 Brothers, I'd like to humbly request you to please move forward as much as you can Salli ala Muhammad wa ali Muhammad Yes, please try to move forward because Within several minutes a little more if you can please if we can put this podium The closer you you inshallah come the more reward you will get according to al-Fatiha You can also keep the children, please Keep them quiet during the lecture Yalaitanā yā leytanā kunnā mā akum sādatee Fa nafūza fawzan Azee قال الله تعالى في محكم كتابه الكريم وقوله الحق وهو أصدق الصادقين أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم لقد رضي الله عن المؤمنين إذ يباعونك تحت الشجرة فعلم ما في قلوبهم فأنزل السكينة عليهم وأثابهم فتحا قريبا So in your gathering with the loud remembrance upon Muhammad وآل محمد as a gift to the soul of Sayyidi ومولاي أبو عبد الله الحسين recite the second salawat to hasten the reappearance of Sayyidina ومولانا صاحب العصري و الزمان recite the third salawat with the loudest of your voices Surah al-Fatih Chapter 18 Chapter 48 verse 18 is by far one of the most important verses when it comes to discussing the position and the affairs of the companions of the last messenger of God Muhammad ibn Abdullah and of course the companions of the prophet are revered and respected by all the Muslims and they have the greatest of positions within the Islamic thought the position of the companions needs to be examined through the verse 18 of chapter 48 for many reasons and amongst those reasons is the fact that the companions of Rasulullah were the ones that defended Islam in the very early days and the companions of Rasulullah were the ones that defended the prophet and his messenger they not only gave their wealth they not only gave their energy they not only sacrificed everything that they had in order to protect the last message sent by God but they sometimes also sacrificed themselves history tells us that amongst the very first martyrs in Islam were the parents of Ammar, Yasran Sumaya Abu Jahl Abu Lahab Abu Sufyan and others captured Yasran Sumaya and they took them to a public torture house when they took them to the public torture house they told them before we begin to torture you we ask you to say the following Qul Allat Wal Uzza Say Allat and Uzza two words Laat Uzza Laat and Uzza were the idols of the Quraish and the Kaaba they said if you say this two words were going to release you instead Yasir kept stating Qul He Wallahu Ahad Qul He Wallahu Ahad the first day when they began to torture them Rasulullah went and he visited them he stood nearby the public torture house and he began to shed tears and he told them while he was shedding tears for them he told them to remain patient to remain steadfast to keep their iman strong every day Rasulullah would visit them until the 8th day when Yasran Sumaya became the martyrs and protecting the message of Islam and likewise other companions were being kept there and tortured on daily basis amongst them was Bilal Al-Habashi the Abyssinian slave they brought Bilal Al-Habashi and they told him to say Allat Wal Uzza and he kept saying Qul He Wallahu Ahad and they tortured him to the point where Bilal was not able to pronounce the words correctly after that that is why Bilal when he would do Adhan instead of saying Ashadu Allah Ilaha Illa Allah he would say Ashadu Allah Ilaha Illa Allah another reason why we have to examine the position of the companions of Rasulullah is because they are the transmitters of Hadith they are the transmitters of the Sunnah of Rasulullah they are the ones that heard him they are the ones that witnessed him they are the ones that saw him they are the ones that recognized his Sunnah and passed his Sunnah to next generations they passed the Sunnah to the Tabe'een and after the Tabe'een at Tabe'een of the Tabe'een the followers of the followers and until today another reason why we have to examine the position and the status of the Sahaba of Rasulullah is because after the demise of Rasulullah the Muslim Ummah was divided into two major sects the first sect chose Abu Bakht Bida Khalifa after Rasulullah and from that point onward they took their laws and Islamic jurisprudence from the companions they founded the school of the Sahaba and they entitled themselves the Sunnah and of course the title of Sunnah came long after they accepted Abu Bakht as the first Caliph the title of Sunnis came long after but they took all their laws and jurisprudence from the companions and on the contrary another sect known as the Shia who had been given the title of Shia and the time of Rasulullah continued to follow the guidelines of Rasulullah and after Rasulullah has immaculate and purified progeny in their laws and Islamic jurisprudence now many accuse the followers of Ahl al-Bayt and the Shia to be negligent of the status and the position of the companions and sometimes to be