 Today is a special day as you all know that it is the ninth of the Muharram. The Qur'an reminds us about the days and the weeks and the months. Throughout the Qur'an, you would see Allah, Subhanahu wa Ta'ala, reminds us about Fajr al-Waliyal al-Nashr. Allah reminds us about the times and about the days, number of days, these ten days. Allah, Subhanahu wa Ta'ala, says that when He created, He, the heavens and the earth, He created the twelve months. The twelve months were there from the beginning. Allah has divided time into twelve months. And what I think that Abdullah Ansari says that's so beautiful. He said the months could not take the weight of time because time is weighty. If it wasn't weighty, Allah wouldn't swear by it. Allah says, I swear by the asr. Allah, Subhanahu wa Ta'ala, swears by Fajr. Allah, Subhanahu wa Ta'ala, swears by these specific times of the day. And it was so weighty that the month could not handle the time. So Allah, Subhanahu wa Ta'ala, given this beautiful we call the kalimah. La ilaha illallah. La ilaha illallah has twelve letters. Each of the letters became a sutun, became a pillar to hold each month. So this is why the Prophet, Sallallahu alayhi wa Sallam, said that until the last person that says, La ilaha illallah, the end of time when I come, is still world as it is, it will turn, it will go forward. When the last person stops saying La ilaha illallah, then it is the end of time. Which means that those twelve letters would not be repeated by anyone and they will be removed from the pillars. These are the twelve pillars that hold to the month and time will collapse. And that's the end of time. There's the power of kalimah to la ilaha illallah. So time is sacred. And then we have these four sacred months. From the twelve months Allah, Subhanahu wa Ta'ala, says there's the four sacred months. And these are, this is one of the four months. This is Muharram. This is the beautiful month of Muharram called the month of Allah, Subhanahu wa Ta'ala. In this month, we have these days, the ten days, Wal-ayal and Asher, these ten days. We have the ten nights of Ramadan. We have the ten days of Hajj. These are the blessed days. And this is why the Qur'an reminds us about these great days of Allah, Subhanahu wa Ta'ala. And remember the days of Allah, Subhanahu wa Ta'ala. Allah reminds us to remember these days, these momentous days of Allah, Subhanahu wa Ta'ala. But what is so unique about Ashura about these ten days? What is so unique about it? What's unique about Ashura is that it's a... The Prophet, Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, when he went to Medina, there's a beautiful hadith by Ibn Abbas, may Allah have mercy on him, be pleased with him and be pleased with his father, Abbas. He says, that the Prophet, Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, when he went to Medina, he saw the Jews on the day of Ashura. He saw the Jews on the day of Ashura fasting. And he said, so he was wondering why they're fasting on Ashura. He said, what is this? The Prophet, Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam asked, what is this? This is the righteous day, they said. The Jews said this is the righteous day, it's a good day. Ha'dayyom Najil Allah bani Israel min aduuh, min aduuh, wuhm. That this is the day that Allah, Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, saved bani Israel. Bani Israel are the children of Israel. One of the names of Ya'qub, the father of Yusuf, was Israel. And that's why they called bani Israel, they're all the children of Ya'qub, alayhi salam. So the, in Musa alayhi salam being from that lineage. So he said, this is the day that Allah, Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, saved Musa and his people from Pharaoh, their enemies. This is one of the, one of the great days of Allah, Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala. So Musa alayhi salam is saved from that. Fasamahu Musa, so Musa alayhi salam fasted. Why did he fast out of shukr and gratitude to Allah, Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, for taking him out of this calamity, of this trials and tribulation that he was going through, persecuted by Pharaoh. Pharaoh is the archetype that Allah uses in the Quran. If you want to know oppression, look at Pharaoh. This is zulum. This is oppression. This is the pinnacle of a volume of someone who's a oppressor. Then Allah, Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, when they come towards the Nile, Allah, Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, tells Musa alayhi salam. We all heard the story. Then the sea parted. And this is one of the questions when we were little children. They would ask us, what is the only part of the earth that has seen the sun only one time? And we would get stuck. And they said, it is this part of the earth when the sea parted and the sun hit the bottom of the Nile. And then Musa alayhi salam and they all crossed over to the other side and they were saved in Pharaoh and his people were drowned in the Nile. So this is the great day. So for some, Musa alayhi salam fasted. Allah, the prophet, salallahu alayhi salam, said, this is one of the most beautiful statements. For Anah, I have more right to Musa alayhi salam than you. This is the great honor that the prophet, salallahu alayhi salam, gave to Musa alayhi salam. And the practice of Musa alayhi salam, which was fasting on this day of Ashura, what does he mean? I have more right to Musa alayhi salam. What is the prophet saying? Musa alayhi salam was the brother of the prophet, salallahu alayhi salam, in the lineage of prophethood. The prophet, they have a relationship than the others we don't have. They are brothers. If you remember the story of Adas, who was from Nineveh from the land of Yusuf ibn Matta, the prophet, salallahu alayhi salam met him in Taif. And when he met him in Taif after that horrible day of what happened to the prophet, salallahu alayhi salam, they drove him out of the city. He went to the garden and he met Adas, the servant. He was a Christian servant who was from Nineveh. And when he asked the prophet, salallahu alayhi salam, you know, what is this Bismillah you are saying? Because these people don't say Bismillah. The prophet asked him, where are you from? He said, I am from Nineveh. He said, you are from the land of Yusuf ibn Matta. My brother. And he said, how is he your brother? He said, he was a prophet and I'm a prophet. And prophets, they have a relationship. And Musa, alayhi salam, and the prophet, salallahu alayhi salam, have a relationship that this prophetic relationship that they're both prophet, alayhi musalam. So then he said, the prophet, salallahu alayhi salam, said, I have more right to Musa. Fasamahu, this is very important. Wa amara bi siyamihi He fasted himself and then he commanded his companion to fast. This is amazing. The prophet, salallahu alayhi salam, would never tell people to do something unless he practiced it himself first. The prophet always practiced that which he preached, salallahu alayhi salam. So this is the day the prophet commanded him. So they all fasted. It actually was a mandatory fast until Ramadan, which two years and eight months later, Ramadan was prescribed, fasting was prescribed. We know the Quran says that fasting was prescribed for you as it was prescribed for those who came before you. Ramadan became pard and then this, the day of Ashura, it moved from obligatory to become a sunnah of the prophet, salallahu alayhi salam. So it became optional. It's a beautiful day to fast on the day of Ashura and the prophet, salallahu alayhi salam, on the last year of his life he said that if I live the next year I will fast on the ninth day and on the tenth day so it's just to give an identity to the Muslim fast versus the other people. But you have to also remember that the people of Mecca, they used to fast on the day of Ashura even before revelation. And the prophet, salallahu alayhi salam, fasted. And one of the reasons they are saying, the wafasirin is that because of Ibrahim alayhi salam and it was a tradition that Ibrahim alayhi salam fasted because this day of Ashura has been an amazing day. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said wa laqat arsal na musa be aayatina an akhorech qawm qawma kameen of dolamat in a nur. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala you know, send musa alayhi salam to take his people from dolamat from darkness into light. Abdullah Ansari says there are many darknesses that were taken out. One is the darkness, the worst darkness. The worst darkness is the darkness of doubt. And this is the great game of Satan to put doubt in the heart of the believers. So Abdullah Ansari said it is to move, is to take them from the dark, darkness of doubt into the light of certainty. Subhanallah. And then he said to take him from the darkness of ignorance into the light of knowledge. These are the great, the lights of knowledge and light of certainty are two of the greatest. This is why Abdullah Ansari in Me'budi commentary mentioned these two. And then he says Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala said wa taqirhum bi aayam illa remind him of the days of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala the great days of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala this is the day that musa alayhi salam was being chased by Pharaoh and his army. Nobody had an army like Pharaoh. Nobody had power like Pharaoh and the history of humanity he stands as one of the most unique characters. One of the most unique tyrant volume and yet Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala drowned him in the sea. These are the great days of Allah so we don't lose hope. What Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala we don't lose hope with the mercy of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. Ansari says that God has always been there. God has always been there with his servant. Have we been with God? Where have we been? God would never abandon his servant. He said something really beautiful. He said That day I want to go back to that day where I didn't even exist. I didn't even exist and yet you were there for me. Allah was there before we even existed. Allah was there for us before we even existed before we came into this world. Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala was there and he is there and he will always be there. But already there with God this is the great question that we need to ask and this is why we have to remind ourselves about the days of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. These great days of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala these are the days Allah subhanahu the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam said in Sahih Muslim the fast of the day of ashura after the month of Ramadan is the greatest day is the fast on the day of ashura which is tomorrow the 10th of Muharram after Ramadan and the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam priority of his fasting was Ramadan then the day of ashura the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam said also that whoever shows this is a beautiful hadith practice it it's a beautiful hadith he said whoever one who shows one who generous shows generosity and spends on his family on the day of ashura someone who is generous and spends on his family on this day of ashura which is tomorrow Allah will be generous with him for the entire year if you want to see generosity of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala on you manifested on you show generosity today to your family those who are foqara poor families sending money help them out this is a great day to do that wallahi it's a great day now listen to this this hadith is in al bayhaqi sure imam bayhaqi narrates this imam ahmed ibn hanbal said may Allah be pleased with him imam ahmed ibn hanbal said he called Sufyan ibn Uyayna I have practiced this spending money on my family he said I have practiced this hadith these ulema they were not about transmitting hadith they were about practicing it first before they transmitted the hadith I have practiced this for 50 or 60 years in other words all my life I have practiced this ever since I learned this hadith I practiced on the day of ashura I spent on my family and I found nothing but good in it I found nothing but good in it in other words the promises of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala the promises of the prophet they are real they are true these promises are not fake Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is real now Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala these are the days the days that remind him of the great days of Allah this is the day that Musa was saved on the day of ashura this is also the day that Nuhs arc now Nuh alaihi salam look at the suffering that he went through 950 years he preached to his family to his friends to his community and they rejected him in 950 years look at that trial and they rejected him and Allah told him to build the ark and he got on the ark his own son his own son was not saved because he hanged the wrong people he hanged with the wrong company this is very important for people to know that you know two things what is one of the great wise men of the Persian wise men who was who was a a person who used to give counsel to the kings of Persia to Anushirawan Adil one of the great kings of Persia the just kings of Persia he was his wise men his right hand men who would ask for wisdom from him and he asked them he said he said what has the greatest effect on a human being he said the womb of the mother in the companionship of people and this is why when you when you want to pick someone as your spouse to marry someone as your wife you want to pick someone that they are righteous people they are people of piety and beauty they are a son that they would because that effect will go whatever they are it will affect the children and then he said the companionship the son of Nuh hanged around with the wrong people and he lost his the lineage of his father the Persian poet said Pasari Nuh Khanadon Nabuwatashgum Sagh Azhab Akhaf Ruzichan Pay Khuban Giriftu Adam Shod the son of Nuh started hanging around with the wrong crowd and he lost the lineage of his prophethood because Allah said that's not your son the one who follows you is your son who follows your religion and your teaching and he became amongst the people that was not saved he was drowned in the flood of Nuh alaihi salam but the poet said look at the dog of the companion of the kings because the companion of kings they were running from the Qanus and they were running from the so oppressive king and they were righteous people they were righteous people and this dog keep following them they try to take him away but the dog keep following him he said the dog of the companions of the cave he kept the companionship of beautiful people and became a human in other words we don't say the companions of the cave in the dog we say the companions of the cave which includes a dog look at the maqam of that dog that's in paradise with the companion of the cave this is the day that Nuh alaihi salam the arch of Nuh found a rest on Mount Judi Yunus alaihi salam the day that he came out and was saved from the belly of the well on the day of Ashura the toba of Adam alaihi salam was accepted after he was thrown from the from paradise into into the earth this is the day that Allah accepted his toba Yusuf alaihi salam was saved from the well on the day of Ashura that he was found and it was taken out and then he became the king of Egypt Aziz of Egypt Yaqub alaihi salam got his eyesight back on the day of Ashura this is an amazing day these are the great days of Allah Subhanahu wa ta'ala but we also have tragic day tragic thing that happened on this day and we know the story of Karbala of Imam Hussein Imam Hussein went with his family with the army of 72 people what kind of army is that he didn't go for fight he didn't go for war he went for peace he went for peace he went with his wife and his children and his family the men and women and children he went to Karbala and he was slaughtered he was martyred even Ziyad made a mistake he was a young man 26-28 years old he made a mistake and the truth is on the side of Imam Hussein he wasn't wrong but it was gruesome act it was a horrible day but Wallahi even with the death of Hussein his death was beautiful he put on new clothes he put on perfume and that's how he went to his lord Wallahi we don't see in Karbala we didn't see anything it's a beauty it's a beauty because he manifested beauty he wasn't a man of ugliness and this is why we remember him Hussein look at that relationship do you want to know who Hassan and Hussein are? Hassan and Hussein are the only two brothers that every Muslim that every Muslim mentions them every Juma on the Khutbah Hassan and Hussein's Shabab Ahlul Jannah every Juma that they are the two youth of paradise these are the superstars of paradise let's see who is their mother Fatima Sayyid Tunisa Ahlul Jannah Fatima is the princes of the people of paradise who is Ali Karamallahu wajuwadadiyallahu ankh may Allah be pleased with him and he know with his face who is he? he is amongst Asharatul Mubashara those who will promise paradise who is their grandfather? the prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam the first man that enters paradise that all of the heavens and the earth entreat him in a beautiful way they haven't seen him we wish we would have seen him even the scorpions and the snakes they wanted to see his face the birds they wanted to see his face the fish they wanted to see his face every human being everyone who set eyes on him sallallahu alayhi wa sallam when he looked at him they became Sahaba they became the elite group of people this is who sallallahu he is sallallahu alayhi wa sallam and this is Hassan el-Unsayt this is the family of Hassan el-Hussain Hussain was not interested in all of these things he was a servant of God this is why the Urdu poet he said I am not a leader or a king I don't want any of these things I don't want I don't want kingdom I don't want any of these things my kingdom is your love your love, your ish is my kingdom and I am a servant of that kingdom I am a slave of love that's what he was he was a servant of love of al-Badood of a loving God this is Hussain el-Unsayt there was a tragedy that happened and this is history and in history we have a lot of things that happen but we don't hold, we move on and we rectify things we rectify things insha'Allah wata'ala and we move on with our brothers and our sisters who believe in some people they have Hussain and they have there are brothers and there are sisters we are all one family the brotherhood and the sisterhood is in belief that all of the believers they are brothers and sisters of each other that this is the time these are the days of Allah SWT that to reflect on all of the trials and tribulations and the prophets that all of these people went through and how Allah saved them and I was with a great sheikh many years ago Sheikh Abdul Qadir Shahab Allah SWT died a few years ago and he was one of the most amazing human beings that I have ever met in my lifetime and a real righteous man a real scholar I mean scholars he was a scholar and he said something really beautiful he said that you have to really remember that the promises of Allah SWT is true that it's real not the word of Allah look at the promises of Allah SWT Allah SWT will not be going against his promises he will not abandon you when he promises you something when Allah promises something he fulfills his promise that's the nature of Allah SWT and he said something to us we were there well times are going to get tough times are going to get tough we are going to go through trials and tribulations read this du'a la ilah illa anto subhanaka inni kontum minab du'alimin read this du'a la ilah illa anto subhanaka inni kontum minab du'alimin this is the du'a of Yunus and the belly of the world Yunus al-Aliyus salam the darkness of disobedience the darkness of the ocean the darkness of the belly of the world all of the darknesses of the world is in this du'a Allah removed and took him out of all of the darknesses with this du'a we are going through a lot of suffering people are going through trials and tribulations look at Musa al-Islam look at Musa al-Islam look at all of the promises they went through these are the days of these are the great days of Allah SWT that we make du'a that we change our lives and du'a can change your life this is the power of du'a so us will change your life this is the nature of the Allah inni kontum minab du'alimin this is a great du'a to do to remove all of the trials and tribulations and the darknesses from our lives people are struggling people are suffering people have a problem in their household with their children with their families this is the time of trials and tribulations everybody is going through the people are going through things that is unheard of in the history of humanity it's time to cling to Allah SWT and no better time to do it today on the ninth day of day of muharra no better day to do it tomorrow on the day of ashura these are the days take advantage of these days of these times and go back to your lord and ask him Wallahi the promises of Allah is true and real he does not abandon his servant he was there when we were not even an idea in the mind of our parents he was there when the earth wasn't even created and he is there now in warahmat i was yad kulli shay in his mercy encompasses everything and he has put his mercy over his qadr just for us just for us so he shows us mercy over his ra'ala Allah SWT is there but where are we at these are the times let's turn to Allah SWT that inshallah Allah will remove all the trials and tribulations from the ummah of our Prophet SAW and from the world we ask you to protect everyone who is who is listening to this and protect all of the believers and everyone and their families and friends and in entire humanity especially from this corona virus we remove this pandemic from this planet earth and make it an awakening call Ya Allah Ya Allah a call that we will be awakened and realize that you are in power and you can do whatever you want you can do whatever you want Ya Allah remove this pandemic Ya Allah give healing to all of those people that are suffering from this especially our beloved friend Sidi Yasin Kippa Ya Allah and his mother Ya Allah give shifa to them who are in the hospital Ya Allah Ya Allah and everyone else that anyone knows family, friends and the believers in humanity Ya Allah Shifa Ya Allah is in your hand Ya Allah make things easy Ya Allah make affairs of the believers easy Ya Allah people who are struggling with their families and their children and their parents and their relations Ya Allah relationship with their spouses Ya Allah Ya Allah put your mercy your love your gentleness in their hearts Ya Allah make things easy ya Allahologue they will not be effected and not be ticketed And may , . peace be upon you Amin Because Allah transports people and may, . peace be upon your souls I worker for you peace be upon you and may peace be upon you and I I have undone and these are my friends who are in the hospital and in the hospital and they will be taken and walking