 I would like to congratulate the Muslim community and the Ahlul Bayt and all the Shi'a's around the world for the birth anniversary of Imam Hassan, peace be upon him, the second infallible of Ahlul Bayt, peace be upon them, for the dear viewers who didn't get the chance to view our previous episodes. You can log on to our YouTube channel at Imam Hussein 3 TV to check out the previous episodes as well as the daily upload videos. But first off, let's welcome our very dear guest, Sayyid Ja'far al-Qazweeni. Peace be upon you, how are you? How are you brother? Alhamdulillah, Alhamdulillah, Alhamdulillah. Thank you very much. How are you finding? Alhamdulillah, Alhamdulillah. It's a very beautiful atmosphere. Indeed it is. Congratulations as well from my side also. I would like to congratulate you, my dear brother and the dear viewers and the Islamic community for the birth anniversary. As you said, as you mentioned of our second Imam of Ahlul Bayt, Imam Hassan Mushta, peace be upon him, peace be upon him. Alhamdulillah. Alhamdulillah. Alhamdulillah, Alhamdulillah. As she has and as followers of Ahlul Bayt, peace be upon them, we believe and we strongly believe that the only path is the path of Ahlul Bayt, the path of righteousness, which leads us towards Allah SWT. And that's the only path because it just combines all the religious aspects and spirituality altogether. Indeed. And for this reason, it makes us representatives and ambassadors of not only Islam but Ahlul Bayt together. So how do we properly represent Ahlul Bayt, peace be upon them? A good question indeed. Indeed, brother, it's a good question. How to represent the madhhab or the path or the faith of Ahlul Bayt, peace be upon him, whatever we are, whatever we are, not only in the west or in the western countries. First of all, it is important to know that if we want to represent someone, an organization, for example, or someone as normal and it's very obvious that we have to know a lot about him. We have to know everything about him. In case we want to represent him, this person or this organization, in case we want to campaign for them, we have to have enough information. In order to be called representative, we have to have the tools and the data, which is the information, all about them. And in order for us to represent the madhhab of Ahlul Bayt, peace be upon him, peace be upon him, first of all, we have to know them very well. We have to know that they are the route to Allah SWT. They are the path, they are the tools, they are the wasila, as mentioned in the Qur'an. Allah SWT has named them with this name because they indeed are the route to Allah SWT. We have to know them more and in case we don't, and in case we're not familiar with someone's ideology, it is normal that we won't be able to represent them well. Because we're going to have lack of information and lack of information will cause us to not be able to finish the route that we were walking, which is representative. So in order to know them more, in order to know them better, we have to pay attention to what they tell us, to what they've told us, to what they tell us until today. As for Allah SWT, they have spoken about everything, just about everything, every single detail in our life, no matter how big or how small it is. We have to listen to them carefully, we have to see what they want from us, what they're trying to tell us, how they want us to be. And we have to also know that no one knows life better than them. No one understands the theory of life and the afterlife. They know what all, they have it all, they know everything, all the details, everything that is in this life and in the hereafter and the other life and the infinite life. So it is us that are in need, in urgent need to them, not the other way around. They don't need us, honestly. They don't need us. We need them in order for us to have a better life in this life, in order for us to be moved away and secured and immune from hellfire. It is us that we need them. We need to hold on them. We need to hold on their recommendations, on their sayings, on their narrations. And as I said, they've spoken about almost every single detail in our life. Mainly, mainly if we come and see what they have spoken about, they have spoken about, as I said everything, but mainly two important things. One, they've spoken about knowing Allah SWT, how to know Allah, how to feel Allah SWT, how to speak to Allah SWT, how to present dua to him, how to recite dua, how to get to know him better. Of course, we won't know a lot about Allah SWT, but what we need to know is through Ahl al Bayt. The best route, the best way to know what we need to know about Allah SWT is through Ahl al Bayt, Allah SWT. The way to success, I mean. Indeed, indeed. So one is knowing Allah SWT, and the second important thing that I would like to talk about tonight that they have talked about is how to deal with others. Meaning that we share this planet and this universe with another over 6 billion human beings and uncountable of living creatures in this universe. And they all, just like me, have their rights and their privacies. So exactly like the way that I don't like my rights to be taken away from me, I don't like my privacy to be taken away from me. Also I need to respect others' privacies and respect others' rights. So Ahl al Bayt, Allah SWT, they have taught us, they have spoken about this, how to share this