even disrespectful towards the companions and at many times were asked especially by youth that say it for example in my MSA they've told me that we disrespect the Sahaba we don't honor the position of the Sahaba how do I answer that? and indeed it's a discussion that is inescapable why? because many of you happen to have gone to Hajj and in Hajj amongst the very basic discussions that occur is why is it that the Shia disrespect the Sahaba at many times you'd be even sitting in an Islamic studies course and the professor is a non-Muslim and when he begins to speak about Shia Islam he says and the Shia are the ones that revere Ali ibn Abi Talib after the prophet and disregard the Sahaba so why is it that this belief and this notion exists that the followers of Ahl al-Bayt disrespect the Sahaba before I engage in examining chapter 48 verse 18 I'd like to say this the Shia and the followers of Ahl al-Bayt need not the founders of any form of disrespect towards the Sahaba referred to Sahih Muslim by Imam Muslim referred to the section the virtues of the companions section 4 the virtues of Ali ibn Abi Talib the third hadith states a conversation between Muawiyah ibn Abi Sufyan and Sa'ad ibn Abi Waqas referred to this conversation Muawiyah asked Sa'ad ibn Abi Waqas he says to him oh Sa'ad what has refrained you from cursing Abu Turab what's stopping you from cursing Ali Abu Turab was the title of Amir al-Mu'mineen historical accounts such as for example in the book of Tabari in the book of Dahabi they tell us that Muawiyah forced everyone including some of the family members of Ali ibn Abi Talib to publicly curse him he forced them amongst them was Um Aqeel Imam Ali's brother Muawiyah captured him he brought him he said to him Aqeel go and curse your brother Ali so Aqeel he was a very wise man and he had a very sharp tongue he went he stood on the minbar and he said Qad Amarani Aqeel Qad Amarani Muawiyah An Al-Ana Ali An Al-Afal Anuh Muawiyah has asked me to curse Ali curse him he came down Muawiyah said you just cursed me because he said Muawiyah has asked me to curse Ali and therefore curse him so Muawiyah said to him that I knew your intentions I knew the way you worded your statement you meant me Aqeel told him listen whether I send my curse on Ali or I send my curse on to you Allah will automatically take the curse where it belongs furthermore Muawiyah initiated the cursing of Amir al-Mu'mineen in the Friday Pulpates for 70 to 80 years and he even included the cursing of Imam al-Hasan and Imam Hussain and on the contrary historians tell us the same Qabari tells us that in the battle of Sufine some of the companions of Imam Ali had a verbal discussion with the companions of Muawiyah it got heated and there was some foul language used from both parties Imam Ali called them and he said to them why were you using foul language they said ya Amir al-Mu'mineen they're the ones that started the foul language they're the ones that started the discussion Amir al-Mu'mineen says I would hate for you to use foul language in your debates why? who uses foul language in a debate? who uses foul language in a discussion? a person that has shortcomings in evidence a person that has shortcomings in reason therefore sometimes they use foul language sometimes they use force sometimes they use other ways to defeat their opponents but if Haqq is on your side Amir al-Mu'mineen tells them if Haqq is on your side there is no reason for foul language and Haqq speaks of this notion within the Holy Qur'an what does Allah say? Allah says when you enter a discussion and when you try to propagate the words of Allah propagate for Allah use wisdom and kind words wisdom and kind words that propagation is a propagation aligned with the teachings of the Qur'an I remember two years ago on the 10th of Muharram they showed the Saudi Mufti the grand Mufti in Saudi Arabia who was live on television and they asked him about the Shia and commemoration of Ashura and he bluntly said listen, Hussain went to seek position Hussain went to seek Khilafa fame, popularity therefore he was killed by the Khalifa of his time he was killed by Yazid and Khalifa the Khalifa at the time was Yazid ibn Muawiyah now even if the Shia were not on the side of justice even if the Shia were wrong statements are true this type of propagation is not aligned with the teachings of the Qur'an this type of propagation to hurt the feelings of millions and millions upon people is not aligned with the teachings of the Holy Qur'an similarly when people come and say for example the followers of Ahl al-Bayt or for example Mushrik or they are Kafir and they list their reasons this type of propagation even if we were on the side of Baqil is not aligned with the Holy Qur'an therefore our Ahl al-Bayt have taught us the manner in propagating Islam and defending the side of