 بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم أعظم الله وأجورنا وأجوركم من مصابنة أبي عبد الله الحسين عليه السلام ديويوس from across the world thank you for joining us for another night here in the 10 days of أشهر مهرومة we sent to you our condolences and indeed our condolences to our dear awaited saviour and as you know for these next few nights we're going to try and bring to you simple lessons that you can take away from the tragedy of Karbala not just to see this event as something to mourn and weep over rather something to gain from rather something to shape the rest of your life and to shape your future and most importantly to shape your أخرة will do this by deriving lessons but also by delivering you pieces of poetry that will help you reflect and emotionally connect and that will be delivered by my dear بربي عليم فاديو السلام عليكم my dear respective viewers yes just to echo the words of صادق we aim to connect the أهل بيت عليم سلام through your screens into your homes through the mind and also through the heart and I guess the responsibility here is to describe the poem the poem is speaking about أمو البنين and her lonely أمو البنين and her lonely أمو البنين after she has found out that her dear sons have passed away and the news of Karbala has reached her and the poet نوري صدر also says I stand alone after the lights of my eyes went to serve the eyes of Hussein was my intent to a grip of grief and sorrow my heart I've lent for them all to talk about me I had not meant to look with their eyes at my heart's demise and say beneath this woman's heart هزان حسين ليس they look with their eyes at my heart's demise and say beneath this woman's heart هزان حسين ليس I am left here without children in Medina all I talk to is the night and grave of Zahra the night told me and says all her children left her and Zahra's grave to my words gives no answer no hope in my words sorrow unanswered and yet it still told me your sons were my attack in my empty house my eyes look out to my window in my empty house my eyes look out to my window all it sees is my murdered sons and my tears flow every strike on my Abbas strikes my like arrows every memory of them leaves me a shadow shadows do not speak but a shadow with blood with blood by my feet they all stare at me upon me they say this old love and they speak of me they say this old lonely woman and they speak of me many thanks to the poet Noor Al-Sardar just to reconnect your hearts to the tragedy of Imam Hussain of course we are focusing on the first five nights we are going to be putting a lot of emphasis into the women the women and children associated with the tragedy of Karbala and insha'Allah in the late nights we will focus more on أكبر فروزوم I think the reason why we wanted to take this approach is that typically we remember the women and the children after Karbala towards Arba'een towards the journey towards the dungeons etc. but we forget to an extent the difficulty that the women and children actually went through during the lead up and indeed on the day of Ashur and this is the reason why we wish to explore this and of course as we now realize today's evening we dedicate to أم البنين a lady that to any Shi'a household is one that is revered that is respected, that is loved that is used and her name is invoked when you lose something you recite a Fata'a in her name for أم البنين and you find it it's a name that is so well known to our hearts and yet I feel we do somewhat an injustice to actually taking simple and derive simple lessons from her for أم البنين عليه السلام yesterday we spoke about Imam Hussein leaving and leaving a child behind and it's almost like a role reversal here we have أم البنين now waiting behind having raised four children in the sole purpose of serving it wasn't quite the Imam Hussein goodbye to Fata'a Malila where it's I'm leaving it's a difficult decision you have to remain here this was more no I've set you up for this this is your role it's said that أم البنين عليه السلام prefer to take care of Imam Al-Hasan and Imam Al-Hussein more so than she did her own children and that even to the extent that أم البنين would say that عباس don't play with them because they are your masters you are meant to serve them and in that there is a beauty to be found there is a level of respect of أالم محمد to be found even if you've married you still have a level of respect for أهل بين I find it mesmerizing I really do and these poems really pick up on this they really pick up on that theme to go a little bit further though what is it about this lesson of أم البنين that we can take away it starts very simply with the notion of submission which we mentioned yesterday and I think to start to understand كربلاء in its simplest form أصول and its principles of faith is so critical and when we understand تحيد the oneness of God it's then very easy to understand why we submit to God so we understand this oneness we understand this submission and once we understand once we understand this submission this notion of sacrifice almost becomes just a given but if you submit to something sacrifice isn't even a question when you submit to الله سبحانه و تعالى it's not a case of Oh Allah I'm giving this to you it's a case of saying Oh Allah this was actually never mine in the first place أم البنين عليه السلام is submitted to the extent that if you were to call family a materialistic thing or a dunya based thing even something as dear to her as that she saw that it was only for the service of أبا عبد الله and thus for the service of الله سبحانه و تعالى so for me the first thing that we take away and that I feel is so critical to take away is this level of submission and Imam al-Sadiq I end on this Imam al-Sadiq عليه السلام has this beautiful hadith where he describes submission as this he says when a servant says whatever Allah wills there is no