 Anyone who has taught us loyalty and service to Imam Hussein from the story of Imam Hussein is the family of Umul Binin, being Umul Binin and his son of Umfullah Abbas A.S. And as we are here in Qalbala, the people of Qalbala are commemorating, are dedicating this night and the preceding day to lady Umul Binin and her tragedy. As we know, she gave birth to Abbas A.S. and her other three sons with the intention that they would be there to serve Imam Hussein on the day of Ashura. And just a very short poem from the voice of Umul Binin, from the perspective of Umul Binin after the events of Qalbala, she says, I wish they never called me Umul Binin. I raised five sons and not one would remain. Where are her sons? No Abbas, no Hussein, no Abdullah, and no Jafar, no Othman, son of Haida. Not a son beside me, only memories. When I see my shadow, my eye Hussein sees. Let me see them just once before I die. Please, let me just once sit beside them. Let a mother see her children. Tell me how patient can a mother be? Umul Binin, the mother of four sons, and yet not a son with me. A mother without sons. What a tragedy, a tragedy drenched in my tears. And I live it for months and years. I see them coming to Medina, just ahead. I see Zayn ibn al-Kuthum, just ahead. But Hussein has nobody. Just ahead and his body lies falling in Qalbala. I'm left complaining to no one and nobody. I cry out and comes to help me, nobody. I just see Hussein's head and nobody, they tell me my son's head was raised upon a spear. I walk to Qalbala, me and the angels, side by side. When once it was me and my sons, side by side. I saw the bodies, at one I sat and I, beside the one whose flag would no longer flutter. I look around for my sons, I counted four. But when I look back at Hussein, I couldn't remember what I counted four. So I made sure that my sons were all I counted four and that their blood flowed for the son of Fatima. And here's me, not struck by lightning, but by awestruck. Thanking Allah that they were killed or cut, awestruck. I hold the flag of Abbas, as I am left awestruck. And I wear it as a hijab, as a proud mother. We can see such fascinating loyalty and complete servitude from Amal Ibn-e-Bireen to Imam Hussein for the sake of Allah's power to Allah. And that is a lesson that we see reflected today. Today, in the holy city of Qalbala, when we go to the shrine of Imam Hussein, we see so many lovers coming forward and pledging their loyalty to Imam Hussein. Pledging their loyalty to the grandson of the Prophet and by extension of the Prophet himself. And today, in sha Allah, as we tackle the subject of Imam Hussein's journey from Medina to Qalbala, and we tackle the understanding of who Imam Hussein Islam was and what his message really means to us in today's world, destroyed us over a thousand years old. Today, in sha Allah, we're going to be looking at the idea of loyalty and the rewards for loyalty. In sha Allah, joining me to the shrine of Imam Hussein, the idea of loyalty and the rewards for loyalty. In sha Allah, joining me to discuss this very important topic is Sayyid Alayna Waab. As-salamu alaykum Sayyidina. As-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullah. Thank you for joining me once again. So, when we speak about the idea of loyalty and specifically rewards for loyalty towards servitude of Allah and the Ahlul Bayt Alaym As-salam, how can we, how can you contextualize this for us? What can you give us that can help us begin this journey toward understanding what loyalty toward Ahlul Bayt Alaym As-salam is? In sha Allah. Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Raheem. Peace and blessings of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala be upon you, O dear visitors of Abiyabd Allah al-Hussein during these nights, wherever you may be, especially our dear viewers who've joined us and are joining us every night to be able to take a glimpse of what's going on in this holy month, in the holy city of Karbala. Of course, when we speak about the topic of reward, we have to also combine it with the topic of loyalty. Loyalty is something that everyone, wherever they may be, they practice. They are loyal to something or they are loyal to someone. And as a result of that loyalty, they naturally expect to receive something back, either to benefit themselves financially or otherwise. When we come to speak about Ahlul Bayt Alayhum As-salam, the progeny of the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings be upon them all, they are Ahlul Bayt Al Karam. They are the family of blessings. They are the family that without asking, they would give. And they would give with full hands. And that's financially, which was something very little that they can give away. But when it comes to having loyalty to an extent that you would sacrifice everything you have for the sake of Ahlul Bayt, then they would, in return, reward you with ten times or a hundred times more than what you have given. And