 Welcome back to a live show from the Shrine of the Prophets, Ameer al-Mu'mineen, Ali ibn Abi Talib, peace and blessings be upon him. We are now standing here in his holy shrine on this blessed and holy day. That is the day of his birthday and what a day it is to celebrate. We are standing now, Alhamdulillah, under the rain. It's pouring on us and there is no worry in the world. People are here under the rain praying. As you know, dua under the rain is a great dua. And we are here next to the shrine of Ameer al-Mu'mineen. In the rain, praying for the reappearance of the 12th Imam of the time. May Allah hasten his reappearance. Inshallah for today's live show, I will be joined by a dear friend of mine. A bit later on, brother Ahmed Ali. We will continue the festivities and celebrations and the discussions around the life of Ameer al-Mu'mineen. Peace and blessings be upon him. I heard my name. I heard my name. I said later in the show. It's okay. He's here, let's go with it. How are you, brother? Alhamdulillah, how are you? Today is a special day. As you mentioned, it is raining. I got the privilege of walking around the holy shrine. Alhamdulillah. And to see the atmosphere isn't as packed as yesterday. It's because the rain and stuff, people are getting to secure areas under the rain. But no, Alhamdulillah, everyone is here to celebrate. But the key points that we want to focus on tonight is, you know, pick me up from yesterday where we left off, is the courage of the young teen, Ameer al-Mu'mineen, Alayhi s-salam. And the oneness of Allah in the eyes of Ameer al-Mu'mineen. If you really think about it, a lot of people, yesterday we did mention, if people take Ameer al-Mu'mineen as the God for them, then what kind of God does Ameer al-Mu'mineen have? If he's just a slave. Yeah. If he's just a slave. I mean, if we come for him, we find that Allah SWT, when Imam Ali was asked about him, he says, what do you, do you really think that existence can bear his existence? Subhanallah. I mean, his physical existence, his presence as well as his spiritual, because Allah SWT, the eye cannot really counter what, or the magnanimity of Allah SWT. There's no way. To the extent where Ameer al-Mu'mineen says, there is no place where Allah has not seen, and there is no place where Allah cannot see you in. A lot of people doubt that. But it's like you're saying, there's no way to describe God, to understand God the correct way. Which is why he left us to Ehl al-Bait. Because the human mind is limited. So Allah gave us to Ehl al-Bait to make that link between us and him. So how great must these people be to connect us to our Creator, the one who created the universe, Allah SWT? A lot of people say, if Allah SWT is so great and he can give us this great mind to think, create cell phones, create cameras, create whatever we want, why didn't he just link us through to him right away? Why do we have to go to intermediates like Ehl al-Bait, alayhim salam? A simple example that answers the question is, if someone wants to read a philosophical book that has, you know, leave philosophical, if someone wants to read the books of Shakespeare, you need anecdotes at the side to tell you what this means and what that means. Do you think that Prophet Muhammad brought Islam for people to not understand or to not have role models to look up to and learn from? Really, we need to keep that in mind. Is that Allah SWT gave us the book and gave us the Ehl al-Bait, which will not separate and people want a direct link to Allah, while that direct link is who? Is the Ehl al-Bait. Is the Ehl al-Bait and specifically Ali al-Bait, Ali al-Salam. A short story, I would like to mention it before I hand it over to you, is one time, Mam Ali was asked, who is better? You or Adam, father of mankind? Allah, yes. He says, it's not nice to, you know, be proud of yourself. It's not nice to make yourself look, you know, very proud and be proud about your characteristics and your abilities. So he says, let's look at the Quran. The Quran says, Allah SWT, when he created Adam and Hawa'a, he said, do not go near that tree and do not eat from it, but live freely in the Garden of Eden, in heaven. Live freely, but do not get to that tree. They were curious, so they went and ate from it. They went and ate from that tree. Yes, Ali al-Bait says, by Allah, I have not done anything I like. Anything that I like. You would not have gone for that tree? I have forbidden it by myself. Why? Because the things that we like, some people are unfortunate or misfortunate to have the things we like. So Ali al-Bait refrain from that. Then the question goes, he says, who is better, you