planet with another more than 6 billion human beings. And if we include the animals and the planets and stuff, all the living creatures, we're talking about uncountable things and people and other living creatures that are around us. And that we have to respect their rights. So basically it is a system that Allah SWT has put in this life. If we go by the system, if we go by the system that He has put for us, that He has created for us, that He has mentioned and drawn for us, then, and the more, let me put it this way, the more we stick to the system that Allah SWT has put for us in this life, through Ahl al Bayt, and they have told us the exact road and how to walk it, the more we stick to it, the safer we will be on the Day of Judgement. That's the truth. That is the truth, exactly the truth that we have to stick by the road and the more we stick to it, we will be kept guarded and we will be immune from hellfire on the Day of Judgement. So our fate, our destiny is all according to our deeds and actions in this life. How my actions were, how my deeds were in this life, it will affect my fate and my destiny in the other life, in the infinite life. And Allah, and also one other thing that I would like to mention here is that Allah SWT has set examples for us, role models, role models we can say, examples of bad in the Holy Quran and in our daily life, and examples of pure good and pure goodness. And Allah and Ahl al Bayt, are the best examples of pure goodness and pure good. And some people, by the way, say that one third of the Holy Quran is about Ahl al Bayt, one third of the Quran. And along with hundreds of other verses, Holy verses that speak about the specific family of Ahl al Bayt, the Prophet and his family, So if you love them, and Allah SWT has told us, if we love them, if we follow them, if we follow their leads, then we will be on the safe side, then we will be on the safe side. Loving them and following them, as I believe is considered a short cut to infinite happiness and pleasure in the hereafter and in the other life. I mean, this life is short enough for us to realize and to recognize it. And what we are hoping that, inshallah, our hereafter, our other life will be pleasure, will be with them. And Allah SWT has told us clearly that if you love them and if you go by their orders and by their recommendations, then you'll be on the safe side and you'll be with them. So that's exactly what we have to do. Now, if we come to some narrations from our sixth Imam, which most of our faith and as Shia'a Imamiyyah, has come from him. He has some beautiful narrations that I would like to point out today. Like one of them says, If people only knew the beauty of our words and what we're talking about, they would have definitely and they would definitely follow us. He also says, Be a campaigner for us. Invite people to our root and our faith and our represent, be our representatives without using your tongues. Also, He says, I'm not very sure about the exact translation of this narration, but the best thing that I could come up with is that Imam is trying to say that be decorations for us and don't be discreet. Don't be insulting to the faith. Don't be insulting to the faith and to us. So what the Imam is trying to say in this beautiful narration is right here. What does it mean that be a campaigner for us without using your tongue? The Imam is talking about the manners, morals. The Imam is talking about how we should live, how we should act. I mean, it's not only about giving lengthy speeches and inviting people and trying to be representatives or trying to invite people to their path, to our path, to the path that we have chosen. But when people, whatever I live, whatever I work, whatever I am available, whatever people see me, if they see my deeds and actions, if they see my manners, then automatically it will be an advantage for me, first of all, and for the faith itself, second of all. This is what the Ahl al-Bayt wants from us, to have good manners with people, to have good manners with everyone. This is what's most important, especially with others. I mean, having been a believer and a believer and praying on time and fasting and giving the zakat and giving the donations and giving all that, the rights of Allah SWT that I have to pay attention to and I have to do is very much important. But Allah SWT himself has told us that my rights, I can forgive you for them. If you have done sins, then I can forgive you for them. But if you have oppressed Ahmed, for example, if I have oppressed Ahmed, for example, if I have taken his rights from him, then Allah SWT has taken this right from himself. It's like he's trying to say that I don't have the right to forgive you for that. Ahmed has to forgive you for that, not me. So Allah SWT is the most Alhamdulillah. He will forgive us. But the most important thing that Ahl al-Bayt always tell us is be careful with others. Have good ethics, have good morals. This way, if you do have good manners and good morals and good ethics, you will assure that you will always have people around you. People will like to be with you. People will miss you when you're gone. People will listen to you when you speak to them. Luqman is some consider him a prophet. And some others consider him just a good man. But Allah SWT has dedicated a whole chapter in the Holy Quran named after him. Luqman and it's like half of the Surah maybe