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The Honour of being a Shi'i Muslim (ft. Sayed M. Jawad Qazwini) · After Maghrib 🌙

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Brothers, sisters, all our aftermath of listeners, wherever
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you're watching in this theater or at a later dates, wherever
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you are being driving in the car, running on the treadmill,
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in the gym on your way to your Husseinia for a local medulist,
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Salaam Alaikum or Ahmed Allahi, before we, I think speak to his
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ambulance, I want to say something to you.
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Why are you Shia? Oh my God, what a statement.
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I didn't know this was coming. Why am I here?
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I think the easy answer for many of us is in all honesty, we were
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born into this. I think the true answer for many
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of us is. When do we get a Head Start
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agenda? Head Start agenda, when we, when
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we became, I think, old enough to critically analyze to, to
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rationalize for ourselves, we realized that there is nothing
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greater, nothing sweeter than the win I of Amir Mahmanin.
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And I think how that belief system that we hold so close to
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our hearts means so much to us and it completes us.
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And in Charlotte, we aspire to be great and worthy of that
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title in itself. Charlotte, I sent.
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I love that answer. And if I can share a moment or
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two of why, how I chose this topic in particular, which is
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Shia identity, saying there is that in my young, young age,
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when I was in secondary school, I had a lot of friends who were
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Muslim, but they were not Shia. They had so much misconceptions
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about me. They had so much questions about
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what I get up to in the First India, for example.
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And you know, what is the turbo? And you know, what is this?
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What's all the Ziara? And when I joined after Muslim,
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I realized that there's a community out there who are
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Shia, but they're not proud Shia, not because they're not
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satisfied with who Emir Abnormalian is, for example, or
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the Bilaba, rather because they feel they're judged.
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They feel at times they get bullied, they feel at times, you
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know, the world is coming against them.
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Especially reverse coming to Shia Islam.
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It's like everyone attacks you for being Shia.
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Now this is something we're going to get to in Charlotte
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during the discussion. And before we begin the
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discussion, let me share something with everyone.
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There was a 99% chance of Sayed Jawad not being here today,
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while Hamdullah Allah Soprano Atallah has allowed us the
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opportunity to host them here and have the pleasure of being
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beside them. And inshallah we're going to
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learn so much gems, words of wisdom and knowledge during the
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next, I think 50 minutes or so, if I'm not mistaken by saying
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that what happened, the reason why I say what happened about
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eight hours ago, I got a message.
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They're calling me at the boarding gates.
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I must have saying is everything OK?
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I didn't hear anything. I told you landed in London.
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So. Mothers and sisters, it is an
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absolute delight for me to be here with you and I would like
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to sincerely thank the aftermath of podcast for inviting me and
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giving me the opportunity to spend a few minutes and moments
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with you. May Allah bless you all and I
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would like to congratulate you for coming out in such numbers
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to endorse the cause of Emir Al Mutmani in Salawat Allahil
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Salaam on the Greatest Day. While Allah Subhanahu Watahallah
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completed His blessings upon humanity, Allah Subhanahu Ta'ala
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began his enlightenment of humankind with Adam al Assalam,
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Allah Adam al Asma Kulaha. And that journey continued to
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perfect itself until the day that Rasool Allah, the seal of
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the Messengers, the beloved of Allah, received this final
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revelation. Yeah, Ayohar Rasul baller,
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Mahonzila, Ilaikam and Arabic. What in them to fall?
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First and foremost, we have to understand who Rasul Allah is.
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There are two camps in Islam, brothers and sisters.
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One that tells you this prophet, when he received the very first
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revelation, he was confused, he was scared.
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He went running to his home and he tells his wife, I don't know
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what happened. I saw this celestial body
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telling me to read and I don't know how to read.
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So I was scared, I was confused and it kept repeating and he was
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shivering, he was shaking, he was confused.
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So his wife tells him, let me consult my cousin.
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His cousin was a Christian man. Her cousin was a Christian man
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by the name of Waraka bin Nofel. So she goes and she speaks to
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Waraka bin Nofel and Waraka says no, he is a prophet, he is the
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last messenger of God. And then there is another
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narrative, the narrative that says also Allah sallallahu
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alaihiwah alaihiwasallam was the very first creation of Allah.
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And when Rasool Allah sallallahu alaihiwah alaihiwasallam did
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Tasbi, Allah created the rest of existence.
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He existed as the very first creation of Allah Subhanahu
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Uttahallah and Allah decorated his throne with the light of
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Rasul Allah sallallahu alaihi wasallam.
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So Rasul Allah was very familiar with who Jabrail was, the
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Malaika and when the the Angel Archangel Jabrail came to Rasul
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Allah, Rasul Allah was at the state of confidence when he
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received Jabrail Akala. The smell of bikelady hallak.
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Rasul Allah sallallahu alaihi alaihi wasallam then went on the
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journey. Emil and Munin al Mohdin
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Aliyubna Abiyab was the very first person to attest and
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witness to the beginning of the journey of prophethood of Rasool
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Allah and his wife Khadija. As soon as he arrived home was
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the second Muslim. Imagine brothers and sisters for
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for one minute how crooked and corrupt this concept is that if
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I am confused, if I am scared, where am I supposed to go?
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I am supposed to go to the final messenger of God, Nabi or Rahma.
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There I seek comfort there. If I am confused, I receive
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enlightenment. Now how is Rasulullah himself
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going to be seeking refuge to another person as grand I say
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the Khadija was therefore Allah subhanahu ET Allah said I
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perfect my faith and and my name with the willai of Amir al
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Muhammad Aliyom Akmal tullahkum Dina what atman to alaikum
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nemati warabi tullahkum UL Islam Dina and this Islam I accept
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from you. Then Rasulullah sallallahu
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alaihi aliyu sallam said the following statement.
