 شكرا الله صلوعة للمحمد وآلي محمد نحن بحاجة لترسيد دعاء لألدي في إندية who is going through an operation ومن المجموعة who are in need من المجموعة who are ill لترسيدوا رأيكم وعنا لتروني شده في دعاء بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم أما يجيب المصطر إذا دعاه ويكشف السوء أما يجيب المصطر إذا دعاه ويكشف السوء أما يجيب المصطر إذا دعاه ويكشف السوء أما يجيب المصر إذا دعاه ويكشف السه أما يجيب المصر إذا دعاه ويكشف السه يا الله من رحمتك يا أرحم الراحمين سلوات حضب الله من الشيطان الرجيم بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله رب العالمين الحمد لله الذي هدانا لهذا وما كنا لنهدر يا لولا أنهدان الله والسلات والسلام على أشرف الأنبياء والمرسلين خاتم النبيين سيد الممجد بشير المصدق المستفى الأمجد محمود الأحمد بالقاسم محمد وعلى أهل بيته طيبين طاهرين المعسومين ولعلى الله أرضالمين من الأولين والآخرين أما بعد قال إما بالحج عليه السلام اللهم إني أفتح الثناء بحمدك وأنت مسدد للصغاب بمنك وإي كانت أنك أنت أرحم الراحمين في موذئ العفو والرحمة وشد المعاقبين في موذئ النكال والنقمة وعظم المتجبرين في موذئ الكبرياء والعظم سلوات مستفى الأمجد محمد الزمان وعلى أهل بيته طيبين والذين ي drill وحمدهم السلام و Moder وما معًا بالظهر اللهم إني أفتح الثناء بحمدك وأنت مسدد للصغاب بمنك وإي كانت أنك أنت أرحم الراحمين فاهمين في مودي العفو والرحمة وشد المعاقبين في مودي النكال والنقمة وعظم المتجبرين في مودي الكبريائي والعظمى هذه الألاتات لنا وعلى الله يبدأ، مرحباً أن تقوم برغمك من أجلك اللهم اني أفتاتيها الثاناء بحمدك وأنت مسددوا للصواب بمنك Another reason was to wire praise you. It is because of the guidance that you have sent me on this right path وإِكَنْتُ انَّكَ انتَ أرحم الراحمين في مودي العفو والرحمة و that I am certain I have certainty و I can't say and that you are most certainly the most merciful when it comes to the matters of amnesty and mercy و الشد المعاقبين في مودي انكالي و نقم bring out and you are in a supernative manner you are the strongest when it comes to the conclusion in all matters in deciding on punishment and absolute retribution وعظم المتجبريين في موذي الكبريائي والعظماء وعظم، أنت أكثر وعظم المتجبريين أكثر than those who have power than those who are the Jabrud أنت أكثر than those who have power في كل أمر من محاولة ومحاولة عندما حصلت على هذه الأقل نضمنا أن هذا هو سق برئة بارحة وذلك عندما يأتي إلى هذه الأطفال ما نجده هو أن الإمام عليسلاته و السلام يريد أن يقوم بإضافة هذه الأضافة كما نقل last night the title as we know is دعا افتتاح ونقل that افتتاح is this continuous praise this continuation of glorification to الله سبحانه وتعالى but as such because the Imam is now beginning with this praise and he sequences a number of different praises we see that the rest of the دعا conforms to these categories of praise there are four categories of praise the first one we stated is in regards to my own guidance I praise you by virtue of the guidance that I've seen coming from you you have set me on this right path the second reason as to why I am praising you is in regards to your mercy the third reason as to why I am praising you is in regards to the law that you have set within this universe and the fourth reason as to why I am praising you is in regards to how you will deal with those people who are enemies of the religion of Islam these four are categorizations and therefore the first thing we stated is that the rest of the دعا can be understood in accordance with these categorizations when we see the rest of the دعا all of the subsequent sequences or the subsequent paragraphs can fall back in within these opening four also that these four seek to set a precedent for this دعا in regards to relationship we stated there was four there was guidance, mercy, the law and also relationship with those people outside of the ummah and how they are involving with us here what this دعا is seeking for us is to have an understanding of all these four facets we stated last night that when we consider any line within دعا افتتا it needs to be in accordance with two principal factors the first is its author why would the Imam of our time write these particular verses for us why would he say these lines why didn't this دعا come from example إمام باكر عليه السلام and therefore there is a specific relationship with these lines with the 12th إمام also in regards to the month of Ramadhan and therefore whatever the دعا is stating the Imam is hoping that this becomes inculcated within us from this particular month what were those four relationships guidance for myself mercy, relationship with my lord the third, the relationship with the law of the ummah and the fourth was the relationship with the enemies outside of the ummah and therefore it seeks that within this month we are aware of these four particular relationships that we become adept to all of these four things when it comes to my personal guidance I am aware of what it takes for me to become continuously guided when it comes to the issue of mercy I must become aware in this month of how best to absorb that mercy that is overflowing within شخر