 Llywodraeth yn rhoi Tyre i ddyn nhw i'n bwysigol yn ddiogelol i'r bwyllt. On yn gwahos gyda'r baen, sydd erioedr yn gwahos gyda'r bwysigol wedi'i drafod ei chyfrifio. Dyn ni'r bwysigol erioedr wedi'i bobl, bwysigol erioedr wedi'u bobl, bwysigol wahanol, I gweithwyr, i gweithio, i gweithwyr ar magazinei, ddCOrd, i gweithwyr, i gweithwyr, i gweithwyr, i gweithwyr, fawr, i gweithwyr, i gweithwyr. Ychydigfyn wedi i'n edrych eich cyfnwys, oherwydd hyn yn ymgyrch yn nad o'r dd Chair menthe, Yn cael ei ddod, y ffrwg tu? Yn y ffrwg, mae'n ddiwrnod a'r ddAxwani. Yn gweithwyr, ni'n desud dr Sea Dymann Akswani. Salaam a leicwm. Once again a privilege to have you on the show tonight. Thank you very much. Eternal ethics, forgiveness. So with that in mind, I'd like to start the show off with one key verse as it were. Surah Zomar verse 53. It reads as follows. I say, O my servants who have transgressed against themselves by sinning, do not despair of the mercy of Allah. Indeed Allah forgives all sins. Indeed it is He who is the forgiving, the merciful. With that in mind, what can you actually address in terms of this key verse? The Holy Grand has just been read out as it were. One of the most wonderful ethical traits that any human being can have irrespective of whether they are a Muslim or a non-Muslim is to be a forgiving personality. Is to be a forgiving human being. Is to be somebody who manifests the forgiveness of God. The verse that you have quoted is probably one of the most beautiful verses on forgiveness that you'll ever come across in any religious text of any group of religious people in the world. If you were to break down chapter 39 verse 53, there's no way you'd have any fear of hell. Because you'll be saying that's a Lord who's so forgiving. There's only one place where I'm going and that is heaven. One way. Because even the way God talks to us is a lesson for us in the way we should think of when forgiving others. Without having a chip on one's shoulder when forgiving. Without thinking that we are so great because we've been forgiving. He still calls us his servants after we've transgressed against him so much. Cwyl ia ibadi. Mae ibadi. Not cwyl ia ddullam. You group of oppressors. Say to those servants of mine. And the fact that we're still in that world of abodeas and honour. Because really we have not been just with our Lord. Say to my servants who have been extravagant in some of their behaviours. Extravagant? I've completely dismissed your legal system for two, three, five, ten, fifteen years. And you've called it a bit of extravagance? What type of generous Lord do I have? Mae'r gharwnau cabi rabbi cael carim. What makes you doubt that generous Lord? So the Quran says say to my servants. And this verse opens up our discussion tonight. Because I think this verse should hopefully allow many of the viewers to forgive those who they've taken years to forgive by looking at the beauty of Allah's forgiveness. Say to my servants who have been a little extravagant against themselves. La taqnatw min rahmatillah. Do not be despondent of God's mercy. Inna allahia gferodd ddunubu jami'u. Allah forgives all sins. Inna hw wa'l ghaffur ddahi. For he is the most forgiving, the most merciful. I will repeat this many times in this series on ethics. There are certain ethical verses in the Quran like the verse we looked at with justice. This verse, other verses which should represent Islam. That other religions talk of a forgiving God. Other religions mention a forgiving Christ. But no one mentions a forgiving God of Islam. People like to talk of the fact that Allah has shedid al-aqab. Allah has most severe punisher. Well God will punish those who have been unjust. Because there are countries in the world today that punish those criminals who have been unjust. Who have raped children. Who have spread drugs and destroyed people's lives. By the same time Allah 68 times in the Quran. 68 times in the Quran discusses divine forgiveness. You see for example Ilefyr, Ilefyr, Teilefyr, Mailefyr. All of the derivatives to keep reminding us. That don't doubt my forgiving nature. I'll forgive. And I'll forgive all sins. Therefore that verse should begin to motivate us today. Because there are some viewers who have not forgiven their exes. There are some viewers who have not forgiven their parents. There are some viewers who have not forgiven their cousins. There are some viewers who have not forgiven friends. That verse should encourage us to become a forgiving community. Okay, okay. So thank you for that brilliant introduction as a breakdown for that verse. Are we a forgiving community? No. We Muslims are not a forgiving community. We're ruthless. We're not a forgiving community. If we remember you've done