this is what Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala expressed towards Habib Abdullah Hussain. The fact that Habib Abdullah Hussain was so loyal to his message and to the cause and the call of Ashura, Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, in return, being the creator of all creations and being akramul akramin, which we can't find anyone kinder than Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, the creator, Allah gave everything to Habib Abdullah Hussain. And when we say everything, we literally mean everything. Let me start with a very beautiful narration to enter upon this very beautiful discussion. And inshaAllah, as a conclusion for the topics we've been discussing these nights. And tonight, as a conclusion, we will make a decision. I myself, all the viewers, everyone who listens to these lectures, we will make a decision. First of all, we have to make sure we know who we are loyal to and we know what rewards we are going to get and how these rewards are going to benefit us. Is it only a reward which is bound by time, only materialistic reward in this life and in the hereafter we don't receive anything? Or is it something that we aim to get when we cross over to the other life? Abaan Ibn Taqlob is one of the narrators of a hadith from Ahlul Bayt, a.s. Narrates from Abiyab Abdullah Hussain. Salawatullahi wa salamun a.s. He says, Whomever loves us, Ahlul Bayt, he is one of us. And this is not something new. If we go back in time, we hear Rasulullah, a.s. saying, Salman is one of us, Ahlul Bayt, a.s. So Rasulullah is adding or making Salman join the immediate family. When we search about the lineage of Salman, Salman didn't have any connections. He didn't have any connections with Rasulullah in terms of lineage and family and ancestry. He was someone from Persia. He came over to Medina. He heard the message of Rasulullah and he became one of the closest companions to the Holy Prophet. Hence, Rasulullah, because Salman was so loyal in his belief to the Holy Prophet and his family, especially Ameer al-Mu'mineen Ali Ibn Abi Talib, then he was titled as Minna Ahlul Bayt. Rasulullah says Salman al-Mu'mineen. And I apologize before everything if I had to raise my voice, because the atmosphere and the sound is amazing. It's truly amazing. It sometimes makes me cry. But we continue. As I said, the narration says, Now, this is a big thing when Imam Hussein says, for merely just for the reason of loving Ahlul Bayt, you show affection to Imam Hussein. You shed a tear for Abu Abdullah al-Hussein to show your love to him for what he went through. You will be tears of love. You will be tears of love. You will be tears of love. You will be tears of love. You will be titled as Minna Ahlul Bayt. Salman was titled Salman al-Mu'mineen. And Salman reached a level in his love towards Ahlul Bayt, to an extent that, for example, on the day that they took Ameer al-Mu'mineen to the Masjid to give bay'ah to the so-called ruler of the time, Fatima al-Zahra went behind him to protect Imamah when she raised her hands to pray if Allah could bring down his curse and adab upon these people for what they are doing to Ameer al-Mu'mineen. Salman says, and no other, only Salman, he says, I noticed the walls of the Masjid go up. No one else noticed that. Only Salman. Why Salman? Because he was so close to Ahlul Bayt. And they rewarded him for his loyalty and faith and the struggles that he had to go through because of that love that he showed very obviously to Ameer al-Mu'mineen. And that was, that's a reward to him. So, Qana minna ahlul bayt. Aban says, I asked Imam Hussein, faqultu minkum ahlul bayt? I am amazed. Oh Imam, you say, just for merely loving you, they become part of you ahlul bayt? Imam says, minna ahlul bayt? And Imam replies it three times, minna ahlul bayt? Minna ahlul bayt? Minna ahlul bayt? Thumma qaal? And then he says, Imam says to me, Thumma qaal? Amaa samaa taqawulla al-Abd al-Salih? Have you not heard the statement of Abd al-Salih? Now, one of the titles of Prophet Ibrahim in the Holy Quran, he is Al-Abd al-Salih. In Surat Ibrahim verse 36, Prophet Ibrahim says, makes that statement, fa man tabi'ani fa innahu minni? And whomever follows me, which means follows my cause, and whomever follows me, is of me, is part of me. Prophet Ibrahim is saying, whoever follows me and my path towards Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, he is part of me. So when Imam Hussain, alayhi salam, is from a family upon which Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala on many occasions in the Holy Quran, sent down verses describing their position. One of the beautiful verses that is attributed to Ahlul Bayt, is a verse, verse number 23, in Surat Ashura, which says, In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful. Say, I will not ask you for a reward, except for the matter in the near future. And whomever acknowledges the beauty that is bestowed upon him, it