 والله من الشيطان الرجيم بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والصلاة والسلام على أشرف العنبياء والمرسلين سيدنا ونبينا وحبيب قلوبنا وشافعي أنفوسنا عب القاسم محمد وعلى أهل بيته طيبين الطاهرين المعصومين المفلومين سأسأل الله أزوجا لأجده أرساله على فاطمة وعلى أهل العنبياء والباكس ورد يسلام وعلى أهل عائلها والأول أشخاصة للأهل العنبياء والصلاة الله عليه وعاله أمير المؤمنين على السلام وأسأل الله أزوجا لأجده أسفا وعلى أهل العنبياء بما أبقى الحسن والهسين والتو إمامs ومارت رد شهيد مهسن وردها أرسالتها جميع من you أخينا و أخينا و سيدينا في الإسلام و أبداً أي من أنماء من ألوانة روليجينا و الإسلام أردتك إلى أمر مرهة على هذا المقارب في مرهة الإيمام مصيين و مرهة في الأشعار العنية و كما كانت مكتباً في اشهر العنية يجب أن يستطيع مجرد مننا وما نحن نتحدث في العربية لأن مقدمة، سبب مقادمات تقديمات المتحدة قبل أن يتمكن من الانتصار إلى المقادم المعارضة على تلك المتحدة هنا في هذا المعارض، فهي المقادمات التي يمكننا أن نتحدث من العديد من كبير المتحدة أو المتحدة التي نتحدث منها، سيدة فاتمت الزحراء عليه السلام وحيث في مرحباً، قامت بإضافة إلى بعض الأشياء الصغيرة ومثل الأشياء الصغيرة بإضافة إلى أشياء الصغيرة وإضافة إلى الأشياء الصغيرة، إمام محمد الحسيني الشرازي رحمة الله عليه الذي كان one of the great مراجع تقليد أو أشياء مراجعة من المراجعة من أشياء يقريباً في حياته وقام نجو بأمرة عيشة منه ور characterize اصبحته بالكثير من الوضع عن الناس узمت الزمان من قابلهم ومثلنا قادر ذلك حيث بأمرة عيشة الزمان من المراجعة تعتبرنا بمراهر مهما لن يجب أن نرى المساعدة للتحديث ونحن today that's why we're going to look at several questions questions which I believe are of the utmost importance in discussing this issue in order for us to understand the great needs for us to look at such a work such as the laws of Zahra and what the benefit of looking at such a work is to the Muslim Ummah We find that today there's a real misunderstanding particularly amongst us cheers in the west in regards to who the Masoumin are and indeed it would not be it would not be wrong or erroneous for me to make clear that many of us have felt that the Masoumin whilst we have benefited from hearing of their their merits the favors which were bestowed upon them the exclusive qualities which they possessed they alone possessed to the exclusion of others and we have benefited from understanding these distinct qualities we've understood from the minbar from the pulpits of our speakers that these individuals particularly the Ahl al-Kisa those who were under the cloak of the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه و آله the five members namely رسول الله صلى الله عليه و آله أمير ومؤمنين عليه السلام ألحسن and Al-Hussein and Sayra Fatima that they have distinct qualities which no one else had we might indeed occasionally be aware of certain things which happen to them in their lives but rarely ever are we given an insight into some of their teachings into some of the aspects which they taught from their lives particularly with a figure such as Sayra Fatima زهراء and indeed there are numerous reasons for that it is certainly not an accidental factor that we possess in comparison to the other معصومين a rear a very real lack of traditions from Sayra Fatima تزهراء what do I mean when I say that we possess a lack of traditions from Sayra Fatima تزهراء relatively that is not to say that we do not possess real treasure and real gold and real quotes of substance from Sayra Fatima تزهراء but that is to say that we unfortunately when we compare the amount of narrations which have come down to us from Sayra Fatima تزهراء even including Imam such as Imam Al-Hasan and Imam Al-Hussein and even to some degree أمير ومؤمنين we would find that relatively speaking these are in a real lack in comparison to the traditions narrated to us from the two Imams Imam Al-Baqar and Imam Al-Sadaq now there are numerous reasons for that we find that within history chances and opportunities arose amongst the Shia community which allowed these two Imams to narrate much more than the previous Imams of course now when I say that whilst I've said that if we compare the amount of traditions narrated from Al-Baqar and Al-Sadaq عليهم السلام to the amounts narrated by the Ahl Al-Kisa we would find it is a tiny amount in comparison to Al-Baqar and Al-Sadaq عليهم السلام when we compare within the Ahl Al-Kisa the narrations attributed to أمير ومؤمنين Imam Al-Hasan Imam Al-Hussein and we compare them to the narrations attributed to Sayra Fatima تزهراء عليهم السلام we would find that we have even less narrations from her now there needs to be several questions asked here before we go into the topic of who is Sayra Fatima تزهراء عليهم السلام which is a crucial discussion in this show naturally as we are talking about the laws of Zahra may peace and blessings be upon her we need to understand the factors which have led us to discuss these particular incidents from which we will be deriving laws from which we will be deriving certain benefits which we can implement in our lives Mohamed Al-Shirazi Imam Mohamed Al-Husayni Al-Shirazi in order for me to give him the adequate respect due was not an