or Nuh? Allah says, you go from prophet to prophet. Prophet to prophet. He says, you or Nuh, he says Nuh cursed his nation. He asked Allah to descend his damn nations upon, to descend his damn nations upon his nations. Yet I did not curse the ones who took my right. This is Ali al-Bait. Then he says Nuh had a son which Allah cursed in the Quran and my sons are the master of the youth of paradise. This is the comparison with him and Nuh. Then they go to Moses. When Moses, when Allah sent him to go and talk to Pharaoh after he killed one of the Israelites, he says to Allah, Moses says, Allah, I am scared to go and talk to Pharaoh because I just killed one of them. So I am afraid that they're going to kill me. Allah says, I have taken fear out of the hearts of my messengers. So don't worry and go. Yet Moses was fearful. Then Ali al-Bait says, Ali al-Bait says, Ali al-Bait knows fear. He says, when Prophet Muhammad said, me to send a letter to Quraish, I did it with no fear knowing that I have killed the bravest from Quraish. And the right way, of course, for the right cause. Then he says, who is better? You or Isa or Jesus? Imam Ali al-Salaam, he says, if you look at the story of Jesus and what's going on and how he came about to life, his mother devoted him to the house of God. Yet I was born in the house of God. This is the difference between him and his mother. When his mother wanted to give birth, a wahi told that she cannot enter the mosque and give birth. This is the story. Yes. He cannot enter the mosque. Whereas for Ali al-Bait, the house of God, the cap is split open. So the mother can enter and Ali al-Bait was born. Fatima binta Assad. Subhanallah. These are blessings we have on her. Look at the comparison. When we hear, the scholars of my mother are the same rank as the prophets of Bani Israel or even higher. Think about it, if they have taken Ali al-Bait al-Bait as the role model. And this is just... You remind me of the story. When in battle, he had disarmed the enemy. And the enemy asked him for his sword. Yes. His sword, the great sword of Amir al-Mu'mineen. The enemy asked him for his sword. What do you think Amir al-Mu'mineen did? He handed the sword over? He handed the sword over. The man goes to him, how did you just hand me your sword in a battle? He goes, how can I reject someone who asked me for something? Wow. This is Amir al-Mu'mineen. He handed his sword over. Subhanallah. And he said to him, do you think that the sword is protecting me? Ali al-Bait al-Bait al-Mu'mineen. The hand of God. Do you think he needs a sword? He just... Alhamdulillah, he handed it over to us. To this, to this. This is just... He made us from the polytheists. He handed it over to Ali al-Bait al-Mu'mineen. Alhamdulillah, Lord of the worlds. I would like to mention something also by Ali al-Bait al-Hadeed, an Egyptian commentator on Najul Balaghah. He said if one was to ponder upon the eloquence of Ali ibn Abi Talib and Najul Balaghah who would find him the most eloquent individual to ever write, to the point where philosophers, thinkers, scholars came to conclude that the person that came up with such eloquence does not exist and could not exist. That's why it's called the peak of eloquence. There's nothing above the peak. And he says when people read about the bravery of Ali ibn Talib as you just mentioned, and the courageousness, and the way that he really sacrificed whatever he had, and never put down anyone. You remind me of the eloquence of Amir al-Mu'mineen in his letters actually. Yes. The letter that was written to Malik al-Ashtab. Yes. On governance. That letter till today is being used as a template in the UN. Yes. It was announced. No one would dare to announce that who are taking letters from an Islamic leader, you know, Islam itself, Amir al-Mu'mineen. They wouldn't announce it. But till today it is used as a template to form constitutions, to create laws. That's Ali ibn Talib. He's not just for one period of time. He's till the end of time. He's from the start of time till the end of time. Now this is who we are talking about right now. It's not just bravery. It's not just selflessness. It's not just father of the orphans. It's everything that is good in the world. It's everything that is good in creation. He is the light of Allah SWT. And the Ahl al-Bait are created from the light of Allah SWT. Yes. This is who they are. And honestly, I would like to mention something. The sun just came out. It's amazing. I don't know if you can see the dome. It's beautiful. But I want to make a very quick statement. A lot of people when they hear about Ali ibn Talib being the bravest warrior, the fearless