 wondering about whether we are experiencing the Akhir Zamana, whether we are really truly facing the end of times and we surely are, because we have the Hadith, for example, from Imam Ahmed Bakir, alaihi salam, who has explained in detail that when Imam Zamana ajalallahu ta'ala farajahum sharif will come to this earth, that it will get very, very difficult for people all over the world. And he has, this is in Bihar Al Anwar, volume 52, page 348, where Imam Ahmed Bakir, alaihi salam, tells his companion, Abu Hamza. He says that when the Qaim rises, there'll be fear and dread, it'll intensify, there'll be calamities and there'll be a lot of affliction and misfortune that will fall on the people. There will be diseases that will reach epidemic proportions, intense and fatal dispute will occur among the Arabs, intense discord among the people will become rampant, religious and sectarian strife will be triggered and the condition of the people will change to such an extent that when they see the brutality of the people around them and the violation of rights of each other, that people will wish for death every day and every night. And it's truly a very, very scary time indeed when we think of that because all these prophecies, all these things that our Imams told us would happen are indeed happening. And so it is important for us to reflect, it is important for us to be prepared. And today, especially when we are celebrating the birthday of Imam Zaman al-Ajjal, and we're looking at Nabi Issa al-Aysalam and all his followers also coming together, that we need to look at the role that these two will play together. And so today I wanna spend some time, not only talking about our beloved Imam, our 12th Imam, but I also especially want to talk about Nabi Issa al-Aysalam more than just the fact that we believe in him as a prophet, but some things from his life, not only Quranic Ayah to talk about him, but also I really do want to speak about some of the stories from his life, also narrations from the Holy Prophet, salallahu alayhi wa sallam, about how these two will come together and work together. And so I ask you to stay with me inshallah, and together we can learn a lot. And if possible, do take some notes because truly when I find, when I've been doing this research, I always find it so exciting. And I say, I wish people who are interested would take note. And these are ways for us to then continue and learn more. Many of the hadith about Imam Mahdi al-Aysalam will be also quoted from the work of Allah Mabakir Sharif al-Karashi. This book is about the fifth Imam, but this scholar has written an autobiography of all the Imams and I have the one, I have all of them, alhamdulillah. This was something that my husband had gifted to me because it's something I really wanted and it's worth owning definitely and available on the internet to read also. You don't even have to buy these books. But there is something about actually having a book and being able to flip through the pages and all that. So do refer to this book indeed. So without further ado, I begin and if you can please also do one thing. Do share the video already on your page so that people who are visiting your pages, your FB pages can be following along live with us and getting sawab on this day of 15th Shaban. We need to be doing all sorts of Ibadah today. So mashallah, most of us all over the world have been engaged in Amal since last night and all over the night because you're supposed to stay awake and do Ibadah. And today with the day of 15th Shaban, a day when it's highly recommended to do fasting and to also engage in all sorts of worship, which means gaining knowledge. So definitely and inshallah what we're doing together will help us on the day of judgment and in our lives right now as well. Dillahi Yameen. Alhamdulillahi rabbil alameen wassalatu wassalamu ala khairul anbiya wal mursaleen. Khatamin Nabiyin abil qasim Muhammad. Allahumma salli ala Muhammad wa ala Muhammad wa ala ahla bayt al tahrin al masumin. Allahumma salli ala Muhammad wa ala Muhammad. Wakala Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala fi quranahil majeed wa furqanahil hameed. Wa qaulu ala haqb bismillahir rahmanir raheem. Wa nuridu anna munna alal ladina nusta daifu fil arzee. Wa naja ala huma imamatin wa naja ala huma wal waritheen salawat. Allahumma salli ala Muhammad wa ala Muhammad in surat al kassas, the fifth ayah. So this is the 28th surah, fifth ayah. This beautiful ayah is in fact, the first words that our imam, imam zamana, inshaAllah, Allahu ta'ala farajahum sharif said when he came to this world. Our imam immediately went into sajda as all the imams did as soon as they would be born. They would go into sajda and he said these words with, you know, he said these words. We know that Nabi Isa, alaihi salam, also, when he was a baby, spoke from the cradle. So here we see that these two who will be partners in the last days and the day, that the rule of imam zamana will happen and all the incredible things that they will be doing together, that we see that these are two great ulul azim prophets indeed. So this ayah. Wa nuridu anna munna alal ladina nusta daifu fil arzee. Wa naja ala huma imamatin wa naja ala huma alwaratin. Imam is saying from the Holy Quran, the plan of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and we intend to bestow our favors upon those who are weak in the land and make them the imams and make them the heirs. Subhanallah. Salwat for our Urdu speakers and who have joined us. The explanation of this ayah in Urdu. And we wanted that those who were weak in the land and were given favor upon them and make them the imams and make them the heirs. And Subhanallah. It shows us that our imam when he came on this earth, he immediately showed his mission. Just like Nabi Isa A.S. expresses his mission and he says, Allah has planned to give his favors upon the people. So he explains immediately that I am a favor upon all of you. For those who are weak in the land so especially those who are mazlum who are oppressed, I am a favor upon you. And Allah has intended to make them imams and make them their heirs. So explaining to us that I have come here with a mission indeed and you are seeing the one who will be your masaya. Subhanallah. I see people from Miruth joining us from Lucknow, from Minnesota, USA, from Toronto, USA, from Mumbai and many other places across the world, JazakAllah Khair, for joining us today. 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God bless you all and may Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala increase in our knowledge and on this blessed day when we should be in Ibadah, may Imam Zaman Ali Jalallahu Ta'ala Farajahum Sharif cast his benevolent, merciful glance at us and be witness that we were doing a very important thing and a very good thing on this earth, on this day as well, the night when the decree is written and when Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala when we give our aridah and when he is planning our future that our good deeds and our good intentions and our maghfirata, our doing astaghfar, well, inshallah, change our destiny, our trying to gain more knowledge will today change our destiny and make us truly successful in the here and in the hereafter. So, a lot to cover today. Let us go right into it. First of all, when we are, I wanna share with you that a very important thing here. Just like we're awaiting for Imam Zaman al-Ajjallahu Ta'ala Farajahum Sharif to come. It is very important to realize that our brothers, our Christian brothers are also awaiting Nabi Isa, alaihi salam. They also are waiting for him to return. And on Friday, when they are celebrating Easter, I have actually gone to many churches and commemorated Easter in the churches with our Christian brothers and they do something very interesting. They do what is called a passion play. What it means is they re-enact the crucification of Nabi Isa, alaihi salam. They do the whole play. It's called a passion play because it shows what happens to Nabi Isa. Often their movies also like this. And we find this also in, for example, in Arba'een, when we see the enactment of Karbala. We see the enactment of the court of Yazid. So the Christians do this as well. But what's most interesting is not only when they enact the crucification, but in many of these passion plays, it ends with the, not only that day when the tomb of Christ is opened and he is not there anymore. So the Christians believe that definitely Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala took him and that he will come back. And it's called the second coming. He will come back. And he is Adam Masaya. So much like we Muslims, and I say this word of Muslims, I do not say Shia here. The coming of