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[16:59]muhamed muhamad [Music] m peace be upon Hussein upon Ali son of

[18:06]Hussein upon the children of Hussein and upon the companions of Hussein

[18:11]allum my dear brothers and sisters we would like to send our

[18:19]sincerest condolences to the IM of our time on the marum of

[18:29]his grandfather abdah Hussein our respected scholar and dear families we welcome

[18:36]you all to the sixth night of mdah Hussein in the spirit

[18:42]of seeking knowledge and understanding especially in these nights let us reflect

[18:48]on the words of IM Al the gateway to knowledge it is

[18:57]narrated on in a lengthy Hadith that heam said oh seeker of

[19:00]knowledge knowledge has many merits if you imagine it to be a

[19:08]human being then its head is humbleness its eye is freedom from

[19:11]Envy its ear is understanding its tongue is truthfulness its memory is

[19:20]research its heart is good intention its intellect is the knowledge of

[19:26]things and matters its hand is comp passion and its f is

[19:33]visiting the Learned these profound words remind us of the virtues that

[19:37]should be Adorn a true seeker of knowledge let us Embrace these

[19:41]qualities as We Gather to honor the legacy of M husin and

[19:47]please help me welcome for tonight's lecture with aluh muham I will

[20:29]the Bel alhamd [Music] last night we began with a story of

[21:10]neb and we began that story and we made our way through

[21:15]the story almost until the very end I wanted to begin tonight

[21:24]with the question of why is it important for me and you

[21:28]to even discuss this issue because to be honest with you it

[21:32]can be a little bit of an uncomfortable discussion and I think

[21:38]one of the natural reactions that we have as a religious community

[21:42]when we see these kinds of things in our society is our

[21:46]initial reaction is that we want to hide away from it we

[21:51]want to pretend like it doesn't exist that it's not going to

[21:56]have any effect within our own communities within our own own families

[22:00]but one of the things that we've seen is that whatever is

[22:06]happening in the Greater Community of the country that you live in

[22:10]gradually those ideas those Concepts they begin to seep into every aspect

[22:17]of the society that we live in even those that are within

[22:24]the religious communities we've gathered on these nights to commemorate the sacrifice

[22:30]of Imam Hussein and in reality if you think to yourself one

[22:35]of the reasons why we commemorate is because we are trying to

[22:38]prepare ourselves for the coming of [Music] IM this is the essence

[22:47]This Is Why We Gather this is why we mourn this is

[22:51]why we cry we are looking at the mistakes that the people

[22:53]of the past had made the mistakes which prevented them from connecting

[22:58]with their and we are trying to prevent those same mistakes from

[23:03]happening to us this issue is one of the issues that if

[23:07]we are not wary if we are not careful it can become

[23:11]one of the means of disconnection from the Imam of our time

[23:16]now last night we began with this story of and we went

[23:23]into how the people of Sodom they had been a good group

[23:28]of people initially and one of the things that the people of

[23:31]Sodom were known for was their great generosity to those in need

[23:38]if you were poor if you were poverty stricken if you were

[23:41]a traveler in need of food in need of a place to

[23:45]stay then you knew that if you went into the cities of

[23:48]Sodom they would have food for you they would have lodging for

[23:52]you they would take care of you at one point Allah subhanahu

[23:55]wa ta'ala he decides I'm going to test the people of Sodom

[24:01]with a little bit of reducing their risk I want to see

[24:07]if this generosity that they have will they at least maintain or

[24:10]as soon as I reduce their risk they're going to change for

[24:16]the worst and unfortunately through the tricks of Shayan they begin to

[24:19]turn away The Travelers they begin to turn away the poor the

[24:22]poor and The Travelers begin to take from their produce that was

[24:28]growing in their farms and on their trees and eventually Shayan comes

[24:33]with the idea that the way in which you can push these

[24:35]people away and make sure no one will ever steal from you

[24:40]is that whenever they come you will attack them you will assault

[24:43]them and so through this methodology eventually the sin spreads within the

[24:49]society and it becomes part and parcel of who they are and

[24:56]it changes even the behavior that they had the ways of dress

[24:58]that they had even to the point that their eating habits change

[25:04]they become very gluttonous that from morning to night they are eating

[25:09]they can't stop eating when it comes to their clothing they begin

[25:14]to dress in immodest ways and so every aspect of their behavior

[25:19]changes after many many years he is preaching to them he is

[25:25]trying to get them to change he eventually comes to the realization

[25:29]that it's not working now one of the practices that had and

[25:35]we see this with many of the but it was particularly important

[25:38]with neb is that whenever Travelers would come from outside of the

[25:45]city you know during that time period it wasn't as if they

[25:48]had Google maps of course many people who were Travelers they knew

[25:53]not to come into the city of Sodom you know today if

[25:56]you were traveling and there was the city of Sodom on your

[25:59]path it would probably have a warning on Google Maps do not

[26:01]enter danger at that time period they didn't have the blessings of

[26:08]Google Maps and so sometimes some Travelers they wouldn't hear about the

[26:13]situation in the city the dangers of the city and so they

[26:18]would accidentally cross paths and they would enter into the town one

[26:21]of the practices of nebil is that whenever he would see these

[26:24]Travelers in order to protect them he would say that I am

[26:30]welcoming you as my guests I'm going to host you and so

[26:33]during that period of time what it meant is that they were

[26:38]under the protection of Nabil Lut even today if you look at

[26:41]tribal areas in the world you look at the pons of Afghanistan

[26:46]you look at other tribal areas one of the codes that they

[26:49]have is that if a guest comes and they are staying at

[26:54]the home of one of the tribal members then they are under

[26:58]the protection of that individual and it's very dishonorable if anyone attacks

