 بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم رب الشرح لي صدري ويسلي أمر وحل العقدة من لسان يفقه قولي بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله رب العالمين وصلى الله على سيدنا وحبيب قلوبنا وشفيع نفوسنا أبل قاسم محمد وعلى آل بيته الطيبين الطاهرين المعصومين لا سيما بقية الله روحي وأرواح العالمين لترابي مقدمه الفداء أول من رب الشرح لي صدري ويسلي ويسلي ويسلي الحبيب المصطفة محمد أول من رب الشرح لي صدري ويسلي الحوراء البتول فاقمه أول من رب الشرح لي صدري ويسلي ويسلي إن شاء الله في الناس of a particular brother that messaged me that's a particular topic he'd like to look in depth and an important one as that which is the topic of justice now the question was that can you define can we comprehend the justice of Allah can we look at it from his guardians on earth from his حجج on earth and the reply inshallah will be for tonight to look at if we or can we or can we not understand or comprehend in one way or another the justice of Allah is there a way to grasp it or is it beyond us and then inshallah by looking into that faculty with a few examples the justice of the messengers of Allah the justice of Allah's vice-chairman on earth the أئمة صلى الله عليه وسلم and the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and in that aspect we can have a deeper understanding and a more holistic vision of Allah's justice now in order to start for tonight's lecture please help me in reciting one final salawat for the blessings of everyone here and to go to all the people that have been deceased and of our loved ones please recite justice of Allah سبحانه وتعالى as we know one of the five pillars of our particular school of thought is the justice of Allah where we find the main difference is that we believe in five and other schools of thought only believe in three the five that we believe in is to the idea of توحيد the other school also has the idea of توحيد we believe in the idea of نبوه the other school also has the idea of نبوه we believe in معاد the day of resurrection, judgment day they also believe however they stay there we have an extra two that differentiates us one of which being إمامة which is solely and wholeheartedly within the school of أهل البيت and the final one is عدالة and that's the one we can be proud of when we believe that Allah سبحانه وتعالى does everything with justice everything Allah does is just however other schools of thought have the idea that what that Allah سبحانه وتعالى can do whatever he wants whenever he wants and he can be oppressive he cannot be just he doesn't have to be in a particular containment therefore we can't say that Allah سبحانه وتعالى when he says that I am all just we take that from Allah سبحانه وتعالى and we try to understand it even though it's beyond us and I'll give you an example of why Allah سبحانه وتعالى this justice is beyond us however we have to believe in it موسى عليه أفضل الصلاة والسلام he goes and asks Allah the same question he says Allah I know that you are all just however I want to understand it I want to see your justice Allah says you want to see my justice he says yes show me your justice he says it's not a problem he says there's going to be a well I want you to keep an eye on that well so that well موسى looks at that well and he sees a night come or a farce come towards that well you find when that farce comes he's all hooded up he has his armor his horse he comes down to take a bit of water as he wants to take water a money sack falls down into the well or alongside the well he rides off now a young man comes and he finds that near the well there's money near the well he's thinking you know what beautiful he's taking that money and he's gone an old man comes and he comes to the well at the same time the night comes back now the man the old man he's looking at the night can I help you he says you've taken my money I'm sure I dropped it here I need that money back and they have an argument they have collision between them in which the night or the farce at the time takes his sword and beheads the old man then جبرايل comes down he says موسى did you see Allah's justice موسى is thinking where's the justice of Allah سبحانه وتعالى I've seen a man beheaded an old man I've seen someone that lost his money another man that took money and run away with it where's Allah's justice he says this is the essence of Allah's justice you cannot see it he says please explain I want to grasp this I want to grasp the idea of Allah's justice then he says it's easy you see that night and that young boy he says yes he says that night owed that boy's father this amount and the exact amount was in that pouch he's run away with it he says that old man killed that night's father with no reason he says this is the justice that he takes back now look at Allah's justice we can't comprehend that موسى is a prophet of Allah سبحانه وتعالى at first glance without the explanation he could not understand Allah's justice we could not comprehend the depth of Allah's justice in the Quran when we look at صورة الكهف when we find that موسى wants to go to Allah سبحانه وتعالى I want to learn more I want to increase in knowledge and then he sends him as Allah سبحانه وتعالى refers to as one of his servants and he takes him to الخضر when he's in a journey with خضر what does he say خضر says do not ask me or do not question me about what I do remember موسى had the knowledge of شريعة خضر had a different knowledge he saw people's end