 سلوات سلوات على محمد وآل محمد الفاتحة صل الله عليك يا سيدي ويا مولايا يا رسول الله صل الله وسلم عليك وعلى أهل بيتك المظلومين يا ليتنا يا ليتنا كنا معكم سادته فنفوز فوزان عوين السلام علي الحسين وعلى علي ابن الحسين وعلى أولاد الحسين وعلى أصحاب الحسين جميع ورحمة الله وبركاته قال الله تعالى في محكم كتابه الكريم وقوله الحق وهو أصدق الصادقين أعود بالله من الشيطان الرجين بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ولقد كتبنا في الزبون بعد الذكر أن الأرض يرثها عباد يصالحون ورحمة الله وبركاته ورحمة الله وبركاته ورحمة الله وبركاته أكثر أساسنا أولاد ورحمة الله وبركاته ورحمة الله وبركاته ورحمة الله وبركاته تهتم جدراء الشيطان وضعي في جميع مدينة وقليل والنق championship ورحمة الله وبركاته ورحمة الله وبركاته other this revive his movement was also successful an removing a president who had remained in power for 31 years the arab Spring continued and reached the shores of Libya for eight months and eight days Libya witnessed a civil war في مدينة مدينة 30.000 الناس كانوا مجموعة 5.000 الناس still missing in Libya however they were successful and capturing and executing a tyrant who had remained in power for more than 40 years The Arab Spring remains contagious until today affecting the Arab world countries such as Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia Bahrain and other Arab countries All those individuals within the Arab Spring have been looking to live a life of justice, liberty and freedom Amongst the most important cardinals within the Abrahamic faiths is the notion of the end of time and within the Old Testament and the New Testament the end of time is described to be as a time with extreme trouble, tribulation, economical recession, death, murder and tyranny Furthermore, the Old Testament also refers to natural disasters natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods such as tsunamis and other natural disasters that would cause the death of thousands of people around the world Of course the notion of the end of time within the Abrahamic faiths also contains another but more important principle and that is the principle of the return of a Messiah who will come to fill this earth with justice after it's been filled with all forms of injustice and within the religion of Islam all Muslims unanimously agree that that savior which will appear in the end of time is المهدي and of course المهدي or المهدي we notion could be examined in many different ways for example we can examine Imam al-Mahdi through the Abrahamic faiths we can examine Imam al-Mahdi outside the Abrahamic faiths we can examine Imam al-Mahdi through sources that belong to the school of the Sahaba the Sunni sources we can examine Imam al-Mahdi through Shi'a references and we can also examine Imam al-Mahdi and the notion of مهدوية through the position of Imam al-Mahdi and that is the position of Imamah the divine position of Imamah tonight insha'Allah we will examine the notion of مهدوية or Imam al-Mahdi through his divine position of Imamah number one we will examine whether age plays a role in this divine position given by Allah SWT therefore we'll shed light on the life of Imam al-Jawad second we will examine whether Imam al-Mahdi is alive today and how is it necessary for all Muslims to believe and the existence of Imam al-Mahdi today and if we can prove that Imam al-Mahdi is alive today then we really don't have to go into the details whether he is a thousand years old or two thousand years old or one million years old he's born if he's born and he has not died yet his age doesn't make a difference anymore and number three we will examine the 27th sermon from نحج البلاغة entitled the sermon of Jihad which will tell us our responsibilities towards the Imam of our time and what is it that an Imam who is معصوم who enjoys that divine position of Imamah requires from us and last but not least we'll examine the relationship of al-Mahdi with his grandfather أبا عبد الله الحسين رسائط صلوات up until the year 195 after the Hijrah the Muslims in general and the followers of Ahl al-Bayt in particular had always witnessed Imams at the age for example 30 at the age 40 Imam Al-Qadim for example in his 20s Imam Al-Ridha in his mid 30s however when Imam Al-Ridha was 46 years old the Shi'a in particular would come and ask him يبن رسول الله do you have a son his response was no I don't have a son who is the Khalifa after you you'll know who is the Khalifa after me and the year 198 after the