individual who decided to look at all the narrations of Sayra Fatima تزهراء whilst compiling his book منفق الزهراء from the laws of Zahra rather he concerned himself primarily with two literary narrations from the great lady of ladies from amongst the people of Paradise and from amongst the people of all times he concerned himself with particularly two narrations number one حديث الكسا حديث الكسا of course being the narrative in which it is narrated how the أحل البيت عليم السلام had the ayah of Tathir revealed upon them now that is not to say that the أحل البيت previous to such a revelation were not infallible or were not sinless rather we believe that sin has never touched or never emanated from the personalities of the أحل البيت since the beginning of their births until their deaths rather this was merely an event which was a cause for the Muslims to understand the great status of the أحل البيت in the eyes of Allah أزواجل when we look at that narration we find that Sayda فاتمت الزحراء عليم السلام has a particular narrative of that event now some have come forward and said well the famous حديث الكسا of course occurs in the house of Um Salama رحمة الله عليها وربي الله عنها the wife of the holy prophets and some come forward and say therefore it contradicts the narrative in which حديث الكسا is narrated in the house of فاتمت الزحراء others come forward and like to point out the lack of textual sources we have for the long narration attributed to فاتمت الزحراء عليهم السلام in response to this there are a few points that must be born into consideration it is not necessary for us to dismiss one event on the basis that we have two events which have a resemblance and which are the cause of or reason for the revelation of an ayah of the Quran for even the scholars of the مخالفين and the scholars of the إمامية our Shi'a scholars are agreed that an ayah of the Quran can be revealed twice in different times and upon different occasions but the same ayah can be revealed some ayahs were repeatedly revealed in order to give us an emphasis likewise we find that Allah جل وشت to reveal ayahs to us here twice specifically giving us particular details on one occasion and giving us other details on the other occasion we find that this narration it makes up the first volume of إمام محمد الشرازي من فق الزحراء and it is used to justify certain cosmological statuses which we the Muslims believe فاتمت الزحراء help however that will not be the main crux of the discussion in this show in this show we will be looking at the second narration which forms the main crux of the other three volumes of the set من فق الزحراء by the great إمام محمد الحسيني الشرازي and just to point out to our viewers who are maybe not of a Shi'a background and who are not of a Muslim background we the Shi'a believe in 12 infallible imams and we believe normally that they are the people who we give the title of Imam too so when I say إمام محمد الحسيني الشرازي I do not mean that he is from amongst the infallible imams of the أهل البيت rather this is a title of appreciation a title of praise we've given to the particular scholar because of his great works in the field of Islamic jurisprudence and indeed in Islamic thought coming back to the main point when we look at the work من فق الزحراء from volume 2 to volume 4 it is based primarily upon the خطب of say the Fatima of the Zahra in which she demanded her rights after the martyrdom of the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه و آله we find that this forms possibly what could be the first contention amongst both our Shi'a viewers and amongst the viewers who may come from other schools of Islamic thought some people might ask why is it we feel the need to perpetually discuss points of contention within history surely history has passed and we as Muslims can now move on from history we can move on and we can look at the present day in response to this I believe it is pertinent to point out that we as Muslims are living the effects of what was previous history the present is merely a reflection of what the past brought to us and therefore whilst these issues are issues of contention wouldn't it be fair for us as people who call ourselves the Shi'a of Ahle Muhammad to neglect mentioning what happened in these specific occasions due to its raising a bone of contention in the eyes of other Muslims we will answer this question dear viewers after the break and I hope you join me thereafter in order for us to continue this episode of The Laws of Zahra السلام عليكم و رحمة الله أحمد شيرادي was the religious authority merged to millions of Shi'a Muslims around the global a charismatic leader who is known for his high moral values majesty and spirituality he is a mentor 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 شيرادي was born in the holy city of Najaf Iraq in 1374 after Hijra 1927 AD he belongs to a distinguished family deeply rooted in Islamic science literature and virtue his followers are found in many countries in the global Grand Ayatollah Shirazi 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 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 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 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 encampus all the Muslim countries dear viewers welcome back to your episode of from the laws of zahra prior to the break we were discussing the great and crucial question which I believe is one which must be given prior to entering into the real depth of the discussion that is the laws we can extract according to the view of the great marja of the Muslims Imam Muhammad al-Husayni al-shirazi from his book the laws of zahra in which he discusses the great laws we can extract from the khutbah now the she'a who are aware of this discussion would be more than aware that this khutbah was a khutbah given on the occasion of what we believe was the usurpatient of the successorship of the true successor of the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم namely أميره مؤمنين now of course the non-Muslim viewers and any viewers from any Muslim background will be more than aware if they have the most basic information about the religion of Islam that this raises to some degree a bone of contention and this is what we had started to discuss prior to the break how does it raise a bone of contention it raises a bone of contention in numerous ways namely if we accept that we the she'a believe that أميره مؤمنين عليه السلام was the true successor to the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and as I said we believe that that successorship was usurped or the worldly seat of successorship should we say was usurped for indeed the position of divine successorship can never be usurped in its true sense merely the physical manifestation or application of that successorship can be usurped then naturally if there are a group of Muslims who do not believe that he was the first successor and that they believe that the person who usurped the successorship should have been the first successor and was legitimately the first successor then this naturally raises a sore spot or a wounded person which they might feel we are rubbing salt into I'd like to assure the viewers that whilst I was once in the game of polemics whilst I was once in the game of engaging in these heated debates and I very much regret my role in perhaps offending the other camp and I very much regret the fact that I lowered myself to such a level it is nonetheless a discussion which must be had and I think and indeed anyone who follows the truth would engage in such a discussion with respect and with etiquette that is a promise you have for me on this show from the laws of whenever we discuss these contentious issues I will not hide the truth from you nor do I want to manipulate the truth in order to beautify the events of the past or or gloss from over in a way in which you do not have a full recounting of events for that would be an injustice to all of you be you sunny or shea or indeed of any other religious background indeed our intention on this show is to merely present the truth to you present what has been narrated to us from the أحل البيت and indeed they are the progeny of the holy prophets أليم السلام they do not speak of their own desires what they say is miraculously preserved and is the truth as is brought to us from the holy prophets they are indeed infallible narrators of history now some people might not believe that if they don't believe that we can again come to the proofs from the book the laws of Zehra are proving that which we indeed shall do but the main issue that I wish to put across here is that I am not merely saying these things in order to offend I'm not trying to glorify my understanding of history which has been presented to me from the أحل البيت أليم السلام in order to offend anyone indeed we're not sectarian people we're not a people who wish for bloodshed to be spilled but indeed this is back to the real reason for why we must discuss these events brothers and sisters be you Sunni or Shi'a be you anyone out there who has a concern for humanity what we see in the world today is that the image of Islam has been tarnished the image of Islam has been corrupted unfortunately today we see that many people act in the name of a religion of Islam they may carry banners they may be willing to kill themselves and kill others in the name of what they believe is Islam and yet we see there's a plethora of interpretation this plethora of interpretation has people on all sides of the camp saying that we represent the true Islam we represent the Islam which was revealed to the Holy Prophet SAW and indeed they tried to give a textual verification or evidence for their position we find that those who are hostile to Islam from the from numerous perspectives be they militant atheists or occasionally Christian missionaries with an agenda to portray Islam in the negative light often like to take the more radical violent forms of so-called Islam because we do not believe or Islam whatsoever and portray them as the truth indeed they might sometimes even bring out