results their destiny what Allah has written for them he says to موسى do not question anything I do until I tell you so on the way the first thing what does the Quran say there was a ship and he defected that ship so it may sink موسى speaks out he says how could you defect this these people might sink he says didn't I tell you not to question what I act unless I told you he says let me be patient give me another chance on the second account he finds a boy he kills the boy موسى speaks out موسى says how could you kill an F without any reason behind it he says I told you not to question me he says let me be patient give me another chance on the third occasion he finds a wall that's about to collapse and he rebuilds it موسى says why have you rebuilt it you could have actually got an edge for this why did you just do it by yourself he says I told you not to question me this is where our journey departs our path departs why he says I'll give you an explanation as to what I do what I do he says Allah has given me the knowledge that the emperor of the time will take the boats therefore I made this boat defected so they don't take it from these two particular poor people on the second level he says what he says that boy was causing calamities to his parents he was deviated his parents were مؤمنين his parents were very righteous Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala wanted to take his life and wanted to give them a replacement that is not deviant that is righteous that is pure he says on the third level this particular wall that was collapsing had a treasure under it and the treasure belonged to these two boys that were very poor but righteous I built it so when they reach an older age they will open that particular wall and find that which is already theirs so he tells Musa he says this is the justice of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala this is the vision this is what Allah has instilled he says you do not see it now can we imagine nowadays that we want to comprehend why Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala and we question ourselves these are questions that arise why has Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala given this particular person this amount of money this other person this amount of money this one is in poverty this one is in luxurious homes because we have that thought process why is it Allah has given this person and has not given that person the justice we need days to talk about these ideas and these examples but we know that at the end of the day Allah is just that's what we have belief in Allah is just and all that He does there's a reason behind it in chapter 2 verse 185 he says Allah does not burden a soul more than it can handle they may be able to handle a particular aspect I may not be I may not be able to I may be able to handle a particular concept they may not able to be so that's the concept Allah balances it He knows each and every individual and their needs each and every individual and what they're capable of Allah's justice only profound to those that are of high stature only profound to those such as محمد و آلي محمد let's look at examples from our imams and let's not go past the one person that Jordan comes and writes this is the voice of human justice let's take the examples of the life of علي ابن أبي طالب let's look at what Allah سبحانه وتعالى is representative on earth after the prophet of Islam is and how just he is and take from these examples to understand the difference between a normal ruler and a normal خليف or the خليف of Allah سبحانه وتعالى on earth that's the difference we have to look at so on one analogy or one of the stories of علي ابن أبي طالب and this is a very very interesting one because we have to look at this particular story and put it into the context of our lives when علي ابن أبي طالب takes the خلافة when everyone comes to the house of علي ابن أبي طالب as you know the first Khalif six people chose him they said this will be the ruler for the entire Muslim nation the second Khalifa was a letter basically or a will from the first Khalifa to say you know what this is the second Khalifa the third Khalifa was chosen also by a group of people in a closed house scenario the only Khalifa that was chosen actually by the people that came towards their house that they all gathered in front of the house of علي ابن أبي طالب the only person look at the history books علي ابن أبي طالب when the people gathered in front of his house look at the words of علي ابن أبي طالب they said where is علي so they went searching for علي ابن طالب and they found him fixing his sandals everyone knows this story but I want to look into a specific wording of علي ابن أبي طالب now it's found it's found him what fixing his sandals when he fixes his sandals the person comes to him one of his companions says علي ابن أبي طالب he says يا أمير المؤمنين there are people outside your house wanting to give you your allegiance they want you as their leader so he says they can wait he says everyone's waiting for you he says what is the amount or what's the value of these sandals that I'm fixing he says it's nothing it's worth nothing the sandals imagine I even thought what's the value of these sandals that I'm fixing he says it doesn't really have a value it's worthless kind of he says these sandals that I'm fixing look at the wording of علي ابن أبي طالب he says these sandals that I'm fixing