warrior, warriors are, you know, taken as individuals who bloodthirsty. They love to just kill. You know, when they go into the battlefield, everything that's in front of them is dead. No one should leave the battlefield alive. This is what a warrior thinks when he goes into the battlefield. Well, I think this is what people think a warrior is. Yes. But Ali ibn Talib on the other hand, we see him a man of principle on the battlefield. Only the ones coming forth to him, he fights the one. Even if you're close to Ali ibn Talib and you turn your back to him and you run, Ali ibn Talib will not strike you. He's a man of principle. Ali ibn Talib on the battlefield, he did not give his back to the enemies. Why? Because the enemy did not get the chance to get the back of Ali ibn Talib. To that point, and on off of the battlefield, on his regular days, he was a compassionate father to the orphan. On regular days, he was the person that really showed compassion towards everyone, showed equality, justice. I would say it's rarely to find, but I don't think you can find. As in you find these characteristics, maybe one of these characteristics in a certain person, like I know you're a warrior, I'm as brave, but you don't find all the characteristics in that man. Maybe one here, one there, maybe one in this brother here, one in that person there, but all of these great characteristics in one man, what sort of man is this? Of course, of course. Thank you. Alhamdulillah. Before we continue, we forgot to mention at the beginning, it's a blessed occasion to be here, and for that reason I would like to congratulate you, congratulate you, congratulate you. Everyone across the world, that really believes in Ali ibn Talib, and honestly I don't believe there's one person out there that does not believe in Ali ibn Talib, because if you believe in the aspect of just Allah, you're really messed up in the head, like, you know, people who are radicals. There are a few people out there. Yeah, who are really messed up in the head, then you would think, what's going on in their mind? But anyways, whoever believes Ali ibn Talib is that man of courage, is that man of loyalty, is that man of justice and equity, then you know that every single person relates to Ali ibn Talib. Like we mentioned yesterday, Ali ibn Talib is not just an Islamic in our books, he's in the Bible, he's in the Torah, he's in the Quran, like these are great things, you know what I'm saying? So I don't know, on this blessed occasion, we can do nothing but laugh and be joyful, yes. No matter how angry someone is, no matter how much anger or pain he has in their heart, on a day like this, you can do nothing but laugh and rejoice. I mean, that's why they say we should be happy and happy and we should be happy and happy by the grace of Allah. Be happy, be joyful for our joy, the birth of Ali ibn Talib, what better can you get other than this occasion in this place? Subhanallah, it reminds me of yesterday after we finished our live show. I think we are laughing for a period of three to four hours constantly about what we don't know. I'm not going to mention details, but about what I don't know, just what is happy to be happy to be happy not just on any day, on the day of the birth of this great man, Ali ibn Talib. And honestly, to add a point to what Sain said, when you're in Najaf, a lot of people tend to have the feeling that when you're here, you get depressed because of Wadi Salam, people, really when you're in Najaf, especially in Najaf, not in Kufa, in Najaf, there are a lot of things going on between the two of you. No, it's not a reason, I'm not a reason intended. But no, I mean, everything is good. Alhamdulillah, I mean, you get the feeling because honestly, when you see a grave, you feel depressed. You feel depressed, that's the only place you feel depressed, especially in these redressful days. Of course, on the days of Shahada, it's like darkness has entered you. You don't want to get into that, but I would like to mention this side point, they must not forget that insha'Allah, tomorrow at the night, the Shahada of Bibi Zaynab, the dota and the uflah of Ameer al-Mau'min. So please remember this and pray for the reappearance of the Imam. So you can come take the thought, take the vengeance, avenge what happened to Sayyid al-Zaynab. But let's get back to celebrations. Now, insha'Allah, we will have a program on this. So tune in as well into the channel so we can keep you updated. Now, we will go into a short break. So enjoy the views that you will get from the Holy Shrine of Bibi Zaynab and then we'll come back to you shortly. So do stay tuned. I know you