 بلاح من الشيطان الرجيم بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والصلاة والسلام على أشرف العنبياء والمرسلين سيدنا ونبينا وحبيب القلومنا وشافي نفسنا عمل قاسم محمد وعلى هالبيتة تيبين الطاهرين المعسومين المفلومين ولعنة الله على الدائح المأجمعين من الآن إلى قيام اليوم الدين آمين سيدنا ونبينا وحباب الله على فاطوة وردها وردها وردها وردها أموال أموال أموال أموال أموال أموال أموال أموال ومعوال أموال أموال أموال من أجل مصرات المسلمين أردكم إلى هذا المقابل في هذا المرسل right here on the Imam Hussein channel from the laws of Zahra alaihi salam for those of you who have been tuning in before you would know of course this program is a program which is set to discuss some of the laws which can be derived from these statements and narrations of say the Fatimist of Zahra alaihi salam when we say laws we not only mean فقه مسائل pertaining to ibadat and معاملات or pertaining to worship and daily transactions rather we mean even some of the finer details of etiquette عقيدة namely creed and belief and some other matters which are important to the affairs of the Muslims and also to the non-Muslims when we first began discussing the necessity of having such a work being produced and discussed openly within the English language particularly for a non-Muslim viewing audience we made it clear that there are certain things which require these matters to be made clear by the Muslims namely we find ourselves living in a time in which every Joe Bloggs every Tom Richard and Harry finds himself speaking about the religion of Islam and claiming to be an authority on the religion of Islam and we made clear that there is a real problem of authority who is qualified to speak in the name of the religion of Islam and who is Islam is the true Islam for we find that some people they may have a distorted form of Islam and they may even have proofs from their own distorted textual sources which according to other Muslims have no authority whatsoever to be speaking in the name of Islam so we find that there is this eternal dilemma which is the problem of interpretation the problem of authority in the previous episode we began to introduce the personality of Sadafat Mata Zahra and how she herself is part and parcel of what I called in one of the previous episodes the Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه و آله self-preservation mechanism to preserve the religion of Islam from external and even internal when we say internal we mean from those who were claiming to be Muslims infiltration manipulation distortion and perversion in the previous episode we began to introduce some of the highlighted qualities of Sadafat Mata Zahra I've made clear already this is not a show about the biography of Sadafat Mata Zahra I'm not here to give you biographical details in regards to this great woman I'm here to merely speak about some of the clear cuts merits خصائص and clear cuts exhortations of Sadafat Mata Zahra which make her distinct from all other women which make her a unique character and role model within the religion of Islam I feel this is particularly pertinent not only because it allows us to understand the nature of the religion of Islam leading up to the events today in which we see groups like ISIS or ISIL as they occasionally call themselves speaking in the name of Islam but more importantly because it allows us to understand where did things go wrong when did we start having terrorists in the name of Islam speaking in the name of Islam and trying to oppress others if it can be successfully demonstrated that the thesis of سيد محمد الحساني الشرازي the author of the work from the laws of Zahra who we have already spoken about in great detail is true namely that Sadafat Mata Zahra is the archetypal historical manifestation of true Islam in its essence and that she was combating a distortion an alien perversion speaking in the name of Islam then indeed we can demonstrate that the problem of authority begins here that we have those designated by the holy prophet in order to speak about Islam and we have those who worked against them in order to undermine them we began yesterday by looking at one of the clear cut qualities of Sadafat Mata Zahra who agreed upon between two or all sects of Islam so to speak who agree upon narrations of course you have some modern day sects which reject narrations altogether but allow us to recount what we said we said that it is found within the collections of both the followers of Al-Muhammad namely the Shi'a and the collections of the Sunnis rather but the prophet Muhammad had said is a part of me whoever angers her has angered me and we looked at some of the conclusions which can be derived from such a statement we made it clear that unless someone is going to accuse Allah as a وجل of failure and accuse the holy prophet of Blemish then indeed such a narration stands as a clear cut one proving and establishing beyond any reasonable shadow of doubt but Sadafat Mata Zahra is infallible how did we reach this conclusion logically and from the text itself we reached this conclusion by saying that if the holy prophet had wanted to make this statement مقايد if he had wanted to make it a conditional statement as the scholars of أم لأسول would say then indeed he would have said Sadafat Mata Zahra is a part of me whoever angers her in a fair X or whoever angers her without correct justification or whoever angers her and he would have added the conditions or specifics in order to reduce his statement to a meaningful one because he left the statement open the statement becomes a مطلق one