something years ago, we'll destroy you. And if we heard that you've done something recently, we'll destroy you. Eternal ethics, the basis of it is willing to purify a heart full of malice, hatred. Animosity, anger. Rebellion. The Muslim community sometimes is a microcosm of the macrocosm of the human community. That's an unforgiving community. Someone does something wrong, we don't forgive. But when it's us, we beg for forgiveness. When others ask us for forgiveness, that listen, I was wrong that day. Please forgive me. What I did, I did not mean to do. What I said I was wrong. My attitude was wrong. I'm not infallible. I'm not error free. All of us have blips. Give me a chance. The Muslim community is an unforgiving community. Firstly, it doesn't have the bedrock of making 70 excuses. Which is a bedrock for forgiveness. But sometimes when someone does something wrong, we say, Allah, forgive me. Recognising Allah SWT softhearted. Man yw basa hardhearted. And while the Muslim community remains a community that's unforgiving, then we'll see trials and tribulations. A community that is not willing to forgive one another's faults and is always ready to blaspheme or slander one another is a community that's not going to see blessings. Because they drifted from the Quranic ethos and message. The Quranic ethos was that we're all God's creation. But that God recognises we have the ability to sin. But he's always kept the door open for us. Many of us shut the door on those who sinned. We saw that there were members of our community who in their teenage years dabbled with drugs. We saw there were members in our community who were in the world of the obscene or the world of the lascivious. Were drunk too much alcohol, committed adultery. But we closed the door of forgiveness on them even though our Lord kept it open. While we recognise that our Lord has kept the door of forgiveness open, then who are we to shut that door? Absolutely. The moment God shuts the door of forgiveness, then we shut. So sincerely, Mohammed, if you're asking me, are we a figure in community? We're not a figure in community. Right. I've seen it in my own career that there are moments where people will not let go of. Say, how could he say that? How could he do that? Buddy, firstly, nobody said that I'm maswm. But secondly, you have a problem with my lecture or you have an envy of my position or my popularity or my name or my... Are you being someone who's attacking me and saying I will never fix such a thing? Because I wronged you or because you have a problem with something else related to us? Now, you imagine that's just a micro thing. Imagine on the macro level how many people are not forgiven even though they've changed. Many of us messed up in our teenage years. Many of us did wrong. Many of us did wrong in our 20s. We have to keep the door of forgiveness open for each other. OK, OK. Thank you for that. But is the Lord, Allah SWT, is he Ghaffur? What does it exactly mean? Well, the root is to cover. OK. So, when we're saying, ghaffurli, it's God cover what I've done. Open the door for me again. You know, he's satar al-Aiub. He covers once for us. People always ask me what would you say are two ingredients for success, Islamically? OK. I'm like number one, recognising that all izzah belongs to Allah and all izzah comes from Allah. And secondly, that if it wasn't for Allah covering my faults, I wouldn't be where I am. The root, therefore, is to ask Allah to cover. OK. God, I messed up. I messed up. Don't embarrass me. Don't embarrass me. And don't just... I ask you not to embarrass me, but also, ya Allah, please, cover me with your glory. Yes, that grace. Cover me with your grace. So, the root indicates a covering which we seek. Libas is a covering. There's a libas. You are is so article. There's a form of clothing that covers your private parts. There's a libas, which is... they call it as if it's a reish. You know, it beautifies you. OK. Feathers beautify certain animals. Yes, yes. The peacock. Proud. There is a libas known as taqwa. Not a physical clothing. The others are physical. There's a spiritual garb. Therefore, when I say, astaghfir Allah, I'm saying, ya Allah, cover what I've done. But give me a spiritual garb of returning in the favour of, not just your favour, but the favour of the mw'taqeen as well. Deep words. Ya. Alhamdulillah. Similarly, Sena, is the most high Lord Almighty? Is he tawab? What does that actually mean? You're talking of a Lord who accepts repentance all the time. His Lord doesn't want to send you to hell. He gives you ample opportunities. You call him ghaffur. He's always forgiving. He's ready to cover up what you've done. OK. You call him tawab. He's always accepting your repentance and your