did enjoy what you were presented with, you were presented with inserts from the Holy Shrine of Bibi Zaynab. But specifically in this episode and specifically in this part, I want to talk about how Ali ibn Bibi Zaynab presented his morals, his principles during his daily life. Kick it off. I think one very important way to see his principles and see his acts is on the battlefield. Because a lot of the time, like we mentioned earlier is when people hear a battle or a warrior they automatically imagine you know, blood thirsty, no principles killing everyone left, right and center, stealing from dead. This is not what a warrior is. A warrior is a man of principle of rules and a man. So, continuing on what Zayn is saying the backbone of Islam at that time was Imam Ali. The backbone of Prophet Muhammad was Imam Ali to the point where all the Muslims abandoned Rasulullah everyone ran to go get the spoils except for a few. Hamza, Imam Ali, I believe Al-Muqdad or there's a few of that the really close companions of the Prophet. There are a few that ran away from mountain to mountain running away. That's a quote from the books, obviously, but when you have Ali ibn Evertal, like you mentioned the backbone of Prophet Muhammad. The poet says, Imam Ali didn't seek refuge on the mountain. Imam Ali was that mountain. So, the Prophet took refuge with Imam Ali al-Muqminin in that battle. So, Imam Ali Imam Ali was that mountain of Uhud. He's the one who protected the Prophet from all directions. This is where we hear the quote coming down. You're very famous with this quote La Fata Allah Ali When the Fikr came down handed over to Imam Ali he says there is no brave young man, young warrior like Zulfiqar like Imam Ali La Fata Allah Ali the king of Fikr The short of Ali ibn Evertal who really for the three things Islam would not have continued The faithfulness of Ali ibn Evertal Iman Ali Ibn Evertal Amwal Khadeej Wa Saif Ali Ibn Evertal He had faith of Abu Talib The Wofah of Khadeej and Swords Swords doesn t mean bloodshed sword means your principles. Defending your principles. Defending what you really care for. If a person walks into any house, threatens to hurt your family, to hurt your whole family. That sword is coming out. It's not just a sword, whatever is near you. A table, tea table, a couch, whatever is near you. You're defending yourself with everything you've got. And the law is with you on that. The law is not going to say, oh, you know what? You picked up your butter knife and you hit that person. No. Defending your home, your honor, your family, your world. Someone comes to breach your right, you have to defend your right. We're not saying go, you know, rage wars? No. But when war is raged against you, defend yourself. And we see that here. Sorry to cut you off every time. No, no, no, it's okay. We see that here when ISIS came into Iraq, everyone, every youth able to bear arms at the time when up, she faced them. I asked, where did they get this from? From this one man who still gets injustice and against tyranny. Two months before it said to cut you off, two months before the whole ISIS thing, you know, became so waged in Iraq and everyone is talking about it. Youth were filling the streets, having fun, going to whatever they want to go to, you know, it's just youth. You know, youth want to have fun just like we want to have fun. The moment where scholars came out and said that you have to go defend the rights because now is the time where Islam is at the most dangerous time. Youth 16, 17, 18, there's a man who within three months lost three kids, three men, three young warriors in the battlefield. He went home. He has a 14 year old. He says, I lost these three. Now my 14 year old has to defend his land. This is the kind of warriors we have. Who does this, who does this remind us of, minds of Ali ibn Abi Talib, this youth that really no one stood by the Prophet when the Prophet said, who wants to aid me in my message when he was 13? One year younger than this individual. Ali stood up to the Prophet, he says, I will help you three times. Even till now, sorry, this is a, this story obviously like, it's one, the greatest story to show, not just a braver. And this is not something out of Hollywood. This is reality. But in the break, when we went on the break, I spoke to one of the servants and he told me the reason the shrine is empty or not empty, but not as practical as it would be is because everyone's up north defending it. Wow. So imagine that. If everyone is up north and who's here, people are going to defend the shrines because if this shrine is gone, life is gone. This is our cause. This is why we