Hijrah historical references tell us that a group of the Shi'a came to visit Imam Al-Ridha a very important delegation imagine if Shi'a is all around the world chose one representative for example we had an issue to discuss with the Marja of our time so if from every single city we send a representative to for example the Marja of our time who represents the Imam this delegation was a delegation that contained people from every single Islamic country they made a delegation the followers of Ahl al-Bayt they went Imam Al-Ridha and the year 198 after the Hijrah so they set to him يبن رسول الله who is the Khalifa after you he set to them the Khalifa after me is Abu Ja'far set to him who is Abu Ja'far so he told the servant go and call Abu Ja'far to come moments later a 3 year old kid walked into the room Imam Al-Ridha said هذا أبو جعفر فأسمعوا له وأطيعوا he is Abu Ja'far listen to him and obey him the delegation suddenly went into silence Imam Al-Ridha is telling us to follow a 3 year old kid Imam Al-Ridha is ordering us to take a 3 year old as an Imam there was a lot of dispute amongst them they left the presence of Imam Al-Ridha Imam Al-Ridha called them he set to them sit down his birth is indeed an honor for the followers of Ahl al-Bayt his birth is indeed the greatest honor for the followers of Ahl al-Bayt they set to him أبو رسول الله a 3 year old you're telling us to follow him and his birth is the greatest honor for the followers of Ahl al-Bayt how so Imam Al-Ridha explained to them that the followers of Ahl al-Bayt have seen an Imam at the age 30 have seen an Imam at the age 40 have seen an Imam in his 20s have seen an Imam in his 30s but it is with Imam Al-Jawad where they will realize that the Imam is a position given to them by Allah regardless of the age of the individual an Imam is an Imam whether he is 30 or whether he is 3 an Imam is an Imam whether he is 64 or he is 3 years old the birth of Imam Al-Jawad was the first step to enable the followers of Ahl al-Bayt to better understand the position of the 12th Imam Imam Al-Mahdi Imam Al-Ridha صلوات الله عليه died in the year 204 after the Hijrah Imam Al-Jawad at that time was how many years old 8 years old when Imam Al-Ridha died in the year 204 after the Hijrah I want to give you a little history and background of that situation and that particular the situation in that particular time when Imam Al-Ridha died in the year 204 after the Hijrah leaving his successor to be only 8 years old previously to that the Shi'a had already gone through a major division known as الواقفية so the Shi'a had just experienced an entire group of them stopping at the 7th Imam now Imam Al-Ridha trying to mobilize the rest of the Shi'a gather the rest of the Shi'a unite the rest of the Shi'a leaves them an 8 year old successor it was a great time of test for the followers of Ahl al-Bayt indeed possibly the most difficult test for the followers of Ahl al-Bayt and of course not long ago the entire treasury of the Shi'a had been emptied by the الواقفies the الواقفies were the ones that were taking the Khoms they were taking the Khoms for Imam Musab Nujafar collecting the Khoms while Imam Musab Nujafar was where in prison when Imam Musab Nujafar died in prison the الواقفies the wakala of the Imam decided we're not going to pay Imam Al-Ridha the money we're going to say Imam Musab Nujafar has died and he will return he is the Mahdi who will keep the money so no money Imam Al-Ridha has passed away and he has left an 8 year old as his successor this was the test of the followers of Ahl al-Bayt now many of us might say well say it it's easy Imam Al-Ridha tells me to follow an 8 year old I'll follow the 8 year old yes it's easy to say but it's not going to be as easy if you're in that position if you live in that circumstance historical references tell us that one day Imam Al-Jawad was playing in the streets المأمون العباسي with his entourage passed to go hunting he came across a kid who didn't disappear while all the rest of the kids disappeared so he came and he stopped and he told him why didn't you go why didn't you run away like the rest of the kids didn't you see the entourage of the مأمون he said to him for two obvious reasons number one the road is wide enough for you to pass I didn't need to go anywhere number two I have not committed a crime why should I run away from you he said to him what's your name he said to him my