 أعوذ بالله السمية العليم من الشيطان اللعين الرجيم بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم أعظم الله وأجورنا وأجوركم المصابنة أبي عبد الله الحسين عليه السلام أعوذت أولئك من العالم أنطمعنا مجردنا لأي منكم على مدينة الحياة السبب المرد من أعوذنا اللعين أمام الله الحسين عليه السلام ونحن تستطيع أن ندخل مع كندونيسنا على قدرة نواطس صاوية ونعادته القبول والبخفل وقبوله كهيسان من أجل هذه الأوضاء، نتعلم أننا نتكلم جدًا بحرية الأسس المساعدة في المساعدات ومساعدة والبقاء وراءهم في المساعدة الكربلاء ونحن تتكلم من أجلهم المساعدات المساعدة ونحن كما ننتهي إلى الأسس نتاع now focus towards shuhada و اليوم نستخدم and discuss the topic of the companions of Imam al-Hussein those who stood side by side with him who didn't flutter even at the moment of opportunity they stuck with him like glue و ان شاة الله عليوك today we dedicate our learning our tears towards them كما يمكننا أن نقول about these companions is what we can't really fit it into the time slot so hopefully through the poetry we'll have a bit of an insight into their thoughts, into their minds, into their hearts and how they feel and express their love أحسنت أحسنت And there's a common theme of almost brotherhood amongst them And I think whenever we think brotherhood there's an element of camaraderie as well There's a togetherness, there's a, you know, as we said, an unfaltering desire to serve for the same mission And that goal is so clear for them, everyone is aligned And there's no disunity amongst them And this is why it's said that we'll never see companions like these again The people who stood so staunchly And I think on this I'd like to see the opportunity to discuss this notion of brotherhood And it's described that the night before the day of عشورة That the feeling within the atmosphere within the tents as they say was the buzzing of bees With the recitation of Qur'an Of دعاة, of supplication And remembrance of Allah سبحانه و تعالى They all knew their fate what was coming the next day And they took that time to pray and pray and pray and submit And this was what all their lives were about It was the sole goal of Allah سبحانه و تعالى But it makes you think how do you gather this group almost of friends around you Companions, friends, brothers How do you ensure you gather the right group of friends If إمام حسين عليه السلام had picked the wrong people around him At that time where he put out the candle And he said for those of you who wish to go you can go There is no obligation for you to be here We would have seen them start to walk out If he had picked the wrong sort of people But his selection and the people that were drawn towards him Was such that they had such an ability about them And it's important that we actually turn and think Let me analyze my group of friends Let me analyze those that I hang around with Number one, are they the right people And the number two, if they are great If they're not, then how do I ensure I pick the right sort of people to hang around But all the most important here as well If there is a group of those who are off that level that you want to be a part of You yourself need to make sure you're just like them Otherwise they'll be like, no, he's someone that we need to stay away from So it's not a case of I can be the one who's relaxed and not quite in line And I'm just going to join a group that is and that's going to be fine Inshallah, they'll accept you But you need to take that step towards them unequally You need to take, ensure that you take step towards those who you can bring with you And this is the discussion I just want to touch upon today Is this notion of brotherhood Our dear Holy Prophet says The best of your brothers Is the one who helps you to obey Allah And he also prevents you from disobeying him And orders you to please him So it's a cover that the best of your brothers is the one who helps you to obey Helps you to obey, prevents you from disobeying And then orders you to please him I.e. at the moment of salah We always have this situation every day What is the decision you make And it's so cliche But we keep saying it over and over again It's the battle we'll have till the last day of our death Even when your spirituality is going through the roof Allah gives you that test to say 1247 Have you done the har Okay, it's a tough one And it's stuff like this And then it's the other side of saying Oh guys, you know what Let's go to this place this evening for dinner But the environment is actually not so good there And we all know it deep down We're all aware Have you got the brothers going to stand up and say Actually guys, you know what Come to my place instead At least we can be in control We'll order the food in It's a bit better And you may see You may feel this is such a surface level type lesson But it's one that's so blatantly obvious to us That in the camp of Imam Hussein He had those sort of brothers That stuck together That ensured that no matter what circumstance Allah comes first And to apply it It's to say okay On the nights of the shahada Of our very time Ali Hamas down throughout the year Do I have the brothers That are going to take me to the mosque Or the brothers who say But you know Maybe we can chill out tonight Actually instead Do I have those sort of guys They're going to inspire me Inspire me towards what I need to be And one way to assess that is this