return because taubah. OK. And if you're looking at derivatives such as words like awab, to always be returning back to the part of Allah swt. When I say astaghfir Allah Rabbi wa atubweli, everyone understands it as I'm asking Allah for forgiveness. No. I ask you, O Allah, to cover what I've done, return me to your glory and allow me to return with the garb of repentance. Therefore, when a person talks to Allah and recognises that he is tawab, recognises that Allah always accepts our taubah. If you have a taubah that is a sincere taubah, not a taubah, the way it's like, you know what, I'm going to ask Allah to allow me back in and then I'm back out again to where I had asked him to forgive me for going to those areas, then no, that's not a sincere taubah. When I therefore recognise that my Lord's forgiving and that my Lord keeps allowing me to return, why would I want to disobey that Lord? The test for me is when I see that he opens the door of forgiveness and allows me to return, have I done the same with his creation? That's the test. It's one thing recognising that Allah is gafor, that Allah is tawab. Can you manifest them in your life? Subhanallah. When someone comes and tells you, Mohammed, I did something wrong, cover them, bro. Please, I was wrong. Do you allow me to return back into your life? I messed up. If you turn around and say, no, then you've not understood the serious and our point that has become a manifestation of Allah's name. Allah, he said, was adil, established adala. Allah, he said, was gafor to be someone who provides forgiveness. Allah, he said, is tawab allowed people to return. That's where the test is. Okay, okay. And now just all of Allah's names are beautiful, as it were. So he's Allah, Rahmanirahim at all. And that's the beauty, the silver lining. Okay, okay. Is that it's his mercy that gets us through all of this. Right. This is the silver lining. If we were to be judged by God's justice, none of us will get to heaven. It's because of his mercy. His mercy. And it's his mercy that ensures that we're forgiving. So where's your mercy? When you recognize Allah's gafor and you recognize Allah's tawab and you recognize that Allah is Rahmanin Rahim, then exhibit these in your life. Be godly individuals on the earth. What do you think it is that attracted people to certain personalities? It's when those personalities manifested godly attributes. Many times we hear that line. They manifested a godly attribute. What does that mean? I recognize that my Lord has forgiven the worst of the worst. There's a story in the Quran. There was a man who they found he used to dig the graves, undertaken. They used to dig the graves and put the body in and so on. They found that this man would have physical intercourse with dead bodies. I'm sure there's a word for it. Physical intercourse with the dead. When they found this person, how he had come to the Holy Prophet peace be upon him and his family and he had said to him that you know, I've done something so bad. I want God to forgive me. But I doubt God will forgive me. The Holy Prophet peace be upon his family obviously knows these verses. He knows that Allah swt has said tell my servants that you know what don't worry, I'll forgive all sins. Don't worry, God will forgive you. What is it? Tell me, what is it? What do you want to say? There's no way God will accept. He's like, I'll just go ahead and tell him. There's no way God's going to accept. He's like, well if you tell us then we'll see if there's a way. He's like, I'm the ones who dig up the graves, bury people. Last time there was this beautiful body of this girl and I had physical intercourse with the dead body. The Prophet said to me, you get out. I feel the flames of hell about to touch me. Nobody would. Who would forgive him? All of us would kick him out of our kingdom of our cities. Has Allah ever rejected one who has called out his name and has not forgiven him? This person went to the top of the mountain, he was barling, crying crying non-stop. I asked you somebody who was slept with a dead body. You would think that's the worst sin. No way can you be forgiving. No way. Who would forgive you? Allah forgives all sins. This person one day the comes to the Holy Prophet and tells him glad tidings. Allah has forgiven him because he sincerely repented for the sin that he's committed. When Allah is willing to forgive somebody who slept or had physical intercourse with a dead body, how can I not forgive my relative who did not invite me to a wedding? Sometimes you hear people saying you ask them why don't you speak with your relatives anymore? You know what they didn't invite me to a wedding or they called me late or on Eid they came two days later and they should have