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As you all know the statement Allahu Aalimanwala or Adiman ada
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one soman Nasala and aid those who aid his cause, assist them,
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enlighten them. So by you coming to endorse the
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Willaya of Amir al Mukhmini, the cause of Amir al Mukhmani
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Rasulullahs are with you. What's a beautiful, you know, I
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think introduction to this episode and I love how you're
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referenced by the way, Archangel Jubra with Rasul Allah and just
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for for those who haven't come across Hadith al Kasar, you can
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see that relationship of Jubra al with Rasul Allah, Muhammad
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sallallahu alaihi wasallam. So do check it out.
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For those who don't know what Hadith al Kasar is, it will be a
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Shia crime. If you haven't understood that,
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say it. There's one question I have that
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I've been forced to ask and inshallah, this is like they
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call it ice breaker, but this is it's going to tell us where your
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heart aligns should you ever God forbid you know at the end of
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the day, we all die and it's good to speak about when we pass
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away. Inshallah, should you ever die,
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may Allah for long your long life.
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If you had to choose between the land of Amir Al Mukhmanin, Najaq
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Aleshar, or you had to choose between the land of ABBA
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Abdullah and Hussein Karbala and what they say, all of these two
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places, where say Udna, would you love to be buried?
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Where'd you come up with these it?
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Was sent to me. It's difficult.
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It's difficult, I know. It's not difficult.
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It's very emotional. You know, there is something
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about Ahmad Hussein. This is This was so unexpected.
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This is the whole point. I'll try to be brief, though I
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can't speak about Karbala. I'll be brief, but I'll try to
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be brief. Imagine a land where there is
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always traffic between the Arshav Allahs of Hana Ho Wata
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Allah and the grave of say the Shahada Al Imam al Hussain Ali
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Hassalah to asylum. And here is the punchline.
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Here is where everything becomes very crystal clear.
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Maman Nabi and morsel, every prophet, every messenger, voila
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Melekun Mukharab and every Angel, every Archangel wala
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Sadiq wala Shaheed, all those individuals that enjoy a high
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rank and status. With the loss.
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Of hanawata Allah was then Allah Physiology Hussein.
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They all want to ascend, to visit the shrine of Imam Al
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Hussein, the grave of Imam al Hussein.
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And we have many traditions that are valid, that are at the
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highest level of validity, that speak of the fact that Karbala
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is different than the rest of the world.
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The soil of Karbala and if Imam Hussein Salah Alayhi was Salaam
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Alayhi bestows this mercy and kindness and grace upon me, I
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would love to spend my life and my hereafter and every moment.
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What about Abdullah Hussain, Salah Salah?
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Shallah that wishes Ron to say that Inshallah whenever the
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deprived is the art of Abdullah or the Shabbat Abdullah
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hereafter and say that Inshallah.
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If you allow me to begin, there is one thing I want to ask.
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There are a few points and we want to make the most of today's
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discussion. So which we're going to make it
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more like a question based conversation saying that.
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And the question is, who are we when we say Shia?
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What is meant by this term? Is there any clear historical
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roots of Shia Islam at the time of the Prophet's life,
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Sallallahu alayhiwali wasallam? Or are we just simply, you know,
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a group of people who just follow Imam Ali Ali Salam?
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Do we have a foundation? So let me let me give a little
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intro to this and then I will give you some historical facts.
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After the Battle of Ahad, you all know that it was a very,
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very decisive battle. It was probably the most
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difficult days of the lifetime of Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi
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wasallam 1 because they all decided after being defeated and
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better that they're going to unite.
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We simply cannot defeat Muhammad if we're not united.
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So the mushrikeen and the non-Muslims at the time,
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specifically the Jews, they trained, they, they, they
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developed their their army for a very long time and they came
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after Rasulullah. But the problem was, and this is
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mentioned and it's embedded in all the books of Islamic
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history, that the Munaf. 15 or the ones.
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Telling the Mushrakin of the decisions made by the Muslims
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and this makes you, this puts you in a very vulnerable
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situation. But look at the genius of
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Rasulullah sallallahu alaihi. This is something that a lot of
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people will not cover when they're talking about the Battle
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of Uhud and the battle of Ohad Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihiwali
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Wasallam was injured. His uncle said Shahada Hamza
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fell as a martyr and there was a call that Muhammad al Padmat.
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Now this obviously we have a narration, a specific narration
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that says Shaitaan said this, but.
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Shaitaan could either take the form of human being or some.
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Some human beings are also referred to as Shaitaan
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Shaitaan. So regardless, there was a call.
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There was a very prominent idea that went around.
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Saying that Muhammad Sallallahu alaihi wasallam has died.
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And some people, obviously, as you know, they left, they, they
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not only left the battlefield, but they joined the other side.
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This is mentioned in history. I, you know, it's, it's, it's
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something that we cannot deny. And things got tough.
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Rasulullah was in a very, very tough situation.
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They they really tried to kill Rasulullah and they got very
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close. You all know.
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This, however, after the battle ended.
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This is what a lot of people will not.
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Mention or cover Rasulullah sallallahu alayhi alayhi
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Wasallam said Whoever is in this battle, do not leave.
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Stay here. When they return inside the
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Medina, Those who had also. Ran away and those who were
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hiding and those who said well we we couldn't fight, they all
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arrived. Rasulullah Sallallahu alayhi
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Wasallam said whoever has a wound come.
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Forward. If you're in a battlefield and
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you don't have a wound, what are you doing at the battlefield?
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Something's wrong. There's something wrong and
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there were some people. There was no wounds.
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There was no dust on him. Big names.
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Not even dust. Not even.
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A ripped shirt and On the contrary, Amir Al Mahmineen had
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not an inch of real estate on his body that was not injured.
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Hundreds of strikes. Amir Al Mumminin was completely
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wounded head to toe, bleeding him and a group of followers
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that defended Rasulullah. If you are a Muslim today, you
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are. Indebted to them.
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If you are saying a shadow Anna Muhammad al Rasulullah and
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you're Adhan today, you do not have a choice but to be indebted
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to them. Those individuals, Amir Al
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Mumminin was one of them, the commander of the faithful and
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those who surrounded them. If you look at their
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biographies, if you look at their names, they are known as.
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Shia to Aliyan. If you ask me who are the Shia,
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I tell you those are the Shia, the people who are always.
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Wounded and they're not afraid and they will not run away and
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they will stand in defense of Islam from that moment and prior
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to that and until we could sort back to your question,
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Rasulullah Salallahu Alehu aleo Salaam in chapter 98, if you go
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and look at the tafsir of chapter 98, Surat al Bayena,
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Surat al Bayena chapter 98, this is mentioned in ciote, it's
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mentioned in Dahabi, it's mentioned in the.
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Most popular and major Tafasir that Rasoolallah Sallallahu
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alayhi alayhi wasallam, when he referring to Khairul Bariya, the
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best of people, he said so Imam Amir al not mean Imam Ali.
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He said they that you're their leader is you yourself.
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Yeah, Ali and they are your followers.
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Khairul Bariya are your followers.
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This is mentioned in the books of Tafsir Al Rasoolallah
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Sallallahu alayhi Alayhi Wasallam has the very famous
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tradition that says yeah Ali on the day of judgment you will
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come and you are wearing a crown mohadjalin and your followers
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will also be known as your Shia on the day of judgement.
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So Shia to Ali in this terminology was used by
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Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam referencing the most
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elite of his companions. Not just here, you take it to
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gender. Absolutely, Absolutely.
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The the only reason why we are Shia is because we want to be
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with Amir Al Mahmanin and Jen because we want his
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companionship in Jen. So do you think that term has
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now somewhat of a different definition today when we say
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Shia of Amir al Mahmanin, of course, to to different people,
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it means different things to us. It's it's a badge of honor that
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we carry with us in our day-to-day lives.
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It embodies how we interact with the Alia Quran, how we do dhikr
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and we worship our last panel to Allah, how we interact with our
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families, our friends and how we respond to our communities in
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times of crisis and need as well.
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But to others, that title Shia is, is, is.
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It's a loaded term, sometimes politicized term, and to some
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it's maybe taboo to be able to say, to go out with pride and
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honour and say, no, I'm Shia. This is what who I am.
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Is it, I'm going to be honest with you, is it sectarian to
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some degree to say I'm a Shia and that's my, is it the first
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thing I define myself as? It's a badge of honor indeed.
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And I want to, and I want to talk about this.
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I want to say that we are able to call ourselves Shia aiming to
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be complete Shia. We call ourselves we, we
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associate ourselves with this title and hope that we become
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complete Shia. So in order for me to be proud
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Shia, I need to know who. Who?
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Who the Shia are? I spoke about the companions of
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Rasulullah, Sallallahu Alaihi, wasallam, the most elite of his
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companions. But let me give you an example
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of who was a Shia. One of them, one of the Shia is
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Sayedinah. He's not a prophet, but he was
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the teacher of a prophet. Who was Musa, Alaiah, Salaam.
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And you all know the story of Heather.
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I'm not going to engage in the story of Heather.
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Heather, there is a rewire. In Khatab at Kafi al Sharif,
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where he gives the eulogy of Ameer al Motminian, go and read
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the eulogy of Heather for Ameer al Motminian.
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Because when he showed up and Ameer al Motminian was put in
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his grave and he gave this prolonged eulogy, He understands
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Amir al Mukmani. He understands the status of
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Amir al Mukmani. And amongst the very bold lines
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that he uses is that, yeah, Abel Hassan kunte La La ya hodoka
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fellahi lauma tulaem. You would not sit and wait.
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For people to praise you or endorse you or validify what
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you're doing. You didn't care about what the
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people thought. All you cared about is what a
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loss of hana wata Allah wants from you.
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This is Qadr Qadr. How is he referred to in the
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holy Quran? Abd abdelman ibadina.
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He is an Abdul Allah Subhanahu wata Allah.
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If you are a Shia, your. Path to being a complete Shia is
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to be up to Allah, subhanahu to Allah.
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That's the only way to obey Allah, to stay away from that
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which Allah, Subhanahu to Allah wants us to stay away from the
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second Shia. There are many Shia, high level
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high-ranking Shia of Emir al Mahmineen and his children.
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Say it in our Mulana Tamara Benny Hashem Abal Fahdal Abbas.
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For the love of Abal Fahdal Abbas, recite the Salawat Salaam
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Alaik al Abdul Salah. You have to be AB to be.
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Those those are the qualities and the characteristics of being
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a Shia now has joined this elite club and Abel Fabel Abbas has
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joined this elite club. I call myself Shia, hoping that
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I also through their shafa. Am able to continue this journey
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so being a Shia is something that is the greatest honor.
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Now we know that Rasul Allah used the term Shia so it is
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something that Rasul Allah wants He wishes for this to continue
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for this line to continue and I'll tell you brother Ahmed Shia
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does not mean that we go after others and we disrespect them.