name is محمد the son of whom the son of Ali the son of whom the son of Musa the son of whom the son of جعفر he realized that this was the only son to أمام الرضاء he left went hunting and he came back when he came back محمد was still there so he said to him محمد come here can you guess what's in my hand أمام الجوات said of course I can guess what's in your hand he said what's in my hand tell me he said to him Allah has created the kings and the kings go hunting when they go hunting they take hawks with them to accompany them during the hunt they reach lakes the hawks go inside the lake and they collect small fish they bring the fish and they give it to the king the king holds the small fish in his hand and asks the خليفة of Allah what is in my hand look at the answer محمد opens his hand there's a small fish أمام الجوات not only told him what's in his hand but he told him his exact way of putting that fish in his hand and why is it that he got that fish why is it that he's asking أمام الجوات he said take the skid and bring him to the palace they took أمام الجوات eight, nine years old he said to him listen son you're going to marry my daughter أمام الجوات أمام الجوات not in position of getting married I'm not in that age he said don't worry you'll get engaged to أمام الجوات you can marry her whenever you desire but you have to be engaged to أمام الجوات tonight he called out everyone all his ministers all the scholars announcing that محمد بن علي بن موسبن جعفر the son of رضا they used to call him ابن الرضا ابن الرضا has been engaged to أمام الفضل when they had the ceremony the grand jurist of the time by the name of يحي بن أكثم came to مأمون he said to her مأمون have you gone mad what's wrong with you you have a daughter أمام الفضل and you've made this huge party you've got her engaged to this 8 year old kid that you claim has the knowledge of the unseen you shouldn't have done this مأمون said to him يحي بن أكثم is 80 years old at that time he says to him يحي it's an easy one you can test him يحي came to test أمام الجوات أمام الجوات said I only will have a debate with you in public no private debates يحي بن أكثم said that's even better يحي بن أكثم was the head of 900 scholars and he was the grand jurist of his time he was the judge of his time the judge of the خليفة they allocated a day they all came to the palace of the مأمون 900 of the scholars came يحي بن أكثم representing them they said call ابن الرضا أمام الجوات came sat on the chair يحي I said to him what is your name he said my name is محمد he said are you you claim to be knowledgeable محمد he said to him I am not amongst the ignorant I am not amongst the ignorant this is the humility of المحمد he said to him can I ask you he said feel free to ask he said to him tell us about a man who has gone hunting while in حرام صيد المحرم tell us about صيد كفارة صيد المحرم the kafارة of hunting while in حرام أمام الجوات says to him that is your question he said yes he said but your question is very vague he said how so he said to him I will tell you how your question is extremely vague was this person free or was he a slave was he inside the haram or was he outside the haram was he inside the masjid or was he outside the masjid was it a wild animal or was it a bird was he a free man or was he a slave was it during the day or was it during the night was he hungry or was he hunting for pleasure and he continued to give him 50 questions imagine someone asks you a question you throw 50 questions in his face يحيابن أكثم said you know what I'm going to make this difficult on the kid يحيابن أكثم said answer all 50 of them أمام الجوات sat and answered every single one of the 50 scenarios يحيابن أكثم said ya Allah let's go you know the debate's over مأمون said where are you going this is a debate you ask a question he asked a question too يحيابن أكثم said but it's getting late there's no reason for him to ask me a question masha'Allah he's a alem he said no he asked to ask you a question أمام asked him a very simple question he said what is it that if a man looks at eight times a day every time he looks at it once it's حلال and once it's حرام يحيابن أكثم said I have no idea what you're talking about once he looks at حلال once he looks at حرام I have no idea أمام الجوات said a man looking at a woman number one the first time he looks she's a slave that belongs to someone else when he looks at her it's حرام then he purchases her she