[27:04]them steals from them hurts them in any way it's actually a

[27:07]type of Dishonor not only for that individual but for the entirety

[27:09]of the tribe and so as a way of protecting these Travelers

[27:14]na Lut he would quickly invite them to their to his home

[27:18]and they would be protected from the attacks of the people of

[27:23]Sodom now as you can imagine the people of Sodom they didn't

[27:26]like this and so they would get upset at nebil lot they

[27:29]would argue with him they would say oh lot you shouldn't do

[27:31]this this is the last time we're going to accept it from

[27:35]you but every single time neb L would do this and this

[27:38]was becoming a point of contention between the people of lot and

[27:43]himself eventually nebil Lut he looks around he realizes that it's been

[27:50]over 30 years of preaching amongst these people I've spoken to them

[27:55]privately I've spoken to them publicly I've used emotion I've used logic

[27:59]I've used every methodology to convince them that this sin that they

[28:03]are engaged in is one of the greatest of sins but it

[28:07]seems that instead of getting better they are getting worse and so

[28:13]he raises his hands in Dua he says yaah Allah I have

[28:19]done everything I can I've done everything that I can I don't

[28:22]know what else to do it seems like they're even getting worse

[28:25]he says yaah Allah you do something about this situ situation I

[28:29]really don't have anything else that I can think of and so

[28:34]Allah subhana wa tala he decides that the time for the punishment

[28:37]of the people of Sodom has arrived what does Allah do he

[28:42]sends down four of his Mal his angels but whenever Allah sends

[28:49]down Mal one of the things that we notice is that he

[28:51]sends them down in the form of human beings if you were

[28:55]to see them maybe you wouldn't realize that these are angels you

[28:58]would see them other human beings and so he sends them down

[29:03]in the form of Travelers who have come into the city of

[29:06]Sodom they enter upon the city in a place where on the

[29:13]outskirts of that City he was there they come to him they

[29:15]say that we are Travelers we want to be your guest o

[29:19]loot would you please be so kindest to host US Nail he

[29:26]looks at them he says this is probably not the best idea

[29:30]I think you should continue to go you know this city is

[29:35]not very hospitable to guests they insist they say that really we

[29:39]insist can we please be your guests again he tells them please

[29:43]you really don't want to stay here this is not a good

[29:45]group of people again the Mal they insist eventually he sees there's

[29:53]no choice he says let me bring you in but I'm going

[29:55]to bring you in through a back way so no one realizes

[29:59]that you are here he quickly brings them into the town through

[30:01]the paths which were not that busy so that no one sees

[30:06]he brings them into his house he closes the gate to his

[30:08]house he enters into the house and he sees that his wife

[30:14]is looking at the guests now's wife she had originally been from

[30:20]those who believed in his message but as time had gone on

[30:25]she had begun to revert back to her people and so one

[30:30]of the things that was known for unfortunately is that whenever Nabil

[30:33]would bring these guests into his house she would use certain signals

[30:41]to tell the people of Sodom that guests have come into the

[30:45]town guests are now in the house of lam when Lam he

[30:50]sees the wife has noticed she's there he says please I beg

[30:53]of you I know that you've betrayed me many times before but

[30:59]this one time please don't tell the people that we have guests

[31:02]if you do this I'm going to forgive all of your past

[31:06]mistakes all of the things that you've done against me I'll forget

[31:08]all of it but please this one time do not dishonor me

[31:12]in front of these guests now in the midst of all of

[31:18]this he doesn't realize that these are angels these are Mal she

[31:22]promises and immediately she goes and she announces to the people that

[31:26]he has guests people they begin to gather around the gate they're

[31:31]arguing with L we want to come in give us over the

[31:36]guests Nabil Lut is arguing back he's saying that this is dishonorable

[31:39]do not embarrass me in front of these guests and they're arguing

[31:42]back na he doesn't know what to do at this point at

[31:50]one point he comes forward he introduces himself he says oh lot

[31:53]we are actually the Mal of your lord we are actually from

[31:56]the angels of your lord do not have any fear they tell

[32:01]lot go and open the gates he goes forward he opens the

[32:10]gates the people rush in JB he stands in front of this

[32:13]horde this mob of people and he raises his hands and he

[32:17]simply makes a motion with his fingers as soon as he makes

[32:23]the motion all of those people they suddenly become blind they're not

[32:27]able to see and in their fear in their confusion they rush

[32:30]outside of the gate outside of the home but before they leave

[32:35]and this is something which amazes me before they leave they yell

[32:38]out that we will be back by morning time now I don't

[32:43]know about you but if I was in a situation where individual

[32:45]raises their hands they go like this I can't see anymore the

[32:51]last thing on my mind is going to be I'll get you

[32:53]in the morning but these people were so influenced by sin they

[32:58]were so intoxic ated by sin that even though they're now blind

[33:01]they can't even see what's going on their only thought is that

[33:05]we're going to come back in the morning time we're going to

[33:09]get these people the Mal they tell that the time of the

[33:12]punishment has come you need to evacuate the city he makes preparations

[33:18]he gathers his things he and his two daughters they begin to

[33:20]make their way outside of the city as they are nearing the

[33:25]outer limits of the city they begin to feel a Tremor in

[33:28]the ground and they realize that the punishment of Allah has begun

[33:32]and as they continue the punishment engulfs the people of sodam we

[33:36]have a Hadith brothers and sisters it is one of the most

[33:41]severe punishments that when you look at all of the differents who

[33:44]were punished by Allah this is one of the most severe punishments

[33:47]that I have seen that Allah subhanahu wa taala he does several

[33:51]things but the main way that the people of Sodom were destroyed

[33:56]is that the entirety of the city was U rooted it was

[33:58]lifted up into the heavens and then it was thrown into the

[34:02]ocean it was thrown into the sea now Alam his two daughters

[34:08]they make their way back to the city of Al the city

[34:13]where ibim is still propagating Islam and here just by way I

[34:17]want to mention something that the two daughters ofam they marry and

[34:25]from their lineage comes many other an and the reason I mentioned

[34:28]this is that when you compare the religions of Islam and Christianity

[34:33]there's a very big difference in how the daughters of Nabil lot

[34:37]are seen in Islam they are seen as chaste and honorable women

[34:42]in the religion of Christianity when you look at the Bible there

[34:46]is a different version there is something else that is mentioned about

[34:49]them so there is this major difference between the religion of Islam

[34:53]when it treats the Ania the prophets of God and the Bible

[34:58]now here this is the end of the story of Nabil I

[35:03]wanted to open up the second section for tonight the second section

[35:07]for tonight is that I wanted to go through a number of

[35:12]very important issues in regards to this story meaning that when we

[35:15]were reading this story a number of questions may have come to

[35:18]your minds and when we are living in this Society a number

[35:24]of criticisms are going to be asked of you in regards to

[35:26]this issue of homosexual uality so tonight I want to in go

[35:33]through these one at a time we want to tackle these and

[35:35]we want to answer these question number one issue number one today

[35:40]when you look at this group of people this community one of

[35:46]the ways in which they will introduce themselves is that when someone

[35:52]introduces themselves they say that we are for example homosexuals now what's

[35:59]interesting is that when you look at them you can ask the

[36:05]question that why do you identify yourself first and foremost as this

[36:09]because as human beings we are many things someone can say that

[36:16]I am a software engineer I spend 10 or 12 hours of

[36:19]my day programming and then when I come home I go to

[36:23]the gym I'm a bodybuilder I lift weights and then at night

[36:28]maybe I'm also a chef I can cook really well I have

[36:30]this talent for cooking I have all of these different talents and

[36:35]skills why is it that when it comes to this issue people

[36:41]use this as the primary marker of who they are as a

[36:47]human being what's amazing is that when you go back 150 years

[36:51]ago the word homosexuality didn't even exist in the English language I

[36:55]think many of us we assume that this word was something that

[36:58]has always existed it never existed before 1869 when it was first

[37:06]created now you might be wondering but didn't people commit this Sin

[37:09]from a long time ago yes they would commit the sin but

[37:11]they would never make it the primary identifier and marker of their

[37:17]identity as a human being now it's very clever when you look

[37:20]at this because if you can make it the primary method or

[37:26]marker of Who You Are what it means is that you can't

[37:30]change you can't change it's part and parcel of who you are

[37:36]in fact it is the most important part of who I am

[37:40]even though it might be just a small sliver of who you

[37:43]are as a human being when we look at in how he

[37:48]speaks to his people he says something very interesting in the Quran

[37:51]which shows that it is not an identity rather it is simply

[37:57]an action what does NE say in the verse of the Holy

[37:59]Quran the people of L they [Music] say when the people of

[38:11]loot they became tired of all of his preaching and he's telling

[38:14]him that this is a grave sin and they should stop they

[38:18]became tired they said oh loot if you don't stop with this

[38:21]we are going to Exile you am in response what does he

[38:31]say he says he says truly I abore your actions if you

[38:42]go before 50 years ago 60 years ago people committed this sin

[38:49]but they saw it as a simple action they never saw it

[38:52]as the primary identity marker of who they are as human beings

[38:55]and so we have to be very careful that if if anyone

[38:59]is struggling with these kinds of inclinations it's very important that they

