This is where waves are fired At a drug from a transmitter And the scattering pattern of the waves Is then collected in a receiver The waves that are collected In the receiver Are then fired at a glass of water And then the patient is asked to drink it A study conducted By Thomas Found that treating human Cancers in mice With water That have been transformed in this way With the audio signal It's actually A trade name that they've used Which I'm not going to mention Due to specific reasons But this study showed That actually treating the cancer With this type of water Actually helped to improve Or to shrink the cancer down So it does work And studies have been shown To see Studies have been conducted So At this juncture I just want you to take your mind back To the day of Ashura In Karbala We look at the narrations And we see that Abul Fadal When he picks up the water in his hands He looks at the water And he spills it back into the river And then you think to yourself What effect must this have had on the water That effect was so profound That until this day The water is still encircling his grave And then When you see The study that was conducted By Dr. Emoto He said that the word peace Above all Gave the most perfect shape Of the water The crystalline structure of the water So When we hear the stories I've heard it in many Poetries That Imam al-Hussain Has called out to his Shi'a And he said that when you drink a glass of water Send your peace and blessings upon me So when you combine the study And what Imam al-Hussain has said We find that Imam al-Hussain Has asked us To send salam upon him But that word salam itself Will change the structure of the water And be only good for us So if you think about that You realize how much How much the Ahlul Bayt Actually want good for us And how much they love us Even when we're remembering them We're helping ourselves In the Holy Quran As I've mentioned Allah SWT Has sent blessings our way In the form of water Sometimes we can't see the immediate Results of our prayers But The sayings And the practices of the Ahlul Bayt As-salam The teachings that they've given to us We shouldn't treat with such skepticism We should actually realize That there is a deeper meaning to them And sometimes Science does not tell us everything Until further research is done But because the Ahlul Bayt Are the perfect beings Whatever they have suggested And taught us To follow their path Because whatever we do Is not only following their path But is also good for us I want to leave with this final Thought, this final saying From Amir al-Mu'mineen Where he says The cure is within you But you do not see it The illness is from you But you do not realize Do you think that you are But an insignificant mass Whilst within you Is the Ahlul Bayt To our daily lives It is not only good for us physically But it allows us to ascend In a spiritual way as well When the idol worshippers Of Mecca found out The Prophet Muhammad Was preaching against their idol worship They became very angry And planned to murder him Allah the Almighty And the all knowing And told him to migrate With the Muslims At night the Prophet Muhammad Left for Medina 40 men from 40 different tribes Had gathered around his house To kill him The Prophet asked Imam Ali If he could sleep in his bed that night So the idol worshippers Would think that the Prophet Was still in the house Imam Ali smiled And was very happy And eager to do this favor For Prophet Muhammad Because he knew The sleep he had was on that night Allah said to the angel And Mecca That one of them Had to live longer than the other He asked the angels Whether either one of them Would like to live longer They both replied by saying That each one of them Would like to live longer So they can worship Allah Allah then informed them On earth tonight One brother is willing to give up his life Both angels Came down to the house of the Prophet And looked after Imam Ali All night long After downtime The killers rushed into the Prophet's house And pulled off the blanket From Imam Ali peace be upon him And they were shocked And angered to see Imam Ali Instead of the Prophet And left with anger Allah liked this action From Imam Ali On this occasion Allah states in Surah Baqarah In verse 207 He states And among men is he who sells his soul For the sake of the pleasure of Allah The Almighty And Allah loves such servants The moral of this story And of the action of Imam Ali peace be upon him Is that when we do something purely For Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala And for the sake of Islam Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala This world but in the hereafter And not only a small amount But a huge amount of reflection During this episode As you remember the night When Amir al-Mu'minin was struck by the sword I want to dedicate this recitation This poem To Amir al-Mu'minin This poem was written by myself And my brother Abbas Where we highlight the trace of Amir al-Mu'minin And the qualities that he left behind At the end of the poem There will be a short couple of verses Which we have actually got from Professor Sip de Ja'far Who was a poet from Pakistan And it's in Urdu Professor Sip de Ja'far is one Of the greatest poets of our generation He was murdered very recently And he met his martyrdom Because the haters of the Ahlul Bait Killed him just for being Shi'a He was a professor In a very big school And because of his influence His love for the Ahlul Bait He was killed In his poem he says That the water that you splash Or the water that you put upon me After I die Do not call it a russal And the piece of cloth That you inshroud me into after I die Do not call that a kafan Because I'm on a journey To meet Ali ibn Abi Talib This has been my dream since I was born And as I die I'm meeting my destiny You couldn't hear And orphans cry No see a tear in their eyes You'd give them food While still in disguise For this is how You spent your nights Naba'un fil Qur'an Ya'rifuqal qas'i waddani Walil yatamam upalib Ali ibn Abi Talib Asadullahil ghalib Ghalib kulli ghalib Ya'mudhiraal ajayib Ali ibn Abi Talib The battlefield Protected the prophet like a shield If enemies stood up for the kill It is as though The fate was sealed Sana'a al-saif al-bari Khariq darbat hum minnari Bid al-fiqar al-tarib Ali ibn Abi Talib Asadullahil ghalib Ghalib kulli ghalib Ya'mudhiraal ajayib Ali ibn Abi Talib Jyaal e Jab khuda ko Bukara Jab waliyag liel Zindag Yah Ghusleh maiyat e na ke Ghusleh ko Ujl-e-malb usko mat kafa'n na Ghusleh maiyat e Ujl-e-malb mat kafa'n na The Holy Prophet Muhammad may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him and his progeny has said, O people, surely the month of God has approached you, the month which in the eyes of Allah is the most virtuous of the months, its days are the best of days and its nights are the best of nights and its moments the best of moments. As we end this episode of the Ramadan show, I want to leave you with a final thought as we are approaching the nights of Qadr, the nights of contemplation, the nights of Ibadah. Thinking about philosophical things is very important and to give you a new direction of life. The thought I want to leave you with is something that my mother once told me when I was very, very young. When I'd done something that I thought should be pleased off, I asked her, I said, are you proud of me? She said to me, son, don't do things to make us proud of you. Do things because in your heart you know it's the right thing to do. We should use this in our lives because this saying has stayed with me for all of my life because essentially we're not answerable to any mortal or any person in this world even if they're our own parents, the only person we're answerable to is ourselves and our Lord because at the end of the day it's him to whom we're returning. I would like to once again thank you for watching the show, inshallah we hope that we've been able to impart some pearls of wisdom and give you some tools that can give you the best out of this month, inshallah. I would like to once again ask you to please send in your videos, please join us on social media as well using Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. Finally, I would like to ask you to please, please not forget us in your du'as on these very special nights. Please remember myself, please remember my team and inshallah most importantly please don't forget to pray for the reappearance of Imam al-Mahdi, alayhi salam. With that I bid you farewell with the following words. Wa-salaamu alaykum jami'an wa rahmatullah wa barakatuh.