is good that Allah is forgiving and grateful. The Messenger of Allah is saying to the Arabs of Arabia, say, O Arabs, say, O Messenger of Allah to the Arabs, no reward do I ask of you for this, this message, the service that I am providing you, except the love and affection of those near of kin, my kinship, my family, O Arabs, O people who have become Muslims, I do not ask you for any reward, I don't ask you for money, I don't ask you for wealth, for the service, for the message, for the fact that I have pulled you from the depth of the darkness into the light, I don't want any reward from you, but I want only one thing, the love and affection towards my family and my project. So what does this mean? This means that the kinship of Rasulillah, which in this case, Imam Hussein is part of that kinship, is ordered by Allah SWT to establish a bond and connection to the Muslims so they receive something as a result of that loyalty. Rasulullah is saying to the Arabs I want you to be loyal and that loyalty that you show my family will have positive results for you yourself. I Rasulullah will not receive anything as a result of your loyalty to Ahlul Bayt. You will benefit. How much do we benefit today? Would you think anyone living today would show loyalty to anyone if they weren't going to receive any rewards, anything back? The fact that we see thousands of pilgrims coming to Karbala year after year, Muharram and Shaaban in Ramadan in Arba'een, we see millions, more than 20 millions from all over the globe. They travel thousands of miles to come to Karbala. For what? To make a statement that we are following the message of Rasulullah who was sent as a message to this nation. Come to Imam Hussein and say, I love you. Mawadah is a level higher than love. Mawadah is not hope. Allah used the word Mawadah in this verse. He did not use the word hope. Rasulullah said, he could have said I will ask you a question. Is there love in Qurbah? Or is there love in Qurbah? No, Rasulullah said Mawadah. Actually physically show the love. It's not only words by mouth. Say just a quick question. Of course as the viewers can hear, they are passing us and getting louder and louder. So forgive us. If we have to read our voices, if we can't hear it properly, the atmosphere in Qurbah is amazing. There are so many more coming fast. They are listening to their love and their loyalty. Say you mentioned the verse of the Qur'an where the Prophet asked, nothing but love for his near relative. Some Muslims of other schools, argue that here we are saying I don't want any reward from you except for you to show love towards your near relatives. How do we respond to this? Sorry. I couldn't hear the question. Could you repeat it? So I'm saying that in the verse of the Qur'an that you just mentioned where the Holy Prophet says I ask nothing more than love for my near relatives. Some other Muslims in other schools of thought argue that here he is asking people to have love for their near relatives. So how do we respond to this? He said Rasulullah is asking something and that something is not a reward, a physical reward to Rasulullah because Rasulullah is not going to benefit anything. Rasulullah is just a messenger. He has done what he has to do and then he moved on. And this reward as the Holy Prophet says is for your guidance, for your benefit. You will benefit in this life and you will benefit in the hereafter. So anyone, not only Muslims, not only Muslims if they show love and loyalty to Ahlul Bayt A.S. they will see the immediate effects in this life and I I dare them to try. You the viewer if you are not a Muslim you don't follow Islam. You've heard of a character called Hussein or you've heard someone called Abel Fadl Al-Abbas and this person was a loyal person he was a passionate person. He had morals. Love them, read about them and show affections to them. Feel sorry for what they went through because for what Abel Al-Abbas had to go through no other human being on the face of this earth from the beginning until the end would have gone through what Abel Al-Abbas went through. If we speak from the point of view of humanity from a point of view of humanity humanitarian aspect Abel Abdullah Al-Hussein had to go through troubles and problems resulting in the in the slaughter of his six month old baby on his arms. Why? Because he was asking for water because that child had not drunk water for three days. Now do we not have any charitable organizations asking for people to donate for the people of some parts of Africa who are dying as a result of the drought? Abel Abdullah Al-Hussein done the same thing but Abel Abdullah Al-Hussein was saying just give him if you think that I am going to drink the water take the child and you feed this. SubhanAllah today said on the way to the channel I was walking down this road of Allah Abbas A.S where the water was there was a cat and it was running around between the canisters and kept trying to poke