exist, to defend the every baits rights, to the defend their principles, to defend everything about it. And you see that when Imam Ali stands up three times, you are saying, brother, I love this story. Yeah, about continuing of principles. How did I know how to defend or how did I know how to show his principles? I think many times and you see it especially in the Battle of Khanda. And I believe it was the Battle of Khanda when when the Rasulullah asked someone to face a warrior. Yes, the warrior keeps on calling. Who is there? I'm going to know it. He goes, who is brave enough to stand against me, the greatest warrior in the Arabian world? Who is brave enough? So who stood up? Ali and I have been talking. One time? Three times. Three times. Prophet Muhammad, sit down because he wants to give the rest of this so-called companion. He wants to see who's going to stand with him in the times of despair, let's say. So Imam Ali stood up. He said to him, Amir al-Mu'minin, sit down. Now is not your time. Again, he stood up. He told him, Amir al-Mu'minin, sit down. Third time he stood up. He goes, is there no one else that's willing to make a stand? Wow. Is there no one else? And this doesn't just show the bravery and the principles of Amir al-Mu'minin. It shows that Amir al-Mu'minin was always going to be after the Prophet. Nadir Khom is enough evidence, by the way, it's in other books. Everyone knows what this is. It's enough. Qur'an, Ahl al-Bait, when I was a child, these are everyone. If you want to look at their lives and the battles and the stand they took, this is one example. But three times he stood up. The fourth, because if there's no one else, then Imam Ali, Amir al-Mu'minin, this is your time. Has to defend. And what a battle it was. I mean, just to think about that, people were afraid. This warrior was counted, some narrations say he was counted as 300 men. And some, not to that extent, they say 80 to 100 men. He was huge. And you see like the WWE fighters, how huge they are, or you know, basketball players, this guy was even bigger than them. He was huge. Counted as 80 to 100 men. It says when Ali al-Mu'minin, he became to ridicule Ali al-Mu'minin and became to insult him. So Ali al-Mu'minin, you know, gave him a push. One of his parts is his foot fell on his soldiers, his fellow soldiers. Killed seven of them. Just one foot. Killed seven. You know, it's some people say, what, you're laughing at, you know, a leg getting cut off? No. One individual should know his position. If you go to- I'm laughing at the fact that someone stood against Amir al-Mu'minin and thought they had a chance, as that's not happening. If you go to a group of philosophers and you know nothing about philosophy, or you might have read some philosophical books, you go and sit with them, they're going to destroy you and they're not going to be, you know, sympathetic about it. No. In any subject, in anything. So know your position when you're against Ali al-Mu'minin. Know your position when you're against Ali al-Mu'minin, because really, when you're against them, you have no position. Wait for what's coming. That's all we say. But what happened in Saffeen? Saffeen's a whole other story. Saffeen, Saffeen is not just bravely. It's a funny story at the same time. It shows how Ali al-Mu'minin is a man of bravery. You see his bravery spread in his sons. You see Imam al-Hassan show his bravery in Saffeen. You see Abu Fadil show his bravery in Saffeen. You know, same show as bravery in Saffeen. You see them older, sons of Amir al-Mu'minin show their bravery in Saffeen. But there's one thing that Imam al-Mu'minin done that really does make me laugh. The situation is funny. And I don't know what I'll do in that situation. He went up. I was in the battlefield. And some man, a man came up to him. I'm out of my ass. Oh, God. Just kidding. Yeah, anyway. Yes. Why do you make me laugh online? Yeah, guys. So someone came up to him. I'm out of my ass. And he's always had no chance against Amir al-Mu'minin. This guy's meant to be one of the commanders of the army. Wow. Really? Wow. And now they, you know, they send their peace upon him. Wow. Oh, it's a funny world. So what does he do to try to avoid confrontation with Amir al-Mu'minin? He knows Imam Ali would never look at an aura. He knows Imam Ali would never look at something haram or do anything haram. He gets butt-naked. So, he's not taken off his clothes in the middle of the battlefield. Because he knows Imam Ali would not confront him while he's in the state. Imam Ali covers his eyes and turns away and does not confront Amir al-Mu'minin ass because something haram. So, look at the extent