 أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم رب شرح لي صدري ويسر لي أمر وحلو العقدة من لسان يفقه قولي الحمد لله رب العالمين وصلى الله على سيدنا وحبيب قلوبنا وشفيع نفوسنا أبل قاسم محمد وعلى آل بيته الطيبين الطاهرين المعصومين لاسيما بقية الله روحي وارواح العالمين لتراب مقدمه الفداء أما بعد رب العالمين ورحمة الله وبركاته شاء الله لنقوم بشكل مهم في today's lecture I want to discuss a very important person which we commemorate tonight by the name of أبي طالب the father of علي ابنة أبي طالب the father in which has been oppressed throughout history not from our school of thought but from the opposite school of theology and jurisprudence in which they come forth and namely say that علي ابنة أبي طالب's father abitaleb died as a kafr or died as a disbeliever now inshallah the progression of the lecture for tonight will be to analyze different examples and look at different ways in which we can disprove this and prove to everyone inshallah that علي ابنة أبي طالب was a mu'min and one of the top of the mu'minin of the time and inshallah we have points to discuss tonight and inshallah if the time doesn't prevail us we'll have about six or seven points to talk about in defense of علي ابنة أبي طالب's father now inshallah to start off the lecture for tonight please help me in reciting a lot محمد وآلي محمد the first point I want to raise is in reference to a hadith by the holy prophet صلى الله عليه وآليه وسلم in which he states أنا وكافو الليلية team كهاتين في الجنة and he mentions in reference to his fingers when he says like these two in paradise showing to us and given us the example of the closeness that the prophet will be to the person that sponsors an orphan now the question I want to raise inshallah for tonight is to make everyone remember the prophet of Islam صلى الله عليه وآليه وسلم was he or was he not an orphan that's the first point now when the prophet of Islam comes forth and states that's me and the sponsor of an orphan I like this in heaven should we not remember who actually sponsored the prophet of Islam should we not look into who took charge of taking care of the prophet of Islam when he was a team what is it anyone except Abi طالب when he took him on board that's the first point I want to raise for tonight is that in reference to the prophet's hadith in which he says me and the sponsor are like this in heaven we must remember who actually sponsored the prophet of Islam that's number one number two is a very delicate point and we have to think about it very very precisely because the prophet of Islam in the early stages when people were coming towards Islam you find that anyone that was married if a woman would come towards Islam and the husband did not the prophet of Islam would divorce them listen to this point and if in the opposite agenda if the prophet of Islam finds that a man comes to Islam and the woman is still not Muslim he would divorce them therefore we know and no one differentiates in the idea that Ali ibn Abi طالب's mother was one of the top Muslims was one of the مهاجرين of the time no one disagrees with this now the point I should raise and the argument that we have is if this is a point that we must raise about Abi طالب why is it if we know that Ali ibn Abi طالب's mother was a Muslim and one of the greatest why is it that the prophet of Islam did not divorce them that's the second point that's the second argument that we may have on the third argument is the concept of mercy and the concept of mercy we find the first example is the prophet of Islam doesn't say his mercy or doesn't give his mercy to disbeliever and the example we have is the daughter of حات مطاقي when she is captured as a slave of war and brought towards the prophet of Islam and her name was Safana she comes and she talks to the prophet she says oh prophet of Islam she calls him by his name I'm saying it because in respect of the holy prophet she calls him by his name and she says I am the daughter of حات مطاقي my father's characteristics are very known within the Arabs and she begins to say my father's characteristics is A B C D the prophet look at what he says because I want to take the wording of the prophet of Islam the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم says these are the merits or the characteristics of a Muslim no doubt your father's characteristics his character his personality his traits was that of a Muslim then he goes on to say what look at this particular instance he says if he was a Muslim then we would have sent our mercy لو كان مسلمان لترحمنا عليه if he was a Muslim we would send our mercy our prayers towards him however he goes on to say he wasn't a Muslim therefore we can't send our mercy to him then what does he say he doesn't let her go he says in honor of the character of your father I will free you as a captive of war in honor of your father and all those that are with you oh Safana I free in honor of you and your stand that's the prophet of Islam now take that into analogy the prophet doesn't give his رحمه his mercy to anyone that's not Muslim now let's look at another story and try to match it up with Abu Talib in another analogy a person comes from Al-Badi and he comes to the prophet of Islam in his mosque and he says oh prophet of Islam the drought has destroyed our crops will you not raise your hands in prayer to Allah سبحانه و تعالى so he can bring forth the rain so the prophet of Islam he raises his hands the narration says he prays to Allah he says before his hand comes to his neck the rains were gushing out of the sky like a fountain then three days pass and the rains are gushing and gushing until floods begin to happen the same person comes to the prophet of Islam he says oh prophet of Islam he says we're not ready for such rain we're not ready for this amount of water from the skies from the heavens not ready for this much amount of blessings will you not stop the rain or is there any way that you can only let the rain go towards our crops our houses are flooding now look at this beauty and this is prophet to his brothers and sisters the prophet ﷺ raises his hands and he says oh Allah make it rain not on us but only around us and at that very moment they were in Medina and you find the rain stops on top of them however it's still raining in and around them and the man can you imagine he's looking at the prophet of Islam and he's seeing this particular miracle at that particular state when the prophet sees this and Allah has given him that which he wished he smiles then he says this word he says in reference to the first what did he say he says we do not give our mercy towards the disbelievers in this instance what did he say may Allah have mercy on my uncle Abu Talib that's number three number four and I start to get more and more into depth number four is a very important one because it's in reference to the date that we have now the date system that we have now as we know everything we know nowadays 1436 after Hijrah let's look at the concept of Hijrah and why the prophet of Islam actually migrated as we said on the first point the prophet of Islam's main protector the prophet of Islam's main guardian the main sponsor was Abu Talib wasn't it now let's find why is it that 10 years or 11 years as narrations differ after the Ba'athar the prophet of Islam had to migrate in which the migration is now known as the Hijrah and why is it that he called that he migrated or that particular people died and led to the migration or being the soul or pivotal point for the migration of the prophet two people died that he the prophet called the entire Yi that Yi of sorrow and sadness عام الحز we find the first person that died was his wife his beloved wife in which he was not married to anyone else whilst he was married to Khadija likewise Ali ibn Abi Talib was not married to anyone while he was married to Zahidah Fatima when we find that the second person that dies is his protector his sponsor the person that used to protect him in Makkah and the reason why he left the Sherp and the pivotal point of why he left is because his protector is no longer there there is no longer protection for him there he must go somewhere that he will get protection finding the importance of such a man of his sponsor of his guardian at the time Abi Talib that's the fourth point number five and this is very beautiful people come forth and say well he was his uncle that's one point he was his uncle he has to take care of him he has to be his sponsor he has to be in charge of him because there's a certain level if you're not in Islam there's a certain level of characteristics within Arabs it's his family now the question arises why is it that in Islam when we find that Abi Talib in his own household every single time within Islam the Prophet would be sleeping in his bed every couple of hours he'd change with Ja'far he'd change with Aqid why the Prophet asks him why do you keep changing me at night he says just in case that this believe is the people that are attacking you know where you are sleeping and want to kill you I'd prefer look at this I'd prefer that Allah or I'd prefer that a person my family is killed for my sons is killed rather than you now if a person loves his son his nephew he loves him but a love in such a level that he would put his own children to die for him there has to be something that he knew there has to be something that he has in the back of his mind when we find in the brother school of thought and in that hadith we find that Abu Talib as they say is in health fire and his brain is roasting on the health fire however we find one of the other enemies not the people that took care of the Prophet one of his enemies whether it be Abu Lahab or whether it be Abu Jahal I can't exactly remember one of his enemies also a family he says this one Friday he gets I think a gift or some sort why because he was happy on the day that the Prophet was born he gets something but the protector doesn't get anything he's in health fire look at the balance that they have and what kind of what kind of people were they when we have one eye in the Holy Quran that comes down and it's a funny story behind