 بالله من الشيطان الرجيم بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والصلاة والسلام على أشرف الأنبياء والمرسلين السيدنا ونبينا وحبيب القلوبنا وشافعي أنفسنا أبل قاسم محمد وأهل بيته طيبين الطاهرين المعصومين المظلومين ولعنة الله على دعهم أجمعين من الآن إلى قيم اليوم الدين عامين أهل الأنبياء والمرسلين في الإسلام ومجرد أي أحد who is viewing the show who happens to be from a normal Muslim audience indeed I greet you in the Islamic greeting of peace السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته and I welcome you back to this episode of your show The Laws of Zahra عليه السلام of course those viewers who may have tuned in to the first two episodes would be familiar with the fact that we had not entered quite into the depth of the discussion the discussion of course being the laws of say the which have been extracted in particular works by the great Marjad Dini أيط الله الأفما الإمام محمد الحسيني الشرازي رحمة الله عليه and we mentioned that it was necessary for us prior to engaging into the real substance of the discussion namely mentioning the laws which have been extracted by the great scholar who has of course passed away إمام محمد الحسيني الشرازي prior to engaging with that we wish to give certain necessary preliminary discussions which are of course of the utmost importance in understanding the topic at hand from amongst the discussions which we felt was necessary to basically give an introduction to we felt it was necessary number one to introduce the great personality of إمام محمد الشرازي which was done in episode one and thereafter in episode two we went on to discuss some of the reasons for why it is indeed necessary to enter into such historical discussions where we find them to be sensitive topics until now we have not had a chance to engage with the discussion as to who the great lady of all the people of history namely سيدة فانتبت زهراء was and is the viewers who are of course will be more than familiar with the great personality the mother of the successors of the holy prophets of Islam and of course the exception of إمام محمد who was her husband may the police and blessings be upon them all however some of our viewers who are tuning in from a non-Muslim audience may not indeed be familiar with the great personality of سيدة فانتبت زهراء and indeed some viewers may not have had the opportunity to read nor learn as much about this great woman as they would have pleased to or they would have liked to so we answer into the discussion as to who is سيدة فانتبت زهراء but before I do that I would like to of course continue upon the discussion or the train of thought which we placed ourselves on in the last episode of the show we were discussing the need of such a work and why this work would be important to the Muslim Ummah and indeed to the world at large today indeed it is a question which many may ask and indeed some people may be wondering why would we benefit from merely another work which is extracting فقيلوز some people wish to benefit from things other than فقيلوز because one of the most important things in the Muslim's life is jurisprudence to know the laws of Islam and therefore many people may already be acquainted with such laws the answer to such a question is of course that in order to clarify the position of Islam today in the world the position of the original محمدان Islam and when I say محمدان I do not mean محمدان in the naive way which was originally intended by some of the orientalists when they dismissed Muslims by calling them محمدان namely those who follow محمد صلى الله عليه و آله rather we mean the original الإسلام المحمدية the original Islam as was manifested and practiced and taught that Islam which emanated from the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه و آله indeed as I mentioned yesterday and in order to place more emphasis onto the topic we find ourselves living in a world in which many people are claiming to speak in the name of Islam some of them intrinsically good people some of them horrendously evil people and we pray that we are not placed from amongst those who are horrendously evil yet nonetheless we find that not only do we have those Muslims out there who lack in terms of behavior and will be the first to admit that look I'm not a good person but that is in contradiction and in stark contrast to what the religion of Islam has asked of me but more importantly we have also those people who do horrendous acts filthy acts, filthy crimes disgusting crimes in the name of religion of Islam and claim that they can find these actions within the seerah and practices of the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه و آله in the previous episode we referred to this problem as the real problem of interpretation the problem of interpretation is an important one for indeed it is one which confuses many non-Muslims we have many non-Muslims out there yes I know you're a good Muslim I've spoken to you you seem to be a nice guy you seem to be a nice woman however I find that you might not be speaking in the true name of Islam and why might they say this they might say look I got hold of a biography of the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه و آله and I find that group X for example those who might be committing barbaric acts in the name of Islam happened to be more in line with that particular biography of the Holy Prophet so we have a problem of sources and more importantly a problem of interpretation this problem of interpretation brought us back to why we must refer to say the Fatima and indeed it is a crucial topic it's a topic which we find the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه و آله alluded to and is that the very crux of the different