that Amir al-Mu'minin is the best goal to cover themselves from Amir al-Mu'minin. My question is why oppose him anyway? He's giving you justice. He's giving you honor. He's giving you everything you need in life. Salvation. They can't live under that rule because the rulers that came before Ali al-Talib spoiled their close relatives. Yet, Ali al-Talib, when he came, he equalled himself with the individual who just sells dates with the person who really begs on the streets. He says, I sleep with no food in my stomach just in case that there's an individual in the west or in the east that might not have food under my reign that might not have food to eat at night. So, he sleeps at night hungry. That's who Ali al-Talib is and to add something upon what happened in Safin. We see before Safin, the battles, Ali ibn Abi Talib did not allow al-Abbas to join them in their movement or in every war that was raged against them. But al-Abbas insisted, he went to Umul Bani, he says, oh mother, I want to join my father and my brothers in the upcoming battle, Safin. So, Umul Bani goes up. So, Ali al-Talib, she says to him, Sayyidi, oh my master, Abu Fadil is begging me to ask you to let him join you in the war. If you can't let him fight, then at least, you know, let him get some experience. How old was Abu Fadil? He was 11 years old. 11 years old. According to narrations, authenticated narrations, when he got on the horse, his feet would touch the ground. 11 years old. He was huge. This is he embodied Ali ibn Abi Talib. So, he goes to the battlefield. The enemies began to, you know, to act all strong, all tough, saying to the enemy, to the army of Ali-Talib, where is your commander? Tell him to come out, we want to face him. Ali ibn Abi Talib, what did he do? It was an amazing story, Talib. He told Abu Fadil, al-Abbas, alayhi salam, wear a mask and go to them. And wear my uniform. And wear his uniform. So, they would think that it's Ali-Talib going to the battlefield. And 11 years old. 11 years old. There were three warriors. Muawiyah says to one of them, I can't remember the names. He says, I want Ali ibn Abi Talib dead. He says, you got that from me. I have three brave sons that will take care of Ali ibn Abi Talib. The first son comes up, al-Abbas, finishes him. The second one, finished. Third, finished, the father says, now it's my turn to finish Ali ibn Abi Talib. Thinking that this is Ali ibn Abi Talib. Our father, al-Abbas, one strike finishes this person. Then Imam Ali, al-Abbas turns to Imam Ali. Imam Ali nods his head to take off the mask. Abu Fadil takes off the mask. And who do they see? They see al-Abbas, al-Islam. Qamar the moon of Bani Hashim. Instead of Ali ibn Ali, from day one. What does this teach us? Like father, like son. Like father, like son. It teaches us that a man of principle like Ali ibn Abi Ali raises a man of courage like al-Abbas. Raises children like Zainab. The embodiment of chastity, of modesty. A person, a son like Imam al-Hussain. A person of sacrifice. A person of sacrifice, a person of honor. A person like Imam al-Hussain. You know what? Everything I'm saying just makes me want to go to Ziyarah. So I'm going to have to leave you here. Sorry, debuts. I need to go ask my Hajj al-Tanab. What are you doing? All this talking. I can't. So bro, pray for me. What are you doing? Bro, we got a show. Yeah, sorry, right? Go to Ziyarah. Anyways, all right. All right, take care. So yes, brother Hussain is going to do a Ziyarah and he is going to mention all of your names. We are live on Facebook. So you can write your names there, write your hajjat on our Facebook page. And really don't forget to mention the Imam of our time in your Dua'az. He's going to pray for you, pray for me as well. Pray for everyone that really wants their wishes to be fulfilled. Lastly, before we conclude, amazing, amazing scene that I'm looking at right now is the Dome of Aleyhi Salam. And honestly, to be in such a position, you have to be fortunate. You have to be really fortunate. So the only thing we can say right now is Allahumma salli ala Muhammad wa ala Muhammad, O Allah, for the sake of Ali ibn Abi Talib, give us the chance to be among the companions and among not the 313. If we can and if we have the Tawfiq, if we have the will to be one of them, why not? But if we can't be one of them, let us be one of the individuals who really aids the Imam, spreads the message of the Imam in their unique way. I would like to thank you very much for tuning in tonight. May Allah, Ali ibn Abi Talib, and the Ahlul Bayt, give us the ability to continue serving them. As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh.