Fatimiyya 2024 | English Program | Night 2

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[30:49]in in [Music] [Music] all [Music] Muhammad Muhammad alhamdulillah Sal brothers and

[33:08]sisters respected before anything we'd like to send our sincerest condolences to

[33:17]the IM of our time on the martyrdom of his grandmother we'd

[33:29]like to welcome you all to the second night of our English

[33:35]faia program here at the as project as we commemorate the tragedy

[33:40]of tonight we remember the martydom of this great woman a woman

[33:49]who embodied Perfection a woman who showed us the definition of contentment

[33:56]virtue knowledge honesty purity modesty sincerity Justice piety and so much more

[34:05]the daughter of Muhammad and Khadijah the wife of Ali the mother

[34:12]of Hassan Hussein and Z we can go on for days talking

[34:18]about her attributes but perhaps the greatest of them all was that

[34:22]she reached the status of if she is pleased Allah is pleased

[34:25]and if she is angry Allah is angry a woman who gave

[34:32]everything for the sake of Allah a woman that taught us to

[34:35]stand up for the oppressed no matter what and it's precisely because

[34:41]of the lessons we learned from her that those who call out

[34:46]are always persecuted and always attacked because the sons of Fatima don't

[34:53]bow to anyone but Allah because the sons of Fatima rode with

[35:00]their IM and died by his side in kalala because the sons

[35:02]of Fatima did all they could to preserve the religion so that

[35:07]we know the truth today because the sons of Fatima Do not

[35:12]sit idly by and watch as genocide takes place it's narrated from

[35:22]IM that whoever sheds a tear for us whether for blood that

[35:30]was unjustly spiled a right that was taken from us an honor

[35:34]that was violated and then he goes on to say or for

[35:37]one of our Shia Allah the exalted will grant them with it

[35:43]a dwelling in Paradise for eternity and in these difficult times as

[35:51]the illegitimate terrorist state of Israel shows the world its true evil

[35:55]nature we ask our IM how many of your followers have we

[36:01]lost so as we shed tears for our mother Fatima tonight let

[36:07]us also remember her sons and daughters our brothers and sisters as

[36:12]they sacrific themselves their homes their loved ones and everything that they

[36:18]own to stand up to the enemies of God let us not

[36:23]forget these people who have shown us the true meaning of if

[36:28]only we were with you Hussein these people who have earned the

[36:33]right to say that phrase with sincerity in the midst of loss

[36:40]it's easy to lose hope yeah Allah promises us many times in

[36:43]his holy book that Victory will come to those who are on

[36:47]the right path to those who are patient he says oh you

[37:03]who have faith if you help God he will help you and

[37:07]make your feet [Music] Steady As for the faithless their lot will

[37:18]be to fall into ruin and he will make their Works go

[37:24]to waste this is a Divine promise from Allah himself and from

[37:29]this we can see that Victory requires sacrifice and sacrifice requires patience

[37:35]and surely the sons of Ali and Fatima will be Victorious and

[37:42]with that please help me welcome our respected scholar say Hass after

[37:48]aoud muham Muhammad for Rec a for all of our especially the

[38:47]who have given everything for the sake of Islam and for especially

[38:51]the families of the supporters and organizers of this set of lectures

[38:55]and these muham muham [Music] m Muhammad Muhammad brothers and sisters in

[40:33]Islam and let's quickly recap what we introduced and discussed last night

[40:46]we talked about the problem of choice how many of us in

[40:50]this part of the world we've been Afflicted with something called decision

[40:54]paralysis where we have all these choices placed in front of us

[40:58]in all spheres of life and we don't know what the actual

[41:03]right decision is to make on top of that compounding that issue

[41:07]is that there are all these forces at play that try to

[41:12]make that decision easier for us at least that's the way that

[41:15]it's framed to try to make it easier by saying that no

[41:20]there's only two options two choices in every scenario it's either good

[41:25]or bad good or evil right wrong B it and that's it

[41:28]black or white that there is no gray there is no in

[41:32]between and that's how the world and everything and everyone has to

[41:35]be viewed we gave examples about in the political realm it's either

[41:39]Democrat Republican in the religious sphere you're either liberal or conservative and

[41:45]pop culture we see things being divided into again good and evil

[41:49]bad guys Good Guys things like that and when we think about

[41:55]how Society functions how you and I function it's not that simp

[41:58]simple that these forces that are at play don't want us to

[42:03]deeply think and reflect about these problems they don't want us to

[42:05]actually make the right choice which requires a lot more contemplation requires

[42:08]a lot more research a lot more thinking a lot more conversation

[42:12]and discussion and communication they want quick decisions and quick decisions that

[42:18]they have decided for us with this false dichotomy we said that

[42:22]we end up in this decision paralysis and in these problems because

[42:26]of a problem in how we actually make these choices and we

[42:32]said that all stems from a broken identity this identity crisis that

[42:35]many of us are facing here whether we were born and raised

[42:41]whether we immigrated here we're all facing some level of Crisis and

[42:44]we don't know we might think we know but in reality we

[42:46]don't know how to make proper Islamic decisions so I want to

[42:51]expand upon that a little bit more tonight before we go on

[42:54]to our Superman analogy you know we gave this Ayah last night

[43:02]59 19 that do not be like those who forgot about Allah

[43:13]because the conclusion is what then Allah makes us makes you forget

[43:18]about who you truly are your NS your identity these people end

[43:24]up becoming open transgressors those who Rebel those who end up is

[43:28]doing and making the wrong choices we said that that's a way

[43:32]for us to understand why we end up making incorrect choices now

[43:38]a issue that some of us might face or we might respond

[43:40]and say look I don't have that problem I know who I

[43:45]am I'm a Muslim right I say muham I believe in this

[43:48]I believe in the Quran I believe in the I follow the

[43:51]I have all this stuff so I know what decisions to make

[43:55]this is not a complicated thing for me but then we said

[43:57]if that were the case then we wouldn't have so many disagreements

[44:02]between Muslims or between sh amongst us people who are even following

[44:07]the same M with all these social political Community issues how we

[44:11]raise our families what we're doing there's still a lot of disagreement

[44:16]that means somewhere along the way we're making the wrong choices they

[44:20]can't all be correct there has to be some that are closer

[44:22]to the truth and maybe some of them that seem like they're

[44:27]true that seem like they're right that seem like they're the right

[44:30]and good choice but they're actually detrimental and harmful what happens is