it's not that bad. You break up a whole family, a whole community on the basis of these fickle things that your kids cannot even play with their cousins anymore because of your lack of forgiveness from one another. Ehl el-bayta, alem resalaam, always in their life would stress that keep on trying to find the doors of forgiveness for those who have wronged you. You look throughout their lives therefore part of their eternal ethics lessons is that if my Lord is so willing to forgive somebody like this, Quranically then why am I not willing to forgive those who have had misdemeaners less than this? Yes, amdur allah. So with that in mind the action of sinning and then let's bring in an ingredient of knowledge and consciousness does the consciousness or level of knowledge in a human have a role on the repercussions on that sin? I think there is a difference between someone who commits a sin arrogantly and someone who doesn't negligently. What about knowingly? Knowingly where their conscience doesn't tell them anymore that this is wrong you are in a dark pit you are in trouble knowingly but inside you still feel some guilt the doors of forgiveness are still open. You see we discuss on many shows and many lectures which have been given the difference between nafsil ammara, nafsil lawama nafsil motma innan nafsil motma is that divine status where you become the manifestation of God's attributes on the earth you reach the level where you want to see the manifestation of forgiveness Hossein Ben-Haleen Carbona you want to see the manifestation of justice Hossein Ben-Haleen Carbona you want to see the manifestation of being jawad Mohammed Ben-Halee Al-Jawad in Baghdad you want to see the manifestation of sari'r riddla Halee Ibn Musa so that's al motma innan lawama is I'm still a sinner but I feel guilt when I do something so there's this feeling that we may of all there are some guys these days who are in the world of drugs some are doing weed, marijuana some are balloons I never thought a balloon could help a person get stoned but hey that's the world we live in and there's still a sense of guilt in the morning after there's still a sense that I've see I sometimes think when Allah SWT is angry with us when we sin we know that it doesn't harm him in any way us sinning I think he's angry that we have disrespected our nefs that he's given us that you could do much better than that I've given you part of the divine spirit that's what you do with it come on it doesn't affect him but for us if there's still that guilt the doors of forgiveness are still open ammarah however nefsil ammarah is a different story nefsil ammarah is when like bro who cares God and day of judgment and all of that stuff let's just have a good night let's just do all of this that person is in a state but I will say something there have been people in that state they could still found their way back as in do you go from ammarah to lawama to matma inna there are some who in a split second went from being on the depths of jahannam to all of a sudden being Ansar el Hosein it can happen really but it can but it can there are some famous personalities who in the depths of darkness in terms of sin who ended up being God's greatest worshippers it can happen but why are the person admits and that's the beauty of du'ahs like du'ah atoba I love du'ah atoba because du'ah atoba shows you ethically the meaning of forgiveness and how God's doors always open for you but you've just got to talk to God admit your weakness this is a big thing I admit to Allah that I have faults I have weaknesses I have moments where I'm not strong enough to stay away from said help me keep the door open for me because without you I am nothing that admitting makes a big difference du'ah atoba of Imam Zain el Abedin many people only recite it in Shahar Ramadan 23rd night of Ramadan for example you see people will read du'ah atoba not just that we have du'ah atoba we have ghusl atoba ghusl atoba is when a person says I've been on the drink for months I've been on the drink for years today I'm gonna have a fresh ghusl wash myself thoroughly as a metaphor for washing away my sins so we have ghusl atoba we have du'ah atoba if Allah has given us so many of these how could we not be forgiving to people look forgiving to people doesn't mean I be lovey-dovey with them bro you know what I forgive you now let's hang out let's go to each other's weddings let's love this joke but just keeping the door of mercy open because that one door of rejection of forgiveness can cause repercussions and dangers in society the mosque is split the community split but a door of forgiveness can bring a softness in society as you can see it now in shala we'll go for a break see you right back