Haqq a person comes to Imam al-Baqir Salawatullahi aleyhi and he tells Imam al-Baqir ibn al-fa'ilah oh the son of the adulteress Imam al-Baqir looks at him and he says if this is true if what you are saying is true i ask Allah to forgive my mother and if you are accusing my mother then i ask Allah to forgive you and that particular moment that person fell on the hands and the feet of Imam al-Baqir stating now i have realized why Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala has chosen to be the prophet successor this Akhlaq the Akhlaq of Rasulullah the Akhlaq of Ahl al-Bayt is what attracts individuals to the pure Islamic ideology that is why when we come to examine chapter 48 verse 18 we have to understand that we examine it through reason we examine it through the Holy Qur'an and we really don't have a particular problem with individuals but we'll take them we'll evaluate them through reason we'll evaluate them through the Qur'an and we will evaluate them upon the Islamic consensus that's written in history Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala states لقد رضي الله عن المؤمنين Allah has pleased with the mu'mineen لقد رضي الله عن المؤمنين إذ يبايعونك تحت الشجرة once they give you the allegiance under the tree why was this verse sent down this verse was sent down after Rasulullah took 1200 of his companions listen to the exact numbers 1200 of his companions from Mecca from Medina to Mecca six years after his migration he told them to wear the ehram and he told them that he's taking them to perform the minor Hajj the Umrah so 1200 of them wore the ehram alongside Rasulullah they left Medina towards Mecca they were intercepted in an area named Hudabiyah when they were intercepted in an area by the name of Hudabiyah the mushrikeen had already been waiting for him there so they sent that representative by the name of Urwah ibn Mas'ud Urwah ibn Mas'ud is the grandfather of Ali ibn Alakbar from his mother's side he was representing the Arabs of Mecca Rasulullah said to Urwah ibn Mas'ud who are you representing? he said i'm representing Abu Sufyan i'm representing Abu Jahl i'm representing for example the rest of the Bani Umayyah so Rasulullah decided to send Uthman ibn Affan to represent him why? because Uthman ibn Affan was a family member what happened to be a Muslim so Rasulullah sent them one of their own family members to have a dialogue to see why is it that they're being intercepted now Uthman went to have a little dialogue five hours, ten hours twelve hours, a whole day passed Uthman is not back the second day Uthman is not back the third day the companions they came to Rasulullah they said ya Rasulullah it's a done deal Uthman has been killed they killed your messenger what would happen if they have killed your messenger Rasulullah says if they have killed our messenger we have to defend ourselves we have to retaliate so Rasulullah went in Masjid al-Shajarah where those of you who have gone to Umrah or have gone to Hajj you wear your Ahram from Masjid al-Shajarah also known as Miqat and he stood under the tree under the Shajarah and he told them whoever is willing to defend me if i were to declare war and will stay in every battle with Rasulullah and number two Ghori Tabari Ghorid min kathir Ghori the tafaseer of all the Muslims under chapter 48 verse 18 and you do not hesitate in accepting my successor who I have appointed under those two items whoever is willing come and repay me your allegiance so this was the second allegiance that the Muslims paid to Rasulullah 1200 of them came and they repaid their allegiance to Rasulullah under the tree so this allegiance was known as bayat al-ridwan what does bayat al-ridwan mean the allegiance of satisfaction why? because when they gave the bayat Allah has pleased with the mu'mineen who have paid you the allegiance under the tree now this is the reason why the verse was descended Uthman came back what happened he said nothing happened he sent me to my family so took some time three days I have returned but nothing is happening they want to write a peace treaty a peace treaty with you Rasulullah called the two parties and they wrote what is known as al-sul-hudaybiya the hudaybiya peace treaty many of you have heard this so that Rasulullah would return the following year to Mecca for three days and he would perform the pilgrimage Rasulullah when he wrote the peace treaty they went back to Mecca Rasulullah wants to go back to where? Medina he said oh Muslims shave your heads get out of your ahram we are returning to where? Medina he went in the tent he came out some of them were shaved some of them were not shaved Rasulullah said have I not ordered you to shave some of them told him ya Rasulullah we have doubt that you are a prophet we have doubt that you are a prophet why? because you told us we are going to Umrah now