the Mahdi, Aja Allahu Ta'ala Farajahum Sharif is a universal belief of Shia and Muslims. It is the belief of all Muslims and it has to be that the coming one will come. You know, it's interesting when I was a child in Pakistan, I was a little girl. I remember we were taught this poem, Jab'ani wa la aiga. And I was taught at Sunni schools. I realize now that we were being taught true people who are following the Sunnah of the Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, will understand that we are all waiting just like our Christian brothers are waiting and the Shia and the Sunni, all the Muslims are waiting for Imam Mahdi, Aja Allahu Ta'ala Farajahum Sharif to come. Welcome to those who are joining us from Qatar and from many other places around the world. JazakAllah Khair for letting us know in the comment section. And from Dubai, I see. And also from England, SubhanAllah. All right. So in that place, and I always love to share this. When I've been at these plays, I've understood how alike we are with our Christian brothers and sisters because what they do is they get someone dressed up to look just like they think Nabi Isa' alaihi sallam would have looked. And then the drama that's happening on the stage changes and the second coming, they enact. And Nabi Isa' alaihi sallam comes from outside and he enters the church. And these are churches with thousands of people. Their churches are huge. Especially those that do these plays, they have that money to do these big productions and they prepare for them all year. And when Nabi Isa' alaihi sallam, the character who's playing him enters, it is a mind-blowing moment because there he is entering. He's holding the cross and his hair is just the way they have them in the pictures. And he has a downtourage of angels with him. And what is the most amazing is to see the reaction of the crowd. The way they cry is the way we cry when we remember Imam Zaman al-Ajjal allahu ta'ala farajahum sharif. The way they respond to him, they're sobbing, they're trying to touch him. They are saying, thank you, Allah. They are acting the way we act when we are praying for that moment. And in that moment, when I have seen those plays, I've realized, subhanAllah, they too await the Messiah. We too await him. And when these forces and our forces are joined, imagine how much the world will become unified and an army for Imam will grow. Truly a revealing thing to witness. So Imam Ali alaihi sallam has described this, but let me go back to, let's go back to what the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, let's start with those. The Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, Allahumma salli ala Muhammad wa ala Muhammad has given a clear description. And there's a hadith where he talks about and the coming of, and these can be found in Bihar Al Anwar and other definite, you know, very mutawattir hadith. These are, and these are in books that we all actually agree on. And these are also in the Sunni books. So the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam says that when Isb ne Mariam shall descend to the earth at dawn, he will be decked, he'll be dressed in mahar and deen. And mahar and deen are two pieces of saffron garments. So it's a description. Only Allah knows what this means. There are many things that we are reading in hadith so we really do not know what it will look like. But we repeat them and we ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to allow us to one day witness this. So in mahar and deen are two pieces of saffron garments. He shall be fair complexioned. His hair will be red, shining and thin. It will be as if oil is dripping from his hair. In his hand, he shall hold a weapon with which he shall break the cross. He will kill the pig and destroy the Jal and recover Imam's property and the people of the cave. The Ashab-e-Kaf will be walking behind him and he shall be the vizier, the right hand, the guard and the protector of the Qayyim, of the progeny of Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. He shall spread peace and justice in the West. Incredible hadith indeed that explains this whole scenario of how it will look when Nabi Isa sallallahu alaihi wa sallam comes, it'll be dawn. It shows that it's a very vivid scene. His hair will be shining. It'll be as if oil is dripping from him. His hair will be reddish. His face will be very nurani with a lot of noor and light on him. As well, he shall be holding all these weapons that are made in order to slay the pig, destroy the Jal, break the cross. Allah, Subhanahu wa ta'ala knows what all this is all about. Imam Ali, peace be upon him, he describes him. He says after and he explains what the Jal will look like in this hadith comes. He says, when it will be Friday and the people will be ready for prayers, Isa sallam Maryam shall descend to the earth wearing two pieces of bright garments. As if oil is dripping from his hair, he shall have an elegant face and he shall resemble Prophet Ibrahim, alaihi sallam, greatly. Then his eminence, Imam Mahdi, ajallallah, will glance at him and say, O son of the chaste lady, Maryam, you lead the prayer. Jesus Christ, alaihi sallam, will reply, leading the prayers is your prerogative. Then Imam Mahdi will step forward and lead the congregation prayer and Christ will pray behind him. Then he will pay allegiance to him and when his eminence, Nabi Isa sallam, comes out, he will see the Jal taunting and then he, the Jal, will melt like lead. So what's happening here is a chain of events and the Hadith will, inshallah, as I get time in this lecture, I will explain that what happens is when Nabi Isa sallam comes, there'll be a cloud over him, there'll be an angel, these are all from Hadith, there'll be an angel proclaiming that he is the Imam of the time who has come. At that time, the people will congregate to pray. Nabi, the Prophet Imam Mahdi, alaihi sallam, will start his, about to start his Salah and there will be Nabi Isa sallam coming from the sky. At that time, he offers him, you pray, you lead the prayer, Nabi Isa says, no, it is your right to pray. The chain of events now, they pray first. They recite the praises of their Lord. After this, we find that now the Jal comes and how Nabi Isa sallam plays a pivotal role in destroying the Jal. JazakAllah from Dar es Salaam and from Lahore. JazakAllah for joining. Thank you so much for letting us know and it feels great to be with people from all over the world right now. This whole thing about the, this beautiful discourse between the 12th Imam and the Bisa, alaihi sallam, this respect, the Mahdi saying, oh Isa, you lead the prayer. Isa says, no, this is your right. You are the Imam. Isa praying behind the Imam. This is huge. This is a victory right away because we find that, first of all, let's go back to Meiraj. Well, in Meiraj, this is exactly what had happened when the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam narrates that I came to this place and Jibreel showed that there were all these people waiting to pray. When I looked, I saw that these were 1,000, 123,999 prophets would come before me. They were all waiting and I realized the Prophet says that I, the seal of the prophets has now come to join them. And basically, this is a moment in Meiraj where all Eklat, Javi Sazar, all of them are together. And Subhanallah, we're gonna pray together. And he says, the Prophet says, I was sure that Jibreel will lead and all us prophets will pray behind him. But Jibreel puts his hand on my shoulder and moves me forward. And I lead and all the prophets, including Jibreel joining them, everyone prays behind me. Showing us the status of the Prophet, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, being the last one to be the most awaited one. And from his progeny will come an Imam who will lead all behind him. And it's pretty significant. It is a victory for us Muslims. When Nabi Isa comes and he prays behind. So you have all these Christians waiting for him to come. He comes, he says, I am following this Imam. I'm behind him. So imagine the victory right there for us when the status of our holy Imam will become apparent. Subhanallah, a beautiful, beautiful moment to imagine. So as we go forward, let us now understand, the Prophet mentioned the reappearance of Imam Zaman al-Ajal Allah for Ajham Sharif. He mentioned these great two personalities who will come together. And like I was saying about the book by Alama Bakr Sharif al-Karashi, the book is called The Life of Imam Mahdi and it is available online. Sayyid bin Jubeir narrates this from Ibn Abbas, that the Messenger of Allah SAW said this. And imagine this beautiful hadith. My caliphs and successors are 12 persons. So, you know, we say, oh well, that Mola moment, it was ambiguous, some