Imam Ali's Deen vs. Epstein! - Sayed Mohammed Baqer Al-Qazwini

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[0:00]Iman Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala inahus verse 83 states that hereafter the

[1:08]reward that Allah has promised for believers on the day of judgment

[1:16]that is reserved exclusively for who the hereafter after is exclusively reserved

[1:30]for those who don't seek glory in this world.

[1:39]They don't seek corruption.

[1:44]It is for the pious ones, the righteous ones.

[1:48]Who?

[1:49]Those who don't seek glory and those who don't seek corruption or

[1:53]spread corruption.

[1:56]Illuminate your hearts and minds with a loud salawat.

[2:09]During the past several months, the Epstein files have rocked the world.

[2:16]So many people from around the world have been utterly shocked at

[2:23]some revelations.

[2:24]How is it possible that people in such important positions can commit

[2:34]such heinous crimes?

[2:35]This shocked a lot of people because many of these leaders, political

[2:44]figures, celebrities, they are seen positively by many people in society.

[2:51]They view them favorably.

[2:53]They are heroes to some people.

[2:56]So they were shocked to know that this group of elite people

[3:02]will commit such crimes.

[3:03]But here's what's more shocking.

[3:08]The crime itself that they committed was quite shocking.

[3:11]But more shocking than that was the fact that they were able

[3:17]to get away with their crimes.

[3:20]That's what shocked people.

[3:19]All these years this has been covered up.

[3:24]How did they get away with these crimes?

[3:28]Where is the justice system?

[3:31]I thought we live in countries in which everyone is equal before

[3:36]the law.

[3:36]Anyone who commits a crime, they're equal before the law.

[3:42]Retribution must be served, justice must be served.

[3:46]So, how is it that for all these years, 15, 20, 25

[3:48]years, they got away with their crimes?

[3:52]This shocked the entire world.

[3:55]And this demonstrates to us, brothers and sisters, that today, put the

[4:01]slogans and the rosy claims to the side, there is no true

[4:08]justice system in the world.

[4:09]If you have connections and you have power and you have money,

[4:14]you have access to top lawyers, you're connected with a powerful group

[4:19]of people, you can get away with your crimes.

[4:23]That's a reality.

[4:25]It's a mirage to think that everyone is equal before the law.

[4:33]There's no such thing.

[4:33]If you're famous, if you're a celebrity, if you're rich, you're not

[4:39]equal before the law with the one who is poor, with the

[4:46]one who has no one to defend him.

[4:48]This is a reality.

[4:49]When a crime happens in society, if the criminal is poor, a

[4:58]poor person who's not famous, we're very harsh on them.

[5:00]We don't give them the benefit of the doubt.

[5:03]We don't want a reduced sentence.

[5:06]We see this person as this vile creature who must be eliminated

[5:13]or locked.

[5:13]Some poor person breaks into someone's house, okay, steals or even kills

[5:21]or rapes, right?

[5:22]We want the maximum punishment for this person.

[5:26]But if a celebrity does that, if a famous celebrity breaks into

[5:33]the house and commits the same exact crime, we view it differently,

[5:36]don't we?

[5:38]Okay, yeah, that was bad, but do we need like a very

[5:40]harsh sentence?

[5:41]Do we need 50 years?

[5:42]Maybe 10 years is just fine.

[5:44]Okay, let's do a settlement.

[5:48]Pay $3 million and we'll get you out.

[5:52]We're not harsh with people who are famous, people who are powerful,

[5:55]and people who are rich.

[5:57]That's the mentality of human beings, especially in the modern day.

[6:04]Hence, people in that group, they can get away with their crimes

[6:08]and society will not be as harsh on them like they are

[6:13]with the average citizen.

[6:14]And the proof is look at today with all these disturbing reports

[6:19]from the Epstein files.

[6:21]Yeah, people are complaining why is this happening?

[6:25]We need justice.

[6:26]But they don't really care.

[6:29]But if another group of people had committed such a crime, right?

[6:35]If an illegal immigrant in the US commits an act of murder

[6:41]or rapes, the whole universe will turn against him.

