 أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله رب العالمين بارئ الخلائق أجمعين باعث الأنبياء والمرسلين ثم الصلاة والسلام على خير خلقه العبد المؤيد والرسول المسدد حبيبي إله العالمين أب القاسم المصطفى محمد وعلى أهل بيتها الطيبين الطاهرين وصحابته المنتجبين صلى الله عليك يا رسول الله صلى الله عليك يا سيد يا رحمة الله سعى ويا باب نجاة ندكر بلا يا ليتنا كنادتي فنفوزا فوزا أظي أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ربنا ما التنثنتين وأحييت نثنتين فعن ترفنا فهل إلى خروج من سبيل صلى الله علي محمد وآله محمد أعوذ بالله من إمام زل حسن والحسين أعوذ بالله من فاطمة الزهراء مع أعوذ بلا أمام محمد المتحدة عن الرجعة هي مجموعة المتحدة ليس فقط بين سنين والشعيين ولكن بين الشعيين والسكولرين الرجعة يعني أنها مجموعة الرجعة يعني أنها مجموعة هذه المتحدة هي مجموعة مجموعة لقد كافت كثيرا سنين لديهم تنظيم على هذا المتحدة الشعيين والسكولرين لديهم تنظيم على هذا المتحدة وشعيين والسكولرين بعضهم يفعلون أنه مجموعة ماذا يعني؟ هل هي مقبولة؟ هل يحدث؟ هل يحدث مفتوحاً في القرآن؟ هل يحدث مفتوحاً؟ في المتحدة عن أهل البيت وفي المتحدة لم يكن لديها مفتوحاً مفتوحاً وشعيين في العالم الإنجليسي هناك مباشرات ورقص التي تدعم هذا المتحدة في العربية ولكن ليس كثيراً في العالم الإنجليسي ماذا يعني؟ ماذا يعني؟ ماذا يعني؟ ماذا يعني؟ هذا المتحدة could be somewhat confusing it could be new for some while others might have a good background الرجعة according to Shi'a theology is the return of some of some good people who are dead but they will return when Imam al-Mahdi عجر الله تعالى فرجه الشريف reappears when Imam al-Mahdi عجر الله تعالى فرجه appears reappears two kinds of people this is the meaning of الرجعة two kinds of people will also come back with him come back from the dead they will come back to life who? the very good and the very bad the very good amongst us of the believers they will also return and the very bad from the people throughout the generations they will also return the very best and the very worst why? okay the return now what? the goal of الرجعة the return is for the very good for the very good people the best of people to seek vengeance and revenge from the very bad and from the worst especially if there were enemies let me give you an example we believe that after the return of Imam al-Mahdi عجر الله تعالى فرجه Imam al-Hussain will also return he will return along with his 72 companions they will come back to life and Yazid and his gang those who? they will also come back to life and Allah will give the opportunity for Imam al-Hussain and his followers to take revenge from their killers from their enemies this is just one example of the very good and of the very bad there are others as you can imagine others include other imams those who are oppressed those who are extremely pious very righteous but they were oppressed Allah will bring them back along with their oppressors those who killed them those who hurt them and have the good doers seek vengeance and revenge from the bad there are some who reject the idea of the return of the Raja they say this is nonsense this will not happen this is a Shi'i this is a Shi'i superstition it's nonsense and it won't happen the vast majority of Sunni scholars hold this opinion that this will not happen Shi'i scholars the majority believe in Raja they believe in the return it might not be discussed as much perhaps for some of you this is new it's not discussed as much why because it raises a lot of questions it confuses some people however certain things must be mentioned they must be told this exists in our books this is one of our beliefs and today we'd like to analyze it we'd like to find proof and evidence for it should we believe in it or should we not believe in it there are some Shi'i scholars that believe the return is the return of Imam Al-Mahdi and that is something that everyone accepts even our Sunni brothers and sisters they also believe in Al-Mahdi but the difference is we believe that he's already born in the year 256 they believe that he will be born in the future or some of them believe that he is Jesus Jesus, Isa, is the Mahdi they have various opinions some of our scholars believe that the return of Imam Al-Mahdi that's it there are some contemporary scholars that contest this theory the theory of Al-Raja that the very good and the very bad shall return and they claim that it has no proof and no evidence while those that argue those who argue for Al-Raja they have their arguments now tonight my dear brothers and sisters first of all we'd like to examine is Al-Raja rationally possible number one is it rationally possible because if it's not rationally possible then why come in trying to find proof and evidence let's see is it rationally possible or is it rationally not possible to have a second coming to have a return to have two kinds of people the very good and the very bad the very evil will come back to life and the very good will seek vengeance and revenge for their oppression from their enemies is this rationally possible or no this is one two is this idea compatible with the Quran what does the Quran say about you know people who will live another life in this life not in the next we're talking about in this life is it possible for a person to die and they come back to life again and die again and then be resurrected for the day of judgment is this idea compatible with the Quran or not number three is there any proof and evidence in the way that we believe in it that the very good and the very bad will return and the very good will seek vengeance from the very bad does this have any proof and evidence from the Quran number four is there any proof and evidence from the narrations of Ahl al-Bait what do the Ahl al-Bait have to say about this number five what is the philosophy of the Raja what is the point what is the purpose of the return number six is it necessary and compulsory to believe in Al-Raj'a what if it doesn't make sense to me what if I'm not convinced will I be committing a sin if I don't believe in Al-Raj'a the return or do I have to accept it the same way that for example I accept the prophethood of Prophet Muhammad and the Imam of Imam Ali A.S and number six or number seven rather who will be the first to return after Imam Al-Mahdi we shall try to touch upon these points briefly without taking too much of your time tonight صلى الله عليه وسلم you know a complicated topic like this requires a lot of salawat صلى الله عليه وسلم number one is Al-Raj'a the return rationally rationally and logically possible is it possible for someone to have two lives to live die and then come back to life again die and then be resurrected on the day of judgment is it possible to come back again to life Sunni scholars say this is not possible rationally it is not possible for you to have a second life for you to come back to life after death how is that logically and rationally rationally possible the answer is that it is very much rationally possible and it is very much logically possible what do you say about resurrection if you deny the Raj'a the return because it's not possible to come back to life after death then you as mine as well you should deny also what resurrection the day of judgment because what is resurrection of the day of judgment is coming back to life after death so if this is not possible for you you think it's not possible then resurrection is also not possible the day of judgment is also not possible by the way there are some that deny resurrection they deny resurrection how there are some philosophers they say that المعاد الجسماني is not possible that bodily resurrection physical resurrection is not possible does that mean that they deny resurrection under the day of judgment no they say we believe in resurrection we believe in the day of judgment but it's spiritual it's not physical why they say well because when we die when we're buried we turn into what we turn into sand that soil turns into plants and trees and those plants and trees they go to people's stomach it's an animal's stomach so we essentially become part of an animal and that animal gets slaughtered and is eaten by another human being and that human being dies and gets you see so how is it possible that Allah will return us with our exact bodies that's impossible because our bodies will be part of other bodies either animals or other humans and obviously humans are animals so how is it possible to be resurrected with these bodies they say it's impossible thus resurrection is only spiritual not physical and this is called المعاد الجسماني there are some that deny المعاد الجسماني there are some philosophers of course we believe that it's possible and in Surah Al-Yasin in Surah Yasin Allah SWT I'll lose to this point that a person asked how is it possible that when a person dies when his bones have deteriorated they turn into sand Allah will return him وضرب لنا مثلا ونسي خلقه قال من يحيي العظام وهي رميم قل يحييها الذي أنشأها أول مرة he will say a man will say how can these bones come back to life how can a human being come back to life the Quran says say the one who gave it life the first time will give it life the second time is that too hard the one who gave us life the first time and created us from nothing right he gave us life and he gave us this body is it hard for Allah to bring this body back alive again absolutely not if it was easy the first time it's easy the second time thus the return is very much rationally possible it's logically possible the day of judgment and the body and that we will be resurrected with these bodies then you have no objection you cannot have any objection to the return this is one number two the idea of having a second life to come back to life after death in this life in the world the other world meaning to live die and then come back to life again here before the day of judgment before the other world is this possible we said rationally logically it's possible