power and no strength except in الله says Oh my angels my servant has submitted so assist him hasten to him and grant his request and I think when we hear that last bit hasten to him and grant his request or her request it then makes sense that when we ask through أم البنين that if she gave and submitted to that extent then of course her request is always heard of course and her stand is so much her stand as we know in the eyes of Allah it's so effective it's so magnificent that he has placed her as a door to Hajat as a door towards people's needs so in any situation that you find that's difficult you find there's a trial or a tribulation in any situation it is you always invoke the name أم البنين and the tragedy of أم البنين which is associated with كربلا which is associated with these is so that she does sacrifice all her children towards the cause of Imam Hussein but the real tragedy is when she receives the news of the passing or the martyrdom of her four sons and Imam Hussein but her desperation to find out about Hussein first is what makes is very unique it makes this quite emotional because when the poet comes to her he says look I bring you my condolences she says I don't want to know about my sons just tell me about Hussein and he begins to name the different sons I send my condolences to Ja'far and Hafman she says I don't care and she mentions Abbas even then she says look that's fine the loss of Abbas is great but tell me about Hussein and then finally he does tell her about Hussein that's when the tragedy really really starts for her and then the return of say to Zaynab as well even magnifies this tragedy for her and I think one one thing that we forget that at this point it is said that when she's received this news Omal Bin Ina when she was one of the first people she then initiates a Majlis she called the women of Medina to then come around to mourn and mourn and mourn and I think we give so much credit and write you so to say Zaynab for instituting but also Omal Bin Ina she as far as historians describe her was an incredible poetess someone who had lines of poetry that are seen and written still in history that you can reflect on so when you take this next evening this next night where you're conducting your azar and you're beating your chest and you're thinking about those words perhaps dedicate that to Omal Bin Ina yes yes so as I was mentioning the fact that this is now the story depicting how Bishr comes to Omal Bin Ina through the words of Noura Sardar this is the poet who comes to Medina Omal Bin Ina into his greats this visitor Omal Bin Ina with a voice of sorrow speaks as the tears of her mother flow die on her cheeks she stands an old woman so aged and so weak and tells the poet I am Hossain's mother and tells the poet I am Hossain's mother O poet tell me of my beloved Hossain before I let him go alone I remain O mother the sun is the blood within her veins tell me what happened in the Land Karbala tell me what happened in the Land Karbala O mother the lone poet answers we left I pass with no hands by her his eye and hands I pass with no hands by her she cries a scream of death as her breaks O poet don't tell me of my children only Hossain was born to die for his brother the poet answers with death upon his tongue Hossain was left in that desert of him his sons and men and children martyred his sons and men and children martyred many thanks to the poet نولي صادار and as I mentioned this poem does go on and on about the conversation between Bishr but depicts it really really to the exact conversation that happened in poetic form which is pretty great from أحسنت اللهم صلى على محمد وآل محمد إن شاء الله Join us after the break where we'll continue our remembrance and our lessons that we can take from أم البنين السلام عليكم رحمة الله وبركاته بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Welcome back to our second night where we remember أم البنين عليكم السلام and indeed her lesson that she gives us upon submission to Allah سبحانه و تعالى sacrifice for Allah سبحانه و تعالى by sacrificing her four sons and offering them in the way of and we wanted just to touch on something very briefly here which is a subtle point and that is Allah سبحانه و تعالى has a very profound verse in the Quran where we all know where it says that I do not ask for any other payment from you except the prophet saying except that you love my family and when we look at this sacrifice of أم البنين عليكم and what she actually gave it's the exact definition of that verse in that the things that she had most closest to her was solely just given for the love of this for the love of this family and I ask myself before anyone else this when this service of أبا عبد الله that we conduct year in year out and the service of the other and the that we offer across the year is it really done with this intention of serving the family or other other reasons as to why we do it and it's a very difficult thing to ensure that intention is separated but if it were to be the case that what we were offering was on that level of أم البنين عليكم where it's a case of life or death of something that you love perhaps we can assess our intention whereby would we still have that conviction to give the way in which we give our time or would it be a case of actually maybe I need to hold this one back and that's just one the first thing I want to bring up the second thing that I think from a practical perspective is this in the Christian faith they have lens the time of 40 days where you give up something specific some people say something trivial like chocolate or whatever and we then have شهر ملان but شهر ملان you can say something decreed upon us it's imposed upon us it's something where you must refrain from x, y and z between time A and time B during these 40 days something very simple and practical perhaps we can take away