 Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Raheem I start in the name of Allah, the All-Merciful, the Ever-Merciful and they have a lasting curse beyond the Satan and his followers Allah's blessings and peace be upon Muhammad the Prophet and upon his pure family Our respect to the viewers, I begin this episode with one of the sayings of the Nasser of martyrs Imam al-Hussain, alaihi salam when he says He who is greedy is disgraced He who discloses his hardship will always be humiliated He who has no control over his tongue will often have to face discomfort Peace and blessings be upon you and welcome to his Imam Hussain A series of episodes in which we talk about the different stages of Imam Hussain's life starting from his miraculous birthday talking about some of the events and stories happened to him during his holy life mentioning some of the prophetic quotes said in his right by his grandfather the prophet of Islam and then ending up with his unparalleled unmatchable martyrdom My name is Hassan Hadi and I'm honored to be hosting this program Our dear viewers, in the previous episode we spoke about Imam Hussain's message sent to Muawiyah reminding him of his false caliphate and that he had taken allegiance from people for his son Yazid by force However, in today's episode we will continue talking about Muawiyah heading to Mecca in order to gather more support for his son Yazid Our respected viewers, as Muawiyah continued his efforts to bolster and consolidate support for Yazid's succession by collecting the allegiance of key figures for him, Imam Hussain alaihi salam also begun to increase his public denunciations of his succession Traveling from Damascus to gather oaths of allegiance for his son, Muawiyah eventually arrived in Mecca during Hajj season There he set up a member near Dikaba and had those famous figures who had agitated against allegiance to Yazid brought before him including the Imam alaihi salam After declining his first public call to allegiance, Muawiyah bin Abi Sufyan delegated two swordsmen to stand beside them ready to strike He approached them saying to the people the following These are the elders of the Muslims and nothing can be completely resolved without their opinions If I invite them to give the oath of allegiance to Yazid in your presence then certainly they will accept my words and obey me by all means In this regard, Imam Hussain alaihi salam said nothing and later some people took this to mean his approval of allegiance and criticized him for going back on his word that he would never accept Yazid they said the following You told us in reference to Imam Hussain alaihi salam You told us you would never give allegiance to him, namely to Yazid and now this, the Imam alaihi salam said in return pointed out that he did not actually accept the allegiance and that he was unable to denounce Muawiyah to prevent unnecessary bloodshed Thus he had neither given allegiance nor denounced him from the outset as we have seen in previous episodes our respective viewers the Imam alaihi salam knew that for which he was destined and that Shi'a or his Shi'a would require his leadership in a greater task However for that he had to patiently bear the indignity of his enemies and oppressors for a broader goal in the way of Allah the Almighty This was also an important lesson for the Shi'a as a whole who were often divided after the martyrdom of Imam al-Hussain alaihi salam and sometimes even before it questioning why one Imam pursued a course of action while a different Imam pursued another Why did Imam Ali, Allah's blessings on peace be upon him threw the sword in one circumstance and not another Why did Imam al-Hussain alaihi salam sign a peace treaty with Muawiyah Why did Imam al-Hussain rise against tyranny while his son Ali appeared to exclude himself from any and all worldly affairs It's a lesson indeed in submission that the Imam alaihi salam always knew best because he is the living expression of the will of God It is indeed a lesson in submission that the Imam alaihi salam always knows best because he is a living expression of the Almighty, Allah's will We there, Shi'a, cannot however always comprehend the greater plan of our Imam and it's particularly in such circumstances that we are tested, sifted and refined however and this way the Imam sees who are truly his followers his true Shi'a as well Praised be Allah the Almighty for his destruction of the tyrants For some time after this the angel of death finally came to take Muawiyah to his new home in the fire Yet the greater victory of death of the tyrants was overshadowed by the knowledge of who was to succeed him When the accursed Yazid finally arrived in Damascus following the news of his father's death he ordered a letter dispatched to his governor in Medina Al-Waleed bin Utbah concerning the two remaining and a poor opponent to the claim of caliphate Yazid bin Muawiyah says in his letter to Utbah the following Salman al-Hussein bin Ali an Abdullah bin Az-Zubayr and asked them to pay their allegiance to my caliphate If they refuse then severe their heads for their bodies and send their heads to me in Damascus likewise take the oath of allegiance from the people of Medina and if they refuse then let them share the same Peace be upon you O master of martyrs when you were born and when you were martyred and when you will be resurrected Our respected viewers this is the end of today's episode Let's pray that Allah the Almighty hasten the reappearance of the master of our time and to enable him to interpret the message of his grandfather who says I only desire to spread good values and to prevent evil Thank you very much indeed for joining us Peace be upon you