does this conform to the Quran is it compatible with the Quran when does the Quran say about this when we read the Quran because in order to test any theory to see if any theory is compatible with Islam we have to see if it's compatible with what first the Quran the Quran tell me anything if you want to know is it Islamic or non Islamic I'll tell you let's come to the Quran and let's see what the Quran has to say about it Islamic democracy Islamic pluralism Islamic communism Islamic so and so Islamic human rights Islamic women's rights let's come and see what the Quran says the first test is the Quran let's see are these theories compatible with the Quran or not now let's come and see is the return of the very good and the very bad is it compatible with the Quran or not when we read the Quran we see that coming back to life is something very much possible in the Quran the Quran tells us of many people that came back to life in this life after dying the Quran is full of stories not one, not two, not three it's full of stories these are not a hadith by the Ahl al-Bayt for some people to contest them if you don't accept the Ahl al-Bayt you're gonna say well I don't accept your narrations I'm not arguing with narrations now we're arguing with the Quran our evidence is the Quran the Quran tells us of several people that came back to life after death one the Quran tells us about the story of Prophet حزقيل in the bible known as Isaacal in the Quran known as حزقيل ألم ترأل الذين خرجوا من ديارهم وهم ألوفون حذر الموت فقال لهم الله موتوا ثم أحيهم the Quran says do you not see those who left their city by the thousands fearing death and then Allah told them to die so they died and then he brought them to life what is this story there was a city that the residents of that city were from Ben Israel Ben Israel there was an epidemic there was a major disease in that city so people started fleeing they started running away they started fleeing death Allah told them you're running away from death I could get death to reach you so Allah killed them Allah made them die Prophet حزقيل he came and he saw thousands dead their corpses and their remains they were there so Prophet حزقيل he started thinking you know how did these people die and how will they be resurrected how will these remains and corpses and skeletons and bones how will they be brought back to life Allah wanted to show Prophet حزقيل he brought all of them back to life and this is mentioned in تفسير الطبري and تفسير الدر المنثور and تفسير السيوطي these three sources these books of تفسير are Sunni books of تفسير they mentioned that these people were brought back to life فقال لهم الله موتو ثم أحياهم he told them to die so they died and then he brought back brought them back to life this is one incident another incident that the Quran tells us is about the story of موسى عليه السلام when a man was killed innocently and two tribes were about to fight because there was a feud between two tribes and an innocent man died from one tribe that tribe was accusing whom the other tribe that you killed our man and there was about to be a major war so they came and asked Prophet موسى though what should we do bring this man back to life let's ask him who killed you Prophet موسى said okay الله says كلاوات بقرة صورة البقرة the longest صورة in the Quran is mentioned is named after this cow this story they came and asked which kind of cow so he came you know he told them kill any cow slaughter any cow but they kept on asking questions I don't know I give them more details you know sometimes people make it harder on themselves the more they ask questions the harder Allah will make it right so sometimes just don't ask questions someone tells you do this do it don't ask for details how should I do it how should I do this how should I do this just do it like you're told right finally they found the cow that yellow cow that Allah told them and yellow I mean where do you find a yellow cow finally they found a yellow cow they came they slaughtered it they bought the blood they put it on the man's feet the man came back to life and he said here's my murderer he pointed to his murder they grabbed that man and they executed him this is another verse فقلنا ضربوه ببعضها كذلك يحيي الله يحيي الله الموتى ويريكم آياته العلكم تعقلون this verse reverse to the story of mousa alaihi salam what happened the man came back to life he was dead he came back to life so this is very much possible another story that pertains to prophet mousa alaihi salam when prophet mousa this is the third incident prophet mousa took his companions to meet Allah supposedly they were going to meet Allah they were that ignorant thinking that they were going to see Allah right they told him we will not believe in you unless we get to see Allah this was bani israel وإذ قلتم يا موسى لنؤمن لك حتى نرى الله جهرة موسى تولم okay come with me he took 70 of them they went to the mountains what