in shala bismillahir rahmanir raheem as-salamun aleykum warahmatullahi as we approach the festive seasons of Eidol Adha and Eidol Ghadir many of us will be celebrating these joyous occasions by getting together with our families and having meals at restaurants or perhaps even at the local Hoseinia whilst there will be thousands of orphans living in and around the city of Karbala who will be 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otherwise how would me and you speak to God is there anyone better than those chosen by God to teach us how to talk to God and how to ask for forgiveness from God you know when we were younger go to school and you know you've been naughty parents will be like you go to that teacher and you apologize properly so sir I'm sorry I promise I won't do it again please give me one more chance show an etiquette we wouldn't do that we just go up to the teacher and say I'm sorry but when your parents gave you an etiquette you look at Duaq Qumail Amirul Muqmini what does it people think because Imam Ali is a sinner that he's talking to God and saying Allahumma phirlede nabilati because he's a sinner he's teaching me and you the way the Holy Prophet peace be upon him taught us how to pray the Holy Prophet would say As-salamu alaika ayuhannabi he's teaching me how to talk to Allah and likewise with these Duaqs Duaq tobes not Imam Zeyn el-Abideen is a sinner Duaq ysdashir Duaq mashlu Duaq Abu Hamza Duaq Joshan el-Kabir These Duaq Qumail Duaq Tawassun Duaq Nodba All of these are teaching us how to talk to Allah Yes I defy anyone to show me the etiquette of talking to Allah by personalities living in the time of the Prophet peace be upon him the way Ahlul Bayt talk to Allah I don't just respect Ahlul Bayt because they're the Prophet's family Any Tom Dick and Harry can tell you Imam el-Hasse Imam el-Hossein are the grandchildren of the Prophet and any Tom Dick and Harry can tell you that I respect them and they're on top of my head and they're the best of people and they are meant to be honoured and so on but I don't respect them because they're the grandchildren I respect them because when I wanted to see spirituality there was no door that I could knock on except this you show me a companion of the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon his family who left any supplication behind with the quality of Duaq Cumail or Duaq Esdashir or Duaq Makarama el-Akhlaug or Duaq Sabaach Show me so I can follow them You can show me people who lived around the Prophet who turned out to be politicians people who turned out to be commanders of army but none of them have left behind a supplication to talk to Allah None of them How could someone 20 years earlier was bearing his daughter alive and another one who was bound down before idols How can he be the same as the one bought up in a house which inherited Abraham's legacy Therefore for us it's an honour that we read the way they talk to Allah and the etiquettes they've shown us Going into the social aspects as it were of tonight's show we've got a question unfortunately he's using the name Sami, he's a drug addict and he's been a drug addict for years and at the same time he's also got an addiction to pornography What would you say about that in terms of him coming closer to Allah? Where no one to judge him There's too many people who think they're Maliki or Medin in the Muslim world and all I can say to Sami is firstly thank you for your message secondly at a spiritual level that's still okay because you're still reflecting on your sins there are people out there who sin who don't care there are Muslims out there who believe that the way they look religious externally even if they have the worst hearts even if they have unbelievable amounts of envy they think they can get away with it No, you don't get away with it The barathe is as vital as the barathe and when Sami says to me that he's a drug addict Sami there's ways of working on this don't think that Allah swt doesn't recognise your plight he does and don't think that Allah swt does not look at you graciously he still will but you've got work on yourself as well and if there's an addiction to pornography you're not the first and you won't be the last there are millions out there both people of religion and people outside of religion who find that they have no boundaries to sexual pleasure no limits and that they could satisfy themselves in every way that they want whereas we say that there are certain boundaries don't want to suppress it don't want to suppress a natural instinct but you also don't want to go to an extreme because I think everyone recognises that extreme and anything is unhealthy but Sami if you doubt God will forgive you I told you earlier there