people say. Well, we don't know who he meant. And if that was the, you know, it wasn't an Imam, was it a friend, et cetera, et cetera. Some of us unfortunately want to argue that. But that wasn't the only time that our holy Prophet SAW proclaimed Imam Ali as his successor. That wasn't the only time he said it all his life. So he says, my caliphs and successors are 12 persons. First of whom is my brother Ali and the last is my great-grandson. He was asked, oh Allah's Messenger, who is your brother? He replies, Ali ibn Talib. So who's your great-grandson? He replies, Mahdi, who shall fill the earth with justice and equity like it will be fraught with injustice and oppression. So it shows you that the Prophet is saying, there's gonna be a time when the world will be full, like the entire world right now, if you imagine the world we're living in right now are thinking about this coronavirus everywhere. And people are also, you know, making these pictures of like, if you think about these virus, the red dots everywhere, would you even come out of your house? Like it feels like it's everywhere. Imagine the world is filled with this disease that we're all in our home. We're all scared to step out. We've been told, do not come out. That is scary indeed. If the world is filled with disease, the Prophet is saying the world is going to be filled with so much oppression and difficulty and injustice. And just like, oh, I can see the world behind me right here, that world, just like the world is full, Imam, the Prophet says, with all this terrible stuff, my progeny, from my progeny, a Mahdi will come who will fill it entirely with justice and peace and amazing, amazing healing, everything that we want. He will change it, he'll completely fix it. You know, I remember in chemistry, we used to, when we would work with those liquids, there would be some liquids where, you know, it's all a certain color. But if you put a drop of something, that entire thing goes through some chemical process and changes a color. And that which was acidic becomes now completely neutralized. We see these things with our eyes, that even something that was, you know, venomous, when you put an antidote, it changes it. So just like this, our Imam comes and changes the world completely. Subhanallah, as JazakAllah, sister Zahra, for saying that you're enjoying and that you're at home and, you know, it's so sad. We're not able to be at any milad. But here we are, Allah has given us this gift that we can join together like this. And thank you everyone for your comments in the comment section. I really appreciate the Hasl-e-Avzai, as we say in Urdu, the encouragement that you're giving me right now. So then the Prophet continues, by the one whose hands is my life, even if a day remains for the earth, the Almighty Allah will prolong this day till my son, the Mahdi reappears and Isbne, Maryam, descends to the earth and recites prayer behind him, behind his eminence, and then the earth shall be illuminated from east to the west. Subhanallah, what a beautiful moment to imagine. And then the Prophet told of all the signs. He explained there will be the advent of Yamani, the killing of the pure soul, the nafs al-Zakiyyah, the rising of the sun from the west. You know, many people who are trying to understand will the sun literally come out from the west. This could be also metaphorical. And that perhaps this noor and this light will come from the west. Perhaps the evil that we are seeing is coming from the west. Who knows? Maybe good coming from the west. So these things can be understood also metaphorically, but these also will be happening for sure as well. The advent of the Jal, the Antichrist. And that's why Nabi Issa al-Islam and the Jal come head to head because he's the Antichrist. He's actually come with a hatred and an army against Nabi Issa al-Islam. And then the Sofiani, who is one of the pillars of mischief and corruption on the earth. Black flags will appear from the east or from Korasan. So basically the world will be upside down. There will be pandemics. There will be also lots of tornadoes and earthquakes. There will be evil and cruel. And so we're seeing this also happening on this earth right now. By the way, a lot of natural signs are also occurring. Just last night we had the super moon, which is when the brightest moon is also called a pink moon. Also all over the world we are experiencing strange things a few months ago. Clouds were coming in the sky. That are also a lot like the clouds that were described by Imam Ali al-Islam, about the voluminous clouds that will be coming that will herald the appearance of Imam Zaman al-Ajjal allahu ta'ala farajahum sharif. He, Imam Ali al-Islam has also a beautiful book called Qayyim in the Quran. You must read this book talking in detail about these signs, about the Fouqadah, those who will vanish from their beds, who will be called by Imam and they will be gone and they will appear beside him. Thank you so much. From India, I find a doctor, Dr. Zaydi has joined us. And God bless you, Dr. Zaydi and all those who are on the frontline and who are working so hard. And God bless all those who are not only taking care of the sick right now, but also those who are keeping the tabligh going people like this channel, the Islamic reminders, all the scholars all over the world. There is a beautiful hadith by the 11th Imam, Hassan al-Askari, alaihi salam. And when he talks, when someone asked him about the hadith, somebody was asking him about the ayah about the taking care of the orphans. And this is, you know, and we have instructed the children of Israel that they have promised that they will do the covenant of God and they will do all these things and take care of the orphan. This is one of the ayah that Imam Hassan al-Askari was asked to speak about. And so they said, tell us about taking care of the orphans. And when he explains it in detail, and he says, but you know, we, I am my Tawheel al-Aimus salam, we also give you the Tawheel of an ayah. This is not just tafsir. We're gonna tell you what the hidden meaning is. And so he says, that you know what the orphan is when Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala talks about the orphan in this ayah, the true orphan, the 11th Imam explains, will be he who has to be in a time when he cannot see his Imam. The true yateem is all of us, all of us Muslims who are right now unable to see our Imam. And we are yateem, our father is not with us. The 11th Imam explains that at that time, whoever takes care of the yateem will be rewarded by us. Who takes care of the yateem? When the father is not there to be right there beside us. Those who take care of that yateem and act like his father, by giving him guidance, is a person who is taking care of them like a father would. And so those who are scholars, those who are doing the league work from the masjids, the masjids, from the Imam bargas, from internet, social media, all these tiny, tiny people working together becoming a huge force. The 11th Imam says, they will are doing the work for the yateem that the Imam is very grateful for. And on the day of judgment, the Imams will find all the scholars right beside him because he will say, they kept it going, these are my force, these are my army. So we have the doctors, the frontline workers we also have in this time, those who are doing the league. It is extremely important for us to honor those who work very hard to keep the masses educated, Islamically. Believe me, this is an act of love that people are doing and it is exhausting. And we are in this era where we often, we often criticize our, the Qaim in the Quran. It's called Sister Asthma, the Qaim in the Quran. And this book I will, if I have it here in the background, no, I will bring it for you, which I'll ensure you on the screen and I'll put it in the comment section as well. It is a very, very enlightening book indeed. So where was I? Yes, so do not criticize and hurt the Ale Medin, be kind and also thank them because they're giving guidance when it is extremely needed in this era. So the Prophet as he was explaining these signs, he said, one of the pure signs of the reappearance of the awaited Imam is the voice of the angel of the sky giving glad tidings of reappearance is eminence and it'll invite people towards Islam. Subhanallah. Yes, Masha'Allah. Thank you for sharing that beautiful hadith Sayyid Mohsin that Mola Ali once said to a child who was Yatim, I am your father. Whoever asks you about your father, tell him Mola Ali is your father. Subhanallah. We are not alone. Imam is with us and our Imam Zamana, Rajahm Sharif is also with us. So the Mahdi will appear with a cloud and Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam explains and