ملان when it comes to the law I understand how the law of Allah سبحانه وتعالى in all of its facets envelop me and when it comes to my understanding of what the outside world the enemies of Islam are trying to perform upon Islam I must be aware of those as well in fact when you look at this concept of this relationship this is something that we find within all of the members of the أحل البيت peace be upon them all in my humble opinion maybe one of the grandest times we can see a man with relationship with all of that around him was أبي عبد الله الخسين صلى الله عليه وسلم on the night of عشورة let us contextualize عشورة the tenth of محرم is the greatest day within the whole year we don't mean great in terms of positive the saddest the one that moves the heart the entire ummah nay the entire universe is in tandem with the tenth of محرم whether you know it or not the universe is in tandem with the tenth of محرم this is the greatest day within the history of mankind and therefore for the night of عشورة to proceed the day of عشورة the night of عشورة has its own significance in itself imagine now that you are also on this battlefield the darkness of the night has now enveloped you you are in the camp of the master of the martyrs what would this night have been like indeed the tradition state to us that you could hear the buzzing of the تسبيحات from أحل البيت in their camp they were in prayer but when you assess the actions of the Imam on the night of عشورة you see that he had a relationship in several different areas the first was his relationship with himself he spent time preparing himself for the battle tomorrow he would introspect he would take his own sword and mend and clean and prepare his own sword he would recite lines of poetry in order to prepare himself and walk alone in order to conceive what the evening was bringing for him another relationship was between him and his family members he ensured that on that night he went to each one of his family members not just as a group as we hear but as individuals in order to converse with them I am a father and therefore I should consider my son عليين الأكبر upon this night I am an uncle therefore I should sit with شاقاسم upon this night now the relationship that he had was with his companions these individuals have left their families these individuals will be bludgeoned to death tomorrow to protect me and Islam I will spend time with them upon this night the fourth relationship we see from the Imam was with him and his Lord even though he spent time for himself even though he spent time with his family members and with his companions upon this night he still worshiped his Lord I will recite Qur'an before I pass from this world I will perform my Salat al-Lail before I pass from this world and therefore the point is that each of our Imam demonstrated to us that there is always the time within the day to balance how my relationship would be within all the rest of creation it is not just the selfish that comes I must have a balance where I look after my friends my family and my nation this is a huge huge issue that our youth must be aware of because when they wake up in the morning and they go out to school or university they come home indeed they are tired indeed they have their studies to do but there is the obligation for you and I in order to become perfect human beings to ensure that we spend time with those loved ones from around us I must come I must sit with mum and dad I must spend time with my younger and elder siblings I must be able to see what is happening in the news, in the world there is a relationship with me and those around me and therefore when I learn to make this in شهر مضان as soon as شوال and the rest of the year comes in شاء الله I inculcate this throughout the rest of my life this is what the daa is setting as a precedent that my first praise to you my lord is the beginning of your glorification but the next one is I praise you I thank you for the guidance that you have given to me I don't forget that you have guided me the next thing is I praise you for the mercy that is there the next thing I praise you is for the law that you have established for me as a Muslim and the fourth one is that I praise you for how you are dealing with the enemies that we are so much encompassed by especially in the 21st century there is a wholesome relationship with myself and this world when we look at this we find that the Imam is praising all of these issues it is a continuous of all of these four I am praising and thanking you for these four categories when it comes to this particular issue we see that therefore praise is something very dear to the realm of spiritual growth and the necessity for you and I in our daily life the Imam begins this daa by continuously praising Allah and therefore this is the emphasis for you and I to also praise Allah there is a daa in Sahifa Sajjadiyah number 37 given to us by our fourth Imam Imam Zain Al-A'vedin the whole daa is a praise and thanks towards Allah tonight go home open this daa and read it and see how the Imam constructs his concept of praising Allah he begins in the opening lives my lord oh Allah the moment I begin praising you by the time I finish praising you you have sent so many new blessings upon me it requires me to thank you again imagine what is the praise let's just say I say the words by the time I conclude those few words الحمد لله you have already sent so many more blessings to me I already require to have another الحمد لله upon you Imam once our fourth Imam once was in Sajjadah he was sitting up someone came to him and gave to him good news he went down into prostration his first Sajjadah came up again and then again went into a second Sajjadah and the companion said to him forgive me why were there two Sajjadah said the first Sajjadah was the Sajjadah of Shukr you came to me and gave me some good news so I bowed in prostration thanking Allah my second prostration was for the Taufeeq for the opportunity to praise him from the first Sajjadah the Imam continues within this daa he says my lord when I praise you the most thankful of individuals within this universe is the one who recognizes that he has no ability to truly thank you and then he continues you are so grateful when it comes to Shukr you are so grateful for just the term الحمد لله towards you that it is when you reward us for that praise back to you that it is a zif that the human being has a choice in thanking you because you are grateful it's as if I don't even need to thank you but because I've gone out of my way of thanking you you continue to reward me these are the Imam's words expressing how thanks is in the way of Allah to Allah it's a hadith that in the night of Ma'raj our Holy Prophet of Islam was ascending the heavens he comes to a room as we can understand it in context of the heavenly realms he comes to a room with Angel Jibrail-e-Amin and in this room he sees two groups of angels the first group of angels in the corner they are very busy they are constantly moving they are constantly having to run errands as such they are constantly moving in busyness the second group of angels they are not working so hard every so often they would get up and they would do an action the Prophet asked what is this I am seeing these two groups of angels this first group of angels they are the ones who are receiving the Da'a from the Mu'mineen they are constantly on the go they receive the Da'a their job is to present it to Allah and he will accept it the second group of the angels are the ones who are receiving the thanks from the Mu'mineen the first group are constantly busy because we are asking my lord I need better health my lord I need better spirituality my lord I need increase in business my lord I need something for my children but when I get it there are very few that actually respond and say and that's why this group of angels they are not so busy they don't have so many shukr to take to Allah here we need to inculcate this especially within our youth we have a wonderful tradition that comes to us from the lady of light تسبيح فاطمة الزحراء when we we teach ourselves in our children that at the end of the Salah each Salah we should be reciting this تسبيحات الله أكبر الحمد لله سبحان الله but here we should not be reciting it robotically we should inculcate within our children that when they sit and they read this تسبيح what am I saying شكر فور when I have the opportunity to say about 33 times each الحمد لله should represent something my lord I bring to mind thanks for something that you have given to me today my lord thank you for my parents my lord thank you for my community my lord thank you for my education my lord thank you thank you thank you at the end of 33 thank yous again you will not even have touched the tip of the iceberg of thanks but at least you will have gone some way in order to recognize those things that he has given to you the same thing with our تسبيحات الله أكبر and سبحان الله they are individuals it is not a race I'm not trying to see that my brother أكبر and my brother أحمد who I can finish ahead it's not the olympics that if I finish the تسبيح first I get a gold medal the idea is to really manifest from within what I am saying شكر فور and this is what Imam سلام is prescribing for us in these opening lines of the hour I am continuously praising you but I have categories of what I am praising you for the four categories guidance the second category mercy the third category religion and its law the fourth category how you are supreme in authority over the enemies of Islam let us look at these four categories very briefly insha'Allah اللهم إني أثتح الثناء بحمدك وأنت مسدد للصواب بمنك the first category of thanks of شكر is I am praising you for this guidance that you have given to me for you setting me on this right path now here what we are highlighting is that the first شكر from the Imam of our time is that I should be thankful for being a Muslim not just a Muslim but a مؤمن I am thankful for being guided upon the willyat of Ali ibn ab-e-qalib صلى الله عليه وسلم on the day of Ghadir our imams have provided us with that line of shukr الحمد لله الذي جعل من المتمسكينة بال willyat سيلي ومولاي Ali ibn ab-eqalib my lord thank you praise be to you for having guided us on the path of the willyat of our master the commander of the faithful here the Imam is thanking الله for having his grandfather as Ali ibn ab-eqalib we find that this is a precedent within Quran when Allah سبحانه وتعالى addresses Banu Israel how many times do we see in Quran when he begins when Allah begins a section discussing the issues of Banu Israel يا Banu Israel اذكر نعمتي التي أنا عمت عليكم اذكر اذكر اذكر اذكر my blessings upon you the favours that I have spread upon you the first favour upon Banu Israel was guidance and therefore by virtue of these verses not just addressing Banu Israel actually addressing the ummah of the holy prophet of Islam we are required to bring to mind that particular favour that Allah has blessed us with how many others have not been guided how many of our friends and university colleagues do we see who are unfortunate to be away from guidance they have no clue as to what will take place in the next world the damage that is being caused upon their own souls and hearts and minds and therefore this is a huge lesson that we should be grateful for بلسه ما هو he has a wonderful line he says more important more important than being more important than asking for the return of the awaited saviour is Da'a to be continuously kept on guidance because if the Imam comes and I am not on guidance what goodness is there for me he will come I will fall into perdition I will be destroyed so my main Da'a my first request should be my lord continuously keep me upon this guidance there is this word that the Imam uses it's a very strong word that the Imam uses اللهم إني أفتت حثنا أبي حمدك و أنت مسدد للسوابي بمنك مسدد the root word is سد actually means like a wall or it can mean a mountain for example in the Holy Quran when it discusses it mentions the story of that he is going on his journeys hence we know rules so much of the world so much of the world it is described that he comes حتى إذا بالغة بين السدين the same root word is used here that he was on his travels until he reached between two mountains سدين means two mountains so when the Imam says I praise you and thank you for مسدد this guidance that is مسدد he actually means that the guidance that you have given to me is so strong it's like mountains there is nothing can shake me in my guidance whatever trial and tribulation you place upon me however much you have tried me in this world be it my health be it my wealth be it my family whatever trial and tribulation you send upon me I am thankful that I was never shaken in my belief system I turn to you constantly and thank you for whatever you have given to me what a thanks to give to Allah سبحانه وتعالى now here we need to understand something for the time that we live in especially for our youth especially for those who are going out engaging in university in those discussions in the academic environments in the world of work we are blessed that we live today in such a pluralistic society we are living with our Sunni brother we are living with our Christian brothers we are living with our Hindu brothers and so on and so forth we are questioned constantly about our religion especially in the 21st century when there is so much of an attack upon Islam website attacking Islam website attacking the Prophet of Islam website attacking the Holy Qur'an this guidance that we are thinking for there is a split because we are thankful for the guidance that comes from Allah سبحانه وتعالى but we need to inculcate our ability to have that guidance within the first place to be reciprocal of that guidance to be a receipt of that guidance in our world that we live in we need to demonstrate that level of guidance we need to have it to hand so that when we are engaged with our brothers and sisters we are ready to demonstrate that guidance that has come upon us and an example in this community you have something that is fairly unique for example you have the debate scene society which means our brothers and sisters come together and they practice the methodology of debate they will take many topics where we have been in studies we have also been practicing these debates I remember in school this was like our year 7 in year 8 there was this competition that we used to have to engage in each class each form had this competition where someone from within each class would represent their own class and it was where you would either debate with each other or you would have to speak off the cuff on a particular subject it would train you to be a confident speaker so once we entered into this