[6:42]They'll send their best cops and soldiers and guards and to hunt

[6:50]him down and people won't sleep until he's hunted down.

[6:53]But if it's a celebrity who committed the same crime, it's okay.

[6:57]I can sleep tonight.

[6:58]I'll just complain a little bit.

[7:00]That's the reality.

[7:02]That's the world that we live in.

[7:04]And historically, it has been this way.

[7:07]Historically, look at the Roman civilization, the Greek civilization, any other civilization.

[7:14]powerful people, the elites, they can get away with their crimes.

[7:17]There's not much accountability for them.

[7:21]Knowing that this is the nature of society and the nature of

[7:29]human beings, we find the commander of the faithful shattering this system

[7:37]and bringing a new system that history had never seen like it

[7:43]in the course since the day Allah subhana wa ta'ala created Adam.

[7:48]No one was able to shatter this system and bring accountability like

[7:55]Ali other than the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasall established a system to

[8:02]stop this type of abuse that if you're in a position of

[8:05]power you can't take advantage of that.

[8:07]Don't think you'll get away with your crimes.

[8:11]There is accountability.

[8:12]This is what did and hence you find that was very harsh

[8:20]with his governors.

[8:21]The governors who represented his state, the Imam would constantly monitor them.

[8:28]Min went out of his way to know what they were up

[8:32]to.

[8:33]If you look at his letter to Malik Ashar when the Imam

[8:36]wanted to dispatch him to Egypt to be the governor of Egypt,

[8:42]the imam tells him the people who work under you government workers.

[8:55]The imam says appoint informants and spies over them.

[9:01]See, normally countries, governments, they put spies on who normally.

[9:09]Who's the biggest target of spies?

[9:11]The people, right?

[9:11]The citizens, the people, maybe the opposition, right?

[9:16]People who don't like the government.

[9:18]The government uses most of his resources to monitor them, to spy

[9:22]on them.

[9:23]In the government of Mu, the Imam encouraged assigning informants.

[9:27]We can call them spies and poors.

[9:30]It doesn't matter.

[9:32]The Imam encouraged that.

[9:33]But on who?

[9:35]On the government employees.

[9:37]The Imam had people reporting and monitoring what the governors do.

[9:43]And those people working under the governors.

[9:46]What are they doing?

[9:48]Are they abusing their power or no?

[9:50]Are they taking advantage of their position or no?

[9:52]Are they committing any acts of injustice or no?

[9:57]created a system to know what's happening and he encouraged the public

[10:02]by the way he told the public if there is any governor

[10:06]who's misbehaving come and tell me and the imam would take it

[10:09]seriously he would take action some of his governors the imam actually

[10:14]deposed he removed them from power like al-n jar he was a

[10:22]governor at the time of Imisam in Persia The Imam heard disturbing

[10:30]things about him.

[10:30]He was abusing his power.

[10:31]The Imam sends him a very harsh letter.

[10:35]It's a long letter.

[10:37]It's a beautiful letter.

[10:37]But you know in one line what the Imam tells him, he's

[10:41]giving him his final chance.

[10:42]By the way, I mean gives you a chance to fix things,

[10:46]too.

[10:47]The Imam tells him, "I've been informed that you're abusing power and

[10:50]you're doing the following disturbing things.

[10:52]If it's true, and this is the warning of the imam, if

[10:56]it's true, then know that the strap of your sandal is better

[11:03]than you.

[11:02]In our words today, your shoe is better than you.

[11:07]Look, is at the peak of and mannerism and politeness.

[11:14]M doesn't go around insulting people.

[11:16]But there was one group of people the imam was willing to

[11:22]insult.

[11:22]who people who abuse power.

[11:23]You're working in my government and you abuse power.

[11:28]Oh, I will insult you.

[11:28]You're like your shoe is better than you if you abuse your

[11:30]power.

[11:33]This is what he writes to him in the letter.

[11:36]This guy didn't listen.

[11:40]The next time the imam removed him from power.

[11:42]Yeah.

[11:42]The imam removed aloud from power because he didn't take the warning

[11:50]seriously.

[11:49]With imam, you don't mess with the abuse of power.

[11:54]This is a red line.

[11:57]I'll now share with you a more interesting example which is the

[12:03]point of our discussion tonight.

[12:03]And this shows you the vision of and the solution that he

[12:11]had.

[12:10]And today the world needs this solution from Alam.

[12:15]So these crimes that the Epstein files are revealing are not committed

[12:23]again.

[12:21]The Imam had a really good governor in Basra.

[12:25]His name was Ib or Khanifman was a companion of the prophet

[12:32]sallallahu alaihi.

[12:34]He came from the Ansar of Medina.

[12:37]He participated in the battle of he was high ranking.

[12:41]He was known to be a good righteous companion.

[12:46]So he's serving as the governor of Im Ali Alisam in Basra.

[12:52]Basra in southern Iraq was a very strategic city even until today.

[12:56]It's an important economic hub and port.

[13:00]He does something that ticks off sends him a warning.

[13:08]The Imam sends him a letter.

[13:10]He basically tells him, "It has come to my attention that a

[13:16]group of rich people invited you to a banquet, to a dinner,

[13:22]and you attended that dinner, and no poor people were invited." The

[13:29]Imam rebuked him.

[13:32]He criticized him and he warned him.

[13:36]This is unacceptable.

[13:35]You as my governor to go to an exclusive gathering where elite

[13:44]people attend and other people are not allowed to attend.

[13:47]I don't accept that for you.

[13:53]And learn from your imam.

[13:55]I, your Imm.

[13:55]I have access to more riches than you, more power than you.

[14:01]I'm satisfied only with my two pieces of garment and with my

[14:05]loaf of bread.

[14:05]You think I can't find access to gold and honey and all

[14:11]these luxury items?

[14:13]Of course, I can.

[14:13]But I'm not an animal who follows his desires.

[14:16]Help me out.

[14:17]You can't be 100% like me.

[14:19]Help me out.

[14:20]So we see the Imam Alisam giving him a warning because he

[14:26]did something harmless in our eyes, right?

[14:29]Okay, you have a governor.

[14:29]He was invited by some rich people.

[14:31]He had dinner with them.

[14:32]What did he do haram?

[14:35]The food was halal.

[14:35]It's not like they served haram meat.

[14:37]They didn't drink.

[14:40]They didn't bring uh dancers and singers to the session.

[14:43]From the outside it looks perfectly halal but it was unacceptable to

[14:50]why the question is why what can we learn from Im Ali's

[14:56]position on this particular issue was teaching him and teaching us today

[15:03]the world needs this lesson from the Imam teaches you that when

[15:08]you're in a position of power and you surround yourself with elite

[15:13]people, you give them direct access to influence you and lobby you.

[15:20]Over time, they will put pressure on you.

[15:25]They will attract you.

[15:26]They will lure you.

[15:29]They will tempt you.

[15:29]And then you start advocating for their interests.

[15:33]And you forget about the poor people.

[15:35]You forget about the average citizen.

[15:37]And then you start committing crimes.

[15:39]That's how it starts.

[15:42]Look, people in power, they don't become criminals overnight.

[15:46]Those Epstein criminals, they didn't become criminals overnight.

[15:52]It takes time.

[15:52]The Imam is telling Khan, "Look, this is the bait.

[15:59]Today, they invited you to a nice banquet dinner.

[16:01]Okay, it's halal.

[16:03]There's no haram food being served there." But you think it's going

[16:07]to stop there.

[16:09]Once these elite rich people, powerful people will get comfortable with you,

[16:14]that's when they start to buy you and bribe you and influence

[16:18]you.

[16:17]So the imam is telling him, you can't get too close to

[16:21]them.

[16:22]You have to put a distance.

[16:22]You you can see them, but with other people.

[16:26]If they invite you to a dinner and there are poor people

[16:31]attending that dinner, fine.

[16:30]I'm okay with that.

[16:33]But if it's an exclusive gathering, that is destructive.

