 Respected viewers, brothers and sisters in Islam, As-salamu alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh Welcome to the second episode as we celebrate the birth anniversary of one of the greatest ladies in Islam and the Ahlul Bayt, alayhim As-salam. There is no other than Lady Zaynah, peace and blessings be upon her for this reason. I would like to congratulate you my dear viewers, as well as the master of our time, may Allah hasten his reappearance Imam Mehdi and the Ahlul Bayt, alayhim As-salam and of course our pious scholars on this very auspicious occasion. For the dear viewers who didn't get the chance to view yesterday's episode, you can log into our YouTube channel at Imam Hussain 3TV and you can also follow us on Facebook also at Imam Hussain 3TV. Now yesterday I touched upon the early life of Lady Zaynah and the circumstances of her upbringing at such a young age. This great personality, this great personality's character reflected the best attributes of those who were surrounding her, of those who brought her up. In sincerity she was likened to her grandmother, Khadija, peace be upon her. In chastity and modesty she was likened to her mother Fatima al-Zahra, in eloquence she was likened to her father Ali ibn Abi Talib peace and blessings be upon him and in forbearance and patience and in bravery and tranquility of the heart she was likened to her two brothers Imam Al-Hasan and Imam Al-Hussain, alayhim as-salam. From this we get to realize how Lady Zaynab alayhim as-salam received the elevated status that came to be because she belonged to the tree of infallibility and in the house where the Quran descended and of course the environment that she grew up in enabled her to reach the great and to reach the great levels that she reached throughout her life up until ashura and post ashura although she lost her mother at the age of five a very young age for a child to lose two individuals at a very young age her grandfather Rasulullah the greatest being to ever walk this planet and days or weeks after she loses her mother imagine what goes on in the mind of this very young child and of course I'm going to repeat what I said yesterday it is a very blessed and happy occasion but yet from day one we do see like it's history and it's critics we do see Zaynab alayhim as-salam although it's a happy occasion you know it's it's her birthday but yet even at some people's birthdays people remember their legacy what they did what did they go through in order to make the people realize the great character or the great personality of such people so we're going through the life of lady Zaynab alayhim to show the entire world although she needs no Ahmed Ali to introduce or needs no one else to introduce her or to talk about her Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and the Ahlul Bayt have brought her together with the Ahlul Bayt alayhim as-salam Mam Zaynab abdina as we inshallah get the touch upon later on we'll see how he addresses his aunt Zaynab but although at a young age her mother passing away and her grandfather passing away at the age of five or so it did not stop her from taking the exemplary qualities of her mother Fatim Tzarra alayhim as-salam some may ask how how does Zaynab resemble Fatim Tzarra peace be upon them both well if we go through the books of history we'll find that whether Sunni or Shia any any source any Islamic source any Islamic book you'll find this written that's just the same as Fatim Tzarra alayhim stood in the face of those who stole her rights in the mosque of Rasulullah her father and demanded her rights in in terms of Fedek and in regards of other other things she stood up made took a stand and this is a woman now they're saying woman are oppressed i mean go look through history and you'll find how the woman of Ahlul Bayt alayhim as-salam should be the role models Fatim Tzarra took that stand Ya Ali Bqalib was present but she took that stand to set a model for women the same way that Fatim Tzarra stood Zaynab too won the caravan of Ahlul Bayt alayhim as-salam arrived at the palaces of Ibn Ziyad and Yazid in Kufa and Sham we see Zaynab alayhim as-salam taking a stand and demanding the rights of Ahlul Bayt alayhim as-salam and defending the imams of her time defending Imam Hussein and defending the two imams that were present in Kufa and Sham Imam Zayn al-Abideen and Imam Muhammad al-Baqir peace be upon them them both are imams and Imam Sajjad when an Imam is present and non-Imam cannot speak on behalf of the Imam but Ya Zaynab alayhim as-salam had the elevated status where she stood up in front of Yazid and made her stand as scholars and as the Imam say that yes of course Imam Hussain alayhim made the ultimate stand and no one comes to the sacrifice of Imam Hussain but yet Zaynab the stand of Zaynab is what made Imam Hussain the sacrifice of Imam Hussain eternal because if it wasn't for her Imam Hussain would have seen Karbala as we mentioned yesterday but however a model woman for all generations lady Zaynab alayhim as-salam one of her claims to fame was that her profound knowledge and wisdom of Islam although she never attended any school go through history she did not she was not taught by anyone she would go up around Rasulullah and Fatim al-Zara'im and Ali bin Al-Talib where else would you get the knowledge from now we seek the knowledge from Ahl al-Bait but this individual got it directly from them and that's what's beautiful about Lady Zaynab alayhim as-salam and she did not she was not taught in Islamic law in Quranic memorization interpretation of the Quran nor any other matters of faith Zaynab alayhim as-salam was that self-taught individual where the most distinguished title that Imam Zaynab alayhim as-salam the fourth Imam of Ahl al-Bait gives her he says you are a scholar where no one has taught you can we comprehend this idea aunt you are a scholar without anyone teaching you this is why Zaynab alayhim as-salam is considered as an authority as we inshallah get the touch upon a very important book but in fact we find that this message goes out to our dear sisters that if we wanted to become a better society a better community we must keep in our mind one thing that our dear sisters cannot hold back their abilities Zaynab alayhim as-salam during the time where Ali ibn abi talib her father was the Khalifa at that time she did not stop she did not stay at home as a matter of fact she established courses and lessons on what on Quranic interpretation of the Quran teaching the Quranic memorization jurisprudence for the ladies it wasn't that men were teaching the women it is women teaching the women and that's what's so important about ladies Zaynab alayhim as-salam it's that she set that example for me for my sisters for anyone out there that in order to become a very successful individual one must make an ultimate stand to continue his legacy to leave something behind when you ask everyone what is your wish he says I some people say I wish to be remembered all the time well in order to do so lady Zaynab alayhim whenever ashura whenever Imam al-Hussain is mentioned Zaynab automatically has to be mentioned because she took that stand so it's very important for us as followers Ahlul Bayt as people who think that Ahlul Bayt impact our lives Ahlul Bayt have an influence ladies Zaynab has an influence on our life thus as I mentioned rather than teach than than men teaching the women women began to teach women so before the break I would like to say something is that we should never let our ladies hold back their abilities of course there are certain things which are forbidden but certain things like teaching the Quran if our dear sisters have the ability to teach the Quran to teach narrations of Ahlul Bayt alayhim as-salam something regarding Islam of course never hold back because Zaynab and which lady in our time right now is compared to Zaynab as a matter of fact in history other than Fatimah Bizzara as compared to Zaynab no one yet she made the ultimate stand but before we continue I would like to take a short break and we'll be back shortly so stay tuned respected viewers brothers and sisters once again as-salamu alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuhu inshaAllah enjoyed the information you're provided with during the reports but back to our discussion before the break I touch upon some of the things that happened if you will during the life of Lady Zaynab alayhim as-salam and once again I do congratulate you my dear viewers as well as the Imam of our time Imam Mehdi Mallahisyn's reappearance to our prize scholars and to the Ahlul Bayt for the birth of Lady Zaynab alayhim as-salam and we are rejoicing but one this part of the episode I would like to dedicate it to talking about a book that has summarized some of the attributes of Lady Zaynab alayhim as-salam this book is by Noor al-Din al-Jaza'iri khasaas al-Zaynabi of the attributes of Lady Zaynab this book is one of the important books if someone wants to touch upon the life of Lady Zaynab look at her attributes or learn inshaAllah this book will be translated and in your future to English but you can pick this up at any bookstore that are present you know in in Iraq or in probably the Islamic countries that sell such books but and it's also provided online so you can check this book out but anyways this book just gives amazing attributes of how Lady Zaynab lived her life who did she resemble and who did she be representative of inshaAllah get to touch upon some of the attributes but one of the attributes is the truthful one as-saddiqa if one was to look at the titles that were given to Fatim t-Zahra alayhim as-salam what would realize this title being given given to Fatim t-Zahra peace and blessings be upon her yet we find the imams of Ahl al-Bayt alayhim as-salam giving this title to Zaynab alayhim as-saddiqa the truthful one and honestly how would Zaynab truthful