is only the conversation that Luqman had with his own son. Oh my son, be like this, be like this, be like this, be like that. And Allah SWT has chose to take these recommendations and save them in the Holy Quran and name a whole chapter after his name. So Luqman tells his son, Za'ham al-Ulamaa fi majalasim bi rqabatayk. He is saying that always be around scientists, always be around scholars. Crowd them with your knees, be with them, learn from them. You get to learn, we have to learn everything from them when we're with them. Whether it's scientific information for example, no matter what type of science we're talking about here, any type of science. Seek knowledge from cradle to grave. But imagine that this scholar or this scientist that you're with and you want to take from his information, you want to learn from him, has no manners. He showers all the time, he screams all the time, dirty language, high temper, arrogance. How long you can stand him? Personally, I can't stand him that much. For how long? Because SubhanAllah, no matter how much information he's got to pass on to me, but as long as he is arrogant, as long as he has no good manners, as long as he has no good high temper, for example, his screams, he shouts and that I can't stand being with him long. So again a manner, Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala puts a reminder in the Holy Quran to his Holy Prophet, peace be upon him and his family, telling him Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala is saying, if you had been rough and hard hearted, they would surely have dispersed from around you. So parting them and ask forgiveness for them and consult them in matters of administration. And maybe, and I'm pretty sure that most of the companions that were around the Prophet weren't even good enough to be consulted. I mean, it's the Holy Prophet, peace be upon him and his family, that is coming to a regular guy around him and consulting him, what do you think about this, what do you think about that? Maybe he's not even good enough for that. Maybe he's not, most of the companions weren't at a scale or a level to be consulted by the Prophet, peace be upon him and his family. But what Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala is trying to tell is what Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala is telling his Prophet and telling us is that even though they might not be at a scale or a level to be consulted. But when you do so, this is respect. You show them respect this way. You make them feel more confidence. You give them self-confidence. And this way, and this way you will keep them with you all the time because when he feels secure and confident when he's around you, he will try to be around you more often. So Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala is telling his Prophet that your manners be careful. If you are rough with them, if you are hard hearted with them, then they would have been gone a long time ago. But because of your manners, because of your policy with them, because of your beautiful smile all the time with them, because of your consulting, because of your forgiving they stick with you and they are with you all the time. And the Prophet himself, SAW, says إِنَّ مَا بُعِفْتُوا لِوَ تَمْمِ مَا مَا كَارَ مَا الْأَخْضَاءَ Indeed I was sent to complete good manners as if this was the most important mission of the Prophet, peace be upon him. إِنَّ مَا بُعِفْتَ I was sent to do what? To complete good manners. People's good manners, because there were good manners, of course, before he was sent by the Prophet, peace be upon him. So the Prophet doesn't say he's very exact. He doesn't say that to teach people good manners in general, because there were some. But he says to complete their good manners. So let's go back to the Holy Quran. And there are a couple of verses that I have chosen today. And also this, we go back to the same, to the first topic, to the topic that we, that you brought up in the mention, how to be representatives of the Prophet, SAW. So first of all knowing them, knowing them better, following them, following the path. And also, بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم يا بني أقم الصلاة وأمر بالمعروف وإنهى على المكر. Oh son, observe prayers and enjoy good and forbid evil. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ولتكم منكم أمة يدعونا إلى الخير ويأمرونا بالمعروف وإنهونا على المكر. Again. And let there always be among you who shall call people to goodness and enjoin equity and forbid evil. بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم كنتم خير أمة أخرجت للناس How are you? خير أمة أخرجت للناس تأمرونا بالمعروف وإذا نهونا على المكر. You were the best people rise for the good of mankind. Why? Because you enjoin what's good and forbid evil. So we see that Allah SAW is focusing on a specific matter which is enjoin equity and forbid evil. It is the heading of representing Ahl al-Bayt SAW. If I don't do this, then I'm definitely not capable of representing Ahl al-Bayt SAW. This was one of their most important missions. You enjoin equity and forbid evil. One of the characteristics of Ahl al-Bayt was forgiveness and humbleness. I mean there was one time Imam Al-Hassan peace be upon him. It's a famous story and you're all assured of it. When a person from Syria met him and he started cursing him. Imam Al-Hassan did not say anything to him. But he greeted him with a smiling