 بسم الله الرحمن الرهيم وبهي نستهين صلى الله عليك يا سيدي يا مولاية يا رسون الله وعلى أحل بيتك المذلومين صلى الله عليك يا سيدي يا مولاية مولاية وابنى مولاية يا أبا عبد الله يا رحمة الله الواسأح ويا بابنجات العمى يا غريب حيا مذلوم يا أجشان كربلا ما خاب من تمسك بكم والأمنا من لجاء اليكم سادتي يا ليتنا يا ليتنا كنا ماكم فنفوزا والله فوزا عبيما قر الله العظيم في محكم كتابه الكريم والقولك الحق والأستقل قائلين عوض بالله من الشيطان الرجيم قل لا أسألكم عليه أجرا إلا المودة في القربها ومن يقترف حسنة نزد له فيها حسنة إن الله غفور شكور آمننا بالله صدق الله والعلي والعظيم صل على محمد وعليم إذا كان هناك أسئلة الذين يأتون من الناس إلى right هناك الكثير من المكان في المكان يمكنك أن يأتون في المكان لديك جميل يمكنك أن تكون حسنة جدا هناك الكثير من المكان إذا لم يستطيع أن يأتون فأنا سأسأل من الناس who are uncomfortable in the back إذا يستطيع أن يأتون لذلك الناس who are coming in late they can take a seat in the back without disrupting any of you إسهنة بادر مين صل على محمد وعليم محمد الله فما صل على محمد وعليم محمد آشورة آشورة لا أريد أن أسأل من هنا ونقوم بأسأل لك for very long but I thought that tonight we should speak about one of the most important verses within the Holy Qur'an the verse known as آية المودة the verse in which الله سبحانه وتعالى commands love of the prophet and his family to the believers and before I get into the discussion around this verse of the Holy Qur'an it's important to understand that Allah سبحانه وتعالى He has revealed the Qur'an for us so that we reflect upon it that we sit in front of the Qur'an and we seek questions from it and the ability that it gives us answers the idea is to allow for ourselves to enter into a state of exploration of the book of Allah سبحانه وتعالى and on this night the night of آشورة when Imam Al-Husayn عليه السلام he tells the army of أمر بن سعاد that allow for me to not fight on the ninth of محرم but allow for me to allow for us to postpone the battle until the tenth of محرم and we'll get into the details around that later he tells أبل صدر أباس to go and tell أمر بن سعاد give us this one final night لأني أحب السلات وتلاوتك وتلاوت كتاب الله كتاب الله that I want this last night in order that I'm able to pray to Allah سبحانه وتعالى because I love prayers and because I want this last night so that I can dedicate it in recitation to the whole of Qur'an recitation of the whole of Qur'an tonight is a night of أزا tonight is a night of grief tonight is a night of pain tonight is a night of agony yes all of those things but we also have the opportunity to allow for a portion of this night to be in dedication to Allah سبحانه وتعالى because that's exactly how سلام الله عليه that the way that he spent this night was in prayers and was in recitation of the whole of Qur'an if you've never performed the night prayer before let tonight be that night and take the blessing of Sayyid Al-Shahada Al-Hussain عليه السلام that you make a promise and a commitment to him that you are walking in his footsteps to get closer toward God because as we've been mentioning for the last 10 nights the only thing that Imam Al-Hussain عليه السلام seeks on the 10th of Muharram was proximity toward his Creator that's what it's all about the only thing that he thought of and every moment on the day of Ashura was pleasing his Lord so let's allow for this night to also be that night in which we seek proximity to Allah سبحانه وتعالى by using the vessel by using the medium by using the agent of عبي عبدالله الحسين عليه السلام and why not for the narration states إن الحسين مصباه نهدى والسفينة النجاة that surely حسين is the lantern of guidance and the ship of salvation and the man he comes toward Imam Al-Sadaq and he states يبن رسول الله O grandson of the messenger of God are you not all the lanterns of guidance and are you not all the arcs of salvation aren't all of Adam and the Baith and the means by which we get closer toward God he states of course we are و لكن إن السفينة الحسين أو سأو أسرق yes every single one of us are the means by which you can get toward God but surely the ship of حسين is the most spacious and it's the quickest way toward getting to paradise and we're a people who just always want to look out for shortcuts and the shortcut is in front of us it's our master أبي عبدالله الحسين سلام الله علي so don't take these gatherings for granted don't take these opportunities and feel that they are unimportant an opportunity to remember حسين سلام الله علي is an opportunity to allow for one foot to enter into his paradise for he is the king of paradise he is sayed شبابة للجنة and for today's discussion إن شاء الله again I want to reflect upon the verse of مودة which is chapter 42 of the whole of Qur'an verse number 23 when Allah سبحانه وتعالى states and I want to reflect upon this verse of the whole of Qur'an which commands and whereby Allah سبحانه وتعالى commands the prophet to instruct that his community loves the family of the messenger of God عليه سراته و سرام in three different dimensions the first dimension is in terms of understanding the commentary of the verse of مودة chapter 42 verse number 23 the second dimension is in terms of understanding the manifestations of love of أهل البيت عليهم سراته و سرام and thirdly in terms of understanding what the love of أهل البيت عليهم و سراته و سرام yield for us in this world before even the next so let's go ahead and take a look at this verse of the whole of Qur'an and try to understand exactly the depth and the meaning of it especially on this blessed night the night of أشورة الله سبحانه وتعالى states say oh messenger of God that when they come to you and when they ask you what is it that they can do for you tell them that the only thing that you want in terms of reward for the effort that you have put forth to spread the message is that they love your family before we get into the specifics and the dynamics of this verse of the whole of Qur'an it's important to understand what is known as the reason for revelation of this particular verse or what is known as the سبب النزول as scholars of Qur'an would state when we take a look at different verses of the whole of Qur'an we see that many of them we are given a context of why it is that it was revealed but then we also have a whole host of other verses of the whole of Qur'an and we're not exactly sure the reason