[39:04]don't fall into the Trap of thinking that it is the primary

[39:10]identity marker of who we are it's simply an inclination it's simply

[39:13]an action which someone can perform this was issue number one issue

[39:20]number two when we look at the response of loot to their

[39:22]Prophet it reminds us of the response that we get sometimes to

[39:29]today when we want to say that this culture and this action

[39:32]of homosexuality it's a sin it's amazing sometimes thousands of years go

[39:38]by and the response and the behavior of human beings Remains the

[39:42]Same in that verse of the Holy Quran when they see that

[39:52]nebil Lut is preaching and he's saying that this is a sinful

[39:55]action they don't respond in IR rational way they don't argue with

[40:01]Nabil that it's actually a good action what they simply say is

[40:08]that o loot if you continue what you are doing then we

[40:11]will Exile you now today in the modern day world we have

[40:16]a different term that is used what do they say they say

[40:19]that if you continue speaking out against this we will cancel you

[40:26]and today cancellation what it means is is that you may lose

[40:29]your job for being outspoken you may lose your social media accounts

[40:33]for being outspoken in essence you are being exiled within the Society

[40:37]of course like in the past they would kick you out of

[40:41]the Town entirely today they say you can stay but you won't

[40:45]be able to find work your reputation will be shot maybe even

[40:48]if there's articles about you you won't even be able to rent

[40:50]a home when people they look into your name and so what

[40:54]we find is that the issue of cancellation is something that is

[40:58]thousands of years old now what's interesting as well in another verse

[41:04]of the Holy Quran is that it wasn't that didn't recognize the

[41:09]sin and the evil of what they were doing they recognized it

[41:12]when we look at one of the verses of the Quran that

[41:17]the answer of his people was that they said we will Exile

[41:23]you and then their criticism of NAB lot was that they are

[41:26]a people who want to keep pure and there's such a beautiful

[41:33]point in this verse of the Holy Quran because they saw NAB

[41:35]as someone who wanted to keep pure but they saw that as

[41:40]something that was disgusting one of the things that Islam teaches us

[41:44]is that if someone engages in enough sin and it always begins

[41:52]very small if someone engages in enough sin gradually those sins will

[41:57]increase and increase and increase until the scale in our minds of

[42:00]what is good and what is evil it actually flips meaning that

[42:05]we begin to see good as evil and evil as good and

[42:11]the reason for this is that Allah is a Creator he has

[42:13]created us in a way where we justify any action that we

[42:18]are doing so even if you capture a thief imagine that a

[42:24]thief comes to your house and the thief is caught red-handed stealing

[42:27]something in your house you will never find a criminal or at

[42:31]least it's very rare to find a criminal who says that what

[42:35]I am doing is wrong criminals they justify they say that I

[42:40]am stealing because X Y and Z these people are rich I'm

[42:43]poor these people probably stole from others they deserve it we justify

[42:47]every single action that we perform and so this is one of

[42:52]the danger points that when we go into sin eventually the scale

[42:55]flips and we begin to see good as evil and evil as

[43:01]good point number three when you look at the sin of neb

[43:05]Lot's wife was she practicing the sin of homosexuality the answer is

[43:15]no never then why was she destroyed amongst her people there's an

[43:21]interesting point here that if we were to bring it into the

[43:23]modern day era if we were to bring into the year 2024

[43:30]what she would be called is an ally she didn't engage in

[43:37]the Sin but what did she engage in she supported the commission

[43:41]of the sin of her people there's a Hadith by every time

[43:49]I see this Hadith it shakes me the Hadith from ammin it

[43:52]says that whoever is pleased by the actions of a group of

[43:56]people imagine that you see a group of people they are committing

[44:01]a sin and you are pleased within your heart with what they

[44:04]are doing he says that whoever is pleased by the actions of

[44:12]a group of people is like an individual that has committed that

[44:16]sin or has committed that action alongside them isn't that frightening that

[44:23]if in your heart you have support you like that some people

[44:29]are committing a sin is saying that on the day of judgment

[44:32]when people are resurrected you will find that you have been resurrected

[44:35]with that group of people and just imagine on the day of

[44:40]judgment people are going to say Ya Allah but I wasn't from

[44:42]this group of Sinners whatever that sin may be I wasn't from

[44:46]that group of Sinners Allah will answer back to them that but

[44:49]you were supporting that sin in your heart you know sometimes we

[44:56]see people doing something that is islamically not allowed and then we

[45:00]see Muslims they are supporting the sinful action of that person one

[45:04]thing that I've noticed is that sometimes sisters after 10 years 20

[45:09]years 30 years they decide to take off the hijab and in

[45:15]that sensitive moment many times they'll even post on social media that

[45:19]we've taken off the hijab you see that people are and often

[45:27]times supporting they are praising we don't think to ourselves that that

[45:29]praise and that support were helping that person to get further along

[45:36]on that path now of course there's never any room for harshness

[45:39]or being rude or anything like that but at the very least

[45:42]we should not be supportive when we see someone moving away from

[45:47]the path of Islam so here the sin ofab was what is

[45:50]known today as allyship this was number three number four and this

[45:59]is a very sensitive issue should there be Compassion or hatred towards

[46:07]someone who is a homosexual and so we live in a society

[46:12]where it's very openly being practiced and you see that there is

[46:17]a call for supporting of the lifestyle for being tolerant of the

[46:21]lifestyle and so it puts us in this position that as Believers

[46:25]should we have Compassion or should we have a level of hatred

[46:32]in our hearts here I want to take us to the words

[46:34]of Na IIM Alam let us begin there and then we'll continue

[46:41]this journey when we look at IIM at that moment when the

[46:43]Mal they come on their way to going to the people of

[46:49]they first stop at the home of NAB ibraim they stop at

[46:55]the home of Na ibraim and one of the things that they

[46:58]tell him is that we are actually on route to destroying the

[47:03]people of lot the people of Sodom it's amazing when we look

[47:09]at the Quran the first reaction of niim instead of him saying

[47:14]that good destroy them instead of saying that it's been long enough

[47:18]you know where have you been he does something else he turns

[47:21]towards Allah in Dua the Quran it mentions that ibraim he says

[47:35]begins to plead with Allah he begins to ask Allah Ya Allah

[47:40]give more time to the people of Sodom y Allah forgive the

[47:44]people of Sodom Ya Allah give another opportunity to the people of

[47:47]Sodom so here what we're seeing from the prophets of God is

[47:51]that they have a compassion for Sinners yes they recognize the sin

[47:56]but there is a level of compassion they don't want to see

[47:59]anyone destroyed they don't want to see anyone walking on the path

[48:01]of sin ibraim he turns towards Allah pleads for a little bit

[48:08]more time maybe the people of Sodom will change at the same

[48:12]time we have to be very careful that while there should be

[48:15]compassion for people on an individual level if you have someone in

[48:21]the community that is struggling they're struggling with this issue you know

[48:24]sometimes as a religious community if you see someone who is struggling

[48:29]with this problem we reject them we turn against them we're harsh

[48:32]against them this is against the religion of Islam we should be

[48:35]supportive of them I remember there is a brother in the UK

[48:40]who he struggled with this issue and he said that when I

[48:43]was struggling with this issue I didn't know where to turn and

[48:47]he actually ends up creating his own organization by the name of

[48:51]strong support so it helps people that are in the Muslim Community

[48:53]that are struggling with this issue but he says when I was

[48:55]growing up I didn't know where the ter if you go towards

[49:00]the Sheikh and the community he's going to look at you you

[49:02]know with this horrible look he's going to be afraid of you

[49:06]maybe he's even going to mention to others if you tell others

[49:08]Elders in the community maybe your reputation will be ruined they'll behave

[49:13]with you in a very strange way they don't know where to

[49:16]turn and so this issue of compassion is very important at the

[49:20]same time when you look at the words of and all of

[49:24]the prophets these are different parts of the same conversation very clearly

[49:29]he says to his people that I abhor your actions I'm not

[49:35]going to pretend as if I am happy with what you're doing

[49:39]that I support what you're doing I'm not going to pretend as

[49:41]if I'm an ally of the community no we stand against this

[49:45]we believe this is one of the greatest of sins and so

[49:48]here when you see in a society where people are openly practicing

[49:52]sins and they are calling upon you to support them in that

[49:58]sin to be allies of them it's very important that we have

[50:00]a line that if someone is struggling you have compassion you help

[50:03]them to the greatest degree possible but if you see others that

[50:08]openly are promoting the lifestyle they are trying to spread the lifestyle

[50:12]then this is a completely different issue this leads us to the

[50:23]next issue was the sin of how they were forcing and attacking

[50:28]and assaulting people or was it the fact that they were practicing

[50:33]the sin because we were going over the story of one of

[50:38]the things that we mentioned is that it began by attacking Travelers

[50:42]that's how it began and so one of the criticisms that people

[50:46]will mention against the religion of Islam they say that Islam is

[50:54]not against homosexuality what is Islam against it is against against assaulting

[50:59]people attacking people and so this is a very common point now

[51:02]whenever you have something like this what do we do we turn

[51:05]towards the verses of the Quran because the Quran is very clear

[51:12]what the primary sin of was when we look at the verses

[51:14]of the Quran Allah subhanahu wa taala in one of the verses

[51:19]and this verse always gets me because it's as if even Allah

[51:23]is surprised Allah in this verse of the Quran he says Allah

[51:30]is saying that of all of the creatures in the world are

[51:35]you really approaching the males you say you say this when you're

[51:41]surprised at something you're shocked at [Music] something then the following verse

[51:54]it says and you leave what your lord has created as your

[51:56]mates you are truly a people transgressing all bounds Allah is making

[52:02]it very clear that the primary issue that was happening in Sodom

[52:08]yes the sin began as assault but then it spread amongst the

[52:12]people and became a common practice amongst them what Allah is punishing

[52:16]them for of course that is even a greater sin but what

[52:21]he is punishing them for primarily is the sin of homosexuality it's

[52:26]very clear here another verse of the Holy Quran and L when

[52:32]he said to his people do you commit immorality while you can

[52:35]clearly see how evil it is lot is asking this question from

[52:41]his people and then he says do you really approach men instead

[52:49]of women truly you are a people that are utterly ignorant so

[52:56]from these verses it's very clear that the sin of the people

[53:02]of lot it wasn't the issue of what they mention it was

[53:05]simply the sin of homosexuality you know sometimes you have a group

[53:10]of people that are for example thieves their sin is thievery and

[53:14]amongst them you're also going to have people that maybe murder in

[53:17]the commission of thievery and their sin is for example that others

[53:21]maybe they assault in the commission of thievery but what is the

[53:24]main sin that they are engaged in the main sin is the

[53:29]issue of stealing and so it is the same with the people

[53:34]of Sodom and so this is a very common one if you

[53:35]ever see this remember that the Quran has answered this very clearly

[53:40]the sixth issue and inshallah we will conclude it with this issue

[53:47]rather we have two more issues actually we'll push it a little

[53:54]bit further tonight I had a complaint that the sessions are not

[53:57]long enough I feel like the sessions are too long but I

[53:59]think there's a sweet spot the sixth issue is the very controversial

[54:06]question that whenb Lam he had those people behind the gate and

[54:11]they're trying to get inside of the gate the Quran mentions the

[54:16]story that Nabil lud he offers or at least it appears that

[54:20]he offers his daughters to the people that were trying to get

[54:25]into his house what is the verse the verse is and his

[54:30]people came rushing towards him and they had been long in the

[54:33]habit of practicing Abominations he said oh my people here are my

[54:39]daughters they are pure for you now fear Allah and then the

[54:46]verse continues question is throwing his daughters under the bus to protect

[54:51]his guests some people maybe they look at this verse they say

[54:54]how horrible this prophet of God he's trying to protect the guests

[54:58]by offering these Daughters of his he's saying marry them the answer

[55:03]is that people that are into this sin are they even interested

[55:07]in the daughters ofb they're not interested so whatam is essentially telling

[55:13]them is that you need to reform yourselves it's a metaphor that

[55:17]reform yourselves oh people move away from this sin women are purer

[55:21]for you than this action that you are performing and so it's

[55:27]very simple as answer the Nabil Lut no prophet of God no

[55:29]decent human being forget about prophets of God would ever offer his

[55:34]own children as a way of protecting someone that is coming from

[55:37]outside his guests the final issue is the question of whether it

[55:44]is possible for someone to have such an inclination and still remain

[55:53]a Muslim as I mentioned earlier sometimes there are people in our

[55:56]communities that are suffering from these issues they have certain inclinations and

[56:01]they feel very alone it's a very lonely place to be especially

[56:05]when you have sessions when we speak about the sin of the

[56:09]people of Sodom it can be very difficult when it comes to

[56:12]a person that has an inclination like this when you are struggling

[56:19]against this kind of inclination not only can you remain a Muslim

[56:22]in fact the Islam of a person who has this and is

[56:28]fighting against this is perhaps even stronger than one who doesn't because

[56:31]they're struggling they're fighting they're saying that Ya Allah for your sake

[56:36]I'm going to remain on the path that you have taught to

[56:38]me and so this person is even more beloved to Allah and

[56:43]this by the way applies to anyone that is struggling with any

[56:46]of the sins that the one who is struggling with the sins

[56:52]he's beloved to Allah and we should never think that because someone

[56:55]maybe has this inclination Allah hates them Allah is punishing them we

[56:59]shouldn't think any of these things the second question some people they

[57:06]argue that these inclinations are natural now we might ask that when

[57:12]you say natural what does that mean they say well some people

[57:18]they argue that from childhood certain people they had an inclination like

[57:23]this and of course others are going to argue against that going

[57:27]to say that that is not the case let's assume for a

[57:31]moment that that is the case there's no problem here let's assume

[57:35]that someone from a very young age they may have this kind

[57:41]of inclination does that mean that it is okay for them to

[57:46]act upon it here I'm going to mention something and hopefully we

[57:50]can open this up there are many inclinations natural as well as

[57:54]what we would consider to be unnatural that may exist within us

[58:00]but Allah subhana wa taala he says that even though you may

[58:03]have had this from a young age or maybe it came about

[58:07]later you still cannot do it let's give a few examples example

[58:11]number one imagine that you have an individual who wants to get

[58:17]married they have the inclination they want to get married but maybe

[58:21]they have an issue that they are dealing with let's say that

[58:24]they are for example disabled and and for them in that particular

[58:28]situation it is extremely difficult to get married maybe nobody is has

[58:34]been found who is willing to marry them now this individual there

[58:39]is a natural inclination there's a natural desire is it okay in

[58:44]this situation to go towards sin the answer is that Allah he

[58:47]says no it may be a natural inclination but Allah he says

[58:53]that you are supposed to hold yourself back this D is not

[58:56]a Dun where we should expect that everything that we want is

[58:59]going to be fulfilled there are things that we are going to

[59:03]want that is not going to happen this is dun of tests

[59:08]and trials another example imagine that someone has a state of poverty

[59:15]he has the inclination that he wants to have a little bit

[59:19]of money he wants to live a normal life just like all

[59:20]of these people that are living normal lives I want to also

[59:23]live a normal life but because of societal issues there's poverty in

[59:29]that Society is it allowed for him to go and steal from

[59:32]others in order to fulfill his needs again the answer here is

[59:38]no it's a natural desire to feel that you have a little

[59:43]bit of money to meet your basic needs but here Allah says

[59:47]I need you to be patient go through the doors of Halal

[59:50]never go through the doors of Haram so here we have another

[59:52]example example number three is it not a natural inclination for a

[59:59]woman and this is something that sometimes is controversial we don't talk

[60:03]about it it is natural for many women to feel that if

[60:10]they could not wear the hijab then people would for example look

[60:14]at them admire them X Y and Z there's a natural inclination

[60:20]amongst every human being to be seen to be looked at we

[60:25]have the right as human beings it's a natural inclination it's a

[60:29]natural desire here because it is a natural desire is that something

[60:35]where we should say okay the hijab should be taken off and

[60:38]that should be fulfilled the answer again is No so we have

[60:41]many other desires even Beyond this issue that we're discussing tonight where

[60:45]there is a natural inclination there's a natural desire but Allah subhana

[60:49]wa ta'ala he says that look if you want to be successful

[60:56]in this D you need to go down this path these things

[60:58]that Islam has taught us they are things which will take us

[61:02]to a path of Happiness they will avoid the harms and the

[61:05]damages of this dun and the next dun and so Allah he

[61:09]asks us to be patient and to continue to move through the

[61:13]sh inshallah I hope that these were questions that maybe some of

[61:19]you you had and insh we answer some of those questions if

[61:25]there's anything beyond this we do have that portal that is online

[61:28]if you want to ask any of these questions through that it's

[61:30]Anonymous insh we can tackle those on some of the coming nights

[61:36]inshallah I wanted to just mention one of the questions that had

[61:39]come up that goes beyond this topic and that was the question

[61:42]of whether the people of kufa they were Shia who ultimately killed

[61:49]Imam husin it's a very important question because sometimes other schools of

[61:55]thought they criticize the Shia they say that you Shia you mourn

[62:01]over abdah Hussein while it was you the people of kufa who

[62:07]ended up killing your Imam so it doesn't make sense on one

[62:09]hand you killed your Imam and now you sit and You Weep

[62:13]over him I just wanted to answer this very briefly inshallah that

[62:15]when we look at the history of kufa kfans they were known

[62:20]for being amongst many different groups we had amongst them those that

[62:25]supported the the are the supporters of Abu Bakr and Omar we

[62:31]had amongst them those who supported we had amongst them who supported

[62:36]the OMS we had amongst them who were from the they basically

[62:43]hated everyone and we had amongst them those that were devout ideological

[62:50]Shia meaning that they had a belief in the IM of the

[62:53]and then there were also individuals and this was was actually a

[63:00]sizable group who they were not considered to be ideologically Shia but

[63:04]they were considered to be politically Shia it's a very important distinction

[63:08]because Within These two groups there was one that believed yes this

[63:11]is an IM that has been chosen by Allah the other group

[63:15]they said no no no we don't accept Imam Hussein for example

[63:18]or Imam Ali as a divinely appointed IM but we recognize that

[63:24]this is from the family of we recognize that they have more

[63:27]merits than other people we have love for them but just religiously

[63:31]ideologically we don't believe that they are supposed to be appointed by

[63:38]God and so we had all of these different groups within the

[63:42]city of kufa and majority of them when they were weighing who

[63:48]do we support they began to send letters to Imam Hussein so

[63:51]this idea that kufa at that time was a purely City this

[63:56]is not a correct idea you had all of these different groups

[64:01]and of course you had the issue of tribalism where it was

[64:03]very easy to play One Tribe against another tribe and so the

[64:09]OMS were able to use these differences between these groups and they

[64:13]were able to influence them to withdraw their support for the Imam

[64:17]we raise our hands in Dua may Allah subhah wa ta'ala protect

[64:20]us may he accept the tears that we shed on this night

[64:25]the mning that we engage in and may He allow us to

[64:31]be from the closest followers of theam thank you say Ali for

[65:09]the thought provoking lecture just a couple of announcements before we begin

[65:15]the majus that we uh are hosting a Q&A during our ashur

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[65:57]of K their courage Shone bright their hearts steadfast and filled with

[66:02]light each step they took a testament to their faith beside Imam

[66:09]Hussein they chose their path of Fate Z who was once distant

[66:16]now stood near for the truth of Hussein he conquered his fear

[66:20]Muslim with a heart so pure his loyalty to Ste fast and

[66:28]sure Habib wise and bold a friendship with Hussein worth more than

[66:36]gold each companion a story of sacrifice told for their stand the

[66:45]truth was revealed the legacy of Hussein eternally sealed oh Noble Souls

[66:52]of carbal plain your names forever in our hearts remain for in

[66:57]your sacrifice we see the Divine a testament to love pure and

[67:04]fine please help me welcome the reciter of the husseini MJ brother

[67:08]Hass baz with a loud muhamed muhamad m inallah before we begin

[68:01]uh let's recite Surah f for the intention of the healing of

[68:08]a sick loved one and also with the intention of healing all

[68:13]of our sick loved ones inshallah with the Baraka of IM Hussein

[68:35]Brothers and Sisters tobala Let's Travel with our hearts and our spirits

[68:50]and see with the eye of the heart our beloved Imam Hussein

[69:21][Music] Allah Sal [Music] [Music] May the peace of Allah be upon

[70:07]the benevolent heart of Imam hus May the peace of Allah be

[70:21]upon you AB ABD as you are his vast mercy and the

[70:33]salvation of this [Music] um May the peace of Allah be upon

[70:44]you abdah and upon your Noble companions who remained with you [Music]