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I I have not seen that in the methodology of our scholars and
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prior to that our but Shia also does not mean that we compromise
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our identity. No, you keep your identity and
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you let people. Understand that this started in
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the time of Rasulullah, endorsed by Rasulullah.
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Those are the Shia. So that people can find the way
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to Allah Subhanahu Watahallah. And that way is only described
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through any muhalifu mutapalen kitaballah.
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What's rati albeti ma? Entomasectom beema lentaba luba
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diabada. Meaning if you don't take them
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together you will go astray. That is what Rasulullah Salam.
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Is teaching this community. So beautiful.
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I sent him. I sent him saying that I, I want
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to come back to a point you mentioned, you know, you spoke
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about however, and we spoke about Abuf al Abbas reaching
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those high status and we read, for example, because Karbala, we
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visit and come across all these lines that you've referenced
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being Shia Muslims. How can one attain such a status
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and asked us why? Because you know, Hamdullah
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Mashallah, we have many brothers and sisters here sitting in this
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theatre hall who know one or two or perhaps more than one or two
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of Shia by name. I really thought, I really hate
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to say this and Charlotte, we can all be true Shia, but there
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is definitely something more that we have to do.
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Is it simple to say that I just go to Sierra, I love the headed
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bait. I just stand on the prayer mat.
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I do my Baja, but I do my fast and that's all.
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And inshallah, we ask a lot to grant us.
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Jenna No. Is there more that we have to do
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or is there an expectation of what we should, you know, follow
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to be called true Shia? Because it's easier to say, for
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example, governor was a true Shia and was a labas with a true
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Shia. But for myself, Mohammed, sorry,
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I'll say for Ahmed as well. How can we become true Shia in
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this day and age today? You see, brothers and sisters.
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We're not meant to be greedy except in one thing.
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You should be the greediest, and that is how the Imam of your
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time perceives you. And I'm going to answer this
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question. I'm not, I'm not.
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I'm focused on this question. Thank.
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You, we believe. That we are in the time of
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awaiting. And Imam and some people are
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under the impression that when the Imam reappears, he's going
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to look for people that only have great intentions.
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This guy has great intentions also.
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He's a good person. So I am going to choose him as
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one of my generals. Imagine Yanni.
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The Imam is going to need so many people.
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He's going to need people in the media.
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Yeah, yeah, Allah. He's going to need artists.
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He's going to need athletes. He's going to need politicians.
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He's going to need diplomats. He's going to need authors.
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He's going to need army generals.
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He's going to need everything. He's going to need scholars.
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He's going to need orienters. He's going to need everything
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that you can imagine right now. Imam is going to choose people.
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When the imam reappears, he's not going to only look at our
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intentions and say this guy is a good guy, he has good
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intentions. The imam is going to say he has
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a track record. This guy lost sleep.
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This woman gave away her jewelry.
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I have seen with my own eyes woman bringing every piece of
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jewelry they have, giving it fee.
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Sabine, you think this woman and the woman that has not done
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anything besides Salah and Slam are equal?
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No. All of our report cards go to
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the Imam. He sees this.
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He sees that this person left his wealth.
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This this person is losing sleep over my agenda.
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And he's capable and he's well trained.
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When the Imam reappears, yes, I'll speak about myself.
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He says this guy, he's not, he's not very good.
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He's not a very good guy. He's he's got problems mentally.
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He's not very complete. And also we all slip here and
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there. So here is what the rewaya says.
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The rewaya says yem sahu Ala ro ousi, as had then my incomplete
28:57
akal, my incomplete Iman, my incomplete dedication becomes
29:02
complete. But I have to show that
29:04
dedication. I have to show that I am
29:07
dedicated today so that when you reappear, you choose me.
29:11
This, this is truly the the, the, the meaning of entaval.
29:17
Or else, how am I doing? Until that I'm sitting at home
29:19
watching Netflix all day. When it comes to the heart of
29:22
the Imam himself in my pocket, I'm not willing to give it.
29:26
We call it active interval. So those individuals you're
29:31
missing out and individuals, they individuals such as those
29:36
individuals, they think they're winning.
29:38
La I hamdulillah I purchased a bigger home.
29:41
I'm now flying business class. I also, you know, some people
29:45
think I I'm very smart when it comes to my home.
29:48
Sometimes I give less. Sometimes, you know, I'll tell
29:51
you this and I'm sorry for sidetracking for a bit.
29:54
I'll come back. I once was sitting with a grand
29:57
alum and I asked him I must and com one of my teachers.
30:00
I asked him when I was on com. I asked him, he's a he's a
30:03
merger. I asked him, I said to him, this
30:07
mess Allah about Homs. Is Homs applicable here or not?
30:13
So he answered me, he said no, Homs here is not applicable.
30:17
Then he looked at me and he said, he said, Jawad, you have
30:21
to educate the Shia differently though.
30:24
So I I'm thinking this guy wants to pay his homes.
30:27
He's so. Meticulous that he's and here is
30:31
this here's the merger thinking that we have to educate them
30:34
further, you know. So I said, how should we educate
30:38
them? He said.
30:39
Homes is you take 20% of the extra and you give it to Adel
30:46
bait. Educate them so they know
30:49
everything they have belongs to the Adel bait.
30:54
Imagine. We're greedy with with dollar
30:58
few dollars. Yan Allah has given this person
31:01
millions. He's greedy with a little bit.
31:03
Should I pay? Should I not pay?
31:04
Who should I pay it to? How should I pay it?
31:07
The fact is, if you are trying to attain that level of
31:12
marathon, if you are trying to please your Imam, you say, yeah,
31:16
yeah, Sahab al asriwa Zaman. Yeah, ABBA Abdullah.