face. If you're lost, I can give you directions. If you're hungry, we can give you a lot of cash. We can give you money. And when he saw that, he told them that when I came to Kufa, you were the most hated person in my heart. You and your father. You and your father were the most hated person in my heart. But now you're the most loved person in my heart due to their humbleness and forgiveness. I mean how many people now when someone insults them or swears at them or curse them? It's not easy brother. It's really not easy to be like Imam Al-Hassan Imam Al-Hassan peace be upon him. He was known for like Imam Al-Hassan peace be upon him. He would control his anger. He was very known for this specific manner. They all were definitely. But Imam Al-Hassan, no matter how much they oppress him, no matter how much they talk about him, he would always reply to that with goodness. With goodness, yeah. And with humbleness. And with kindness. And this was one of their ways to... And it should be everyone's way, honestly. To attract the people to Allah. To attract people to Allah's path. Because they were representatives of Allah. And as I said, enjoying equity and forbidding evil is the heading of calling to Allah's path. And it was... What Ahl al-Bayt, peace be upon him, were about. They would always And we as representatives for them, we have to do the exact the same. Self-discipline at the first place. It is very bad for me to tell the youth that why don't you pray and you have to pray on time and I don't pray on time. And maybe I don't pray. Maybe I recommend fasting and how good and how good and good it is. And if I don't do it, then my sin will be doubled. Exactly. It is shameful. How am I going to face Allah, Subhanahu wa ta'ala, the day of judgment? Maqt means that when... See when you want to... Sometimes you want to cry and you don't want to cry. You have to cry and you've got tears. You feel this like there's a stone or something right here. Maqt. So self-discipline that always has to be there, of course, that I have to behave well. I have to be away from your sight. I have to be exactly the same as I am in front of your sight. I shouldn't be double-standard. I shouldn't be double-faced. That, of course. And after that, enjoying equity and forbidding evil. Especially when we're in the West. Especially when we are in the Western countries. I mean, it's everywhere. But especially in the Western areas, we have to show the people, the non-Muslims, the beauty of our path. The beauty of Islam. And the most effective way to do so is to act like it. Is to perform it. Not only say it. Not only say it with a... And this is what the Imam is trying to tell us. Without using your tongues. So especially in the West, when people see someone stand up for others' rights, when they see me stand up against oppression and support human rights, whatever. And no matter if they're Muslims or not. Just a human rights. When they see me do that, they will automatically be like okay, this is how his faith has started. And they will be interested. They will be interested in Islam and the religion of the house. And come and teach me. Come and let me know. How is it? Then you will have the chance to speak more about it and basically attract people to their path. So whatever we are, but especially in the West. I keep on reminding myself first of all and everyone else. I mean when we see Allah SWT also stays in the Holy Quran that he wants no reward for bringing us or granting Muslims except the love of those near of kin. Imam al-Sadaq, Al-Islam, Hassan were asked about this verse. They replied by saying that the love of those near of kin the love of those near of kin the love of those near of kin they replied by saying that they are infallibles the Ahl al-Bayt peace be upon them. You know when we are talking about representing you said organization. I mean it's huge. It's not just you know we are representative of Ahl al-Bayt. Some people might take it with a small eye they don't have significance. You don't put significance for representing such a group. But in the world that we live in today I mean filled with hatred, violence, corruption and especially hypocrisy can we really and actually be immune from being going astray or being misguided into the wrong path? Insha'Allah we can, insha'Allah we can and definitely insha'Allah we can. But before I answer that regarding the Holy verse that she mentioned there is a beautiful notification about this verse that Allah SWT is saying in Arabic is not only love Allah SWT could have said he didn't say he didn't say what's the difference between them? The difference is that I like you but I don't necessarily follow your recommendations. But mawadda means love and following. And obeying orders. That's the exact meaning of mawadda. And also before I answer that question I'd like to mention some incidents that took place with Ahl al-Bayt and to get to know them more and of course you have enough and more knowledge than me and our dear viewers as well but as a reminder of how they were of how they were representatives of human rights and good manners and good ethics and good morals. One day Imam al-Hassan is very close because his birthday is very very near. His birthday anniversary is very close we start off with them with Ahl al-Bayt. He was riding his horse passing by he saw some poor men sitting on the ground eating some bread and water. They