 عوض بالله من شر الشيطان الرجيم بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم رب الشرح لي صدري ويسر لي أمر وحل العقدة من لساني يفقه قولي بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله رب العالمين وصلى الله على سيدنا وحبيب قلوبنا وشفيع نفوسنا أبل قاسم محمد وعلى آله بيته الطيبين الطاهرين المعصومين لا سيما بقية الله روحي وأرواح العالمين لتراب مقدمه الفداء ومع بعد رسالة سكولرين أبوه أبوه أبوه أبوه أبوه السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته ومن شاء الله في حالة جديدة وفي حالة جديدة that have been happening for the last 1400 years وفي حالة جديدة and reference to the attack and reference to the oppression وفي حالة جديدة and reference to the oppression of anyone that is encompassed as a muwali, as a muheb or as a shia of Ali ibn Abi Talib I'd like to dedicate tonight's topic inshallah to analyze Why is it that we are being attacked? Why is it that the school of Ahl al-Bait is under threat? Why is it that throughout history we have been subject to being attacked and who is doing the attacking? Now inshallah I want to analyze it in three particular points The first point is to look at one specific group of people that may encompass the majority The second is to look at the belief system that they have As in why is it that they believe that we should be attacked Why is it that they believe that they will attain heaven If they kill a particular number of the muwaleen of Muhammad and Ali Muhammad And in a concluding note inshallah we'd like to look at how is it that we should go about representing ourselves How is it that we should go about defending ourselves And what action is needed from us in order to defend that which we solidly stand on Inshallah we start the topic inshallah for tonight But before it we'd like to raise the first of your loudest salawat In honor of the greatest man that walked this earth The second in honor of the greatest lady to walk this earth And the third and your final salawat And inshallah to start off tonight's topic is in the honor of Imam صاحب العصري والزمان Put tonight's topic inshallah the specific people that I want to direct my attention to And direct tonight's topic to is a group of people that were likely to call themselves Or were labeled as being the خوارج These people as you know were derived after Ali ibn Abi Talim came into خلافت When he had his first war as in جميل that's finished You find صفين happened and a particular incident known as the arbitration happened And that's what led to the production of the خوارج Now let's look at the خوارج And this is a very important topic to look at in the idea of the image of these people How they portrayed themselves and what they think that they represent Very very important brothers and sisters Number one the خوارج as the wording of our Imam's represents And says these are the people very close attention These are the people that used to pray صلاة الصبح the morning prayers with the وضوء of the previous فريضة Which means مغرب and عشاء they prayed They finished عشاء the whole night they're in worship They did not need to repeat their وضوء and they would pray صلاة الصبح Now I want you to analyze that you might think to yourself in the first encounter that wow These people are in عبادة These people have been up the whole night These people have been reading Quran The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم he says People will come in which when they recite the Holy Quran The Quran does not go beyond their tongues They did not comprehend the particular Quran They don't understand how to put it into practice These خوارج now listen because People would look at them and say to themselves wow These are of the most religious figures because they were beaded You find them that they used to be up all night in praise They used to be up all night in reciting the Holy Quran However we look at that one side And we look at the other side in which they fought If we have them the Prophet of Islam the Quran the entire Quran we look at it And you find these people representing Islam However fighting Ali ibn Abi Talib Now this is where the first fitna came into practice This is where people started to question themselves These people appear to be of an Islamic nature However we know so many narrations And we know that Ali ibn Abi Talib is the Quran that is ناطق أنا القرآن الناطق Ali ibn Abi Talib says about himself look at it So we have the balance This is the first entity and we can question it nowadays When we have this balance How is it that we can differentiate Well clearly the Quran We can find that Ali ibn Talib is so many verses Then we find Ali ibn Abi Talib The Prophet has a statement about him He says That means look at the instance Look at the specific nature of this hadith Ali is with the truth That's one that says okay not a problem Ali is always on the right path Then the Prophet goes on to say No the truth is also with Ali It rotates or it revolves around him Wherever he so goes Let's look at this Then we have the khawaraj These are