 imagine that you were in the city of Medina and our lady Fatima to Sahra alaihi salam has just passed away now Sayyid Zaynab alaihi salam she was only a little girl when her mother was martyred and I want you to imagine that you are in the house of the Ahlul Bayt alaihi salam and Sayyid Zaynab is asleep in her bed while outside Imam Ali alaihi salam is burying his beloved wife alaihi salam I want you to imagine that Sayyid Zaynab has woken up from a dream and she is crying and she is distressed and she says where is my mother where is my father what would you do to comfort her if you were the only one there with her in that moment what would I do to comfort her well when anybody loses their mother it's not going to be an easy thing we lose a close family member and we feel like we're broken into little pieces and the world is falling apart but then when you think that is Fatima to Sahra who passed away you're thinking how is that young girl gonna cope as holy as modest as her mom was how is she gonna cope without her being by her side how is she gonna cope without her growing like being by her side as she grows up and I think what would I do what could I do to comfort her anyone would be like I would be there to wipe her tears I would be there to to tell her that I'm here for you I'll be there to be supportive you know but at the end of the day I'm not her mother and that's at that time that's what she would have wanted but from what I could do as I said I'd try try my best to just comfort her try my best to just listen to her you know wipe her tears as much as I would love to some sort of get her out of like the thoughts of her mother not being there having those little last memories of her mother is what's going to build her as a woman as she grows up she wouldn't want to forget her mother because that's her own model so I wouldn't do anything that would make her think like away from her mother I would want her to remember her as well as comfort her and that's what I would try to do that's my best yes that's that's so true in the process of grief it's not forgetting that individual because we never want to but it's just coming to terms with their loss and keeping their memory alive within our hearts I now want you to picture that you are in kufa and it is the night of the 21st of Ramadan and our master Amir al-Muhmineen alayhi salam he has become martyred by the strike of ibn mulja now Sayyid al-Zaynab alayhi salam is an orphan she has no mother she has no father she's alone what would you say to her in that moment she's an orphan no mother no father she has her siblings she's by herself I can't imagine what she was going through you know how I think of it is like this present day there's a lot of people around the world who are orphans now and my heart breaks for them and I can't do anything about it but up when it comes to say the Zaynab and it's like she lost her mom and her dad and she's by herself she's gonna need someone to stand by her to tell her that everything's gonna be okay I would try my best to I'd try my best to just be there I don't know what else to say honestly because you're putting a situation where it's not pretty for anyone so imagine that young girl imagine her imagine how she felt and it's it it's playing with my mind because I wouldn't know what to do in that moment I would be speechless I would just look at her I would hug her I would kiss her I would show her as much as love as I could give her I would give her as much love as I could knowing that she's her mom and dad aren't there to give her that anymore and she would need as much as she can to go through everything as difficult as this is sister I now want you to imagine that you are on the plains of Karbala and this is the 10th day of Muharram in the year 61 after Hidra say the Zaynab alayhi salam she has lost her brother Alhassan alayhi salam years earlier due to poisoning she has just lost Abul Fadlan Abbas her shield her protector his body is lying by the for art with no hands she has seen her nephews her sons and her friends killed and now Abba Abdullah al Hussain alayhi salam the last thing she has in this world he asks her to bring him his horse so he may ride out to the battlefield for the final time I want you to imagine that it is you who is holding the horse of your mom and Hussain you have the reins of the horse in your hand and say it Zaynab she comes up to you and she asks you to give the reins to her so she may give that horse to Abba Abdullah how would you feel if she said that to you she's obviously seen a lot of people that she cares about who have passed and as I said before it's not easy it's not easy at all and for it all to happen so quick it's like how how do you want her to cope that easily it she can't even get over one person yet alone the second and these people are so close to her imagine seeing father Abbas without hands and it's like what do you want her to do what would you want her to do how is she feeling and now sending off sending off and I'm Hussain like what was she gonna do what am I gonna do what can I say how am I gonna react I wouldn't know I wouldn't know what I'm gonna do because just imagining this just imagining this being put in this kind of situation hurts me is burning me and it's like I'm trying to I'm trying to say something but I can't because I'm traumatized I feel uncomfortable I I I hate the idea that she had to see all of this I hate the idea that she was putting this kind of situation because it's not fair it is I genuinely don't know what I would do the injustice of what happened to say it is a Nabilah Salam this bright beautiful moon from a little bit of a salam the injustice done against her is one of the most heart-wrenching things that you will ever come across in your life I want you now to picture that you are on the streets of shahm and it is a day of joy the people are treating it like a day of Eid and yet you can see that caravan of Imam al-Hussain alayhi salam in chains and they're being taken to the court of Yazid you see the face of Sayyid al-Zaynab alayhi salam with no veil to protect her with everyone staring at her those blessed cheeks hit by the hands of men the whips of shimmer on the her back on the back of the daughters of Hussain people mocking them jeering at them they're poking swords and spears into the waste of these ladies they're not used to men looking at them if you were standing in that crowd what would you do if I was standing at that crowd I'd give a speech maybe I would scream maybe I would shout I don't know what I would do because I would want to speak loud I would want to embarrass them for making them uncomfortable for making Sayyid al-Zaynab uncomfortable because if I spoke maybe maybe there would be a difference maybe they'd feel a bit of comfort maybe if I said something that percentage of people who might have not stared that percentage of people who might have not marked is a difference would make a difference and I'd do anything just just just to make her a little bit comfortable because of the situation that she's already in it's it's not nice it her situation is already disgustingly tragic it's heartbreaking and so the least we could do is try at least make her feel a little bit comfortable keep her modesty she they were bullying and that makes someone feel so small and for such a powerful person to feel this little because of inhumane people discuss to me so being put in that situation I would be more disgusted than why I am today and thinking about her what she's been through thinking about how she went through all of this thinking about the lady that she became because of all of this I have this feeling inside me that has I can't even explain it I'm torn I'm truly torn your words really struck me sister the fact that you were so passionate to speak out to a humiliate the oppressors of this caravan and that is exactly what Sayyida Zaynab alayhi salam teaches us that it doesn't matter what is done to us we must always speak out against oppression and it was through her fiery words in her sermon that she was able to bring Yazid to his knees even though it is important to never forget what happened to our lady we must feel a sense of hope that one day the crimes done against our lady will be avenged by our master Maqiat Allah Sahib As-Saman may Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala hasten his reappearance on the earth and make it easy for him we all want to be servants of Imam Mehdi we all want to be his close companions to look at that praise worthy face and bring joy to his heart I'd like to know what qualities from Sayyida Zaynab alayhi salam would you hope to show the Imam of our time the lady that she is she has many qualities lists that goes on and on but one quality that stands out the most for me would be bravery this woman went through everything stood there for her family watched her family day one by one and she was brave she was strong these qualities is something that I would dream of to her like I could tell I could tell everybody that I'm brave and it might be going on a roller coaster or something but she was beyond brave she exceeded the brave that I have she was something that I would call impossible because for someone to go through that much for someone to go through that much and still be able to walk that's beyond amazing and that's the quality that I would need her strength her bravery her love it's all beautiful characteristics that she held together what made her the lady as you said she's she's beyond beautiful she's beyond powerful she's beyond inspirational she's a role model she's someone that I would look up to that I do look up to in fact I die to be like her just a percentage with who what we are today who we are today we're looking at those kinds of characteristics and for me to have that that'd be it would be the most beautiful thing basically and those words of say the Zaynab alayhi salam they live on until today when Ibn Ziyad mocked her and said what do you think of what Allah has done to your family and she turned round and defiantly said I saw nothing but the beauty of God I thank you so much sister for appearing on imagine with me today and I thank you so much for your passionate and engaging thoughts and discussion and I pray that our lady say the Zaynab alayhi salam is pleased with your efforts and I pray that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala keeps us firm and steadfast on this path of the Allah and to make it easy for us and that he may hasten the reappearance of our master Sahiba Zaman and end the sorrow of our quotation that is in our hearts and to bring justice to this corrupt world once more