happened a major what would you call it a lightning major lightning major storm they all died when they died they said mousa remained alive mousa told him oh Allah please bring them back to life because if I go back to the rest of bani israeel they will say what you kill them they will accuse me of murder so bring them back to life الله answered the dua of mousa and he brought them back and he brought them back and he brought them back and he brought them back it's like then we brought you back to life after your death so that you may be thankful so that you may be thankful this is in clear plain arabic it doesn't need translation anyone who knows arabic will understand that these people came back to life after death right this is the Quran in another incident fourth incident the story of عزير and the holy temple اوك الذي مر على قرية وهي خاوية على عروشها قال اننا يحيي هذه الله بعد موتها فأماته الله مئة عام ثم بعته قال كم لبث prophet عزير or ارمية ناريشن say either عزير or ارمية one of them passed by the holy temple in jerusalem that was destroyed by whom by an arabic نبو خد نصر in english نبك نزر right the famous king in Iraq he came and he destroyed the holy temple in jerusalem the holy temple of the jews عزير or ارمية he came he passed by the holy temple and it was destroyed right that's why the jews they have the weeping wall wailing wall why they will for the destroyed temple the temple that they believe was built by prophet suleyman saulman anyhow عزير he came he saw the destroyed temple the holy temple it's destroyed so he thought to himself this place is in ruins how is it possible that it could ever be you know reconstructed it could be brought back Allah makes him die Allah made عزير or ارمية died and then he brought him back to life he was asked how long were you gone for he said a day or two days و بعض يوم I was gone for a day or two years a day or two years بل then he is told بل بثمائة عامن you died for a hundred years for a hundred years and then you came back to life it's very much possible for someone to die and then come back to life this is the fifth example this is the fifth example أبراهيم asked Allah و يتقال أبراهيم ربي أرني كيف تحيل موته أبراهيم asked Allah to show him how he will resurrect the dead قال أولم تؤمن أبراهيم you don't believe that we could bring back the dead قال بلا he said I do believe ولكن ليطمئن قلبي I do believe but I want to be rest assured I want to be sure you know sometimes when you you believe in something logically you believe in it but your heart needs it needs reassurance right your heart needs reassurance أبراهيم get four kinds of birds four kinds of birds a peacock a crow get them slaughter them cut them into pieces mix them together mix the four different kinds of birds mix them together قال فأخذ أربعة من الطير فصر هن إليك ثم جعل على كل جبل من هن جزء get these four birds cut them into pieces mix them together and then divide them into ten parts and put every part on ten mountains ten hills and then call the peacock call the dove call the pigeon call the crow someone is paying attention and they will come back to you ثم ادعوهن يأتينا كساعة وعلم ان الله عزيز وحكيم and indeed أبراهيم he called one by one he called the peacock the peacock came together he called the dove the dove came together he called the crow he called the pigeon they all came back together life after death this is life after death and this life before the next and finally there's a lot of examples I'm just giving you some one of his miracles was what to bring back the dead to bring back the dead why some people thought that he was God because of such miracles because of such miracles because of such miracles that people thought he was God even Imam Ali A.S Imam Ali A.S there were some people that thought he was God they claimed that he was God why because he performed certain miracles وصلى الله عليه وسلم محب غال ومبغض قال he says two people will be punished because of you I mean not because of you but because of their position from you one is a Mughali the one who declares that you're God will be punished because this is kufr this is disbelief and another who hates you so much who considers you a kaffir he will also be punished you know subhan Allah there's two extremes there were some that declared him God and there were some that declared him a kaffir anyhow بافر عيسة would bring back the dead so it's very much possible now صلى الله عليه وسلم life after death in this life we saw that according to the Quran is it impossible or is it possible it's possible we saw that there were various individuals or groups that were brought back to life in this life before the next they lived twice and they died twice and then they were resurrected right we saw this in the Quran now but you might say this is not enough to prove to me that the very good people and the very bad people will what will be brought back will be resurrected in this life and the good people