why it was revealed but for those verses of the whole of Qur'an that we have an idea meaning we have the reason for revelation it's important that we apply it upon that verse in order that we're able to maximize the benefit that we're taking from it and when it comes to chapter 42 verse number 23 it is stated that many people from the محجرين and the Ansar went toward the Prophet on numerous occasions in the holy city of Medina and they went toward the Prophet and they said oh messenger of God you have brought us from darkness into light you have brought us from ignorance and into knowledge you have done so much for us and what better blessing and what better honor than you digging our souls out of that darkness and teaching us about الله سبحانه وتعالى what better gift do we have than we are exposed to the light of رسول الله محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم there's no better blessing than that we mentioned the other night there's this application that we're taught to recite which states الحمد لله الذي جعلني من أمة محمد أو الله all thanks and all praise is due to you for you have made us from amongst the people of the greatest of God's creation we know the Prophet we're exposed to the light of the messenger of God what better blessing than that his character and his أخلاق and his words and his wisdoms which continue to be a gift that keep on giving so many people they came toward the Prophet and they said what can we give you they tried to give him wealth they tried to give him food they tried to give him really expensive and lavish gifts they tried to invite him over for food they tried to do a whole host of different things in order that they were able to express their gratitude toward the messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم but the Prophet he consistently said no don't worry about it I don't need anything I don't do this for anything صلى الله عليه وسلم I'm doing this because it's my responsibility I'm doing this because I'm a messenger I'm doing this because I'm a Prophet I'm doing this because Allah سبحانه وتعالى has given me this task and I'm happy to do it but Allah سبحانه وتعالى he came and he commands the messenger of God to not refuse when people come toward him he states قل meaning it's a direct commandment from the Creator in which he tells صلى الله عليه وسلم when they come to you you don't have to be humble I'm going to speak on your behalf say that I do not ask for anything in recompense for putting forth this effort except that you love my family meaning it's a commandment from Allah سبحانه وتعالى not something that came from the messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم a couple of different points before we move on to the second dimension what's the evidence to suggest that this verse of the whole of the Quran is actually commanding the messenger toward commanding his community meaning the Muslims loving the family of the Prophet عليه السلام because when we come and take a look at the Arabic language and we take a look at the verse of the whole of the Quran it states that I do not want anything as a reward or as a recompense إلا المودة في القربة except for love of the قربة yesterday last night when we were talking about what it means to love Allah سبحانه وتعالى I stated that we make an intention before the performance of any one of our prayers which states قربة إلا الله تعالى I am doing this to see closeness to Allah سبحانه وتعالى what's the word قربة what is the word in the verse of the whole of the Quran لا أسألكم عليه أجرا إلا المودة في القربة قربة and the Arabic language comes from the root word قاربة or قريب which is something close which is why when we state قربة إلا الله we're asking God for His closeness for His proximity so there are some individuals who come and we state that when the messenger has commanded to say قل لا أسألكم عليه أجرا إلا المودة في القربة he's not saying that I'm commanding you to love my family he's saying I'm commanding you to love قربة of Allah سبحانه وتعالى that you should love in reality to seek closeness to God but when we take a look at scholars of the Arabic language they come and they state that that would not be the word that God would apply if it meant seeking closeness to Allah سبحانه وتعالى for it would state for instance تقرب this is one point a second point would be as taken by some commentators of the whole of the Quran that when the prophet states لا أسألكم عليه أجرا إلا المودة في القربة that I do not want anything from you except that you love family that you love قربة قربة doesn't mean my family in the Arabic language it doesn't say أقربائي it says قربة meaning that if you love the prophet and if you want to serve the messenger عليه السلام and if you want to thank him and if you love your own families go and perform go and tell your parents that you love them your spouse that you love them your children that you love them but again when you take a look at the context of the verse people are coming toward the prophet عليه السلام they're saying oh messenger of God we are so indebted to you imagine the prophet عليه السلام says now you go and love your family first of all it doesn't make any sense it's that befitting and furthermore we come toward the third opinion and that's the opinion of the majority of Muslims Shi'i or Sunni doesn't make a difference who take the unanimous opinion due to also numerous Ahadith in traditions of Ahl al-Bayt that are narrated within Sunni texts by a man by the name of Jabra bin Abdullah Al-Ansari the same narrator of Hadith al-Kisa or Saeed ibn al-Jubeir and the mutawatr of the Ahadith from the scholars of the Shi'a which state that when Allah سبحانه وتعالى he commands the messenger عليه السلام to state لا أسألكم عليه أجرا إلا المودة في القربة that I don't want anything from you except that you love this family that family that he's speaking about is Ali, Fatima, Hasan and Hussein peace and everlasting blessings be upon all of them صلى الله عليه وسلم and again numerous Ahadith and numerous traditions they direct us toward this conclusion in which one day it is said that after the passing of Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib after his head had been struck on the 19th of the holy month of Ramadan Imam Hassan Al-Mujtaba عليه السلام he