its head inside looking for water and my heart just broke and I came towards it the cat started screaming as if to tell me give me water and I tried to pour it and the cat kind of ran away but SubhanAllah I was thinking to myself I couldn't bear just to see this cat this street cat this is just a normal street and they left the grandson of the prophet and his whole family to be thirsty for three days that's the kind of possibility amazing brother Noori if you just walk around the streets of Karbala just looking and feeling the atmosphere and feeling the heat in the afternoon you will it's enough for you that is Masaib for you it's enough for you just to look at the situation and compare it to how it was on the day of Ashura one of the brothers today was saying say it we went out at 12 o'clock in the afternoon and he said I can't bear the heat it's as if fire has been pushed into my face I can't even walk barefoot on the ground on the earth I said to him I am trying to imagine this if I brought my three year old daughter I have my three year old daughter how would I feel if my three year old daughter would walk barefoot on the tarmac so try and imagine what these three year olds four year olds daughters and sons of the of the companions and of the family of Abi Abdullah Hussein had to go through on the plains of Karbala on the afternoon of the day of Ashura and that made me cry I literally cried just trying to imagine my three year old daughter if I brought her from London to Karbala and made her to walk in the heat of the afternoon just to feel the heat of the earth it would make me get shattered and this is enough for the free people of the world I know we've gone off topic but I just want to make that statement O people of the world study the story of Hussein and for what he had to go through regardless of if he was on the right path and the army of Yazid they were on the right path of the wrong path just for what his family had to go through no water for three days the children starvation the heat that's enough for you to come and say that this man died as a martyr as a Shahid continuing to our discussion Rasulallah just to show just to teach the people of Medina at that time specifically and as a whole to the people of the world Rasulallah made many statements regarding Ibi Abdullah Al-Hussein one of them which gets repeated year by year is that I am from Hussein I love Allah I love Hussein Hussein is part of me and I am part of Hussein Allah loves the one that loves Hussein what else do we look for for the messenger to be pleased with us and when Rasulullah is pleased with us Allah SWT the Creator our God is going to be pleased with us our brothers the Christians they go to church and they beg from Prophet Isa and Lady Mary and from Allah SWT to help them to cure them to protect them why because they love these characters and there are other people from other walks of life from other schools and religions they speak to their leaders they ask something in return for the loyalty that they have and we are loyal to these individuals who sacrifice their life for the sake of Islam Rasulallah so our dear viewers can understand what rewards they are going to get as a result of their loyalty to Abi Abdullah Hussein sometimes we say to Allah SWT we are not worshipping you for a reward for a return because we are worshipping because we found you Amirul Mu'min says Amirul Mu'min I did not worship you I am not worshiping you because I want to enter your paradise and as a fear of your hellfire but because you are worthy of worship because the characteristics of Allah SWT gives us the intention to worship him because he is our creator he is blessed us so Rasulallah says because because because they are they are they are associated with the youth of the paradise when I the one who is a sign of Allah's mercy on the face of this earth I will love them back and just trying to imagine what effects will the love of Rasulallah have on us sometimes we are happy we are pleased that our parents show that love that we show them we will be pleased if our friends say I love you we are pleased if people in the community say we respect you for the love that you show us we will be happy because the community is showing something back but this is someone who the whole of the creation was built was created for him I love him Allah will love them back what else do we need Allah will remove you with paradise the paradise that we long to go and to enter in the hereafter there are things in the paradise that no one would ever imagine what Allah has created as a reward for his abad, for his servants for the loyalty that they show towards this family surat mariam these are verses and ahadi I want you brothers and sisters to write down so you can go back to surat mariam chapter mariam verse 96 again Allah uses the word the phrase would to physically show love and affection to whom Allah in this verse says those who believe they believe