 بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم السلام عليك يا أبا عبد الله السلام عليك يبنا رسول الله السلام عليك يبنا أمير المؤمنين وبنا سيد الوسيقين السلام عليك يا ابن فاطمتا سيدة نساء العالم السلام عليك يا ثار الله وبن فاره والوتر الموتون السلام عليك وعلى الأرواح التي حلت بفناء عليكم مني جميعا سلام الله أبدا ما بقي وببيا الليل ونهى يا أبا عبد الله لغض عظمة الرزية وجلت وعظمة المصيبة بك عليه وعلى جميعا للإسلام وجلت وعظمت مصيبة كف السماوات على جميعا للسماوات فلعن الله أمة أسست أساسه ظلم والجور عليكم أهل البائد ولعن الله أمة دفعتكم عن مظامكم وأزالتكم عن مراتبكم والتي رتبكم الله فيها ولعن الله أمة غتلتكم ولعن الله الممهدين لهم دت مجين من قتالكم برأتوا إلى الله وإليكم منهم وأشيارهم وأتبارهم السعد وعن الله أمة أسرجات وألجمات وتنقبا كرم مظامك يرزقني طلب فارك مع إمام النسور من أهل بيت محمد صلى الله عليه وآون جعلني عندك وجيهم بالحسين عليه السلام من أشياره وأتبار يجعلني معكم في الدنيا وفبت لي عندكم غدم صدق في الدنيا أسأله أن يبلغني المظام المحمود لكم عند الله يرزقني طلب فاري حق منكم بحقكم وبشأن الذي لكم عنده أن يعطيني بمصابي بكم أفضل ما يعطي مصابا بمصيبة مصيبة ما عظمها زيئتها في جميع السماء أمد وأول محمد ومماطي مماط محمد وأول محمد إن هذا يوم تبركت به به هو منياه وبناء كن نبيك صلى الله عليه وآون في كل موضن وموقف وغف فيه نبيك صلى الله عليه وآون سلى الله أبلاء الجديد وهذا يوم Онفرحت به كالصيادة غرب�� وину إبد asmr وموالوت لنبيك وأولاً عليها رمس cellait صلى الله عليه وق epo والهنوى والهنوى فخس التى فرصا ي Wish you صdec وعلى قوية السلام عليك يا أبات بثناء إليك مني سلام الله تكوم السلام أصحاه بالخسام أنت أول ظالم باللعن مني وبدع به أولا ثم الثاني معويد الله بن زياد هو ابن مرجان وعمر ابن سعاد هو شبرا وآل أبي سفيان وآل زياد هو آل مرجان إلا الله الملك الحمد الحمد الشاكرين لك علام صابه الحمد لله أبي شفاعة الحسين يوم الورود وثبت لي بدما صدغا عندك مع الحسائي وأصقاب الحسائي الذين بذلوا مهجه دون الحسائي عليهم السلام يجب أن أرد هذا يجب أن أرد هذا أعوض بالله من الشيطان الرجيم بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله رب العالمين الحمد لله الذي هدان لهذا وما كنا لنا احتاج لولان هدان الله الحمد لله الذي أنزل الفرقان على عبده ليكون للعالمين نذيره صلاة والسلام على خير خلق ونور عرشي أفضل للأنبياء والمرسلين حبيبنا وسيرنا وسندنا وشفيعنا ومولانا بالقاسم محمد وعلى آله التيبين الطاهرين المأسمين المظلمين أما بعد فقط قار الله سبحانه وتعالى في كتاب المجيد وقوله الحق وهو أسلق الصادقين بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إنما المؤمنين الذين إذا ذكروا الله وجلت قلوبهم وإذا توليت عليهم آيات زادتهم إيمانا وعلى ربهم يتوكلون الذين يقيمون الصلاة ومن ما رزخناهم ينفقون أولئك هم المؤمنون حقا لهم درجات إن ربهم ومغفرتهم ورزقهم كريم صدق الله العلي العظيم صلوات الله محمد وآله المحمد أبدأ في الله's name the beneficent the merciful in all praise belongs to Allah the Almighty the merciful the ever living the cause of all good causes the sustainer the eternal and the most wise and I thank him for granting us this life and considering us worthy to exist in his dominion that his treasury is infinite and he has considered to shape us and give us this existence so that we recognize his mercy and nothing is more recognizable in Allah's mercy than our own existence we love ourselves and nothing is more precious to us than ourselves proof positive that when people complain about life you will see that there is nothing more that they love than their selves and rightfully so we should for it is through ourselves we know Allah the Prophet said فقد عرف رب indeed when you understand and recognize yourself you will know your Lord so it all starts from the self it is the self that directs itself towards Allah the self cannot exist without a being that creates but when he does create it is the self that has to now recognize itself in order for it to know that there is a God and you know when children love their parents it's because parents take care of them when parents love their children it's because it's part of them the word them is you know say this is my child you see you'll find when you ask a child why do you love your mother or your father they say my parents take care of me if me wasn't in that sentence it doesn't make sense so it's all about the self and when Allah says يا يولدين أامنو عليكم أنفسكم or you believe take care of yourselves Allah wants us to nurture this self to grow it to take it to higher stations for when Allah says in the Quran احسنتم احسنتم لأنفسكم وإن أسأتم فلها when you do good you do good for yourselves so there is nothing you and I do that is good that is for Allah though all good must be aimed for the pleasure of Allah قربة إلى الله في سبيل الله but the beneficiary is ourselves in other words there is nothing you and I can do that is good that will benefit Allah Allah is independent الله صمد لم يلد ولم يولد الله is independent He does not get nor is He begotten and there is no equal to Him ولم يكل كف ونحد we know that but we must recognize the fact that without Him without His mercy without His will to create us and to grant us this life which we love and without Him sustaining us and without us returning to Him with ultimate justice this life would never exist it's rationally impossible by all standards the infinite being is essential to create the finite please know that it's very fundamental logic but many people on earth don't know this it's really sad when I talk even in academia you find majority have no understanding of this basic fact this is the basic foundation of existence and when you and I understand it and when you and I understand how it works everything starts to fall into place then you and I will know what to do it's like clarity when you're driving a car and it's foggy or your windshield is very dirty it's a very uncomfortable feeling because you cannot see ahead but when you have clarity you can have long term vision you can make good decisions you can preempt you see so clarity here requires thought in understanding that I cannot exist without an infinite being look I've had debates like these in academia among some of the top scientists of the world and this is not conjectural talk this is real talk and I have no fear of saying this morals ethics okay are predicated on a higher order and it cannot be adjudicated scientifically from empirical observation as I mentioned the other day please understand that empirical observation sciences are extremely important they are the tools by which Allah manages us science extremely important by the way the definition of science in his pure sense is a methodology it's a method when something is done scientifically it means it's a method now we might think that science is only in the laboratory you see in biology and chemistry and therefore religion has no science that's absolutely not true religion is as scientific as empirical science religion has a science too the Fouqaha who study in the Hauser they study the sciences of how to manage transactions how to manage ethics how to manage logic and purpose and philosophy philosophy is a very scientific methodology let's not underestimate it so when we understand that we see that Allah SWT has granted us many facets but the superseding facet is the ethics proof positive I'll give you an example I speak at universities in scientific departments of science and I asked them I said you know when we do for example cloning for example when you look at embryonic stem cell research you find that there are ethical bodies that manage the scientists as to what they can do