becomes حلال then he frees her she becomes حرام then he marries her she becomes حلال then he divorces her she becomes حرام then he takes her back in the period of divorce she becomes حلال then he does the process of ضحار he says to her you are to me like the back of my mother she becomes حرام to him then he pays the kaffar of the ضحار and she becomes حلال to him يحيابن أكثم said this is enough end of debate أمام الجوات at that stage when he looks at that stage was able to freely preach the message of al-Muhammad messages of al-Muhammad but for a very short period of time in fact أمام الجوات after that debate left to Madina he went to Madina and he began to preach in Madina when he returned he had another encounter with يحيابن أكثم now this all are the very first steps to enter the era of the birth of the savior of this earth I want you to keep this in mind so he returned back أمام الجوات returned back this could be a debate two or three years later down the line yeah أمام الجوات was sitting they bought a thief you've all heard the story they bought a thief the Khalifa wanted to amputate his hand so يحيابن أكثم take away the whole arm another island sitting there he said no no no from the elbows why the whole arm another one sitting there he said no not from the elbows cut it from the middle of the elbows and different opinions the Khalifa looked at أمام الجوات he said to him يبن رسول الله what's your opinion where are we going to cut amputate the hand of the thief أمام الجوات said you only take away the four fingers and since you know the story I'm going to go through it very quickly you only take the four fingers يحيا who has yet not learned his lesson starts laughing الله says in the Holy Quran that you amputate the hand of the thief but الجوات says you amputate his fingers he goes against the Quran أمام الجوات says to him you have to read the entire Quran so he said to him what do you mean he said have you not read the verse that states إن المساجد لله فلا تدعو مع الله أحدى المساجد يجب على الله لذلك لا يمكنك يجب على المساجد من أحد مالذي يعني مالذي يجب على المسجد المسجد are the body parts that we use in order to do سجود they belong to Allah they cannot take them away from us what are those body parts our toes our knees our forehead and the palm of our hands so إمام الجوات said you take the palm away from this guy how is he going to do سجود الله سبحانه وتعالى says إن المساجد لله فلا تدعو مع الله أحدى إمام الجوات in the year 195 showed the entire world what it means to be in the position of إمامة at the age 8 and that the position of إمامة is a position similar to the position of prophethood as in a prophet could be a thousand years old نوح and another prophet could be Jesus the son of Mary at the cradle and إمامة is the same exact position Allah decides to give the إمامة to the إمام at any age he wishes 60 years later exactly 60 years later إمام المهدي صلوات الله عليه and the 15th of شعبان and the 15th of شعبان of the year 255 after the hijrah الإمام المهدي ابن حسن was born and where إن سامراء now the debate amongst the Muslims is not the fact that إمام المهدي is the Messiah all Muslims believe in the Mahdi however the debate is whether he is born today or will he be born later and you'll be surprised that some of the Muslims some of the followers of أهل البيت some of the people that attribute themselves to أهل البيت can I tell you say it it's hard for me to believe that إمام البهدي is born it's hard for me to believe that إمام البهدي exists and so what if someone says إمام المهدي is not born what's the big deal I will use three references only and insha'Allah we'll move on to the next step the first reference is on صحيح بخاري second reference is on صحيح مسلم and third reference is in المستدرك على الصحيحين give me your undivided attention please صحيح بخاري it narrates الخلفاء من بعد افنى عشر وكلهم من قريش the خلفاء after me are 12 and they are all from قريش the second hadith that مسلم narrates is من ما تولم يعرف إمام زمانه ما تميتة جاهلية whoever dies without knowing the Imam of his time he dies as a pre-islamic death meaning he dies as if he is not a Muslim so if a Muslim dies without having an Imam he does not die as a Muslim now according to Muslim and بخاري we ask who is the Imam of our time today and according to Muslim who are the 12 خلفاء it's a very simple question according to Muslim who are the first خلفاء the 12 خلفاء they say the first one is أبو بكر the second one is عمر the third one is عثمان the fourth one is علي the fifth one is حسن the sixth one is معاوية they are even willing to go up to number six but they can't say that يزيد is number seven so they'll tell you it stops at six stops at six and 45 years later there was a man by the name of for example the Prophet says سكسر not you leave after 40 years there's someone else after 60 years there's someone else after 80 years there's someone else and رسول الله also says that they are all from قرش therefore we come to the conclusion that there needs to be 12 successors and they have not solved this problem they have not solved this problem and there needs to be an Imam all the time ومن هو إمامنا اليوم؟ لن يجب أن يساعد هذا الموضوع، ومن الممكن أن يكون الواحابيين لأجلكم الذين لن يذهبون إلى حج، إن شاء الله لأجلكم الذين لن يذهبون إلى حج لن يذهبون كل سنة يتكلم في المسجد أن هناك مجموعة so we're going to pray صلاة الإسطسقاء for rain because of the order of the Imam who is the Imam, the king the king is the Imam, a king that drinks, a king that does whatever he is the Imam, but for the general public of the Muslims there is no Imam now let us come to the third reference, this is a very important reference the third reference is a book by the name of المستدرك على الصحيحين what's المستدرك على الصحيحين مستدرك على الصحيحين is a book whose author is الحاكم النشابوري if you go to the introduction of the book by الحاكم النشابوري he states in his introduction that's why is it that Bukhari and Muslim are the most authentic books in the Islamic world he starts his introduction by raising this question why is it that Bukhari and Muslim are the most authentic books in the Islamic world then he responds he states because Bukhari and Muslim had a specific chain of narrators and they only narrated from the most authentic Muslims the most trustworthy Muslims and Sahaba therefore they become the most important books for the Muslims now let me just say this and move on Bukhari narrates from for example people such as عمران ابن حطان who is عمران ابن حطان عمران ابن حطان is a person that praises ابن ملجم for striking Imam علي ابن أبي طالب while prayers in the 19th of Ramadan Bukhari says he is authentic I will narrate from him but yet they asked Bukhari they said why don't you narrate from جعفر ابن محمد الصادق he said I don't know about جعفر ابن محمد الصادق anyhow المستدرك على صحيحين in his introduction says Bukhari and Muslim because they narrate from the purest of individuals they have become the main sources for Hadith but Bukhari and Muslim left some traditions behind with the same chain of narrators as in if I say there are 5 people here in this room if they bring me a piece of news I will record it if other people besides those 5 come and tell me I won't record it in my book so those people gave me 20 stories I wrote them down but then they came along and they gave another 50 stories I didn't write them down but they still remain authentic المستدرك على صحيحين he says I used the same people that Bukhari and Muslim used and I will write a book called the rescuer of Bukhari and Muslim المستدرك على الصحيحين so on authenticity it's exactly the same as what Bukhari and Muslim he narrates this Hadith that the Khulafa from the prophet that the Khulafa after me are 12 and they are all from the children of Fatima and they are all from the children of Fatima to Zahra the only way where there is an Imam that is alive and he is the 12th successor and he is from the children of Fatima and he applies to the Imam المهدي المنتظر there is also another way to prove that the Imam of our time is alive also العلام المجلسي in his book بحارة الأنوار narrates that there was a very important scholar who had a worker when he was a kid he had a worker in his home one day he entered the room of the worker and he saw the worker praying differently than he prays listen to this story so he said to her what are you doing she said to him I'm praying he said to her what's this in front of you and why is it that you're not crossing your hands she said to him I can't tell you because if I tell you your parents will fire me he said to her I promise you I will never say anything to my parents so tell me why so she said to him I am Shi'a we follow 12 Imams and our Imams have taught us to pray this way he said to her who is your 12th Imam she said to him our 12th Imam is alive and his name is Imam المهدي this kid said to her what good is he she said he is good when you are in dire need when you are in trouble when you truly need him and you call on to him he comes to help you this kid grows up he becomes a businessman he goes with a caravan from Persia all the way to Palestine in the middle of the way he wakes up one day and he realizes his caravan has left him all of them are gone he rides his horse he tries to follow them he realizes that he has gone lost his horse is about to die and there is absolutely no way for him to find his group and a valley full of lions wildlife wild animals with no food nowhere to go so he begins to call on to different people he begins to pray and suddenly he remembers what that lady had told him so what does he do he says you know what I have no idea if you really exist if you're true if you're false I don't know but this is the last resort she told me to call on to you three times يا مهدي يا مهدي يا مهدي he said immediately I saw a man wearing a green amama coming to me he said to me don't worry you're safe he took me momentarily and he said to me this is the village sleep in this village and you will be safe however do not forget the Imam of that lady do not forget the Imam of that lady he said I turned around he was gone brothers and sisters today honestly if anyone of us goes through doubts goes through tribulations goes through hardship Imam المهدي is one call away Imam المهدي is one call away if you truly go to him if you truly dedicate that call to him knowing that he can help you knowing that he can assist you with that said let us come to the 27th sermon from نحج البلاغة of أمير المؤمنين beside the second salat the 27th sermon of نحج البلاغة is entitled the sermon of jihad أمير المؤمنين begins his sermon by stating و أما بعد فإن الجهاد باب من أبواب الجنة فتحه الله لخاصة أولياءه و هو درع الله الحصين و صراطه المستقيم he states that jihad is a door from the doors of paradise opened for the chosen and the immaculate of Allah's creation what is jihad jihad is struggle today in the media when they say jihad it means something completely different when أمام أمير المؤمنين speaks of jihad he means the struggle the struggle for whom for the sake of Allah when we want to depart from money but it's difficult when it comes time to for example pay charity it's difficult when it comes time to pay our it's difficult yet we force ourselves we struggle and we pay that charity and we pay that comms for the sake of Allah سبحانه وتعالى therefore it becomes a jihad it is difficult for many of the sisters to wear hijab yet they wear the hijab when they leave the house they struggle for the sake of Allah therefore it's a form of jihad when we become hungry whether it's at high school whether it's in college and everybody's eating different foods and we either eat fish or veggie or we wait until we go home it's a form of struggle and we have to go through it every day that struggle for the sake of Allah is a form of jihad when we are able to gather wealth from Halal and legitimate and also haram and illegitimate sources but we choose to gather our wealth only from legitimate sources and we struggle it's a form of jihad أمير المؤمنين begins his sermon by stating و أما بعد فإن الجهاد باب من أبواب الجنة the struggle is a door opened by Allah for the immaculate of his creation why? and then he says it is indeed it is the cloth of piety why? because if I don't have piety nobody's there piety is what stops me from the illegitimate transaction from paying my exact khoms from fasting while no one's there from not looking at what is illegitimate while nobody's watching تقوى is what allows me to go through that jihad and therefore he says it is a door from the doors of paradise it is an ocean of تقوى and it is also a protection shield from Allah given to those chosen of his creation also I protect myself against sin with this particular struggle sometimes I live in a society where I don't struggle in certain ways for example if I live in Iran I don't struggle when it comes to food I can eat anywhere so I don't really need that struggle it doesn't become a shield but when I fly to New York and I want to eat now I have to struggle that struggle protects me from sinning that struggle becomes that shield of protection of Allah أمير المؤمنين then continues to speak to his people I'll give you a little history and background of the خطبة it was when Muawiyah was attacking