were basically poor had nothing to eat had nothing to to wear maybe except what they were wearing. So they were on the ground sitting on the dirt and eating some very humble food so they invited him you're invited why don't you join us they invited him and they knew that he wouldn't reply to that invitation he wouldn't accept that invitation but they were shocked when Imam sallallahu alayhi sallam stopped his horse came down off it and sat on the ground with them and he started talking to them eating with them off that bread and that water and answering them so how were you how was your family how was that he sat with them for a while I don't know how long maybe like half an hour and then he told them that okay I accepted your invitation it's your turn to accept mine now I invite you to my place to my home for lunch so he took them sallallahu alayhi sallam to his home gave them the best food available at his house sallallahu alayhi sallam gave them clothing gave them cash money and turned them from poor to to rich sallallahu alayhi sallam from almost naked to cover with beautiful clothing and and bye bye as the Iranian say it is beautiful how the Imam sallallahu alayhi sallam didn't tell them that no no no I won't accept your invitation why didn't she come first he accepted them he sat with them on the ground he did all that and then he invited them back also sallallahu alayhi sallam Imam Zayn al-Abideen he was as you know very oppressed especially after the day of ashwar the government's eyes were all on him they were waiting for a mistake from Imam Zayn al-Abideen Imam Ali Ibn Hussain Sajjad sallallahu alayhi sallam to to execute him so look at what the Imam our Imam sallallahu alayhi sallam he used to buy he started buying slaves that were in the market back then so he used to buy hundreds of them all he's got all the cash he's got he used to spend on them and keep them from Ramadan to Ramadan during this year he would give them all the knowledge that they need he would give them all the information that they need he would turn them from slaves to representatives of Madhab Ahl al Bayt sallallahu alayhi sallam to scholars ascent I mean being with the Imam sallallahu alayhi sallam for a whole year day after another day after day he would turn them to scholars and then after a year he would ask them to pray for him and he would let them free from his Prophet sallallahu alayhi sallam religion to save Islam through them and Amir al-Mumineen sallallahu alayhi sallam and for example with Ibn Muljam with his own killer how so many times every day during these three days that he was alive sallallahu alayhi sallam every single meal every single drink that they would bring to him he would ask Imam al-Hassan did you give him the same or not did you feed him well or not be careful with him don't let him feel scared don't do that and if I die of his head then it's gonna be a single head from you as well don't make it two one strike as he did to me so you're allowed to have a single strike and if you forgive and that would be great the manners, the ethics the morals that we see with them it's just for me personally I think it's so difficult so difficult to follow their what they exactly do but we have to try our best to to follow their leads to be like them to be like them so we go back to your question of that how can we immune ourselves from being misguided especially in these days as we mentioned very difficult days very hard days not knowing who's right and who's wrong and as they say I believe that this question, the answer to this question has two dimensions practically and theoretical practically what we have to do to immune ourselves from being misguided is again first of all self-discipline and praying on time fasting obeying Allah's orders what He has asked us to do they are very effective by the way especially for example praying on time not only praying but praying on time it makes a big difference and honestly I have felt that I have noticed how big difference it makes in my life when I pray on time for example delay it to and have other important things to do so first of all practically I have to practice what Allah SWT has told me to do and also respecting respecting our parents respecting our parents as well as Allah SWT has always we can notice that He has connected and compared respecting your parents to His worshipping to worshipping him So He has always connected He was always connected His worshipping him to respecting our parents so it's very important if we want to be immune from being misguided during this hard days and circumstance we have to practically practice this respect our parents and also the other Sayyidina I'm sorry to cut you off but we're coming to the end of the show insha'Allah we'll continue tomorrow because we're talking about the topic in several episodes I respected the viewers I would like to apologize for the noise from outside from Ben Haramain it's getting crowded because of the birth anniversary on Hassan as we mentioned so let's thank Sayyidina for coming tonight and stay tuned for tomorrow's episode because we will continue our discussion with Sayyidina Jafal Qazwi and you can also join us by asking questions on our YouTube channel Facebook, Twitter, Instagram Whatsapp Wassalamu alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh Wa alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh Thank you very much