31:20
Yeah. I mean, I will take as much as I
31:23
need and the rest is yours. And even the the the bit that I
31:27
take is with your permission, with your bounties upon me, that
31:32
I take what I need and the rest. Belongs to you.
31:35
So you know what, what I want to say is you're asking me what
31:43
should we do to be Shia as, as you know, just going to see
31:47
Allah, going to a medjool, paying my dues, paying homes.
31:51
Is this enough? Absolutely not.
31:53
Because we have to be greedy because when the Imam comes,
31:56
he's going to choose the best. Have I put myself in that
31:59
ranking of being the best top five type, top ten, top 20 in my
32:04
field so that the Imam glances at me and says, yes, you have
32:08
some flaws, but you have, you know, great potential and Yam
32:12
Saha Allah and they become complete.
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Let me give you the story please.
32:17
This is an authentic story from an Imam Jaffarabini Muhammad
32:21
al-Assad. Salah Alayhi was Salaam Alayhi,
32:24
the founder of our there was the Imam had a companion by the name
32:34
of Abu Hamza Tamali. You all have heard of Abu Hamza
32:38
Tamali, the famous daughter of Abu Hamza Tamali.
32:42
Abu Hamza Tamali, he came to Imam Sadiq.
32:45
He sat in the presence of Imam Sadiq.
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Imam Sadiq says to him, listen to this.
32:51
The Imam says to him, yeah, ABBA Hamza, when I see you, I feel
32:56
great, I feel happy, I feel content, I feel joy.
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Subhan Allah, usually we go to the tabra of the Imam, La Eden
33:10
buburikum, so that we get that feeling of inner peace, that
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serenity. Now here's Abu Hamza Tamali
33:21
going to the Imam and the Imam says your presence here gives me
33:26
serenity. Obviously you gotta know what he
33:30
is, what he's done, so one of the companions says to the imam.
33:37
He says it's. The other way around, we come to
33:41
you for serenity. You tell Abu Hamza Somali that
33:44
when he comes, he gives you serenity and the Imam tells him
33:49
why. Listen to this astonishing
33:51
story, Abu Hamza. He was an orator, a speaker, a
33:55
scholar, a alem, a muballek, and he would go around, he would do
33:59
tabligh. One day he was in a city and he
34:03
was giving lectures and a lady passed by that city, very
34:11
wealthy woman with a caravan of of goods.
34:16
So she saw there's a lot of people sitting.
34:18
And Abu Hamza was very eloquent. He was very smart.
34:21
You can tell by the variations and the duas.
34:25
So she sat. The next day he gave a lecture.
34:28
The third day, 4th day, I don't know how many days, but
34:30
eventually she came and she said listen, can I meet this man?
34:34
So yeah, you can meet him. So I imagine afterwards she came
34:38
and she sat with Abu Hamza Tamali and she said to him those
34:42
things that you tell the people, where do you get them from?
34:47
He said from Jafaram Muhammad Sayeed Iwafar Muhammad al Sadaq.
34:52
She said to him. Jafar Sadaq.
34:55
He's your teacher who said yes. From Jafar Asad, so she said
35:00
then I would like to be in Akoon ma Anta Ali, I want to be what
35:07
you are. So she entered the school of
35:12
albeit. She became one of the followers
35:13
of the school of albeit. When she was about to leave, Abu
35:18
Hamza Samadi says to her, sit down, now that you have found
35:23
the light of Ahlil Beit Alayhum Salah to Assalam, what are you
35:26
going to do about that? She said no Abu Hamza, if my
35:30
father finds out who I I sat here and I spoke with you and
35:35
you told me of Jafar Abu Muhammad, you will kill me.
35:38
So I have to be quiet. Abu Hamza says to her.
35:43
But I will do daat for you. Don't be afraid, I will do DAAT
35:47
for you. Nothing will happen to you.
35:53
That sentence seemed to have moved this woman.
35:56
Give her enough confidence that the dua of Abu Hamza Somali with
36:01
one Allahi Ta'ala Ali is going to make things OK for her.
36:06
So she goes and she speaks to her brothers.
36:10
She had brothers. She speaks to her brothers, she
36:14
introduces them to the school of Al Bait and they all become
36:17
Shia. One of her brothers was Zorara
36:21
Ibn Ayan, the greatest, she a scholar in the history of
36:28
Shiazem, the greatest companion of Imam Jaffar Ibn Muhammad al
36:33
Sadiq. So you So when I look at the
36:36
biography of Abu Hamza Somali, when I see how the Imam received
36:43
him and interacted with him automatically, I want to 1st I
36:47
pray to Allah, I say give me the tophi.
36:50
Then I want to know what he did and I want to emulate him
36:55
because we're, you know, we're. Trying to be proud on the day of
37:01
judgment, when Fatima to Zahra looks at us, when Emir and
37:04
Motminin looks at us, when our Ember look at us, they say this
37:07
guy did something for us. This woman, she did something
37:12
for us. They didn't just, you know,
37:13
spend their days and nights infatuated with the lower life.
37:19
This dunya that passes by so quickly and then some of us will
37:24
be forgotten forever before the 40th.
37:28
Nobody remembers them, nobody cares for them.
37:31
And some people will live eternally and if.
37:34
You want to live eternally, then you have to put your name in the
37:38
list of those who will return remain eternal, and that is.
37:44
I'm. Saying that we are unfortunately
37:49
swiftly running out of time. It feels like we can discuss for
37:53
for many, many hours more. And like I said, Ali said Ali,
37:56
there's no end to to doing justice to the merits of the Ali
38:00
Salaam Inshallah, Hopefully we are going to find time to to do
38:03
a proper podcast again with you inshallah.