it becomes a non conditional statement it becomes a statement which is binding in all circumstances the anger of Fata Mata Zahra is the anger of the holy prophet صلى الله عليه و آله now the brothers and sisters of both the she'a the followers of the Ahl al Bayt and indeed people who maybe come from other schools who are used to these kind of discussions maybe even truth seekers from the other schools and insha'Allah we ask Allah to make us all truth seekers to make us all those who are searching for the truth and we pray that Allah would guide us all to whatever the reality is of the matter might be familiar with where I'm heading here now I'm not going to head directly there but I am introducing this particular quality of said of Fata Mata Zahra for a reason for indeed it can be established beyond any reasonable shadow of doubt that there was a party who offended her, who upset her who angered her, who caused her grief and indeed if the holy prophet صلى الله عليه و آله his statement is true then who are you to make it conditional just because you love such figures indeed I understand I'm rubbing a sore bruise here and indeed I do not intend to offend anyone I do not intend to cause anyone grief because they have certain preconceptions they have certain beliefs which I may be offending here it is not my intention by Allah I'm a person who has learned and come to hate polemics for I'm someone who due to the social circles I have constantly have friends who wish to rub the salt in and gratuitously insult my own beliefs that's not what I'm here to do tonight none of us should be taking away from this show that the aim is to insult others or to bring up sensitive topics when it's unnecessary to do so Insha'Allah we're only speaking about these issues because we wish to arrive at the truth and the truth of the matter is فاطمة زهراء عليه السلام is an infallible recourse which the Holy Prophet left us in order to understand what the truth of the religion of Islam is in order for me to elaborate to further elucidate upon the qualities of say the فاطمة زهراء allow me to quote from venerations of those who do not come from the school of and particularly from individuals who were hostile to the Ahl al-Bait in order to see what qualifications they have given the Ahl al-Bait themselves and in particular say the فاطمة زهراء عليه السلام it is narrated in the book المستدرق الصحيحين of Al-Hakim one of the علماء of the Al-Sunnah that narrates from الراس who narrates from who narrates from who narrates from the wife of the Prophet صلى الله عليه و آله that she stated the Prophet said in his illness in which he died namely the state in which he died now there's a discussion as to whether or not he was legitimately ill in the sense that we are ill but this is unimportant we're not submitting to the content of this narration aside from the merit of فاطمة which can be extracted from it او فاطمة namely this is the Prophet addressing فاطمة او فاطمة are you not pleased with the fact that you are the mistress of the ladies of all the worlds and the mistress of the ladies of this امه and the mistress of the ladies of all believers Al-Hakim states that this narration is authentic and the وهبي who is one of the critical commentators on Al-Hakim's gradeings someone respected highly in the Sunni world affirms it عشا also narrates that فاطمة came walking and her her her stance or the way she carried herself resembled the manner in which the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه و آله also carried himself the Prophet صلى الله عليه و آله said welcome oh my daughter when he made her sit on his right or on his left side and then he told her a secret and she started to weep I asked her why are you weeping he again told her a secret and she started to laugh I said namely عشا states I never saw happiness so near to sadness as I saw on that day she thereafter states I asked her what the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه و آله had told her and she responded I would never disclose the secrets of the Rasool الله bear this in mind for our discussion later on that فاطمة صلى الله عليه وسلم it is not within her nature to disclose the secrets of Allah's messenger صلى الله عليه و آله then when the Holy Prophet passed away عشا went on to ask say the فاطمة صلى الله عليه و آله was it but caused you to laugh and cry as you did on those times she said that when the Holy Prophet first whispered to me he announced his martyrdom he announced that he would be passing away to the abode of his lord and so I weeped with the grief of such news and the second time he whispered to me he announced that I would be the first of his ummah to join him and he asked me are you not pleased to be the mistress of the ladies of paradise and the mistress of all believers now this is a narration from someone hostile to Allah and insha'Allah now we have to venture off for a short break I pray that you will all join me after the short break السلام عليكم grand ayatollah محمد شيرازي was the religious authority merged to millions of shia and muslim around the global a charismatic leader who is known for his high moral values modesty and spirituality he is a mentor and source of aspiration to the millions and the means of access to authentic knowledge and teachings of Islam he has made extensive contributions in fields of learning ranging from jurisprudence and theology to politics, economics law and sociology سيد محمد شيرازي was born in the holy city of najaf Iraq in 1374 after hijra 1927 he belongs to a distinguished family deeply rooted