Abdullah bin Omar narrates this that the Mahdi shall reappear and there'll be a cloud above him and in it shall be an angel proclaiming this is the Caliph of Allah and the same Mahdi so obey him. And Abu Naim quotes Ibn Omar that the Messenger of Allah says that the Mahdi shall appear in such a way that then angel will proclaim above his head this is the same Mahdi who is the Caliph of Allah so follow him and people will bring faith on him and his love shall enter the hearts of the people like they will be, you know, Iqrohani cheese. You know, we will know, we will recognize inshallah and he is the one who shall rule over the east and the west and those who pledge allegiance to him first shall be the same as the number of brother fighters. They will give allegiance to him between Rukun and Makam so the three one three will be right there and SubhanAllah these signs that we've heard about are actually quite encouraging indeed because Zukaat who is joining who today when we're talking about Prophet Isa and we're talking about our Mahdi when we look at these two personalities to understand the status of Nabi Isa first we have to understand the status of the prophets great great grandson the Mahdi is an Ulul Azam prophet and he is now in line with the Imam but then he's behind him so he's a partner and yet he's looking at him as his leader so definitely our Mahdi has a great status that we need to be very very cognizant about he's the son of Umul Mu'mineen and Hazrat Khadija the queen of the Arab ladies he's the apple of the eyes of Hazrat Fatima Tazaara salamullahi alayha the lady of the two worlds the this and the hereafter and Ali the magnificent the leader of the pious believers is the chosen son of the holy prophet of Islam salallahu alayhi wa sallam Muhammad Mustafa salallahu alayhi wa sallam the last jewel in the crown of prophethood he's the one who is the responsible personality of Islam the only divine representative of this earth then other Hazrat Hujjat Ibn-Hassana al-Asqari al-Mahdi sahib al-Zaman adjala Allahu ta'ala farajahum shareef let us send the loud salawat allahuma salia ala Muhammad wa ala Muhammad but what's interesting is Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says in the holy Quran wa yam koruna wa yam korullah Wallahu khairul makereen Surah An-Falq this eight surah, the 30th ayah in which Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala reminds us that you know they plan and Allah too plans and Wallahu khairul makereen the plan of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is the successful one and so what is this plan? Nabi Isa alayhi salam being the companion and the follower and the helper of the Imam Zaman al-Ajala Allahu ta'ala farajahum shareef Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala started this plan so so long ago and this plan goes way way back you know we often think Allah where are you? Can you please help us out? Can you please you know make all this go away? Allah is reminding us I have started this work a long time ago and when did it start? It started when Imam Hassan al-Asqari gets married to Bibi the mother of she's also known as Narjis Khatun or asausan she has many names subhanallah but subhanallah when these two personalities were joined in marriage Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala was planning for Nabi Isa alayhi salam to join the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam's progeny from that point and we know in this whole narration is in Bihar al-Anwar when Imam Hassan al-Asqari says that my father Imam Aliya Naki entrusts this important matter to his friend Bashir ibn Suleiman and he goes to get this lady who is supposed to then marry the son of Imam Aliya Naki and she tells the story to Bashir and what happens she says you know I was supposed to be marrying my cousin and then an earthquake happened everything went wrong and I became very ill and it's a very long story but what is very pivotal in the story is the fact that she sees a dream in which Nabi Isa alayhi salam is there on his throne with all his disciples it's a pulpit of light and then she sees our Prophet Muhammad Mustafa sallallahu alaihi wa sallam and he's got his wasi Ali ibn Abi Talib alayhi salam and he comes into that palace and Nabi Isa alayhi salam is with his descendants one of them is Simon all right now the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam comes forward and Bibi Narjis Khatun is describing this story where he comes forward and he says Ya Ruhullah Oh Isa who's spirit of God I have come with a proposal I have come to seek the daughter of your wasi Simon for my son Hassan al-Asqari and at that time Bibi Narjis Khatun says that I saw my great grandfather from the well most on the progeny of Nabi Isa alayhi salam but from his disciples she says that Nabi Isa alayhi salam looks at Simon and says nobility and glory has come to you in this chance to unite rahmatul al-alameen the mercy of Allah with your progeny Subhanallah you have been blessed indeed to this then Simon ascends and then all of them get on this pulpit of light and Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa sallam conducts this wedding service already so she's already married in heaven to her husband to be and that daughter that is born from the people of Christianity then marries the great-great-great grandson of the Prophet and our Imam Mahdi ajalallahu ta'ala farajahum shareef is born so the plan of Allah was a long long time ago indeed and I want to welcome brother Jiri Abbas from Lahore who has given a beautiful beautiful thought as well that also Imam Ali when he said I am your father also means that he is our Khalif and that he can only be chosen by the Almighty and Subhanallah we are blessed indeed to have all this knowledge amidst us now Nabilisa aleyh salam and we're trying to understand him especially in these days that what is it about him that makes him so great that he gets to be a helper of the Mahdi of the time ajalallahu his virtues are actually described by Imam Ali aleyh salam in najjul balaqa sermon 162 where Imam Ali aleyh salam says if you desire I will tell you about Jesus the son of Mary he used a stone for his pillow he was a very simple man he slept on the ground basically he used a stone for his pillow put on coarse clothes and ate rough food his condiment was hunger so he was always hungry he was fasting his lamp at night was the moon his shade during winter was just the expanse of earth's eastward and westward his fruits and flowers were only what grows from the earth for the cattle he had no wife to allure him nor any son to give grief nor wealth to deviate his attention nor greed to disgrace him his two feet provenance his conveyance so his two feet these two feet provenance his conveyance so he was walking all the time and his two hands his servant so Nabi Isa aleyh salam has also described this about himself he says I sleep while I have nothing and I rise while I have nothing and yet there is no earth no one on earth more wealthy than I am subhanallah Nabi Isa aleyh salam also when someone asks him how are you oh Isa he replies I begin the morning with my lord the blessed and the supreme above me and the fire of hell before me and death in pursuit of me I have not obtained for that that for which I have wished and I cannot keep away the things I hate so who of the poor is poorer than I subhanallah this is an exact hadith that Imam Hussain aleyh salam has replied in as well Imam Ali aleyh salam has replied in when people would ask them Mullah how are you they would say I am realizing I am nothing that the fire of hell is waiting and death is after me and what I want doesn't happen what I love once happens and I am surrounded in a vortex of difficulty who is more poorer than I who is more helpless than I it's very important whenever we feel this kind of arrogance you know that we are in charge and we are the superpower and we can do this and we can send an army and we can wipe you out and we have or we just can't wait to use our shiny artillery or artillery on all these poor innocent people that are waiting you make these challenges and Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala in one second makes you completely quiet and you are closed in your room and you can't get out and the superpowers are in intensive care and those who are the royalty of the world the virus is entering their home and beds are being kept ready to take care of their sickness that's when we realize we are nothing we are nothing and yes brother fadel it is sad indeed that we cannot be in karbala right now it is heartbreaking indeed that we cannot be at the holy kaaba or at the haram of imam raza aley salam but right now amazing things are happening amazing things of course the angels are there but right now our dress rehearsal that we were doing all these years is now coming into actual day of the real plan of Allah that time and we were all gathering like that in karbala and in kaaba and all these places we were responding to the call of our imam and showing up now is the time when the actual call is coming and we are needed and we our health is needed also our intellect and our imam we need to work on that and it is a preparation that Allah has made us all closed in our rooms in our homes and we are craving to be with other people but there is an itekaf going on right now for all of us do your ibadah at home and be completely pious because now that time is coming where you will be called so Nabi Isa alayhi salam somebody had asked him Ya Ruh Allah you know what kind of people should I be with Nabi Isa alayhi salam replies be with him whose sight reminds you of Allah and that when he speaks it increases your knowledge and when he acts when he works it makes you want to also think of the hereafter like he is his actions make you want to work for the afterlife he is that much of an inspiration be with people of knowledge who teach you how to be good Nabi Isa alayhi salam was asked which people is the best who is the best and all of us here Nabi Isa and he picks up some clay in his hand and he says we're all the same we are all all you know nobody can be better we're all made from the same sand but the one who is the best is the one who has taqwa who is God conscious who is God fear of Allah he is the highest above everybody so we find that the very pious thinking of Nabi Isa alayhi salam is what makes him completely deserving of this powerful moment to be a follower of our Imam Zaman al-ajal Allah the Allah for Ajahum Sharif right now we're looking at all the people in the world who need who need help the people off I mean people are sick all over the world but let's remember those people in Syria are still also getting bombed by the way in the Gaza Strip there is still bloodshed going on Yemen Syria Iraq Palestine Bahrain Pakistan India England USA there were riots in Hong Kong and in Iran just before all this happened Burma Rohingya Saudi Arabia Kuwait you name it the world is in turmoil not only from sickness but from oppression from war from cruelty from evil leaders suddenly being elected things are going on corruption and this is a time for us to really prepare and be ready because Nabi Isa and Imam Zaman are waiting for us to say we have Taqwa we are behind you Ya Imam we're ready to be galvanized and this is a beautiful poem by this she's a Somali writer her name is Warsan Shire and she says later that night I held an atlas in my lap you know this this right here this globe right here behind me she says that I held the globe in my hand and I spun it right and she says I looked and I held an atlas in my lap and I ran my fingers across the world the whole world and I whispered where does it hurt and it answered everywhere everywhere everywhere everywhere it's a chilling chilling feeling for sure everyone is scared right now and it's not just a pandemic that has truly stopped us in our tracks but the oppression the evil values the immorality and a believer and a follower of Imam he expects an improvement in circumstances he it saddens him to see the oppression to to witness this evil he waits eagerly he says Imam come help spread truth and justice I want to be part in the struggle I want to have this honor and sacrifice I want to do what the people of the past came oh yes of course the Kashmir let's not forget they are also suffering and you know when we see Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala tells us in Surah Fatah Inna fatahna laka fatham mubina wa yansurakallahu nasran azeezah this is also allusion to what will happen when Imam zamana ajalallahu ta'ala farajahum shareef will be given a victory that has never been given before this was what Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala told the Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam Inna fatahna laka fatham mubina we are giving you O Muhammad a victory that has never been given before a victory beyond any victory wa yansurakallahu nasran azeezah and Allah will send you help and has given you help a great help this great help we find in the tafseer is the al-muntadar the freedom for the people is the awaited one the al-mahdi the one who will guide people in the truth al-qaim the one who rises he will arise for truth al-kudja the proof of God the Khalif sallah the best and righteous successor and from the best families of the Islamic world the Imam is Zaman the Imam is Asr Sahib is Asr Wali is Asr by the way this word Sahib and Wali means master and commander and the followers are dictated by this master what it means when we look in the um the tafseer it explains that the whole earth the sky the moon the stars is like the Ahlul Bayt alaihi wa sallam Allah says I made them for them those who are in this blanket everything is for them so the Mahdi this is his domain this is all his and the universe is in motion at his instance and the time can be changed by him not he by the time and environment he's completely powerful and he's coming to establish the deen Nabi Isa alayhi sallam praying behind him is huge is huge because when Christians see him they shall bring faith on Islam and embrace it when their own prophet is embracing the holy imam they will say well this is and that is why we find in the time in the olden times when the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam came to proclaim his message many of the Christians and the Jews were waiting for him because their scriptures the true scriptures were Nabi Musa alayhi sallam and Nabi Isa alayhi sallam were saying when that this man comes with these signs you must hold his hand he is supposed to come after me that doesn't mean you're abandoning your your prophet it means your prophet also and you know I remember there was this revert when she became a Muslim she was talking to me a Christian girl from a very devout family and she was telling me she said you know my family they were decrying they're saying you're leaving Christ you're leaving Christ and you're you're going towards this other faith she said I told them I'm not leaving Christ I am actually taking Christ as well as Muhammad and we are joining these two and so she said my in hand I have enhanced my faith I have done what my prophet told me will happen so this thing about Son of God it is important for us to understand a little bit by the way because we are aligning with the Christians because the true faith tells us that Nabi Isa alayhi sallam is very much a prophet but where did this Son of God thing happen how did this happen Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala explains that you know was he the Son of God how do we refute this claim the Quran gives us in Quran alai imran surah ayah 59 verily the likeness of Jesus in God's sight is the likeness of Adam he God created him from dust then he said to him be and he was so we find Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala also in surah mariam ayah 34 and 35 says such was Jesus the Son of Mary it is a statement of truth about which they vainly dispute it is not befitting to the majesty of God that he should beget a Son glory be to him when he determines a matter he only says be and it is kon faya kon so many people from the Christian faith often feel that it's very hurtful that you know when you say Christ is not the Son of God then this is you know as in Urdu we say yeh to bustakhi hui apne unka darja nicha kardiya you made our prophet our prophet look low now the will of Allah know Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala explains in this Quranic ayah to say that Allah can give a Son just like any of you that is actually being very disrespectful about the glory of God you're making God like you people absolutely not you worried about Christ becoming lesson glory God forbid no you're making your Lord look bad and do not ever say and so and by the way the use of the word Son this is very important for us to understand the Holy Bible has used the word Son to describe all the many prophets of God many prophets it is a common usage in the Bible so the term Son of God is used in other parts of the Bible to refer to Nabi Adam which is in Luke 38 the to refer to the children of Israel the in the exodus number four number 22 and David in the Bible we find it in the the Psalms number two and the seven so as well as creatures of God are referred to as the children of God and this important thing to understand is a personality called Paul of Tarsus their movies made about how great he is he's looked upon as the father of Christianity but what is interesting in his name was Saul his original name and he's considered by you know Christian scholars by father of Christianity it is he who started this whole thing about Son of God and it is a sad indeed that Nabi Isa was hurt by the very people who were supposed to be his followers who brought such corruption into the message and the original followers of Jesus by the way they opposed this blatant misrepresentation of the message of Jesus Paul of Tarsus you've got to understand never lived in the time of Jesus he never lived or met Nabi Isa and so what is incredible is how is someone who never met and lived with Nabi Isa become the father of Christianity and he brought a lot of what we say biddat he is the one who did that in Christianity and it took two for 200 years the followers of Christianity tried to fight with him they fought with him they said this is wrong what you're talking Christ never said this he is the one who brought this concept of Son of God by the way Saul Paul of Tarsus was originally an enemy of Nabi Isa eventually he changed after Nabi Isa left this earth and Allah raised him to the heavens we Muslims believe he was not crucified on that cross he was living and Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala put a person there to make it look like it was Nabi Isa but Allah took Nabi Isa away I mean why is this hard to believe Nabi Ismail when his father was killing sacrificing him as the command of Allah it changed into an animal so Allah can do anything he wants to so what happened at this point is that Paul of Tarsus comes along and you've got other disciples like Barnabas who believed in the oneness of God who actually lived and he met with Jesus and he was very much a follower who was listening and taking notes he said Paul this is wrong this is completely in contradiction to what we have been taught it's a lot like narrators like Abu Huraira who never actually got more than um I don't know six months or maybe even some say two years very little time to have actually been in the same world as the holy prophets sallallahu alaihi wa sallam and then they can write all these thousands of hadith if you're writing it yourself how in the world were you there so that's when you find Paul of Tarsus doing the same kind of thing and so he made all this what we call biddah and he's the one who among many things and please read this and look it up Jesus the Son of God the concept of atonement renunciation of the law of the Torah Paul did these things and he did it in the hope of winning the non-Jewish people the Gentiles his letters they're another primary source of information on Jesus according to the tradition Christian tradition but they are very telling of why he did all these innovations that he was doing Nabisa alaihi sallam always introduced himself as the slave of God he always reiterated this fact we have it in Surah Maryam ayah 30 kala inni abdu aatinia al-kitab kala inni abdu aatinia al-kitab wa waj'alani nabiyah so I have brought the book I am the follower of God I am his slave nabisa always explained look these miracles that I can do walking on water bringing the dead to life bringing an anu like a leper and completely healing him all these things all these things I do by the permission of my Lord and he himself he he he said this is permission and Allah swt says in holy Quran and this is Surah 5 ayah 110 and behold you Jesus make out of clay as it were the figure of a bird by my leave and you breathe into it and it becomes a bird by my leave and you heal those born blind and the lepers by my leave and behold I did restrain the children of Israel from violence to you when you did show them the clear signs and the unbelievers among them said this is nothing but evident magic so Allah swt says that I not only made all these miracles happen I also took you away from that cross but they were about to to annihilate you and to torture you so subhanallah this is how we understand from the holy Quran that Nabi Isa could do what he could because of course Allah was making him able to do like all prophets were and thank you brother Jerry telling us there's what 550,000 hadith by Abu Huraira yeah that would mean that a person would be writing day and night so Allah swt cautioned the people against this great mistake people of the book Jews and Christians do not exceed the limits in your religion an attribute to God nothing except the truth the Messiah Jesus son of Mary was only a messenger of God and his command that he conveyed unto Mary and a spirit from him so believe in God and in his messengers and do not say God is a trinity give up this assertion it would be better for you God is indeed just one God far be it from his glory that he should have a son to him belongs all that is in the heavens and in the earth God is sufficient for a guardian Quran this is a surah a surah Nisa from the Quran ayah 171 you know very interestingly someone had asked the 50 mom Imam Muhammad Bakr alaihi salam he said you know if if all this confusion was going to happen why make Nabi Isa alaihi salam be born without a father what was what was the reason for that and the 50 mom replied it was to show the glory of God and how ironic that something that is a creation of God so we can look at it and say a miracle God must be so great he could make this happen instead we say the thing is great and we make Allah look less by saying it's his son so it's truly against the glory of God to make him to attribute to him a son now this extremism that we find in making Nabi Isa alaihi salam the son of God when he was a very proud to be a slave of God ana aba abdillah this is something that is a matter of pride for kings of kings he said that the holy prophet sallallahu alaihi salam says to Imam Ali alaihi salam he says you know ya Ali you are similar to Isa son of Maryam about whom many indulged in extremism they began to call him Allah and Allah's son some loved him too much by doing that right and then what did the others do enemies they became enemies so much that they called him naudabillah an illegitimate son they alleged that he was the son of Yusuf Najjar so you find what does love do extreme love what happens when you are a great personality either people love you so much that now they put you so high that it becomes something that people can criticize about right they're like oh come on this is like way outlandish now so they this is also doing a disservice to the one that you love where you attribute lies and you make them so high that now it becomes that people just give away the as they say in English baby with the bath water they're like you know if the water is dirty the baby is dirty they throw everything out so this is what happens when we corrupt a message when we go into extremism so the prophet says there's some who love them so much they made him so high that the that Allah did not appreciate that and then there's some who hate him so much Nabi Isa that they said oh this is not a miracle he is now the son of Yusuf Najjar so either you're very loved or very hated when you are that great and Ali this is exactly what happened with you and he says the group that considered him a slave and a prophet of Allah remained in his religion Ali one group will call you God and another Na'uza billah will call you kafir both these groups will go to hell those who consider you a slave and a caliph of his prophet they will attain salvation Salwat pray Muhammad Waal-e-Muhammad birth Allahumma sali ala Muhammad Waal-e-Muhammad so Nabi Isa was he born on Christmas day well reliable traditions from the fifth Imam Imam Muhammad Baqir Ali salam tell us that he was actually born on the 25th of Zilqad Zulkidda so Islamically and the the the narrations from the fifth and the sixth Imam are just mind-blowing about Nabi Isa alai salam if if I can just take some more of your time so I can get to that point because there is so much to be learned the fifth Imam explains that that you know Hazrat Jibrail just blew onto the neckline of Bibi Mariam and suddenly he held on to her clothing blew it and she got Nabi Isa in her womb and what happened that baby grew nine months like a baby grows in nine months but it was just in a matter of hours and we find the same miracle when Imam Mahdi Ajaal Allahu Ta'ala Farajahum Sharif al-Islam gets into the womb of his mother Najis Khatun so we have these two miraculous births where Bibi Halima says that when I when I was there Hakima she says I did not know that she was pregnant when the 11th Imam said Auntie please stay because we will need your help to make this baby my wife is going to need help with childbirth she says childbirth she doesn't look pregnant to me and then she says in in a few hours a baby is miraculously apparent and she gives help at that time so similarly Bibi Mariam al-Islam also did not look pregnant suddenly this happens and what happens is that she then as we know goes away to a remote place when the people are also you know when she comes back then she will explain to them what happens but she she conceives him and then she goes to a remote place and this is in Surah 19 ayah 22 now what happens at that time and if I can get to the to that explanation that Nabi Nabi Isa al-Islam when it was ready it was time for him to come into this world his mother goes away to this place that is very far away the hadith tell us and this is a very beautiful hadith Sheykh al-Tousi has narrated this from the fourth Imam Imam Zainullah al-Islam he says that this place that Bibi Mariam went away you know where it is she went actually to Karbala Salawat for Muhammad Wali Muhammad for Sheykh al-Tousi okay he's narrating this from the fourth Imam Imam Zainullah al-Islam he says that this is how by the way the imams were able to there's a miraculous concept where they're able to fold the earth and get from one place to another very quickly and so this is exactly what she was able to do that she was able to go from Baitul Muqaddas to Karbala in a split second and the fourth Imam explains that she covered that long distance from Damascus to Karbala in a split second Isa bin Mariam was born near the grave of Imam Hussain al-Islam and she returned to Damascus that same night Salawat Bari Muhammad Wali Muhammad Allahumma salli ala Muhammad wa ala Muhammad and then Imam Muhammad Imam Jaffa Sadik al-Islam is asked and Yahya bin Abdullah in his book Hira explains this he says one day we went riding and we reached a village in the vicinity of Nassira and it was right near Nehre Furat the sixth Imam said here it is here it is and then he got off his horse and he prayed to Raka and I saw this amazing thing happening Yahya bin Abdullah says and he says I said to the sixth Imam Imam Jaffa Sadik al-Islam I said Mola Ya Abdullah where are we where what do you mean here it is here it is and the Imam replies Yahya bin Abdullah do you know where Isa was born he says no no Ya I don't the sixth Imam says it is here where I am now sitting so imagine this is right here the Nehre Furat says this is where I'm sitting and he said when where was the palm tree that was shaken by Mariam and the fruits fell and this was a command from God to give her strength so she could give birth I replied I don't know he pointed to his back with his hand he said that's the spot right there that's the tree said Bibi Mariam was right under then he asked me do you know the meaning of Rabwah and he mentioned the divine ayah of the Holy Quran reading and we made the son of Mariam and his mother a sign and we gave them shelter on a lofty ground Rabwah having meadows and springs so there was a lofty ground where Bibi Mariam gave birth that lofty ground is Karbala and he says this means that we sheltered Isa and his mother on a high ground that we turned into a living place with abundance of fruits and populace and running streams of water I said I don't know and he pointed to the right with his hand towards Najaf and he said that is that hill that Allah points will have meadows and springs see Najaf over there that's what Allah talks about in this ayah and he said the Ma'oon Ma'een mentioned by the Lord is the river forat and he added that the pregnancy of Mariam became apparent when she was in that valley where 500 virgin girls were busy praying to Allah there were angels in that place where Bibi Mariam went and her period of pregnancy was actually just nine hours and when she suffered labor pains she was right in Karbala when she gave birth Subhanallah and there are many other reliable traditions okay that we find explaining that Rabwah is the other end of Al-Kufa in it's sawad and the outskirt is Karbala or Najaf and the Karar the meadow is the mosque of Al-Kufa and Ma'een is the spring is the river forat so all these things one has to just read a little and become and it becomes a very very apparent Subhanallah as we're running out of time I'm going to end with this idea that perhaps Nabi Isa alaihi salam was was taken away to the heavens on the day of Easter the Christian faith do believe that you know this was the day when Christ was Easter and then the Easter Monday so it was on Easter Friday that his he was crucified they believed and then on Monday he was taken to the heavens and so Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala says in Surah 4 ayah 157 to 158 but they killed him not nor did they crucify him but so it was made to appear to them and those who differ therein are full of doubts with no certain knowledge but only conjecture to follow for a surety they killed him not nay Allah raised him up to himself and Allah is exalted in power and wise and Allah says sure surely Allah is my Lord and your Lord therefore serve him this is the right path this is what Nabi Isa says Almighty Allah says surely the likeness of Isa is with Allah as the likeness of Adam he created him from dust and then said to him be and he was so just like Nabi Adam alaihi salam was born without a mother and a father Nabi Isa alaihi salam was born without a father same concept nothing to to become so you know amazed then to think okay if he has no father then God is his father no Nabi Adam had no father or mother so if anyone should be called son of God why don't we say that but no Allah says this is about my glory I say kon faya kon and it is be and it is so now what date was Nabi Isa alaihi salam actually taken to the heavens and when we hear about the Hadith from our fifth Imam Imam Muhammad Bakr alaihi salam he explains that actually Nabi Isa alaihi salam was taken to the heavens on the 21st of Ramadan Salat on the Prophet and his progeny Allahumma salli ala Muhammad wa ala Muhammad so it's a pretty incredible concept here we're getting here so we're looking at Karbala being the place where Nabi Isa alaihi salam was born and we find it is the 25th of Zilqad and then now we're looking at Ramadan 21st Laylatul Qadr when he was actually sent up to the heavens so let's look at this narration where Nabi Isa alaihi salam were told was lived for 33 years he was not killed he was not crucified but it was made to appear so and the night of the 21st of Ramadan he was raised this is the 50 mom explaining what well there were nine thousand three hundred and thirteen angels with him wow the three one three number is right there with the nine thousand three hundred and thirteen Nabi the fifty mom explains Nabi Isa alaihi salam was actually crucified or it looked like he was being crucified on the 21st of Ramadan he was raised where there were nine thousand three hundred thirteen angels with him and so when we look at this Surah of Laylatul Qadr where we're said where we're told so the angels in the spirit descend in it this is that night when the Ruh Allah when Imam Mahdi a Jalal Allah Farajahum Sharif the Ruh Kudus all been given permission from Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to come to this earth the sixty mom has explained in his tafsiri Burhan that the spirit the Ruhul Kudus is actually and when all these affairs of the world will be written and will be sent up to these who are in charge this is actually referring to our Imam a Jalal Allahu ta'ala Farajahum Sharif so when it is said peace all that night there is peace and goodness from Allah to his believing slaves until the appearance of fajr of dawn salaamun hiya hatta matla il fajr what that means is till the break of the morning that fajr we are told by the sixty mom is the Imam that we will see the brightness of the world the darkness of the world turning into brightness the dawn the fajr the Imam will come and be that Qayyim the break of morning is actually referring to that so it's evidence of our Imam Subhanallah coming and an amazing thing indeed for us to understand that our Nabi Isa aley salam is not a small force at all and that when the holy Imam will get him by his side he will be able to do an incredible thing the hadith tell us that there will be a moment where when Nabi Isa aley salam when he finishes his Salah behind our Imam he will then call out he will call out let the doors be opened and when the doors are opened is when the Jal will be standing in front of him and that's when he will slay him and the Jal will melt like iron melts so it's a huge amazing thing that our Imam will be doing and we are blessed indeed that our Imam will be joined by Nabi Isa aley salam to do such an incredible thing that the Jal will see him and that the Jal will literally melt like iron melts and he will say he will command Nabi Isa open the doors and they will be right in front of him these evil forces and together with the Imam he will spread peace on the east and the west he will melt like lead and everyone will pay allegiance and it will all recognize by the way the Jal when Nabi Isa will say open the gates the gates will be opened and they will appear the Jal with 70,000 armed Jews and when the Jal the Antichrist sees Nabi Isa aley salam he will just looking at him will make him melt and Imam will you know Nabi Isa aley salam and the the 12th Imam will wipe them out the hadith tells us like ice melts in water and is dissolved in it so this is a very beautiful description of what it will look like and this is this narration was from Abu Amamah Bahli who's related it from the Holy Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam he said in a sermon he explained and he said that the Imam of the people is such a righteous and worthy person and this Mahdi will come and he will say Allahu Akbar and as he says Allahu Akbar Isa Bna Maryam will come Imam Mahdi will recognize and he will see him he will slowly move behind so Isa can come and then Isa will put his hand on his shoulder and say you lead the prayer Isa will then recite the prayer and then he will say open the gate so this is the chain of events we have had this talk for a long time now and I want to release you all I want to thank you all for staying with me all this time there is a very beautiful story from the life of Nabi Isa aley salam that I want to share with you before we end because I know what such it's really exciting to understand the power of Nabi Isa aley salam and the piety of Nabi Isa aley salam and the lessons from Nabi Isa aley salam that we are that we can all gain from and let's continue to allow our hearts to open up like this so this story is told to us this narration by Imam Muhammad Bakir aley salam and he expresses this you know that this is a very reliable tradition and that one day Nabi Isa aley salam was walking by and there were a lot of people rejoicing a lot of people having a celebration and so Nabi Isa aley salam asked them why are you so happy what are you rejoicing about what's the celebration about and the people say to him Ya Ruh Allah the daughter of such and such very rich person a very very well known personality is actually getting married right now it's her wedding and so Nabi Isa aley salam said oh he told them well you are rejoicing today but tomorrow you are all going to be crying you're going to be mourning it is going to be a very sad day the same party atmosphere is going to be turned into lamentation and grief they said Ya Ruh Allah what do you mean what will happen on the next day he told them that this bride this daughter of such and such very rich and famous person this bride she's going to die tonight this wedding is actually the beginning of a funeral they said how can you say this is this true he said it's going to be so the ones who were the hypocrites they said well tomorrow is coming well wait let's see let's see how true or how lies these words are it's going to be a lie you'll see tomorrow she's going to be very much alive now next morning they all go to the bride's home and when they all gather there they knock on the door of her new home what happens is a man answers the door and they say is your bride okay is she alive he says yes she's very much alive so they all go to Nabi Isa A.S. and they say look she's alive you said she was going to be gone Nabi Isa A.S. says Allah does what he wills this is the work of God I can guess from what I know guess meaning I can I can tell you what I know but Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is what is he who can change destiny so he says okay let's go to her home and let's see what it is that has happened that a death that was supposed to happen did not happen so when they reach the girl's house her husband comes out and Nabi Isa A.S. asks in permission he says I would like to speak to your your your bride your new wife because there is some mystery we need to solve so the man says absolutely the prophet of God is has come to our door he calls his wife and he says Nabi Isa A.S. wants to ask you something in the presence of all these people so the lady it is told is covered with a sheet and then Nabi Isa A.S. is called into the house and so he doesn't see her and neither do all the people but she speaks Nabi Isa A.S. asks her that you did something something at night last night that has made you um something has happened that that has caused a miracle so can you tell us what did you do different last night that you hadn't done before and she said nothing except what I do every Friday night every Friday night I a beggar comes to my door and I give him whatever he needs up to the next Friday every you know I give him money to survive to help him survive for an entire week so since last night you know I'm the wedding celebration was happening and people were everywhere and because of my married ceremony nobody listened to this poor beggar who was calling and I heard him so I you know I wasn't allowed to leave I was a bride I went I covered myself nobody could see me I went to the back door and as usual I gave him I gave the beggar some charity and I gave her I gave him enough to last him for the week something I do every week anyway Nabi Isa A.S. said this this is the bed that you slept on last night she says yes I slept on this bed Nabi Isa A.S. says can you get up from this bed she gets up and under her bed Nabi Isa A.S. when he removes the bedding is a a tree a tree it looks like the root of a tree when they look it is actually a snake resembling the branch of a palm tree and it's holding its own tail in its mouth so basically you know you've seen those chameleons or you've seen snakes that can change their they look like they're a piece of wood they can look like the print of a jungle you cannot see that there's a snake there so it had actually become a part of the bedding in such a way that you couldn't tell I myself have seen such cricket like creatures that look like wood literally everything looks like wood and they're against a piece of wood and you would not know that this is actually a moving animal and when it moved is when I realized that it was actually a piece of not a piece of wood so subhanallah these are the creatures of God that Allah has made and what happened at that time is that that snake that was about to kill her had actually put it his own tail was in his mouth so he was suffocated by his own tail and Nabi Isa A.S. explained to the people that it is due to the action of this lady for the poor beggar that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala removed the calamity of the snake bite and postponed her death so a lesson for us today indeed that sadaka is how we will attain the mercy of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala in this time of pandemic in this time of great danger to our to our lives our mal people are becoming unemployed entire countries are in lockdown and it is a very dangerous time to even be near our own loved ones it is actually an atmosphere of nafsanafsi that you cannot even hold and hug your own loved ones because they might give you a disease in such a time of bala it is important for us to engage in ibadah to call out to the Imam of our time but to also give a lot of charity it is extremely important for us to do sadaka today in the name of our Imam Zaman al-ajal allahu ta'ala farajahum sharif give charity in his name for his protection and for his coming soon and may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala bring his mercy upon our entire world and release us from this bala and may he hasten the appearance the reappearance of our Imam ajal allahu ta'ala farajahum sharif ya Imam we need you right now more than ever ya Imam ilahi azamal bala wa barihal khafa wa nkashafal aghita wa nkataraja wa zaakatul arzo wa munihaat as-sama wa antal musta'an wa ilayk al mustaka right now it is important for us to do this dua let us raise our hands and ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to send his Imam onto this earth very very soon to release us from this difficulty where bala has surrounded us and the world is in turmoil ya Imam we need you we love you ya Imam al ajal al ajal ya Imam ya Imam God bless you all for staying with me for watching please do like this video when you like it it'll come in your news feed inshallah so that others can see please share so that more and more people especially our Christian friends can understand that we too love Nabi Isa alayhi salam and especially our Sunni brothers and sisters also can see that we all must listen to the hadith of the holy prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam about the coming of the Imam and about the 12 Imams