you are telling us we have to go back to Mecca if you are truly a prophet you would know whether we are going to make it or not now you are telling us to shave our heads we are not going to shave our heads Rasulullah went into the tent Umm Salamah narrates this hadith Umm Salamah the wife of Rasulullah Ummul Mu'mineen says Rasulullah came and he told her that the Jahiliya still embedded in them those people she told him ya Rasulullah shave your head so when you get out of the tent they see that you have shaved your head maybe they will feel embarrassed so Rasulullah called Ali ibn Abi Talib and the tent Ali shaved his head Rasulullah's head and they went back to Medina this was the reason why this verse was descended now we have realized the entire story behind the reason of the revelation asbab al-wahi asbab al-nozuli number two this verse speaks of 1200 companions of Rasulullah only but why is it that when we speak of any Sahaba Allah has pleased with him thousands of thousands of Sahaba 300,000,200,000 Sahaba all of them Allah has pleased with them why all referencing to 4818 while 4818 only 1200 people repaid their allegiance to Rasulullah ayatullah said in his book and the introduction of his book he writes a beautiful story he says many of you who have gone to shaham he said I went there and I asked the custodian who is buried here he said he said he said he said he said he said he said he was killed by he said I asked the followers of ahl al-bayt there is no such notions we will take the individuals and we will use reason we will use hadith we will use the Quran and we will use historical accounts to know whether this person whoever he may be or no not r.a. therefore we have to examine the definition of a companion what's a companion if you for example refer to one of the major books that speaks of the biography of the companions if you refer to the introduction of imam al-bukhari of his book if you refer to imam al-dhabi in his introduction of the book he defines companions in two different ways the first definition is whoever was a muslim and lived in the time of the prophet even if they didn't see him even if they didn't hear him even if they didn't witness him he's a companion and all companions are just and if you speak ill of any companion you're kafir the second definition a muslim who saw rasulullah is a companion so those are the two definitions i have defined companions in what way whoever saw rasulullah was a muslim and died with iman as a companion that Allah has been pleased with now let me tell you something very interestingly one of our ulama iitullah al-ameen in his book al-gadir and the 12th chapter has stated 800 names of the people present that's aradwan 800 by their name stating that in the day of syffeen they were on the side of aliyabna abi talib not on the side of muawiyah 800 of them i guarantee you we don't know any one of them as muslims today i'm referring to muslims in general you don't hear 800 of their names you don't hear about them the rest of 400 some of them became neutral they never went with ali neither with muawiyah they stayed at home some of them were dead and some of them were on the side of muawiyah but you hear about them the ones on the side of muawiyah Allah has pleased with them why? because they were on the bay abradwan 800 on the opposite side of ali no we don't hear about them sahih al-bukhari does not narrate a single hadith from them therefore when we come to the definition of a companion a companion is a person that lived with rasulullah saw rasulullah understood his hadith and he died with iman where do we get this definition from by examining the Quran when we examine the Quran and we witness that there is an entire chapter chapter 96 entitled the munafiqoon the hypocrites referring to people around rasulullah that were hypocrites and Allah in the very first verse says the hypocrites and you are his messenger this is a true statement there's one Allah but they are liars meaning they are liars not in their statement their statement is true they are liars in pronouncing that statement they don't believe in it when I examine chapter 96 how can I say everybody around rasulullah number 2 chapter 9 verse 90 states that amongst the Arab surrounding you are people embedded with hypocrisy they're inseparable from hypocrisy and amongst the people of madina are hypocrites referring to whom referring to some of the Muslims that would pray behind rasulullah that would eat with rasulullah possibly even go in a battle with rasulullah and that is why tonight I'd like to examine one personality through this verse and through Sahih al-Bukhari and I'll leave the judgment for whoever is listening Allah in the verse states 48-18 give me undivided attention because this is a question we're asked constantly this personality as a personality that they