was a guy sleeping with a physical relationship with a dead body and God forgave him you're on the world of drugs, the world of porn immoral, no doubt but hopefully a world which if he leaves his details afterwards we will endeavour to help inshallah that brings us nicely onto this point of the types of istic far how many types of istic far are there say that well there is an istic far which is recommended there is an istic far which is wajib then there is an istic far which I think is forbidden and there is debates surrounding it so recommend an istic far in Salatul Wit or Salatul Leil it's recommended to do istic far a number of istic far you ask for forgiveness of people that's right 40 more minutes and that's the beauty of Salatul Leil that in Salatul Leil you end up asking for forgiveness of people it's as if Allah inculcates that ethical trait in you without you knowing that your worst enemies their picture comes up in your head and you're like ok ychferlif mwlaen and that's a wonderful spiritual moment I don't think any of us and me included have ever fathomed the spiritual wonder of Salatul Leil of namaz-e-shab and there are traditions that also indicate to us that if you commit a sin as long as by night time you've asked for forgiveness Allah will delete it there are traditions along those lines and there are traditions from the Holy Prophet where he says the kafara for our sins in the daytime of Salatul Leil it deletes them not an excuse by the way there'll be some viewers out there thinking you know what let's just make sure we get back home in time and we don't want to go towards that direction so there's a recommended a recommended istighfar would be cwnwt of Salatul Witre after tasbihaethil arbaeth SubhanAllah wa'l hamdolillaw wa'l ailehaill Allah wa'l awkbar in Salat then at the end we always say astaghfyr Allah Rabbi wa'u atwpo ilai for example those would be definitely the recommended so they're the mustahab ones mustahab then you have obligatory let me give you an example of a wajib istighfar we mentioned in our show on justice that the Arabs would tell their wives you are to me like the back of my mum if you can't pay the kafara for that then the kafara would go towards istighfar so it would be wajib for you even in Hajj time there are certain things if they're repeated a couple of times you may end up having to do istighfar as a kafara kafara forbidden they say to pray for the hypocrites and those pagans that's forbidden any they normally base it on the verse in Sora Toba Sora 9 verse 113 to 114 which discusses the uncle of ibraheem and discusses the holy prophet it is not fitting for the prophets and those who believe to ask for forgiveness for the polytheists even if they were relatives or near ones to them as Abu Lahab was of course a near one to the holy prophet he had promised his uncle I'll ask for your forgiveness but the uncle turned out to be an enemy of Allah swt so you got recommended istighfar wajib istighfar and forbidden istighfar ok thank you for that the actual nights now for istighfar are there any designated nights? are there best nights? are there good nights? it's useful and I think these nights such as Leila Tilqan these nights such as Thursday night these nights such as the night of Ashura a night where people or the day of Ashura and people do amal of Ashura these are to remind us not just that Allah is all forgiving but that now you should let bygones be bygones don't sit there saying ya Allah forgive me forgive me forgive me and your cousin is literally five seats away from you and when he asks you for forgiveness you never forgive you've got the whole conundrum wrong the equation you've messed up the equation was if I can ask Allah for forgiveness then I should forgive the creation so on these nights take advantage of the fact that Allah's door of forgiveness is always open by opening to others as well ok one of the most quoted points of istighfar in a door invocation form in a door invocation form is istighfar what does this actually mean and does it have any conditions I seek forgiveness from Allah swt and now I'm returning back onto his path the main condition is that you've regretted what you've done before the main lesson is that when Allah has allowed you back him start forgiving others and allowing them in ok ok so one should ponder actually this is what's the problem in the Muslim community is that there are a lot of rituals that are done without reflection reflection I am now coming to Allah swt on the 23rd night of shahar ramadan leilatol qad Allahom maghfer li'l ddynob allathe tunazilol bala Allahom maghfer li'l ddynob allathe ta hbysodddoa Allahom maghfer li'l cwlla tham din and I've got for example somebody there from my friends