of the issue which differentiates us Shi'a from the rest of the Muslim world what is that issue the issue is of course the issue of willaya the issue of dynamic leadership from where we take the perfectly inspired religion of Islam for we find the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه و آله according to both Muslim sets according to the Shi'a in addition to the non-Shi'a was known to have said there is amongst you oh my companions one who fights the people upon the issue of interpretation just as I fought the people on the issue of revelation namely he would fight the people on the issue of Ta'awil just as I fought them on the issue of Tanzil now what did the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه و آله mean by this of course the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه و آله was referring to the issue that in his lifetime he was fought by people who were open disbelievers in the book of Allah عز و جل people who declared war upon him because he was the prophet of Allah people who openly rejected the revelation of Allah and openly lied slandered and worked towards his killing just because he was the messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه و آله and was calling people to monotheism and calling them to a better way of life yet we find that by the death of the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه و آله by the martyrdom of the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه و آله many of these people had already converted to the religion of Islam now there is a legitimate question amongst the historians be they Sunni or Shia as to whether or not all the people who converted to the religion of Islam outwardly were legitimate converts did they legitimately convert because they believed or did they maybe have some other kind of worldly intentions which gave them a motive or desire to outwardly convert in order to attain that goal according to the Quran the Quran is very clear there is a whole surah the whole chapter named المنافقون namely the hypocrites and we find that the definition of a hypocrite is one who outwardly displays Islam yet inwardly has disbelief the very fact that the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه و آله exposed some of these hypocrites and gave the ability for other people from amongst his companions the ability to determine between المنافق and the real mu'min shows that there were a series of individuals who were claiming outwardly to be Muslim yet were indeed disbelievers inside now of course this falls back to the issue of interpretation because someone who has now emerged into the religion of Islam is in a position from within inside the religion to attempt to corrupt that religion to attempt to give his own motives under the guise of being religious and attempt to fabricate attempt to distort the original prophetic message so we find when the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه و آله said that there would be one from amongst his companions who would fight the people upon interpretation just as he fought them over revelation several companions come forward and I'm narrating what is found in the books of the Ahle Sunnah and these are not kind of words from my own pocket nor these interpretations from myself it is narrated that Abu Bakr comes forward and asks is it I or Rasoolallah it is narrated that Omar comes forward and asks is it I or Rasoolallah and the Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه و آله responds to both of them by telling them that it is neither of you but the people thereafter ask who is it يا رسول الله صلى الله عليه و آله and he responds it is the one who is repairing the sandal the one who is repairing my slipper of course they all turn to the one repairing his slipper and this happens to be أمير مؤمنين علي ابن أبي طالب الله مصلى الله عليه و آله so we find that the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه و آله had already alluded to the fact that there would be a party from amongst the believers who we could turn to we believe of course that the Prophet already openly declared who his successor would be prior to his passing away but other than that he had already provided us with numerous clues as to how to prevent this religion from being distorted from being claimed by people who have nothing to do with this religion claimed by people who wish to distort and pervert the religion of Islam by doing filthy things in its name on the basis of this we find that the true interpretation of Islam can be found with none other than the أهل البيت as the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه و آله said on his farewell pilgrimage I leave behind two 80 things the book of Allah and my أهل البيت my itra and these two things shall never separate until they reach me at the lake font in hereafter based upon this we can derive several important key messages of course bringing this all back to the point we find say that Fatimah al-Zahra is of the أهل البيت but more importantly we find that the أهل البيت and the Quran can never be separated if we submit to this which all the Muslims do due to the widespread nature of this tradition and we will see the conclusions of such a narration when we return back to the show after the break السلام عليكم was the religious authority merged to millions of Shi'a Muslim around the global a charismatic leader who is known for his high moral values majesty and spirituality he is a mentor and source of aspiration to the millions and the means of access to authentic knowledge and teachings of Islam he has made extensive contributions in fields of learning ranging from jurisprudence and theology to politics economics law and sociology سيد محمد شيرازي was born in the holy city of Najaf Iraq in 1374 after Hijra 1927 A.D. he belongs to a distinguished family deeply rooted in Islamic science literature and virtue his followers are found in many countries in the global and he was distinguished for his intellectual ability and holistic vision he was recognized for his clear ideas and realistic solutions to issues of concern to mankind he has written various specialized studies that are concerned to be among the most important references in the Islamic sciences of beliefs and doctrine ethics, politics, economics sociology, law, human rights etc he has enriched the word with his staggering contributions of some 1300 books treaties and studies on various branches of learning his works range from simple introductory books for the young generations to literary and scientific masterpieces deeply rooted in the holy Quran and the teachings of the prophet of Islam his visions and theories covers areas as politics, economics government, management sociology, theology, philosophy history and Islamic law his work on Islamic jurisprudence for example contributes 150 volumes which run into more than 55,000 pages through his original thoughts and ideas he has championed the causes of issues such as the family, human rights freedom of expression political pluralism, non violence and shura or consultative system of leadership Grand Ayatollah Shirazi believes in the fundamental and elementary nature of freedom in mankind he calls for freedom of expressions political plurality debate and discussion tolerance and forgiveness he strongly believes in the consultative system of leadership and calls for the establishment of the leadership council of religious authorities he calls for the establishment of the universal Islamic government to encamp us all the Muslim countries and their viewers welcome back to the show thank you for enduring with us during that short break returning back to the topic which we were originally upon prior to the short break we were discussing the tradition of the two weighty objects or the two necessary objects a thakal is described as that which one takes on a journey because it is necessary for him to suffice or subsist and so we find that and the Quran or those things which were left behind by the holy prophet to all Muslims and all Muslims are agreed upon this fact the very fact that the holy prophet had said that they do not separate leads us to the understanding that these two objects share certain aspects in common if we submit that the Quran is the infallible word of Allah that is not corruptible then likewise we submit that the أهل البيت are infallible and uncorruptible if we submit that the Quran has in its timeless guidance for all of mankind we likewise submit that the أهل البيت contain within them timeless guidance for all of mankind if we submit that the Quran does not have any falsehood within it we likewise submit that the أهل البيت have no falsehood within them nor do they utter falsehood so we find that the أهل البيت have been left behind for us as this infallible means of determining truth of course there is a discussion in regards to who the أهل البيت are we will answer that discussion prior to discussing from as-Zahra however that's not the discussion for today allow us to stick to the personality of Fatima al-Zahra we've discussed already the personality of her husband according to that one narration and how we can derive infallibility from him in that regard now let us come to the issue of who is Fatima al-Zahra who is this great daughter of the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه و آله I of course do not wish to take the time of the Muslims or indeed the non-Muslim guests who may be tuning into the show by giving particular details in regards to when Sayda Fatima al-Zahra was born in which she or she died in which city she lived for such details are not of the utmost importance when I give you this introduction to Sayda Fatima al-Zahra and might I add I feel humbled and ashamed to have to do so I am not someone who should be presenting to you these great merits of this great daughter of the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه و آله but rather the constrictions placed upon me due to the nature of the show necessitate that I give this short introduction and I do so as someone unworthy to even call myself a follower or lover of Sayda Fatima al-Zahra according to a Rwaya from the sixth Holy Imam Imam جافر بنا محمد الصادق who all Muslims recognize as the peak of knowledge and the peak of the Islamic sciences and the essentially we can call him a walking university has stated in a narration about Sayda Fatima al-Zahra Fatima has nine names with Allah as وجل they are Fatima that's one السديقة المباركة and of course السديقة means the righteous or the truthful المباركة meaning the blessed التاهرة meaning the pure الزكية the unblemished الرفية the one content with Allah's pleasure المرضية the one pleasing to Allah as وجل المحدثة the one spoken to by the angels and the Zahra and a Zahra namely the luminous now of course when we say that she was spoken to by the angels does this make Fatima al-Zahra a prophet as some people would like to accuse us of believing when we come to this issue of مصحف Fatima the scrolls of Fatima we do not believe this is the Quran or even an alternative to the Quran we do not believe this was a special set of scrolls gifted to say to Fatima al-Zahra and we will discuss that in further detail but does the very fact that we say she was a محدثة someone who spoke to the angels or someone who the angels spoke to make her somehow a prophetess or likewise does it place Vishya out with the fold of Islam for believing in such absolutely not we find that when we refer back to the Holy Quran numerous women have been spoken to by angels be they or be they the mother of Mousa who is not even recorded to be anything particularly special according to the ranks of some people because of course some people might come forward and say that Maryam is considered a prophet by certain people yes the Vahari school led by Ibn Hazm in his time believed Maryam was a prophet but most of the Sunni Muslims do not so the very fact that you have Maryam being spoken to by the angels allows the fact that other women would be spoken to by angels and if this can be achieved by a high priestess from Bani Israel from the lineage of Harun who was a prophet of Allah Az-Rajal then it can naturally be attained by the daughter of the greatest of creation our prophet Muhammad likewise we come to one of the most crucial discussions in regards to who is Sayyid al-Fatima al-Zahra we come to the discussion as to what has been said about her according to both schools of Islam what is agreed upon by the Muslims in regards to the nature of Sayyid al-Fatima and what distinctly highlights her above the rest of the women of all worlds we find one of the narrations mentioned by the holy prophet and agreed upon by both Sunni and Shi'a is the fact that the holy prophet Muhammad had uttered the words Fatima namely Fatima is a part of me and he goes on to say whoever offends her whoever upsets her whoever angers her whoever hurts her has hurt me that is to say whoever offends whoever upsets the holy prophet's daughter Sayyid al-Fatima al-Zahra has gone on to offend and upset the holy prophet now do we believe that the holy prophet was a man who was wise do we believe that he had a control over his words and was very precise in his wording absolutely no Muslim in the world would argue that the holy prophet would teach things ambiguously to his umma teach things ambiguously to his followers for indeed if the holy prophet were to do this we would find that the Muslims would be in much disunity and naturally and justifiably on the day of judgment we would have a hudja against Allah for choosing such a person who was unclear in the messages he gave now of course this is not only putting a blemish onto رسول الله it's putting a blemish onto Allah and such a belief is a belief which would lead to only disbelief so when we say that the holy prophet gave an unconditional promise and statement that Fatima the Zahra is a part of him whoever angers her has also angered him he did not say whoever angers her in worldly matters or in religious matters he did not say whoever angers her in the issue of x or y rather he gave a general statement whoever angers Fatima has angered me on the basis of this we find that the Muslims can come to the conclusion of this narration alone that say to Fatima is infallible her words are words of truth and she does not speak falsehood why? for indeed if she were not infallible this would open up the rational dilemma of how the prophet Muhammad could share in the anger of someone who mistakenly got angry with someone if she were able to get angry with someone on the issue of a mistake of a misunderstanding of something that was not an issue of truth and falsehood then how could the holy prophet share in this anger with her when she became angry at that which angers her to perpetuate the issue we find that unfortunately unfortunately there was a mission in history itself to dissolve the rights of the أهل البيت and usurp their merits namely to give their merits to other people to strip them of their merits and to put blemishes upon them and it is with great misfortune that we find this tradition has been preserved how? when we refer back to so called we find that this tradition is preserved in a fabricated tradition in which is said to be the one who angers Fatima it is said that he wished to propose to the daughter ربي جهل namely one of the worst opponents of رسول الله صلى الله عليه و آله and when he wished to do so this upset Fatima تزهراء عليه السلام as a result the prophet apparently got angry with امير ومؤمنين and said these words of course we believe this is one of almost disgusting and abominable fabrications in history and indeed it is refuted by the fact that امير ومؤمنين according to numerous transmitted proofs is infallible but what this shows and this narration by the way has also made its way into the books of our very own Shia scholars and the scholars need to ask the reason why why is it that such narrations made their way into the books of history could it be as some of my teachers in the seminary have put forward that it was only through denigrating امير ومؤمنين عليه السلام that the truth of Fatima تزهراء could actually be preserved namely if people saw it was only a merit of the اهل البيت and it did not involve denigration of someone like امير ومؤمنين or one of the other اهل البيت then they would not have transmitted this tradition and therefore we find this was one of the ways that this transmission was able to be preserved we take the agreed upon text namely that Fatima is part of the holy prophet whoever angered her has angered the holy prophet صلى الله عليه و آله and we reject the disgusting fabrications and demeaning of the اهل البيت which have been attached to this tradition but that one tradition that she is part of the holy prophet isn't agreed upon one and so we are talking about that text and insha'Allah we will discuss this text further within the next حلقة or the next episode of this program thank you all for joining me and I pray that you do not forget me in your duos هوا وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد وعلى بيتية طيبين الطاهرين