 Imagine that you are in the city of Medina and the martyrdom of Our Lady Fatima Tassara alaihi salam has just occurred and Our Lady Sayyid al Zaynab alaihi salam she was only a small girl when her mother passed away. I want you to imagine that you are in the house of the Ahlul Bayt alaihi salam and Sayyid al Zaynab is asleep in her bed. Imam Ali alaihi salam he has gone to bury his heart Fatima Tassara alaihi salam tonight. I want you to imagine that Sayyid al Zaynab she's just woken up from a dream and she's crying and she's saying, where is my mother? Where is my father? How would you comfort her in that moment? At that moment, at that tragic moment, every child wants to be reassured that her family, her mother, her father will be by her side. In terms of being there at that moment next to Sayyid al Zaynab, I think I would just hold her so tight, so tight as tight as I could and reassure her that, reassure her that there's someone with her to mourn and grieve and that she's not alone. I would wipe her tears for her, wipe her tears, put her on my lap like every child deserves too often. I would just, I just know I would just hold her as tight as I could to try and wipe her tears and to try and remove the sorrow from her heart as much as I can. It hurts the heart to see a child in so much pain and this is Sayyid al Zaynab alaihi salam. She is Umul Masa'ib, Jabal al Sabar al Aqeela al Qubra. It would just, the feeling of holding her and comforting her, what a beautiful thing that would be. Now, I want you to picture that it's many years later and now you are in the city of Kufa and the lion of Allah, Amir al Mohminin, Asad Allah al Qalib. Imam Ali alaihi salam, he has just taken his final breath on the 21st night of Ramadan and Sayyid al Zaynab alaihi salam, she was so close to Imam Ali, he was a mother and a father to her. What would you say to her in that time of such sorrow and grief? To know that Sayyid al Zaynab, from such a young age went through such a tragedy, saw such a thing that a child could bear to see or enjoy. At this stage I just would have wished I was in Sayyid al Zaynab's position and to not have known that a single tear had come down her eyes. To know the pain that she carried, at that point you would want to do anything to remove that pain. You would do anything to not see a single tear come down her eyes, at that point knowing that she lost her father, I don't know what I would have done, I don't know. Just to know that your lady went through such pain and that was not it and that her pain was to be continued. You don't know what to do. May the whole world be sacrificed for a smile on the sorrowful lips of Sayyid al Zaynab, alayhi salam. As difficult as this is my sister, I now want you to imagine that you are on the plains of Qadim al Al Haqq and it's the 10th day of Muharram in the year 61 Ahrudra. Imam al Hassan, alayhi salam, was martyred years previously and Sayyid al Zaynab witnessed that. Abul Fadal al Abbas, he is fallen too and his body is lying by the farat. And now Abul Abzillah al Hussein alayhi salam has turned to Sayyid al Zaynab and told her bring forth my horse so I may ride into battle. Imagine that Sayyid al Zaynab al alayhi salam has turned to you and said give me the reins of the horse of Imam al Hussein so I can give the horse to him. How would you feel? How would you feel? Knowing that by giving it to Sayyid al Zaynab, knowing that the church had been and what's going to happen next, I would have tried to prevent it. Knowing what was going to happen to Sayyid al Zaynab after, what was going to happen to the children, I would have tried to prevent it and not give it to them. I would have done anything to prevent Imam al Hussein from going. Preventing it from giving it to Sayyid al Zaynab or telling her I'll stand in front of her. I'll fall to her feet and tell her not to give it to Imam al Hussein. To prevent it from going. I will never forget the words of Sayyid al Zaynab on that day when she took the reins of the horse of Abba Abdullah and she said, how cold must my heart be that I give the horse to my brother so that he may ride to his death. My dear sister, now you are standing on the streets of Sharm and everyone around you is celebrating. It is like a day of Eid but you can see that caravan of the Ahl al-Maitalayhi salam being paraded through the streets in chains. The blessed face of Sayyid al Zaynab alayhi salam is being slapped. The whips of shimmer are at her back. The men are poking swords and spears into the waist of the granddaughter of the Prophet Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam. If you were standing in that crowd and you saw that, what do you think you would do? When I think about it, it comes to a point where I'm so glad I wasn't there to witness such an event. But if I was there, if I was alive, if I was that true lover, that true loyal companion of the Ahl al-Maitalayhi, seeing them in such a state, I would go in front of every attack that they tried to attack Sayyid al Zaynab. Sayyid al Raghay, every time they tried to attack her, I would go in front. The more they hit me, the more I would stand up and try to defend the Ahl al-Maitalayhi. All the chains that were around Sayyid al Abed, Sayyid al Abed, I would go and tell them to chain me. I would prevent them from laughing, from attacking their debate. Even if it was means for me to die on that path, to die on that day, that would have been an honor for me just to not see such a tragic thing happen to the blessed family of the Prophet. I would have wished to die on that day, to have tried to do as much as I can on that day, get attacked, get beaten, get killed, slaughtered, be anything on that day, but not to see what happened when they entered. I know this is so hard and painful for you to talk about. My dear sister, we all feel the same pain in our hearts as the lovers of Sayyid al Zaynab. But one thing we must remember, despite these tragedies, is that we have so much to be hopeful for and that hope comes in the Avenger of Qadbala, Imam al Zaman, may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala hasten his reappearance on the earth. We all want to be companions of Imam Mehdi and may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala grant us that opportunity. What qualities and lessons have you learnt from our lady Sayyid al Zaynab alayhi salam that you would like to show to our Imam, the Imam of our time? One of the key characteristics is Sayyid al Zaynab's bravery. As part of Imam Mehdi's companion, he's going to want brave soldiers to stand by his side. Lady Sayyid al Zaynab, she defines bravery. There is no other woman in this world that defines bravery and patience as well as Sayyid al Zaynab. So when Imam Mehdi comes, I will tell him that I have learnt to be brave. I will stand up. In this world today, so many circumstances, so many sacrifices you have to make in this world today. What is to do with your hajjab, what is to do with your prayer, what is to speak out against the enemies, what is to do with so many characteristics we have learnt from Sayyid al Zaynab that we've applied today. And when Imam Sahab is among comes, I will tell him that if I am loyal enough, I will tell him that I've learnt bravery and I will stay standing brave as one of your soldiers along with being patient. She has taught us patience and when he comes, I will tell him that if we are still alive today, it's from being patient, it's from being taught that patience from Sayyid al Zaynab that we are here today, waiting for you every second for you to come back. I think patience and bravery is one of the key and being modest. Our modest today and today's society is so hard to stay on that path, so many people losing their path. But every time you recall that tragic event that Sayyid al Zaynab went through and still despite everything, her abaya stayed on her head, proves to us today that we can do it in this very world. We can do it today and we will wait for Imam Mehdi to be proud to look at us with such a state, with such an abaya, with such a hijab firm on our head. We will explain these characteristics. I think there's more than one lesson that Sayyid al Zaynab has taught us today, that we should still carry on to apply, so that we do not delay the appearance of Imam Sahib al Zaynab.