[44:37]in a given situation typically when we're about to do something right

[44:42]we're thinking about a problem we're faced with a situation we have

[44:46]to make a choice right sometimes it's something small like something happens

[44:52]in my life and I have to respond to it right let's

[44:55]say I find out that uh a family member of mine has

[44:59]passed away right I get the news how do I respond to

[45:03]that right there's many different things all these emotions that I'm going

[45:06]to be feeling right and I can respond in a lot of

[45:08]different ways right so kind of Imagine in our minds all the

[45:14]different possibilities right you kind of think it's all subconscious we're not

[45:17]thinking out loud but all these ideas all the feelings everything's coming

[45:21]together like a like a wave crashing together all these words that

[45:24]we have at our disposal and sometimes we have we know deep

[45:29]down on one hand there's the proper way that I should respond

[45:31]to this right whenever there's a m I know how I'm supposed

[45:34]to respond I know that that's what Allah this how he wants

[45:37]me to respond I get it but then there's all these other

[45:39]possibilities and sometimes I end up choosing that instead another example let's

[45:45]say someone angers you right makes you angry pisses you off does

[45:52]something you don't like how do you respond right it's a it's

[45:54]a test right for patience is obviously a way that wants us

[45:59]to respond with forgiveness and Overlook it and you know ignore them

[46:02]when they do something they do some sort of V or whatever

[46:05]but then there's all these other possibilities of how we can respond

[46:08]to that individual right we could say something and say okay yeah

[46:12]sure no problem and let it go or there's a whole bunch

[46:14]of other let's say not so nice types of vocabulary that some

[46:19]people will use in place of that right so we know that

[46:21]Allah's gifted us with all this ability to express ourselves we know

[46:25]that there are great things that we can say in response there

[46:30]are things that are okay not bad not good there are things

[46:32]which are probably not ideal maybe leading towards the bad side and

[46:36]then there are things that are straight up Haram and in that

[46:41]Split Second when we're dealing with somebody like that when we're about

[46:45]to make that decision we're Muslim going into it I'm a Muslim

[46:48]when that thing is happening to me but in that Split Second

[46:52]in that moment when I'm dealing with that when that anger rushes

[46:55]up when that fire starts burning up inside me in that moment

[47:00]what I'm really thinking is Allah I know what you want from

[47:03]me I know what I should be saying and I know what

[47:07]I shouldn't say I know how you want me to respond how

[47:11]your I know how they responded I know how their responded I

[47:16]know how the would respond I know how the sh would respond

[47:19]I know all of that but right now sorry Allah I got

[47:24]to forget you because these are my emotions my feelings I'm going

[47:28]to express myself the way that I want I'm going to choose

[47:31]me over you right now that's what it means to say in

[47:35]that moment yes I said Allah sure you're the only one and

[47:40]I believe in you I submit to you sure but for a

[47:43]second Allah I need you out of the picture because I want

[47:45]to do what I want right now the choice that I'm making

[47:49]even though I know sure I claimed Allah I'm going to follow

[47:52]you and submit to you but right now I'd rather do what

[47:55]I want I'd rather do what makes me feel good that's what

[47:58]a true identity crisis actually ends up leading towards is that in

[48:02]one hand we have an identity system we claim we do we

[48:06]have a belief system but then we quickly just switch to another

[48:08]side let me give another example you can send anybody here or

[48:21]you don't have to raise your hand if you are one uh

[48:25]maybe you know somebody who's a vegan right somebody doesn't eat meat

[48:29]or has any animal byproducts things like that right so imagine you

[48:34]let's say meet your colleague your friend whoever it is right who

[48:39]claims to be a vegan you meet them for lunch somewhere right

[48:44]and obviously you have aldah a lot of options around here let's

[48:46]say you go somewhere let's say you're the one who invites them

[48:49]so you go somewhere where you know that okay there's going to

[48:53]be some vegan options for them right some I don't know some

[48:55]Bean something or some salads or whatever is they can figure it

[48:57]out there's options there right when you're there if you're a meat

[49:02]eater okay I'll pick something and I'll let them you know they

[49:04]have their other options I'm looking out for them so you get

[49:06]there waiter comes takes your order and if you're smart maybe you

[49:11]go f Minon medium rare if I was there that's what I

[49:12]would do right you make your order and then your friend your

[49:17]supposed vegan friend says you know what that sounds good I'll take

[49:20]that too now what would be your immediate reaction like hold on