his troops Muawiyah was coming to attack his troops so he says to them that Muawiyah's troops have come all the way from Damascus and they have reached northern Iraq the city of Ambar and they have killed the governor of Ambar, Hassan Ibn Hassan and I have heard listen to this and I have heard that they enter onto the Muslim women and others who are under the protection of Islam وقد بلغني أن الرجل منهم يدخل على المرأ المسلمة والأخر المعاهد فيصلب منها حجلها وقلائدها فتستغيث به بسترحام الله أكبر يقول أنهم يدخلون على المسلمة ومسلمة مسلمة في the protection of the Muslims ماذا يفعلون لهم يدخلون على المرأ المسلمة ومسلمة المسلمة ومسلمة مسلمة في the protection of Islam يبدأون to plead and they cry that's it then أمير المؤمنين بل سيف لو أننمرئاً مات من بعد هذا أسفاً لما كان عندي ملوما بل كان عندي جديراً به إف a Muslim man hears this and dies out of sorrow out of sorrow and depression I would not blame him but I will praise him A Muslim man hearing that a non-Muslim woman معاوية's troops went إذا كانوا يأخذوا إضافاتها، أمام علي يقول أن مسلمة ستموت من السعر والدفع عندما يأخذ هذا كيف يمكن أن يكون هناك كرسطين؟ كيف يمكن أن يكون هناك جو under our protection but they are yet being harmed عندما يأتي إلى جهاد، أمير المؤمنين يتحدث عن تدفن الأشياء حيث أستذم يا ليتني لم أعرفكم ولم تعرفوني يا أشباه الرجال وحلوم الأطفال معرفة والله دامة ندمة وأعقبت سدمة قاتلكم الله قد ملأتم قلبي قيحة وأفسدتم علي رأي حتى قالت قريش أن علي رجل شجاع ولكن لا علم له في الحرب لله أبوهم وحل نحض إليها غيري وأنا دون العشرين وها أنا قد غرفت على الستين ولكن لا رأي لمن لا يطاع أمام أمير المؤمنين one of the most beautiful sermons of Imam al-Mu'mineen يقول أنه you who look and appear as men you're not men you look and you appear as men then he continues then he says I wish I never knew you and you never knew me a relationship that has only caused me sorrow and depression you have filled my heart with agony ثم يتكلم و يكلم كل مرة أعطتك مجموعة لك أنك تساعدتني كل مرة أعطتك أنك تنقلتني حتى أنك قرأت قرش لماك علي يبن أبي طالب و أنك تقول علي is a brave man but he cannot manage his people may Allah curse you and I'll speak about myself today I have an Imam this Imam looks at the book of my أعمال every year and ليلة القدر he says let me look at the book of أعمال of جواد القزويني open it جواد القزويني in public appears to be magnificent masha Allah most beautiful guy but in private how many times have I called on to him but yet he has disobeyed me in private how many times have I asked him and he's neglected me in private why is it that he is not who he claims to be and for some people masha Allah it's easy interior exterior it's all the same I have nothing to do with the Imam I don't even know the Imam I don't even remember the Imam I don't even mention the Imam what does your Imam want from you everything there's no easy way out of it brothers sisters whether it is our Islamic financial duties you have to do it whether it is our Salat on time whether it is our fasting whether it is the hijab whether it is the Hajj whether it is refraining ourselves from sins backbiting lying all of it the Imam the Imam's requirements and his calls on to us are the same exact requirements and calls of أمير المؤمنين on to his people at that time أمير المؤمنين may have told his people to come into a battle today your battle is different today your responsibilities are different but we are all responsible what would we do if for one second we realize the Imam says I wish I never knew you and you never knew me I wish you never remembered me and I never knew you and in the end the Imam the Imam says لعنكم الله may Allah curse you why because you have led the people to believe that your Imam is at fault your Imam is at fault ريش would look and say علي is at fault not his people الله أكبر today this is our responsibility towards our Imam and especially in such nights the nights of محرم the nights when we come and we repay our allegiance to our Imam the nights when we gather and we hear the stories of the companions of the Imam the transformation that occurred into those 72 companions one of those companions by the name of وَهَبِ الْكَلْبِ a Christian two days before he was a Christian today he is a Muslim he stands in front of Hussein and he gives his life for Hussein what is the relationship if you truly we all have mistakes we all have destroyed that book of عمال nobody here can claim no my masha Allah my book of عمال is perfect but there is one