competition and it came to the final of the competition instead of being given something in advance something that you have to debate on topic x, y and z or you have to speak on this particular issue the crowd the rest of the people who are watching they would write down an issue they would give it to you and there and then you would have to speak off the cuff on an issue so you open up the paper and the paper said you have to speak on Santa Claus now the person who is the other person in the final of the competition they would laugh and make them enjoy and understand so what do we think about what do we know Santa Claus he is always seen as positive he is the one who comes and gives you the presence so here when this particular incident we changed it we made it the opposite instead of Santa Claus being good Santa Claus needs to be bad in order for me to be a good speaker and make you laugh so in Christmas when you ask for your presence you ask for a new bike for a new this and a new that mom and dad they actually get you the presence the Santa Claus he comes down the chimney and he steals the presence and gives them to all of his elves here these are the things that we used to go through in school to practice how to learn to talk, to debate to discuss amongst other peers so we felt comfortable we have this here within our community we need to inculcate this and grow this for the need of the 21st century we need them to be comfortable in the ability to demonstrate our belief system so that when an atheist comes to our young child Fatema or comes to our young child Muhammad within the university and says why do you believe in God they are prepared capable to defend their religion not just defend it but promoted actively have the verses, have the narrations at hand to be able to demonstrate what is God and how he truly exists the same way when our Sunni brother come to us and they say why do you believe in Ali ibn Ali surely it's a bid'ah the prophet never said as an example this will be the argument why do you say this is a bid'ah if our youth haven't been trained within these debating societies to actually have the capability to demonstrate why we say Ali ibn Ali from Quran you might find that the shaking begins in their faith you might just find that they don't have the answer they will question why am I believing this if you are asking me about Ma'atam why am I believing in Ma'atam if you are asking me about all these different things why am I believing this in our world the world that we live in today that is so pluralistic the faith needs to be demonstrated we need to provide our youth with the techniques to go forth and debate these present these actively so that we actually have this Da'a so when we say Ma'atam thank you for this guidance that is unshakable it is genuinely unshakable no matter who comes to me I am not being shaken within any of my belief system there is a hadith that comes from the prophet peace be upon him he takes ibn Abbas upon a ride he takes him upon the back of his horse says to Ma'atam I am going to give you some advice about faith the unshakable faith that you need to have listen attentively and take note of what I am going to tell you oh ibn Abbas know that when you ask ask from Allah ﷻ when you seek seek sustenance from Allah ﷻ oh ibn Abbas know that if the entire group of mankind comes forward to harm you they cannot harm you in iota unless it is written by Allah ﷻ to allow it such and ibn Abbas know that if the whole of mankind comes together to aid you they cannot aid you in iota unless Allah ﷻ has allowed them to aid you this is the faith that a man must have ibn Abbas continues when he explains this hadith he said this had such an impact upon me to the extent that we had such faith in Allah ﷻ that when we needed anything to the extent of even our shoe laces I turned to Allah ﷻ first and asked him for it before I turned to anyone else and asked for my shoe laces this was the faith that was being inculcated they realized what it meant to transcend that faith nothing could shake them they were in the presence of true imam at all times within their life and Allah ﷻ continues أثناء بحمدك وأنت مسدد من الصواب بمني this unshakable faith that you have guided me towards I thank you for it and I am certain I have yakeen that you certainly are the most merciful when it comes to matters of amnesty and mercy وأشهد أنك وأشد المعاقبين في النقال ونقمة هذه المعاقبة again the imam is now speaking about the realms of what is taking place within the law system of Allah ﷻ I thank you for the law that you have given to me نقال ونقم what are these two نقال is specifically punishment it's a type of punishment that comes from the law system of Allah ﷻ as Muslims for example in chapter 5 verse 38 الله ﷻ وصالقة the hand should be cut this is an exemplary punishment جزاء this is an exemplary punishment نقا من الله نقال من الله this is an exemplary punishment from Allah