come to me and they come to every single one of you why don't you say Allah Allah says Allah has pleased with the mu'mineen who is a mu'min man plus iman as a mu'min man plus iman plus belief as a mu'min what is iman according to Islam what is iman according to the Quran iman is unconditional belief in Allah the oneness of Allah tawheed and unconditional belief and submission to rasulullah how so Allah in the holy Quran says whatever the prophet tells you you must take he does not speak of his own desires but it is a revelation from Allah therefore if I have doubt that rasulullah is accurate or inaccurate is rasulullah being truthful is not truthful if I doubt his legitimacy that means that I have not had complete iman yeah Sahih al-Bukhari and the section of illness he has a section all the way in the end called the section of illness the section of an ill man the section those are all sections into sections the section of an ill man asking individuals to leave from his presence look what he has put this hadith he has put it all the way somewhere that nobody can really find unless you read the whole book hadith number 2 narrated by Abdullah ibn Abbas Abdullah ibn Abbas states that on the Thursday before the demise of rasulullah we were in the presence of rasulullah and rasulullah says itouni bi qalamin wa qirtas li kayaqtuba lakum maa enta maa enta masaktum bih laan ta dullu baadi abada bring me a paper and pen and I shall write for you something where if you were to obey it you will never go astray umar ibn al-khattab according to Sahih Bukhari according to hadith number 4462 of Sahih Bukhari stated that rasulullah has illness and his fever has gone up he is ill and he is hallucinating rasulullah is hallucinating asking for a paper and pen to write something and which it will give salvation to the muslims rasulullah is hallucinating hasbuna kitabullah we shall only follow the book of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala kitabullah ibn abbas narrates in the same hadith in Bukhari that the people present with rasulullah this is days before the demise of rasulullah days people present around rasulullah some of them took the side of the prophet and some of them took the side of umar he bluntly says some of them took the side of umar refraining the paper and pen to reach the hands of rasulullah the discussion the debate rasulullah says paper and pen they say no the rasulullah says give me a paper and pen he says no rasulullah says leave my presence and that is the last time rasulullah saw them and he saw them until the news of the demise of rasulullah was announced to the muslim world was announced to the muslims in madina ibn abbas says all rasulullah the tragedy the greatest of tragedy is the tragedy of the day of thursday this historical account is known as rasulullah the tragedy of the thursday now when i come and i evaluate such an individual i have nothing to do who his father was what he did what he didn't do i take the quran i take sahih bukhari and i evaluate this person why is it that when we evaluate individuals according to the quran and sahih bukhari we become kafir but the person who kills adi al kindi rasulullah this is the contradiction therefore in the school of ahl al bayt there is no disrespect towards the sahaba in fact we honor the sahaba by evaluating the righteous from the hypocrites further on we have to examine some of the companions of rasulullah who have truly been who have truly been forgotten not only in the school of sahaba but also in the school of ahl al bayt we understand the position of ahl al bayt but we should not be mindful and we should not be forgetful of the position of those great companions those great sahaba we should honor them we should understand their life and legacy and there are many lessons to be derived from their biography there are many lessons to be learned from their footsteps there are many inspirational lessons that we can bring into our lives now this is a form of iman that we have just discussed and consider this person consider this person's iman who has been forgotten who insha'Allah tomorrow we refrain the kids that are speaking in the middle of the lecture to be in this hall not for my reason it has nothing to do with me I am here to serve you and any form of disturbance whether it's a child speaking whether it's somebody walking in and out it brings disturbance to me therefore I will not be able to serve you in the way that I should I apologize I know that you've driven long distances and you've come here but I believe that the community the center has provided a room upstairs for those with children may Allah give you all reward Muhammad as a person who witnessed Rasulullah one day in Madina Rasulullah had purchased the horse the person who had sold the horse to Rasulullah imagine what Rasulullah had to go through the person that had sold the horse to the prophet and had taken his money comes and says in public he never paid me he never paid me Rasulullah says to him I never I paid you he said where's your proof where's your proof that you paid me Rasulullah Rasulullah said wait in the time of the prayers he got up and he said oh people I have purchased the horse from this man and he claims I have not paid him but I have paid him is there anyone that had witnessed the scenario to become my witness Rasulullah said were you there he said no in fact I was traveling so Rasulullah said how are you a witness he said you told us there is one god we believed you you told us to pray five times a day we pray you told us to perform the Hajj we do you told us to perform Jihad we do you told us there is a heaven and hell we believed you you brought a Quran we took it now we're not going to believe that you paid the money of a horse I am a witness Rasulullah Rasulullah in that moment said to them learn from the Iman the Iman of Khuzayma to bin Thabid the shahadateen because this man truly had the unconditional Iman of Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam rather than a man that stands up and says Rasulullah on his deathbed asking for a paper and pen is hallucinating another personality that truly needs to be examined is Um Aiman Um Aiman has a viral role in protecting the legacy of Rasulullah and defending the cause of Ahlulbayt yet we rarely mention Um Aiman we rarely examine the position of Um Aiman and the legacy of Um Aiman who was Um Aiman you all know that Rasulullah was born without a father his father was deceased when Rasulullah was born so he was born as an orphan as a young child he was brought up by his mother and his nanny Um Aiman who was a slave that belonged to the Prophet's mother the Prophet in a journey coming back from the deserts as you all know he spent his childhood in the deserts coming back his mother died in the way so he became a complete orphan who was there to take care of him Um Aiman Allah in the Holy Quran states weren't you an orphan without a mother and a father in the middle of the desert and you were lost in the deserts but Allah protected you Allah gave you protection the ayah is trying to say that the same Allah will keep protecting you Ya Muhammad but in that period the only person that took care of Rasulullah was Um Aiman she took care of him up until Rasulullah married Khadija even when Rasulullah married Khadija she would serve Rasulullah until Rasulullah became 40 years old when he became 40 years old and he was declared as the last messenger Rasulullah Um Aiman when he freed her she went and she married a man by the name of Abu Aiman and Allah blessed them with a child now long story short Abu Aiman died in the battle of Uhud and Aiman became a martyr in the battle of Hunayn Hunayn there were 12,000 people 12,000 Muslims they had outnumbered the enemies by three folds but yet it was a battle that the Muslims lost miserably why? because Rasulullah had told them you wait on the mountain until I give you the call they saw that the battle was finishing the Muslims are winning and they're losing on the wealth and the booties of war they left the mountain Khalid ibn Walid representing the army of the non-Muslims came from behind them and he attacked them all the Muslims ran away all of them some of them for three days nine people remained with Rasulullah amongst them was Aiman this young boy and he became a martyr in the day of Hunayn Um Aiman's husband became a martyr her son is a martyr she married Zaid ibn Thabit and from Zaid ibn Thabit Allah gave her a son by the name of Usama ibn Zaid who's Usama Usama Zdaman who Rasulullah said go to the army of Usama in his last days therefore Um Aiman has a great personality and a great position and she's given her husband as a martyr her son as a martyr her other son Usama Usama has a great position representing the Muslim army in the last days of Rasulullah Um Aiman also was a witness and now you'll know why you never hear of her Um Aiman was also a witness that Fedek belonged to Fatima before the demise of Rasulullah Abu Bakr took Fedek and he asked Imam Ali to bring me witnesses imagine someone takes your house takes your house and says bring me witnesses, this is your house so Imam Ali brought witnesses amongst the witnesses was himself Maul al-Muttaqeen Maul al-Muttaqeen Ali ibn Abi Talib he says no, you're her husband so he rejected Imam Ali's witness Imam Hassan Hussein Sayyidah Shababi Ahlul Jannah rejected their witness Um Aiman and he said Um Aiman is a Persian woman we don't accept her witness Um Aiman was a witness that Fedek belonged to Fatima another time where Um Aiman showed her solidarity and steadfastness with Ahlul Bayt is when when they took Ameer al-Mu'mineen away from the house to give his allegiance to force him to give allegiance Um Aiman ran in the masjid and he gave a sermon that is recorded in history until today I tell you this non-Arab woman gave a more eloquent sermon than all of those men who were cowards and left the Khalifa of Allah by himself she stood and she said leave the brother of Rasulullah leave the successor of Rasulullah and she spoke to the man stating to him that he will cause you to go to eternal damnation they took this woman just like Somaya and Yasir were being tortured as I reference in the beginning of the lecture Um Aiman was tortured after Rasulullah's demise the same exact way because she stood with Haq Um Aiman is a personality that needs to be examined in Ashura not only because she gave her allegiance to Ameer al-Mu'mineen she gave her allegiance to Imam Hassan but she also was a witness to the birth of Imam Hussein she came to Rasulullah one day she said to him ya Rasulullah I have seen a terrible dream what is the dream that your heart has fell in my lap and I was holding on to your heart and I feel maybe my Aiman is weak maybe something has happened Rasulullah told Um Aiman this is the most beautiful dream wait and when Fatima al-Zahra went into labor Um Aiman was the one that delivered her and she took Imam Hussein in her lap therefore stating to the Muslims that Imam Hussein is the heart of Rasulullah Um Aiman for gone personality Khuzaymat ibn Thabit unfortunately another for gone personality another for gone personality of the 1200 of Bay'at al-Rizwan amongst those who attribute themselves to the school of Sahabah as a man by the name of Habib ibn Madaher al-Assadi Habib Habib r.d. 96 years old Imam Hussein camps in the land of Karbala and he keeps a tent an empty tent they ask him ibn Rasulullah who does this tent belong to he says this tent belongs to a man who will soon reach a great man a Sahabi of Rasulullah a Sahabi of Amir al-Mu'mineen a Sahabi of Hasan a Sahabi of Husayn ibn Ali Imam Hussein had wrote his letter to Habib ibn Madaher Habib was on his way to die his beard huh? old man 96 years old he went to die his beard on the way he received the letter of Husayn ibn Ali asking him to come to his rescue in the desert of Karbala he went home Allahu Akbar he says to his wife that i have received the letter from Husayn asking me to go and to stand next to him obviously Habib knows because Habib has been informed by Amir al-Mu'mineen Habib has been informed by Rasulullah that he will become a martyr next to Husayn Allahu Akbar he says to his wife what do you think i should do? Habib al-Suran he wants to test his wife she said to him whatever you do think of the answer that you have to give to Fatima al-Zahra in the day of judgment think of the answer that you will give his mother Fatima in the day of judgment when she will ask why didn't she go to the rescue of my son Husayn think of an answer that she will give to whom? his grandfather Rasulullah his father Amir al-Mu'mineen then he said to her then bring me my sword bring me my shield and he told his servant go and take my horse outside the city and wait for me he spoke to Muslim ibn Awsaja they went outside the city he overheard his servant saying to the horse speaking to the horse wallah i wish that my master would not come so i sit on your back and i march towards Husayn the son of Amir al-Mu'mineen the son of Fatima Allahu Akbar what an honor to serve Husayn what an honor to be in the Majlis of Husayn one of our Ulama ayatullahi al-Uzma he saw Habib ibn Madaher in his dream he said to him Habib what state do you have you are a companion of Rasulullah companion of Amir al-Mu'mineen you have this position Habib you have your own shrine he said there is one thing missing Allahu Akbar there is one thing missing Ya Sayyid that i wish i had my position is at the peak there is one position that i'd like to have he said to him what is the position he said to him the position is to be present in the Majlis of Aba Abdullah al-Husayn to shed a tear for Aba Abdullah al-Husayn we have to be thankful wallah we have to be thankful that Allah has chosen us to be the servants of Husayn to stand at the door of Husayn a servant is a servant wherever he may be whether he is here or whether he is cleaning or whether he is giving or whether he is present in the Majlis the angels will write your name amongst those present in the Majlis of Aba Abdullah al-Husayn what type of Majlis a Majlis that Rasulullah is present a Majlis that his mother Fatima Tuzzara is present a Majlis that his grandfather grandfather is present a Majlis that's Mawlana and Sayyiduna Sahib Al-Asli and Zaman is present this is the Majlis of Husayn What do we say we say Hussain you have that position ya wajihan oh you the one with that position you know the position of Hussain no one knows the position of Hussain no one knows the position of Hussain all we know that Hussain has so much love in the heart of the believers that 10 million of them walk barefoot towards his shrine therefore we ask Allah on that position ya wajihan oh you the one with that position ya wajihan oh you the one with that Hussain was sitting and camping in the deserts of Karbala suddenly he came suddenly about the Abbas came to the tent and he said to him Sayyidi ya Abba Abdullah I see a group of people coming towards our tents should I prepare myself for a defense Abba Abdullah told him say Abba Abdullah told him oh brother Abbas that is our assistant that is our brother that is our Al-Habib Abna Madaher Al-Assadi Imam Hussain gathered his family gathered his companions gathered Abba Al-Fadl Al-Abbas all of them and they stood until Habib Abna Madaher arrived it's a Hussain he threw himself from the horse on the feet of Hussain saying Sayyidi Abba Abdullah alayka salam Abba Abdullah told him ya uncle stand up he said to him Hussain how can I leave the feet of the grandson of Rasulullah your son reminds me of your grandfather Rasulullah then Imam Hussain took him he carried him into the tent they sat in the tent not long after a young boy came in the tent maybe it would have been Imam Al-Baqir and he said to them man min kum Habib Abna Madaher which one of you is Habib Abna Madaher the old man 96 years old he says I'm Khadim kum Habib Yadna Rasulullah I am your servant Habib I am that servant at the door of the house I said to him Habib Abna Ammati Zaynab you read as salam and you say ahlan bin Asrina Ya Habib Zaynab sends her salam to you and she says welcome all the assistants of Hussain then he said I have to go and give my salam to the daughter of the Amir of the believers he went and he stood behind the tent of Zaynab Zaynab told him ya Habib make sure you defend my mazlum brother in the tenth of Muharram Allah Akbar Allah Akbar ya Habib As-salamu alayk ya Shahid ya mazlum this man was amongst the first to approach the enemies the enemies that stood in front of Hussain in the tenth of Muharram he fought and he fought bravely until he fell on the grounds of Karbala Hussain went to him he sat next to him and alongside Imam Hussain was Muslim of Nusadah Muslim says to him Habib is there anything that you need in the last moment for me to send anything to your family write them a letter is there anything you want from me is that them ya Muslim ya Muslim alaykab al gharib is that them take care of Hussain take care of this mazlum take care of this gharib Imam Hussain put his head in his lap and he said to him ya Habib ashhadu anna ka kuntarajulan faazulan takra'u l-Qur'an fee kulli yawmin walaylah i would this that you would recite the whole Quran in one day but i tell you Habib ya Habib where were you when Hussain was standing all alone he came to the tilt of Habib he said ya Habib ya Muslim but there was no one to respond he went to the tilt of bani Hashem he said ya Abba you respond to me had as been separated from your mind i'd like to for several moments take from your time and i'd like for all of you to remember Imam Hussain's statements for us the his followers for his lovers what does he say he says shiaatee maha maa sharibtum adbamaa infithkuruni aww samaatum midhabihaan aww qateelin fendubuni faa anasubtul ladhi bindooni jerman kataluni oh my shia every time you drink water remember me every time you hear of a martyr remember me and every time you see some you see an animal being slaughtered remember that they slaughtered that animal after giving it water hussain was slaughtered next to the effrates without water i'd like to just mention those lines of poetry from hussain ibn ali and inshallah all of you listen and all of you shed tears so inshallah we'll go for dua shiaatee those who have it memorized those who would like to recite with me shiaatee like to call upon hussain all of us my lovers hussain others and sisters let us show our dedication Allah for Ahlul Bayt in such nights all of us my love hussain shiaatee asharibtum love hussain ask Allah and we call upon you in the name of the great great great great great ten times with the loudest of your voices we go to Allah let us remember those names mention them oh Allah ask you to give Allah forgive our sins shower unto us from your forgiveness O Allah, our parents, our relatives, Mu'mineen and Mu'minaat, those who have passed away from this gathering, shower on to their graves from your mercy and compassion. O Allah, with the hajjah and the smudgeless, give them their hajjah. Mu'mina and Mu'mina around the world with an illness, shower on to them from your cure. O Allah, present in this majlis, give them the visitation of Hussein, the Shafa'ah of Hussein. Aestim the reappearance of Mawlana, Sahaba al Zaman. Wa ila arwaha al Mu'mineen wa al Mu'minaat. Al Fatiha, ma assalawa.