will seek vengeance from the bad now I say let's take a step further now we saw that coming the return coming back to life as possible let's try to find some proof and evidence from the Quran before they're back no come with me in one verse و يوم نحشر من كل أمة فوجن من ما يكذب بأياتنا in a day we will resurrect from every nation a group from every nation we will resurrect a group from those who denied our signs meaning those who disbelieved in our signs some scholars say this is talking about what? the return this is not talking about the day of judgment because most scholars Sunni scholars they say this verse is talking about whom about what? the day of judgment و يوم نحشر من كل أمة some of our scholars say this verse is talking about not the day of judgment because it says we will resurrect from every nation a group only a group while on the day of judgment there will be a group you see و يوم ينفخ فصوري فأفزع من في السماوات والأرض و من في الأرض regarding the day of judgment الله says when the day that person blows in the horn everyone will be resurrected that's the day of judgment but this verse says that a day will come from every nation a group will be resurrected that group are the very bad the most evil this is one verse if you can test if you can test this verse you say it's not very convincing there's another verse let's see كيف تكفرون بالله و كنتم أمواتا pay attention follow up with me الله says how can you reject how can you not believe while و كنتم أمواتا you were dead فأحياكم he gave you life ثم يومي تكم then he takes away your life makes you dead ثم يحييكم then he brings you back to life ثم إليه ترجعون then you will return to him how many lives is that and how many deaths that's two lives and two deaths and then we return to him كيف تكفرون بالله و كنتم أمواتا you were dead and then he gave you life you were dead meaning you were not created he gave you life فأحياكم ثم يومي تكم then you will die ثم يحييكم then you will come back to life ثم إليه ترجعون meaning what you will die that means two lives two deaths this is talking about الرجع if you can test if you say no we were dead and then Allah brought us back to life and then we die ثم أحياكم ثم إليه ترجعون then he gave you life then you return that means this is talking about ربنا يومي تناثنتين و أحياي تناثنتين if this verse is not so clear we have another verse ربنا أمت تناثنتين و أحياي تناثنتين oh Allah you gave us life twice and you made us die twice twice well if you can say gave us life twice that could mean gave us life in this life وانه سوف يعطينا الحياة في حياته. لكنك قلت لك دائما دائما، كيف تتكلم؟ قالوا ربنا، أمت تناثنتين وأحييت تناثنتين، قلت لك دائما دائما وقلت لك دائما وانه سوف نعيق دائما، أين هو أخر دائما؟ هذا هو أمت تناثنت؟ بالتأكيد هذا ليس لكل يوم ولم أعرف أولاً بأنه ليس لكل يوم أعلم، أعلم، سوف أعلم، سوف أعلم سوف نتكلم أنه فقط جيد وما جداً جيد وانت another verse there's a verse that says اننا لننصر رسولنا والذين آمنوا في الحياة الدنيا ويوم يقوم الأشهد we will support our prophets and those who believe in this life we will support them in this life our prophets many of them they were killed they were oppressed Prophet Zakaria he was cut in half Prophet Yahya his head was cut and sent to a tyrant very similar to him Imam Hussein says I mentioned a couple of days ago that bani Israel in some days from dawn till sunrise they would kill how many prophets who remembers 70 prophets they would kill the verse says we will support our prophets in this life how were they supported how was Prophet Zakaria supported how was Prophet Yahya supported how was our prophet supported how was Imam Hussein supported all these prophets that were killed how were they supported to support means to avenge to give vengeance to give that person the ability to revenge to get revenge our scholars say this verse it's talking about what the return these prophets will come back to life along with their killers along with their enemies and they will be able to seek vengeance they will be able to take revenge some might say some might contest this verse as well some might say well to support doesn't necessarily mean to kill their oppressors or to slaughter them or to kill them Imam Hussein the millions that remember Imam Hussein during these days the millions who will walk to this grave to his shrine isn't that supporting the Imam isn't that Allah's support for Imam Hussein that's better than having Yazid come back to life and kill Yazid isn't it which one is really support for the Imam the millions who walk to the Imam inspired by the Imam or to kill Yazid that's there are some who can contest this view however there's a narration by the Ahl al-Bayt by Imam Sadiq Al-Salam regarding this verse إنّا نلنصر رسول الله واللذين أمنوا the Imam says this is pertaining to the return because many prophets were killed they were massacred they were hurt but they were not supported they will be supported in the second coming and incidentally in Sunni books of Tafseer they mentioned this for example in Tafseer Al-Kashaf by Az-Zamaqshari which is a very authentic book of Tafseer for them they teach it in their houses it's taught in Al-Azhar Al-Azhar University they teach this Tafseer Tafseer Al-Kashaf he says ويتوح الله من يقتصه من عدائهم ولو بعدحين he will allow Allah how does he support his those who believe in the prophets he will get someone to seek vengeance for their death from those who kill them that means those people will come back to life and they will seek vengeance now this is all pertaining to the Quran if you have some doubt if you believe that these verses are not too convincing I'm still not convinced come to the narrations of Ahl al-Bayt صلى الله عليه وسلم we have over 200 narrations by the Ahl al-Bayt that talk about the Raja'a that talk about the coming the return 200 narrations by over 40 narrators these 200 narrations they're not all by one narrator one or two or three so that you may say these narrations are not reliable we've never heard of the Raja'a before there's over 40 narrations I'm sorry over 40 narrators these people couldn't have conspired all together to come up with such a theory at various generations during various generations at times that narrates regarding the Raja'a there are several scholars throughout history in the history of Shi'a'zam that wrote about the Raja'a Ahmed ibn Dawood al-Jurjani حسن ibn Ali ibn Abi Hamza al-Bata'ini who might not be such a reliable narrator according to scholars but there's others الفضل ابن الشاذان who's a very reliable scholar and narrator he has a book on the Raja'a الشيخ الصدوق العياشي these all have books on the Raja'a that prove the Raja'a will occur there's so many narrations I'll just recite to you some of them إمام البانقر أيام الله ثلاثة there are three days of God يوم قيام القائم the day that Al-Mahdi will return ويوم الكرة the day of the return when the good and the bad return ويوم القيام and the day of judgement إمام صادق أن الرجع ليست بعم وهي خاصة the second coming the return is not for everyone it's for only a designated group of people ولا يرجع الا من محظ الإيمان محظن the very very good the very righteous the believers the very good believers they will return وما أو محظ الشركي محظن those that are very bad and very evil so the very bad and the very evil they will come back the verse إن الذي فرض عليك القرآن لرادك إلى معاد he the one that revealed the Qur'an to you will return to you the apparent meaning of the verse is that he will return you back to Mecca because this verse was revealed when the prophet was leaving Mecca to go to Medina he will bring you back the Imam says may Allah bless Jabir جابر ابن عبد الله العنصالي the first to visit Imam why because he knew the real meaning of the verse he will bring back the prophet he will bring back the prophet not to Mecca he will bring him back to what to life he will bring him back to life we see the concept of a رجعة in many of the ziaras the ziaras that we recite for the أهل البيت we see that the رجعة plays a major role for example in a زيارة الجامعة the very long ziara that is for all of the معصومين that is narrated by Imam Al-Hadi we see that the رجعة plays a major role و جعل إلي من من ينتقل من من يقتصوا آثاركم و يسلكوا سبيلكم و يحتدي بهداكم و يحشروا فيه زمرتكم the dua says oh Allah I want to be among those that will come back that will live another life with the أهل البيت to see the أهل البيت again و يملكوا فيه دولتكم انزيارة الأربعين and in زيارة وارث you know sometimes we recite these statements and we don't know what it means that's a shame that's a shame one of the sections in زيارة وارث and in زيارة الأربعين أشهد أني بكم مؤمنون و بإيابكم موقن what is إياب إياب means your return I believe in your return you the أهل البيت that you will return we believe that our imams will return after the return of Imam al-Mahdi they will all come back one by one and they will seek vengeance from their enemies right in زيارة الرجبية the one that is recommended to reciting in رجب now after all of this what is the purpose of the return you might say now you prove to us from the Qur'an and the Sunnah from the narrations of Ahl al-Bayt but I don't get it why why is there a second coming why is there a return why are the Ahl al-Bayt going to return why is Imam Hussein going to return why are the very good and the very bad are they going to come back to life before the day of judgment why to answer صلى الله عليه وسلم محمد و آله محمد you see the return is a manifestation of Allah's justice why do we have the day of judgment why do we have the day of judgment because on the day of judgment is a manifestation of Allah's justice the good doers will be rewarded the evil doers will be punished that's the day of judgment the same idea belongs to the return the return is a manifestation of Allah's justice where the very good doers with a very good will come back and seek vengeance and revenge from the very bad that's a manifestation of Allah's justice we believe Allah is just how can you know the companions of Imam Hussein die unjustly Imam Hussein die such a cruel death without seeking vengeance for his death without his enemies they should pay the price for it they should pay the price for it in this life if they don't that means there is no revenge there is no vengeance so the whole point of the return is divine justice so that the very good can get their revenge from the very bad okay you might say well what's the purpose of the day of judgment why shouldn't that happen in the day of judgment I thought that will happen in the day of judgment but the very good to get their vengeance from the very bad on the day of judgment why in this life Allah is just we know that but his justice could be revealed on the day of judgment why in this life the answer you see when someone hurts you very badly when someone hurts you very badly let's say someone spreads a rumor about you someone hurts your family God forbid someone kills a family member of yours someone really hurts you really really hurts you you want your revenge right you want your revenge and you want it now you want it now you don't want to wait you don't want to wait 30 years 40 years you don't even want to wait until the day of judgment you want your revenge now you want to see it with your own eyes that's only fair that would be justice nothing will make you as comfortable as seeing the person who hurt you punished now in this life before the next I'm sure some of you when someone hurts you and you want that person punished you say oh Allah I want to see that person punished now you don't want to wait until the day of judgment you want to see it with your own eyes because that will make your faith in Allah even stronger because you see it in your own eyes right that's justice that's justice but for the punishment to be delayed you know some people are not satisfied with that imagine if someone kills one of your family members and that person should be executed right eye for an eye life for life that person should be executed the government says yes will execute him but not now 30 years from now 40 years from now that's not fear why because he killed someone young and if you were to be executed 30 years from now he's going to be what he's going to be old it's only fear that he also dies young plus you want to be you want to see it yourself perhaps 30 years from now you're not going to be alive the parents of that victim might not be alive they want to see it with their own eyes that is justice they'll say we want to see the murder of our son or daughter executed in front of our eyes we want to see it here in this life that is justice you see some people want justice in this life before the next yes on the day of judgment there will be justice but they want to see justice here as well you know you might not understand this fully well unless you've been oppressed and wronged if you've been really oppressed really wronged you'll understand the concept of الرجعة that you want to see justice in this life before the next you know for the people of Iraq for all the families that have victims that were killed at the hands of Saddam you know almost in every household in Iraq especially in the household households in the south in every house there's a martyr there's a Shahid Saddam left his imprints in almost every house and sometimes in every house he took more than one martyr one two three you know I know so many families there's a couple of brothers that were killed couple right you know you know when was the happiest moment in some of in the lives of some of the Iraqis when was the happiest moment when they saw Saddam hung when he was when he was what executed that was the happiest moment for some I remember some elders I would hear them say I ask Allah to keep me alive the day that Saddam dies the day that Saddam is executed some people prayed to be alive when you have your young son or some sons my aunt my aunt she has two sons that were killed at the hands of Saddam why because in in the year 91 in the rides that took place in Karbala they participated and there were some spies that came and said you know they participated in the rallies they were killed they had young children small children this is just one family I know so many families maybe you know families they were killed at the hands of Saddam the day that they saw Saddam died it was a happy day for them that was justice what was happier was the day that his two sons were killed the day that his two sons were killed that's divine justice the same way that he took the children of people Allah took his children that was divine justice for some people that was happier that was better than seeing Saddam die because they saw justice in this life that proves to them that Allah exists if you have you know if your faith is shaky you're