[16:36]You cannot attend an exclusive gathering.

[16:40]This will allow them to influence you.

[16:43]You will get comfortable with them.

[16:46]They will become comfortable with you.

[16:47]And that's exactly what happened with Epstein.

[16:50]Why did so many of these powerful, famous people fall into his

[16:57]trap?

[16:58]Why?

[16:57]Because he was helping them form connections.

[17:00]He made them feel special.

[17:03]I once read about some of his tactics like what did he

[17:07]entice them with?

[17:09]Some of them were already rich, right?

[17:10]You don't need more money even though the human being is never

[17:13]satisfied with whatever money he has.

[17:15]But what what's his trick?

[17:16]How did he pull them?

[17:19]He made them feel exclusive.

[17:20]He told them, "You are the most special people on earth and

[17:23]this is an exclusive group, right?

[17:28]and I'll give you my private jet.

[17:34]We'll go to this private island.

[17:35]It's only us.

[17:34]And look, this feeds the ego.

[17:39]The ego thrives in such an environment when you're told that this

[17:43]is exclusive to you.

[17:44]You're special.

[17:46]You're the privileged group.

[17:47]The ego loves that.

[17:49]And so he was able to convince them that he is making

[17:54]them part of an elite exclusive group.

[17:56]And this is something they pursued.

[17:58]This is something that they wanted.

[18:01]And then once you allow your ego to become this big, you

[18:07]start following your temptations and your temptations lead you to crimes.

[18:12]And then because every one of them is doing the crime, they

[18:15]felt, you know what, I'm not going to get exposed because if

[18:19]he wants to expose me, I'll expose him.

[18:21]We're all guilty of the same crime.

[18:24]That's what's end up happening.

[18:27]The Imam is protecting this ummah.

[18:30]He's protecting the citizens.

[18:32]He's protecting justice by sending a letter of warning to you're getting

[18:36]too close to that powerful people.

[18:38]That group of people, you're getting too close to them.

[18:42]This is not allowed.

[18:42]I, as your imam, I don't allow that.

[18:44]He sent him a warning.

[18:46]And look, as a governor, if you don't listen to the warning

[18:48]of Im Ali, the next letter is out.

[18:50]You're out of here.

[18:53]I don't tolerate this.

[18:53]This is how controlled his governors to the best of his ability.

[18:59]You make a violation, I give you a warning.

[19:03]Second chance, third chance, you're out.

[19:04]So this is how the Imam raised them.

[19:07]And this is a very beautiful lesson for us today.

[19:11]My dear brothers and sisters, today the world needs this lesson from

[19:16]now.

[19:17]I know you know most of us were not governors.

[19:22]We're not political leaders.

[19:23]We're not in that high place of power.

[19:27]But all of you, you have your own sphere of influence.

[19:33]As a father, as a mother, you have authority in your home.

[19:38]As a husband, you have some authority in your home.

[19:43]If you have a business, your employees, they're at the mercy of

[19:47]your authority.

[19:46]Every one of us has a sphere of authority.

[19:49]If you're a lawyer, you've got clients, doctor who has patients, you

[19:54]all have a sphere of authority.

[19:57]What can we learn from Imam Ali Alisam in this particular letter

[20:04]to his governor to apply to our life?

[20:07]Number one, the Imam teaches you surround yourself with the right people.

[20:10]See, what was Im Ali's problem with what he did?

[20:15]The Imam's problem was you're surrounding yourself with the wrong people.

[20:19]You're attending this banquet, this dinner with the rich people.

[20:24]Eventually, they're going to become your friends and then they're going to

[20:27]influence you.

[20:27]You're going to think like them.

[20:31]You're going to act like them.

[20:32]Be careful who you surround yourself with.

[20:35]Today, ask yourself, who are my friends in society?

[20:40]Who do I spend time with?

[20:43]Are these people people whom I trust?

[20:49]Would I pray behind them on the day of judgment?

[20:54]Would I want to be resurrected with them or no?

[20:55]Ask yourself this question.