[49:23]a sec I thought you were a vegan like oh well you

[49:26]know I'm actually a spiritual vegan vegan right that's the that's the

[49:27]way I am spiritual vegan what is that it's like you know

[49:32]I believe in the values of being a vegan I don't want

[49:35]to harm animals but you know I'm still working on practicing it

[49:37]like what in the world is that how are you actually a

[49:38]vegan then that person is having kind of an identity crisis it's

[49:43]the way that you and I are we claim Islam Muslim all

[49:48]these fancy little titles sh all of this but when situations arise

[49:53]when we have to make a decision we're like you know what

[49:56]I'll be a spiritual mus Muslim right now Allah will forgive me

[49:58]a little bit later and right now I'll put that practice aside

[50:01]I'll do what I want and I'll work on the rest a

[50:04]little bit later that's what happens when we have these identities to

[50:08]crisis that's what happens is in that moment when we have those

[50:11]trials we have those that fork in the road because we are

[50:16]not actually solidified in our identity we end up making the wrong

[50:19]choice so what we want to try to do in I mean

[50:22]we only have tonight and then tomorrow night if Allah gives us

[50:25]is to try to figure out where we actually went wrong because

[50:30]you might say you know you might say h like I don't

[50:31]get it I don't think I have this problem right I don't

[50:39]forget Allah I I pray I fast I observe modesty I remember

[50:41]Allah I say alhamdulillah I say all those Allah words I say

[50:45]all that stuff so I'm remembering him not forgetting him like this

[50:49]Ayah doesn't apply to me I know people it applies to I

[50:50]know how bad they are and that's not me so sometimes we

[50:55]don't want to apply to ourselves but if we think were a

[50:59]bit more honest with ourselves actually when we're coming to all these

[51:03]sociopolitical issues right like we talked about last night right with the

[51:06]rainbow Rangers and all of that with we're talking about abortion when

[51:09]we're talking about political issues when we're making those decisions am I

[51:14]actually doing something am I making a decision based on an Islamic

[51:17]Identity or am I grabbing from something else I'm saying you know

[51:22]what right now if you're asking me what is the best financial

[51:25]or economic decision to make in my life right now am I

[51:28]doing so withan and in mind according to the rulings of the

[51:33]or am I saying well according to kyian economics actually this is

[51:37]the best decision right now the way the market is going this

[51:40]is actually what's good are we grabbing some other ISM that exists

[51:44]right all these you know these isms that are out there capitalism

[51:48]consumerism socialism communism feminism individualism you know the list goes on we

[51:55]might say Muslim but at the end of the day we reach

[51:58]into that bag of all these other isms and we grab on

[52:02]to one of those instead and then yeah we T we attach

[52:04]the word Islam at the end of it right yeah I believe

[52:09]in a democratic Islam or a capitalistic Islam or socialistic Islam communis

[52:14]whatever it is we take Islam we put it secondary because really

[52:17]we're making Islam a second part of our identity not the first

[52:20]part that's what happens when we have a crisis something else comes

[52:25]along something else that we have been inculcated with with or trained

[52:28]with something else has happened that has pushed us away and made

[52:32]Islam secondary and some other ISM some other ideology has end up

[52:35]coming first that's why some people when they say that they're an

[52:37]American Muslim they phrase it like that for a reason I'm not

[52:41]saying everybody does it like this it's because when certain ideas come

[52:45]about when they're asked about let's say freedom of speech they won't

[52:48]talk about freedom of speech according to the Quran and we'll talk

[52:50]about freedom of speech according to the founding fathers like what does

[52:56]their views have to do with you and I what do their

[52:58]idea of yes you can draw inappropriate cartoons about religious figures that's

[53:02]what their freedom of speech means that's not what our freedom of

[53:05]speech means we don't have the right to insult other people even

[53:09]Idol worshippers as the Quran says we don't have the right of

[53:11]doing sub of people who are worshiping idols and they're Idols why

[53:14]Allah says in the Quran clearly if you insult them they're going

[53:17]to insult Allah back that's the way it works so don't go

[53:21]insulting them but this Society yes you can be a comedian make

[53:24]fun of anybody do whatever it's all part of the you know

[53:27]freedom idea so a lot of people they're going to grab on

[53:29]latch on to that rather than the actual Islamic concept I'm just

[53:34]talking about freedom of speech you can talk about press you can

[53:37]talk about uh the rights in a society internet filtering there's so

[53:41]many different things there's either a perspective trying to consider Islam or

