Features of Imam Ali's Governance - Sayed Mohammed Baqer Al-Qazwini

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[0:10]audhu billahi min ash-shaytaan-i'r rajeem mismaloya rahmanir rahim' I begin in the

[0:19]name of the Almighty God the compassionate the merciful the one who

[0:24]created everything an utmost perfection and made a peace and blessings of

[0:32]the Almighty God be upon his pure and beloved messenger the peak

[0:38]of his creation the symbol of humanity the holy prophet muhammad sallallahu

[0:45]aleyhi wa ala muhammad ali Adam from Eduardo Hamid and its immaculate

[0:50]progeny of the a little bait peace be upon them especially the

[0:55]leader of our time the awaited Saviour and Imam al-mahdi ajar allahu

[1:01]ta'ala firaga may Allah haste and his reappearance and make us all

[1:10]amongst his sincere and dedicated servants my respected brothers and sisters on

[1:17]this night I extend to you my sincerest condolences as we have

[1:24]gathered to commemorate the tragedy of the martyrdom of Amir al-mumineen sayyed

[1:31]al Mohideen the commander of the faithful as we commemorate the legacy

[1:35]of imam amir al mu'minin alehissalaam on such a holy night which

[1:45]could possibly be the night of tidal the night of the holy

[1:49]quran let's remember that allah subhana wa ta'ala gave us the opportunity

[1:54]to experience the spirituality of this night due to the sacrifices of

[2:01]amirul mumineen the holy quran was revealed on the night of god

[2:05]Etta's ali IBN ABI talib al salam after the prophet sallallahu alayhi

[2:11]wa ala who saved the holy quran who demonstrated the holy quran

[2:16]who embodied the Book of Allah Subhanahu WA Ta'ala on such a

[2:19]night as we commemorate his legacy let's express our grad to the

[2:26]servant of allah subhanahu wata'ala who saved this religion for us when

[2:33]you examine the legacy of Amir al-mumineen alehissalaam you stand before an

[2:37]infinite ocean of accomplishments and achievements an infinite ocean of lessons in

[2:46]every step that he took imam ali IBN ABI talib ali saddam

[2:54]provides for us beautiful lessons how to worship the Almighty God how

[2:58]to uphold justice how to seek the path of knowledge and scholarship

[3:01]how to deal with others in your society how to be patient

[3:08]in the face of calamities this is a Leoben a atlanta body

[3:11]is Salaam but in this evening I would like to share with

[3:18]you and shed some light on the legacy of Amir al-mumineen Allah's

[3:22]Salam when it comes to his governance how did Ali ibn ABI

[3:26]Taleb Adi Salaam rule in those five years we are proud of

[3:34]our leader and Imam fourteen centuries later we must know why is

[3:39]it that ali bin ABI talib al salam is special what did

[3:45]he offer to the world if I am asked today by people

[3:47]who live in democratic countries with a strong economy in capitalist societies

[3:54]in places where there is some relative human dignity and freedom if

[4:02]I were to be asked why is that even a beautified it

[4:05]special what did he contribute to the world fourteen centuries ago I

[4:12]must have some understanding of his form of governance to really appreciate

[4:18]my Imam and the one whom I follow therefore I will briefly

[4:21]examine some aspects of the governance of Imam Ali Ali Salim economically

[4:26]and politically to better appreciate this leader that Allah subhana WA Ta'ala

[4:32]has endowed us with before we examine the contributions and accomplishments of

[4:38]Imam Ali honest it's important to understand the chaos and turmoil that

[4:45]he had to face when he became the Calif Imam Ali bin

[4:53]Abi Talib re salaam came after three caliphs but if you really

[4:57]examine what was happening in the Muslim Ummah you find that it

[5:02]was nothing but chaos especially after the rule of the third caliph

[5:08]Uthman ibn Affan if you examine what he did to the resources

[5:11]that Muslims had to the public funds in order for you to

[5:19]appreciate how the Imam Mahdi's Salaam brought a new system and why

[5:23]is it that he faced so many challenges during the time of

[5:26]Othman you find that there were social stratification people who were selfish

[5:32]were brought to power and the earth man would spend from the

[5:38]Muslim public funds on his family members on his relatives from the

[5:43]Umayyads there were two people who were exiled by rasulullah sallallahu alayhi

[5:48]wa ala al-haqq am OpenNebula house once he came to medina he

[5:58]was conspiring he would send word to the pagans so they would

[6:01]attack the people in medina and he would mark the prophet once

[6:06]he was walking before the prophets allah llahu allahu allah he started

[6:10]making funny faces and mocking rasul allah so allah who are they

[6:13]you are the prophet sallallaahu elevated due to his conspiracies and the

[6:17]fact that he undermined the national security of muslims he exiled him

[6:22]along with his young son Marwan abdel hakim when ours man came

[6:25]to power he welcomed them to medina not only that do you

[6:30]know what he did he took from the Muslim funds from the

[6:33]public treasury and he gave al Hakim the one who exile was

[6:39]exiled by rasoolallah he gave him three hundred thousand silver coins three

[6:43]hundred thousand dirhams and he gave Marwan one hundred thousand when he

[6:48]married his own daughter and he gave all the members of the

[6:55]bonito mania special privileges to the point where some companions had to

[7:00]starve to death Imam Ali bin Abi lot about his salaam had

[7:03]to face this type of rule when he came this type of

[7:10]chaos nepotism Lamia was empowered with so much resources there was no

[7:15]regard for human right or for human dignity even the companions of

[7:18]the Prophet SAW Allah Allahu Allah had no respecting the era of

[7:24]Othman Abu Dharr was exiled he died a miserable death and marhaban

[7:28]Yasser was harassed Sandman was harassed these great companions of Rasul Allah

[7:34]struggle during those eras and you know he himself Othman when he

[7:37]died do you know how much money they found in his house

[7:39]this is history my dear brothers and sisters not necessarily from our

[7:45]Shia sources from all Muslim sources look at the book maruja at

[7:49]the hub and see what he says about the wealth that Othman

[7:54]had amassed when Muslims were literally starving do you know how much

[7:58]money was found in his house they found one hundred fifty thousand

[8:02]dinars 150 thousand golden coins do you know how much money that

[8:07]it that isn't today's currency one dinar is about four grams of

[8:11]gold today what's the price of gold it's about $50 per gram

[8:17]you have 150 thousand coins times that by 4 that's around 600

[8:23]thousand grams of gold multiply that by 50 you get 30 million

[8:27]dollars in today's value in addition to that he had 1 million

[8:34]dirhams silver coins in his house this was the Khalifa who was

[8:37]representing the Prophet Sal Allahu Allahu Allah you see the chaos imam

[8:41]ali bin abu talib a nice and i'm had to face when

[8:45]he came to power the miserable condition 30 million dollars in your

[8:49]house and there are people starving when they ask you why is

[8:52]it you follow I didn't even have you thought about his said

[8:56]I'm tell the world which one should I follow the one who

[8:58]died and he left 30 million dollars or the one when he

[9:03]would go to the Friday sermon and people would see him fluttering

[9:08]his garment in the wind he would be asked why why do

[9:11]you do this you're giving a speech and you hold your garment

[9:15]and cloak and you flap it against the wind why he would

[9:17]say I only have one garment today's Friday I washed this garment

[9:23]I did not have time for it to dry which one would

[9:26]you follow Eileen you've been a beaut item or the others which

[9:30]one is my leader my dear brothers and sisters think about this

[9:34]logically put emotions aside which one is chosen by allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala

[9:39]in my mind even have you thought about his salaam had to

[9:45]face these challenges selfish governors who i'd wrecked havoc in the Muslim

[9:51]Ummah secondly when he came to power there were some power-hungry companions

[9:56]like pal hands obey they wanted a share of the power for

[10:00]their own interests that presented a challenge to Imam Ali ibn ABI

[10:03]Taleb Ali his Sunna and you find that there were shallow minded

[10:11]extremist Muslims just like we have today who thought they were worshipping

[10:15]God maybe they memorized the Quran maybe they could take 3 hours

[10:19]doing one Salah but they were extremists in their ideology very shallow

[10:24]minded and they turned to be the Hajj the Imam also had

[10:30]to deal with people like that when the Imam Hani Salaam came

[10:32]there was chaos everywhere you need to understand that to appreciate the

[10:37]contributions of Ameer al-mumineen on his Sunnah despite all of that we

[10:41]find that the achievements of Ameer al-mumineen are nothing short of spectacular

[10:51]he ruled from the year 35 to the year 40 after the

[10:54]hijra about five years let's examine some features of the governance of

[10:59]Ali ibn ABI Taleb Allah's Salam to better appreciate this divinely appointed

[11:03]leader and so we can also learn from his legacy in our

[11:10]everyday life the first thing that Imam Ali Allah's Salam did when

[11:13]he came to power he put very strict conditions on the governors

[11:17]and those who would rule the Imam did not tolerate any governor

[11:21]who was corrupt or who was selfish so one thing that he

[11:28]did he deposed and removed from power a number of governors who

[11:31]were known for their corruption and selfishness they mom would not tolerate

[11:34]that you represent the omen you represent the path of God you

[11:42]cannot be selfish and misuse your position in fact you find there

[11:47]are subtle issues that I leave Natali would not tolerate once he

[11:51]wrote a letter to his governor in Basra Oh saman Bunnell hanif

[11:58]the Imam wrote him a letter the amount of Samoas man it

[12:02]has come to my attention that some rich people in Basra invited

[12:10]you to this very extravagant dinner he did not steal any money

[12:15]he did not violate to anyone all he did he went to

[12:21]that dinner which only rich people were invited poor people had no

[12:25]access to that invitation the Imam rebukes him he tells him Osman

[12:28]is this something that's fair how do you dare go to such

[12:36]a meal to such a dinner when poor people are not welcome

[12:43]the imam ali said I've threatened him you see the firmness of

[12:46]a mural many nannies Salah this is a man of God who

[12:51]really cares about his people another feature that we find amongst the

[12:56]governors of Imam Ali RA Salam the Imam Ali Salaam made sure

[12:59]that his governors have the following qualities number one they had to

[13:03]be approachable you know back in history governors rulers Kings were not

[13:08]approachable its Imam Ali Ali Saddam who actually shifted this mindset that

[13:17]a ruler must be approachable in his letter to his governor on

[13:22]Egypt Muhammad ibn ABI buck listened to the words of Ameer al-mumineen

[13:25]Hani Salaam the Imam Hani Salaam tells his governor Phil de l'homme

[13:30]Generac why Ellen janab ik lower your wings for the people be

[13:35]approachable be sociable live amongst the people well up slit logic let

[13:43]people see you don't be like the kings who are always hiding

[13:47]from their people well I Sabina home Falana to another hot mama

[13:52]the imam ali salam is telling him when you're sociable and approachable

[13:58]the evil ones will not have the greed to influence you because

[14:08]they know the poor ones also go to you so they will

[14:14]not have this powerful lobby on you because when you're approachable accessible

[14:18]everyone can come and see you in that case you give access

[14:24]to the poor to voice their concerns to voice their grievances that

[14:29]blocks the powerful elites from influencing you these are the words of

[14:34]emulate medina is set up to his governors don't take advantage of

[14:37]your position that that was number one even if you have to

[14:42]go to a meal don't don't misuse your position and this is

[14:46]a lesson for us my dear brothers and sisters if i work

[14:49]at a company if I am a manager I'm a CEO don't

[14:53]misuse your position if you're a teacher you have some power don't

[14:56]misuse your position a lot of times we use our positions if

[15:01]we are in a position of power if I am in charge

[15:02]of something in order to achieve personal interests the Imam at Eastertime

[15:07]says never allow your position in society to secure your personal interests

[15:13]so one of the very important qualities of the governors of Imam

[15:18]Ali Ali Saddam was that they had to be approachable and the

[15:22]Imam would tell them don't go into hiding for too long on

[15:25]a regular basis the people have to see you then let's examine

[15:31]some other qualities the Imam Mahdi's Saddam would put for his governors

[15:34]one of the qualities is that the governor should not be stingy

[15:39]because when you're in a position of power and you're stingy what

[15:43]are the consequences you are disturbed or bothered when the nation benefits