went to the mosque of Kufa and he recites a sermon toward all of the Muslims and just to tell them that did not Allah سبحانه وتعالى command love of us in this verse of the Holy Quran when he states toward the messenger قل لا أسألكم عليه أجرا إلا المودة في القربة yet what have you done toward our father Ali ibn Abi Talib Furthermore on the day when the caravan of Imam Zayn Al-Abideen and Lady Zaynab peace and blessings be upon them was outside of the court of Yazid ibn Muawiyah it is stated that there was a bunch of men who were standing on top of balconies in Damascus who began to throw rocks at the Imam as the Imam's hands were tied and as all of the women they had been taken from Karbara to Kufa and from Kufa to Damascus and they were abused for three days before they entered into the court of Yazid ibn Muawiyah it is said that on that particular occasion a man had come and he had taken a lantern that was lit with fire and thrown it on top of the head of Imam Zayn Al-Abideen and you know it was so tragic about that was that the Imam tried to remove the fire that was on his head but his hands were tied he was unable to do so so he had to move his head so that lantern of fire would fall to the ground and it is said that one man he was walking in the streets and he began to mock all of the women and children of Ahl al-Bayt and Imam Zayn Al-Abideen says oh man come here that man came toward Imam Zayn Al-Abideen not knowing that he is the grandson of the messenger of God and he says do you read the whole of Quran he says of course I am Muslim he says have you read the verse when Allah SWT إنما يريد الله ليودحب عنكم رجس أحل البيت ويتحركم تتهيرا he says of course I have read that verse so when we talk about the word قربة within this verse again our unanimous opinion is that that قربة is an honor of the family of the messenger of God peace and blessings be upon them and he says have you read the verse of the whole of Quran when Allah SWT says he said of course I have read that verse he says then God has commanded you to love us and look at the way that you are treating my Anzayn peace and blessings be upon them the second question that we want to ask within this verse is then what is the word قل لا أسألكم عليه أجرا إلا المودة في القربة that the only thing that I ask for you in recompense for the effort that I have put forth is that you have مودة to my family within the Arabic language there are numerous words for love there is the word حب there is the word أشق but in this verse of the whole of Quran Allah SWT has applied the term مودة within the Arabic language again all of these numerous terms that are mentioned every single one of them has a very precise meaning and it's important to understand that when God applies any particular word within the whole of Quran it's not out of any coincidence but rather there's a death and rather there's a meaning to why it is that he applies certain words over others he doesn't state for instance قل لا أسألكم عليه أجرا إلا المحبة في القربة محبة from حب he states مودة and again scholars of language they're gonna come forth and they're gonna state that the word حب is a love that you can have it's a love that you can contain it's a love that you don't necessarily have to express to someone but it's something that's already known you don't always need to tell your spouse that you love them you don't always need to tell your parents that you love them but there's a sense of innate love that's within our hearts and within our souls it's good to express it but it's not always something that is so commonly expressed because it's something that is known it's something that is understood and even within the Holy Quran when Allah SWT commands this particular object of love toward أهر البيت عليه مصرام it's not limited toward that most basic level of love rather it's on this higher level of love again known as مودة this type of love is the love that's not only demonstrated by the words that I say it's the love that overcomes and consumes our bodies and it's a way whereby we cannot control except to express our love for the personality that is the object of our affection when it comes toward there is no bounds to our love when it comes toward the Prophet and his family there is no bounds to our love we love the family of the Messenger of God far more than we love our spouses and our parents and our children which is why we state يا أبا عبد الله بأبي أنت وأمي that may my mother and my father be sacrificed for you and as we recite in زيارة الجام الكبيرة بأبي أنتم وأمي ونفسي ومالي وأهلي that oh أهل البيت may my mother and my father and my wealth and my property and my children all be in ransom for you that's مودة taking love toward that sense of love whereby we can't control our expression of it and the verse of the Holy Quran it continues in which الله سبحانه وتعالى he states and the one who performs a good deed الله سبحانه وتعالى will increase him or her in that goodness what is the good deed what is the hasana that God is speaking about again speaking about مودة أهل البيت so when you demonstrate that sense of love for the Prophet and his family peace and blessings be upon them it's a good deed that Allah سبحانه وتعالى and God mentions with the Holy Quran that the one who does one hasana the one who does one good deed الله سبحانه وتعالى will multiply that by 10 when you shed one tear for Abu Abdullah الحسين peace be upon him on a night like this one what's the reward in the eyes of Allah سبحانه وتعالى وما يقترف hasana نزد له فيها خصنا that God will be the one who will multiply the reward on your behalf and this brings me then toward the second dimension and these are to the expressions of love of أهل البيت عليهم السرات و السلام what are these expressions of مودة that we can potentially put on portrayal for the imams of أهل البيت for the messenger of God and we have two that are demonstrated within our Ahadith and within our tradition the first one of these portrayals of love is probably what we can understand is the emotional love that we have toward أهل البيت عليهم السرات و السلام when I sit here in front of you all and I recite a eulogy in honor of Imam حسين علي سلام in honor of علينا الأكبر in honor of قاسم in honor of the children or the brothers of حسين peace and blessings be upon them