books and say look these guys are only doing what's in their books and to some degree they're not mistaken many times these radicals are acting in the name of ancient texts texts which claim to go back to the messenger of Allah SAW and anyone who's a rational person out there is in my opinion correct to ask the question how do we know what is the correct interpretation of Islam and more importantly people out there who are militant atheists might even be justified in asking okay that's fine you claim that you're not like those violent extremist Muslims but on what authority do you say that because we're all looking at sources here and they have their sources and again if Allah SAW as you claimed these militant atheists would say of course I'm not saying this myself reveal the divine religion then surely he would have a self preservation mechanism out there surely he would have a mechanism to enlighten the believers as to what the correct interpretation is and prevent us from falling under deviant interpretations and from going out and harming other people in the name of Islam now of course this is a topic which is very sensitive to my own heart as a student of religion I'm based here in Holy Karbala beside the Shrine of Imam al-Husayn and I happen to have opportunity to study when I'm out here so one question I'm often asked as someone who comes from an originally non-Muslim background is my parents sometimes ask me well is it you're out in the country where there's some renegades and radicals claiming to have established an Islamic state of course whilst I've tried to explain to clarify and to give an understanding to my family that I'm not of that sect and far from it if that sect got their hands on me they'd want to kill me it sometimes doesn't click because obviously they're not people who have studied the religion of Islam they're not particularly sure of and yet they're particularly minor details of what the religion of Islam teaches so when it comes to discussions with some of the more educated enlightened members of my family I'm often asked well that's fine you claim that God revealed this religion of Islam and yet you have the majority of the people claiming to be Muslims who are in the media today representing Islam in a very filthy and negative manner بهد in people hurting young woman selling people to slavery killing people for being of another religion today in the newspaper I saw articles in which Christian men were violently mutilated on their bodies for merely being Christian now the question could be asked again this crucial question I've been asked how did God give how could God how could Allah not give us a self-preservation mechanism to determine between true Islam and false Islam we have that solution brothers and sisters we as Shi'a of Al-Muhammad as people striving to be Shi'a of Al-Muhammad indeed we should merely refer to ourselves as lovers of Al-Muhammad believe that Allah has given us infallible guides from the progeny of Al-Muhammad in order to break this cycle of interpretation of interpretation or chaos now what do I mean by that I mean unless you have an infallible voice speaking in the name of a religious tradition then how can you ever determine that what you're saying is true and not merely another interpretation from amongst the plethora of interpretations we as Shi'a's have the Ahl al-Bayt we have the Holy Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه و آله and indeed we have the Imams from his Holy Progeny and more importantly we have Fatima Fatima عليه السلام who came out when Islam was first distorted and came to teach humanity true Islam it is not something we like to discuss it is not something that was normally befitting for a woman to have to go and challenge the usurpers and dictators of her time indeed we as men we all wish to have a degree of assurity that our daughters our wives our sisters are kept safe from the brutality of men at times from the brutality of vile men and yet we find that one of the self preservation mechanisms entrusted to us by Allah as aujal part of the prophetic project to preserve Islam despite the fact that the Holy Prophet knew there would be an attempted usurpation of Islam an attempt to what I call the Arab spring over Islam an attempt to destroy the religion of Islam through the roots of Islam by giving us false authorities and false interpretations interpretations which we see today being manifest in Iraq here with the so-called establishment of caliphates Allah as aujal through his Divine Hikmah gave us Fatima the Holy Prophet gave us Fatima now who is Fatima Fatima is someone who is known to the Shi'ash he is known to the Sunnah to the Sunnis rubber big mistake on my part if you are not a Muslim or if you are a Muslim who doesn't know much about Fatima Tzahra then stay tuned and join us for the next episode insha'Allah in which we will be discussing who is Fatima and how the Prophet preserved the religion of Islam through her in the aftermath of his martyrdom هاول صلى الله على سيدنا محمد و أحلبيته تيمين الطاهرين