not sure when you see it with your own eyes that's divine justice that's divine justice that proves that Allah exists one day one day Musa when he was standing on a mountain Allah told him there's a river or there's a lake look at that lake I just want you to look Subhan Allah Allah sometimes works in amazing ways so Musa was looking at the lake he saw a man come at night with a riding a horse he came he took off his clothing he bathed in the lake and then he got up he put on his clothing his belt he forgot it next to the river and he left he got on his horse and he left back then you know people didn't have wallets where would they keep their money in the belt just like Hajj for those of you that have been to Hajj and Umrah you know the belts that we wear in the Haram it's basically pockets where you keep your money this first and he forgot his belt he forgot his belt which had his money in it and he left moments later a young man came to drink water from this lake he drank water and then he saw a belt he opened it he saw it's full of money he took it and he left couple of minutes later an old man came to also drink or bathe in this lake who returned that night he returned to look for his belt he came he didn't see it he asked the old man he said where's my belt he told him which belt he said my belt I left it here you took it he said I have no idea what you're talking about I didn't see a belt he said if you don't give me my belt I will kill you the man started swearing that I haven't seen your belt he looked out his sword and he kills that old man and he leaves Musa said Oh Allah what sort of oppression is this I forgot to say that Musa asked Allah to show him his justice he said Oh Allah I want to see your justice he told him look at the lake after seeing this Musa he said Oh Allah I told you to show me your justice not your oppression what I saw I didn't see justice he said yeah Musa take it easy you don't know what happened as for the night you know when he left his money that second man who came and took the money he actually that was his money the night had stolen it from him but he wasn't able to get it from him because this is a night this is a soldier who has a sword who has a weapon and the other man couldn't take his money so this was the best way to get him to get his money he said ok well what about the old man that died innocently Allah said you think he died innocently but he didn't because this old man 30 years ago he killed the father of that night innocently after 30 years we had his son seek vengeance for his father's death that's justice that's justice see people want to see justice sometimes when you see justice you believe your faith in Allah is strengthened now the belief in الرجعة the return is it necessary is it part of أصول الدين just like believing in توحيد العاد النبوة الإمامة المعادية also have to believe الرجعة is it part of أصول الدين or not is it a sin if you don't believe in it or not we believe that we have sufficient proof for الرجعة we have sufficient proof that it will take place that it will happen from the Quran and from the narrations of Ahl al-Bait however if a person is still not convinced maybe you're still not convinced maybe others are not convinced you might be convinced you might not be convinced if you're not convinced no Allah will not punish you Allah will not it is not part of أصول الدين it's not part of أصول الدين it's not like توحيد العاد النبوة الإمامة no it's like as in the words of الشيخ محمد حسين كاشف الغطاء he says as the الرجعة is one of the things that will happen in the future for example the appearance of the دجال if you deny the existence of the دجال because you don't have sufficient proof is that disbelief won't you be punished or believing some of the signs of the return of إمام المهدي do you have to believe in them no it's not a sin if you're still not convinced it's not a sin it's not a part of أصول الدين basically it's not part of أصول الدين and finally we believe that the first person that will return after إمام المهدي is إمام حسين إمام حسين will come back with his 72 companions along with 70 profits they will come back and he will seek vengeance for his death for his martyrdom from those that killed him from those that oppressed him not just those who physically killed him and who were present in كربلة but those who let his death those who let his death and I know and I think you know who I'm talking about those who paved the way for the death of إمام حسين عليه السلام those who paved the way for عاشورة they will also be punished and إمام حسين will seek vengeance and when إمام المهدي dies when he will become a martyr إمام حسين عليه السلام will wash him and shroud him and pray over his body and he will bury إمام المهدي in his own grave of إمام حسين كربلة and the shrine of إمام حسين will become the shrine of إمام المهدي and إمام حسين will become the إمام and he will be in charge he will lead