and what they cannot do in research can I take a human being and cut them up and research can I take animals and do anything I want can I just smash animals and just blow them up because I'm doing scientific research you'll find the ethical body controls that can I clone a human being can I have a designer baby what you find is that the ethical body controls the scientists and my question I always asked them is if you some of you claim to be atheists and agnostics and you claim that there is no God and you claim that there is no need for higher morality and you claim that there is no eternal ethics and you claim there is no day of judgment and you claim that our behaviors are not to be measured after our death and you claim that ethics is a transient existence and therefore you claim that empirical sciences are more reliable than religious sciences then why do you have ethical institutions managing you why don't you manage the ethicists why don't you biologists and chemists and physicists why don't you manage the ethicists and everybody will scratch their head and say that's impossible precisely so now let's examine we do agree that ethics are important transient ethics versus eternal ethics which is superior as I mentioned the other day love that has time stipulation is weak goodness of generosity and honesty which is stipulated in time is not good it has no value to say I will be generous for 100 years has no value in its generosity because generosity, kindness, goodness forgiveness, love, compassion all of these have to have eternal journeys otherwise they cease to be good even in fairy tales when Disney writes their movies and even those who writes Cinderella the fairy tales you find that the prince and the princess lived happily ever after happily ever after don't talk about the fact that they grew old and then they died it ruins the fantasy you cannot say it ended so Allah is telling us rationally أفلاي أقلون did I not give you a mind isn't this obvious that if you question the integrity of religion and you question the integrity of God and you question the existence of a day of judgment and you think that there is no such thing as a day of judgment which is absolutely absurd given the fact that we humans regardless of what our religion is even if we don't believe in God we argue that ethical matters are central to humanity honesty, integrity but you will find morality which I'm talking about which is the foundation of good versus evil good versus evil just think about this notion good versus evil it's very simple Hollywood even Bollywood and Lollywood and whatever would when they make movies you'll find generally even when you look at the hero movies there's always the good guy and then the bad guy and there's a group of good people and a group of bad people do you ever notice this now let's take religion quote unquote with God out of the equation for the moment and examine the entire movie industry in the world today when you look at Batman Superman you look at all these Iron Man all these very, very especially endowed beings that can do fantastic things so that they can now bring what? justice spider-man right what is Batman? how does it start? he sees his dad killed right and mom killed and then he vows to fight for justice for Gotham right it's all about that it's all about fighting for justice and then on the other side he got the Joker who's a victim of abuse from his father and then the next thing he's vindictive and now he wants to bring terror on earth and destruction you notice that? even atheists go and watch these movies and here's the most amazing thing when Allah says فترة الله التي فطر الناس عليها لا تبديل لخلق الله it's a system of God when you and I go watch such movies we usually always side with the good guy yes usually the movie is there's the good guy the bad guy then in the middle of the movie the bad guy is winning it's a typical theme it's very thematic you know and then in the end the good guy has to win and the bad guy has to be subdued or destroyed and if the bad guy wins at the end of the movie what happens? we're all very sad like what a you know anticlimactic you know movie oh my God I hated this movie the bad guy won then they tap you on the show don't worry it's a sequel there's another one coming out right the whole series of them okay there could be 20 sequels to it no problem as long as the last one is what? the good guy wins isn't it amazing? now who decided that? when did the people of no religion decide that the good guy must win? why can't the good guy lose? why can't the bad guy always win? the world hates it we despise evil Allah says we've made you know debauchery hateful to you وعلم أن فيكم رسول الله لو يوتيعكم في كثير من الأمر واندتم ولكن الله حبب إليكم الإيمان وكره الله says كفروا والفصوق والأسيان we have made it distestible for you for people who are rejecters you see فصوق meaning the ones who create trouble and create what we call problems in society we don't like it this is not something exclusive to Muslims exclusive to the love of Allah human nature that our moral inclinations are for the good to always succeed so Hollywood continues to make movies and billions of people are addicted to it constantly recycling the notion of good defeating evil constant and Hollywood writers are constantly coming up with ideas on how evil can become one more evil so that good can become one more good and we just keep going with special effects and seeing who can outdo the other but we all agree at the end of the day goodness to him when Allah in Quran سلط القصص verse number five says ونريد أن منا على الذين استدفوا في الأرض ونجع لهم أما ونجع لهم الوارثين it is our desire and this ayah by the way سلط القصصص verse number five إمام محدي أجل الله تعالى فرجق when he was born he was held by his father إمام حسن الأسكر عليه السلام والسلام and إمام محدي عليه السلام as an infant was reading this ayah ونريد أن منا على الذين استدفوا في الأرض it is our desire you oppressed that you will become the inheritors and the leaders meaning Allah is guaranteeing mankind that justice shall prevail but the moral and ethical system demands an all seeing God for there is no all seeing God there is no such thing as morality and I stand to be challenged on this those of you hearing it it's going out on the internet challenge it send me an email you will find that ethics for it to work in its perfect form demands an overseeing being at all times you remove that peace you have no morality لقمان سيستويسان يا أبنى إنها انتك مثقى لحبة من خردل فتكون فيه سخرة أو في السماوات أو في الأرض يأتي بها الله no إن الله لطيف خبير no you go to the sky the earth break a rock God is aware awareness the almighty sees ألم يعلم بأن الله يرى والله بصير بما تعملون God sees what you do it's magnificent this ayah just this one verse when God says I see what you do anything فمن يعمل مثقى لذرت خيرا يرى whether you do خيرا يرى مثقى لذرت خيرا يرى والشر را يرى الله says شر وخير يرى you will see it الله in surah the angels are saying to the person اقرى كتابة ككاب enough sick read your events it's all recorded it's magnificent if there is one thing you and I when we want justice is that we want it to be recorded so that nobody can swindle us so that the mafiosos cannot set us up can you imagine being in court and the judge is an honest truthful man trying his best to be just but you've been framed and the way you've been framed you have a very very difficult chance of convincing the jury that you're innocent and you end up getting incarcerated and maybe even executed that's the world we're living today many innocent people get executed and incarcerated simply because they didn't have the evidence to bring forth the burhan to prove that they were truthful what was the necessity when you go in front of the judge first of all you're saying well is this a good judge is he temperamental is he a bigot does he really practice justice or is he just simply you know emphasize on executing and exercising his own authority very important justice who's the judge by what standards are you a judge isn't it amazing just imagine I want you to imagine after these lectures go home and think about it live around the world why do you think as I mentioned many of us are lost in a state of quandary indulging in drugs and illicit misbehaviors and smoking and drinking and debauchery because we've lost hope because we feel there is no light at the end of this tunnel the world is full of injustice lying and cheating is prevalent we yearn for justice we yearn for peace we yearn to be love and to love but many people that meet us don't have that intention because they become very self-centered and they're in survival mode you know when humans are in survival mode there's no more creativity it's simply like living in the jungles where you fight for basic necessities it's my car it's my money there's no more thought there's no more growth those of us that live in the west where bombs are not dropping on our heads Alhamdulillah right sadly today of course a lot of people were being killed in the united states within 24 hours so many shootings are taking place in malls that now the killing spree in America is growing so much that in schools now they have guards working around with guns and then they're telling you you can now increase your guns rather than take the guns away from people they want to give them more guns before you know it we'll go back to the wild wild west where everybody had two guns on their on their around their hips this is where we are going again because the NRA wants to promote guns because we love our independence you see so we can shoot you when we think you're going to threaten my existence what happened to Aqal what happened to conversations what happened to having a dialogue what happened to smiling none of the above you watch Hollywood today movies that are being made special effects there's hardly any conversation you don't like me blow him up special effects zap him there's hardly any conversations in movies these days where people sit together and they talk people say it's boring too much conversation is boring I need action pull the guns out bomb blow them up watch the kids these days playing games all the games what are they doing they're annihilating each other now you wonder we said we're trying to stop terrorism when the most of the games that our kids are encouraged to play today in a multi-billion dollar industry is kids are constantly destroying each other and then we're trying to prevent them to become terrorists let us just make sense we've lost our way whereas Allah SWT is saying I am the just one Converse go through this logic so when you go to court and there is an unjust system and you feel violated when you know you're innocent and now you're going to be incarcerated for life and you will lose the gift God gave you which is your autonomy you know how painful that is there are people who have died women in the dark ages were condemned to become witches for no reason just because they prayed they said you're a witch and you know how they used to deal with them they used to dunk them underwater if they survived they're witches and if they didn't survive they're not witches so you're damned and doomed both ways this is the stupidity of mankind that we have done so much injustice to ourselves that Alhamdulillah there is a God who sees it all that in the dark of the night when Saddam was killing people in Iraq poisoning them with poisoned gas by the thousands and burying them in shallow graves and that's happened in Syria with the killings taking place and happening in Palestine and happening in all the other places around the world in Afghanistan Alhamdulillah there is a God who watches اللهم يهزمك كفرهم إلينا مارجيعهم فلنبيعهم بما عملوا إن الله عليهم بذات الصدور نمتهم قليلا ثم نترم الأذاب من قليل when they do kufr الله says it really disturbs you الله is consoling the prophet they're doing much kufr don't worry I'm going to take them back and then I will inform them قول إن الموت الذي تفرون منه فإنه ملاعقكم ثم تردون إلى عالم الغيب والشهادة فينبيعكم بما كنتم تعملون look at the verse how exemplary you will not read such verses in any scripture on earth when people ask how do you know the Quran is right look at this understand the logic and the wisdom تلك عيات الكتاب الحكيم هدن ورحمة للمحسينين these are verses from a book that is wise تلك عيات الكتاب الحكيم هدن ورحمة it's a guidance and a mercy for the good doers محسينين God is consoling me he says I am the master of morality and you know why morality only works with me I am the all seeing for morals to work you need three components please don't forget very simple introduction for us to know three components oversight you need liability you need to consider yourself liable and reward and punishment punitive measures and rewards three entities are essential for any civil society to function in a civil way you live in Sydney you have all these three you have a government you have a judicial system you have a police system you have cameras everywhere and they watch everything you do you go to Singapore they've got millions of cameras there's not a turn you can make in Singapore without a camera watching you oversight that's their moral system you are a citizen of Australia you hold an Australian passport you're bound by Australian law Australian law has a constitution you must obey it you violate it you get punished you cannot come to the police system or to the government and say I'm an Australian but I'm not liable they'll tell you get out of our country because when you are in this border you are within our liability you cross our line our police can arrest you because now we have jurisdiction over you liability third you must be willing to be punished or rewarded that means when you get a ticket and you drive fast you better pay it you don't they'll escalate the bill and they'll fine you more and if you don't pay they may even incarcerate you and put you in jail they may even kick you out of the country right three things three things essential to make a moral system work but all of them on earth are limited there are no two people in this room that have been fair with each other not a brother to a brother not a mother to a child not a child to the mother fairness is a very difficult thing to do because unless you and I have total understanding about the spirit of the other and to be able to manage it was only prophets and Ahl al-Bait who had the ultimate fairness in dealing with human beings you and I try to be fair as long as we are sincerely trying to be fair Allah will not punish us but we cannot be totally fair but Allah records everything people who have experienced near-death experiences will tell you