[20:57]Do you want to know if your friends are good friends or

[21:04]not?

[21:02]See if you can make this dua.

[21:06]Ya Allah, on the day of judgment, resurrect me with my friends

[21:11]such that I have the same fate as their fate.

[21:14]Will you accept that?

[21:16]If you can make this dua confidently, alhamdulillah, they're good friends.

[21:21]If you're like, "No, I don't want to have their fate because

[21:24]I know that, you know, their mentality, their behavior, there's something about

[21:28]that that's very disturbing," then you're associating with the wrong friends.

[21:32]You have to associate with people who remind you of Allah subhana

[21:39]wa ta'ala.

[21:39]People whom you feel safe with spiritually.

[21:41]People who remind you what to do good.

[21:46]You leave their gathering and you feel more positive about your religion.

[21:49]You feel more positive about your education.

[21:52]You feel more positive about your spirituality.

[21:54]These are good people.

[21:56]Not people whom you have fun with and it's cool to hang

[22:01]around with them.

[22:02]There are some people you spend time with them it's nice it's

[22:06]fun you kill time and you have a good laugh and you

[22:08]have a good time but you leave that gathering spirit spir spiritually

[22:13]you're depleted you feel further away from Allah subhana wa ta'ala you

[22:18]feel further away from your parents that's another sign do you want

[22:23]to know you have good friends or not after spending two hours

[22:25]with them do you feel more compassionate to mom and dad you

[22:27]want to go and help them and serve them or no, you

[22:32]feel more distanced from mom and dad.

[22:34]If you feel more distanced, you're associating with the wrong friends.

[22:39]If you feel closer to your parents, more compassionate towards your parents,

[22:44]then you're associating with the right friends.

[22:46]So the imam is not just teaching a governor by the name

[22:52]of K who he should surround himself with.

[22:55]This is a lesson for me.

[22:56]It's a lesson for you, for all of us.

[22:59]Who are you surrounding yourself with?

[23:01]That's the first lesson.

[23:04]The second lesson, those people that you surround yourself with, there must

[23:09]be diversity among them.

[23:10]Make sure they're not all part of your same group.

[23:15]See, the Imam had a problem with Kane becoming too close to

[23:23]a group of rich people.

[23:25]Why?

[23:25]Even if let's say these rich people are not evil people, let's

[23:30]say they're generally good people, the IM still doesn't want him to

[23:35]associate with them too much.

[23:36]Why?

[23:37]Because when you spend most of your time with one group of

[23:40]people, you lose touch from reality.

[23:45]You no longer know what's happening to other types of people in

[23:51]your society.

[23:50]So you can't relate to other people.

[23:55]You won't have empathy for other people.

[23:58]If I spend my time always with the rich people, I can't

[24:01]feel what the poor people are going through.

[24:04]I can't relate to them.

[24:05]If I'm spending my time all the time at school with the

[24:10]cool guys, the cool people, I can't feel what the not cool

[24:13]people feel.

[24:15]Those poor students who are not popular, they're not cool, right?

[24:21]I can't relate to them.

[24:21]students who get bullied, I can't relate to them.

[24:25]So, you have a skewed understanding of life.

[24:28]You see the world from one lens and you have no clue

[24:31]what's happening out there in society.

[24:33]You get disconnected from life from society.

[24:36]You really don't know what's happening.

[24:39]If I associate with a group of people who all of them

[24:45]for instance come from one ethnicity, that's fine.

[24:49]Your people spend time with them.

[24:51]But if I don't have any friends from other ethnicities, right, my

[24:56]mindset will be very narrow.

[24:59]My mentality will be narrow.

[25:01]I'll see things only from the perspective of my own people.

[25:03]I can't relate to other communities.

[25:05]I can't create bridges with other communities.

[25:08]The Imam wants you to have friends from all walks of life.

[25:14]And hence, look at his companions.

[25:15]Look at the companions of Mi.

[25:19]You have the likes of Ma.

[25:21]Who's Mamm?

[25:22]Who's Mamm?

[25:23]What was he when the Imam worked on him and raised him?

[25:26]Slave.

[25:28]Brothers and sisters, back then, 14 centuries ago, a slave had zero

[25:37]value.

[25:34]No value to a slave.

[25:38]Im Ali Alisam, he gets close to a slave.

[25:41]That's very big.

[25:43]This was very dramatic, very radical.

[25:45]But the imam wants to surround himself with all types of people.

[25:50]Another companion is Salman.

[25:53]Salman is one of the best friends of Mu.

[25:55]Salman was not an Arab.

[25:58]He came from a different ethnicity.

[26:00]He was Persian.

[26:03]But the Imam wants someone like Salman to be with him.

[26:06]Amar is a pure Meccan.

[26:09]He comes from the city of Mecca, a pure Arab.

[26:14]See three of the best of Imam's companions.

[26:16]One is an Arab, one is a Persian, one is a slave.

[26:21]You see the diversity in the friends of Muam.

[26:25]The Imam is teaching you, you as a M have diversity with

[26:27]the people whom you asso associate with, the people whom you invite,

[26:30]the people whom you spend time with, you stay in touch with

[26:36]have some diversity.

[26:37]This is helpful for you.

[26:40]It broadens your horizon.

[26:40]It gives you more experience and it brings you closer to Allah

[26:44]subhana tala and it makes you more down to earth, makes you

[26:50]more humble.

[26:49]But when I constantly associate with one type of group, especially if

[26:56]that group is a rich group, a powerful group, a dominant group,

[26:59]slowly I feed my ego and I become arrogant.

[27:03]You spend time with arrogant people, you'll become arrogant.

[27:05]That's guaranteed.

[27:07]And remember what Allah tells us in the Holy Quran.

[27:10]Remember the warning of the Quran.

[27:14]You want that, brothers and sisters.

[27:16]There's only one way to get that.

[27:27]Allah says that is for people who don't want glory in this

[27:33]world.

[27:35]They don't want glory.

[27:35]Pursuing fame and power and riches.

[27:37]Yeah.

[27:38]Sometimes Allah some people he gives them glory.

[27:42]He gives them riches.

[27:42]He gives them blessings.

[27:43]But they don't kill themselves to pursue it.

[27:46]It's not their goal.

[27:47]They don't run after the dunya.

[27:50]Allah says the is for people like that.

[27:54]So here very beautifully reminds us whom we should surround ourselves with.

[28:02]Make sure those people around you don't destroy your character, your spirituality,

[28:08]your empathy.

[28:09]Once you get too comfortable with luxury and with rich people, with

[28:16]dominant people, you don't care about the poor people anymore.

[28:19]And brothers and sisters, in our own lifetime, okay, I'm not that

[28:22]old, but in my own lifetime, I witnessed that.

[28:25]And I know some community members here, they've witnessed that.

[28:29]20, 30 years ago, there were people who were very average, right?

[28:37]Average people, they looked very good from the outside, but then they

[28:42]had an opportunity to achieve power and to become ministers, prime ministers.

[28:48]They had access to power.

[28:52]They started associating with only people who were powerful and rich like

[28:58]them.

[28:59]They changed.

[28:58]They changed.

[29:00]Two weeks ago, I was in Toronto.

[29:02]A brother there told me a very disturbing story.

[29:06]He told me say it in in that particular country.

[29:11]I have a friend who was my friend.

[29:15]We grew up together.

[29:17]I used to help him.

[29:20]Then later he becomes a wazir, a minister in that country.

[29:26]He says, "I went to that country.

[29:30]I got an appointment to visit him.

[29:33]I didn't want anything from him." Nothing.

[29:35]I didn't go there with the intention, oh, you're my oldtime friend.

[29:40]Now, I want you to do this for me.

[29:43]Connections.

[29:42]Nothing.

[29:43]I just wanted to go sayamu alaykum.

[29:45]I miss you.

[29:47]How have you been?

[29:47]As a longtime friend.

[29:49]He says, I went to his office.

[29:51]His brother was in charge of the office.

[29:52]He's like, what are you here for?