are worth more to me than this خلافة everyone seeks unless justice and gets rid of any injustice that's the wording of علي ابن أبي طالب that's the person when he is compared insha'Allah we'll give him the comparison between علي ابن أبي طالب and the prophets later on tonight when he is compared we'll look at the difference between علي ابن أبي طالب and the others when علي ابن أبي طالب he gains the خلافة two of the people or two of the people that said that they were the companies of علي ابن أبي طالب come to his house طالحة and زبر come to علي ابن أبي طالب's house and they ask him for the خلافة and they said we want you to make us governors of this particular place and this particular place علي ابن أبي طالب replies by saying anyone that's asked me for a position I will not give if you ask me for a position I won't give you a position but before he answers them look at the justice of علي ابن أبي طالب he was writing for بيت المال he was writing and writing and writing for بيت المال it was dark he had a candle as soon as they came in علي ابن أبي طالب asked them they said is it personal or is it for an issue regarding what خلافة regarding بيت المال regarding any issues with Islam they said no it's a personal issue what did علي ابن طالب do he had a candle he extinguishes the candle removes that candle brings another candle out opens that candle and they're looking at علي ابن أبي طالب and they said what are you doing he says that candle look at the justice this is what I want us to look into our lives do we do this in our lives he says that candle what's the value of a candle nowadays a candle you can purchase for under a dollar isn't it a dollar is worthless but look at the justice look at the ID look at the thought process behind such a thing he says that candle was purchased using the wealth of what of the money of the Muslims I only use it when dealing with issues regarding the Muslims of the time he says this candle that I brought out is purchased with علي ابن أبي طالب's money and this will be used with my personal use so small story is so small however look at the significant behind it look at the significant thought process behind it وعليكم السلام ورحمة الله look at the thought process that's علي ابن أبي طالب when Ali was Khalifa at the time and a Christian man took his shield everyone looks and may overlook this particular story but if you analyze the depth of علي ابن أبي طالب's justice you'll begin to see why he's the Khalifa of Allah سبحانه وتعاله on earth a Christian man علي ابن أبي طالب is the Khalifa of the time you can imagine nowadays can you imagine you taking any ruler on earth from the start of history till the end of history can you imagine taking any ruler of the time and taking him to a courtroom anyone the second Khalifa once heard someone say something in a wrong manner about him he had him whipped he had him whipped this Christian man takes a shield of علي ابن أبي طالب Ali says that's my shield he says no it's not prove it he says I want to take you to court he says your court he says yes so they go towards the courtroom look at the depth of علي ابن طالب's justice he goes to the courtroom in front of the judge imagine the judge thinking the Khalifa of the time is he to be judged what's the issue he says well such and such person has the Christian man has my shield he looks at me he looks at me my shield he looks at the Christian man he says is that your shield he says yes that's my shield so he sits them down he says okay he names the Christian man by his name and then he refers to علي ابن أبي طالب by Abu al-Hassan he gave him a status as you know the Kuniya is a status علي ابن طالب objects he says you he says you are my judge in my courtroom he says how could you become unjust by calling this Christian man by his name and me and you honor me by my Kuniya he says if you call him by his name call me by my name don't elevate me from the start he says be just in your actions he's in the courtroom but he's teaching the judge so he says علي ابن أبي طالب do you have anyone to bear witness he says I don't have any bear witness beside myself I know that this is my shield the other person says because you're in position of the shield I will have to grant you the shield because he does not علي ابن طالب didn't have anyone to bear witness for him so the court case goes to the Christian man now look at this after علي ابن أبي طالب gave the shield in the courtroom to the Christian man the Christian man comes outside to علي ابن طالب look at what the Christian man has said the Christian man looks up to علي ابن أبي طالب he says I have bear witness Allah it's justice on earth علي ابن طالب says what do you mean he says where on earth can you even comprehend that a man outside the religion of Islam comes into Islamic territory lives amongst the people takes the position he admits it he says he takes the position of the Khalifa of the time takes him to his own courtroom and wins the case he says that Lord that you worship that Lord that you worship I want to worship him also and then and there he says I bear witness that there is no God but your God and I believe that the prophet محمد is his messenger and you are the Khalifa after him that's the justice that's the justice brothers and sisters علي ابن أبي طالب had a vision like no other when علي ابن أبي طالب would decipher a particular aspect I'll give you a mathematical equation of justice when علي ابن طالب was