thing that when the Imam looks at in our book of عمال he smiles there is one thing that may give remedy to all the pain that we have caused him and that is your presence in the Majlis of his Grandfather أبا عبد الله الحسين that is your support for the Majlis of his Grandfather أبا عبد الله الحسين that is your visitation to the shrine of his Grandfather أبو عبد الله that is your undivided attention to the cause of Imam Hussein that gives remedy to the heart of the Imam why? because the Imam himself every single day continuously states يا جدا هو يا أبا عبد الله يا جدا هو يا أبا عبد الله لأن دبنك صباح ومساء ولا أبكي أن على انك بدل الدموق الدماء وأبكي أن على انك بدل الدموق الدماء نريايشن سيه جول ستورز the grave of his Grandfather حسين he stands in front of the shrine he says to his companions remove that red flag away from the dome of my Grandfather حسين why? because that red flag has been placed on the dome of Hussein as a sign that this man has died unjustly and no one has yet taken his vengeance remove that red flag then he starts to say يا لثارات الحسين I am here to take the vengeance of my Grandfather حسين a call comes out from the grave saying to him يا جدا ما أبطأك عنني يا مهدي ما هو أنك تفعيل لك لذلك الله أكبر إمام المهدي هو أنه هو أن يبقى أبا عبد الله الحسين هو أن يقرأ لأهل ربه every day لكنه instead of tears يتلون لأهل ربه حسين يوم سأريك أن تبقى أحد of the companions of Hussein the first martyr of Hussein مسلم ابن عقيل عليه الصلاة والسلام مسلم وما أدراك من مسلم مسلم is the man that went into Kufa he took the allegiance of the people of Kufa but at night مسلم was all by himself in the streets of Kufa الله أكبر مسلم is باب الحوائد brothers and sisters he went in front of the house of Taw'a he said to her lady I am gharee I am the ambassador of Hussein I am the ambassador of Hussein the son of Ali she said to him come into the house مسلم stayed up all night in Dua in supplication until he was taken in the morning by the troops of Ibn Ziyad they took him into the palace he fought and he fought bravely until they took him to the rooftop and just before they executed the Muslim he said to them allow me to pray تورك عهف صلاة he prayed the Turaq عهف صلاة then he looked towards his master Hussein he began to cry he began to weep they said to him مسلم are you scared of death he said I just want you to tell my master Hussein not to make his way another companion who is ought to be mentioned is that Christian man that Christian man وهاب الكلبي وهاب a newlywed comes to his mother his wife he says his goodbyes he goes and he fights bravely his wife calls him وهاب come back why have you left me we are newlyweds وهاب comes back to speak to his wife he comes back to comfort his wife suddenly his wife tells him وهاب I want you to go and I don't want you to return to me he said to her you were telling me not to leave now suddenly you're telling me to go and never return she said to him وهاب لا تلمني لا تلمني فإني سمعت الحسين ابن فاطمة يقول سرنا يا سيدنا توجهنا وستشفعنا وتوانسلنا أخي بأمي وستخي أحب بأمي أحب بأمي أحب بأمي أحب بأمي أحب بأمي في هذا المكان يا وجي اقوم بأمي كل من of you يا حق محمد وعلي وفاطمة والحسني والحسين والتسعة المعصومين من درية الحسين نسألك الله وندعوك باسمك العظيم الأعظم الأعز الأجل الأكرم I've said this in the past several nights and I will continue to say this in this state the angels will look at every person on this majlis they will glance at our hearts they will glance at our hands if everyone has gone with pure intentions if everyone has gone with pure خلاص to Allah سبحانه وتعالى and this gathering then every one of us will receive our hajat every one of us will receive our forgiveness so let us call on to Allah سبحانه وتعالى 10 times يا الله we're sins shower on to us from your hands shower on to us from your forgiveness يا الله our parents grandparents relatives مؤمنين and مؤمنات those who have passed away from this gathering shower on to their graves from your mercy and compassion يا الله give us the visitation of Hussein قريبا عاجلة and the shafa'ah of Hussein in the day of judgment يا الله we ask you to show us the light of Hussein in the first night of our grave يا الله we ask you to hasten the reappearance of Mawlana صاحب الزمان يا الله every man every woman present in this majlis with a hajj give them their hajjat يا الله every man and every woman with an illness in this majlis give them cure و إلى أرواح المؤمنين والمؤمنات الفاتحة مع الصلوات