[29:55]I'm like, I'm here to see your brother.

[29:57]He's my best.

[29:56]He used to be my best friend years ago.

[29:59]What do you want from him?

[30:01]Nothing.

[30:02]I don't want anything from him.

[30:04]Just salam.

[30:04]He said he kept me waiting for one hour, one full hour.

[30:09]And then he came back and he told me, "My brother is

[30:13]too busy today.

[30:14]He's a bit too busy." I told him, "Busy, one salah, one

[30:21]minute.

[30:20]20, 30 years ago, I spent hours helping him.

[30:24]Now he's too busy.

[30:27]Subhan Allah.

[30:29]In another incident, another brother in Toronto, he told me something similar.

[30:33]He says, "Once I met a person whom, you know, I' I'd

[30:39]done favors to.

[30:37]I told him, do you recognize me?" He's like, "No, I don't

[30:42]even recognize you." I'm like, "I'm fan." He's like, "Sorry, I don't

[30:45]remember who you are." You see what power does?

[30:49]because these people surrounded themselves with the wrong people.

[30:55]Anytime, brothers and sisters, you're in a position of power.

[30:58]And remember when I say power, you don't have to think of

[31:02]a minister.

[31:02]No, you can have power in your own house, in your own

[31:06]company, in your own community.

[31:07]Surround yourself with people from different backgrounds, people from the lower social

[31:14]status.

[31:15]Let some of them be your friend.

[31:17]Have a poor person be one of your best friends.

[31:20]Can we do that?

[31:20]I have a challenge.

[31:21]I have a challenge for myself and for all of you.

[31:25]You know how we have a new year resolution?

[31:28]Our Islamic new year really really is from I'll explain it inshallah

[31:36]on why that is the case.

[31:37]Because on your full new year gets written for you.

[31:42]So in reality the new spiritual year is from I have a

[31:47]challenge a new resolution for myself and for all of you make

[31:51]it your resolution this year that in your circle of friends if

[31:54]there isn't a person who's poor find someone a m a believer

[32:02]who has goodl good spirituality but also is poor make them part

[32:06]of your circle believe me your perspective will will change your empathy

[32:10]will change your spirituality will even increase.

[32:13]Try it.

[32:14]This is what the adamam teach us.

[32:18]So today brothers and sisters we see the world is in a

[32:24]mess.

[32:22]Why?

[32:23]Because these powerful people have surrounded themselves with powerful powerful people like

[32:30]them and they're in an exclusive circle elite circle you can't have

[32:34]access to.

[32:35]When that happens there's no justice, there's no accountability.

[32:38]They get away with their crimes.

[32:41]Al had a solution 14 centuries ago.

[32:45]He was the toughest on his governors.

[32:46]You're in a position of power.

[32:51]Never.

[32:49]I won't let you get away with it.

[32:54]Even though he was very forgiving personally, if personally someone insulted, he'd

[32:57]forgive him.

[32:59]And he raised his companions like that.

[33:02]Even his governors like Malik.

[33:04]Malik altar was a very important companion.

[33:10]He was a commander of Imam Ali's army as well.

[33:12]You've all heard the of the incident when someone comes and insults

[33:19]him.

[33:20]He threatens him and insults him doesn't do anything.

[33:23]He proceeds to the masjid.

[33:26]Some people look at the abuser.

[33:29]They told him, "Do you know who you just abused?

[33:31]This is Maliktar.

[33:33]This is the commander of Imam Ali's army.

[33:36]This guy's powerful.

[33:36]Did you do you know what you just did?

[33:39]He started panicking.

[33:41]He ran after Malikar.

[33:43]He saw him praying in the masjid.

[33:47]He finished his salah.

[33:47]He told him, "Please forgive me.

[33:49]I'm sorry.

[33:50]I didn't know who you are." He tells him, "The only reason

[33:52]why I came to the masjid and I prayed this prayer is

[33:57]for Allah to forgive you." These are the students of Ali Ab.

[34:05]Yes.

[34:03]When it comes to personal issues, be the most loving, kind person.