[53:47]we can end up grabbing somebody else's ideology and saying you know

[53:50]Islam will secondary it's just an accessory to what I actually believe

[53:54]what we want to try to do is figure out for ourselves

[53:57]is Islam coming first is Allah first or is he actually second

[54:02]on the list all right Superman okay now what does this have

[54:15]to do with Superman let's explain so first question some trivia what

[54:21]is Superman's true identity what's his name you say it out loud

[54:29]you guys participate you guys you do that stuff here or no

[54:31]car can okay is that right or wrong that's right it's wrong

[54:39]that is not his identity no no no no what's his true

[54:41]identity come on there's no do you see fans here no huh

[54:47]no C that's his actual identity uhuh see in that mistake which

[54:51]is a good mistake you had to make that mistake otherwise El

[54:53]lecture would have been ruined so I'm glad you did that now

[54:57]so why would you say that well obviously it's because there's again

[55:01]I don't want to have to go through the whole Tere of

[55:05]Superman and everything but there's this Alien named C his planet is

[55:08]dying his parents put him in a spaceship and send him off

[55:12]he crash lands on Earth and he's found by human parents Jonathan

[55:15]and Martha Kent and he's raised here he's given the human name

[55:18]Clark Kent and raised in Smallville right so most people even him

[55:24]how does he identify initially he ident identifying as Clark Kent right

[55:28]that's how he's identifying that's who he thinks he is okay now

[55:33]when did Superman I don't know how how much trivia I should

[55:36]do you already you guys failed mostly so I don't know how

[55:38]much I can ask here but okay when did he start to

[55:42]learn about his powers right was it when he was like a

[55:44]baby when he was like middle school high school or was it

[55:48]when he was an adult you guys know and for those who

[55:51]are true fans I know that there are different universes and different

[55:54]iterations in the comics I'm going for the most popular version right

[55:57]now yeah even if you want to go by the the the

[56:01]movie universe that's okay too or the Animated Series that's fine so

[56:03]most say that it was like middle school high school right where

[56:06]he starts to learn about his powers starts to realize that he's

[56:11]got super strength super speed he can fly all the powers that

[56:14]he has right so does he immediately say oh my god I've

[56:19]got all these Powers I'm going to go and fight bad guys

[56:21]is that what happened no that's not what happened what does he

[56:26]do he freaks out he fre freaks out he runs back to

[56:28]his parents and says I don't like this I don't want to

[56:31]be like this right why am I so strange why am I

[56:33]abnormal how come I'm not like anybody else I don't want this

[56:38]and I don't want to be like this right okay now keep

[56:40]those points in mind now let's try to connect it to this

[56:46]idea of identity and choices when you and I if I were

[56:50]to ask you who you are where you're from where am I

[56:52]from right and I've been asked that since I got here multiple

[56:56]times right people ask me are where am I from how should

[56:58]I respond should I say Florida or Orlando because that's where I

[57:03]literally flew from like that's where I've been staying for the past

[57:06]four and a half five years is that the right answer no

[57:08]because I was born and raised in New Jersey should I give

[57:11]that answer well what about where your parents are from all right

[57:14]my parents are from Pakistan technically should I give that answer well

[57:17]no because technically my dad was born in India before there's a

[57:22]partition of Indian Pakistan so am I Indian my M dad would

[57:23]kill me if I said we're Indian CU after the partition nobody

[57:26]like to claim that right when they went to Pakistan said no

[57:29]no no we're Pakistani now we're not Indian anymore like okay sorry

[57:31]that uh so do I say that no I don't say that

[57:35]should I say hij because I'm say is that the right answer

[57:40]do I say Africa because everybody's got the same par like what

[57:43]do we do where should I answer from is that the answer

[57:47]you guys would give would you give some City over here would

[57:50]you say Dearborn would you say the US would you say Lebanon

[57:52]Iraq something like that would you give your village name what answer

[57:58]would you give if we're talking about who we truly are where

[58:01]we really came from where did we actually come from come on

[58:06]this easy Sunday school answer where did we come from came from

[58:11]Allah it's that simple I know it sounds like a very like

[58:14]it's an obvious Point yeah of course we came from Allah but

[58:18]that's a big difference in the same way where people will just

[58:22]like Clark Superman will identify himself initially as Clark if we don't

[58:27]know where we truly come from we won't know how to act

[58:31]while we're here that's the first problem when it comes to an

[58:34]identity crisis let me explain a bit more if you can send

[58:42]you know how we can prove to some degree that Allah knows

[58:48]that we will constantly forget where we truly come from Allah knows

[58:52]that we are going to forget our actual origin that we when

[58:55]people ask us or deep down if I'm thinking about it when

[59:00]I make a decision I'm not going to do it based on

[59:05]oh I'm I'm from Allah I'm a Muslim no most of us

[59:07]will forget that and end up making a decision as an American

[59:12]or as from Pakistani or Lebanese or Iraqi or Iranian whatever we

[59:17]end up making some decision based on that Allah knows that so

[59:20]constantly we were giving reminders over and over and over again toe

[59:26]remind us where we came from and that reminder happens whenever we

[59:30]see somebody going and get sent back off to where they came

[59:32]from whenever somebody passes away what do we remind ourselves every single

[59:39]time the minute we hear that news what do we all say

[59:45]we remind ourselves and everybody else around us when we sent off

[59:52]that back to where they belong back to where they came from

[59:54]that we all came from there we all we all came from

[59:58]Allah and in every single moment we're returning to him too we

[60:01]are all slowly taking these breaths going back towards him that's what

[60:04]our origin is that this person that we're about to bury right

[60:06]now that's where they're going back to where they came from back

[60:11]to where we all came from I I should remember that too

[60:14]I shouldn't limit myself to being an Earthling that I'm stuck over

[60:19]here I'm this on this physical body and I have to do

[60:21]everything according to the demands that this world requires no I have

[60:28]an out of body understanding I have a soul I have a

[60:30]spirit I have an immaterial existence that's what's truly mean not this

[60:33]this is just a vehicle this is just a vessel this is

[60:37]just a means to an ends that's it if this becomes the

[60:42]ends then that's a problem if I think that I'm Clark then

[60:45]that is going to be a problem and the reason that Clark

[60:48]has that problem is what there's a few reasons why he has

[60:51]that issue the first one is what he doesn't know his true

[60:55]identity right he doesn't know that he's Kal from another planet with

[60:58]all these Powers why what were what was the first set of

[61:00]variables the first obstacle in his path to actually stop him from

[61:08]becoming Superman who actually messed with his origin and told him something

[61:13]else his parents is the most important thing when it comes to

[61:21]having a strong Identity or having a weak identity if he was

[61:26]raised by his actual parents then his whole life story would have

[61:29]been different right then he would have just been a quote unquote

[61:34]superhero from the beginning but instead he's raised by two humans people

[61:37]who do not understand what he was truly capable of those who

[61:40]were not equipped with raising somebody who has these abilities and powers

[61:43]and knows what to do with them they had no idea so

[61:47]what do they do they end up limiting him completely so when

[61:49]he's scared and he runs back to them they don't tell you

[61:53]know they don't tell him okay go run out and fight bad

[61:56]guys they don't want him to do that say okay we'll take

[61:57]care of you hide it don't let anybody else know right just

[62:01]fit in with everybody else hopefully you can see where I'm going

[62:05]with this when we're talking about the way that we do so

[62:08]I'm speaking to both parents and kids over here let's go to

[62:11]both we're talking about parents what happens in this Society again I'm

[62:18]speaking to parents first we are the first line of defense or

[62:23]we can even say offense the first system to strengthen our kids

[62:26]identities either we make them or we break them that's in our

[62:31]hands this's this famous Hadith that I'm sure you've heard by where

[62:36]he's reported to have said that there is no child born every

[62:43]single child that's born is born on what the now F it's

[62:48]a long discussion about what that actually means but in a nutshell

[62:51]it's this default Divine programming that all of us have been given

[62:55]every single child every single creation has this Divine programming this default

[63:02]system that we all have of this way of connecting and communicating

[63:06]with Allah every single child has that so then what happens it's

[63:15]parents that come and either turn them into Christians or Jews or

[63:19]in this Hadith so the have two different levels of interpretation for

[63:24]this there's one which is an obvious one why aren't why isn't

[63:29]every single human being in the world Muslim well it's obvious if

[63:32]a child is born in a Christian or Jewish or zor asrian

[63:37]house if their parents are scientologists or atheist or whatever they are

[63:40]then they're going to raise their kids like that so very literally

[63:44]those parents are taking away and polluting the fitra of that child

[63:48]they are born Muslim but the children because of those parents are

[63:51]slowly being taken away from them the F doesn't get erase but

[63:56]it gets polluted it gets covered up it getss pushed away slowly

[63:59]by these parents that's the obvious one but then there's another interpretation

[64:03]offer a bit deeper they say this also applies to Muslim parents

[64:07]as well too say it's possible that Muslim parents can instill Christian

[64:14]Jewish and non-muslim values into their children as well let me give

[64:22]you an example you can recite muham I'm going to do a

[64:32]quick little movie for you you can tell me or you can

[64:36]think for yourselves if this seems like a good reenactment of how

[64:39]those of you who are around my age or so how you

[64:42]and I have been raised for those of you who are parents

[64:44]if this seems like the way that you and I parent child

[64:49]is born raise them love and care we give them basic stuff

[64:56]like okay uh teach you about Allah help you understand the Quran

[64:59]and read Quran try to make you understand and connect with the

[65:02]bring you to program sometimes forcibly dragging you by the neck and

[65:06]just sit down and be quiet and listen to the program listen

[65:09]to the lecture no matter how boring it happens to be just

[65:11]listen to them anyway okay and then what happens then they're in

[65:18]school say okay you need to make sure you do well in

[65:20]school you need to get good grades you need to stay home

[65:24]and study and do well okay well why do I have to

[65:28]do all of that well you need to get good grades so

[65:29]you can get into a good college good University okay fine why

[65:33]do I need to get into a good college or a good

[65:35]University well you need to go into a good college and a

[65:40]good University so you can get a good job okay got it

[65:43]why do I need a good job well you need a good

[65:44]job because you need money okay well why do I need money

[65:48]you need money because you got to get married and nobody wants

[65:50]to marry a poor person right that's how it works if it's

[65:55]a son you're like no no girl's going to marry some poor

[65:57]guy you have to have enough money to take care of her

[66:01]and if it's a daughter I have daughters we don't want the

[66:04]marrying some broke loser guy as well right like no no nobody

[66:09]like that right so all this is what it's all materialistic the

[66:12]whole time there's no conversation about tawa there's no conversation about the

[66:17]soul of spirituality it's all what here's some here's some materialism here's

[66:21]this DWI version of success that's it nothing else is talked about

[66:25]in the house except for that you have to be successful here

[66:27]you got to do well you got to get out there XYZ

[66:30]you have to get your name out there be whatever right and

[66:32]again I don't obviously know your culture specifically but when I was

[66:36]growing up again it may be similar but it was either either

[66:40]you're a doctor you're an engineer or you're a failure these are

[66:42]the three options that you're given right that's kind of it if

[66:45]you're anything else then you're done in life right you're a disappointment

[66:48]to your parents right no matter how much you end up achieving

[66:50]your parents are always like well yeah you could have done better

[66:52]right what's the point even the uh my my home father my

[66:57]little blesson remember the first time yeah he was present when I

[67:00]was giving a lecture somewhere this was in New Jersey so you

[67:02]know obviously I was nervous right giving a lecture in front of

[67:07]my father and U he was a was a critical type right

[67:08]so he was sitting there his arms folded listening to me like

[67:13]intently and afterwards when I was done uh you know I came

[67:15]and I was like okay dad you know what did you think

[67:18]like was a little long okay thanks Dad sometimes you can't make

[67:24]him proud right nothing you can do but I know no deep

[67:25]down he was was obviously Allah bless him but sometimes that's the

[67:30]way that parents are that's that's the way that we are as

[67:33]parents is the measure of success that we're giving is not according

[67:36]to and success that's mentioned in the Quran not the way that

[67:40]it's described by the it's saying look you want to be successful

[67:45]in this capitalistic Society the only way you do the only way

[67:48]you can be successful is if you add to GDP growth that's

[67:51]it cuz that's what the capitalist system tells you if you're not

[67:54]a cog in this wheel you're useless that's the way it is

[67:58]how many parents are actually willing to tell their children that look

[68:01]you study you do your best right if you want to go

[68:06]to school great if you don't that's okay too if you want

[68:08]to get one of these six figure jobs that's okay if you

[68:12]want to do something hourly that's fine too as long as you

[68:15]get risk that's okay whatever it is you have ta that's good

[68:19]enough right you want to do something very simple some very simple

[68:22]blue collar job whatever it is as long as you have tawa

[68:24]you're doing it in the right way then that's fine with me

[68:27]we'll support you how many parents actually say something like that to

[68:30]their kids or is it the other way around that no if

[68:33]you're not making lots of money you're a failure you're useless you

[68:36]didn't succeed we failed you how where did we go wrong we

[68:39]sacrificed so much we left this to come here and this is

[68:42]the best you can do right that's how it usually is there's

[68:45]no Islamic conversation there there's no Islamic it's pure materialism it's pure

[68:51]D that's all it is so yes we are teaching them about

[68:56]the Quran and but are those values being instilled not at all

[69:00]we imagine that hey if I can just sit them down in

[69:04]a program or send them to an Islamic school magically they're going

[69:06]to turn out like like no it doesn't work like that there

[69:11]has to be specific values that you and I as parents we

[69:14]live in the house we don't just force and tell them Islam

[69:20]we have to live Islam ourselves as parents now I said this

[69:23]about parents I also have to say cuz I don't want the

[69:27]kids to get the wrong idea you know usually when we talk

[69:28]about let's say parenting and what usually happens in most communities so

[69:32]the parents usually come to me either before or after they say

[69:36]say you need to tell the kids to listen to us and

[69:38]respect us okay thank you Uncle thank you Auntie I appreciate that

[69:43]yeah I said I'll do that as long as you let me

[69:45]criticize your new parenting first like what I said if your kids

[69:51]are not respecting you they're not listening or obeying you it's not

[69:55]their fault it's probably your fault sorry to say if they don't

[69:59]have love for the Quan and and they're not living Islam the

[70:02]way you want it's probably something that you did it's probably not

[70:07]them broken that they are like the spawn of of Satan all

[70:09]of a sudden and then oh why did Allah give me this

[70:13]thing no it's probably not like that it's probably somewhere along the

[70:17]way all that system of the that's been given right the 0

[70:22]to 7 7 to 14 14 to 21 that's been mentioned in

[70:23]the r maybe that I didn't really Follow That Right Said to

[70:30]do a certain way well thank you very much I'm not interested

[70:33]in that I'm going to hit my kid when I feel like

[70:35]it I know you say try to you know not yell at

[70:38]our kids and do this but I like to yell at them

[70:41]I'm going to yell I know Alam you said do not be

[70:43]angry with your children don't do don't discipline them while you're angry

[70:47]well guess what I get angry a lot and I'm going to

[70:49]discipline them like that what is that it's an identity crisis we're

[70:51]saying as parents I know that you've given me tedia principles I

[70:56]don't care you take your principles you move aside I'm going to

[70:58]do what I want so even in teria as parents we sometimes

[71:03]lose our identity and do what our parents did to us which

[71:05]our grandparents may have gotten know this word generational trauma it's one

[71:09]of my favorite words favorite generational trauma there is such a thing

[71:13]I believe so but it's been used as an excuse I think

[71:17]for too long we as parents need to stop reorient ourselves and

[71:21]say okay either I parent like and that's where get a Hussein

[71:27]that's how I can raise them I hear all these stories okay

[71:31]if I want these types of children I better raise them that

[71:33]way then but if I act like a mua in the house

[71:37]then I'm going to get a yazid in the house what else

[71:40]do I expect that's what's going to happen so that was the

[71:43]kind or semi kind I guess kind of harsh advice to all

[71:48]of us as parents and reminders for us now the kids I

[71:50]don't want you to get crazy ey there and arrogant say Mom

[71:53]Daddy hope you were listening to that okay kids you need to

[71:58]understand as well too sometimes we have to be a lot more

[72:01]empathetic and sympathetic to our parents as well how often did they

[72:08]actually learn the proper system of T the language that you and

[72:10]I need to hear being born and raised look our parents were

[72:16]not equipped to come over here and deal with this Western culture

[72:19]they have no clue whatsoever what parent that comes from the East

[72:23]is able to help out their child when their child comes back

[72:26]from school and says well guess what one of my friends in

[72:29]class uh at the beginning of class uh she said she was

[72:33]a girl then at the end of school she switched and now

[72:35]identifies as a boy and then uh on the bus she said

[72:39]she identified as a toilet so what is that in Islam what

[72:43]do we do there how was a how was a parent supposed

[72:45]to deal with something like that this weird identity stuff they don't

[72:48]know how to deal with that they're just going to be like

[72:52]you know what are they going to tell you they have no

[72:55]idea how to respond to this so so we have to be

[72:56]a bit more understanding not so judgmental and I was like this

[73:01]when I was younger too I was like oh Mom Dad why

[73:02]didn't you tell me about XYZ nobody told them the the that

[73:08]were coming and speaking in their malalis and lectures they weren't talking

[73:11]about you know the deeper points of Islamic T they weren't teaching

[73:15]them that least in my community is growing up my parents and

[73:19]the grandparents what were they hearing every single M was that's it

[73:23]that's all they heard over and over again which are all good

[73:29]in their place but that's not enough to actually deal with the

[73:32]issues on the ground here so us those kids of that generation

[73:38]whether you call it first or second generation Muslim Americans American Muslims

[73:40]whatever term we use we have to be a bit more understanding

[73:44]a bit more kind to our parents if they don't have the

[73:46]skills if they weren't taught or equipped with these skills we can't

[73:49]really hold them accountable we can't be rude and mean towards them

[73:53]for that we should be a bit more understanding and realize that

[73:56]you know what they're doing the best they can and maybe I

[74:02]should extend an olive branch sometimes too when they are a little

[74:05]bit harsher with me when they're a bit more strict when they

[74:07]don't understand they can't speak my language they don't understand the culture

[74:10]okay so they they can't do it well if they don't have

[74:14]the ability I'm aware of that so I have to put in

[74:18]a bit more effort if they can only go 30% then that

[74:19]other 70% that's my responsibility I'll take the extra step they brought

[74:24]me into this world in the first place they've taken care of

[74:26]the least I can do is do a little bit of to

[74:29]them if I can right okay I'm hitting 35 minutes I want

[74:30]to stop here we'll talk about the next variable tomorrow for you

[74:35]to think about as well so the parents of Superman of Clark

[74:38]that was the first variable which blocked him from Living his true

[74:41]potential which made him disregard and forget his true origin what was

[74:47]the next variable what was the next thing which actually stopped him

[74:51]from reaching his full potential and being who he should have been

[74:55]and understanding his origin think about that and we'll address that variable

[74:59]with tomor thank you s we'd like to remind everyone that tomorrow

[75:50]will be the last day for the youth program for young boys

[75:54]and girls ages 5 to 11 these programs are held during the

[75:57]Arabic program the same time starting at 8:15 for more information please

[76:04]see the youth program coordinator in the Hall you can sign up

[76:10]online at youth.

[76:13]asur project.org or in person the the day of also faia apparel

[76:17]is being sold every night at the entrances and exits so if

[76:20]you're interested please check that out we'll have a l media program

[76:25]for the brothers right after the Arabic mjus in the prayer Hall

[76:33]inshallah so please stick around for that we'd also like to ask

[76:37]everyone to please cooperate and be patient with our volunteer brothers and

[76:40]sisters it takes a lot of time and effort to run a

[76:47]program like this and their tireless work makes that possible in the

[76:50]event of a medical emergency we have a first a team that

[76:53]will take care of you so please allow them to do their

[76:58]work and only they are allowed in the medical room and finally

[77:01]we we kindly ask everyone to keep the hall the restrooms and

[77:05]the parking lot clean mam before the mjus I'd like to ask

[77:17]everyone to close their eyes and embark on a short Journey with

[77:23]me with a short poem titled Ali written by my dear brother

[77:44]who killed Christ touching her broken rib Ali who killed cries touching

[77:59]her broken rhyth the sun sets and is silent there is no

[78:08]one that's patient the sun sets and is silent there is no

[78:12]one that's patient as Hearts break for this moment the one who

[78:23]sees Ali aches named haar by his mother killed 35 at B

[78:29]and raised the Gate of when finding her rib he shakes named

[78:41]Ha by his mother killed 35 at bad and raised the Gate

[78:49]of when finding her rib he shakes he sits curled up and

[78:57]crying the lion of God wailing and every cry is asking how

[79:06]can Fatima's rib break a tragedy he has found a tragedy he

[79:14]has found he sheds tears that shake the ground every time they

[79:20]hear a sound the sound of her rib breaking her rib reaches

[79:27]his finger the thought of it is torture he cannot bear to

[79:34]touch her the door he's remembered between the door and the wall

[79:41]the one from Heaven would fall and when for help she would

[79:47]call for Ali she'd be screaming Ali would stand the moon upon

[79:59]Earth would land would stand the moon upon Earth would land he'd

[80:05]raised the gates with his hand but he could not touch her

[80:09]rib he raised the gate with his hand but he could not

[80:18]touch her rib the one who never felt fear is tortured by

[80:25]every tear he wish he wasn't here and was still fighting give

[80:31]Ali any battle any pain any trial give Ali any battle any

[80:41]pain any trial just no rib and no nail and no M's

[80:47]empty crib when he holds her and he cries I see stars

[80:59]fall from the skies the sun sets and doesn't rise because Ali

[81:04]is in pain to her grave he carries her where he walks

[81:14]roses wither above him the skies shatter and the P zah they

[81:20]rain Ali lowers her body but look at this tragedy when her

[81:30]body he bury he feels her rip again please help me welcome

[81:43]brother Hassan B the M recer after all [Music] sh [Music] [Music]

[82:47]together to our beloved say Fatima who travel with our our hearts

[82:55]and our spirits [Music] [Music] [Music] Allah [Music] I shall not forget

[84:22]the day they came and St B her home without change they

[84:35]burn the door upon the daughter of light while she stood behind

[84:48]hidden from and with the name her just [Music] day as she

[85:03]called muhamad behind the door and in her womb was SK without

[85:26]his blood was [Music] spilled yet with all her sorrow and all

[85:40]her pain she firmly stood behind what P the heart of must

[86:07]Soul was the strike they deal upon her what daugh of a

[86:22]prophet pure and divine would face such torment and her [Music] conf

[86:53]together for [Music] was the Exemplar of how a faithful person should

[87:19]be I believe we touched upon this yesterday briefly we'll mention some

[87:25]of a Hadith that give us a very small glimpse into the

[87:33]character of say and truly aah is not understood by most people

[87:44]there is a Divine secrecy around the value of Z and around

[87:55]her role and her magnanimity and how Grand she is this is

[88:03]why when after you know Islam became the norm and it was

[88:13]gaining ground and becoming strong in Mecca and in Medina people approached

[88:18]the prophet many of the nobl men from the Arab wanting to

[88:22]ask for his daughter's hand in marriage and he would often say

[88:29]it's not up to me who it up to you he would

[88:33]say it's up to Allah subhah and he said this decision comes

[88:39]from God and when im Ali proposed many said oh you're you're

[88:50]the prophet and you just established this new Revolution and you brought

[88:55]this faith and Revelation and you're marrying your daughter off to a

[88:59]poor man sure Ali is great nobody would ever dare say otherwise

[89:02]they can't but he's a poor man and would say Ali was

[89:13]chosen for Fatima by Allah and Ali is the greatest and so

[89:21]Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala found for the greatest lady the greatest husband

[89:26]and one Hadith says if it wasn't for Ali then no man

[89:36]would have been worthy of being married to because as described he

[89:48]Saidi is the in many had I don't want to give a

[89:53]lecture I just want to give the he describes in one instance

[89:58]for example that IMI with one strike in battle because of his

[90:04]dedication and Devotion to Allah he says the strike of Ali in

[90:09]battle a single strike from IM Ali in battle is equivalent to

[90:13]the Good Deeds of both humans and Jin until the day of

[90:17]judgment and on the other hand we have says is Big she

[90:38]has reached a level of piety and knowledge and awareness and connection

[90:43]with Allah and yeah she's been so dissolved in her spirit in

[90:50]Allah subhanahu wa taala in Divinity that now whatever pleases Allah pleases

[90:57]Fatima and whatever pleases Fatima pleases Allah and whatever upsets Fatima upsets