they've asked for a year for two years please forgive me I was wrong and you'll say I'll never forgive them no chance I'll forgive them this is not Islamic ethics Islamic ethics is to try and always have that mercy in your heart to welcome them back not for their sake for Allah difference if it's for them you'll find it hard but you're saying Allah you told me you love those who forgive I want to be in the echelons of those who forgive you want to embody that quality I want to embody, why? If me and you now we're both lovers of Ahl al-Bayt and we've both done Ziyar we've both done Hajj but we've got this problem with each other and we both think we're going to Jannah I don't want to go and you're probably thinking if I'm in Jannah you don't want to go either we sort out things now or there's a good chance we're going to be waiting a long time right have you ever thought of the fact that there are people in this world you don't really like they're the same method as you love Ahl al-Bayt as much as you how are you two going to be in Jannah together now you might be able to say that listen I'm going to buy a part of Jannah that they're not going to come near me there's no way Allah SWT let's a person in Jannah who still has that in their heart look at the Ahl al-Bayt al-Bayt the person who came sincerely to them to ask for forgiveness it makes a difference I'm not talking to those who continue to be arrogant those who actually came to ask for it, they didn't keep it in their heart they didn't say you're wrong me how dare you, who do you think you are the doors are open ok, thank you for that ten minutes left in tonight's show there's still a few more questions to get through how forgiving really were the prophets of God many examples in the Holy Quran what's your favourite example of a prophet in the Quran in terms of how forgiving he was Allah SWT which prophet in the Quran which prophet in the Quran do you find that he was forgiving to maybe family members or to people who had wronged him when he was younger is there any prophet that comes to mind I'd say definitely you'd look at Yusuf of course his brothers Yusuf's forgiveness was divine that was a real lesson his brother has messed up his life we don't forgive people because they gave us a cheap gift his brothers caused him to be arrested his brothers caused him to be in prison his brothers caused him to not see his dad for his whole youth I ask everybody when you claim to love Nabi Yusuf and you claim to be a follower of Nabi Yusuf do you have the forgiveness in you similar to Yusuf when his brothers recognised that it was Binyamin and Yusuf there do you have that same forgiveness there are many of us who hear these stories doesn't affect us there are some of us who hear stories or prophets forgiving we don't forgive our parents if they wronged us no one's saying to you that they're going to be amazing when you forgive them do it for Allah's sake so when I look at the story of Nabi Yusuf, I love that story because Nabi Yusuf with all his trials and tribulations he could have easily pointed out one of them and said you know what, you messed me up that day you were rude to me that day you were arrogant towards me that day you always open your big mouth no same words the Prophet, peace be upon his family used the day of the opening of Mecca how much Abu Sufyan wronged the Prophet how much Wahshi killed the uncle of the Prophet Hamza Prophet could have easily said as some would do put them down on the ground now behead them if he was a man who spread the religion by the sword he could have beheaded them he could have finished their lives don't be offended by it today is a day of mercy not a day of slaughtering so these prophetic examples are not just stories on the manabre we hear in Muharram the aim inshallah is to implement this yes, yes, absolutely now we've mentioned names that Allah Subhanahu Wa Taala has Ghaffur Dawab Rahman Raheem what are the best words to ask when asking for God's forgiveness the best words would be how excellent question how do we actually go about humbling ourselves you're humbling yourselves and talking to Allah humble yourselves with those who seek your forgiveness first don't be humble before Allah and then with others you suddenly become arrogant when they're in their weak moment when someone's in a weak moment they're like bro, I'm sorry sister, I'm sorry I use when talking to Allah the Duaas of the Qur'an the Duaas of the Qur'an I'd say there's one in particular la ilaha illa al-laan Subhanak to admit that I was unjust la ilaha illa al-laan that famous liquor from Nabiunus that has many secrets behind it absolutely, absolutely by the grace of Allah the you mentioned about Salat-e-tahadju but if we can