38:06
So make sure you guys are subscribed to the aftermath of
38:08
YouTube channel so you can see the conversation with say Jawad
38:11
and Charlotte in due course. But say there's a final
38:14
question. When you look at the London Shia
38:17
community and you see us and, and where we've come from and
38:20
not just London, let's say the Western Shia community at large.
38:24
What advice would you have for us, the layman and just
38:29
generally those who are involved in day-to-day community
38:31
activities about how we can be more worthy of that title?
38:35
As a Shia, I know you talked about not being literal and
38:38
superficial in our actions and not tick box.
38:41
What's the word? Ticking the boxes and
38:43
checklisting, you know, Ziara and Ziara and so on and all of
38:46
these kind of things, but what are the things that we can do to
38:50
determine for ourselves if we're on the right track or not?
38:54
So there are a few things that is a part of the Shiite identity
39:00
that I would love for the brothers and sisters to think
39:04
about and possibly incorporate within their lives.
39:08
And this is also possibly ignored or not mentioned as it
39:13
should be as the Imams wanted it to be mentioned.
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And I'll tell you what it is. It is the endorsement and
39:20
assisting and aiding and loving other Shia and I'll tell you.
39:26
This is a part of the Shia characteristics.
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I'll give 2 examples. One Imam, Jafar Sadiq al Salah
39:37
was Salaam. He was doing tawaf and it seems
39:40
this liwya. It seems from the rewya that the
39:44
tawaf was wajib. At least this is.
39:47
At least this is how half of the ulama understood this Liwya and.
39:52
The discussion of Hajj. The Imam is doing tawaf with a
39:57
few of his companions. There is a companion.
40:00
He's standing on the far side, possibly outside the mawaf.
40:04
And he's pointing to one of the companions next to the Imam like
40:08
this, hey, you know, he's and this, this companion, he's doing
40:12
tawaf with Imam Asada. So he, he kind of ignores him.
40:16
One round, 2 rounds, 3 rounds, 4th round, the Imam realizes
40:20
this guy, he's, he's calling his Sahabi.
40:24
So he says to him, is this man calling you?
40:27
So he says yes, he's calling me. He says why don't?
40:30
You go to him, he said. Where am I going to go to him?
40:35
I don't know him right now, Subhanallah.
40:39
Subhanallah, the Imam says to him, Ahuwah FEMA antuma alayi is
40:49
he a part of? You.
40:52
Is he a Mutman? Does he believe in what you
40:56
believe? Said yes, of course.
40:58
He says this is an. Amber from the Imam, cut your
41:05
tawaf, go and aid him, go and assist him and then come back
41:12
and finish your Amman. And then the Imam tells him this
41:17
punchline. He says by you taking a step
41:21
each step to go and help this moment.
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Brother of yours, Allah Subhanahu Wata, Allah will write
41:28
for you the thawab of Sabrina Tawaf today.
41:36
This is something meaningless to us, to a lot of us, as she, a
41:41
brother and sister is in need. I'll do that for them.
41:46
Another person comes to Imam. I know your time is limited, but
41:51
just let me. Tell you this.
41:52
Beautiful, fascinating story. He says to Imam, the governor of
42:01
Ahwaz, he, they say that he's Shia.
42:05
We don't know his Shia. Obviously it was time of Tapia.
42:07
We don't know his Shia, but he they say he's Shia.
42:10
And I am indebted to the governor, a lot of money, a lot
42:14
of taxes. If he wants to collect from me,
42:16
I will lose my home, I will lose everything, I will go below 0.
42:21
I'll be completely impoverished. So the Imam says to him, sit
42:25
down, don't leave. When everybody leaves, the Imam
42:28
tells him bring me a piece of paper.
42:30
He brings him a small piece of paper.
42:32
May be this big. I'll tell you why, because it's
42:34
so tiny. But why it indicates that it's
42:36
tiny? The Imam writes the statement on
42:39
the piece of paper. Bismillah Rahman Rahim in Allahi
42:52
Villain was Salaam Jaffarabad Muhammad al Sadaq one line
43:01
Bismillah Rahman Rahim Allah provides a shadow against the
43:09
heat in the Day of Judgment for those who solve and resolve the
43:15
problems of their brethren. Muhammad brethren in the Day of
43:20
Judgment and this man carrying the letter is your brother was
43:26
Salaam and then he signed his beloved name, Jafar Abdul
43:29
Muhammad Al Asada. This man takes the letter and he
43:32
travels all the way to Ahwaz, the governor sitting when people
43:37
leave, they evacuate. He says I have a a piece of
43:41
paper for you. The governor's by himself.
43:45
Imagine you're a governor, somebody brings a letter to you.
43:48
You don't know what it is, but you are a Shia.
43:51
He opens the letter, He sees the handwriting of Imam Assad, which
43:55
tells you. He knows the handwriting, which
43:57
tells you this is not the first time Imam has sent a letter.
44:00
Because today somebody comes and tells me, write a letter for me
44:03
of endorsement or something. I'll think 1000 times before I
44:07
endorsed anybody. We think 1000 times before we
44:10
put a like on a post. Well, why?
44:13
Well, this is your post. How am I endorsing this person?
44:17
How am I not endorsing this person, this man, he saw the
44:22
writing of the Imam, he knows this is the Imam.
44:24
And then obviously the signature.
44:26
So he stood, he stood, he put the letter on his head and he
44:30
says to this man, his name was Najahi.
44:32
The governor's name is Al Najahi, not the Najahi, the the
44:35
king, but this, this man's name was Najahi.
44:38
So he says to him, hold on. He called out his personal
44:43
assistant. He said, look, government
44:45
treasury, I can't do, but let me see how much money I have.