in Islamic science literature and virtue his followers are found in many countries in the global grand ayatollah شيرازي was distinguished for his intellectual ability and holistic vision he was recognized for his clear ideas and realistic solutions to issues of concern to mankind he has written various specialized studies that are concerned to be among the most important references in the Islamic sciences of beliefs and doctrine ethics, politics, economics sociology, law, human rights etc. he has enriched the word with his staggering contributions of some 1300 books, treaties and studies on various branches of learning his works range from simple introductory books for the young generations to literary and scientific masterpieces deeply rooted in the holy Quran and the teachings of the prophet of Islam his visions and theories covers areas as politics, economics government, management sociology, theology philosophy, history and Islamic law his work on Islamic jurisprudence for example, contributes 150 volumes which run into more than 55,000 pages through his original thoughts and ideas he has championed the causes of issues the family, human rights freedom of expression political pluralism non-violence and sure our consultative system of leadership grand Ayatollah Shirazi believes in the fundamental and elementary nature of freedom in mankind he calls for freedom of expressions political plurality debate and discussion tolerance and forgiveness he strongly believes in the consultative system and calls for the establishment of the leadership council of religious authorities he calls for the establishment of the universal Islamic government to encampus all the Muslim countries dear viewers, welcome back to the show before the break you will remember we were discussing the merits of Sayyada Fatimata Sahra mentioned according to the words of people who are generally accepted by history to be opponents of a family of the holy prophet now non-Muslim viewers even viewers who are not from the school of the Ahl al-Bayt who are not from the Shi'a maybe confused as to how I might refer to someone who is a wife of a holy prophet as an opponent of a family for indeed according to western terminology we definitely accept that the wife of someone is from their family when I state this of course I don't want to to this discussion of great depth but just to allude to my rhetoric here we believe that the Quran has delineated clearly that someone's family is particularly when it comes to a prophet and upon indeed the other prophets it is referring to specifically a spiritual quality it doesn't necessarily have anything to do with blood relation so we find in the Quran that the son of or the son of Noah the biblical prophet who we find mentioned in the Quran is chastised and is referred to as not being from the family of Noah or Noah because of his unrighteous actions likewise we say the same thing about the holy prophet that his family have a certain spiritual recognition and they are those who are spiritually close to him his Ahl al-Bayt moving back to the narrations in which we quoted from the opponents of the Ahl al-Bayt we mention one in which Aisha the wife of the prophet had mentioned the status of Fatima we find her alluding to this again in Sahih al-Bukhari itself in which she narrates Fatima, peace be upon her came walking and her again her walk and her demeanor resembled the demeanor of the holy prophet صلى الله عليه و آله the prophet صلى الله عليه و آله said welcome o my daughter then he made her sit on his right or his left side and then he told her a secret and she started weeping I asked her why are you weeping he again told her a secret and she started laughing I said never have I seen happiness so near to sadness as I saw on that day I asked her what the messenger had told her she said I would never disclose the secrets of Allah's apostles صلى الله عليه و آله when the prophet صلى الله عليه و آله died I asked her about it again and she replied the holy prophet صلى الله عليه و آله said every year جبرايل عليه السلام the angel Gabriel used to revise the Quran with me once only but this year he has done so twice I think this portends towards my death and you will be the first of my family to join me so I started weeping then he said don't you like to be the mistress of all the ladies of paradise or the mistress of all the lady believers so I laughed for that likewise we find that not only have the opponents of al-Muhammad which is a great honor to the status of al-Muhammad have narrated such things we find that their allies those who did willaya of them have likewise narrated such things we find that huwaifa narrates in the following narration narrated from israel from from from who said how long is it since you met the prophet صلى الله عليه و آله I said since such and such a period of time so she got angry and abused me I said to her let me go to the prophet صلى الله عليه و آله and pray the maghrib prayer with him and then I will not leave him until he asks forgiveness for you and me so I went to the prophet and prayed toward and prayed the maghrib with him then the prophet kept praying until isha then I stood up and walked towards him came to him and talked to him and then went so I kept walking towards him then he heard my voice and said who is that he said so I told him the story then he said may Allah forgive you and your mother because huwaifa of course asked the holy prophet صلى الله عليه و آله for forgiveness and said did you see that one who talked to me a moment ago I said yes so I said I