one would ask if you were to look at what happened before on and after the day of aishura you will find that Zaynab is truthful to the path of Ahl al-Bayt and truthfulness is the attribute and the characteristic of the messengers of the successors of the ones developed Allah SWT separated their body and their soul for Allah SWT left everything for Allah and this is how we find Zaynab alayhim as-salam another one is very interesting when you always do ziyaratu about Fadil al-Abbas imam al-Husayn the Ahl al-Bayt imams of Ahl al-Bayt and the prophets we say as-salamu alaykum ya awliya Allah peace be upon you or the vice-gerents or the authorities which Allah have placed on earth now imam as-saddiqa alayhim as-salam is also mentioned in this book he says that Zaynab is also waliya to Allah an authority which Allah SWT placed on earth authority over who I mean don't the imams have the authority over everything yes but Zaynab alayhim as-salam was also given just like vaatam to zahra be some blessings be upon her and if you really go through these attributes there are lots in this book but if you go through some imam you will find the exact same merits and characteristics of Zaynab which resemble Fadim al-Zahra alayhim as-salam it's amazing to read this book but anyways one of the authorities which Allah SWT placed on this earth some would ask how before the break I touched upon it and yesterday's episode I touched upon it as well an authority over everyone if one was to study the life of Zaynab after ashura post ashura you will find the speech of Zaynab at the palace of ibn ziyad and the speech of Zaynab at the palace of Yazid and she spoke there was an blind man who was walking in the streets of kufa and he asked the people around him he says is that ali ibn abi talib speaking they said no that's his daughter Zaynab they recognize who that was they said that was Zaynab they felt like this individual has authority which she did she had authority over everyone because of the way because of her eloquence and the way that she spoke she resembled imam ali ibn talib she resembled her mother her brother imam al-Hussain the ahl al-bayt and prophet Muhammad so mentioning and it's a beautiful how the imam puts it ladies Zaynab alayhim as-salam is one of the authorities which Allah has placed on this earth and we find that through her devotion to Allah SWT we found that through her dedication to the ahl al-bayt and to the imam of our of her time imam al-Hussain peace and blessings be upon him another characteristic another attribute if you will of ladies Zaynab is that the she is the beloved granddaughter the beloved one to al-Mustafa who is al-Mustafa it is prophet Muhammad sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi wa sallam the beloved granddaughter of Rasulullah why of course she was the first granddaughter but yet that doesn't mean anything when it comes to the ahl al-bayt but yet Zaynab alayhi as-salam had the will of Fatima al-Zahra and who was Fatima sallallahu alayhi wa sallam was the mother of her father because Fatima al-Zahra completed Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi wa sallam when we hear the narration ya Muhammad laulak maa qalaktul aflak or Muhammad if it wasn't for you I would not have created the universe and if it wasn't for Ali I would not have created you and if it wasn't for Fatima I would not have created you both we find the elevated status of Fatima al-Zahra this is why the first daughter to Fatima was beloved to Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa alayhi wa sallam so we find how important the link is between Zaynab alayhi as-salam and prophet Muhammad and her reverence resembled Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam after all but after what is the next characteristic it's her representing Fatima al-Zahra alayhi sallam after the martyrdom of her mother Imam al-Hasan and Imam al-Hussain alayhim sallam states that no lady resembled our mother Fatima in her worship and modesty and chastity like our sister Zaynab she represented Fatima al-Zahra alayhi as-salam in her actions in her modesty in everything that she did being a housewife like her mother standing up for the truth like her mother defending Ahlul Bayt like her mother being that perfect role model also like her mother so what should we do is be like Zaynab be like Ahlul Bayt alayhim as-salam this goes off with my dear sisters to take this and it's not a shame to say that Zaynab is our role model it's an honor to say that I take Zaynab as a role model because Zaynab resembles truthfulness Zaynab resembles freedom Zaynab as of right now what is going on around the world a lot of people are saying always keep your voice up don't be quiet about injustice who was the first one not the first one but who did that who made the ultimate stand right now if anyone has the sword to their neck the majority would not say the truth it's unfortunate but Zaynab alayhi as-salam all the odds were against them but yet she still stood up and said the right word in front of the tyrants of her time she did not hesitate to defend Zaynab deen when they were about to kill him she did not hesitate to run around to gather the children after no she was that courageous individual that's why one of the merits in this book also it's the al shujaa the brave the courageous one it's very important to touch upon these merits because they really fulfill our needs they really fulfill what we need to do as Muslims it gives us the courage I mean right now motivation is key if you want to drive you have to have motivation so an individual anything that you do something how it has to motivate you towards that thing and what should motivate us to get closer to Allah is Ahl al Bayt alayhi as-salam keeping them as our role models continuing on with her representing Fatim al-Zahra alayhi as-salam and this should be a lesson for me for my dear sisters is how to always obey the man of the house how to always be the individual that always pleased her husband and Fatim al-Zahra alayhi as-salam was that individual who Ali ibn Abi Talib alayhi as-salam would tell her I hope I did not do something although Ali would never do a thing but yet they reached that place or they reached that status where one completes the other and Zaynab alayhi as-salam should inspire us to become better husbands to become from my dear viewers and my dear sisters to become better wives and to become better sisters to their brothers to motivate your brothers another attribute another characteristic is a reliable source in transmitting hadith Zaynab alayhi as-salam when you hear the events of Karbala when you hear some a lot of narrations and unfortunate not a lot of people touch upon the narrations by Zaynab alayhi as-salam and the establishment that she had for women in kufa it's unfortunate but yet when you always mention ashura we say Zaynab said this Zaynab said that she was a reliable source of hadith of narration of transmitting hadith so we should take that in into always being truthful and that's one of her attributes is as-saddiqa but i would like to conclude with one short story regarding the miracle that happened in the late 60s this is very well known in Lebanon in southern Lebanon everywhere Lebanon if you go to ask about this you'll find how famous the story is but one another attribute is the gate of fulfillment this is only granted to the individuals of Allah swt chooses Allah swt chose Zaynab to be one of the doors one of the gates of fulfillment and trust me for the people that have went to Zaynab alayhi as-salam they will see how their wishes their desires anything they request from Allah through the right of Zaynab will be granted as i mentioned in the late 60s an old lady could not walk long story short so they gathered a caravan to go visit from Lebanon to go visit Damascus the shrine of Zaynab alayhi as-salam so everyone got ready she comes to her brother she can't walk she can't see she can't do anything the lady scribbled so she goes to her brother she says i'm gonna hire two women to carry me to the holy shrine of Zaynab her brother says no no no no just see each Zaynab call upon Zaynab and she will fulfill your desires she will fulfill anything that you wish for so this individual at night on that night this individual began to recite what happened on ashura and the calamities that befell Zaynab and began to cry until she went to sleep this person woke up for the morning prayer fajr prayer and honestly when people hear this they think it's a lie we're making up nonsense no this is very well known as i mentioned very famous story in Lebanon this person woke up in the morning so we'll get ready for for prayers and she sees a lady who is calling her name her hand is out and she's telling her to stand up this person this person is astonished the old lady she says i cannot stand up she says i am Zaynab i am the one you have been beseeching Allah through all night and remembering me all night and i promise you whoever remembers me i will remember him so she keeps on repeating to her stand up until this person held the hand of Zaynab and stood up and she went to the holy shrine walking can we comprehend this idea that Zaynab alayhis salam is an authority placed by Allah on this earth can we comprehend the idea that Zaynab is a gate of fulfillment that whoever wants their desires to be fulfilled their wishes to be fulfilled visit Zaynab alayhis salam for she is one of the gates the fulfillment she is one of the gates to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala lastly i would like to ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala through the right of Zaynab to hasten the reappearance of our beloved imam imam el-mehdi mi Allah hasten his reappearance and to bless everyone and to keep Zaynab in our mind and keep her as our role models lastly i would like to thank you very much for tuning in tonight