it because these ideologies that they try to instill in us these stories that they try to instill in us to say that he Abu Talib wasn't a Muslim he died outside of Islam look at the people that are trying to narrate it as we know I'll give you a small story narrated by one of the خطباء his name is Sayyed Al-Fali and he narrates this story he says back in Iraq when we were in Hausa he says that we had a scholar go up on the pulpit and say and analyze the speech when he started to say at the start of his speech he says that night the people of Saddam went towards this person's house and he says you're saying it such and such he says yes he says come out they dragged him and beat him all the way towards the courtroom after beating he says what have I done because at that time they were very specific about what they say he says what have you done and they come to him and they say he says sayyed he says yes he says therefore you have cursed the Arabs at that time there was a whole feud between in reference to the war and you find he says what he says you're cursing the Arabs and that's punishable he says where have I cursed the Arabs is he an Arab or is he a non-Arab he says but I'm referencing the Quran he says I'm reading a verse from the Holy Quran I haven't taken anything from my pocket he says no you've cursed the Arabs and that led to his death look at the ideologies brothers and sisters it makes you laugh on one angle but on the other angle does make you cry that's the ideologies that's the thought process that they try to instill into people Quran no this is my idea حديث no this is my idea the Prophet said such and such he says no this is what I think and that's the danger brothers and sisters when we taking to reference to two different accounts when we look at the Prophet of Islam in a beautiful narration Abu Talib comes into the house and he says to the Prophet of Islam he says oh my brothers son he says the people of Quraish say that you have you have put down their idols you have corrupted the people's minds you are turning a brother against one another all for the sake of your new message he says will you not leave it this is the narration and the Prophet of Islam he has a beautiful reply what does he say he says ما تركته if you given me the sun in my right hand if they put the sun in my right hand and put the moon in my left for me to leave this path I would not leave it then what does Abu Talib reply this is the beauty Abu Talib replies with a beautiful sentence he says he says to the Prophet of Islam he says as far as I am alive no one will come towards you until I am buried under this dirt until I am buried under this dirt no one will harm you imagine if Abu Talib wasn't believing in this particular message would he be prepared to die for it that's the point I want to raise وقد علمت أن دينا محمد خير أديان البرية دينا صل على محمد who's words any particular person that's Abu Talib's words when he comes to the Prophet of Islam I end on this note brothers and sisters those are the examples that we need to learn from these are the examples inshallah that we seek to respond to anyone that comes forth and says well Abu Talib died as a non-believer you reply and say this you say this is Abu Talib and another point I'd like to raise is remember what we said a few nights ago about the son and the father relations what does he say he says the father is the root and the son is but a branch and you find anything in yourself that pleases you know that the root of that blessing is your father who was Abu Talib's son Ali what can we say about Abu Talib and his traits and characteristics I leave it to you I leave that example to you you can look at it in any depth that you want any depth that you want when we find other people are given pulpits such as Abu Sufyan and Muawiya and Yazid however they can't find a dot on Ali ibn Abi Talib from his wisdom to his eloquence to his dances and the battlefield they can't find the little dot they chose to attack his father and that's the main reason they say have I done anything is there a halal that I've made haram is there anything that I have done against my grandfather the prophet of Islam and his message what was the reply he says we fight you we fight you in hatred of your father what's this hatred it's been carried down and it's been taught generation after generation just to have a glimpse or something against Ali ibn Abi Talib in a small instance but how is it that the sun is bright and the clouds do not cover the sun and subhan Allah and insha'Allah we take from the examples from tonight we have these in the back of our minds to have as references to have as an argument to represent our to represent what we believe in to represent Ali ibn Abi Talib and his firmness against the religion and the firmness of his father and insha'Allah we pray to Allah on this note I've taken much of your time and insha'Allah I give the opportunity to the sheikh to come and enlighten us with his wisdom but we pray insha'Allah but before it 3 of your loudest salawat على محمد وقال محمد