[15:51]you can't see people in your lands in your territory benefit that

[15:57]disturbs you so you will come up with every excuse to withhold

[16:03]the funds from the people from development projects from benefiting the people

[16:08]the amount said no stingy people's in my government but at the

[16:11]same time no greedy people those who are selfish and greedy they

[16:14]have no room in the government of Imam Ali Allah's Salam number

[16:17]three and this is the problem of many third world countries the

[16:24]Imam Mahdi's salam tells his governors that you have to choose public

[16:29]officials who are experienced and they have a good track record you

[16:34]can't just bring someone who doesn't have any experience check their experience

[16:38]are they honest do they know what they're doing do they have

[16:41]the qualifications or no listen to the words of the Imam on

[16:45]Easter on he says what to us Shafi him elected Juba t1

[16:51]hiya min al buta to Saleh ha go after those good families

[16:55]who have a good track record people who are decent and qualified

[17:01]they know what they're doing they have expertise in agriculture they have

[17:05]experience and the economy they have experience and managing the affairs of

[17:09]the Ummah politically they have experience bring experienced people that way you

[17:15]succeed then we also find him I might even have you thought

[17:20]about his salon commanding his governors don't take credit for you for

[17:26]yourself and secondly don't act as if you have a favor over

[17:29]your nation you are a servant to the nation they have a

[17:36]favour over you by following you obeying you and allowing you to

[17:40]be to be the leader not the other way around don't act

[17:43]arrogantly with them we see that imam ali ali said and put

[17:48]these amazing guidelines for his governors and this was something unprecedented none

[17:54]of the previous caliphs was so strict so wise when it came

[17:57]to the selection of governors and the strict qualifications that he imposed

[18:03]this is one amazing feature of the governors of Imam Ali Allah's

[18:07]Salam the second feature that we find in the government of Imam

[18:12]Ali ibn ABI Taleb Allah's Salam is the amazing economic system that

[18:18]the Imam Mahdi's Salam brought forth for Humanity at the time let's

[18:23]examine some of these economic features number one Imam Ali bin Abi

[18:28]body body salam established a welfare state at a time in the

[18:32]world where no other nation on earth had a conception of a

[18:39]welfare state if you look at his treaty tomalak olestra you find

[18:43]that imam ali ali salam tells him there is a category of

[18:48]people i want you to put them on the payroll they should

[18:50]get a monthly salary who are they disabled people those who have

[18:55]disabilities they should receive a monthly salary from the state because their

[19:01]disability prevents them from working so we have to sponsor them and

[19:04]take care of them that's number one number two people who are

[19:10]so poor they're stuck in poverty they're desperate they have no way

[19:15]to lift themselves from poverty give them that initial boost lift them

[19:19]once they're established then they can take care of themselves number three

[19:23]a divorced or widowed woman who has no one to spend on

[19:26]her you put her on the public payroll she must receive a

[19:32]monthly salary you know today in the West we take pride in

[19:34]our welfare systems right Social Security 14 centuries ago in my mind

[19:40]even a beautiful body said I've instituted the policy of Social Security

[19:43]by taking care of those who were miserable the Imam Mahdi's Salam

[19:51]commands milah can I start to fear allah subhanaw taala that's part

[19:54]of what makes you a Muslim a Muslim doesn't mean you only

[19:58]pray and fast it means you take care of these people some

[20:01]Allah a bucket is so flour look at the lower class fear

[20:07]Allah in the lower classes and take care of them one feature

[20:10]of his economic state the amazing welfare system that he instituted that's

[20:15]number one number two we find that Imam Ali bin Abi Talib

[20:19]alehissalaam he encouraged the ease of starting a business the Imam Ali

[20:27]Salaam tells his governor's that you have to encourage businessmen traders merchants

[20:33]and craftsmen the more you help them the more you make things

[20:38]easy for them the more the nation prospers don't put impediments in

[20:45]their way make it easy you know subhanAllah today when you look

[20:48]at the economic condition of most countries around the world do you

[20:51]know those countries that are the most powerful economically what is it

[20:55]that distinguishes them from other countries the ease of starting your business

[20:59]and do you think the 50 or so Muslim countries come top

[21:05]in the list according to a study done by George Washington University

[21:10]some professors there they wanted to examine which of the Muslim countries

[21:15]or countries of the world were implementing the spirit of the Quran

[21:20]when it comes to the economy one factor is the ease of

[21:25]starting a business in some countries in the world so-called Muslim countries

[21:29]if you want to start a business you need to run for

[21:31]five years and you need connections and need to give bribes here

[21:36]and there but in the prosperous countries you can open a business

[21:39]in one day and you can register your business the Ammannati salaam

[21:43]tells them in order for your nation to prosper you have to

[21:46]support the businessman these are the words of the imam hani salaam

[21:53]some Estelle's EBIT to jar whether we sign out what I will

[21:56]say be him Sarah make them your priority look at the vision

[22:00]of Ameer al-mumineen honor his Silla he gave them so much importance

[22:05]but yes the humanity Salam realizes there are selfish businessmen who want

[22:11]everything for themselves and they will exploit others and they will monopolize

[22:14]essential needs in society impoverishing a lot of people the Imam on

[22:22]Islam does put a addition over here he does it's governors but

[22:26]if you see certain businessmen they're exploiting the weak they're monopolizing basic

[22:31]needs then no you have to step in and resolve this situation

[22:34]and today my dear brothers and sisters even in capitalist economies even

[22:39]in a country like the United States do you know how much

[22:46]monopolization there is just recently I read about a pharmaceutical company in

[22:51]the US during pharmaceuticals they basically bought a pharmaceutical company that would

[23:01]give medicine to treat a certain type of parasitic infection the pill

[23:07]was thirteen point five dollars $13.50 when this new company bought this

[23:13]pharmaceutical company they increase the price of this pill called daraprim to

[23:19]$700 from $13 to $700 per pill they monopolized having access to

[23:28]this pill and suddenly families found themselves needing to spend tens of

[23:34]thousands of dollars in order to treat their infections is there something

[23:39]that's fair Imam Ali bin Abi Talib Addison says there is freedom

[23:41]let the businessmen do whatever they want in order to develop business

[23:44]in society but not at the expense of exploiting other people this

[23:48]is unfair another company that bought a pharmaceutical company in the United

[23:53]States that treats one type of tuberculosis basically you would buy 30

[23:59]pills they would cost $500 it increased to ten thousand eight hundred

[24:06]dollars this is happening every day on Wall Street and so many

[24:08]people are suffering yes the United States is the most prosperous country

[24:11]a country on Earth but there are millions of Americans who are

[24:16]suffering you think the media talks about them and their plight you

[24:19]think Fox News and even CNN will go to these poor people

[24:23]and tell you what's happening to them there are millions of such

[24:26]Americans the Imam Mahdi's Saddam while he encouraged business but he put

[24:31]some guidelines that it should not be at the expense of exploiting

[24:33]other people this is the second beauty future of his economic system

[24:40]the third feature of the economic system of Imam Ali Allah's Salam

[24:45]is that he supported those sectors in society that actually gave you

[24:53]concrete services like agriculture the Imam Mahdi's said I'm his priority in

[24:59]society was agriculture he would always tell his people his guards his

[25:03]troops the governors if I hear that you've done any act of

[25:08]injustice to a farmer then who will save you from the wrath

[25:13]of alia have you thought him don't you go near farmers because

[25:15]everyone in society needs the services of farmers the Imam had so

[25:22]much respect for farmers because that represents real economy today you know

[25:25]how the world is being managed economically look at Wall Street people

[25:32]in Wall Street what do you think they do those who give

[25:36]financial services the most profitable sector today in America and the world

[25:42]is financial services those people who go to Wall Street people who

[25:45]go to Wall Street they don't develop anything they don't manufacture anything

[25:48]they don't grow anything they don't give you anything all they do

[25:54]is they charge money for services and that sucks up the resources

[25:57]of society it makes the poor poorer and the rich richer they

[26:00]might not even have you thought about it Salam he would support

[26:03]those people in society who would work with their hands who develop

[26:10]who developed the land construction projects the Imam Mahdi's Salam would support

[26:13]them in one hadith the Imam Mahdi's Salam says if you have

[26:18]a piece of land and there is water and you don't develop

[26:20]the land it's your fault don't say allah subhanaw taala did not

[26:25]provide me and he would quote this verse in the holy quran

[26:28]which says allah created you from the earth and allah subhana WA

[26:34]Ta'ala has caused you to inhabit the earth and to develop the

[26:37]land the a man would pay special emphasis to the development of

[26:41]the land to labor because the Imam knew the value of labor

[26:46]in the eyes of Amir al-mumineen that poor farmer who works Knight

[26:49]is much better than the guy sitting on Wall Street charging billions

[26:54]and million dollars of interest and not really benefiting you in any

[26:58]way he's not producing anything for you he's not making a product

[27:02]for you all he's doing he's sucking the money out of the

[27:05]nation the Imam at Islam would support agriculture this is one feature

[27:09]of his economic government and we have to be approch we have

[27:12]to appreciate that my dear brothers and sisters if the world today

[27:16]hears about the economic policy policies of amirul mumineen they will have

[27:20]so much respect for him one day imam had even have you

[27:23]thought about his salaam passed by a woman who lived in the

[27:29]city of Kufa ohm hassan and na hai that was her name

[27:35]the a man passed by her and he saw her having a

[27:37]spindle and she was spinning to probably make some thread some yarn

[27:42]the Imam and his sallam told her om Hassan what are you

[27:45]doing she said oh I mean what meaning I'm using my spindle

[27:50]I'm making some thread in order to make a living to sell

[27:53]it to live by it the Imam and he said I'm told

[27:57]her om Hassan this work that you do is one of the

[28:01]most honorable works a person can do you see how he supported

[28:05]small businesses just regular people working how he gave them a boost

[28:09]this was one of the features of his economic policy but I

[28:13]he magnify he says one day I was passing by I saw

[28:19]this old lady who should retire right this old lady she had

[28:21]a spindle and she was spinning I told her yeah Mottola o

[28:24]servant of God why are you working in this old age you're

[28:29]so old you should retire imam ali ali Saddam he taught that

[28:32]as long as Allah gives you health and power don't retire retirement

[28:37]it's not good for you it's not good for you psychologically it's

[28:40]not good for you physically you can work work she told him

[28:44]I mean a little mini in ali IBN ABI talib encouraged me

[28:47]to work and he told me this work is an honorable work

[28:52]you look at the spirits of MU many Nadia Sunna if we

[28:54]can take the spirit today and implement it in our society how

[29:00]much progress can we achieve and the Imam Ali said I'm also

[29:03]encourage the slaves who would be freed those slaves who would be

[29:09]emancipated he might not even have you thought about he said I

[29:12]would empower them and he would tell them work don't think that

[29:17]others can work you can also work be successful and he would

[29:20]really give them a boost these are some amazing economic policies and

[29:24]features of the government of the Imam Ali Salaam there is so

[29:28]much to discuss here I just want to give you an overview

[29:30]of the government of amirul mumineen the third feature that we examine

[29:35]in the government of the Imam Ali Salaam is the political feature

[29:40]politically how was the rule of Imam Ali ibn Abu Talib a

[29:46]nasara' politically we find that the emphasis of Ameer al-mumineen on is

[29:51]salam in all of his government policies in all of his negotiations

[29:55]and treaties was honesty the imam ali salam has one powerful statement

[30:03]when some people objected they said it seems like maja we're outsmarts

[30:09]a leave maybe a tip because he manages to mobilize people he

[30:15]comes up with tactics with the help of amram than us and

[30:18]he comes up with these new strategies in order to undermine the

[30:23]power of Imam Ali on ISA ran in order to make supporters

[30:29]of Imam Ali defect as my Ally a smarter the Imam Ali

[30:35]Salaam got frustrated and he made his historic statement the imam al

[30:39]islam says wallahi mom or are we are to be at harmony

[30:44]i swear by god mahalia's not smarter than me he's not more

[30:48]savvy politically savvy than me but the thing is i have principles

[30:52]and deception has no room in my government otherwise if I wanted

[31:00]to use deception I would have been the savviest person in the

[31:03]OMA you think mahalia can outsmart Ameer al-mumineen but the Imam Mahdi's

[31:08]salam has principles the principles of honesty therefore all of the dealings

[31:14]of imam ali all of his transactions all of his political were

[31:17]based on honesty be honest and upfront don't resort to deception yes

[31:23]sometimes it's not your advantage politically but the Imam says take the

[31:26]high road this is the legacy that we take from Imam Ali

[31:31]Ali said I'm today the politicians do they go by this legacy

[31:34]today the politicians of the world do they sacrifice short-term personal interests

[31:41]for the interest of the nation or do they engage in deception

[31:46]but this is a message to us my dear brothers and sisters

[31:52]tonight we the followers of imam ali honest and i'm gathered to

[31:55]commemorate his legacy the imam teaches us in all of your dealings

[31:58]in life whether it's in the world of business whether it's family

[32:03]ties community ties be honest and upfront and through honesty allah subhanaw

[32:11]taala will compensate you just recently one of my very dear brothers

[32:14]told me about an incident at his company in which one of

[32:20]his associates was going into a business deal and his company was

[32:24]supposed to do that deal on behalf of those associates but he

[32:30]stopped from signing that deal because between him and allah subhana wa

[32:35]ta'ala he did not think it was the best deal he treated

[32:38]that associate just like he would treat his own company when that

[32:44]other company found out they were shocked they requested a meeting they

[32:49]were shocked why is it that you did not sign this because

[32:51]you have a commitments with your Lord to be honest and treat

[32:58]leather others by yourself that this opportunity was too expensive the price

[33:03]of this negotiation was too expensive here you write whatever you think

[33:07]is just and see how allah subhanaw taala turns things for you

[33:12]when you show that honesty my dear brothers and sisters let others

[33:15]know in your society that you are the most honest people we

[33:19]are the followers of amir al mu'minin even if there's millions of

[33:24]dollars involved but in the end is their honesty or no the

[33:27]imam ali salaam had many opportunities to use deception to even make

[33:33]a white lie but the Imam an Islam refused at the six-member

[33:37]council when Othman was selected the Imam was given the opportunity Abdul

[33:42]Rahman even I've told him all you have to say Ali is

[33:49]one word that I will go by the book of Allah the

[33:50]Serie of the prophet and the seal and the path of the

[33:55]shame Omar and Abu Bakr all you have to do is say

[33:58]that and we'll choose you as the Calif analyst mine won't come

[34:00]to power why did the Imam Mahdi's salam refused you could make

[34:07]up thousands of arguments it's for the sake of the ummah the

[34:10]amount doesn't care about his own self he cares about society no

[34:13]allium never thought it was a man in principle because had he

[34:20]accepted that and he would be dishonest imam ali IBN ABI talib

[34:24]would have failed justice and the religion of god and what's the

[34:27]worth of this world without the justice of allah subhanahu wata'ala you

[34:32]see the principles of MU and many Nadia Sarah even at the

[34:36]Battle of Siffin Imam Ali was one hour away from crushing bajalia

[34:40]one hour away with the garage those shallow minded people they surrounded

[34:46]him they forced him to stop the war because they thought well

[34:50]I will really wanted to negotiate they were fooled by mahalia and

[34:54]his evil tactics Monica leshner was fighting at the forefront one hour

[35:00]away from crushing mahalia for good for history in my my leave

[35:05]never thought about his nonsense in word come back come back why

[35:11]he said the Hawara have surrounded the believers they've surrounded us they're

[35:14]threatening to kill us to fight us and I had no choice

[35:19]but to give them my word that we will stop this war

[35:25]my little Esther felt so depressed in that moment he begged Imam

[35:29]and he told him I'm just one hour away just let me

[35:33]finish this battle the Imam Ali Saddam was a man of his

[35:35]word the Imam Ali Saddam explained to them that even if we

[35:39]crush morale we are now but because of these her entire g's

[35:44]history will say Ali was the aggressor and mahalia was the poor

[35:49]oppressed he wanted me to negotiate he wanted peace but honey did

[35:55]not want the peace the Imam did not want this to stay

[35:57]in history the Imam wants to leave this world Azzam of loom

[36:02]as oppressed so the world would know who their oppressor is and

[36:04]who the oppressor not is yes he gave up that victory at

[36:09]the feem but in order to save justice in order for the

[36:14]world not to be confused so they know where justice is so

[36:18]the most important feature in the political system of Imam Ali Allah's

[36:23]Salam is that there is absolutely no room for deception that's number

[36:28]one number two the Imam Ali Salaam gave liberty and freedom even

[36:36]to his opponents have you seen this in history the how our

[36:40]age who later fought Imam Ali bin Abi Talib the Imam Ali

[36:42]Salaam would allow them to come to his own message it they

[36:47]would argue he would give a speech they would cut him off

[36:49]have you seen a king who tolerates that you're giving a speech

[36:54]to your people the higher G's your enemies they stand up and

[36:58]they cut your speech they mock you they start mobilizing against you

[37:02]yet the Imam Ali Salaam he never kicked one of them out

[37:07]of the messaging or from the city of Kufa or he told

[37:10]them you have no right to speak this is the political freedom

[37:12]that Imam Ali even have you thought about his Salaam gave to

[37:15]his nation and this is something that we are appreciative of my

[37:19]dear brothers and sisters the third political feature in the government of

[37:23]Imam Ali was that he would never start a battle at Safina

[37:26]his companions were anxious they wanted to start the battle to finish

[37:33]Walia the Imam said no do not start the battle unless they

[37:36]start this is my policy even with his enemies he was humane

[37:43]even with his enemies don't start a battle and the Imam would

[37:46]give them instructions anyone injured in the battle leave them you have

[37:49]no right to kill them anyone who's wounded leave them anyone who's

[37:53]fleeing you see someone fleeing the battlefield don't go after them don't

[37:59]go and kill them this is a violation of the principles of

[38:02]algebra Atlanta body his Sara number four we find that Imam Ali

[38:05]did not force any soldier to fight with him you know even

[38:11]today you have countries that draft people to go to war right

[38:14]amount not even a battalion refused this policy the Imam Ali Salaam

[38:18]made it very clear to his governors that if there are soldiers

[38:22]they don't want to fight with you convince them but if they're

[38:24]not convinced don't force them and then he says a beautiful statement

[38:27]the Imam Mahdi is Saddam in his statement he says foreign and

[38:34]LaMotta carry on the one who's forced he doesn't believe in this

[38:36]war and you're just forcing him Mahe buhay rodman Mashhadi me my

[38:43]madam says the people who are forced they're compelled to fight their

[38:47]absence is better than their presence because if they don't believe in

[38:51]this they're going to create more trouble for you than good don't

[38:53]force anyone all those who fought with Nadia have you thought of

[38:59]a longest side they did so out of free will the a

[39:01]man did not compel them the imam ali salam did not force

[39:05]them and we find this amazing feature and the government of Amir

[39:08]al-mumineen and he said on because he was truly a man of

[39:12]humanity why should I force anyone to go to war yes I

[39:14]could mobilize them I can convince them show them right from wrong

[39:19]but in the end I don't force anyone and then we find

[39:21]that the fifth political feature in the government of Imam Ali Hani

[39:27]Salaam was that the Imam would tell his governors every opportunity you

[39:32]get to make a peace treaty with your enemies do so this

[39:36]is the legacy of honey given a baton it listen to the

[39:41]words of the Imam Ali Salaam he says when I had fun

[39:45]a son Honda akka lae here I don't work lillahi fie he

[39:48]loved them if there is a truce there is a treaty that

[39:54]saves lives that satisfies allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala don't hesitate in accepting these

[39:59]treaties and negotiating for them if you want to know the economic

[40:04]policy of imam mahdi we can summarize it in one word any

[40:06]time your enemy comes to negotiate and you know they're genuine in

[40:13]their negotiation allies happy accept don't say no he's my enemy he

[40:17]fought me before allah subhanaw taala wants peace in our ummah and

[40:21]the sixth political feature is that imam ali on islam was not

[40:28]an expansionist you know today when Orientals and Westerners look at the

[40:31]history of Islam one of their criticisms is that after the Prophet

[40:35]Sal Allahu Allahu Allah rulers came with the sword they spread Islam

[40:39]not all even everyone look at us five years they momineen salam

[40:47]did not go invading countries pillaging villages plundering their resources this was

[40:54]not a policy of the government of Imam Ali respect others respect

[40:58]nations respect their neighbors we don't find the Imam and he said

[41:03]I'm invading anyone because the man was a man of justice he

[41:08]was a servant of Allah Subhanahu WA Ta'ala now my dear brothers

[41:11]and sisters today in the 21st century and we conclude with this

[41:15]significant question as we look at the legacy of Imam Ali one

[41:23]may wonder today in today's world why do I need the policy

[41:25]of Imam Ali when all these government's are successful their powerful look

[41:31]at the West Western powers how can Western powers today benefit from

[41:36]the legacy of Imam Ali Ali Sarah what is it that he

[41:41]contributed that today a country like Canada for instance a country like

[41:46]America like Europe can benefit from I would like to share with

[41:50]you three or four brief points how today the world can benefit

[41:56]from the policies of Imam Ali Ali Saleh number one Imam Ali

[42:00]Allah's Salam banned all types of bribery during his reign in fact

[42:08]some people like Allah had been faced they would come to see

[42:11]Imam Hadi and once he brought him this beautiful dish delicious dish

[42:16]of desserts the imam ali said i'm told him what is this

[42:21]was a nice dessert fancy extravagant it's a gift he says what

[42:26]is this is this saga is this charity he said no then

[42:31]what is this eyelash I've told him this is a gift the

[42:34]Imam and his Salaam says the minute I looked at dessert I

[42:39]despised it it's as if it was made with the saliva of

[42:45]a snake look at the descriptions of Imam Ali the Imam despised

[42:48]it not because it's an era of allah subhanaw taala because it

[42:51]was an act of bribery Imam and he says in my eyes

[42:55]if you bring me the most delicious thing but it's through bribery

[42:57]I see it as the saliva of snake what's ruler in history

[43:02]things like that my dear brothers and sisters look at the greatness

[43:05]of immutable meaning he says you're trying to play with my religion

[43:08]gift for what why are you giving me a gift how come

[43:11]you don't give it to the poor guy on the street you're

[43:16]concerned about giving gifts why me you have a reason you have

[43:19]any incentive you have an ulterior motive the Imam would not accept

[43:23]that he told them take it I'm not touching your desert today

[43:27]my dear brothers and sisters the law bans bribery yes in America

[43:31]and Canada the law bans bribery but we have the biggest form

[43:37]of political bribery in the form of campaign contributions in the previous

[43:43]election in the United States and the last election do you know

[43:50]how much Americans spent on the elections any idea six billion dollars

[43:55]US dollars that's I don't know like eight billion Canadian dollars right

[44:01]imagine eight billion dollars spent on the campaign on the elections that's

[44:07]not bribery who's paying this money for what yes there are some

[44:11]limitations that you cannot take more than I don't know a thousand

[44:16]five hundred dollars as a gift to someone in office but through

[44:20]political action committees through super PACs you can donate billions of dollars

[44:26]especially in America now in Canada it's better because there are more

[44:30]strict laws on campaign and political spending over here members of parliament

[44:34]in Canada on average spent somewhere from $12,000 to $90,000 in America

[44:39]do you know how much it is the average congressman in the

[44:45]House of Representatives spends $500,000 on their campaign and the Senators they

[44:50]spent 1.5 million dollars every senator you've got a hundred senators they

[44:54]spend 1.5 million dollars there's no limitation on what they spend and

[44:58]that's why you find that the most powerful lobbies in the world

[45:04]are in the United States of America why is it this a

[45:07]type of bribery if we want to benefit from the legacy of

[45:11]imam mahdi today this should be resolved six billion dollars this is

[45:15]a bribe you can call it campaign contributions we can play with

[45:20]the words all we want in the end it's groups using money

[45:23]to apply pressure that's all they're doing Imam Ali bin Abi thought

[45:26]about Islam says this is there's no room for such bribery's and

[45:31]a healthy government that way you ensure that the people their rights

[45:36]are protected that's one area in which we can really benefit from

[45:40]the legacy of Imam Ali and hence you find that in powerful

[45:45]countries that like the United States you have lobbies like the NRA

[45:50]the National Rifle Association they spend billions of dollars lobbying Congress in

[45:58]order to loosen gun laws gun control laws in the United States

[46:02]are one of the most flexible laws around the world why do

[46:07]you know how many Americans get killed every year because of gun

[46:15]violence 30,000 Americans every single year 10 years that's 300,000 people 300,000

[46:20]people they don't have dignity they're not citizens why do you allow

[46:28]300,000 people in 10 years to be killed it's because of these

[46:31]lobbies this is something that we benefit my dear brothers and sisters

[46:35]from the law of emulate manin Ollie's salaam protect those who are

[46:39]weak by banning these bribery's by banning these lobbyists who only care

[46:44]for their interests that's one area another area we learned my dear

[46:47]brothers and sisters and I conclude with this from the legacy of

[46:51]Imam Hani is that those governor's those leaders they should be morally

[46:59]fit to leave because people in society look up to them they

[47:02]should be people the way they speak the way they carry themselves

[47:05]they should be appropriate they should be polite they should hold moral

[47:11]standards not people who go on public TV and they say immoral

[47:19]things or womanizers them says you should have standards for your rulers

[47:24]people look up to these rulers they should be an example for

[47:28]everyone and they should hold the highest levels of morality this is

[47:32]the legacy that we learn from Imam Ali ibn ABI Taleb alehissalaam

[47:37]but my dear brothers and sisters Allah Subhanahu WA Ta'ala gave us

[47:43]these shining stars and leaders like Ameer al-mumineen arias and what did

[47:48]the world do to Amir al-mumineen I want to take now your

[47:55]hearts to the city of Kufa after five years of difficulties civil

[48:00]wars his own companions betraying him to the point where Ameer al-mumineen

[48:07]who's a mountain of patience he said I wish I never knew

[48:10]you you think your men you're not even men what did they

[48:14]do to the heart of amira nominee Allah gave us the shining

[48:17]leader on such a night what happened to Imam Ali ibn ABI

[48:24]Talib Ali his historical accounts tell us on such a night on

[48:28]the 9th of the 19th of the month of Ramadan the Imam

[48:32]Ali his Salam was in the house of his daughter Zeynep some

[48:36]narrations say umm Kulthum because in the nights of Ramadan in Kufa

[48:42]every night Imam Ali would go to the house of one of

[48:44]his sons or daughters to have a thought on this night he

[48:49]was in the house of his daughter she approaches him at the

[48:53]time of Adan after he prayed his mother a prayer she brought

[48:59]him his dish so he can have his fr she put for

[49:01]him too loaves of barley bread some milk and some salt they

[49:07]mama D salam looked at her he told her my dear daughter

[49:12]what have you seen your father eat types of food several types

[49:16]of allahu akbar ali IBN ABI talib bread milk and salt and

[49:20]you call this types of food this is amirul mumineen the Imam

[49:26]says take the milk this is my last if thought tonight I

[49:28]want to meet my lord in this humble way having only eaten

[49:34]some bread and some salt and this is how our molla Ameer

[49:37]al-mumineen Ali Saddam broke his fast on such a night after the

[49:43]Imam Ali his Saddam broke his fast he engaged in supplication supplicating

[49:48]to allah subhanaw taala worshipping allah after a while he took a

[49:54]short nap after he woke up from the nap he gasps he

[50:00]gathered his sons and daughters and he told them my sons and

[50:03]daughters just now in my dream I saw Habibi rasoolullah sallallahu alayhi

[50:11]wa ardu just now I saw your grandfather Rasul Allah he embraced

[50:19]me and he told me Habibi Yanni our beloved Ali we miss

[50:27]you you are to be our guest in the last days of

[50:29]the month of Ramadan o Ali we eagerly await you my dear

[50:35]sons and daughters my time has come Uncle Tom says on such

[50:42]a night I would see my father Ali frequently going to the

[50:46]back yard to the courtyard he would look at the sky he

[50:52]would look at the stars and he would say he o Allah

[50:58]& Nail eternity while I Denny haha baby Rasul Allah he said

[51:01]I swear by God this is the night this is the night

[51:07]that Rasool Allah has promised me this is the night it has

[51:10]approached umm Kulthum she says my father was not normal on such

[51:17]a night never had I seen him so anxious I told him

[51:19]yeah Abbot are my dear father you are the most courageous man

[51:26]I've seen I've seen you in more difficult moments in the midst

[51:28]of battle and the midst of chaos you were always strong but

[51:35]tonight you look a different oh my father I can see it

[51:37]in your face you're at your there's anxiety in your face what's

[51:42]going on he tells her my dear daughter tonight is a different

[51:46]night and one Tata Emma my dear daughter uncle su my age

[52:00]and my time has come one kata alla mmm there is no

[52:03]hope tonight is a different night I'm looking at the Stars I

[52:07]see it it's the Knights the Prophet gave me all the signs

[52:10]imam ali IBN ABI talib engages that night till the federer in

[52:15]supplication and praying to allah subhana wa ta'ala he told his daughter

[52:21]when the time of dawn when the time of Federer approaches I

[52:26]want you to notify me umm Kulthum says shortly before dawn I

[52:30]went to my father Ali ibn ABI but I told him father

[52:35]the time for Federer is approaching in a few minutes the dawn

[52:38]will break out the mamani sallam asked for some water he did

[52:45]his final with all believers the Imam was now preparing himself to

[52:52]go to their messages the Imam Ali his salon he Fair was

[52:55]on calm his sons and daughters the Imam he passes through the

[53:03]courtyard of the house there were some geese that were gifted to

[53:05]imam al hasan and husayn when I mean a little more money

[53:10]in passed by them they started making commotion Allah Akbar it's as

[53:13]if they were telling him our master don't go in that Masjid

[53:19]we sense danger Imahara Salaam when he heard their commotion he said

[53:27]so I on tobacco ha no I the Imam said right now

[53:31]they're yelling they're making Kuno commotion but soon there will be cries

[53:36]of weeping after me yes the Imam was walking towards his destiny

[53:42]uncle thumb says as my father was about to enter the Masjid

[53:48]he was wearing a belt one side of the belt got stuck

[53:52]to the door subhanAllah even the belt of a mule mumineen was

[53:57]begging him Oh Andy don't go in there the danger awaits you

[54:04]inside imam ali IBN ABI talib fastened his belt and he read

[54:08]these powerful lines of poetry he said o she doth high as

[54:19]a mechanimal Finnell motor ithaca while attaches i am an animal Oh

[54:24]Hannah bernard iike comma of a hika Khadgar geek Oh Annie fasten

[54:38]your seat belt for what for - this is - arriving over

[54:45]here don't run away from death Oh Annie this's life just as

[54:49]life makes you happy one day life also will make you cry

[54:56]one day the imam ali he enters in the mosque o believers

[55:01]imagine now yourself in the mosque of Kufa and your Imam is

[55:07]passing by at the time of Federer the Imam RA is Salam

[55:09]he goes to his Mahad he prays to like a Mustafa prayers

[55:16]than the meymaneh he's the one who makes the call to the

[55:19]other imagine hearing the beautiful words of Amir al-mumineen calling for the

[55:26]other when you have such an amazing leader who's so humble he

[55:32]calls then for you how can you hurt such a leader o

[55:33]believers the EEMA mining is saddam finishes that on all the mousseline

[55:43]the people they gather up in Muslim and Marathi the enemy of

[55:47]Allah he was also in the message he was carrying a poisonous

[55:51]sword underneath his garment he realized that this was his opportunity when

[55:57]Imam Ali Ani Salaam would start his prayer he would go hiding

[56:02]behind a pillar in order to make a surprise attack on Emir

[56:08]a little mini imagine imagine this is the final salad that the

[56:13]Iman does while standing imagine there me or in the mosque and

[56:21]he starts salat al-fajr Allahu Akbar imagine amirul mumineen turning to um

[56:26]o believers on such a night honor your Sunnah play like pray

[56:33]like Amir al-mumineen pray like it's your last prayer just like Amir

[56:40]al-mumineen vemma - and begins the recitation the tragedy is coming o

[56:45]believers can you handle what happened to your Mona amirul mumineen the

[56:51]Imam - and uh says Allah Akbar he goes into his aruku

[56:56]supplicating to his lord submitting himself to allah subhanahu wata'ala his best

[57:02]moment was sunnah the imam an incident stands up then he goes

[57:09]into his first sujood Oh believers the enemy of God upon Muslim

[57:14]comes when the Imam Ali is sanam raises his head from sujood

[57:19]epidermal jam takes out the sword he jumps from behind the pillar

[57:27]he makes a surprise attack and as they mom raises his head

[57:32]from sujood he strikes the head of an EMP funny way mom

[57:39]falls on his face to the ground bismillah he will be loved

[57:44]Rafi Sabine enough I mean little eschewed and fortune to encounter Betty

[57:55]haha my mind all his life he was waiting for this moment

[58:01]for the time to go back to his Lord imam mahdi sam

[58:07]says now i have achieved success by the lord of the Kaabah

[58:10]the gush is now profusely coming out from the head of the

[58:17]Imam his entire garment becomes stained with the blood the believers noticed

[58:25]supernatural events happened a fierce wind in the city of Kufa would

[58:30]blow a sandstorm started and everyone heard a cry coming from the

[58:35]heavens to had Emma to Allah hearken on hooda the pillars of

[58:45]guidance have been destroyed Gibran was shocked at what happened to amirul

[58:49]mumineen he made an announcements in the heavens that the pillars of

[58:57]guidance have been destroyed one fossa mental or oho oh go tell

[59:03]Abby no I'm al Mustafa Portinari your name in the motive of

[59:12]imam al hasan and husayn and they hear that their father was

[59:17]struck if they raised a rush to amirul mumineen they see the

[59:24]Warriors of the battles on the ground and the blood was gushing

[59:30]in my Madiba Nebula tiptoes his son Oh Hasan you finished the

[59:33]Sun I'll lead them in prayer and I will pray while you're

[59:35]sitting allahu akbar how did I leave finish that prayer I did

[59:39]not know then the Imam Ali said I'm on the fin when

[59:44]the prayer was finished he told his sons my dear sons I

[59:48]want you now to carry me back home I don't have the

[59:50]energy to our this is kind of how about the one who

[59:55]removed removed the door of Kay but he says Hassan helped me

[59:57]I cannot walk on my two feet Hasan and Husayn acaba Huma

[60:06]they saw their father in this miserable situation they carried Ameer al-mumineen

[60:14]alehissalaam holding him from the shoulder one historical account says when the

[60:20]Imam Ali his Salaam got close to the house he told them

[60:22]let me try to walk now I don't want you to carry

[60:28]me they told him why Oh father why upon us and let

[60:30]us carry you to the house he says no because now I'm

[60:36]afraid Zainab might see me in this condition and if she sees

[60:38]her father being carried she will panic I don't want sane up

[60:46]to be shocked and see me in the state yeah bilasa you

[60:52]couldn't handle Zeynep seeing you being carried by team your two sons

[61:01]your two jewels say Adi be a little more meaning do you

[61:04]know what Saint about to see on the day of ashura [Music]

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