that when they were falling from high places they saw their entire life in front of them all within a split second they saw their birth their young age their middle age up to that moment they saw everything in one snapshot at one time this has been documented over and over and over Allah says I record everything that is nothing in the universe that you can escape that I have not recorded and if you doubt that then wonder how astrophysicists have figured out when this universe started at 13.6 I think 13.6 8 billion years ago with exact accuracy at Planck's moment when the Big Bang took place to the point where hydrogen was formed where helium was formed where all the forces of the universe were set and all the constants of the universe were set they know it to the millisecond and second precision when you look at Planck's moment it's one times 10 to the minus 43 seconds it's the smallest particle of time and scientists today billions of years later know exactly what happened then how? because Allah records it صلاة الله محمد والمحمد so when Allah says I see you know what I'm saying is going and saying to Yazid you see everything you see what is happening God has recorded everything Muawiyah you doing things trickery in the back don't worry الله has seen it a man comes to Imam Al-Sama says I want to be you know I don't want to worship I don't want to practice Islam I don't want to worship God I don't want to submit to his law can I? and Imam says yes you can said how? says get out of his universe and give up this body which he gave you and give up this head of yours and give up everything that was given to you give it up start your own you can do it amazing isn't it basic simple logic simple so when you and I have doubts about Allah and it all starts from there when we doubt Allah when we doubt the day of judgment when we doubt the promises Allah has given us when we doubt what Allah is saying in the Quran when we doubt it even in a subtle form our apathy takes control of us so when Shaytan introduces something which is antithetical to what Allah has laid upon us we go in that direction because we doubt Allah for if we don't doubt Allah it's impossible to go the other way give you an example a man comes to Imam Jaffa Sadik عليه الصلاة والسلام صلاة الله محمد وآل محمد and said يبنيا رسول الله we have never seen you lie you are صادق صادق الأمين we have never seen you lie can you lie once? you know what the Imam says to him? you know at that time they used to dig holes for toilets we don't have the vitrified flushes that we have today they are very elegant Imam says how do you like putting your hand in the toilet and the man made a face he says that's how we see when you lie we are so clear in truth that lies in front of us we will never go there because we are so clear in it we see its ugliness so much we don't get fooled by any methodologies of shaitan you and I get fooled we get fooled by shaitan shaitan fools us in disguising and when he disguises we tend to fall in that direction this is why when Allah says اتقل الله be God conscious reflect, meditate as I mentioned yesterday guided meditation the power of the brain to walk through a desert you know when you do guided meditation imagine close your eyes and now you're going to close your eyes and you see okay you're walking through this arid desert and the sand is burning under your feet you can feel it right now if you really focus you can actually feel it and you're thirsty and your body feels weak you can actually feel it guided meditation you're moving through this universe without ever leaving your room you're sitting there calmly thinking and you're moving you can actually move into a person you can actually feel that person's energy you can become an old person you can see how does it feel to be old you can go to a young child and say I want to feel like a young person Allah says examine I've given you قوة وحمية there are four powers Allah has given us قوة أقلية شهوية وحمية وغضبية four major powers Allah has given us more than that but four major ones these four are gifts of Allah upon us Shaytan abuses all of them أقلية skewed logic illogicity irrationality trying to convince that God doesn't exist or trying to convince that Islam is not right or trying to convince that stealing is okay cheating is okay lying is okay being arrogant is okay illogical rationalities the أقل is an instrument and God has gifted humanity with أقل if there is one thing Allah has given us all it's the power of أقل this is the first thing Allah created and I'll talk about it briefly tonight second you find شهوية desire we have desires nothing wrong all these are great gifts أقل desire I want I want this when we covet something when we want something it's beautiful to want imagine not wanting anything you're a dull person you've got no movement you're sitting home all day I don't want anything I just want to die even want to die is want something so you say well wanting desire شهوية you have وحمية power of imagination this guided meditation power of imagination the mind is so powerful that people have gone blind just thinking that way people who were oppressed in Vietnam lost their eyesight but their eyes were perfect because mentally they were so affected by it that they began to lose their eyesight you know if you keep telling somebody that you look sick they start actually becoming sick it's the power of suggestion this is where shaitan is a master of shaitan's power is in the power of suggestion دعو تكوم فا سجب تملي I simply called you I suggested to you you followed me فلا تألوموني إبليس says on judgment day in سورة إبراهيم when the disbeliever is about to be cast in hell he says to him he says you know the devil made me do it shaitan looks and says don't blame me I had no authority over you فلا تألوموني لوموان فا سكوم blame yourselves I had no authority over you I had no authority over you I simply suggested to you and you followed me that's all I did I simply suggested you know how many friends in our societies have gone astray because their friends were not right suggested hey you want to try this white substance hey click here for a good time yeah really oh خلاص you're done next thing you're in the rehab centers now how did that start it was a suggestion he simply made a suggestion when we dress we're highly suggestive when Allah says تقلا it's because you are swimming in pools of suggestions you and I must direct our suggestions in positive ways we must also suggest but we suggest towards Allah we suggest towards dignity we suggest towards honor we suggest towards progress we should also be suggestive but our suggestions should be with a smile it should be with positive attitude it should be with patience it should be with love and compassion so the power of suggestion is extremely important and you and I must succumb to it properly when Allah says خلق السماوات والأرض واختلاف الليل والنهار لاياتين لولي الانباب is a science for people deep rooted in knowledge the ones who think in the creation of the universe why is that so important that they are understanding the meaning of life while sitting standing and lying on the side so that their mind their أقل is fed with real information so that shaitan cannot suggest wrong things when you and I remain in a state of ignorance in جاهلية then we become victims of evildoers معاوية knew this