in the courtroom and I need your focus with this you might even need to use your hands to count what I'm about to tell you there was a stranger that came past two people eating bread one person had five loaves of bread the other one had three loaves of bread in total there's eight loaves of bread let's look at this a man they forced him to come and eat with them he says not a problem I'll eat with you every single slice of bread they made into thirds each slice of bread was made into third and everyone ate equally everyone had eight thirds we're done with that the man on leaving these two people he gave them eight dirhams as soon as he finished they start to have a dispute between them one of them says I provided five loaves of bread you provided three loaves of bread take three dirhams and I'll take five the other man says no he became what do we say he wanted more than he deserved but he says I want half he says you provided loaves of bread I provided loaves of bread let's go four by four they disputed on that one dirham he says let's take this idea to Ali ibn Abi Talib let him decipher between us so they go to Ali ibn Abi Talib he says what's the issue he says such and such has happened he says he wants four I've already given him three because I had five loaves he had three loaves I've taken five dirhams I'll give him three he says he says to the man that wanted four not three he says he's being more than generous towards you take it the man says no I want you to make a judgment I want four out of the eight I want the half Ali ibn Abi Talib says you only deserve one out of that eight take one and the other one deserves seven he says what do you mean Ali ibn Abi Talib he's offering me three if you wanted four you give me only one I says that's the justice of it he says please explain to me let's look at the explanation of Ali ibn Abi Talib this is the mathematical genius of Ali ibn Abi Talib now imagine we have eight loaves of bread each loaf was made into thirds now imagine your fingers each one of these portions is a portion that was eaten each person ate equally so each one had eight pieces the first one that had three he ate seven of those pieces sorry he ate eight of those pieces and remaining was one one piece remaining from his side the other person he ate all his and what was remaining seven was remaining therefore Ali ibn Abi Talib says what he says you fed him with seven pieces therefore you have seven derhams you have fed him with one piece and therefore you only deserve one derham صلى الله عليه وسلم could anyone of us think of it I looked at the hadith I'm reading it I'm saying yeah you know three four he deserves four should he get four there's a difference between our knowledge and Ali ibn Abi Talib there's a difference between what Ali ibn Abi Talib would rule and our imams would rule deciphering the Quran to its utmost depth and our judgments brothers and sisters that's why we need the hudges on earth to give us the right to give us the right ruling the right judgment the right justice of Allah سبحانه وتعالى I end with a story to give you an idea of the status of Ali ibn Abi Talib and I end on this Insha'Allah and I give the pulpit Insha'Allah to the sheikh to enlighten us a woman comes into the courtroom and she says she says she says she says she says she says she says she says she says she says she says she says she says she says she says she says she says she says she says she says she says she says she says she says she says she says she says she says she says she says she says she says she says she says she says she says she says she says حتى يطلقوا بأنه يقفلون me who is better, I am better He says tell me who is better عليبنا أبي طالب ومعاوية So the woman says What kind of comparison is this? He says just tell me who is better عليبنا ابي طالب ومعاوية He says you are comparing a man of greatness with معاوية He says What would you prefer me to compare him with He says compare需要 عليبنا أبي طالب not with normal people Comparing him with the NBI يقول العليم ابطالب أكثر than the NBI يقول كيف حال؟ ويبدأ يبدأ this narration يقول العليم ابطالب أكثر than ابراهيم يقول كيف؟ يقول ابراهيم إنه قرآن يقول شو مي كيف أنت تصرق قرآن لذا يمكنني أن أتكلم في ما يقين يقول إذا كيف إذا كانوا يتخيلون إذا كانوا يتخيلون إذا كانوا يتخيلون ويبدأ أن أرى كل شيء في مهمة لا أصدق يقول يقول يقول يقول يقول يقول يقول يقول يقول يقول يقول يقول يقول يقول يقول يقول يقول يقول يقول يقول يقول يقول يقول يقول يقول و تعالى not only increased him in blessings he said he opened up his house for his mother to give birth to Ali ibn Abi Talib inside صلى علام محمد و علام محمد that's the comparison that she gave Ali ibn Abi Talib to show you the greatness of Ali ibn Abi Talib I ain't done this birth with brothers and sisters and I just wanted to highlight and to answer the brothers question in the idea of justice and we cannot comprehend it we can analyze it, we can give analogies, examples but we can't comprehend it's depth only the ma'asumi can only Hujaj Allah only the mercy of Allah Allah's mirror images on earth and insha'Allah we keep learning about the Ahl al-Bayt keep increasing our knowledge towards Ahl al-Bayt so in order to have the blessing of them the blessing of the Shafa'a to go in the footsteps of Ahl al-Bayt and insha'Allah learn and follow in their footsteps and insha'Allah we end for tonight by reciting the blessed Surat المباركة الفاتحة تسبقها الصلاة على محمد و علم محمد