[91:02]Allah and whatever upsets Allah upsets FAA and her emotions are based

[91:12]on Allah subhanahu waala's will even to that level right the prophet

[91:19]also described her from her kindness and care and love and compassion

[91:23]as AB how she would treat him and care for him after

[91:29]died passed away she treated him the way a mother treats her

[91:34]son that type of love and dedication and compassion she is the

[91:42]mother of Hussein when im aliam was asked how he lived with

[91:51]Fatima look at this Hadith he says I would come and I

[92:07]would be filled with worries but I would look at the face

[92:12]of FAA and all worries and Sorrows would wash away just by

[92:18]looking at and the are many the prophet also said and I

[92:28]mentioned this yesterday after Prophet Muhammad this great lady this great this

[92:37]lady that is blessed with so much Divinity that's held in such

[92:40]high regard by Allah and his messenger they attacked her house because

[92:47]she was standing for the word of Allah and the word of

[92:51]his messenger she was defending the will of IM Ali and by

[92:57]that she was defending Islam they attacked her home and they wounded

[93:02]her and they killed her baby in her womb and some narrations

[93:08]even say that they beat say that she was punched in some

[93:14]instances and she was attacked by a whip allahar all of this

[93:22]because she stood in defense of Truth and the face of in

[93:28]the face of falsehood and satanic schemes this brothers and sisters after

[93:36]was attacked and wounded and injured after she had felt the Deep

[93:49]pain of orphanhood and treason and how this um betrayed her father

[93:53]she would off and go to visit the grave of where she

[93:59]were where she would shed tear and complain of how her and

[94:08]IM Ali were treated [Music] what fult Li with one who smells

[94:47]ahed's Earth the grave of where he's buried and finds it son

[94:55]unmatch and worth say to the one beneath the ground [Laughter] concealed

[95:08]If You Can Hear My Cries revealed disas poured upon me unreel

[95:24]and vast had they struck the days they turn tonight so fast

[95:39]I cry to you father I CED to you father your people

[95:52]betrayed me without the of your presence they dism me had tolda

[96:12]that she would soon follow him after he passes and for the

[96:18]for the rest of her short life say Z was in great

[96:21]sorrow and pain until one day she felt as if it was

[96:27]her time to pass Asma narrates Asma used to help say Fatima

[96:34]in the house as narrates that performed she dressed in clean clothes

[96:37]and she said to her I'm going to my chamber to pray

[96:44]and recite the Quran if you hear my voice then all is

[96:48]well but when you stop hearing my voice know that I have

[96:56]gone to join my father the messenger of Allah fatim zah entered

[97:04]the room and she continued to recite the Quran verse by verse

[97:11]and as stood by the door listening to the soothing sound of

[97:16]her recitation but suddenly the voice of say Fatima grew faint and

[97:23]soon fell s silent concerned as approached the door she said but

[97:34]there was no reply again she [Music] said oh mother of Hassan

[97:42]and Hussein but there was no response entering the room as found

[97:49]FAA laying on the ground her cloak covering her face she gently

[97:58]shook her but there was no movement she called her name but

[98:02]there came no answer at that moment tears streamed from asma's eyes

[98:11]and she realized that faa's Soul had returned to Allah with while

[98:33]Asma was grieving an came at the door who was it it

[98:38]was Al IM Hass husin returning home they entered looking to their

[98:43]right looking to the left they're looking for their mom Asma says

[98:49]say Your mother is is resting shall I prepare some food for

[98:53]you they said yeah you know we do not eat without our

[98:58]mother with innocence and worry the two brothers made their way to

[99:04]F's room when they saw her laying still IM threw himself upon

[99:11]her kissing her and crying yeah speak to me before my soul

[99:29]leaves my body and imin embraced her at her feet and he

[99:33]pleaded he said mother fa I am your son Hussein speak to

[99:40]me before my heart breaks and I perish Z whenin saw you

[99:55]death but their hearts shattered but I asked you had you been

[100:00]inala and you saw how IM Hussein was butchered how would you

[100:08]have felt when they trampled his body how would you have what

[100:13]I imagine when Imam Hussein was killed in called to him from

[100:30]her lofty place in Paradise as if she saying to him I

[100:36]am your mother watching over over you husin my beloved as they

[100:54]killed you I raised you young I saw your life it breaks

[101:10]my heart to see your PL when I was strong my ribs

[101:20]were broken left a wound in your heart unspoken so your bones

[101:40]you [Music] sacrifice and so again my pain in [Music] [Music] we

[102:39]ask and call upon you by your greatest name the mightiest the

[102:45]most honorable to send your blessings and praise upon muhamad muhamad and

[102:50]that you accept of us our worship we ask that you send

[102:55]your mercy upon the de of the believing men and women we

[102:59]ask you by her father husband and children whoever was in this

[103:06]Gathering of ours and has a need that you fulfill it for

[103:08]them in particular those who have requested we do Dua on their

[103:15]behalf we ask you whoever in this Gathering of ours and is

[103:18]sick or has a sick family member that you heal them and

[103:22]cure their ailment we pray that you relieve the suffering of all

[103:27]those oppressed especially the people of philistine Lebanon and Syria we ask

[103:33]you to De all the innocent Martyrs with your mercy and heal

[103:39]the wounds of the survivors we pray that you bring your Aid

[103:42]in Victory upon those fighting against evil doers and that you bring

[103:46]about the defeat of the Zionist entity and that you hasten the

[103:51]return of our beloved 12th IM and that you write our names

[103:55]amongst his supporters and aiders and that you protect our Scholars and

[104:01]this Muslim together [Music] [Music] [Music] brothers and sisters let's let's say

[104:56]the mind in IM M hear us [Music] [Music] Allah [Applause] [Music]

[106:21]for e

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