44:49
So he says to his personal assistant, he says, how much
44:52
money do I have? Golden coins?
44:56
I don't know the exact numbers now, I'm paraphrasing, but
44:59
they're very large. Let's say he says 100,000 golden
45:02
dinars. He says to this guy trying to
45:05
get maybe 50-60 golden dinars so that, you know, he can go back
45:11
to his life. He says 100,000 golden dinars.
45:15
He says half of it is for you 50,000.
45:20
He says no. No, I don't need 50,000.
45:22
I just need you not to take taxes.
45:24
He says it's OK 50. 1000 is it enough?
45:28
50,000 I've never even heard of 50,000 Golden Dinosaurus is
45:31
enough. The guy is so excited he wants
45:35
to run out before the governor changes his mind.
45:38
He gets up. He seeks permission.
45:40
He says to his The governor says to his personal assistant.
45:44
He says, how many horses do I have?
45:46
Let's say he says 50. He says half of them are for
45:50
you. He says I don't need fifty
45:53
horses. No, half of them are for you.
45:56
Our elite. Our elite.
45:58
Are you happy? Are you satisfied?
46:00
He says I am beyond satisfied. He's about to leave again.
46:05
He asked his personal assistant, the governor.
46:08
He says, how many homes do I have?
46:11
Let's say he says 10. He says half of them are yours
46:15
this guy now at this point he has a breakdown.
46:17
Is this a joke? Is this real What's going on out
46:21
of it? Of course, of course I have more
46:24
than now you've made me a millionaire.
46:26
Of course I I am happy and then he says how many servants do I
46:30
have? How many this how many he
46:32
divides everything that he potentially has with this man
46:36
and then he says to him out of it he.
46:39
Says he says now what I want you to do.
46:44
Is go tell Imam Sadiq that I gave you a river as we say in
46:50
Iraq and athletic I gave you enough so that you are
46:54
satisfied. Go to the Imam and tell him I
46:56
did this. Subhan Allah, this is a man that
47:01
is smart. He knows the opportunity to seek
47:04
the river of the Imam doesn't come every day and knocks at my
47:09
door. Sometimes I can run away from
47:11
it. I can say 5 dinars, I'll give
47:15
him I won't collect tax or this is an opportunity where I can
47:19
make sure that Imam says this about me, that I am happy with
47:23
this man and parentheses just like power, power.
47:28
I actually could have said I don't want this man in my house
47:30
or she saw it as an opportunity. I'm going to bring him in
47:33
because there isn't going to be, you know, Muslim and but I've
47:36
been knocking at my door every day and this is how we have to
47:40
think. So the man traveled back to Imam
47:43
Sadiq. Imam Sadiq says as soon as his
47:45
arm, he said, come, he came, he sat, He said to him, what did
47:49
this man do? So he starts describing the AB
47:52
Narasal Allah. He gave me half of his wealth.
47:54
He gave me and the Imam, he started tearing up.
48:00
And then this man, when he finished, he said the AB
48:03
Narasal, Allah al Avitan, are you happy with this governor?
48:10
The Imam says, Allah, nothing you can do gives you this
48:24
guarantee. That's the Imam of your time,
48:29
says Allah, I am pleased with him.
48:31
Allah, my grandfather is pleased with him.
48:34
Allah, my grandfather is pleased with him Wallah.
48:38
He has pleased Allah all the way in his harsh.
48:43
How? How can we get this guarantee?
48:45
The guarantee comes through serving other Meneen that follow
48:53
the cause of the EHL bait. I think this is something that
48:56
we truly need to promote this concept of brotherhood and love
49:00
amongst us. Beautiful, beautiful.
49:02
I love, I love these gems. And this is something we can all
49:04
reflect on and Charlotte implements after this episode.
49:07
And they say, you know, time is limited.
49:09
That's beside your time stops. No, no, no, no, no.
49:14
You said you have a final question.
49:15
Doesn't mean I don't have a final question from Charlotte.
49:19
Forgive me backstage, say this is a very important question
49:22
someone told me to ask and I and I told them I will ask this on
49:25
the podcast, say Jawad the Sha Allah and they will watch this
49:28
once this episode is they're on their journey to finding a last
49:33
panel Atal Azzawajal very briefly say it's the question is
49:37
here. They're confused where to go.
49:41
They've seen all these different sects in Islam.
49:43
They've seen all, you know, Sunni, Shia I Salafi or Sophie.
49:48
There's like, they're really confused and they're trying to
49:51
make a decision and they watch your content say it.
49:55
And they said, if I can ask you the question.
49:57
And that is what is it that they can find in Shia Islam, that
50:03
they can't find in other sects? That they're guaranteed to know
50:07
that if I become Shia, if I accept the Willai of Amir and
50:11
Mummanian, and if I hold on to the Faqalain, as they've been
50:14
reading on their journey to this path, and Sha Allah is that why
50:19
is it that they can find in the school of that debate they don't
50:22
find anywhere else? So very briefly, as you said, I
50:27
will answer this question. On the following way, yes.
50:31
You see, brothers and sisters, there was a time where Benny
50:34
Abbas and Benny Omeya had a conflict.
50:38
I don't have time to get into why and how, but in sha Allah
50:41
you can go and read some history.
50:43
Benny Abbas was on the rise. Benny Omeya was on the decline,
50:47
therefore they there was a period of freedom.
50:51
This freedom was given to Al Baqarain al Sadaqani, Alayhah
50:55
Salah to Assalam, Imam al Bakar and Imam Assad who are referred
50:57
to as Bakarain and Sadaqaq. Bakarain comes from the title of
51:02
Imam al Bakar al al Bakarah. He opened knowledge, the doors
51:06
of knowledge and Imam Assad he because he was the utmost level
51:12
of truth, not because he didn't lie in Astajurabullah.