[71:00]in a strange you were [Music] inal let's let im husin here

[71:19]a stranger you [Music] thirsty you inal Mar you fell inala husin

[71:46]and his Salam to the companions of Imam hin Al IM says

[71:53]peace be upon you best of Companions and Victors peace be upon

[72:02]you for what you endured and thus now reside in a lofty

[72:08]place in love they were the asab of the IM the ones

[72:17]who chose to stay with him until their last breath in love

[72:22]they were companions full of pride in love they were as they

[72:35]stayed near his side and love they were when they replied we

[72:52]will never leave your side H shall we burn shall we die

[73:12]shall we be ripped apart under the [Music] sky from your Camp

[73:25]will never thir depart for your love is that our hearts [Music]

[73:53]H before we continue if the brothers can fix the echo IM

[74:04]Hussein when he embarked on his journey he [Music] said whomever is

[74:23]willing to spare his life for us and his heart was settled

[74:27]upon meeting Allah let him leave with us for I am leaving

[74:34]in the morning in these words the Imam explains the heftiness of

[74:41]the sacrifice in the type of Faith that's needed to be ready

[74:44]for one to be able to go with him to carala and

[74:49]so the vast majority of the Muslims and the umah around the

[74:55]Imam failed and and only those with the purest hearts and strongest

[74:59]of Faith were able to stay on his path and earn the

[75:02]honor of martyrdom by his side and he also said indeed I

[75:10]do not know of any companions more loyal or better than my

[75:14]companions brothers and sisters lend me your hearts and travel with me

[75:20]toala and let's imagine the scene for 9 days Imam Hussein his

[75:28]family and Companions and their families had been besieged by an army

[75:34]of thousands in a scorching Barren desert and for the past two

[75:38]days they had now been without water and on the night before

[75:46]the 10th of muharam the cover of the night had fallen and

[75:50]in several short hours at the break of dawn the battle of

[75:57]ashur will ensue on one side the large army of yazid is

[76:01]rejoicing feasting and sharpening their swords to kill the grandson of rasool

[76:08]but on the other is a much smaller camp with women and

[76:15]children and within that camp you can hear their Serene voices and

[76:19]murmurs and the voice of Imam Hussein and those with him Emer

[76:25]Ed in prayer and supplication and with their prayers we hear the

[76:31]T of the Mal who until today mourn the death of Imam

[76:37]Hussein in the heart of that night Imam Hussein calls his companions

[76:44]and they surround him then he turns he puts out all of

[76:50]the lanterns and darkness covers the setting and the Imam says Darkness

[76:57]has fallen imagine how heavy this must have been for the Imam

[77:04]the scene the threat the danger yet he calls them and he

[77:13]says yeahi Darkness has fallen so flee under its cover from these

[77:18]for these enemies only want me and once they kill me they

[77:25]will not chase after you I'm setting you free of your commitment

[77:27]to me I will not hold it against you on the day

[77:32]of judgment they replied with teary eyes Master husse by Allah we

[77:38]will never leave your side what excuse can we give your grandfather

[77:42]on the day of judgment if we leave you now life without

[77:56]about you Hussein is meaningless Imam Hussein said if you do not

[78:02]leave indeed you will all be killed tomorrow and none will be

[78:08]spared they said to him we would be grateful for that honor

[78:14]one of the companions named abdah saidd by Allah shall shall I

[78:27]be killed then burned then my ashes thrown in the wind and

[78:31]shall this be done to me 70 times I will never leave

[78:39]your side another companion his name is B he says Allah has

[78:46]bestowed us with the blessing of fighting in your defense until our

[78:52]limbs are torn for then your grandfather will intercede for us on

[78:57]the day of judgment then Allah I wish that I would be

[79:14]killed then brought back to life then killed until I am killed

[79:18]a thousand times and with that I would have spared you and

[79:21]your family from being killed then Muslim tells himd how can we

[79:32]abandon you how can we leave you what excuse do we give

[79:38]Allah if we do not stand with you w I will not

[79:43]leave you until I dig my spear in the enemy's chest and

[79:45]I strike them with my sword so long as I can carry

[79:50]it and if I do not keep a weapon in my hand

[79:55]and I will Hur stones at them until I die along your

[80:00]side brothers and sisters some opinions say that night IM Hussein was

[80:08]feeling abandoned and forsaken by this umah that betrayed him and his

[80:13]grandfather but our Imam is full of mercy and kind he wanted

[80:19]to save his companions from the massacre this is why he gave

[80:22]them a final CH chance to leave under the cover of night

[80:26]and leave him alone in carala but when they refus to leave

[80:35]his side it brought comfort and happiness to his heart and when

[80:40]he saw this determination from them he told them to look towards

[80:47]the sky and there they saw the lofy gardens and their place

[80:52]in heaven which they will reside in the fading night were 70

[81:04]night surrounding Hussein to his PL Habib and Z Muslim and [Music]

[81:23]John son wab names never gone he di the Flames he said

[81:39]to them go flee in the night spare your W they said

[81:49]with tears de beloved Hussein we feel no fear we're not afraid

[82:00]of pain as long as we live our life will give to

[82:10]Shield your name to Shield your name shall we be kill shall

[82:22]we be made what good is the world if you're not alive

[82:34]light this flame with your love we Thrive he then stood proud

[82:47]feeling faith and reveal to his cross their lofy [Music] place a

[83:03]narration says that Imam Hussein afterwards sat with say Z and she

[83:10]asked him brother Hussein did you test the resolve of your companions

[83:15]I worry that they might abandon you when they see the blood

[83:19]shed and the clash of the swords he said by Allah I

[83:27]spoke to them and only found in them bravery and resilience they

[83:33]find comfort and Martyr them with me the way an infant finds

[83:38]comfort in his mother's Embrace another narration says that night after these