from أم البنين is to say from the first of محرام or if you're watching this from the third fourth whatever it may be until the day of 40 is there something I can actually sacrifice something materialistic that I can sacrifice just to symbolize that I am in this state of mourning for these 40 days a very simple challenge it could be as trivial as chocolate as trivial as meats as trivial as whatever it's wearing black it's not wearing perfume it's not trimming your beard it's not wearing a colored hijab for these whatever it is but we can take from أم البنين that's just maybe that little step further to make this محرام a little bit more meaningful to say actually yeah let me give this a go 40 days similar to length that I can give up in the name of أم البنين and if we can do this perhaps that is the start of trying to do the opposite way round of sacrifice understanding why we sacrifice is for submission and submission for the way of about Abdullah which is no doubt for the message of Islam very wise words I think that's definitely something what people can consider from home actually practical steps to making sure that this محرام is a different محرام to your normal 10 nights of service and it's actually taking something with brilliant words in terms of the مصائب of of the nights we are remembering أم البنين and something which was very significant in everything that preceded or came before the events of after the passing of was in search of of a spouse and a wife so he asked his brother to look into the genealogy of different families and to find a woman who will bring sons of great and of great courage and of great honor and so he ended up marrying أم البنين who is her actual name but أم البنين means the mother of sons and when he married فاتم الكلابية the first request that أم البنين had to امين المؤمنين and this is not vice versa this is the first request when she found out about this family and the prestige of this family she already knew about this family but when she entered this family and found the first thing she requested is not call her فاتم he does not call her فاتم why in fear that it may invoke some memory they may remember their own mother فاتم الزهراء فاتم الزهراء عليه السلام this was the first step into her household into her service towards this holy household and it carried on through her children when it comes to أبل فاول عباس and the rest of them أثمان جعفر so when it comes to the actual tragedy after the aftermath of of كربلاء and the messenger of بشرب نحذلم the messenger he comes to the edge of مدينة and that's when he starts to narrate words to give the tidings or to give the story of كربلاء or to give the news basically of what happened to كربلاء and he said يا أهل يثري بلا مقام لكم بها قتل الحسين وأدمعي مدرار or people of يثرب or people of مدينة this is not your place to stay this is not your place to remain why for إمام الحسين was slain in the lands of كربلاء أم البنين then comes to see this commotion says oh Bishal tell me of what happened to my son حسين here he says and he bows down in emotion and he's almost shy to tell the news to أم البنين and he says to her this is to you of the loss of your three sons أثمان جعفر and she says don't tell me about my sons tell me about حسين you have broken my heart tell me about my son حسين this is when he begins to say عظم الله لكل أجر بولدك عضاء آياس for he was slain زفرات my condolences يوم البنين on the passing of your son عباس this is when she was holding apparently by the narration she was holding father the son of عباس عليه السلام and she dropped to the floor and when she regained her consciousness she says you have broken my heart oh Bishal tell me about حسين he broke he broke the news to him and says عظم الله لكل أجر يا أم البنين بمصابك مصاب بعبد الله حسين my condolences يوم البنين on the passing the mother of the mother of حسين after the time had been spent and the caravan came back to Medina there was one story which I'd like to narrate before we ask for your حجات we ask for your دعايز this narration happened where أم البنين opened what's called a bayt al-ahzan or she opened like a place within her home that's she left she let the ones who are closest to أم البنين mourn the passing of حسين but the caravan the caravan of sayezain came back to Medina and upon the return of Medina sayezain was the first person she wanted to see was أم البنين so there was a knock on أم البنين's door and then أم البنين says to the person coming and my my family members are mourning but then the news comes to her and it says this person is not any normal person for let her in أم البنين then says the knock on the door I know who this person who this person is let her in as she walked in sayezain comes and أم البنين come together the first things they said to each other sayezain says عباس عليه السلام she starts to scream the name of عباس عليه السلام this is the love that they had for both their brother and their sons إمام الحسين قبل فضل عباس إنا لله وإنا إليه راجعون وسيعلم الذين ظلموا أيها القلبين والقلبون والعاقبة للمتقين أحسنت with that إن شاء الله we ask for your dazg we ask Allah to allow us to be amongst the servants of أم البنين عليه السلام amongst the servants أفق فضل عباس and I leave you with this the words of myself when upon hearing the news she said all of the arteries of my heart aton may all of my children and whatever that exists under this heaven be sacrificed for the sake of إمام الحسين عليه السلام and may the sacrifices that we now offer towards our faith towards our masters and ultimately towards Allah سبحانه و تعالى be in a very similar light we take inspiration from her and we ask through her that Allah سبحانه و تعالى to cure all of the sick to forgive our sins and to allow us to be amongst the servants that hold the slogan of يا لثارات الحسين إن شاء الله we will see you for tomorrow's show والسلام عليكم و رحمة الله و ضركاته