they have faith and his companions did they not carry that iman did they not do a salih one of the manifestations of salihat is the fact that they went to karmala and they sacrifice their lives to save other people from entering the hellfire a salihat is something that you do which is recorded for you in the hereafter you will get the reward al-lathina amaloo aby abd Allah al-Husayn and his companions wa amal al-salihat karmala Allah is going to reward them with what with that love and affection what love and affection Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa alaihi wasallam says that is the love that Allah is going to reward aby abd Allah al-Husayn and his companions is that he has created these processions he has created thousands of mu'mineen and mu'minaat men and women in this late time of the night nearly 2 am karmala time in the middle of the night what are they doing why have they left their sleep the comforts of their beds the comforts of their houses why what's been happening what has made them come out in the streets are you not amazed that me and brother Nuri and Sayyid Ali are sitting here 2 am in the morning and we see this this noise of processions this shows the love the love for whom for someone who sacrificed the blood of his heart for the sake of saving us me and you and the rest of the mu'mineen are going to enter to enter the paradise even today when I was standing outside today is of course the eve of Friday and as we know there is a time when Ziyar is recommended and all the streets are coming towards Qalbullah you just see hundreds and hundreds of people local people flocking toward the shrine almost as if the shrine itself is a magnet for them you know it's today is the equivalent of Friday night for Iraqis they could be doing anything anything tonight they could do anything they want we come and visit Imam Hussein which shows you just how beautiful the love is and how strong and impactful and how how much of a magnet he is and how strong the loyalty toward Imam Hussein is from these lovers you are speaking now and these people are lamenting and beating their chests and crying for the sorrows of Abbi Abdullah al-Hussein and this itself is drawing tears to my eyes let me narrate you a beautiful narration from Imam Al-Baqir alaihi salam I'm the grandson of Imam Al-Baqir saying to us i recognize i recognize that this love the affection the affection that you love that you carry for us in your hearts don't do anything in public it's not something that you have made it's not man-made that love and affection sometimes you carry love and affection which has been made as a result of of your love and affection of someone else it's man-made love it enters your heart because you love someone else right now here Imam al-Baqir says in Nila A'lam I recognize that love that love that these thousands and millions of people all over the globe today wearing black lamenting and crying for Abii Abdullah al-Hussain that is love that is mawadah in Nila A'lam inna haathal hob aladhi tohibboon naabihi that you carry and you love us because of that lay sabbi shayin sanatumoo it's not man-made wa lakin Allah sanahoo it's amazing Nuri Allah sanatumoo haathal hob Allah created that's hope that is in our hearts today if you are a lover of Abii Abdullah al-Hussain and you show affection to Abii Abdullah al-Hussain you go to the majalis of Imam Hussain you cry for Imam Hussain you lament for Imam Hussain you write documents and articles for Imam Hussain you write poetry you recite poetry you cause people to cry for Abii Abdullah al-Hussain and that shows the love that you have for Abii Abdullah al-Hussain know that that love is there because Allah wanted that love to be in your heart and that love is not given to anyone only the special people who have the ability to carry that love Allah rewards them that's why you see some people are Muslims they say they say they do not cry for his grandson Abii Abdullah al-Hussain the companions of Omar ibn Sa'ad the army of Omar ibn Sa'ad they were not normal laymen they were a immatul if you go and read the narrations they they had amongst them a immatul jawama which means they they led the prayers in the mosques of Kufa they had people who had memorized the Quran on the on the night of Ashura some people in the camp of camp of Omar ibn Sa'ad they recited the whole of the Quran there were people who were people of Fatwa they were ulama but what's help that that provide them if they are reciting the holy Quran which in the same Quran says the holy prophet says in Lila I tell you come on a hajran illa mawadda tafil kurba on the salamah the wife of the holy prophet says ya Rasul Allah or am I one of those kurba in the event of hadith al-kisa on the salamah was present she observed Fatima going under the cloak Hassan and Hussain Amir al-Mu'mineen on the salamah the wife the noble wife of Rasulullah she is counted as one of the wives and this is a message to