51:15
That's not what it means. It means that whatever he said
51:18
was a fact. And you imagine you're sitting
51:20
in front of somebody, everything he says is a fact.
51:23
There is no, you know, maybe possibly.
51:26
So aside the Kain al Bahrain, Imam al Bakar al Hassalah to
51:30
Assalam in that area, imagine Islam had travelled so many
51:36
places, far places and mostly by the sword.
51:41
Mostly they would invade land they would take at.
51:45
In some books of history they would take 100,000 captives
51:52
homes. Of that 20,000 of them would go
51:55
to the Khalifa. 20,010 thousand men, 10,000 women enslaved given
52:01
to the Khalifa. The men mostly in the time of
52:04
many Abbas, they would castrate them, women, they would enslave
52:09
them. OK, so obviously the Muslims
52:13
realized this is not Islam. Islam was expanding now, new
52:18
things, new developments, new questions.
52:21
For example, a question as simple as can I drink tea?
52:25
Can I smoke tobacco? Can I, for example, take this
52:29
medicine? Can I believe in this?
52:31
Can I not believe in this Muslims?
52:33
They had a lot of land, they had a lot of wealth, but they had no
52:36
rules. They had no laws.
52:38
They did not have to make laws in the time of mammal Baker,
52:42
Imammal Baker taught them how to develop Islamic laws.
52:47
Imam Messiah taught them what fikh is, what is halal, How do
52:51
you develop a law? How what is tafsira Quran?
52:57
How do you engage with the Quran?
52:59
They didn't know. How do you engage with, for
53:02
example, rewyat? A person comes, he says I have
53:05
two rewyat, they're both from Rasul Allah, but they contradict
53:10
each other. What do I do with them?
53:12
They didn't know. The Imam taught them what to do
53:15
with the Quran, what to do with the Rivayat, how to understand
53:18
Islam, how to derive laws. Therefore some of the students,
53:24
they took that knowledge and they ran with it and they
53:26
developed schools of thought. They became imams of schools of
53:30
thought. Some of them for two years they
53:33
sat under the member of Imam Masada.
53:35
They became founders of schools of thought.
53:38
Therefore, if you are a Muslim today, whether you're Sufi,
53:44
whatever you are, Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi, you are indebted
53:48
to Mama Sadiq. Because before Mama Sadiq,
53:51
people didn't know Muslims, didn't know how to derive laws
53:53
from their books. You would not know how to make
53:56
laws. You would not know how to engage
53:58
with the Holy Quran. Not just that, but to hate.
54:02
They didn't know what torhade is.
54:04
And I'm sorry to say, but some people still don't know what
54:07
torhade is. That is why Imam Assaduk sat one
54:12
of his students by the name of Moffatwa Leben Amir and he told
54:14
him, Qtubma Umli Alek, I'm going to teach you what torhade is.
54:19
Those people don't know what torhade is.
54:21
So he taught him Torhade al Muffatwa.
54:24
Today the greatest book of Torhade comes from Imam Assadu.
54:28
So for a person to look elsewhere is meaningless because
54:31
everything in Islam initiated from Imam al Sadiq.
54:35
All, every Muslim is in that it's Imam al Sadiq.
54:37
Every book of law, though today it, it, it does, is not aligned
54:43
with the teachings of Imam al Sadiq, but the idea of how to
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develop laws, how to understand the Quran, how to do tafsir, all
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those ulum came from Imam al Sadiq tawheed.
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Now let us come to others who are not Muslims, such as people
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in 9th grade studying algebra. Where did that come from?
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Chemistry. Where did that come from?
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Astronomy? Where did that come from?
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Those are all the students of Imam Asad. al-Assad was Salaam.
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He taught one of them algebra, he taught one of them chemistry,
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he taught one of them astronomy and the rest of the sciences.
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Therefore, all of humanity is actually indebted to Imam
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Asadam. Now you might say, why only Imam
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Asadam? Because he had freedom to speak
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and the year 329, the 12th Imam 1 into Rabba, if they had
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allowed Ehl Bei to speak for 329 years, we would have been in a
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different place today. Therefore, Benin Abbas realized
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if Imam Assadiq, with this limited freedom was able to
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develop algebra and sciences and astronomy and all those alum,
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what is his son going to do? Musab na Jafar?
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Therefore, let's put Musab na Jafar in prison.
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Let's. That's why the Ahilbeit did not
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have freedom to speak for that limited period of time.
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Today, because of them, the entire world is illuminated and
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lightened. So tell this friend.
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To be. You have two options, you can go
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around and the Mamasada actually says this.
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He says go to the West, go to the east, go to the north, go to
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the South. Look, you will not find
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knowledge. Besides here Saluni Kaplantov,
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Paduni was his grandfather Amir al Mahmini.
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Or you can begin the sweet beautiful journey with the AL
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babe. Today you begin the journey.
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Go and read a Sahiba Sajadiya. Begin that journey.
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Go read Najal Balaga. Begin that journey.
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Go and read, for example, the Duas of the Ahil Bates.
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You will realize that you have hit the jackpot.
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Muhammad, Muhammad, thank you so much.
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Thank you for for gracing us with your wisdom, with your
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words of eloquence. I know it feels like we have so
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much more to still discuss than inshallah we will do that.
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Doesn't feel like there is this. We'll make a Part 2.
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Inshallah we will do. We will do a Part 2 Inshallah
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brothers and sisters. So please recite a Salawat once
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more for Saint Muhammad Jawad Bazwini.