[83:49]events happened Imam Hussein went walking between the hills at night and

[83:55]and one of the companions na he saw the IM and he

[84:00]was worried that the Imam is walking alone so he begins to

[84:03]follow him IM Hussein hears him eventually he turns around he says

[84:09]yeah is that you he says I fear for you master AB

[84:17]abdah being alone and far away from us in this night then

[84:19]the IM says I came to see these Hills and if the

[84:25]enemies use them to Ambush the to Ambush the tents tomorrow then

[84:30]he comes over to he grabs his arm and he says to

[84:39]him why don't you ride now between these two hills and spare

[84:47]yourself from Death replies he says master abdah my sword is worth

[84:58]a thousand swords and he begins to cry he says I swear

[85:04]by Allah who's honored me with you that I will not leave

[85:08]your side until I die fighting for you right fromal fle [Music]

[85:25]now hide in this land leave mein i' rather be killed I'd

[85:46]rather tomorrow my blood is spilled than to leave you inala [Music]

[85:56]alone that night was sorrowful but IM Hussein was still surrounded by

[86:04]his companions and family members he found comfort in their presence but

[86:09]on the 10th day the battle began but on the 10th day

[86:14]the battle began and then initially there was one attack where many

[86:18]of the companions were killed and after the dust one of his

[86:26]companions Muslim still had a breath in him IM Hussein along withb

[86:31]M they find Muslim Habib says yeah Muslim your death ways heavy

[86:37]on me be prepared for Paradise then he tells him if I

[86:45]wasn't certain he tells him if I wasn't certain that I will

[86:49]soon be following you I would have wished that you tell me

[86:52]which Affairs I should settle for you Muslim what does he do

[86:58]he weakly points towards Imam Hussein and in another narration he can

[87:03]barely look towards Imam then he whispers my will to you is

[87:16]this man be sure to die defending him another one of the

[87:21]companions his name is wahab and wahab was a Christian man and

[87:24]he was traveling along with his wife and and mother and they

[87:29]met Imam Hussein and they became Muslims at the hands of Imam

[87:32]Hussein on the day of wahab was fighting with the IM in

[87:38]the first battle then he came and he was speaking to his

[87:43]mother he says umah are you pleased with me she says I

[87:45]will not be pleased with with you until you die until you

[87:49]die fighting for IM Hussein when his wife hears this she tells

[87:55]him for the sake of God yah wahab do not leave me

[88:01]we're newly married I do not want to become a widow so

[88:06]soon his mother tells him go yah wahab do not listen to

[88:11]her go fight for husse wahab gets ready he goes back he's

[88:14]entering the battlefield then he hears a voice calling him from the

[88:22]back fight for the sake of the noble ones defend the house

[88:35]of wab turns around he sees it his wife he says how

[88:41]strange a short while ago you were urging me not to fight

[88:47]what happened she says yah don't blame me y my heart was

[88:57]torn when I heard Hussein calling how are we so alone is

[89:02]there no one else that will come to support us is there

[89:09]no Victor to help us y his words wed my heart and

[89:20]another story brothers and sisters a man with Imam Hussein his name

[89:23]is entered the battlefield fighting for the IM and eventually he was

[89:32]injured and he had a breath of life in him IM Hussein

[89:36]reached W while he was still alive he found him covered in

[89:42]blood and Sand what does the IM do look at the mercy

[89:44]of the IM he Embraces and he puts his face against his

[89:52]face [Applause] [Music] no one is like me as the grandson of

[90:14]has placed his face on my face the companions of Imam Hussein

[90:23]all fought bravely heroically until they all died defending Imam Hussein in

[90:31]the muring sand of carala and after they were all killed after

[90:36]all the men from his family were also killed a narration says

[90:44]that when the Imam was alone without any more Fighters he stood

[90:48]and he looked towards the battlefield and he said yes [Music] [Applause]

[91:05][Music] [Applause] [Laughter] [Music] oh brave warriors oh brave warriors why do

[91:32]I call you but you do not answer me why do you

[91:41]not rise with me awaken from your Slumber and defend the woman

[91:47]of the household of from this V [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] enemies

[92:22]answer me oh Heroes of this land answer me for now alone

[92:40]I stand answer me why have you laid in the sand [Music]

[92:54]who has severed my brothers [Music] hand yeah Allah we ask and

[93:09]call upon you by your greatest name the mightiest the most honorable

[93:13]to send your blessings and praise upon Muhammad and the family of

[93:19]muhamad and that you accept of us our worship we ask that

[93:24]you send your mercy upon the de of the believing men and

[93:26]women we ask you by husse the Martyr and his mother and

[93:32]father whoever was in this Gathering of ours and has a need

[93:35]that you fulfill it for them in particular those who requested that

[93:44]we do Dua on their behalf you ask you whoever in this

[93:48]Gathering of ours and is sick or has a sick family member

[93:54]that you heal them and cure their ailments we ask you to

[93:58]Grant Victory and patience for our brothers and sisters in palistine in

[94:03]lebnan in Yemen and Iraq and that you bring about and that

[94:08]you bring about the defeat of the Israelis zest entity and we

[94:12]pray that you relief the suffering of all those supressed and that

[94:17]you hasten the return of our 12 IM and that you write

[94:24]our names amongst his supporters and aiders [Music] [Music] [Music] ABD [Music]

[95:50]Hass [Music] [Music] together for

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Ashura 2024 | English Program | Night 6

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التالي

استكشاف المزيد

يرجى ملاحظة أنه إذا كان عمرك أقل من 18 عامًا ، فلن تتمكن من الوصول إلى هذا الموقع.

التالي

Ashura 2024 | English Program | Night 6

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التالي

استكشاف المزيد

اختيار طريقة الدفع

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