those who say that the wives of the prophet are part of the al-ulbayt and that and that ayah is mentioning al-ulbayt as to be the wives of the holy prophet not ashab al-kisa I tell you on the salamah it is narrated she says to the holy prophet ya Rasul Allah am I part of that al-ulbayt the kurba Rasul Allah says la wa la kinnaki ala khayr do not worry you are not part of the kurba but you are going to be fine she is the wife of the holy prophet why didn't the prophet join her add her the holy prophet adds jibrail jibrail comes down says ya Rasul Allah a ta'zalli an adkhulama affum taht al-kisa Rasul Allah says na'am adhintulak jibrail enters the wife of the holy prophet doesn't what does that show to us these people these people are special so wa la kinnallah san'ahu and this hadith from Imam Sajjad tonight I've jam-packed my topic to bring you rivayat to show you the rewards of the loyalty that we show are we loyal to Abiyah Abdullah al-Hussain or God forbid are we loyal to Yazid ibn Muawiyah there are people until today 2018 they have the sources in front of them they can read they go and they praise Yazid and they say Yazid is Amir and what he done to Abiyah Abdullah al-Hussain was right they praise him for being the cause of the death of the grandson of the holy prophet in that brutal way Qala Imam Zain al-Aabideen Imam Sajjad alaihi salam says in his lecture in his sermon in the court yard of Yazid when he went up the pulpit he said we ahlul bait we have been granted some aspects one of them is wa aqeen al-ma'abta fi qalubil mu'mineen our love is in the hearts of everyone no al-mu'mineen anil imam al-sadik again man arad Allah if Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala wants good for someone what else can i say Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala your creator if he wants you to go towards the right path he will throw in inside your heart the love of Abiyah Abdullah al-Hussain i think subhanAllah said that when we see that anyone who has the true sincere love of imam al-sadik that in itself makes him in his life a companion of haqq a companion of justice that makes sure that he stands up whenever he sees wrong whenever he sees injustice because he learns it all from imam al-sadik and so you can see how it's all connected and that is why Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala rewards such people with the love of imam al-sadik and that's how powerful the love is i'm not sure how much time we have left but there are other narrations inshaAllah i will try and mention them and you can remind me of the time inshaAllah as i said Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa alaihi wasallam says in that tragic way has left a fire a flame in the hearts of the believers that will never distinguish will never distinguish this is what this is something that the holy prophet said about abu abdullahi al-hussain however much the enemies of ahl al-bayt those who carry hatred in their hearts against ahl al-bayt try their best if all the corrupt governments and nations of the world come and stand against the lovers of ahl al-bayt the believers who carry that heat inside their hearts to stop them and to to refrain them from participating in the procession and the lamentation and the mourning of abu abdullahi al-hussain they will never be able to do so and that is a promise from Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi wa alaihi wasallam imam hussain alaihi as-salam he himself says if anyone loves us inside his heart and he goes to jihad either on the battlefield or by publicizing his love and by speaking about our love that's a part of jihad as well providing books providing literatures providing financial help to institutes and organizations he is with us in the highest levels of the paradise okay next paragraph again whoever loves us in his heart he is the cause of help he anyone that he met he spoke to them about abu abdullahi al-hussain he encouraged them to come and visit abu abdullahi al-hussain he narrated the narrations of abu abdullahi al-hussain that is a part of jihad physically he was not able to do so this part was that he was able to do physical work but this one is that he is not able to do physical work for the sake of abu abdullahi al-hussain one level lower than the first level okay the next point in the same narration again that person carries the love and affection and and for ahl al-bayt in his heart this time he can't do jihad neither with his time because in the society the place that he is living in refrains him it's dangerous for him to speak about ahl al-bayt it's amazing that there are some areas not in Karbala maybe not in other parts of Iraq but in some parts of Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan and other parts of the Islamic world you are not able to speak about the fadah of ahl al-bayt they will come and explode you they will come and behead you they will come and open gunfire on you and they will kill you I think that you speak about people who get killed for just loving Imam Hussain and it's such a mirror of how Imam Hussain himself was killed in his time and the fact that his sons and his lovers today are also being killed we have about 10 minutes left and perhaps you want to finish the narration and then lead into some more side in honor of the tragedy of Imam Hussain this is the mercy of ahl al-bayt this is the kindness of ahl al-bayt and this is the reward Allah has given ahl al-bayt alayhum salam that anyone that loves you will also go to the paradise even if he doesn't speak about your love and the one that carries the hatred of ahl al-bayt in his heart what is his reward? tonight we are speaking about the rewards of loyalty there are people who are loyal to the wrong people he will face eternal life in the hellfire I would like to end before I go to the masaib with the story of people that used to live amongst us how much love they carried for ahl al-bayt and what position they were rewarded ayatullahi al-Uzma al-sayyid al-marashi al-Najafi one of the high ranked scholars of Tashayi'a when he passed away they noticed in his will he has mentioned some points some of the points I mentioned to show how much love and affection he had carried he had mentioned in his will to his students whatever you can do practice these three things so Allah helps you in your life one of them is that this is a high ranked scholar ayatullahi saying to his students be always in a purified status right? and also have why? it will open up your heart to do good if you face problems and troubles in your life this is one of the things one of the ways you can cure yourself always be pure wear pure clothing away from dirt and najasat and also have evolution this is physically and internally always make sure that you are clean inside as well one of the ways that we can show our loyalty to abi abdallah al-Hussein not only in these nights because some people only show their love and affection to abi abdallah during these ten nights and then after ten nights they go back to how they were before this is a message to me and our dear viewers you were in black today because you love abi abdallah al-Hussein don't do something after the ten days that makes abi abdallah al-Hussein shed tears as a result of your mistakes be a part of taharah the second if you see someone being taken to the graveyard participate in their funeral and the third and the most important one share in the case of imam al-Hussein anything anything that has anything to do with abi abdallah al-Hussein join in join in because that will leave its marks in your life shh ayatullah mar'ashina jaffee had written in his will when I pass away I had a piece of black clothing that I used to wear in the masa'ib in the aza'ib of abi abdallah al-Hussein bury that with me I had some pieces of tissue a cloth like the one I am holding I have specifically designated this cloth I carry it with me and I use it for the masa'ib when I cry for abi abdallah al-Hussein I wipe my tears where have I got this from? from our ulama ayatullah al-mar'ashina jaffee he himself he had a piece of cloth that he only used to wipe away the tears for abi abdallah al-Hussein he had mentioned in his will bury that piece of cloth with me in my grave why? because on the day of judgement or in qabr when munkara nakeer are going to ask me who am I and where I am from I will show my identity and I will tell them this piece of cloth carries what I am tonight the manifestation of love and affection which was embedded in a figure that time will remember years and years and years until the judgement day a noble figure which if you think today in today's senses I have difficulty finding if there may be individuals a mother that brings gives birth to children and raises them to be grown men and sends them to be sacrificed for the sake of a cause the mother always loves her children and protects them from any harm but there was one lady that history speaks about and that lady is fatimah bint hazam al-kilabi umul baleen why do they call her umul baleen? because she got married to amir al-mu'mineen for one cause and one cause only amir al-mu'mineen says to his brother haqeel haqeel iqtibli imraatan awladat hal fuhoolatum bin al-arab why o amir al-mu'mineen? li talida li waladan yakun awnan li aqeel hussain yawma laa naasara lahu wa laa maa heen o aqeel find me a wife a noble lady coming from a noble family to give birth for me to a son that he grows up and becomes support and backbone to his brother hussain on the day of ashura where there will be no one to support umul baleen did just that on the wedding night her family brought her to the house of amir al-mu'mineen she said my family don't go wait i have one request what is it of fatimah? i want to go inside i want to ask hussain and hussain if they accept me as a maid who am i to replace fatimah this fatimah is zahra she came inside she said hussain