just revert back so now how great is a night prayer when forgiving and seeking forgiveness you know you want to forgive somebody there are moments where people wonder have they been forgiven by anybody over acts that they had performed and you find that Salat-e-lail is where you can forgive people without them knowing wow, it's beautiful you don't forgive people showing off there are people who like to forgive others but you have to bring the whole clan, the whole tribe the whole community and then I will say okay, I forgive you then there are those who forgive not looking for fame not looking for anything in return purely for the pleasure of Allah I did not worship you out of fear of hell for it's the worship of a slave nor did I worship you Allah because I wanted heaven for it's the worship of a businessman I worship you because I found you worthy of being worshiped that's the worship of a free human being when I forgive when I forgive, I become free excuse the tattoos on my hands which say both words forgive, free when I forgive, I become free when you don't forgive, you're still in shackles even if they're not literal chains you can't let go negative energy, I don't need you know what, we're all fallible it's okay, you don't have to say sorry to me sorry to me forgive forgive so and so forgive me I could say to you al-af 300 times in Namaz-e-Shem sorry, sorry, sorry but why is it when someone says to me al-af I don't listen insha'atil le'l when I'm telling my lord al-af I'm sorry, I'm expecting my lord to answer me but when people say to me after they say sorry to me I don't care what stories they have we as Muslims it's not the length of our beard it's not the tightness of our hijab it's not the sifha that we have in our hands it's the soft heartedness that is fundamental okay, we've got about three minutes left Sayinah there's a question from Ali Sayinah, my parents have robbed me I find it very hard to forgive them yes and what would you say to him and he hasn't alluded to what the reasons are and that's to be fair irrelevant whose parents haven't wronged them whose parents aren't perfect and you're not perfect I'm sure you wronged your parents a lot I'm sure they were nice your parents spent awake while you were comfortable therefore look at those who've been wronged before you like the Ahlilbait were wronged by many but they kept the door of forgiveness open inshallah Ali you can keep that door of forgiveness open for your parents as well and hopefully that will bring a change in both your lives final two points before we close tonight's show is it not that we're seeking to be a manifestation of God's names when we forgive so that's just the first question and also arguably the greatest moment of forgiveness occurs on the 10th of Muharram between Hore and Imam Husayn islam so if you can close with that and just before that if we can talk about the manifestation of Ahlilbait are the manifestation of the names of Allah on earth and none more pure and none more beautiful than Husayn bin Ali at Karbala no doubt not just Hore there were more than Hore who came to his side there were over 20 who joined him on the morning of the 10th of Muharram didn't say no to any of them welcome they blocked water from his children didn't say no they caused fear in the hearts of his sisters didn't say no they are the ones who would lead to the eventual hate shown towards his family in Kufa didn't say no who am I to say no when my lord after every verse which mentions punishment says but I am forgiving in the Quran you see a verse on punishment then you say but Allah is forgiving in the Quran when there are certain sharia codes which people attack Allah says but the best thing for you to do is not to implement the sharia code but the best thing for you to do is to try and find a way of forgiving the people Imam Al-Husayn in one afternoon taught a lesson for all of us not the beauty of your voice in Quran or how many had you been to are you willing to forgive someone when they ask people forgiveness and that's why you found Harbin Yazidariach in tears when he saw how soft hearted Imam Al-Husayn was he welcomed him he forgave him he buried him he looked after him and he will never see an eternal ethical lesson on forgiveness like Imam Al-Husayn's lessons on the Temple Muharran Asaentol Sayyadna Shukrin and it's been an honour and a privilege personally I'm sure for Imam Al-Husayn TV and also the viewers to have you on this great show and I'd like to say considering we're discussing the eternal ethic of forgiveness please forgive me and please forgive Amir in any way if we've ever offended you or hurt you in any way whatsoever we're fallible human 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