very well إمام عليه السلام's army when he fought in sythene معاوية knew among his army were very stupid people very prayerful they look very pious in religions but ignorant جاهل and معاوية saw that they were known as the خوارج and معاوية extracted the خوارج from إمام عليه's army and إمام said I'll trade 10 of my soldiers for one of معاوية's soldiers for they are loyal to their master but look at you people disloyal it's all about us brothers this conversation is about us كربلا is about us أهل البيت suffering is about us so when معاوية pulls the army forward and causes havoc where إمام was about to destroy him ماليك الأشتر is literally on his neck ready to kill معاوية the خوارج جوتي معاوية the خوارج the very people were imams army threatened إمام عليه السلام said if you do one more move we will kill you now إمام could have fought them no question but the scenario was very very tricky and very difficult but the moral of the lesson is how did إمام end up in that state because of the ignorance and stupidity of the people for if the people were wise and the people used this خوارج that God has given us and they were vigilant and they abstained from satanic intrusions and they abstained from shaitan whispering من شدل وصوص الخناس اللذي وصوص في صدوري ناس then maybe كربالا would not have taken place then maybe موسى عليه السلام would not have wandered in the desert for 40 years though he freed the bani Israel and showed the miraculous events where he even split the sea but even then the ignorance and stupidity of his followers did not take into consideration that this miracle was beyond imagination yet as soon as he goes up the mountain they turn and worship a calf see this is why it's so dangerous my brothers and sisters we are the flag bears of Ahlul Bayt on judgment day I believe nobody is going to be punished more than you and I more than the kuffar because God has given you and I the gift of guidance you and I are the finest flag bearers on earth you and I are the most educated people on earth with all due respect to other religions and people with all due respect to other groups of people I'm telling you with sincerity that when it comes to rationality logic Dean sequence Quran guidance Ahlul Bayt nobody on earth has it all like you and I have it when I come on this open people say you can speak for hours I said God has given me treasures of good treasures where do I start and where do I end for the minute I turn on one verse of the Quran it's just talking to me and talking to me and talking to me and says keep talking for you're touching the fabric of the universe that's how blessed we are so I'm saying this sincerely upon us for you and I to be indulging in haram things and drugs and illicit misbehavior shame on us if others are doing it we need to go guide them but us when we come and cry for Ahlul Bayt we cry for Imam Hussein in the highest stations that he made sure Karbala was so perfect that every step he took there was not a single error in his movements so you and I should have no doubt on judgment day as to how honored we are with this great religion where we don't have to sort of fill in the blanks with nonsensical talk to make something sound right when the religion is so pure when Allah says لا اكره في الدين there is no compulsion in religion قاد تبينا رشت من الغي indeed truth is clear from error you and I have the ultimate truth but many of us haven't grabbed it why? we're busy doing mundane things we're busy recycling our religion we're busy gossiping we're busy fault finding we're busy chasing unnecessary things we've become so mundane when these four powers God has given us are so powerful that all you have to do is sit and meditate and move through this desert and then go up the hill of this desert and you see a beautiful ocean walk it then come down this desert your feet are burning it's hot but now you feel that breeze there's hope it's amazing isn't it we're all sitting in Sydney in Ancliffe and we're now walking the beach and then the water comes near your foot and that chafing feeling the heat starts to cool down and it just cools you and your sweat stops take a deep breath and it's a beautiful breeze power of imagination how about you and I imagine being with Imam Hussein and I how about you and I imagine being in on the day of judgment with the prophet at the pool of Kauther how about you and I imagine you and I are صابقون الصابقون أولائك المقربون how about you and I imagine that that we are the ultimate and the angels are saying we were well we were waiting for you welcome no questions asked أولائك المقربون في جناتين دائين and to paradise how how does that happen how do you and I understand that how do we feel that moment this mind is too powerful Shaytan said I will obfuscate it with trash I will keep them busy with mundane you know yesterday when I spoke about our teenagers being loyal to their friends you know why they're loyal to their friends they lack identity they don't have independence they feel their social environment makes them and it's not bad by the way that social environment is very important having friends very important don't underestimate the gregarious nature of human beings wanting to keep relations and friendships very important but where we lose out in our relationships is when we have no what we call methodology to decide good from evil and because we are so dependent on anybody becoming my friend God forbid my friend is bad but that bad gives me some value and that bad tells me to go do something bad but the payback is that I become that person's friend that's when problem starts the Quran is saying no you guide your morals in a different way such that you rise up and you dictate your friends and you become an attractor you see you attract friends but let the friends follow your methodology that you will say that I'm a promoter of good and I do not bargain in this matter now people may think you're very close minded I'm not suggesting that you and I should become these extremist ISIS kind of people walking around with تصبي سبحان الله أكبر حرام بداع no this is not Islam by the way these خوارج they used to be like that they used to walk around with تصبي they had you know signs of sujud on their forehands I mean forehead and they their knees were buckled and Imam looks to them he said look at these people so foolish like ISIS today القايدة they look so religious and holding a gun and beheading people that's how that's how the خوارج were today the معاوية of today who's sitting in مكة and مدينة today the معاوية of today he has also got a خوارج army who goes around bombing people indiscriminately and they're all kinds they come in all colors and shapes today that causes havoc on earth Imam Ali A.S. had the same problem same confusion was the same but you and I have to ask ourselves how do we eradicate this madness and how do you and I not fall into that trap it's with أقل it's with reflection it's with meditation it's with cogitation it's with conversation it's with reflection of the Quran how many of us read the Quran with reflection the Prophet will complain on Judgement Day يا رب إن قوم التخذ هذا القرآن محجورة my lord my community ignored this book when this book إن هذا القرآن يحدي وننزل من القرآن ما هو شفاء ورحمة للمؤمنين what we have revealed in this Quran is a Shifa is an intercessor and a mercy upon you وَلَا يَزِيدُ الْضَولِمِينَ إِلَّا خَصَارَةَ and it does nothing إِلَّا خَصَارَةَ it does nothing for the troublemakers except destruction for Quran is such a magnificent guide that it guides us towards the right and it destroys the wrong how many of us reflect on it how many of us have memorized verses how many of us know the meaning of سلطن فاتحة and I'm not speaking to you I'm speaking to myself when I stand on judgment day I feel ashamed how little I know of the Quran I feel ashamed that God how many are good moments in my life I could have absorbed this Quran and become friends with it but how do we do it we don't have time when you listen into people's conversations it's about fault finding backbiting gossiping material pursuits building palaces on a bridge that's all we talk about very a few conversations when Allah is there so when I advise a soul brothers and sisters when you sit even in restaurants in cafes talk about Allah Allah says talk about me what does it mean talk about me talk about good things talk about progress talk about good business how do I start a good business why so that when I make money I can use it for Allah so that I can strengthen my community I want to become a CEO of a corporation I want to become the president of a country so that I can bring justice and equity for humanity so that I can prevent evil these are the kinds of things you and I must do this is why we commemorate Karbala Karbala is our dose of infusion within our souls and Imam is telling me look at how evil these tyrants were and how they cornered me yet I did not desist nor did I in other words I charged forward against them and while their swords were being sharpened against me I said come come come to me because I am ready to receive because what I am going to promote is so much progression for humanity that 14 centuries later the Quran in the written form becomes alive in its fullest form at Karbala that you and I should not take this lightly Salawat Allah Muhammad Wal Muhammad we should pursue knowledge ال أقل you know Jibra'il comes to Adam Alai Salam I've spoken about this many times before it's very deep Jibra'il says to Adam he says God gives you three options to choose from he says I give you deen I give you أقل I give you deen and I give you حيا in Al-Kafi Imam Jaffa Sadik Alai Salam is describing this he says Jibra'il comes and offers Adam three options أقل deen حيا and he says to Adam Alai Salam choose Adam says I want أقل so Jibra'il says now let me describe أقل is intellect deen is the path towards God حيا is modesty decency high moral conduct حيا Adam says I want أقل Jibra'il says to حيا and deen leave go and this is you might think what do you mean go how do you tell them to go they're actual beings but don't misunderstand the two respond they said we can't go Jibra'il asks why can't you go or deen in حيا and they reply Allah has commanded us where أقل is we must remain so when you have أقل when you practice intellect when you indulge in it when you reflect and meditate and you understand the gifts Allah has given us within this mind and heart and when we submit to it sincerely with awareness where we are careful of our duties and we understand that when Allah says تقلا that we got conscious we're not reckless and rough with it we're not angry with it we carefully position ourselves the way Imam Ali alaihi salam describes in ناجل بلاغة one day Insha'Allah I'll explain it if I have time you find when there's أقل everything falls into place deen falls into place حيا falls into place many a times I've seen people who are محجبات who are Muslims but they have a foul tongue or their hijab is not in good practice they don't have the حيا with their hijab they are dressed but they don't know the distance their tongue doesn't have حيا their demeanor doesn't have حيا you know that that person's أقل is weak for if their أقل was strong they wouldn't be doing this so the خوارج abandoned Imam Ali alaihi salam they were very prayerful but they had no أقل they looked religious but they were stupid Imam says they are very very shallow in their thinking you and I should not be like that you and I should be strong the way I mentioned yesterday that Ammar ibn Yasud who sees his mother and father being killed if he didn't have أقل he would have abandoned religion he would have run away he said no أقل is too strong I see why my parents have become شهاداء I see why حق is there that even when the خلاف for Imam Ali alaihi salam was taken they didn't choose the wrong side they knew where to be أقل so I'm going to read حديث of Imam Ali alaihi salam it's a beautiful حديث this is العلم على ثلاثة أشبار إذا وصل إلى الشبر الأول تكبر amazing حديث وإذا وصل إلى الشبر الثاني تواضع وإذا وصل إلى الشبر الثالث علمى أنه لا يعلمو شيئا how beautiful that حديث he says knowledges of three stages you and I must go through them let's pray for the third one he says when you reach the first stage when a person reaches the first stage they become proud oh I know I got my degree I know I'm smart we are arrogant proud I know I know that's تكبر bad knowledge not good he says when they reach the second phase they become humble humble when they reach the third phase you know what they say we know nothing wisdom is knowing how little you know you might think wisdom is knowing how much you know know wisdom حكم is knowing how little we know Allah says يؤت الحكمة من يشار وما يؤت الحكمة فقد قد يخير لقد يعاض مؤت requires لقد scene he gives wisdom he크 جمال انذ로 وما I جمال افكر افكرnesota جنون الري out كورو افبر وزل was this مرا when battle of desires areهم under complex but the andizz لقد أحبت أهل البيت but he was teetering لأنه لم يكن صحيح لأنه تذكره بأنه أرميّة كانت مجموعة في كمفلوجيا هل تعرف أن تظهر بأن إمام عليه عليه السلام كانت مرتبطة في كوفة المسجد في 19 رمضان عندما الناس في سيريا أردت أن علي ابنة بطالب دير خليفة كانت مجموعة تعرفوا ما يقولون؟ قلت لديهم ربطان أنه ربطان that's how misinformed they were معاوية حواليتهم أن أهل البيت were so bad that killing them and abusing them was عبادة لذا عندما عليه عليه السلام كانت مبتلات they actually said he prays that's how confused the people of Syria were لذا عندما يمامو وانه يصبح شهيد ، ستجد تلك الضحاية التي سنسميها رفولوشن الإمام السين على الإسلام ، كانت في الإمام السين العبدين وانه يدفع إلى المدينة العزيزية ، وانه يجري أن يساعد المدينة إلى المدينة العزيزية. عندما يدفع إلى المدينة العزيزية ، ومن the first time the people of Syria actually see the real Islam. أرجوك أن تفهم ذلك. هذا is how evil Mu'awiyah was, evil. إمام said, I will destroy him by giving my blood and my blood will penetrate their hearts and they will rise through my martyrdom. الشهادة الإمام السين على الإسلام ، I tell you you can slice it a thousand ways how powerful it is. So Yazid had confused people. Even Hur Ibn Yazid Al-Riyahi was a very good man. He knew of the fadail of Ahl al-Mayt. He knew that. But he felt well there's a gray area. Some of us think which school of thought there's a gray area. You know maybe maybe we're confused. Karbala takes the confusion away. If you're confused after Karbala there's a problem. It's very clear. In fact Khilafa it's an irony. It's so essential that when Adam was first created he was the Khalifa of Allah. And never has there not been a Khalifa. For the Prophet to leave this world without appointing a Khalifa is ludicrous. It's absurd. And the irony is all the five schools of thought insist that