and what I'm praising my lord for is that there is a divine punishment for the people who transgressed within this world once the commander of the faithful had a companion companion was a great companion he performed something that he shouldn't have done law was a performed upon him he had to have his right arm he had his right fingers cut as he had his fingers cut he took these fingers with his other hand and started to walk off one of the people from the خارجية came to him said to him your hand has been cut by what do you think of this man now a man said you are asking me about this man you are asking me about the man who is the best successor of the prophet the first person to be able to stand in line with the prophet you are asking me about a man who will be the decider between heaven and hell you are asking me about a particular man who is the bravest of all the people you are asking me about a man who is the exemplary from all the people of مققى and مدينة you are asking me about him who has cut my hand he says why do you praise him so much when he has cut your hand he has cut your fingers off he said I am a companion but the fact that I am a friend of him it now becomes more blessed for me that my blood and my flesh is mixing with his companionship this is how I feel about the exemplary law of Allah sometimes sometimes there are amongst us people who want to reject the law of Allah خمس I don't want to pay خمس why should I why should I have to pay this خمس it's my money I have earned it حجاب why should I have to wear this حجاب as a man as well for us the first حجاب is mentioned in Quran I don't agree with these however the Imam praises the law of Allah SWT and the true companions of أحل البيت even if the harshest of law is placed upon them to the extent that their fingers are cut they still praise no matter how hard it is no matter how difficult it is I continue to uphold the law of Allah SWT and therefore the Imam he praises that law in the opening of the day of dita in this month I praise your law even if it requires to me become hungry and thirsty I thank you for the laws that you have placed within this world وعظم المتجبلينا في موذ إنا وعظم المتجبلينا في موذ الكبلياء والعظم and I praise you for the fact that you are greater than those people who boast all sorts of these pressures all of these arrogances that they have you are greater of them in pride and might here we recognize that the Imam is expressing these four categories he is asking us to have a relationship with our own guidance a relationship with the mercy that is enveloping us a relationship with the law that is placed upon us and understanding what happens with those people around us in the world that we live in today it is becoming an increasingly difficult world for A. the Muslim Ummah and B. especially the Shi'a Ummah the world continues to close in upon us the Holy Prophet of Islam has a tradition where he says he is not from us he is not from us the person who wakes up in the morning and does not have a concern for the Muslim Ummah how many of us when we wake up our first thought is towards the incidents in Palestine in Yemen in Bahrain the first thought is to check the website and see what is happening we praise Allah SWT in the opening of this Da'a that I know I recognize that you are grander than all of them and therefore no matter what trials and tribulations are taking place I have full confidence that we will come victorious upon all of these trials and tribulations this is what the Da'a is trying to inculcate in us in these opening lines this relationship with these four facets Insha'Allah tonight when we go home we can review ourselves and check as to how our relationship is with these four particular facets so tomorrow insha'Allah we continue the Da'a please raise your hands and join us in Da'a we pray to Allah SWT for the hastening of the reappearance of the awaited Saviour Ya Allah we ask you to be alongside him at all times in our life and in our death we ask you Allah if we are to pass away from this world before his coming to be raised alongside him so we may participate in that victory of our Imam we ask you Allah there are many people around the world who are in desperate need we have people around the world in Mexico and in Somalia and Nigeria and in Bahrain and in Syria and in Palestine and in Yemen and Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan and Iraq who are going through such trials and tribulations grant them safety, security education, medicine and victory as they demand we ask you Allah through the wasila of the awaited Saviour forgive our sins the sins of our parents all those whom we love all those that love us all of our alama, all of our leaders we ask you Allah for the opportunity to die in the love of Muhammad in Ali Muhammad may I ask you to purify this atmosphere and recite one loud salawat in honor of our awaited Saviour may I ask you to purify this atmosphere