[34:10]But when it comes to abuse of power, zero tolerance.

[34:13]That's howam was able to establish justice.

[34:22]And today, the world needs the justice of brothers and sisters, now

[34:25]I take your heart to the city of Kufa on such a

[34:34]day.

[34:32]According to a report, Imam Hassan and Hussein, peace be upon them,

[34:40]after they finished burying Imam Ali Ali, they're on their way back

[34:49]home from Najaf to Kufa, it's not much of a distance, right?

[34:53]Maybe about 10 kilometers.

[34:58]On their way back, they passed by a man who was crying.

[35:04]Now, Imm Hassan and IM Hussein, they care.

[35:06]If it was me, okay, let this guy cry.

[35:09]It's none of my business.

[35:13]But these are the symbols of empathy and humanity.

[35:14]Imm Hassan stops by this man.

[35:18]He tells him, "Why are you crying?

[35:20]What's the matter?" He tells him, "I am blind." And he had

[35:29]partial paralysis.

[35:29]I can't feed myself.

[35:32]I can't clean myself.

[35:32]I can't do anything.

[35:34]I'm crying because every single day a man would come to me.

[35:42]He would feed me and he would clean me.

[35:47]It's been three days he has not showed up.

[35:53]Three days he didn't show up.

[35:57]So I'm crying.

[35:58]Imam Hassan asks him, "Did you recognize who he was?

[36:04]Who was who is this man?" It's like, "Honestly, I don't know.

[36:07]I don't even know his name." He never introduced himself.

[36:12]You would just come and serve me.

[36:13]I Hassan told him, "I'll tell you who he was.

[36:18]Just give me some descriptions of his qualities." He describes his qualities.

[36:22]He tells him that's our father.

[36:25]Three days ago, he was struck.

[36:29]He fell and just now we buried him and we came back

[36:32]from his burial.

[36:33]The man started to yell and scream.

[36:38]He fainted.

[36:37]He fell unconscious and according to the report he died on the

[36:41]spot when he learned this is he could not take that pain.

[36:52]This is the the ruler.

[36:52]He's so busy he finds the time to go to this blind

[36:59]paralyzed person and to help him with his own hands.

[37:05]How did the dust of the grave consume such act, such an

[37:13]imam, such symbol of mercy?

[37:20]We ask Allah to grant us the we grant we ask Allah

[37:26]you know what what our hope is my great uncle my father's

[37:38]uncle Muhammad Kazwini he was a poet and he composed some of

[37:43]the most beautiful lines of poetry for B about 10 years ago

[37:46]he passed away in in in Iran in Meshad.

[37:50]He struggled with cancer.

[37:53]I remember visiting him in the hospital.

[37:57]This is not long before he died.

[38:01]One of my cousins there at the hospital asked him a question,

[38:05]an interesting question.

[38:04]He told him, "Amu, are you scared of death?" With so much

[38:12]calmness and confidence, he said, "No, I'm not." He told him, "But

[38:17]why?" Like even they should be scared of death.

[38:20]I mean this is death honestly.

[38:21]Like we're scared of it.

[38:22]Yeah, we believe in the the mercy of Allah, but we're scared

[38:27]of death.

[38:29]Why are you not scared of death?

[38:30]You know what he said?

[38:32]He smiled.

[38:33]He said, "I'm not scared of death because at the moment of

[38:36]death, I will see the face of Ali." When I see the

[38:42]face of Ali, what do I what do I have to worry

[38:46]about?

[38:46]I have nothing to worry about.

[38:47]And this is a promise from the prophet Im Ali himself.

[38:49]And the when he dies, he'll see the face of Ali.

[38:58]The imam told Hamdan, one of his companions, this is a promise.

[39:05]You die, you'll see my face.

[39:06]So we ask Allah to show us the face of Ali at

[39:12]the moment of death, inshallah.

[39:12]And we ask Allah to grant us his and raise your hands

[39:21]in dua.

[39:22]These are moments of dua brothers and sisters.

[40:07]inch.

[40:11]forch.

[40:40]for for a

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