 Imagine that you are in the city of Medina and that the year is 11 after Hidra. Our Prophet s.a.w. has just passed away and the event of Saqifah has just occurred. The shia of Imam Ali s.a.w. are being forced to pledge allegiance to the new ruler. I want to know if you were in that situation, what would you do? Would you give baita under taqiyyah and help the Ahl al-Bait alayhim s.a.w. in secret? Or would you speak out and risk your own life and potentially the lives of your loved ones as well? Or would you do something else? If it was salamu alaikum, if it was only myself involved with no other people, I would speak out and take actions by any means necessary. If I was in that situation, there might be the possibility that if I had family to protect, I would do taqiyyah, but I would try and sort of like work beneath the scenes to oppose their action. But only if my loved ones and family were directly threatened. If my wealth was threatened and sort of like worldly possessions, that wouldn't worry me because they don't mean anything in the hereafter. But if I had to do taqiyyah, I would definitely try to work beneath the scenes. The same as a long time ago, the assassins would secretly work beneath the scenes. Yes, of course. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala tells us in the Quran that taqiyyah is acceptable in Islam when you're in a life and death situation. Now, I want you to picture that you are standing outside the house of Fatima to Zahra alayhis salam. This of course is the house where our Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi used to go there and greet his family with such love and warmth. I want you to picture that you are now seeing the enemy come towards the house and the threat has been made, but Fatima to Zahra alayhis salam has refused their entry. I want you to imagine now that the door has been pushed and you hear the scream of Fatima to Zahra and you see them set fire to the house. How would you feel seeing such a thing and how would you react? I would feel shocked that how they could do this just after they did the holy Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi and do it to the Prophet s daughter and I would try anything, my reaction would be try anything to react against them doing it and committing a deed like this. Was it trying something at them, picking up some sort of instrument of defence? As they had attacked the house I would believe it would be my right to defend our Lady of Light to do anything to defend her, no matter who I was attacking. I want you now to imagine that the attack has now finished and you walk towards the house of Fatima to Zahra alayhis salam and you find her lying on the ground, she's unconscious and around her her children Al-Hasanwal Hussein, Zaynab and Uncle Fulm they're incredibly distressed, they're trying to wake their mother up, they're crying. What would you do to try and ease such a difficult situation? Well first of all to attend to our Lady and protect and comfort her children because being a mother I know it's right to see children in distress and to give them a hug and comfort them in the best way possible and try to tell them that and by Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is with them and any wrongdoers will be punished if not in this life in hereafter, they'll get their judgement. Yes the Ahlul Bayt alayhim salam they do remind us that no matter what oppression we face in this world even if the oppressors they seem to get away with their crimes there is a day of judgment and they will face Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala for the crimes that they have done. Finally sister I would like you to imagine again you're in Medina but this time you are with Imam Mehdi may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala hasten his reappearance on the earth. I want you to imagine that you're walking beside him and he's taking you somewhere and you say, where are we going and he turns to you and says I'm taking you to the grave of my grandmother Fatima al-Zahra alaihi salam. Now we don't know where Lady Fatima alaihi salam is buried due to the oppression that was done onto her she was asked to be buried at night so her killers would not know where her grave is. I want you to imagine that you are standing in front of that grave for the very first time you are in front of Fatima al-Zahra alaihi salam the mistress of all the women of the world the leader of all the women of the world the light of the eyes of our Prophet. What would you say to her if you could say anything to her? I would say at last we know where your grave is and that's the one thing I've always wanted to know but in the meantime what was important to me was that your light shone everywhere through your progeny through the twelve imams alaihi mus'alam and when I look I'm able to look at the sky at night I see your light everywhere in the moon and the stars and the starlight and whenever I've looked at that sky when I've been somewhere I've been able to see the stars I've always thought thought of you and how it's always brought tears to my eyes to gaze upon that light and may your oppressors and those people who took action against you may they be given a terrible punishment in the hereafter. Amen, amen. Yes it's I pray inshallah that we live to see the day where we may know where our lady Fatima alaihi salam is buried and I know until that day within the heart of each shea there is a shrine for Fatima to Zahra alaihi salam. I thank you so much sister for coming on imagine and being with us today and I thank you for your lovely insights. I pray that Fatima to Zahra alaihi salam is pleased with your efforts and your actions may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala keep us firm and steadfast on the path of the Ahl al-Vait alaihi salam and may he hasten the reappearance of our master Sahiba Zaman so he may bring goodness and justice back to this world after evil and injustice has filled it.