they should be a successor. Think about that. Go figure. But the irony is that you find حر. Figured okay. The government is controlling me. I'm part of the system. So he follows. And as you know from Qadisiya you find that حر is sent by Ibn Ziyad. Because Ibn Ziyad gets intuition that Imam Hussein is going towards Khufa. Brief history. Khufa was the bastion of the lovers of Ahl al-Mayt. Now you might say then how come the people of Khufa killed Imam Hussein. The ones who killed they were منافقين. These were not real Shi'a of Ali. They were their spies. The real were Suleyman Ibn Sard. The Khadai for example. You find many many such people who were in Khufa. They were blocked. Habib Ibn Madhair. The true follower you see. You find that Muqtar. All of these loved Imam Hussein but they were blocked. Ibn Ziyad blocked them. He just sent those who were actually spies to go and fight in Karbala. Majority of them. And some were so confused. To that extent that some of them were crying as they were killing Imam Hussein. They realized this is wrong. Just like the way when they were burning the Kaaba the soldiers were crying that the Prophet cleansed this Kaaba yesterday. Today we're burning it. That's how confused people are. Why are they confused? Their أقل is not working. And Shaytan is fooling them. And when he fools you he takes you to hell. With him. That's why you and I must say يا الله رب زدني علمان فحمان حلمان حكمان رزقان صبران My Lord increase it for me. I don't want to fall into this trap of wrongdoing. This is how Khufa was. Khufa was confused. So as an army general is now pursuing Imam Hussein. Imam Hussein was going towards Khufa not taking the main highway. He was taking the back roads because he didn't want to be seen in public. Because he knew that ابنزياد and Yazeed's army were searching for him. So he took the back road. So Hur and his army were searching for Imam Hussein through the back roads. There's a place called دو حسنم. Imam Hussein, notices these flags coming. It was actually the ears of the horses. And they thought these were palm trees. There were thousands of them. They were approaching. Imam meets Hur in this place called دو حسنم. What you find is interesting is that Hur's army was emaciated. Meaning it had become extremely thirsty. There was no well on their way and they were so weak that Imam only had to do was push them and they would have died. And Hur's army was a thousand men. Imam Hussein's army was larger. They say he was 2,000 men. Hur's army was half. So Imam could have easily annihilated him. But notice Imam's position of going to Karbala and going to Kufa wasn't to annihilate people. It was to bring justice and equity. So when Hur meets Imam Hussein he gets off his horse and Imam says, what do you want? He said, I am commanded by Ibn Ziyad to take you to Kufa. Imam says you will not take me there. While I know I am destined to go there I am not going there and you cannot do anything to me. So there is a conversation going back and forth. And then it's Salat time. So Imam is now in camp but here is the most interesting thing. As soon as Hur's army arrives and this is why I want you to know what is Islam with أقل. Imagine you are in the footsteps of Imam Hussein You know that other army doesn't like you. They are representing the enemy. Many of us will be triggered with anger with suspicion and we possibly could ignite a war and maybe kill them early on because we feel very insecure. Imam is so secure he is unafraid of their presence. But look how merciful he is. So he says to them come and he says to his army feed them water. They say every horse drank 3-4 times before the next horse was allowed to drink. Imam is feeding the enemies horses. Please understand in the annals of history you know this is the man who has come to kill Imam Hussein or to at least fight him and to stop him although he didn't come to kill but you would think that maybe he did but now not strengthen the enemy by feeding their horses but Islam is a religion of peace it's a religion of love it's a religion of forgiveness it's a religion of invitation I tell you the movement of our Imam subhanAllah whenever I analyze I said I've read so much history in my life I've never seen any such behavior to such precision precision clarity the way Imam Jaffa Sadik says lying is like putting my hand in the toilet I am so clear that's why these people are following Imam they're light you and I need to follow Imam we follow Imam Hussein we follow Imam Ali Alisa we follow the holy prophet who are they? you and I want to get away from trouble in life follow them you find that after seeing this kindness he knows this is the Imam so the Imam calls some Adhan he says it's Salat time read Adhan so Adhan is recited so as Adhan is recited Imam says to her you can lead your prayers with your people and we will do ours says no we will pray behind you first step حر is showing that light you and I are like hor now we have the love for our little bait but we are sort of confused we are doing some things that are not right we are sort of teetering Imam is welcoming us say are you making a decision aren't you how are you going to die do you want to be or do you want to be which one do you want to be you decide حر is deciding this is why I love Islam Quran constantly is telling me you are still there come here you still haven't given up your shaitanic things you still haven't given up your bad behavior come here come because before death meets you give it up give it up I love that حر resonates in my heart everyday so حر prays behind حر is all army prays behind then حر gets on the horse and he says to Imam saying you are not leaving he says may your mother grieve your death not grieve your death in other words meaning may your mother not be given the opportunity to grieve your death he looks at Imam saying any other Arab on earth I would have replied equal but your mother I cannot say anything about her she is too greater woman look حر our heart is there we love Allah he says I cannot do that Imam says what are you going to do he says I am going to prevent you Imam says do not put fear in me for I am not afraid of death we have made a covenant with Allah to sacrifice ourselves رجال صدق among mankind of those who have made their promises they are going to fulfill it in the lawsh tara in the mu'minina Allah has bought our souls so حر says I come with an agreement with you that we won't go towards kufa we'll take half way you will write a letter to your master in other words I will write a letter to my master and you can also explain it to why I allowed you not to go to because he was obeying commands so as he gets pushed Imam arrives in Karbala now حر in his heart is thinking this conflict is going to end somehow there is going to be peace and they are going to go away Imam Hussein will go away and Yazid's army will go away Ibn Ziyad will somehow bury the hatchet and this whole issue about butchering Hussein is not going to happen so as a result he is now on the army side and this issue is going back and forth between Imam Hussein and Omar Ibn Sa'd Imam Hussein convinces about Ibn Sa'd he says Omar your father was well known you know who I am he says I know he says you are going to touch me and my family you know what a grievous act that will be this is attacking Allah when you attack me you are attacking Allah Ibn Sa'd was so drunk with power that Yazid promised him governorship of Re Imam says to Ibn Sa'd Omar I am telling you even the wheat you know the wheat that they grind in Re you won't eat from it you won't see Re they will never give it to you they are fooling you but Omar was so drunk with wealth so drunk with the potential to become the governor that he was willing to kill Imam Hussein many of us sometimes when opportunities come we cheat with money and with lying and with taking the wealth of our family and with taking the wealth of other people it's too good take it don't give it back Ibn Sa'd did the same thing Imam went further he said what do you want he says if I come and help you Yazid will burn my house Imam says I will rebuild it for you look how Imam is talking to him he says but they promise me whatever they promise you I will give you greater how about you join me and let us fight Yazid together Ibn Sa'd says I can't I'm too in love with this promise Imam says I promise you you will never get it when it happened Ibn Sa'd never got even to eat the wheat from Re never and they say Shaytan promises he doesn't deliver so all these conversations going back and forth he writes a letter to Ibn Sa'd he says look Hussein Ibn Ali is willing to leave and he's going to go away just leave him شمر the Iblis incarnate or standing next to Ibn Sa'd he says what you have Hussein in Karbala you're going to let him escape now get his bay'a this will please the Khalifa and I'm writing you a letter Ibn Ziyad writes a letter to shمر just take it to Omar Ibn Sa'd and when you take this letter to Omar Ibn Sa'd tell him you get the allegiance of Hussein Ibn Ali or kill him and if you doubt it give up your leadership or Ibn Sa'd and give it to shمر now you know when you and I are arrogant and we're material and brainless we become very animalistic so Ibn Sa'd realize you you want to take my position watch I'll show you how bad I am I'm going to be so bad I'm going to be the baddest guy in Karbala Shaytan he says bravo that's what I want you to do you keep committing the biggest haram the more you can kill the more I like you I'm going to say ولا يغرنكم بالله القرور don't be fooled but he got fooled حر on his horse he's noticing that the arrow is starting the arrow was thrown when sa'd comes to har he says sorry I've been commanded to kill him or get his bayah so it's not going to happen حر is next to qais there's a man by the name of qais he says to him in fact his name was qura he says to him did you water your horses and qura says no he says can you he wanted qura to leave so that har could go to the other side historians say har took his son with him but har goes across and qura says if I knew the intention of har and I knew that he was going to do this maybe I would have joined him look at that regret afterwards if only I would have just done my salah if only I would have just done my shah if only I would have given my charity same problem so you find that har kicks his horse Imam is standing and noticing har is coming this is monumental for you find har now feeling remorse he's saying I'm the one who brought you to karmala I'm the one who blocked you from going to kufa I'm the one who challenged you oh Hussain ibn Ali but look how loving and caring Imam Hussain peace be upon him that when har comes he say har put his hands up by his head like this as he's riding his horse he took his armor his shield and he flipped it meaning I'm not ready to fight Imam notices him he's on his horse Imam says get off your horse he says no I want to remain on this horse and I want to go and fight because it is a shame for me to get off my horse some historians say until I go and I stand up there and I fight for justice so har turns around his horse comes towards the people of kufa he has his army and starts to talk to them how dare you're going to kill this man when this is the man the prophet said he is like the prophet this is the man who represents truth this is the agent of God how can you kill the family of the prophet so they start throwing arrows at har said har be quiet we no longer because the reason they wanted to silence har was har was a general in their side if he's on this side ibn Sa'd was afraid that by him talking other soldiers may leave historians say 16 soldiers total including har left the camp on one side and came to Imam SA this was har and tonight we end with the story that har as his fighting goes back and forth and har was a magnificent fighter he said my sword brings death to anyone he said I have unsheathed it meaning that it is no longer in its meaning he is saying to the enemy I am going to fight you till I kill you or you kill me you can't in un or you can't alone they fight and they are killed you find har now is standing up there on his horse him and zuher been aim like partners are fighting back and forth back and forth zuher is being attacked har supports him har is being attacked zuher supports him finally Imam is watching this and I cry because when har was asked har you look nervous one of the soldiers of yazid asks har har says I am deciding on my eternity whether or not I will fail it permanently or I will succeed it for this is that moment where now it's a red line I can no longer be teetering on the edge I must make my choice I pray to Allah Subhanahu Ta'ala that every one of us makes that choice makes that choice before we leave this world I pray to Allah Subhanahu Ta'ala that we take this and we use the common sense and we rise to the occasion to become good human beings har is fighting and he gets struck on his head with a sword and he begins to bleed he falls off his horse and he is on the ground zuher been aim protects him but har breathes his last Imam notices har is now breathing his last Imam goes towards him holds har puts him on his lap and says har your name is so appropriate or har how lucky you are to get martyred how shaitan could not fool you and what a name har har means free you are free you and I must be free they say as har is breathing his last Imam out of compassion takes the handkerchief that his mother gave him he takes the handkerchief and he covers that bleeding point of har's forehead and he ties it to stop the bleeding out of compassion though this man is going to become shait the next few seconds his mother shows that compassion historians say that he is buried with that handkerchief and he breathes his last and as you know har became one of the greatest shohada that 14th century is on his name continues to live because he made that one good choice how about our names maybe Allah will raise it too و سيعلم الذين ذلموا أن يمن قلبين ينقلبون بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ربنا خفر لنا و ليخواننا الذين صبخون بالإيمان و لا تجعل في قلوبنا غل للذين آمنوا ربنا إنك رأوف الرحيم this verse ربنا خفر لنا و ليخواننا oh our lord forgive us protect us and our brothers and those who preceded us و لا تجعل do not put between us غل للذين آمنوا do not make us hate each other do not put anger hatred rancor و لا تجعل في قلوبنا غل للذين آمنوا ربنا إنك رأوف الرحيم you are most high most merciful let's recite the dua صاحب الزمان but five times أم يجيب المضطر و يجيب المضطر أم يجيب المضطر ل رحمتك يا رب حجته بالحساب حتى تسكنه أرضك وتومات يعوف و ل محمةك يا رب حنن코 حنن코 أنا سره أنا شف xu أما شف xu رحمتك يا أرحم الراحمين الفاتحة