We say Oh Imam Hussein If I wish I could have been there At the time I would have given my life for you I would have been there In the front line First one to go And that's our intention And similarly We try and say this To our awaited savior We say Imam May we be amongst those who are amongst your Ansar And those who pass with you And those who are martyred with you But with your group of friends now Can you actually And this is a hand on heart question Can you actually picture yourself Sat with the Imam in front of you And him being okay With you and your friends being around him Because if not Maybe we need to reassess And maybe we need to reassess Very quickly So this is the very surface level message That we take away from the companions And the Ansar Of Imam Hussein As you mentioned at the start Each of them deserve Their own 10 night series And each of them deserve So much more time Than what we're giving them just now But a very simple lesson is this Can we assess our own friendship group Are they the sorts That are going to help us Reach the narration of the Prophet Of saying Do they help you obey Allah Do they help you to refrain From disobeying Allah And do they help you get closer To Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala Because if not Reassess and change But we think about them And we think that camaraderie That they had in that They were spending time with them We've all been on Ziyar groups We've all been to Hajj groups Etc And you develop that brotherhood Right And in that brotherhood That you develop And now imagine When one of them leaves The hotel in that instance For example How would you react to be Here upon the death That they were killed And in a bomb blast On the way to the shrine For example How would that camaraderie Be with the ones next to you And that's what they went through Minute after minute In that scenario And they would have to take care Of that brother's children And the conversations They must have had to say You know what When I pass in the next hour Please ensure that my child At least is taken care of In this way And that's something for me Those companions Were on another level I think the common theme Between them is this Dying Undying love For him And it's not just For who he is But not who the name is It's what he represents The character The character The nobility The valour The honour And also Who he is As a person In terms of the families A lot of these companions That were with him Were also His His father's companions And maybe His companions So you have Like for example حبيب المضاهر And when Sayyid Zaynab Was to say You know Send my regards Before I send my regards To Sayyid مضاهر Sayyid مضاهر almost You know drops to the floor With With embarrassment Should we say He's like Lady Zaynab Sends her salams To me personally That's an honour Just a salam From Sayyid Zaynab Is an honour for them So imagine what kind of Feeling that they had To sacrifice themselves And that And the other is represented They It's really It's really It's really interesting Because if you were put in a situation Tomorrow And someone was to ask You know Someone was to say Look The next day You're going to have to come with me For example to Iraq And defend the shrines For example And this could be a reality Very practical Yeah This could be a reality Very soon Someone is For example comes out And says This is the situation We have to come out And the millions of people flocked Which is testament That the fact that Imam Hussein's message Is hitting somewhere It's hitting a chord In people's minds and hearts So imagine But Living in London Not a lot of people Were very optimistic about that Well We'll leave it for But If the situation was Put on your shoulders And you had to actually Leave everything that you have Everything that you Everything that you've Acquired Your education Your wealth Your home Your family And to make that decision To go out and defend And even sacrifice your life It's a very tough decision It needs the conviction It needs the conviction It needs that sincerity It needs that That un-dying Unwavering Support and submission To the Imam of the time And that's the kind of relationship That we should have With Imam Al-Mehd Because he is Our حجة Upon us If he was to come out And say Look, this is the time Where we need to defend ourselves We're going to have to Make that decision But with full conviction As you say So in terms of the poem I It's actually The The main chorus As you say It's Everything Within Me حيدري حسيني Everything Within Me حيدري حسيني I am in every breath And every moment I am nothing except Ahl al-Bayt's servants And this is the word That echoed Through time and space From the companions Of Imam حسين A.S. Everything Within Me حيدري حسيني Everything Within Me حيدري حسيني I am in every breath And every moment I am nothing except Ahl al-Bayt's servants I am حيدري حسيني حيدري حسيني My life and death For me But One and the same I was drawn to Them like Came off Drawn to a flame I did not care كل شيء that was mine for this household became I gave them everything for a place on their wings I am patient but for them I am impatient I am nothing except Ahlul Bain Sevant حيدري حسيني I saw them as the crown upon my creation and alone I boarded the ship of salvation it sat silent within my contemplation they became earth, they became my every thought and every action salvation I boarded and fate it applauded I am in my smiles in my bereavement time I am nothing except Ahlul Bain Sevant حيدري حسيني I saw into divided the sons of Adam I saw Ali alone in the world against him I saw in awe of Zahra I saw blood of Bani Hashim I made a decision Ali and his children I am where I stand on the day of judgment time I am nothing except Ahlul Bain Sevant حيدري حسيني How many from the cradle this house they have seen Some were born to them but I doubted I had been Some were Fatima's sons and for this day I wore black for I am the son of Umul Bain I wore black for I am the son of Umul Bain I am one of them I am one of them I am to this house but I am a present I am I am nothing except Ahlul Bain Sevant حيدري حسيني حيدري حسيني حيدري حسيني حيدري حسيني حيدري حسيني حيدري حسيني أعني أنه يمزح أعناء الله وكثيراً ويوجد أحد المتحدة منه في أحد المثال when he first approached وقد جدت إلى هذا المطلس ورحل العبارة المتحدة في حر واحدة أحدة براءة تأكيد والأخر مسيح جداً لسنة تحديث على إمام أسان وأنا أحب أن أضع بطريقة تحديث إنه one of the toughest things in the world to do is to forgive someone that has wronged you and hand on heart I'm sure we can all say no one has wronged us more than perhaps what what Hor felt he had wronged Imam Hussein at that point in time at Imam Hussein he still had the heart to forgive him but forgiveness we have so many rowey art saying about the nobility of forgiveness and how it softens your heart and indeed how if you are not able to forgive your own brother then how do you expect Allah SWT to forgive you you know you should if you need to have a heart soft enough to say okay I forgive someone now I can ask Allah to forgive me because if I'm going to be heart hearted why should Allah show any mercy upon me there's many of these different parables that are given and when we look into forgiveness our Holy Eighth Imam Imam الرضع عليه السلام has a beautiful poem where he actually talks about brotherly rights but when he's talking about brotherly rights and you can find this poem in أيون الأخبار الرضع عليه السلام he has the first two lines of it where he says so he says forgive your brother for his sins cover up and hide his imperfections so this poem is dedicated to brotherly rights yet the first two lines are forgive your brother for his sins but cover up and hide his imperfections and if you read the rest of the poem it's absolutely stunning what he says but just to focus on these first two lines forgiving your brother for his sins then covering up and hiding his imperfections requires an individual who sees nothing but beauty in the eyes of those around him and who trusts solely Allah SWT it's to say okay yes this individual has wronged me but I know for sure and I trust for sure in Allah's justice in that he's wronged me fine I can deal with this test Allah has given me I have no issues with you but Allah I leave it to you now I ask you to forgive him as well but I leave it in your justice if you believe that he's committed a crime against me that is such that requires your mercy in a certain way then so be it but from my perspective I'm wiping the slate clean and oh Allah because I find the heart to wipe the slate clean with him oh Allah can you forgive me for the sin that I have hidden that no one else knows about but whilst we say the sin that no one else knows about if there is another brother that knows of that sin that you've committed Imam Al-Riva says hide and cover up his imperfections because it is so easy to let the tongue run and to talk and talk and talk and this is a lesson that we take from Har and Imam Hussain Al-Islam that regardless what they have done to you forgive forgive forgive and I go out and I say this I go a step further and say this if you are attending the Majlis of Imam Hussain and if you are attending the night of Har where in some communities they commemorate they dedicate a night to Har you should feel uneasy very very uneasy if you're sat there holding grudges and the inability to forgive people that are even sat in that same hall and I say what is the point in attending at that point if you're hearing the Masa'a above Har and how Imam Hussain forgave him what is the value of your tear at that point if you cannot go away and actually forgive a brother who sat right behind you who did something so much more futile than what took place in Karbala what's the point that in itself is the surface level morning of Imam Hussain which I'm sure has reward but graduate and we keep saying this word graduate and go that step further to say you know what okay tonight is the night of Har all these days are the days of the companions and the days of Har let me try and ensure my service and my love and my morning for Imam Hussain is not on the surface level rather I'm going to go the step further turn around at the end of this Majlis take that inspiration take that heavy heart take that soft heart sorry on that night that you start to develop and say you know what I know this happened and I know I've held this grudge against you for so long but let's wipe it clean let's just go for it it's an important time let's derive lessons let's take them let's go forward forgive your brothers for his sins and cover up and hide their imperfections and then you'll find a connection greater than