i am not here to replace the position of your mother fatimah they said we will put you on our heads she got married after couple of days she took amir al-mu'mineen to one side she said i have one request what is it of fatimah? she said every time you call me fatimah i see hussain and hussain start crying why? because they remember their mother fatimah and what she went through don't call me fatimah anymore amir al-mu'mineen from that day onwards started calling her umul baleen because she was truly the mother of the sons she brought for abi abdillah al-hussain for brave young men who stood on the plains of karbala and they sacrificed their life for abi abdillah al-hussain the day that the caravan of imam zaynu al-abideen came back to medina after that long journey that sorrowful journey of captivity from karbala to sham they came back to medina imam zaynu al-abideen says one of the companions of ahlul bayt can you recite poetry basher says yes yabna rasulillah i can he said rip your clothes shed some tears and make sure the people of madina hear this message what message is that yabna rasulillah enter the city of madina and lament hussain basher says i came inside the city of madina basher says i came inside the city of madina i took off my turban i ripped my clothes i said ya ahl al-athrab la muqam alakum biha malkhabar what is wrong o basher they know him he is a companion of the holy prophet his father used to be the companion of the holy prophet alkhabar yabna rasulillah everyone came out no one stayed indoors it was a day as if the holy prophet had passed away everyone came congregated around the shrine of rasulillah iqbirna yabish what is wrong qutila al-hussain fa'ad mu'im idra'ar ar-ra'isu minhu al-qanah al-jismu minhu al-athra'ay ya ahl al-athrab la muqam alakum biha qutila al-hussain fa'ad mu'im idra'ar al-jismu minhu al-karbala al-muzarraj al-ra'isu minhu al-qanah al-yudar basher says i noticed from behind the crowds one tall and handsome lady came she said open the way for me she stood by basher she says she asked she asked me are you the one that is mourning the beloved part of rasulillah basher says al-qanah she says she asked me akhbir ni'an wala dia al-hussain he says i am saying to people qutila al-hussain she is asking me tell me about hussain he says i asked people tell me who is this lady they told him this is ummu al-bani'an ummu al-abbasi wa akhwati it is then that i realized that she has lost four sons i started with saying al-tham allah laki al-ajr ya ummu al-abbani'an bi awladi ki until i reached al-tham allah laki al-ajr bi waladi ki bi al-fazl al-abbasi narrate is narrate that she was carrying a little child that little child fell to the ground she said you have ripped my heart he says it was then that i said ya ummu al-bani'an al-tham allah laki al-ajr bi abii abdillah fahadah raihsuhu yudarum bin baladin ila balad she started screaming wa waladah wa hussainah how did lady say we receive ummu al-bani'an upon seeing ummu al-bani'an lady say lady say wa abbasah ummu al-bani'an jautadwa waladah wa hussainah la ta du'wan wai ki umma al-bani'an al-bani'an al-bani'an al-bani'an al-bani'an al-bani'an al-bani'an al-bani'an al-bani'an peace and blessings be upon you we would like to thank Sayyid al-Ayyid Nawab for that very insightful very inspiring and very emotional segment and insha'Allah we shall be joined by Sayyid al-Ayyid al-Hakeem off of the break who will be reciting some lamentations for us insha'Allah we will see you then peace and blessings be upon you ummu al-bani'an peace and blessings be upon you I think one of the greatest aspects of the life of ummu al-bani'an is knowing and that they say according to some narrations that she was almost the mother of Majalis in honour of Muhammad SAW after the events of Calabala and according to narrations that say that she was still alive she would go to janat al-Baqir which is the famous graveyard in Medina she would make some makeshift shrines to represent her children and I believe Muhammad SAW as well would sit there and lament and recite and recite poetry in honour of Muhammad SAW and this is an institution that she built that has carried on till today whenever you go to a Majalis in the morning of Muhammad SAW whenever the reciter gets up and recites poetry whenever the speaker ends his lecture in poetry know that this is almost all from lady ummu al-bani'an so we send our salutations to her and as we know very well that she has a door to our wishes it's very very well known to all the people and communities that whenever you are in need whenever you have a wish one of the greatest things you can do is raise your hands to ummu al-bani'an and ask ummu al-bani'an to help so inshallah we pray through the wasilat of ummu al-bani'an that Allah SWT removes all our tribulations answers our wishes and forgives all of our sins for me, myself, my guests all of those in Calabala and all of you watching and your families may Allah SWT