or I recollect the tragedy of زينب سلام الله عليها or even aside from this you're reading poetry on your own or you're writing poetry or you're listening to the poetry or you're sitting alone and you're recollecting the thirst of أبا عبدالله الحسين علي سلام or you see your own children and you see when they're going through a hard time and that allows for you to remember the hard time of the children of أبا عبدالله الحسين or when you stand in front of the shrine, the mausoleum of سيد الشهادة أبي عبدالله الحسين and you let your heart pour out or when you recite the زيارة that we're going to recite tomorrow on the day of Ashura and you say السلام عليك يا أبا عبدالله and your tears begin to flow and your heart begins to break and that shattering takes place whereby you realize that you're just a servant from the servants of our master علي that grief and that love and that intensity and that emotion that in itself has a reward with الله سبحانه وتعالى this is evident this is obvious that if you love أبي عبدالله الحسين you love أهل البيت سلام الله عليهم you hear the fadal and the merits of علي ابن أبطالب سلام الله علي and if you hear these things and if you speak about these things it creates a sense of our hearts racing a little bit faster and those goosebumps that come on your skin the minute that you hear a little bit of the tragedy of سيد الشهداء الحسين عليه السلام even if you don't do any other good deed that deed has a reward with الله سبحانه وتعالى someone says they don't pray they don't fast they don't go for hajj is love of the prophet and his family عليهم السلام a good deed yes and it's a good deed that الله سبحانه وتعالى will not eradicate with all of the other bad deeds that we do as the narration states that the love of علي ابن أبطالب عليه السلام is a deed is a reward with الله سبحانه وتعالى that no matter how many bad deeds that you do you still have that good deed what an honor that doesn't mean that Allah سبحانه وتعالى is immediately going to whip open the doors of paradise for us because solely of our love of علي عليه السلام but that reward is there for us just because of the expression of love that we have you think that Allah سبحانه وتعالى won't reward you for coming to this medley for ten nights in a row you think that Allah سبحانه وتعالى won't reward you for your tears won't reward you for your exhaustion won't reward you for your volunteering won't reward you for your hard work won't reward you for your solidarity to the son of Fatima Al-Zahra عليه السلام who do we think that these personalities are we state that you are from the lineage of the most generous you give a little bit to someone who's generous they're going to return that favor in a really big fashion and we're talking about the most generous of the generous that's Ali and his children what are we talking about but again that's not the objective the objective is not that I shed a tear it's not that I just weep for it's that I take that love that we have that we have for عليه السلام and allow for us to reach that second manifestation of love and that's the transformative love that these gatherings have to offer for us الله سبحانه وتعالى that I do not want anything from you except that you love my family on one level we can love by coming to these gatherings and wearing black clothes and shedding tears and beating our chests and doing everything in the way of our master سلام الله علي but at the second level that love has to transcend into doing something or being something that resembles the values and the qualities of say the شهداء الحسين عليه السلام that allows for us to resemble the altruism of عبد فضر العباس عليه السلام the hadith of states that may Allah have mercy and the scream that was made in honor of us we're scared to shed a tear for Imam al-Hussain because you're worried about what the person to your right or to your left or your friend or your family is going to think about you مودة is what God commanded to us in the Quran and that مودة is something that is demonstrated on our body and then performance of that sense of love that illumination or the manifestation of that sense of love is a mechanism for transformation of the heart and of the soul which allows for this being of ours to become حسيني in the true meaning of it which is to walk in the footsteps of say the شهداء عبي عبد الله الحسين عليه السلام you're following what I'm saying and this brings me then to the third dimension of my discussion and I'll conclude with this and I won't keep you long because you're not here for me to lecture you're here to demonstrate that مودة you're here to show that sense of love so then what do these notions of مودة yield for the one who truly has love for the prophet and his family عليه السلام two things number one is that the one who has true مودة for the prophet and his family عليه السلام they are ready at any moment to channel their happiness to the happiness of أهل البيت and their grief to the grief of أهل البيت عليه مصراته وصرام as Imam علي ابن موسى الرضى سلام الله عليه he tells his companion ريانة بن شبيب إن إنسرك أن تكون معنا في الدرجات الأولى من الجنان فحزن لحزننا وفرح لفرحنا وعليك بولايتنا أن رجلا أحبة حجرا لحشاره لحشاره الله معه يوم القيامة he states oh my companion ابن شبيب that if you desire to be with us in the highest levels of paradise then make sure that you are happy when we are happy and make sure that you were in a state of grief when we are in a state of grief and make sure that you hold steadfast toward our authority وعليك بولايتنا and then he continues and he states for surely if someone loves a rock الله سبحانه وتعالى will raise him with that rock on the Day of Judgement but we tell Allah سبحانه وتعالى we love Hussein so raise us with Hussein on the Day of Judgement and the second manifestation and the second sort of spectrum of what this love what this مودة yields for the one who has intense love for أهل البيت عريهم والسرات والسرام is that we desire to share that love of our masters to others the story of Hussein is not something that we keep to ourselves the story of Hussein is something that we share to our friends because that we share to our family members because it offers us insight in bravery and in loyalty and in courage and in patience and in generosity and in compassion and in mercy and in