you had in the previous year to Har to Imam Hussain to the connection of Karbala to the connection of Ahlulayt and then perhaps we can start to come together in that brotherhood and camaraderie that they had within Imam Hussain's army and that we wish to have with our dear 12 Imam's army without it we're going to have this friction we're going to have these frustrations we're going to have these levels of you know layers of penetration that we have to go through in order to actually connect with the Ahlulayt remove them you start walking towards them Allah SWT if you start walking towards him he'll come running back towards you as if a mother does as well so one very simple lesson Imam Hussain forgive Har try and forgive in the name of Har and Imam Hussain and try and do this with the intention of wiping clean so Allah can forgive you and so you can develop that camaraderie and brothery as the companions of Imam Hussain had at the time of Karbala إن شاء الله and following on from that point as well like every step that they took they always had Imam Hussain in mind but I want to give a bit of a spin to this when we say you know have the Ahlulayt in mind in any decision that you take be it work, education whatever it is always have the Ahlulayt always have Imam Hussain it's not Imam Hussain as a person it's what he represented have that in mind and this is what the companions also saw that it's what he represented as we mentioned earlier and the fact that the only way to salvation is through these people is to hold on to the rope of Allah and the rope of Allah is the Ahlulayt so the poem says till the day of my death every step, every breath every step, every breath is for you my soul and my body everything within me is for you إن شاء الله till the day of my death every step, every breath every step, every breath is for you every till the day of my death every step, every breath every step, every breath is for you my soul and my body everything within me my soul and my body everything within me is for you is for you I know from my soul from you not oh master your beauty has captured my eye for you all that is that I flow beside hosay your name I tell saviour my medicine tools in my darkness you are my for to these words listen oh rose throughout me your name it flows do I chose and my heart now deep in sorrow these words listen oh rose throughout me your name and my heart now deep in sorrow whenever I can't stand you take me by my hand you take me by my hand towards you my path, my destiny everything within me my path, my destiny everything within me is for you you take out of this world as angel without you I cannot think right I won't guide into sight I'm against you but I am time after I will take me never let me disguise until I die without you what is life what reason should I strive what reason should I strive except you my life and so truly everything within me is for you since into dark life you came raised and lived by and smiles or tears my heart your sweet name absent from until I stay oh flag took us sword of Shamir so I shed tears my tears and my blood testify I'm in love testify I'm in love with Hussein and for your tragedy everything within me and for your tragedy everything within me is for you many thanks to the poet my tears and my blood testify that I'm in love with you and on that night of Ashwara on that day of Ashwara when your tears are at their most the blood potentially comes from your head and you're in that zone of conviction to Abaa Abdullah that is that point where you say take it all if it were that I'm on that day or if it is that I'm on the day when our 12th Imam reappears here is me showing you that every single part let alone of my possessions but my own body take it because if I give this in your way then for sure I give it in the way of Allah سبحانه و تعالى it is in the mission and it is in the the Haq of Allah سبحانه و تعالى and a lot of this makes sense when we listen to Hadith from our Imam so this Hadith comes from our Holy 5th Imam Imam Al Baqir where he said that Imam Sajad used to say any believer who weeps for Imam Hussein and his tragedy such that tears run down his cheek Allah the Almighty shall accommodate him in Paradise and any believer who wept for us for what we suffered at the hands of our enemy in the world such that tears then run down his cheeks Allah shall accommodate him in a lofty station and any believer who suffers hardship in our case such that tears then run down such that he weeps for us in tears run down his cheek Allah Almighty shall repel from his face any anguish and protects him from fire on the Day of Judgement and with that we end with a few lines of poetry to allow these tears to come through Insha'Allah when it comes to the day I am fragile and old fragile and old fragile and old I'll tie a belt just so Hussein's flag I can hold I'll tie a belt just so Hussein's flag I can hold in my last days in my last days if you wasted your time I'm told I'll say everything's dust everything's dust and Hussein Hussein Hussein's gold and with that we ask Allah SWT for the intercession of the companions of Abaa Abdullah of Hur of Muslim of Habib of all of the companions of Imam Hussein we ask for the intercession in this life and insha'Allah in our graves in the next والسلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته