 أمين الحمد لله الذي هدان لها ذا وما كنا لنا اهتدي لولان هدان الله الحمد لله الذي انزل الفرقان على عبده ليكون للعالمين نذيره وصلاة والسلام على خير خلق ونور عرش أفضل الأنبياء والمرسلين حبيبنا وسيدنا وسندنا وشفيعنا ومولانا أب القاسم محمد وعلى آله الطيبين الطاهرين المأسمين المظلومين أما بعد فقد قال الله سبحانه وتعالى في كتاب المجيد وقوله الحق وهو أستقص صادقين بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم واستعينه بالصادق وصدقه ومزاقه هالكبيرة إلا على الخاشئين صدق الله العليا عظيم صلوات الله محمد وآله محمد كل مرحب يبقى لله سبحانه وتعالى ونبدأ في بلسة نايم ونكره ونرده ونرده حتى ركواننا ممتازا في الشرطة ونرده وننظر أمرد الله ونرده ونرده ونرده ونرده للمسلسل العلم ونرده ونرده ونرده ونرده ونرده ونرده ونرده where Imam Ali was leaning on a wall and it was a bit tilted. So he looks up, the companions are sitting around him and he stands up and moves to another wall and they all follow him. And they say, يا أمير المؤمنين, what did you just do? He said, I moved from one destiny to another. So notice there is destiny. The destiny is that the law of physics dictates that everything goes towards the gravitational force. The center of the earth is pulling things and hence we fall. There is this attraction, the law of attraction. So if you are on a leaning wall and it's weak, the law of physics states it will most likely collapse. Meaning the probability of its collapse is high. Wisdom dictates don't be underneath it lest you become a victim of that collapse. So notice destiny has its powers and it's fixed. And if you and I get caught within those powers we may become victims of that destiny. So while God has built a fantastic system with our intelligence if we do not avoid the dangers then we may become victims. So our limited free will has been empowered for us to avoid and dodge the bullets. Allah has enabled us and blessed us with this capacity. And I begin in his name for giving us the opportunity to pray to him and to beg from him. And I recognize the fact that while he has made this earth transient meaning short lived. It's a very short world. Those of us who are older and those who are older than us if you ask them they will swear that yesterday they were born. They will swear that this world was so quick that how did they get to this old age when yesterday they were children running around with agility and now they have slowed down with inability. So this world is very short. Even 1,000 years when Nooh was asked he preached for 950 years and Malakulmota asked him How long have you terried on this earth? How long have you lived? He said like moving from the sun into the shade. That's how quick this world is. So we know that a merciful God having created a spectacular universe a universe you and I will never understand its full scope. It's so amazing. Allah says go look at it Go look again. Do you see any fissures? Any mistakes in it? You will come back tired and dazzled. It's just our universe. We don't know how many such universes exist and how many creations Allah has created for Allah continues to create. He never stops creating. What is his treasury like? It is impossible for you and I to know. Allah says سبعة أبحرن ما نفذت كلمات الله. Why you to take all the trees on this earth and there are millions and billions of trees and make them into pens أقلام والبحر يمده من بعده سبعة أبحرن You take all the seas and add 7 more seas You will not cease to mention the glory of God. I begin in his name And you and I exist in this glory And we have been granted this world where he's so merciful yet this world is so short and quick and yet it is so slippery It is filled with evil forces because Allah allowed it to practice it Allah gave the human being the free will to practice and there is so much evil in the world humankind is good in general but when leadership is evil when the system allows evil to penetrate the masses it becomes status quo it becomes normalized حرام becomes halal You see? And because everybody does it sometimes for some of us it becomes wajib because everybody is doing it I have to do it And it's because these distractions cause us to fall to escape the very trial Yesterday a brother came to me and was saying to me that very beautiful brother and said I'm not sure if I believe in God And when I was talking to him I said you're a gamer, aren't you? You game I said I do, how do you know that? I said let's not go there I said You're not very social are you? I said no So you want to know why? I said yeah I said you can't control this world You have found too much evil in this world It's precarious There's no stability It lacks trust It's fluent It's shifting colors Like camouflage Like a chameleon changing colors And children get confused How do I hold on firmly? I said you found something to hold on to That gives you control It's called the joystick You said subhanallah You nailed it I said yeah That's why you're doing that It's a different world But you control it You can move it You can stop it You can speed it You can slow it You can decide to do what you want Why do kids go there? They have lost faith in the real world That's why you notice our children Are indulging in that area of the world When in fact Allah says Take control of your life عليكم ان فوسكم How far will you run? Where will you go? And I see such beautiful youth Like the one I was talking to yesterday Beautiful Pure at the heart They're looking at you They wouldn't harm an insect But they're telling us What else is left For the world has beguiled us It cheats us It lies to us Even from the home When parents are bickering And fighting on petty issues Children lose hope Then when it doesn't work They're frustrated They become self-destructive With the intent to indulge In any kind of thing That will release their attention Something that can give me Some level of control The real control brothers and sisters Is reflection meditation Real control is dua Real control is to meet The bull by the horns after that And bring it down The way رسول الله The center of the leadership Of the universe For the human race Is رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم صلى الله عليه وسلم له lines tonight I want to speak About the power of dua How should we pray For if we know how to pray We're going to be in control of prayer God says وقال ربكم أدعوني أستجب لكم many of us have lost fakes In asking God says those who are too arrogant to remember this we will punish them meaning they're going to create an alternative world because they do not feel that praying to God has any meaning because it hasn't worked we need to know how to pray and I love the fact that Allah doesn't just give us what we want in our foolish ways and instantly you know you pray to God give me gold boom gold pops up I hate that person let him die boom that person dies Alhamdulillah that doesn't happen can you imagine what would happen if it happened that way oh my God none of us would be existing we'd all be the first one to get rid of each other like Allah can get rid of all of them first Alhamdulillah that when we pray Allah says I give you what is best for you so the first foundation is to know the meaning of life we're not here to waste our time we're not here to grow old we're not here to occupy space and eat and be a massive body of some sort and be a statistic on some radar we're here for a reason ربنا ما خلقتها دباطلا سبحانك فقن عذاب النار my lord our lord you did not make this in vain this world is too valuable when people ask me that question that I don't know if God exists I ask them do you believe in truth and falsehood do you believe in good versus evil I said yes I said where in science can you derive that which science teaches you good versus evil all of science is good there is no science that is evil there is no such thing so how do you learn the difference between good and evil for science doesn't have any form of adjudicating a methodology of حلال and حرام and مستحب and مباه and مكرو as we call أحكام الخمسة the five laws of God where every transaction you and I do come under these five laws واجب حرام مستحب مكرو and مباه five rules واجب you must do it حرام you must avoid it مستحب recommended to do it مكرو it is better you avoid it and مباه it doesn't matter whether you do it or not this is the law of God where do you derive that in science you cannot it cannot be derived in physics chemistry, biology, mathematics there is no such thing where one can derive حرام from حلال in empirical sciences anyone who comes to this science is the mother of all tell them that why are the ethical bodies the ethicists dictating research in universities why is it that the ethical body tells the research institutions what they can do that's ethical and what they cannot do which is not ethical if science is the mother of all they should be dictating the ethicists on what is حلال and حرام why the reverse I speak about this in universities all the time and everybody is stunned by it I said then why do we teach our children that the axis of humanity is science when it is only a methodology of observing the broader spectrum of the human existence it's a false statement to say that science is at the center of the universe it's not there is an ethical body of حلال and حرام at the end of the day it stops between our relationship when we cheat each other when we are honest with each other when we are kind to each other versus when we are harsh to each other when we are trustworthy versus when we are not trustworthy I don't care how rich we are how powerful we are how tall we are how short we are what land we were born on all of those become inconsequential when the ethical matters are violated or upheld isn't it true so how is ethics managed who gives us such ethics if not a divine being from God can you and I make ethics if we do it's bankrupt the idea of a 51% vote is nonsense if we decide to become cannibals God forbid and we have a 51% vote that humans taste better than anything else God forbid it becomes حلال and let us say we say not eating humans is forbidden now you just made it haram not to eat you how ridiculous we say Hitler had a majority of Germans figure out that the Aryan race was superior to other races and therefore they needed to go out there and cleanse the gene pool and get rid of anyone who was non-Aryan and they had a majority within their land and then their expansion that led to World War II particularly one can argue from an ethical relativistic point of view that what they did was not wrong they had a majority vote but any human being in their proper mind will tell you that intrinsically it is evil to even consider such an ideology that means that morality cannot be adjudicated by any human being by any standard except to submit to it and to promote it and to forbid that which is immoral صلى الله عليه وسلم وآله محمد so then God has to give it to us الله says وين كانوا من قبلوا لفي ظلال مبين و الذي بعت في الأميين رسولا منهم يطلوا عليه آياتي they recited the signs they showed you the signs وين زكيهم purified you وين علمهم الكتاب taught you the law and gave you wisdom و الحكمة وين كانوا من قبلوا and before this you were in darkness you knew there is a God somewhere out there but we didn't know what it is how it is we just know there's a force out there how do I transact with it what do I do with it let us say when I believe in God how do I worship God do I need to worship what form of worship is essential what should I do what should I not do people experimented thinking that worship was to sacrifice children the Aztecs used to take one human being and tear their hearts out and give it to the gods because they thought that's what's going to appease the gods they would bury their children they would sacrifice and murder and cause all kinds of mayhem to please the gods when Allah says وين كانوا من قبلوا who gave you this mad idea of killing each other for the sake of God sacrificing each other for the sake of God God creates everything He doesn't need such sacrifice when we sacrifice an animal it is not to kill an animal it is to feed the poor and the hungry so Allah says I teach you if you experiment you won't know what to do so a prophet came to teach us and to guide us methodically villages upon villages Allah says every community has received messengers every community has received guidance and Allah promises us that we only punish those communities that have received guidance and Allah says every community has been so therefore the potential punishment should we be reckless in our morality is subject to question look if you and I were wronged some of us have gone to court to stand in front of a judge it depends on what judge you get what mood they're in and sadly what gender they are sometimes you'll hear a lawyer say oh she's a woman her judgment is going to be like that oh he's a man I'm thinking like wow judge justice is depending on who it is what his background is what his gender is oh my god is this real justice and then the judge sits there looking at you you may not like you maybe the way you're dressed that's why you've noticed even murderers they come with nice suits and ties they're sitting in front of the jury to look decent so that we can let them know hey I'm not so bad you could be a serial killer come with a suit you don't look so serial anymore and that judge now he's like and then the jury is scratching the head I don't know guilty not guilty what do you think and then you find these sometimes murderers get away sometimes innocent people are incarcerated because of their skin color and sadly the darker their skin color the more the chance of them going to jail like what a world we live in and then you hope that when you get accused that you can bring some evidence forward and lack thereof puts you sometimes in a quandary puts you in a very precarious situation you don't know and you're letting this judge know I'm innocent but that just says I don't know I wasn't there so my god I want justice we all want justice even when we go watch movies do you ever notice there's always a good guy or a good group and a bad group always Hollywood is not a religious organization you know it manipulates our minds but why is there always a good guy or a good group and a bad guy and a bad group we just love it because it's all about morals at the end of the day it's all about morals who's the good one now Hollywood is not a religious institution you will rarely ever find anything even in a documentary you and I are looking for the good stuff oh yeah that was a good person see he was honest look when they interviewed him and her you see she was very honest but that one was wretched I didn't like that one don't trust that one we're always constantly when we make friends same thing when we make even here when I'm standing up here you're all judging is he a good guy is he a bad guy is he like fooling us like here is I don't know what do you think huh well keep thinking so what are we doing constantly judging judging judging every single day at what level whether we have huge cars and huge houses that's secondary at the end of the day is this person true is he really saying what he means subhan Allah but he is the most amazing part every movie when there's a good guy and a bad guy in the end of the movie if the good guy doesn't win it's a sequel we just can't handle it like what the evil so proceeded oh there's gotta be a part two to this one just can't be like what's going on well maybe it's the end of the movie no if that's like I hate this movie I'll never watch it again why the bad guy won you know this movie is full of probabilities 50-50 sometimes the good wins you've heard of the yin and the yang right you know sometimes good guy wins sometimes bad guy wins so this movie was the bad guy won leave it alone go to sleep no I can't handle this don't ever show me a movie where the bad guy wins you hurt my feeling you hurt my conscience what are you trying to tell me bad is good you love it when the good guy wins especially the end you know they bring something out and boom you get rid of the bad person Alhamdulillah we all cheering you notice we all love justice we love that the end should be good Allah in the Quran says it is our desire to make you oppress people the leaders of this world and you will be the inheritors of this world Allah promises us Allah says I did not create this in vain even in your fitrah even in your own conscience you know that justice should prevail but how will it prevail if there is no being that sees everything how will I stand on judgment day and produce evidence to God and let's say I don't have it it got destroyed in a storm I am standing on judgment day Allah says so are you good or bad well I had all this data that was good God but it got lost in the way when I got it buried what a disastrous existence Allah says هم هم هم هم هم هم هم هم هم هم هم هم هم هم هم هم هم هم هم هم هم هم هم هم هم هم هم هم هم هم هم هم هم هم هم هم هم هم هم هم هم هم هم هم لقمان yesterday was our mentioning. يقول يابنية إنها انتك مثقال حبة من خردل فتكون في صخرة أو في السماوات أو في الأرض يأتي بها الله My son you split the rock sky earth God knows الله لطيف خبير God is ever aware isn't that beautiful You have a judge who sees everything and justice will be met in its fullest form And yet it will be completely wrapped in the mercy of God for God is often forgiving And says that you have slipped many a times but I will expose it to you And your organs will talk you don't even need to be asked a question Your tongue, your heart, your hands, your eyes everything will talk You will expose you to the fullest and Allah says then I will judge you as to where you really stand And you will see how merciful I am but if you work hard against me And you work using those gifts that I have given you to cause mischief on this earth And to cause harm and damage and destruction to the progress of God's mercy Then Allah says we will punish you with a severe punishment God has made a calling if you are grateful I will give you more If you are ungrateful I will punish you but look at the whole system There is a higher authority looking at us, guiding us, holding us So when someone asked I am not sure about God Ask them how do you answer the moral question Where is it if it is haphazard and random Then if I can commit a crime that I don't get satisfied If it is haphazard and random then if I can commit a crime that I don't get arrested for It is not a bad deed If I steal and there is no one to catch me and I grow old and I die with it And I gain benefit then it is really not a bad deed Though I stole God forbid So notice morality goes bankrupt when there is no God Morality goes bankrupt when there is no overseer Morality goes bankrupt when there is no day of judgment Morality goes bankrupt when you and I don't hold ourselves liable Every piece of the equation starts to fall apart So if you and I have any doubts about the existence of God And the mercy that he has placed upon us Including the duties that you and I have to perform Then let's start thinking deeper because if you and I have missed that part Then we have missed the greatest thing in existence For then we will run to joysticks, we will run to drugs We will run to alcohol, we will run to gambling Because we won't know what else to do صلى الله عليه وسلم So I want to establish something very simple How do we pray? There is a beautiful book by Sayed Mushtaba Sayed Mushtaba Musavi Lari It's free available online It's called Hidden Truths in Quran Download it, read it It's very succinct to the point It's very simple And there is another book I would advise you to read Excellent book Some youth came yesterday and said Brother, how do I understand the history of Karbala better Is there an analysis that will enable me To understand the gravity of this event So that I can understand it better There is a beautiful book called A Probe Into the History of Ashura By Dr. Ibrahim Ayati Read that book It's a masterpiece in my opinion It's freely available on al-dash Islam.org It's a PDF Read it I've had people Even from other schools of thought Read this And they were stunned They said we couldn't put it down For the exposure And the events are so beautifully laid out About how the Umayyads And the Hashim The followers of Ahl al-Bayt Imam Hussein عليه السلام What was the scenario That took Imam where he went Why did the Imam do what he did And he exposes all the most salient comments Of Imam Hussein عليه السلام To pro To basically expose to the world Why this revolution is so important Please, I advise us all Please, if you've got time Read it Read it Study it Understand it It will give us strength To understand the valleys of light For there is no greater strength When we pray Than when we are knowledgeable When we understand The meaning of why we exist Let's not be oblivious Let's not be as they say in Arabic Let's not be reckless Let's not be by the day If we're impulsive And society controls us We are going to be the collateral damage I promise us But when you and I hold on To the rope of Allah We will dodge the bullets And even if it hits us We will die Shaheed Because we are in the pursuit Of knowledge We're in the pursuit of truth So how should we pray Simple principle Allah created us To take us to higher stations I'm simplifying it Allah created us Not for this world None of us were created for this world Even the Holy Prophet SAW Is stated That who builds a house on a bridge Oh companions Have you seen somebody who builds A house on a bridge And the companions is No يا رسول الله No He says this world is a bridge Our existence We're on a bridge Crossing the real world Don't build your permanent homes here Build it in the next world Use this world as a means For the next world المال والبنون زينة الحياة الدنيا والباقيات الصالحات خير عند ربك ثوابا وخير أمله The wealth مال والبنون Is the beauty of this world What's left are your good deeds That is most honorable to God And that is what will remain The Prophet said There are three friends you have He said How sad the world is busy Making friends with the first two And they have ignored the third So the companions said يا رسول الله Who are these three friends He said Your wealth and your family Are your best friends today You mankind Whereas your good deeds Is the real friend So the Prophet said Let me explain The first friend Will buy your grave And your coffin After that Your first friend Can do nothing for you It's amazing When you examine a person Who is extremely wealthy I remember Malcolm Forbes Who was a billionaire The owner of the Forbes magazine He's to fly His friends To his island Just for vacations That's how rich he was When he was on his deathbed He's telling the doctor Cure me I have this sickness I'm going to die I'll give you more money Can't There's nothing you can do And when you die You're going to leave everything behind And others are going to use it And you're going to Be examined for it Accounting is on you Imam Ali Alesson does that too On a horse From a battle He comes to the graveyard He says Peace be upon you people of the grave The company is Amir al-Mu'mineen What are you talking about He says no no They hear me They hear me Regarding those women That you were chasing They have been remarried to the men Regarding the wealth you were hoarding It has been distributed What is the khabar down there now Brilliant True This audience could be an entirely Non-Muslim audience They would have to know They say True There's nothing you and I Can argue about that Al-maloo al-banoon So the Prophet said Your money will buy you Your grave and your shrub Your second friend Will wash you Wrap you And bury you There is nothing else Your friends can do Your family and your friends Will feel sorry for you They'll make Fatiha They'll do Sbu They'll feed people But after that It's not going to help you They'll pray for you But trust me If you were against Allah No prayer will come handy Because it's Buck stops with you What did you want Allah says What's left are your deeds The Prophet said Your third friend Are your good deeds He said Most of mankind Has ignored the third friend Thinking the first two Gives them security When in fact It's a third friend That comes with you In the grave Stays with you Protects you Grows with you Forever Many of us said No A bird in one hand Is better than ten In the bush This is exactly How the Bani Umayyah did Says we've got him We've got Hussein Ibn Ali We've been promised Imam says You won't even eat The wheat From Ray The governorship They promised you You will not become The governor there Nor will you eat Their food Imam says to Ibn Ziyad He has built a white palace In Basra He won't sleep One night in it He has been promised Shaytan fooled him And he thinks He's going to get it But he's going to be Damned and doomed For the evil That is committing on this earth And so true the story Omar Ibn Sa'd never became governor And he never ate The wheat from that land And Ibn Ziyad Who orchestrated This whole battle Under the command of Yazid Runs away And doesn't even sleep One night in the white palace He built in Basra Because Imam said They promise you But it's a lie Allah calls you Towards grace But you reject So he is deed So he is deed So he is deed So he is deed So he is deed So he is deed So he is deed God forbid God forbid God forbid I swear So Allah created us To be good on this earth And it's a world Filled with trials Now there are two ways Allah says We guided you to two paths This is deep When you understand it You will see That Allah وصحة الجزء ودائم يوجد فينا مزاقات عزيزة ويوجد فيها مزاقات وريضة وحنها تأتي ويوجد بها مزاقات وغادر ومزاقات ومزاقات ومزاقات خلال ايضا بكل حيوان ايضا وقتيا بكتبون ، اهل and embrace yourselves for around the corner shall come a trial upon you when it's bad, then be patient and hope for around the corner is good news That's the way we should live those of us who have left God or lost faith in God because we prayed it hasn't been accepted it's a trial upon us and God is sharpening us and says are you patient وصطعينه بالصبري والصلاة سوط البقرة verse number 45 وصطعينه بالصبري والصلاة إنها لكبيرة إنديد وصيب it's difficult it's very difficult except those who are humble then it's not difficult so if you and I don't sit and reflect and know the value of life we become a burden on others you find marriages are constantly clashing because each side is demanding there is no thought to look at that other person and say how much can I give how can I be a caring sharing loving human being instead of constantly demanding marriages are breaking relationships are breaking children and adults are fighting we're all demanding demanding demanding we forgot it's a temporary world everything you and I demanding is going to perish كل من عليها فان ويبقى وجه ربكة الجلال والإكرام the only thing that remains is Allah سبحانه وتعالى and our deeds remain forever with Allah سبحانه وتعالى but we don't believe in it I've seen it when you do marriage counseling for petty things you have an axe to grind vendera anger vengeance I need to punish you forever and then they're going to رقوم العاف العاف استغفر الله ربي واتوب الله says you could not forgive your own brother you come and ask me for إستغفار that's why Salah doesn't get accepted under these what we demand when we pray to God God give me Allah says have you understood the meaning of why you're asking have you fixed yourself have you become merciful says Allah then make me merciful Allah says okay so I test you with trials and tribulations let's see now here's the نجدان the two systems you'll find that in positives and in negatives when you know the way Allah works the only solution is to think positive when you lose say الحمد لله I lost but you lost it's okay sometimes I need to lose to gain something bigger oh I gained الحمد لله I gained now I must distribute for this must be a trial upon me for I've been given more than I deserve I must give it back many a times people come and say ما شاء الله what a nice project so what's next I said it's a nice question how about you say it's a nice project so what can I do with you next now no no you what's next for you I'm just watching you see I'm gonna come and pat you on your back and say ما شاء الله ما شاء الله beautiful job you've done what's next Hajj so what like you've reached nirvana karma you're like in paradise now you're just watching us little peons do good things and you're patting us on the back how about you no no no me I'm too busy you know what a prayer is prayer is that you ask Allah my lord you are very wise you created me when I didn't exist you shaped me when I didn't know you taught me when I was ignorant you guide me and I don't know where I'm going you've got my destiny set you have promised me a year after and you've created me for paradise by the way none of us were created for hell we take ourselves to hell God does not create any creation for hell none Allah created us for paradise this conversation is how do we work hard to get to the high stations of paradise very important and at the same time how can we avoid our stupidity and foolishness and arrogance and ignorance lest we go towards hell this is this conversation about it's very hopeful but the foundation states ya Allah you created me you fashioned me you know me better than I know me so God says I want you to be good كنت بخير أمتي نخرجت للناس تعمرون بالمعروف وتنحون عن المنكر you are the best in the community you promote good you forbid evil ya Allah what is that how much good should I do how much should I fight evil guide me my lord now your prayer starts to work when you pray to God you see when you pray this way and you say oh Allah you decide what I should get and when you make your dua you keep it generic and grand with no specific details for example childish people will say I really like that فلان بن فلان ya Allah I'm in love with that فلان بن فلان or فلان بن تي فلان I want him I want her I want him I want him to be mine I want him to love me so he said ya we'll do ya we'll do oh God please put love between us when I walk on the streets please God have a look at me I'll be so happy God I'll worship you forever wrong kind of dua wrong don't ever go there please it's very childish I remember one time I saw a four year old girl sitting there frowning I went to her I said why are you frowning she left me as my friend I said oh but I'm your friend really she said ya can I be your friend she said ya so okay let's be friends but of course in her mind she says you're too old for me but you get the point childish she left me she said that friend I want to die there is no God I want to stop praying now خلاص that's it I'm done I'm done with Dean that's it this childish form of prayer is many of us praying this way ya Allah I want this ya Allah I want that give me this if you don't give me this why is my friend better why does he have a better house than my look in the mirror for God's sakes look how beautiful you are look how gifted you are if you had a billion dollars and it cost a half a billion to get your eye back one eye you'd give it in a heartbeat and if you lost both eyes and it took a billion dollars to get both eyes you'd give it in a heartbeat you already have it but no the grass is always greener on the other side and I demand and I demand I ask us all when we go to pray to Allah first recognize the gift he's already given us so we don't bargain with him God I'm going to pray to you but you've got to give me the following Allah says come and ask me but not with conditions I've already given you too much what are you doing with it why don't you ask from me to give you more so that you can do more good the way زكرية said ياريثوني و ياريثوا من آلية قوب give me an inheritor so that we become leaders who bring good children forward to represent you this is the kind of prayer we should say يا الله make me honest look at Ibrahim after he built the Kaaba رب جعلني مقيمة صلاة و من ذرية our lord make us among the prayerful and our children that kind of prayer Allah immediately replies this is why many a times our du'as are not accepted rather than saying يا الله make me a good person let's not be petty and I'll show you what pettiness is about say مجتب العاري in the same book states that Allah never refused the prayer of prophets except one and that one was not because he made a mistake that was Prophet Nu when Nu was on the ark he saw his son drowning fatherly call a fatherly call fatherly love that the son is a disbeliever a rejecter a troublemaker but he's rejecting Allah Nu is praying to Allah save my son Allah says he is not from you leave him سبحان الله how amazing a prophet is praying Allah says my standards are built on principles when they are built on principles ask me anything and I'll give you so much you never imagine possible this is the kind of prayer you and I should be doing every du'a even if you read for example listen to this it's amazing when you read even دوة مكارم الأخلاق by Imam Zain Al Abideen I encourage our children else mothers, fathers brothers sisters please read دوة مكارم الأخلاق it's the highest moral traits we're asking from Allah written by Imam Zain Al Abideen and the amazing fact is he wrote it after Karbala I'll talk about the wisdom and the brilliance of a man who witnessed his family massacred yet he spent 34 years writing دوة and guiding humanity as a legacy you and I would have condemned God for our children being killed on a battlefield but instead of condemning he's done nothing but greater good this is the Dean of God that we're talking about in دوعة كميل he says listen to the du'a everything is generic listen to it و بقوة كالتي قهرت بها كل شيء و خضع لها كل شيء و ظل لها كل شيء و بجبروتي كالتي غلبت بها كل شيء و بعزتك التي لا يقوم لها شيء و بعظمتي كالتي ملأت كل شيء و بسلطانك الذي على كل شيء every verse listen to this دوعة listen to how it starts و الله I ask you by your mercy which embraces all things I ask you by your mercy and by your strength which dominates all things look you're making du'a but you're acknowledging usul you're acknowledging God you're giving him the proper du'a as Allah says و جاهدو في اللي حق جهادي struggling the way of your Lord the way he deserves it this is the struggle you're acknowledging my Lord I recognize you are the master I come to you إياك نعبود و إياك نستعين إهدين السراطة المستقين سراطة اللذين أنا عمت عليهم how universal is it guide me on the path of those you've chosen هاير المغضوب عليهم not those who invoke your wrath و الله الظالن and not those who are lost look how universal and generic it is we read this ten times a day is there any specific in it? no we're saying to God you bring me the specifics I stick by these basic laws this is Allah I ask you by the step which embraces all things and by your strength which dominates all things and towards which all things are humble and before which all things are low and by your invincibility through which you overwhelm all things and by your might which nothing can resist and by your tremendousness which has filled all things by your force which towers over all things and by your face which submits of the annihilation of all things and by your names which have filled the foundation of all things and by your knowledge and by the light of your face continue continue continue then we're asking forgive me for the sins my lord which tear apart my safeguards اللهم فل يدنوب اللتي تحتك العصام اللهم forgive me those sins which draw down adversities forgive me those sins which alter my blessings forgive me those sins which hold back my doaa my prayer forgive me those sins which cut down hopes forgive me those sins which draw down tribulations forgive me every sin I've committed and every mistake I've made look how beautiful it is so I conclude tonight with this doaa amazing doaa as you see this and we see when Imam Hussein is in Karbala the same thing but before I go there you find and I'll talk more about it as you know tomorrow night is our night of ashura we will not be having a lecture during the day but after tomorrow night many centers here are offering those services in the afternoon please join them and do the amal and so on but so tomorrow I will read the shahada in the night time and I'll talk tomorrow about tawakkal particularly about how do we reach a stage where we're able to sacrifice ourselves the way Imam Hussein was able to do when Allah says they go with no fear and they kill and they get killed how? how do we reach that it's not difficult and what that is a metaphor by the way it doesn't mean we go on the battlefield every day we work at work in the house in the family it's a battlefield how do I win against evil forces every single hour tonight just a simple example you find that companions of the cave they had tawakkal Allah they prayed to Allah and Allah says I'm speeding on this quickly because my time is almost ending but I want to remind us these youth that were going to be killed by a Roman king of the time because they didn't worship him as a god and they said we won't we refuse we won't worship you they said then I will kill you and crucify you and burn you they didn't know what to do they turned to God Allah says have you taken account of how great they are how? is it not ajeeb have you not seen they prayed to me ربنا آتنا من لذنكرحم our lord give us from your treasury give us from your wealth and make our affairs right we don't know we don't know what to do guide us when you and I pray ask Allah guide us even if we get massacred as it happened in Karbala it's a success because when you get killed under those promises you become the flag of God forever you become the spirit that's keeping us alive today we are here in this gathering tonight hundreds of millions of people on earth tonight I gathered tonight to commemorate this incredible event because they gave their souls to maintain a positive movement that is so positive that the evil forces of the world fears Ashura they are afraid of this night they know that the grand revolution that's going to bring justice and peace is going to come through these events of Karbala so Allah put them to sleep for 300 years they didn't know they woke up and they were younger than their 5 generations forward Allah said did you see that they prayed to me to make their affairs right so I made it right they didn't ask me to sleep for 300 years I gave it to them you and I brothers and sisters should make dua all the time and whenever problems come take it positive something good comes take it positive somebody denies you something take it positive somebody compliments you take it positive live nothing but by positive right and see how high the stages you will reach Insha'Allah tonight that positive behavior of Imam Hussein that after all the companions have been killed his family members have been killed Abbas alaihi salam has been sheheed Ali Akbar is sheheed Qasem is sheheed all his family members are sheheed their bodies are strewn on the field he hears Imam is getting ready to go and they are waiting thirsty to kill him eager to get the money from Ibn Ziyad from Yazid eager and they were going to fight as to who was going to take the head of Imam Hussein they were going to fight as to who was going to take his ring and his finger can you imagine how sad it is how sad it is Imam is standing looking at this world that has turned its face yesterday he was in Medina as the Prince of Arabia the Prophet used to carry him on his shoulders and he would ride him he would kiss him lip to lip he says Al-Hassani Wal-Hussein Sayyid-e Shabaabi Ali Al-Jannah Al-Hassani and Hussein are the leaders of the youth in paradise that today it has come to a point where the women are in a tent unable to go to the water and the Imam is trapped and all his companions are butchered and the army has surrounded ready to kill him he is deciding what one more good can I do before I leave this world that was the wisdom of Hussein Ibn Ali he hears his baby six month baby Abdullah Razi known as Ali Al-Asghar his mother is holding him trying to console this baby because the baby is so thirsty it cannot stop to cry to the extent that it got tired to cry it lost energy to cry Imam turns towards her you know Rabab Allahu Akbar may Allah make our women like Rabab what a strong woman she gave two children to him رقية and Abdullah and both died soon after one in Karbala one shortly after in Damascus in prison رقية died at the age of four and she saw both of them die in the most tragic wait and she refused to go back to Medina this mother of Abdullah Radi refused to go back to Medina when she came back to Karbala she pitched a tent and she said I'm not going back to Medina I'm going to sit here and I'm going to tell every caravan that passes this region what the enemies of God have done against the Han she was a powerful woman and she became شهيدة there he was holding this baby Imam comes to her and says give it to me give this baby to me give him to me Imam puts his tongue and tries to quench the thirst of this baby whose tongue is sticking out dry a six month baby denied water how wretched was the enemy the trial is tough I asked the question ya Allah would I maintain my faith towards you under that trial Allah says my real agents I put them in the most difficult situations they never turn away from me this is why we love Imam who said so much not because he's only Imam but my God in the end of his history we've never found a human being under this condition to be so steadfast he said let me invoke from the enemy some compassion for they seem to have forgotten it so he says to the mother give him to me let me take him towards this enemy and let me invoke some compassion to the you know Imam is checking off everything in Karbala and says tomorrow if anybody has a question about the integrity of my truthfulness and the evilness of the other side you will not be able to overturn this argument he takes the baby he comes out in front of the enemy he says you are all jealous of me my father you know they were jealous of Amir al-Mu'mineen that jealousy continues until today in the world these enemies who hate anybody who has the name Ali or who is the lover of Ali they want to kill you or Fatem or Zahra that jealousy is in the Quran يحصدون الناس على ما أتاهم الله من فضل are you jealous of what we have given some beings on this earth that jealousy continues until today and we practice in our communities too please give it up Imam says what have I done to you have I harmed you have I challenged you they were kind even Ibn al-Mujim who strikes Imam when they capture him they tie his hand with tightness Imam says loosen the rope it is hurting him this is the man who killed him that's the the mercy of our representatives of God that's the compassion you and I need to have he takes this baby in front of the enemies and he places this okay you don't like me you don't like my father what wrong has this child done to you what harm has he brought to you if you think that I will drink this water and maybe I will have some satisfaction don't give it to me just feed the baby let him be satisfied look Imam wants to do good while he wants to save his child he wants to save the enemy and the army starts to look and says that's a valid argument we've cornered him he's alone and they start to have a little compassion even Saad the Mal'un Mal'un sees that he is trying to impress the caliph but he wants to be harsh like me some of us we do harm to impress others so he looks at Hormala Hormala was an archer he was a very very good archer he would hit his targets very accurately he looks at Hormala from a distance and says silence him while the Imam is talking he's holding this baby in his arms he's giving them he's giving them advice and an arrow comes in that direction and it strikes the neck of this little child and it shrinks then there's silence and the arrow strikes the little neck you know how small the neck it is at the speed it cannot stop it goes and punctures the arm of Imam who sings when Imam is bleeding instead of feeding this child they reply it with an arrow I swear that arrow lives in my heart every time I see an enemy coming from me who's against the hell of hate that arrow talks to me and says rise don't allow that arrow to ensue again hold on and fight back and beat this enemy Imam takes this child lifeless Rabab is by the tent looking she is what mother can watch her child die like that tell me what mother can watch that child die Imam comes back says إِنَّا لِلَّا وَإِنَّا إِلَيْ لَهِ رَاجِعُونَ رِذَمْ بِقَضَا وَتَسْلِيمَنْ لِأَمْرِيِ we are from Allah and we return to Allah and we are satisfied by your decree O Allah then he turns back and says إِنَّا لِلَّا وَإِنَّا إِلَّيْ لَهِ رَاجِعُونَ seven times his story and he came way back and forth إِنَّا لِلَّا Imam is showing the enemy this is what life is about you will kill me but you will not kill our spirit Imam goes by the tent and he takes a little grave with his sword he takes this baby and puts it into the shallow hole the enemy watch him do that رباحب is watching mother who is torn but satisfied وَسْتَعِينُوا بِسَبْرِ وَسْلَى be patient it's okay Allah is gonna elevate you to very high stations for the sacrifice his story and say after Imam Hussein became Shaheen the enemies came and they dug up that grave that you dug the baby out that you killed Hadin that you killed Hadin I am going to go to the wrong people and I will know who has been in the past peace be upon you peace be upon you the soul that is in your heart peace be upon you peace be upon you I never stayed I never stayed and stayed the night and the day and Allah did not make the last one of me for your visit peace be upon you and the son of Hussein and the son of Hussein and the sons of Hussein and the sons of Hussein especially the master and the master and the father and your sister and your daughter all of them peace be upon you and blessings be upon you my brothers let's sit a few minutes for the prayers so لا حب الحسين صلى الله عليه وسلم محمد وآلي محمد if you guys can please when I say ya mullah you guys can say ya mahud يا حجة الله شكونا إليك يا حجة الله شكونا إليك ادركنا ادركنا لببيك لببيك ادركنا ادركنا لببيك لببيك يا حجة الله شكونا إليك يا حجة الله ادركنا ادركنا لببيك لببيك ادركنا ادركنا لببيك