justice and in beauty and in love أزمام الصادق عليه الصلاة والسرام he tells us companion يونس ابن أبد الرحمن حببونا إلى الناس ولا تبغضونا إليهم قروا إلينا كل مودة he states that allow for people or bring our love to other people and don't allow for them to hate us that means we have the potential to allow for people to have animosity to أهل البيت with the words that we speak with the etiquette and the actions that we perform and then he states and allow for our this intense love bring people toward it because once they see the character and they see the essence and they see the perfection of the family of the messenger of God why would they not love أهل البيت عليه الصلاة والسرام my dear brothers and sisters tonight is a night again that I'm not here to educate you or lecture you in any way rather what I spoke to was just a primer in order for us to understand that tonight is a night of that pain and that agony that was felt by the family of the prophet عليه الصلاة والسرام a day that was foreshadowed in the heavens a day that was spoken about 2000 years before the creation of Adam that the angels they dreaded this day the jinn they dreaded this day the throne of Allah dreaded this day from the day that the prophet عليه الصلاة والسرام saw his son Hussein عليه الصلاة والسرام born the first thought that came to his mind is what's going to happen to my son on the 10th of Muharram 61 years after Hejrah he's going to be alone on a desert there's going to be no one surrounding him and there's going to be no one with him and the only thing that is going to be surrounding him are swords and spears and rocks and 30,000 people ready to shed his blood in the name of the messenger of God oh messenger of God forgive us we could not have been there with you but we swear by your beloved فاتمة الزخراح عليه الصلاة والسرام that every year that we live on this night we will be ready to demonstrate our solidarity and loyalty to you and we're unable to do so with swords or with spears or even with our own chests or with our own bodies so we'll do so with our voices and we'll do so with our tears and we'll do so with our screams إن كان لم يجب كبدني إن نستنصارك ولساني إن نستغافتك فقد أجابك قلبي وسمي وبسري لبي كياداء الله as we recite in one of the عليه الصلاة والسرام oh our master Aba Abdullah when you called out that line حلم الناصر we were not there to respond to your call not with our tongues nor with our bodies so here we are فقد أجابك قلبي وسمي وبسري so here is my heart and here are my ears and here are my eyes everything that I can give for you oh Aba Abdullah tonight is the night in which we are going to demonstrate that sense of Mawad there for you tonight is the night of Ashura and it is said that toward the end of this evening before the time of Maghreb إمام الحسين عليه السلام he heard the trumpets of war beginning to blow and he calls Abalfad Al-Abbas عليه السلام and Omar bin Saad's army was getting ready toward ransacking the family of the messenger of God عليه السلام on the plains of Karbara إمام الحسين عليه السلام he calls Abalfad Al-Abbas and he says oh my dear brother he says go toward the army of Omar bin Saad and tell them to give us this last evening لأنني وحب السلات وتلاوة القرآن because I love prayers and because I love to recite Quran إمام الحسين عليه السلام dispatches Abalfad Al-Abbas he goes toward Omar bin Saad's army he says my brother Hussein عليه السلام has said that if you're going to kill us then give us this one last night that we're able to take care of our affairs that we're able to pray to our Lord that we're able to recite Quran give us this night and tomorrow in the morning you do what you have to do and Omar bin Saad he thought about it for a second and he said it doesn't make a difference for us to date or tomorrow either way we're going to serve يزيد بن معاوية عبي عبد الله الحسين سنر later so he lets Abalfad Al-Abbas go he comes back he gathers together all of his companions he gathers together all of his family members he has them seated and he begins to recite a sermon in which he commands them toward تقوة الله سبحانه وتعالى in which he advises them and he thanks them for all of their service up till now and then he says oh my dear companions let me tell you something he said I am foretelling and I am promising that tomorrow every single one of you who remain with me on this night you are going to be killed on this battlefield so I am telling you oh my companions and all my family members and all my friends please take the hands of your closest family members leave this tent go back toward Medina go back toward Kufa I promise you that no one will harm you the only thing that they want is to shed my blood you know what Imam Al-Hussain did he went toward the children of مصمبنا أقيل and he said you already lost Muslim that's enough go back he even went to Abalfad Al-Abbas he says oh my brother Abbas take the hands of your brothers and go back they are not going to hurt you they are not going to harm you and at that moment he said every one of you go the only one who remains is my son Ali in Al-Akbar he will be by my side tomorrow and we will be okay and he looked at every single one of them and they all were staring at Abba Abdullah Al-Hussain so Imam Al-Hussain he instructs Ali in Al-Akbar he says turn off all of the lanterns all of the candles in this tent and in the case that any one of you have any sort of shame or embarrassment go and leave in the darkness of the night and I promise you I will not judge you you have a place in paradise it is said that he turns off those lanterns and a few moments later he asks Ali in Al-Akbar to light it again and every single one of those faces are staring at Abba Abdullah Al-Hussain the head of the quaint he stands up and he says Abba Abdullah Al-Hussain I promise you and I swear to you that if they were to take my body and they were to cut it up into a thousand pieces and then Allah سبحانه وتعالى were to resurrect me a thousand times for you O Abba Abdullah even if there was no hope in paradise for you O Hussain I'd give my life مسلم ابنعو سجا he stands up he's in his 80s he says O Abba Abdullah as long as I have the ability to hold the spear I will continue to pluck the chests in your way O Abba Abdullah at that moment Habib ابن مضاهر stands up at that moment soon after that John stands up one by one the companions of Imam Al-Hussain they express their loyalty in this demonstration of bravery and courage in honor of their master Abba Abdullah Al-Hussain the Imam Al-Hussain he thanks all of them for their service and he tells them go utilize this last night go talk to your family go spend time with your children go and recite Quran go and make prayers we'll prepare for tomorrow we'll see you in the morning insha'Allah Imam Al-Hussain he exits the tent and it is said that he begins to walk around in the sand and he's looking toward the army of Omar bin Saad and they're all celebrating of what is going to soon happen only 12 or 14 hours and it is said that Imam Al-Hussain he's kneeling down by the ground and he's picking up some rocks and he's throwing it to the side he's reflecting his contemplating and at that moment he hears some footsteps behind him he turns around and it's one of his companions a man by the name of Nafa Ibn Halal he says oh Nafa what are you doing here Nafa says oh Abba Abdullah he said I'm afraid that one of the arrows from the army of Omar bin Saad are going to see you and I don't want them to kill you and then he says oh Abba Abdullah but what are you doing out here alone do you know what Imam Al-Hussain according to one of the report states he says oh Nafa he says do you know what's going to happen tomorrow he says yes I know what's going to happen tomorrow that every one of our lives are going to be ransomed in your way he says oh Nafa I'm not talking about that he said tomorrow after we die the horses are going to come and begin to burn these tents of my women and of my children so I'm picking up rocks from the sand throwing it to the side so that their feet don't get don't get scratched by these rocks but I tell you oh Abba Abdullah do you know what Shamr did to Zaynab on the night of the 11th محب Imam Al-Hussain عليه السلام he says oh Nafa he says do you see those two hills why don't you go and slip through them go back toward Kufa go see your family go see your friends you don't have to be with me today you know what he says oh Abba Abdullah I would let the wild beasts of this land kill me if I were not to defend you on the 10th محرم oh Abba Abdullah there is no way that I'm going to leave at this moment Abba Abdullah Al-Hussain he embraces Nafa Ibn Halal he says you go back toward the tent you prepare for tomorrow you read you pray you do whatever it is that you have to do and Nafa Ibn Halal he exits from that gathering and when he is leaving and Lady Zaynab عليه السلام she comes toward Abba Abdullah Al-Hussain and she says oh Abba Abdullah tell me do you know a sister who is better than I and Imam Al-Hussain says oh Zaynab there is no sister as good as you through which Imam Al-Hussain says oh Zaynab do you know a brother who is better than I through which Zaynab says no Abba Abdullah I don't know a brother better than you they want to talk about what's going to happen tomorrow but Zaynab عليه السلام doesn't have the expression or the words to tell Abba Abdullah Al-Hussain so she's just doing her best toward expressing her love for her master Abba Abdullah in this way and they begin conversing for a few moments until Zaynab عليه السلام says oh Abba Abdullah are you worried about your companions are you sure that they're going to be loyal to you tomorrow and as she is uttering these words Nafa Ibn Halal who's walking back to the tent and hears the words of Zaynab عليه السلام so he rushes into the tent of Habib Ibn Madaher Habib Ibn Madaher he is the leader of the companions of Imam Al-Hussain عليه السلام while Abba Al-Fadil Abbas is the leader of Ben Hashim he goes toward the tent of Habib Ibn Madaher and he says oh Habib when I was walking away from Abba Abdullah I heard Zaynab questioning our loyalty let us go and show her that we are there and that we will risk our lives for Abba Abdullah Al-Hussain it is said that at that moment Habib Ibn Madaher he was sharpening his sword and he looked toward those around him he said let us all go and stand outside of the tent of Zaynab and promise that we will give our life in honor of her brother so it is said that every single one of them in the narration states they charged out of the tent like roaring lions and they stood in front of the tent of Zaynab calling out Abba Abdullah oh Zaynab you questioned our loyalty here we are for you oh Abba Abdullah whatever you need we are here for you and oh Abba Abdullah and oh Zaynab we promise that we here in New York City we're also here for you though time and though destiny has separated us we would give our life for you if we were there on the tent of Muharrab Imam Al-Hussain عليه السلام he exits from the tent again he tells all of them thank you so much leave the women and leave the children الله سبحانه وتعالى will reward every one of you they go back into the tent and they begin to pray and they begin to worship الله سبحانه وتعالى it is said there was this man from amongst the companions of Imam Al-Hussain عليه السلام this man his name was Borair Borair had undergone a really difficult life it was filled with childs and it was filled with tribulations and on this night he was seen laughing and he was seen smiling and he was seen in such a good this sort of mood some of the companions came toward him and they said oh Borair we've never seen you with this sense of joy with this sense of contentment with this sense of happiness you know what he responds why would I not be happy when my life is in the service of my master Aba Abdullah it is said that from the army of Amr ibn Sa'd they narrated that when we look toward the tent of Hussain عليه السلام on the tent of Muharram we only heard the buzzing of bees we heard the recitation of ofkar and seeking forgiveness of Allah سبحانه وتعالى and we saw the shadows of those standing and of those bowing and of those prostrating and dedication to Allah سبحانه وتعالى and my dear friends tonight is the night of Ashura and tonight is the night during these hours in which Imam Al-Hussain عليه السلام he began to prepare the entire family his entire group of companions and the contingency of army for battle you know what he did my dear brothers and sisters it is said that as the morning of Fajr was about to approach he dug a ditch around the tents and he put wood in that ditch and he lit that ditch on fire in the hope that no one from the army of Amr ibn Sa'd would come and loot the tents of Zainab عليه السلام while they were in the course of fighting in battle but I tell you all my dear friends that Aba Abdullah Al-Hussain is the effort that he put forth on the tent of Muharram because that's the only thing that he could have done in terms of protecting his women and his children but Aba Abdullah do you have any idea what they did to your women and to your children on the night of the 11th of Muharram do we have any idea let's fast forward my brothers and sisters to the tragedy of tragedies this tragedy is narrated and by the name of Muharr Al-Thaqfi Muharr Al-Thaqfi soon after the battle of Karbala some decades later he went and made his strides toward capturing all of the enemies and all of those who killed the family of Imam Al-Hussain عليه السلام and tried to put them through trial and through punishment he caught Amr ibn Sa'd he caught Obaidullah ibn Ziyad and when he caught the greatest of all criminals he was in conversation with him and he said I want you to tell me what happened on the 10th of Muharram you know who that man was that man was he says what did you do on the 10th of Muharram he says that I was from amongst those who were the leaders who were from amongst the commanders of the army of Amr ibn Sa'd and I had been appointed as the leader of the archers on the 10th of Muharram because of my precision and striking of the arrows and he states that on the 10th of Muharram that I struck 7 arrows on that day of Ashura 3 of them which missed their target 4 of them which struck their target مخطر says then tell me what are those 4 arrows that struck their target he says the first arrow which struck its target was the arrow that struck the right eye of أبل فضل العباس on the day of Ashura أبل فضل العباس had left the river you freighties and he was going back to her the 10th of أبا عبدالله الحسين he was bringing back water for the children the daughter of حسين سكينا was looking for her uncle to bring her back that water and it is said that one man came and he struck the right arm of أبل فضل العباس another man came and he struck the left hand of أبل فضل العباس at that moment it is said that حر ملاء بن كاهل says I saw the whiteness of the eye of أبل فضل العباس from his helmet and I took that arrow and it went directly into the eye of أبل فضل العباس a few moments later he fell down from his horse calling out سيدي ومولاي عليك من السلام at this moment it is said المخطار التقفي he says oh حر ملاء then tell me what was that second arrow that struck his target on the 10th of مهرام he said the second arrow that struck his target on the 10th of مهرام was the arrow that struck a man by the name of a boy by the name of Abdullah ibn Hassan it is said that when the body of أبا عبدالله الحسين had fallen down from the horse no one had the courage to beheading the head of Imam الحسين and taking him out of that state that he was in so it is said that when أمر بن صاد he commanded شمر بن دل جوشن and others to go and take out the life of the Imam عليه السلام Abdullah ibn Hassan he was 13 or 15 years old he runs out of the tent and he goes toward أبا عبدالله الحسين and he says oh son of the wicked man are you going to kill my uncle I'm an orphan is this the way that you're going to treat him and at that moment خر ملاء بن كهل was told by أمر بن صاد kill this boy before he creates a revolution in my army so they went and they struck that boy you know what happens to Abdullah he's the brother of Qasim he looks toward his he looks toward his uncle أبا عبدالله he says oh my uncle what do they do to me at this moment Imam الحسين he looks toward his nephew and he says oh my nephew don't worry your father will meet you in paradise in just a few moments مختار الثقفي he says oh خر ملاء بن كهل then tell me what was the third arrow that you struck on the day of أشراء I'm sorry I'm sorry to raid this to you oh my brothers and sister I'm sorry to now raid this صاحب the zaman I'm sorry to now raid this صخرا please forgive me it is said that the third arrow that struck its target on the tenth of مخرم was the one that hurts me till this day he said what was that arrow he stole the arrow like I usually strike to kill camels in the desert but it was أبا عبد الله الحسين قال ماذا حدث؟ قال أبا عبد الله الحسين أنه يأخذ من المدينة after all of his family members had been killed أنه يذهب إلى المدينة of his companions and no one was there أنه يذهب إلى المدينة of his family members and no one was there أنه يذهب إلى المدينة of his father and his brothers were there so he went out into the middle of the place of Kedbana and he called out هل مننا سرين ينزرنا؟ is there anyone to help us on this day? at that moment I heard a call coming out that day I turned around and I saw Zaynab Imam Al-Hussein he sees his sister Zaynab and Zaynab says oh Aba عبد الله you asked for a helper and here I am Imam Al-Hussein says oh Zaynab return back to the tent you have a responsibility so he goes back to the tent he goes toward his sister Zaynab he embraces her he begins to prepare himself for battle and then as he's exiting the tent he states he hears the words of his sister Zaynab calling out oh my brother just wait one moment go and take this child and go and see if the army of Omar bin Saud will give it one sip of water I'll ask you all my friends why is it that Rabab at that moment wasn't able to be the one who was holding her child because the Rabab was so exhausted she was also dying of her thirst on the tent of Muharram and she had to watch her child literally allow for his eyes to fall into its sockets at that moment she could no longer bear to even stand after seeing the state of her child who is six months old so she gives her to Zaynab and says oh my sister Zaynab go and give this to Abba Abdullah and see if someone can save his life but usually when a child is six months old it drinks from the milk of its mother but Rabab had no more milk so it is said that at this moment Abba Abdullah al-Hussain he looks towards Zaynab and he states give me my six month old he goes and he takes his cloth and he covers it and he begins to walk to the middle of the plains of Karbala again I'm sorry it is said that he takes that cloth and he covers it due to the intensity of the heat on the day of Ashurab and at that moment he stood in the middle and he called out oh army of Omar bin Saad your issue is with no one but me you have animosity toward me I don't know why but your issue is with me not with this child of mine so please I beg you give this child the sip of water it is said that at this moment he takes that child and he raises it up and at this moment he states just one sip of water because I don't know what to tell his mother please give this child the sip of water any decency any morality do you have oh human beings please give this child the sip of water at this moment it is said the army of Omar bin Saad the others from the army they said let allow for everyone from the children of Hussein to be killed even if he's a child at this moment Omar bin Saad he looks for Omar bin Saad call me closer toward him and he said go and kill this child because he is going to allow for the emotions of this army of mine to overcome me so at that moment he gave me the order the arrow that I pulled out of my back but camels my brothers and sisters they exist in the desert because they can contain water it was a six month old child that didn't have any water he took that arrow he stays and I looked toward Omar bin Saad and I said who should I kill should I kill the child or should I kill the father he says go and take that arrow and allow for it to pierce through the neck of the child and he strikes it through the chest and I want it he decapitates the neck of the six month old Imam Al Hussein he looks at this child was filled with blood he holds it closer toward the chest one of the members from the army of Omar bin Saad states that when that child had that arrow struck through its neck it began to flap its hands like a bird and it's about to die Imam Al Hussein he looked toward the skies and he called out and now that this is a lot easier because I know that God is watching and then according to the narration it states that he looks at the blood in his hands and he doesn't know what to do so he looks toward the ground and the ground as if it says that we can't contain this blood so he looks toward the sky and at this moment it said that Allah سبحانه وتعالى reveals to Abba Abdullah don't worry about the blood nor worry about the child because there's a maiden in paradise who will take care of him but I tell you what Oshia at this moment was the most challenging moment for Abba Abdullah Al Hussein he has the child in his hand and he begins to walk back toward the tent of the women calling out وين لا إليه راجعون رذم بقضائه وتسليم من الأمر O Allah if this is what you want then keep on taking if this is what makes you content then I'm content and it is said that when he enters or when he gets closer toward the tent of Zainab listen to the daughters of Abba Abdullah Al Hussein exit from the tent and he begins to walk and Al Hussein exit from the tent and says Oh my father Abba Abdullah did you get water from my brother Adi and Al Fahad do you have some water for me Imam Al Hussein doesn't know what to say so he removes this cloak and he shows the bloody child he shows his bloody child toward his daughter Imam Al Hussein عليه السلام he has a sense of sanctity for this child so he goes behind the tent and he takes his sword and he begins to dig a grave and he places that child into that grave you know what happens on the night of the 11th of Muharram huh and at this moment it is said that is asked by he said the first arrow is the one that strike the right eye of Abba Al Fadr Al Abbas the second arrow is the one that struck Abdullah Al Hussein the third is the one that struck the six month old infant what was that fourth arrow that struck on the day of Ashura he says that that fourth arrow that struck on the tent of Muharram was the arrow that I struck the chest of Abba Abdullah Al Hussein in his final moments مختار says Abdullah tell me what happened he said Imam Al Hussein عليه السلام was sitting on the horse and he was tired he didn't picking up bodies from the morning until the evening and at that moment he looked toward us and he states بجد رسول الله عني أجان I swear by my grandfather Muhammad I'm thirsty give me a sip of water no one gave him a sip of water he was taking a break as he was sitting on that horse and all of a sudden a man came and he took a rock and it struck the head of Abba Abdullah Al Hussein and at that moment the blood began to gush so he took his shirt and he lifted it in order to wipe off the blood I saw the chest of Al Hussein and I took that arrow and I pierced the chest of Imam Al Hussein and he fell down from the holeOR I Li вот with me You're a seeded to recite with me الخنص You're a seeded to recite with me You're a seeded to recite with me وحوسينا وحوسينا وحوسينا keep reciting skiing وحوسينا وحسينة .. وحسينة .. وحسينة .. وحسينة The son of Ali, the son of Zahra All alone now His final moments with his infant in Karbala Went to get a sip of water Came back bloody The master of martyrs now doesn't have anyone وحسينة .. وحسينة .. وحسينة .. وحسينة وحسينة .. وحسينة .. وحسينة .. وحسينة Take the sword of his father now Known as Ulfikar Looks to the right And to the left All abandoned Went to the middle of Karbala So determined He was so tired and so thirsty Yet he still fought Oh Hussain now listen to our words as we call out وحسينة .. وحسينة .. وحسينة .. وحسينة وحسينة .. وحسينة .. وحسينة Though we're not there We swear by your mother Fatima That we will never forget you As long as we live Our hearts break And our eyes bleed On this blessed night Look to us now Oh our master as we scream out وحسينة .. وحسينة وحسينة .. وحسينة All my life I dedicate to you Oh my master Please accept me Oh the son of the holy prophet Please accept me Oh the son of the holy prophet If you do not accept this humble slave Then where do I turn You are my heart You are my love You are my life You are my heart You are my love You are my life On the day of judgment When the angels call out What is your name And where are your deeds We will respond وحسينة .. وحسينة .. وحسينة وحسينة .. وحسينة وحسينة .. وحسينة وحسينة .. وحسينة وحسينة .. وحسينة وحسينة .. وحسينة وحسينة .. وحسينة وحسينة .. وحسينة