the people that came to Ali ibn Abi Talib Threatened Ali ibn Abi Talib He says what They say the leadership is for Allah not for you As if to say that they can take the jurisprudential arguments by themselves Number one Let's look at these characteristics in the second level Why is it that these people Are who they are Why do they do what they do Because they have complete faith that this is the right path This is what we're doing is the right and the correct manner If we look at them and their characteristics And I tell you on a personal perspective Because I as a young When I used to go into primary school The only Muslim school in the area Was not that of a Shi'a background Everyone to this school at the first cheese Your kindergarten Your one year two And year three And then you begin to realize Okay this is Islamic You know there's sisters on one side Brothers on the other Let's look at what they taught To analyze what kind of people And how they learn The number one rule that we had Was never question anything Never question anything Whatever the elder says Whatever the religious figure says Do not question it As in you have to pray in this manner You have to do wudu In these Or they gave us three different ways To make wudu He says any one of these You make wudu it's right And you start You want a question Like why is it we have three wudu You know as a young child You question many things The Shi'a school of thought say No make sure you question That foundation that you're on Make sure that it's solid Make sure you know exactly What path you're on Make sure you know Who علي ابن أبي طالب Make sure you know Who the أهل البيت are Make sure your foundation is solid Look how shaky that foundation is Anything that you have A question in your mind You're not allowed to ask Sir this I can't understand this Can you explain No This is how it's done Full stop That's number one Number two They had this idea That do not talk to Shi'a And we find it nowadays Do not talk to the Followers of أهل البيت I'll give you an example Nowadays in ISIS We had a reliable source That had one of the people That were defending Iraq They captured one of these people Known as ISIS They took him to the jails Now let's look at What they say in the jails Most of them don't talk He says one of them spoke out Once He asked him He says Why is it that you do not speak to us Like we've taken care of you We've captured you However we feed you We've clothed you Why do you not speak to us Look at the reply He says We've been taught That if we speak to a Shi'a Or a follow of أهل البيت We have to fast for three days Why? What's the argument? Can we understand further? Because no, that's all we've been told If we talk to a Shi'a We have to fast for three days And you think to yourself No one that they think The worst of us What have they been shown What have they been given Number one In this instance Number two You begin to ask them why Someone may come forth in the state And many of them have They say that If we talk to a Shi'a They will magically Rotate your head towards أهل البيت They're magicians They can use their magic against you Let's look at the olden days What did the Prophet when he came Put the message What did they call him? The Prophet of Islam says This is the word of Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala These are my miracles This is logic What did they call The Prophet of Islam? It's Sahir They called him a magician Nowadays Anyone that has logic Is known as a magician It's to say a lot About what kind of Brain capacities they have If they magically Make them think about logic But that's another instance On the third level So with the first level We find that they do not speak The second do not question The third level They've been brainwashed Into many aspects of How we may be On the wrong path You come and have an argument With them And they think to themselves No, I don't have anything To defend it So they break the argument You're not out of Islam I'm going the other way Straight away The other path And that's why We have people nowadays The Khawaraj back then You find the Khawaraj back then Attacked Through one leader to another If we had any particular person Throughout history You find the Shi'as were oppressed The Shi'as were not allowed To go towards the shrines Of Ahl al-Bayt They were not allowed To go towards The Ziara of Aba Abdullah Every single error It was a different ruler Every single error There was a different way A different mannerism That they thought They will stop The Ziara of Imam Hussein And this flag Of Imam Hussein Represents so much If we have to analyze Into the depth Imam Hussein Imagine this Is going through A whole scenario The Khawaraj came into power Then they began To attack Attack Attack Then people were misguided Otherwise Why would you have One side of an army Muslims In the tent of Muharram They prayed Salat al-Jama'a Imam Hussein 72 كومبانيين With him He also prayed Jama'a Where is the confusion Why is it that people On one side They say Allahu Akbar They say Muhammed Rasool Allah Allah We pray Then they go on And kill his grandson What kind of They believe that the prophet Of Islam Is the messenger of God And they kill him Because he's the embodiment Because the prophet Salallahu Alaihi Wasallam Says خسينون مني وانا من Therefore Who did they kill On the tent of Muharram Giving you an idea Of who these people were That attacked Islam And year upon year We find it within ourselves That they try to stop And they try to stop And they try to stop However much One person dies In this path You find ten others emerge Ten die A thousand emerge It's what strengthened us The shahada is within us It's something that we look forward to It's something that That it's a fire In every single Mu'min's heart To die on this particular path One of the greatest Companions Of Ali Ibn Abi Talib Was captured Him and his son And they said to him They said What's your last wish What do you want As a last Thing in your life What do you want He says I want you to kill my son first You think there's other Things you may think of There's other Attributes that you may think That he wants For example a den Or something to eat Or something to do He says Kill my son As we know In analogy Is the best And the most proud moment Of a father Is to have his son He's a newborn In his hand And the hardest thing For a father Is to bury a son Before him That's why Imam Al-Hussain When you look at The analogies That we have From the 10th Of Muharram Sakina narrates He says I found That my father Was in need of death When he was laying On the plains of Karbala Alongside Ali Ibn Akbar He was in need of death This man The companion Of Ali Ibn Abi Talib Says I want you to kill My son Before you kill me He says Not a problem We can do that So they kill The son In front of him The father Is in pain But he thanks Allah They say Why is it That you've killed your son He says I also want to pray He says Okay we'll ask you after He prays And the person The executor Is waiting there Sharpening his blade He says After he Finished his Salat Imagine These are the companions Of Ali Ibn Abi Talib These are the people That we admire To be like He finishes The person That's waiting to Execute him He says Look You're the companion Of Ali Ibn Abi Talib He says Yes He says Why is it that you took That long in prayers You want to breathe More Of this From this Duniya Before I execute you He says He says May Allah bear witness That this was The fastest prayer I have ever prayed That's the companions Of Ali Ibn Abi Talib Then they ask him To die before you He says So I can Die a happy man Knowing That my son died On the willaya Of Muhammad And Ali Muhammad He says Just in case He feels death He sees the blade Knee him And then he goes back The other way He says I want him to die On this path He does not know The rewards That await him He does not know The rewards That await him Now how can we Defend ourselves I have never Come across Or debated With a man of knowledge Except that I have defeated him However I have never debated A stubborn man You know one of those People that do not Want to listen To anything you say What's ever you throw At them No You're wrong Full stop He says I've never debated This kind of people except Lost Because They do not Want to take the information The whole idea Of dialect And that's in Language is to look Through the other person's view That's the idea of dialogue If we have people that Don't want to look At your particular position Don't want to even consider it Why is it that we even Have dialogue with such people That's why we have to Stay away And these people They don't have any Pleasant ideas in their heads They just want to Attack and attack And attack Because that's what They believe Is correct That path that they on They believe it with all Their inner selves And emotions So therefore What can we do As representatives Of the school of Ahl al-Bait What can we do in Honor So that we may die On this particular path To uphold this Particular position That we're in I have said One position He says what He says Make sure you don't debate Do not consider dialogue Unless you know That particular person Will take what you Give them If this person Stop and don't even Think about it If he's an extremist Don't even think about it Do not put yourself In a vulnerable position Like that And on the second level Make sure That If they are their extremes They're Muslim They're in the spotlight They're in the media And that's The negative incultation Of the whole Idea of this concept That they're always In the spotlight They give Of what we know As the image of Islam Whenever you open the TV They're on the front Channel They're on the live channel That's what Is the Islamic state Etc. And that's That's a calamity That's not Islam Islam means peace Islam means That everyone Shall not be harmed Ali ibn Abi Talib says it In his covenant To Malik el-Eshtar He says Make sure people are Of two types Either your brother In faith Or you're equal In humanity Covenant Of Ali ibn Abi Talib You're equal In humanity And these people Come forth and know They kill every single Tom Deccanari In front of them If they don't join Their cause Where's the religiosity Where's Islam The prophet of Islam Go look at The guidelines In which he wrote In Medina Go look at the guidelines Even the Christians And the Jews Were protected within his Guidelines But we don't look at that These people Don't look at that They're just given orders Do not question them They do as they're told Like sheep Just do as they're told Now For the shuhada For the people that die On this path Let's look at The people that die On this path Because before us We find Ali ibn Abi Talib Himself Was killed by you Ibn Maljim Which was a From the people Which were known As the khawarich Killed Ali ibn Abi Talib Ali ibn Abi Talib When Ibn Maljim was And this is the irony of it When he was An orphan A beggar Ali ibn Abi Talib Used to give him the food He grows He gets strength He goes and kills Ali ibn Abi Talib That's the irony of it Ali ibn Abi Talib Look at the justice Of Ali ibn Abi Talib It says Don't harm him It says If I die Then it's a hit for a hit An eye for an eye He says He struck me Once you struck him Once if I die Ali ibn Abi Talib The people that die In this path The people that Are rewarded With the blessing Of this Being a شهيد In this life I want to give you a story Narrated by a person By the name of Shaykh Jafar And he says this Because it's one of his Closest companions It's closest friends And otherwise I wouldn't say it On the pulpit He says One of our people Back home He says In Karbala He says A bomb went off Pay close attention To what's happened To analyze What kind of state We're in And analyze that We are in the eyes Of the prophets That we are in the eyes And in the glance Of Fatima al-Zahra We are in the glance And in the eyesight Of Muhammad And Ali Muhammad He says There once was a bomb In Karbala He says After that bomb Happened a person narrating it He says I wasn't harmed that much I had a few graces But they still took me Towards the hospital He says All there are people That died There are people That were in a coma He says I went to the hospital With a person next to me One patient next to me He was in a coma Let's look at this detail Brothers and sisters He says He was in a coma He says A few hours he awoke From the a coma Now he doesn't know Anything that's happened He was in a coma Since the blast He says He was with him The whole time He awakes from a coma The first thing he does What does he do He slaps his face Viciously He begins slapping his face The person's coming to him He says He was a said at the time He says Don't worry It's only minor injuries You're fine There's nothing wrong Your sons They're safe It's absolutely fine The said looks at him He says What's fine How is it fine You don't know what's happened He says What's happened He says Such and such person He died Yes He says yes He says Such and such person He died as well He says yes He says What are you saying He says As soon as the blast went off Imam Hussein was there He says Imam Hussein was there As soon as the blast went off He says He came to each and every individual He says Do you want to come with me Such and such He says Yes I'll come He went He says Such and such That I said That he's died He went with Imam Hussein He says And what's the problem He says He came and asked me If I want to go with him I have to take care of them He says I can't come with you today And that's why I've awakened now And I'm slapping myself That's the end Means brothers and sisters Look at what position we're in We're in the eyes of Muhammad And Ali Muhammad I end on this brothers and sisters Because I'm out of time for tonight But Insha'Allah We will continue this particular idea And topic And to analyze how we can Be the best In the image Or portraying the image of Islam Because Imam Sadaq Says this time and time again Make sure how you act How you portray yourself How you carry yourself That in itself You are a messenger for Islam When people look at you They want to be drawn towards you They have to be drawn towards you By your actions By your morals By your smile By your transactions When they know This is a Shi'a Of the Ahlul-Bayt When they know This is a particular person That's a Mawali of Ahlul-Bayt They know that this person Doesn't cheat Doesn't lie Has the best morals The best ethics And that's what we have to be Known for And I end on this brothers and sisters We pray to Allah That Allah keeps us form In this particular To keep us firm In the wilayah Of Ali Ibn Abi Talib And Allah Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala To elevate us In such a manner That the Imam صاحب العصر Was the man who can look at us And bless us With his presence And allow us to be Of his army With And I end on this Insha'Allah Surat المباركة الفاتحة But before it Three of your loud Salawat على محمد و ل محمد