 عوب الله من الشيطان اللعين الرجيم بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والصلاة والسلام على أشرف الأنبياء والمرسلين السيدنا ونبينا عب القاسم المصطفى الأمين وألأ أهل بيته الطيبين الطاهرين المعصومين المبلومين والله عن الصلاة على دائم أجمعين من الآن إلى قيام يوم الدين آمين يا رب العالمين سيدة كمماريشن فتوظ of you who adhere to the Shi'a understanding of Islam which of course is the Islam revealed to the Holy Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وعاله and was espoused, taught and detailed by him his holy daughter Fatima Tazahra عليه السلام her husband Amir al-Mu'mineen عليه الصلاة والسلام and indeed the 11 imams from the progeny of Amir al-Mu'mineen of course for those of you who are not aware of what this sad, auspicious, delicate and indeed tragic period we are commemorating we are commemorating the period known as Fatamiya named Fatamiya of course after our lady the wife of Imam Ali and the daughter of the Holy Prophet himself Fatima Tazahra عليه السلام فاطمة Tazahra عليه السلام is someone who indeed every single Muslim regardless of which sect they come from بيبي زيديا بيبي اسمعيلية بيبي افنعشري بيبي صني بيبي ايباوي would recognize and hold with a degree of the utmost respect for she is the daughter of the Prophet and so what we find at this period of the year is that we find ourselves we as the Shia individuals find ourselves in a slight dilemma we find ourselves in what we could consider a form of cognitive dissonance we begin to ask ourselves should we really be commemorating should we be publicly observing the martyrdom of Fatima Tazahra given that the details of this martyrdom are so controversially provocative that if our friends who follow non-shia schools of thought in Islam were to hear what we believe about this period of time they may indeed consider us to be vile, disrespectful and deficient Muslims so tonight before we proceed into discussing some of the major doubts, facts and misconceptions about the period of time known as فاطمية or to be more precise the martyrdom of Lady Fatima Tazahra I would like to discuss something far more crucial I would like to launch straight away into a preliminary discussion in regards to how we as Shia and indeed in regards to how our non-shia compatriots, friends, colleagues and family members or to engage with the double bind of trying to be respectful on the one hand to our co-religionists and those who follow different schools of thought but whilst on the other hand maintaining a degree of respect, veneration and allegiance to the Holy Household the family of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم and acting in a way which is not only befitting of our allegiance to them but most importantly would take into consideration the way that they would want us to behave when we look at this topic, when we look at any topic of history there are some today who would argue why should I be concerned with something that happened so vastly distant from my own time and in a past, and in a past which is to a certain degree impossible to reconstruct we would have those who come forward and say that look that's the past I can't be certain of it but what I can be certain about is that there's a present and in that present I have people, I have friends, I have colleagues I have people around me who I respect who at the end of the day may respect some of the figures who are involved in their martyrdom of Fatimah al-Zahra and so they would come forward and they would ask the question why, on what basis, with what rational justification can I come forward and now start saying that look this figure that you respect oh my beloved friend from the Ahlus Sunnah we believe that he killed and took part in a violent assault upon someone so cherishedly beloved to the Holy Prophet ﷺ of course when one phrases it like that it's easy to understand that side of the argument so the side of the argument would say that look there is a difference of opinion on this individual you as she has believed in certain things Sunnis believe a different thing and therefore in order not to offend your living Sunni friends you shouldn't engage in this topic whatsoever but then you have the other side of the argument which states what? it states that the whole religion this entire religion of Islam as is understood and read and taught articulated by the Holy Prophet ﷺ and indeed the Ahl al-Bayt it states what? it states that as one of the ten one of the ten branches of religion we are to believe in I want to focus on the more important one today Tawala which is where one believes that we are to outwardly display our allegiance to the Holy Household now of course this level of willaya it's not merely something found in the narrations although when I say is found in the narrations it's found in the narrations of both sects for certain we find that the Holy Prophet ﷺ he states in an agreed upon mutawater narration a narration which is beyond any reasonable shadow of doubt that I leave behind two weighty things the book of Allah and my Ahl al-Bayt my progeny my Ahl al-Bayt and then he says what? he says and these two shall never separate until they reach me at the lake font according to certain narrations he goes on to state I remind you by Allah in regards to my Ahl al-Bayt this is merely one of the narrations now of course there is no dispute that Fatima al-Zahra is from the Ahl al-Bayt there is no dispute about that whatsoever on another level if one were to cast doubt upon what can be inferred from that narration alone then we have another famous narration one which is recounted in Fatah al-Bari في شرحي صحي البخاري of Ibn Hajar al-Askelani where the Holy Prophet ﷺ stated Fatima is a part of me and he goes on to state she angers me and of course we know from other narrations that whoever angers رسول الله صلى الله عليه و آله has angered Allah ﷺ so we see that on that level this level of Tawalla towards Fatima al-Zahra عليه الصلاة is indeed part of Islam but for those who deny for those who are in doubt about the narrations and whether or not these narrations are authentic we find that the Holy Prophet ﷺ the Holy Prophet ﷺ في قرآن is quoted by Allah as a Wajjal as having said when Allah as a Wajjal commands him to state قل لا أسألكم أجر I do not ask you for any reward إلا موضة في القربة except موضة في القربة موضة of course is the highest level of love which is reciprocal between any two beings Allah as a Wajjal states that he is placed موضة between husband and wife Allah as a Wajjal states that the Jews sorry that the Christians and the Muslims should have موضة between them this is the highest level of love hence why Allah's name is what ألو دود from one of Allah as a Wajjal's names and this name means the ultimate loving so when the Prophet ﷺ asks us for الموضة في القربة we understand from this that the only reward the only recompense that the Holy Prophet ﷺ has to ask from the مؤمنين for delivering this message of salvation that will bring them to the heavens is that we show موضة في القربة في قربة النبي ﷺ in regards to the close family members of the Holy Prophet ﷺ now this is the only thing demanded for by the Holy Prophet ﷺ you can understand what was once a major dilemma namely how do I not offend my friends now doesn't seem like so much of a showpad doesn't seem like so much of an argument the argument would of course state that look if it's a big if it can be proven that a certain group of individuals took part in the harming, the oppressing and indeed especially the martyrdom of Fatima Tezahra ﷺ the daughter of the Prophet the one who he referred to as himself then regardless of whoever or not such individuals have a support base amongst people who are my colleagues and friends today I have a responsibility a duty to go around articulating the truth on this matter on this crucial issue in order that it would not be forgotten and in order that the voice of the oppressed would continue to be uttered and continue to be respected and commemorated in a world in which the oppressed are forgotten overnight and particularly if that oppression is one foretold by the Holy Prophet ﷺ so now we can see both sides of the argument but the real question that needs to be asked for real real issue that needs to be asked is the perpetuation the constant repeating the constant reminder about the Fatamiya about the Fatamiya periods is this a demonstration articulation and reiteration of what we could call hate speech there are some who might indeed view the entire system of commemorating Fatamiya a form of hate speech allow us to say this such things are not hate speech for indeed we did not wake up overnight and choose to randomly defame a group of people without evidence without any justification without any rational vindication for our choice of this topic indeed I would like to reiterate to my viewers I would like to reiterate to everyone who is presently watching this episode that no matter what you have been told no matter which emotional discharge you need to let away from yourselves as a result of hearing of this commemoration you must know that as a representative of the Ahl al-Bait there is a certain haiba there is a certain weight and authority which the martyrdoms of the Ahl al-Bait must be afforded it is not befitting of the Shia of the Ahl al-Bait to go around in this cheap crude disgusting manner joking about the enemies of the Ahl al-Bait for indeed whilst many of you may be shocked by this statement and whilst many of you may see certain people who are referred to as olama encouraging this cheap belittling and insulting grotesque behavior a language which allows the most foul words to emanate from the human tongue in regards to the enemies of the Ahl al-Bait then know oh my brothers and sisters that if your parents were murdered if your family members were murdered if anyone in your family were massacred you would not find it befitting for people to take the names of the killers of your family members in this grotesque belittling humorous manner joke about them in a way in which certain tendencies of a humorous and very immature high school-esque nature are mentioned and olhaba all authority and all weight is removed from the discussion no that's not how we wish to deal with the issue of Fatamiya we're not here to rub salt further into any wounds I'm not here with the purpose of grotesquely insulting or fending or even trying to irritate anyone who follows the individuals who I believe categorically took part in the attack on Fantamata Zahara's house which I ultimately believe led to the martyrdom of herself and her unborn infant rather in the next few episodes my sole intention is to establish the following things number one how history was constructed and how we as human beings are to deal with historical analysis number two who is Fatamata Zahra who is the daughter of a prophet according to a wider universal Muslim understanding there's no benefit in me merely preaching to the choir I know that we as Shias have elevated Fatamata Zahra and when I say elevated I mean we have viewed her from an elevated rank but that elevated rank isn't on the last of a natural rank which she deserves and so I intend to throughout these episodes look at the rank of Fatamata Zahra in the collective or textual heritage of the Muslims in addition to that I plan to look sensitively at the issue of the inter-Shia discussion as to how Fatamata Zahra was martyred and finally I wish to offer a word of advice in analysis of what the furthest we can demonstrate in a rational discussion of our brothers from other sects might be in regards to the martyrdom of Fatamata Zahra of course I have stated I honestly want to keep this discussion as academic as possible you won't be hearing me curse anyone you won't be hearing me insult anyone Insha'Allah Ta'ala when hearing in these next few episodes is something kept as academic as possible given the whole nature of such a discussion I aim to deal with this topic in the same way that I would want anyone else to deal with an historical investigation into the religion of Islam we ought to engage with figures venerated by others in a way in which we would hope that others would look into our respected figures I have no one I have no qualms no issues and indeed no problems with someone choosing to put forward several questions of an academic nature towards the people who I respect the entire problem I might have is when someone chooses to be grotesquely insulting when someone chooses to inconsistently look at certain figures in a way that they wouldn't apply the criticism to others you see it is only through understanding and empathizing with others that we might be able to guide them slightly and it is only through taking your hat off for a few moments and acknowledging that I as an individual was in need of guidance أهل البيت عليهم السلام have brought me to where I need to be أهل البيت was still guiding me but at least they put me on the path of the أهل البيت and now what I need to do as I need to likewise thank the أهل البيت for bringing me where I am there's no point of me being arrogant arrogance isn't going to help you rather when it comes to فاتمية know that were it not for the grace of Allah as of a jelly were it not for his lotf you very well may have been like the vast majority of Muslims in the world today kept in the dark uncertain and completely unfamiliar with the fine details of early Islamic history thank Allah as of a jelly that you have been given the opportunity to live in a world where everything is now out in the open that these topics can be discussed and of course we can discuss them academically there's no need to bring up the threats of the sword of the torch to burn down the abode in which you live in rather Alhamdulillah we are living in an era in which everything is now subject to investigation I thank you all for tuning into this show once more and I pray that you would continue to join me whilst we embark upon this historical investigation I thank you once more may Allah as of a jelly accept this small effort and I pray that you would all forgive any shortcomings إن شاء الله ها وصل الله على سيدنا محمد وأهل بيته طيبين الطاهرين واللعنة الله على عبد أهم