saw the prophet صلى الله عليه و آله was busy he said namely the prophet said صلى الله عليه و آله he was an angel عليه السلام who had never come down to earth before this night he had asked Allah to let him come down to me and salute me and give me the glad tidings that Allah that Imam الحسن عليه السلام and that Imam الحسين عليه السلام are the masters of the youth in paradise and that Sayyid al-Fatima al-Zahra عليه السلام is the chief of the ladies of paradise so we find that these narrations such as this one found in Musnad Ahmad bin Hanban and greatest authentic by the محققين delineate just how greatest status Sayyid al-Fatima al-Zahra had in the eyes of the companions and indeed the other Ahl al-Bayt had in the eyes of the companions we'll come back to a brief snippet mentioned in that narration when we look at how the enemies of Islam have distorted these narrations it is narrated by Anasai as is mentioned by ابن حجر الأسكلاني in his work فتح الباري في شرح صحيح البغاري it is narrated by Anasai who is an authentic chain from Abdullah ibn Abbas رحمة الله عليه و رضي الله عن who said that the greatest of all women of paradise are Sayyida Khadija Sayyida Fatima al-Zahra Sayyida Maryam and Sayyida Asya of course Asya being the wife of Pharaoh who is praised in the Quran this is also narrated through a term of the from an authentic chain and that an angel came to the messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه و تعالى and gave him the good news that Sayyida Fatima al-Zahra is the mistress of these ladies in paradise so we find that in these narrations the greatest of all the women according to the messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه و تعالى are four who are these four women and they are Sayyida Fatima al-Zahra Sayyida Maryam and Asya the wife of Pharaoh this is an agreed upon fact and you can find this in the books of many scholars of both the Shia and the Sunnah and this is particularly a narration found amongst the Sunnah Fatima al-Zahra is not compared to other women in the royat of the Ahl al-Bait but how did we find these narrations were tampered with and I mentioned earlier on when we looked at that narration saying that Fatima al-Zahra was the chief of all women and Hassan al-Husayn and Al-Husayn are the chief of the youth of paradise that such narrations are often tampered with how did they tampered with the fact that Hassan and Husayn were the chiefs of the youth of paradise they came forward and narrated other narrations saying that companion X and companion Y are the chiefs of the middle aged men of paradise and this is ironic because we find that the holy prophet has said that everyone in paradise will be youth there will be no middle aged people so we find it strange that such narrations could be true likewise we find that Bukhari when he narrates this narration about the fawail of a woman of paradise narrates the following one the messenger of Allah said many men reach the level of perfection but no woman reached such a level except BB Maryam or Sayda Maryam عليه السلام the daughter of Imran and Sayda Asya the wife of Pharaoh and the superiority of Aisha according to this Bukhari narration to our woman is like the superiority of Thareed over Maruk now of course those of you who happen to come from the background or an Arab background we know what Thareed and Maruk are Thareed of course is addition which you put pieces of bread and you soak it up with I guess we can say Maruk or stew but this narration makes absolutely no sense some people prefer Maruk over Thareed some people don't like Thareed even I don't happen to like Thareed now I'm not sure of its reactionary to this narration but I'm not someone who normally likes Thareed so when we find these narrations they praise Asya the wife of Pharaoh and they praise Maryam and then they neglect the mention of two individuals who are these two individuals they neglect Sayda Fatima the Zahra and they neglect Sayda Khalidja why is this done this is done again to diminish the role of Ali Muhammad from the very essence of Islam and unfortunately we find that this very same narration with this same chain of narration this same is not when it is mentioned in Altabari's تفسير is mentioned without this insertion about Asha and mentions both the names of Sayda Fatima the Zahra and her mother Sayda Khalidja so we find a tampering has gone on is this tampering something rare in the religion of Islam an attempt to diminish أهل البيت being something proven to be confined to one or two narrations absolutely not in fact whole books have been written on this about how the merits of the أهل البيت have been weakened distorted attributed to other people and the merits attributed to other people are once snatched from the أهل البيت the important point here is that we are discussing the status of Sayda Fatima سلام and her role in the religion of Islam it is unfortunate that things have been fabricated in which people try to diminish this status I pray that you will continue to analyze this status of Sayda Fatima the with me in the next show for indeed the time has run out and I thank you once more for joining me on this episode of from the laws of سلام please join me for the next episode continuing with the marriage of Sayda Fatima and more importantly proving the مفلومية or the oppression of Sayda Fatima leading us into the introduction of the book from the laws of Zahra by the great offer Sayd Muhammad الحسيني الشرازي thank you again for joining me on this show السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته