Imam Hassan: His Life, Morals, and Character Assassination Attempts

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[0:05][Music] [Music] [Music] s for [Music] [Music] yeah for [Music] [Music] [Music]

[2:21]for the hastening of the reappearance of the master the Savior the

[2:28]Avenger my dear brothers and sisters Islam is a religion of balance

[2:51]and what that means is that one has to do the right

[2:58]thing in accord ordance with the circumstances and the conditions that they

[3:09]are in take the body for example the immune system is a

[3:21]critical part of a healthy lifestyle a healthy body and it allows

[3:29]the individual to fight Contagion infections and all sorts of uh conditions

[3:37]that might arise within the human body if the immune system experiences

[3:50]a disorder that makes it fight the very same cells and organs

[3:59]that it is meant to protect that condition is called autoimmune disorder

[4:09]many diseases and ailments are attributed to autoimmune disorders and fall under

[4:20]this heading they include multiple sclerosis a debilitating condition they include things

[4:33]like asthma eczema lupus among many other problems this example illustrates the

[4:39]fact that the immune system is designed to fight off specific threats

[4:50]if it fails to do that and instead fights the human body

[4:58]you end up with these terrible Health complications in the verse that

[5:07]I recited Allah subhah wa ta'ala issues a stark warning to those

[5:12]who abandon their faith Allah subhana wa taala says and the verses

[5:18]inah he says oh you who believe if you abandon your faith

[5:26]if you become apostates then Allah subh will replace you with people

[5:36]that he loves and they love him that's the first attribute of

[5:46]these individuals they love Allah and Allah loves them number two they

[5:51]are humble towards the Believers and firm towards the disbelievers then Allah

[6:01]subhana wa tala says that they fight and struggle in the way

[6:06]of God and they do not fear anyone's blame in other words

[6:13]they don't care about what others think they will do the right

[6:18]thing no matter what then he says and this is part of

[6:31]the mercy and blessing of Allah subhanahu wa taala to allow individuals

[6:37]to possess these [Music] qualities we said that the First Quality was

[6:43]that they love Allah and Allah loves them and that's not the

[6:48]subject of our discussion the second attribute is what we would like

[6:53]to discuss tonight in reference to imass may God's peace and blessings

[7:01]be upon him Allah says again this balance has to be maintained

[7:10]just like the example the illustration that I provided earlier about autoimmune

[7:17]disorders a person has to identify friends and distinguish them from enemies

[7:27]and to treat friends with humility to Humble oneself towards the Believers

[7:38]those are the ones that we're supposed to take as friends a

[7:47]Believer is automatically branded as a friend once a person enters the

[7:56]scope of Believers and of course there are many descriptions for what

[8:01]a Believer is but at the most fundamental and basic level a

[8:04]Believer is one who submits to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and takes

[8:12]the holy prophet and his appointed Vice Jaren as his ultimate Authority

[8:18]if a person enters this realm this fold this circle they become

[8:25]Believers as soon as they become believers they automatically acquire inalienable rights

[8:32]one of those rights is that they must be treated with kindness

[8:37]respect and humility the word stems from the root term which means

[8:47]humiliation but in a positive sense meaning that you have to humble

[8:52]yourself to the maximum possible extent towards the Believers now in order

[9:03]to maintain balance the formula has to be completed and the formula

[9:08]as we stated is that you humble yourself before the Believers and

[9:12]you take a Firm Stance against the disbelievers the reason I said

[9:21]this is that IM alassan may God's peace and everlasting blessings be

[9:26]upon him was subjected to the most brutal and vicious character assassination

[9:35]by his enemies both the umaya dynasty as well as the abbasids

[9:41]try to tarnish the reputation of IM alassan Al and so they

[9:51]manufactured on mass fabricated reports about the imam's character and they shine

[9:59]a very negative light on the personality of IM alassan for instance

[10:06]they created this false persona for the Imam that portrayed him as

[10:18]a overindulgent and hedonistic character someone who was lustful God forbid someone

[10:29]who's a pleasure Seeker someone who sought wealth and fame and wasn't

[10:39]too concerned about the Affairs of the nation and as I said

[10:49]they manufactured these reports on mass on a large scale imagine the

[10:54]propaganda machine of the umiads was so powerful that the son of

[11:05]M comes to IM and he says to him tell me was

[11:14]my father a good man or an evil man imagine his own

[11:19]son can't make that distinction the propaganda the false reports the fake

[11:27]news was so so Savage so contradictory that his own son couldn't

[11:36]draw an accurate picture of his father he couldn't come to a

[11:42]satisfactory conclusion so he had to ask the Imam obviously the other

[11:48]reason is that he considers the Imam to be the ultimate Arbiter

[11:52]he knows that the imam's verdict is the final word whatever the

[12:00]Imam says which tells you how submissive to the imam's authority this

[12:06]man was of course you might have heard that the Imam responded

[12:10]to him by saying that may Allah bestow his mercy upon your

[12:13]father and it's this Hadith which puts an end to all the

[12:21]discrepancies all the disputes on the character and ultimate Abode of in

[12:27]other words there might have been a or blemishes in his past

[12:34]but this Hadith sets the record straight but this is how vicious

[12:40]the propaganda was Imam alassan is portrayed as a hedonistic pleasure seeking

[12:47]overindulgent person who was interested only in money status and carnal desires

[12:56]God forbid equally vicious was the portrayal of im as a subservient

[13:11]and meek individual and it's this aspect or this false portrayal of

[13:19]the Imam which was perhaps more persistent in other words some of

[13:28]his own Shia perceived IM alassan to be like this he's Meek

[13:37]he's submissive he is someone who could be easily cowed and pushed

[13:44]aside he's a pushover as they say in this culture to the

[13:51]extent that albari and others they have reported this Hadith which is

[14:00]attributed to and the holy prophet is reported to have said the

[14:08]following my sonan is a master so far so good he's a

[14:16]master meaning that he should be followed he should be obeyed he

[14:23]should be given his due position and status but listen to what

[14:28]the prophet is quoted to have said afterwards and perhaps there's going

[14:43]to be a day when Allah uses him in order to reconcile

[14:48]between two Waring factions within the Muslim nation in other words IM

[15:00]Hassan should should be obeyed alassan should be respected but not because

[15:08]he is ascribed to me not because of his divinely given status

[15:13]but because he's going to submit to the rule of mua you

[15:21]see what a travesty of Justice this is listen to Im alassan

[15:29]so long as he reconciles between the Believers and of course this

[15:37]is a reference to the treaty or the truce that was signed

[15:41]between IM alassan and mua later on in other words if he

[15:47]gives into muaah and moves aside so that muawiya and the omaya

[15:51]dynasty could take over the leadership of the Muslim um then he

[15:55]is someone worthy of respect and honor now we know this Hadith

[16:02]is a fabrication quite simply and easily because it was himself who

[16:12]said in authentic reports that are scattered across the Sunni Corpus when

[16:19]the prophet addresses and says to him the rebellious faction the tyrannical

[16:33]Army is the one that's going to kill you if a faction

[16:41]is called tyrannical in Arabic refers to the worst form of tyranny

[16:47]it's a synonym oful and refer to the Quran to know what

[16:52]means what b means if muaah and his group are labeled as

[17:01]bat and tyrannical and rebellious how could the prophet then say my

[17:07]son Hassan is a good man so long as he reconciles between

[17:13]muaah and his own Camp it makes absolutely no sense so this

[17:20]portrayal this image of Imam alassan as this subservient Meek pushover was

[17:26]one of the greatest crimes committed against imass again creating an image

[17:36]that if not transfixed in the minds of every Muslim including the

[17:40]Shia at the very least it left traces in our Collective Minds

[17:49]IM Hassan someone who's not interested in fighting not interested in being

[17:55]confrontational he's a peaceful man he's a pacifist this is one of

[18:03]the greatest crimes committed against IM alassan how could Imam alassan be

[18:10]like this when he himself was approached by a man who tragically

[18:14]was one of his Shia one of his followers towards the end

[18:19]of his blessed life the report says that this man came to

[18:23]the Imam and he said to him you have humiliated the Believers

[18:36]and you have turned us into slaves of B IM alassan said

[18:41]how he said when you submitted meaning this Tyrant this despot you

[18:50]submitt it to him and you you humiliated us so listen to

[18:57]how the Imam responded to him he said by God I would

[19:09]never have signed this treaty with muaah had I had enough supporters

[19:15]had I had fighters who were loyal to me and had I

[19:29]had individuals who were loyal to me who would listen to me

[19:35]and follow my lead I would have continued to fight him day

[19:38]and night until Allah subhanahu waala settles it between us in other

[19:48]words he grants Victory to the righteous and defeat to the immoral

[19:55]and impious then again it tells you the severity of the tragedy

[20:01]the report says just as he was speaking to this man blood

[20:10]started gushing out of his mouth and there were chunks of his

[20:16]liver that the Imam spewed out of his mouth this is when

[20:23]he's having this conversation with this man and then the Imam told

[20:27]him he said look at what he has done to me this

[20:34]is only because I lacked supporters and companions how could Imam alassan

[20:43]be portrayed as Meek and subservient when he was only seven or

[20:48]eight years old and again this is mentioned in numerous Sunni books

[20:53]and collections of Hadith that the Imam as a child walks into

[20:58]the m into the mosque of he saw Abu Bakr sitting on

[21:07]the pulpit the IM ascended the pulpit other words he stepped on

[21:10]the member itself and he pointed to Abu Bakr and said to

[21:14]him en get off of the pulpit of my father in other

[21:20]words you have no Authority who are you to be sitting on

[21:26]this Pulpit this Pulpit belongs to my father meaning the caliphate belongs

[21:29]to to my father he is the legitimate Heir tool he's the

[21:34]appointed successor to the holy prophet appointed by God himself and so

[21:40]these same Sunni reports which are authentic by the way and they've

[21:44]been reported by the likes of among others that Abu Bakr being

[21:54]humiliated by this child had it been he would have had him

[22:00]killed had it been any one of the companions of the IM

[22:02]he would have had them killed this is at a time when

[22:06]he had an army which launched a crusade across the Muslim nation

[22:10]in order to quell any form of dissent but since it's a

[22:15]child and since it is IM about whom had said if there

[22:24]is anything beautiful in this world it is Imam Hassan he is

[22:29]is the flower that this D has given me Abu Bakr couldn't

[22:40]do anything to IM Hassan and so then he says to the

[22:47]Imam he says to him the IM initially told him go and

[22:53]sit on your father's Pulpit this is my father's so Abu Bakr

[22:58]said to him you're right this is your father's Pulpit this is

[23:05]his position my father didn't have any status or position Abu was

[23:11]alive and was opposed to his son according to uh multiple reports

[23:16]so how could a person like that who as a child challenges

[23:23]the self-appointed kff in this public fashion and says these words to

[23:29]him end up being the meek and submissive individual that they try

[23:38]to portray him as it makes absolutely no sense so this is

[23:44]imass when it comes to the tyrants he showed no weakness whatsoever

[23:53]when it comes to the leaders of hypocrisy Imam exhibited absolutely no

[24:03]meekness when it comes to the worst of the worst like mu

[24:10]imass stance was crystal clear but the other side of the equation

[24:19]is what I want to talk about tonight a little bit because

[24:24]we want to draw a lesson from the life and example of

[24:27]imass before I get into that one critical point that I want

[24:38]you to think about is this if this equation of being humble

[24:42]towards the Believers and firm towards the disbelievers if it's Disturbed in

[24:50]any way if any side of the equation is Disturbed The Other

[24:53]Side more often than not is also Disturbed Meaning that if an

[25:00]individual exhibits humility towards the disbelievers they often exhibit firmness and aggression

[25:11]towards Believers it goes hand in hand and the other way around

[25:18]if someone exhibits any aggression towards Believers you'll often find them exhibiting

[25:24]humility towards the disbelievers often times times we see people who Advocate

[25:34]the idea of unconditional love towards everyone and there are plenty of

[25:41]people like that unconditional the disbelievers followers of other religious denominations individuals

[25:52]with whom we have deep ideological differences you'll find them showing humility

[26:05]towards them and although you'd expect them to be consistent in their

[26:12]approach if you're all about love for all hatred for none if

[26:16]you're all about embracing the other especially the disbelievers you'd expect these

[26:23]people to be consistent and also be humble towards the believer but

[26:32]no when the balance is tipped in favor of one side it's

[26:36]tipped against the other side and so you'll find these individuals again

[26:41]there are many examples I don't want to give them any publicity

[26:44]I don't want to cite actual names of individuals or groups but

[26:52]again this is uh if you like a a law that I'd

[26:53]like you to keep in your mind when analyzing individuals you'll find

[27:01]them being overly accommodating towards the disbelievers but as soon as it

[27:08]gets to the believer's side you'll see them being really aggressive really

[27:13]aggressive so imass wasn't like that he applied this quranic principle in

[27:22]the most beautiful way again as I said when it comes to

[27:26]the disbelievers the Imam stance was very firm as for the Believers

[27:33]which I'll get to later on that's a whole other story but

[27:38]there was a group of people almost in the middle although they

[27:44]were closer to the disbelieving side that Iman treated with such decorum

[27:55]with such manners that was baffling to everyone you've all heard that

[28:06]IM Hussein treated with such incredible and breathtaking kindness that turned Al

[28:17]from an enemy to an intimate friend to someone who sacrificed himself

[28:25]for IM Hussein how did the IM do this the IM did

[28:29]it by showing him generosity showing him kindness when he came along

[28:37]with a thousand men who were all parched and thirsty IM hussein.

[28:42]ordered his companions and his family members to give them the most

[28:49]precious thing in the desert which is water the Imam said these

[28:55]men are thirsty knowing what their mission was knowing what their mandate

[28:59]was being fully aware of the fact that they would be fighting

[29:06]with IM Hussein killing his companions and his family members and even

[29:12]a six-month-old infant IM Hussein said give them water not only that

[29:16]he then said feed their horses knowing that it would it would

[29:26]be these horses who will trample over his blessed body Imam Hussein

[29:30]did this and in return he was able to save that one

[29:36]soul and so if you are told that IM alassan spent 10

[29:43]years 20 years 30 years of his life in order to save

[29:48]one Soul you shouldn't be surprised because that's their mission in this

[29:53]life it's to try and save as many people as possible and

[29:56]if it's only one person and IM Al Hassan had to pay

[30:01]the highest price to save that individual the Imam would deem that

[30:05]to be worthy and appropriate it's an appropriate price again people who

[30:13]were not in the friends Camp you've heard the example of this

[30:18]man from sham who came to IM Hassam and he addressed the

[30:26]Imam in the most vulgar way it's a famous story there is

[30:33]another incident which is similar to that but different in a few

[30:38]key places and that tells you that this incident occurred on multiple

[30:43]occasions it wasn't just once again as I said the propaganda machine

[30:48]of the umad rule was incredibly powerful and so it wasn't just

[30:55]one or two or 10 or a thousand people who tried to

[31:00]insult IM alassan but look at how the IM responds the man

[31:05]says that he's the one who reports the story he says that

[31:10]I came to Medina suddenly I saw an individual being surrounded by

[31:16]a lot of people in other words it was rather unusual everyone

[31:21]flocking to this person that I didn't recognize he says I asked

[31:29]who is this person Subhan Allah traditions and reports state by the

[31:38]way that whenever Iman came out of his door there would be

[31:41]such a crowd that they would cause congestion in the Alleyways they

[31:48]would all just come and gaze at the Majestic Beauty of Imam

[31:52]alassan just the light that he exuded from his blessed face let

[31:59]alone those who came to IM alassan to ask him for favors

[32:01]to ask him for help and so on so he says that

[32:06]I noticed Iman was surrounded by all of these [Music] people I

[32:15]suddenly became envious of Al for having a son like this he

[32:22]says it openly I became jealous so I went up to him

[32:27]and I said to him are you the son of abuali the

[32:36]Imam said no I am the son of the son of Abu

[32:40]Talib that's my father you're talking about he says I began cursing

[32:49]him hurling the most vulgar profanities towards him and his father as

[33:00]I was cursing him now imagine you have a father like it's

[33:08]one thing to be insulted yourself but to hear your father being

[33:11]insulted the Imam didn't even interrupt him he didn't say a word

[33:20]this man says when I was done imagine he continued to insult

[33:27]the Imam until he ran out of in SS he says when

[33:31]I was done he smiled and looked at me I mean the

[33:38]self-control is just mindboggling how the Imam is able to contain his

[33:48]anger is out of this world he smiled and he looked at

[33:56]me and he said to me seem to be uh a stranger

[34:02]you're from out of town I've never seen you here before then

[34:04]he said to him what he said to that other man he

[34:08]said if you have any needs tell me and we will fulfill

[34:13]them if you're looking for a place to rest we have a

[34:17]place where you can rest if you require any financial assistance think

[34:31]about this means we will give you so much until you become

[34:36]self-sufficient you'll become rich the Imam said all of this as if

[34:44]he had met an old friend imagine you see someone that you

[34:47]absolutely love and admire and you haven't seen him in a long

[34:49]time this is how you address him not someone who just went

[34:56]on a tirade of cursing you and your father the man says

[35:01]I suddenly felt the sense of Shame immediately I suddenly felt this

[35:18]incredible Affinity towards him this love towards imass and later on every

[35:32]time I remembered this incident I felt such shame and humiliation how

[35:36]could I have done this this is how they treat enemies who

[35:43]were ignorant again not the kuf not the heads of hypocrisy and

[35:53]disbelief people who are in the enemy camp but but they're only

[35:59]there because they happen to be ignorant and the Imam is trying

[36:02]to save them he's not trying to settle scores the whole point

[36:08]is that is that if this person has any potential or capacity

[36:12]to be saved IM would go out of his way to do

[36:18]so this is one example the other example is Maran himself again

[36:26]you might have heard this before when im passed from this world

[36:34]his brothers took him out and they held a funeral for himass

[36:45]Maran who was a sworn enemy of IM alassan who was an

[36:54]individual who spearheaded the profanities against Amir he himself would curse the

[37:02]Imam day in and day out this man came and he helped

[37:05]carry the casket of IM H so IM Hussein looked at him

[37:11]he said to him you're carrying his casket now and up until

[37:21]yesterday you would insult him and hurt him and cause him grieve

[37:35][Music] yes I used to do that to a man whose forbearance

[37:42]and patience and mercy and kindness outweighed the mountains this is the

[37:52]testimony of an enemy of IM so he's not exaggerating this is

[38:02]something that he's witnessed himself parenthetically I'll mention this IM alassan had

[38:10]a name that was given to him by God himself you've heard

[38:15]the story of his birth when came to see his grandson and

[38:24]he asked Amir did you name him the Imam said that I

[38:29]would never have preceded you I waited for you to come so

[38:32]that you would name him so the holy prophet said that I

[38:37]would never preed Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala I will wait for God

[38:40]to give me instructions as to what name we should award this

[38:46]first grandson of mine and that's when jbra came and said you

[38:50]should name him shabir arabized into Hassan so that was the name

[39:00]of IM alassan the Imam had other names that were awarded to

[39:04]him by his father his mother titles nicknames and whatnot Kim which

[39:09]translates to generous is not one of the names awarded by the

[39:15]holy prophet or the family of Imam alassan even though IM alassan

[39:19]is known worldwide to everyone who knows Imam alassan he knows him

[39:24]as Karim the generous one why because even though this name wasn't

[39:28]awarded to the Imam by or his parents this name was W

[39:37]the the attribute of generosity was witnessed and experienced by so many

[39:43]that it became trending you know on social media sometimes you have

[39:47]trending topics trending headlines the generous was a trending headline that described

[39:57]IM Al Hassam because so many people experienced it so many people

[40:01]witnessed it they saw it with their own two eyes so another

[40:10]incident involving they say and I'll summarize this they say that IM

[40:21]alassan had a mule Maran was a very very rich man you

[40:27]could describe him as being filthy rich in today's um monetary value

[40:32]he would have been worth tens perhaps hundreds of millions of dollars

[40:37]so he was very rich and yet despite his wealth he had

[40:44]his eye on the mule of IM alassan which tells you that

[40:46]this mule was valuable it was special you know how today you've

[40:54]got different car brands and even within the same brand you have

[40:57]cars that are better and more expensive and more luxurious than others

[41:02]right you have the cclass in the mercedesbenz group and then you

[41:08]have the Maybach this mule was considered a very beautiful very uh

[41:17]useful very uh it was it was a very uh expensive kind

[41:23]of animal to have so Maran had his eye on it so

[41:26]what he does is he orchestrates this scenario where one of his

[41:32]friends uh is tasked with taking the mule from IM and without

[41:40]getting into the details Maran said to him that if you do

[41:46]me this one favor I will do 30 favors for you 30

[41:48]so this man goes and he asks IM Hassan in a particular

[41:55]way to give him the mule the Imam iMed immediately got off

[41:58]the mule he gave it to that man then he said to

[42:03]him if Maran himself had asked me I would have given it

[42:08]to him too other words I know he wanted it and if

[42:09]he'd asked me even though Maran is Maran I would have given

[42:16]him the mule he treats his enemies like this so that maybe

[42:23]maybe they turn around and they change their ways and they embrac

[42:30]the path of righteousness as opposed to the vile nature that they

[42:34]possessed this is imass now I want to mention um something that

[42:43]I think as Believers and as followers of im alassan as lovers

[42:48]at the very least of imass we can learn from there's a

[42:52]beautiful narration by the holy prophet Muhammad Sall alai in which the

[43:06]holy prophet says do you wish for me to tell you about

[43:17]the most noble virtues in this world as well as the next

[43:22]imagine what is the most noble virtue explains he says if we

[43:43]are followers of IM alassan or if we aim to follow in

[43:49]his footsteps this is one thing we could learn from him too

[43:53]often we find people within the fraternity of Believers within the community

[44:01]of those who associate themselves with imass where tiny disagreements devolve into

[44:17]major schisms and fights erupt and hatred festers in the heart of

[44:24]Believers against one another and one of the excuses that we commonly

[44:29]hear is that he treats me like this I'm going to reciprocate

[44:33]he said this about me I will say that about him he

[44:39]mistreated me and I'll mistreat him whereas teaches us in this Hadith

[44:47]and Iman illustrates this in his conduct and if someone is kind

[44:56]to you it's nothing to brag about when you reciprocate the kindness

[45:01]what's so special about that if someone invites you he's already done

[45:06]you a favor he's taken the prerogative for you to go and

[45:08]invite him is simply returning the favor the holy prophet says when

[45:17]someone severs relations with you that is when you're supposed to establish

[45:22]relations with them when someone refuses to say Salam to you that's

[45:25]when you go out of your way to say Salam to them

[45:30]when a family member decides to cut you off that is when

[45:35]you reestablish and rekindle the relationship with that person when someone deprives

[45:42]you that is when you give them and offer them from your

[45:46]money your possessions the things that you have again this is something

[45:51]that imass led by example in the most noble most pristine most

[45:59]Exquisite and most beautiful of matters now imagine if im alassan treated

[46:08]his enemies like that how would he treat his friends in one

[46:18]report it says that a person came to IM Hassan and he

[46:25]recited poetry praising the Imam not praising him him as an individual

[46:32]but praising his position praising the status of IM praising the fact

[46:36]that he came from the family of rasool so he came to

[46:41]the Imam he said to him I have a few verses of

[46:46]poetry that I'd like to read and it's about you the Imam

[46:49]said stop he asked the servant he said how much money do

[46:56]we have left he said we have three p couches three bags

[46:59]of money of gold or silver the Imam said bring them all

[47:03]he took them he gave it to the man the man said

[47:08]I haven't even read my poetry the IM said no no no

[47:11]no once you read your poetry I won't have enough money to

[47:17]offer you by the mere virtue of you expressing your desire to

[47:23]come to us and to speak those verses to recite those verses

[47:32]of poetry about the grandson of I'm giving you all I have

[47:35]once you start reciting I won't be able to compensate you sufficiently

[47:41]this is IM one report again which I found in Sunni sources

[47:48]says that one day imass uh saw this slave and the slave

[47:58]had a loaf of bread so the Imam began observing him by

[48:03]the way this report there's a similar one that's attributed to IM

[48:08]Hussein but again there are some minor differences which tell you that

[48:12]this happened on more than one occasion this is the household of

[48:20]generosity this is the household that exhibited the most noble virtue of

[48:28]the Divine and so it is absolutely not uh surprising that they

[48:36]would do this over and over and over again so the Imam

[48:39]saw this slave he took that loaf of bread and he there

[48:43]was a dog sitting in front of him he took the loaf

[48:48]of bread he broke it in half he gave one half to

[48:52]the dog and he ate the other half IM alassan went to

[48:58]him he said to him what is this I just saw you

[49:01]do why would you give half of your food and these were

[49:06]slaves right they didn't have you know food whenever they desired all

[49:13]he had was this loaf he said why did you do this

[49:18]he said as I was about to start eating I saw my

[49:22]eyes met the eyes of the dog and I thought to myself

[49:29]I'm a creation of God and so is this dog I'm hungry

[49:32]so is this dog so I felt ashamed of eating and not

[49:39]offering half of my portion half of my food to this St

[49:45]to this dog Imam said to him whose slave are you he

[49:49]said I am the slave of Aban a man theom said to

[49:55]him wait right here don't go anywhere he said yeah I work

[49:59]here I'm not going to go anywhere so the IM went and

[50:03]came back he said to him I have just purchased you in

[50:11]other words I have freed You by buying you from your master

[50:15]also I bought this farm that you're looking after and I'm gifting

[50:23]it to you now on a night like this at a time

[50:33]when we're commemorating the martyrdom of imass and speaking about his virtues

[50:38]and his merits and talking about how the IM used to do

[50:43]this just like all the other imams they would purchase these slaves

[50:49]and Grant them their freedom more often than not against their will

[50:53]meaning he granted them their freedom even even though they didn't want

[50:57]to leave they wanted to stay with the imams I say muhamad

[51:08]yeah how about you also purchase us purchase us from our slave

[51:17]masters from our desires from our Temptations bring us closer to you

[51:22]this is how IM Al Hassan would treat his friends and I

[51:29]believe that the Imam freed the slave instead of taking him and

[51:35]teaching him and so forth as he did with many other slaves

[51:38]because that man was already at a point of nosis and understanding

[51:44]that he probably could uh be freed and be allowed to flourish

[51:51]on his own the fact that he said I was ashamed of

[51:55]a dog because he's the creation of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala a

[52:01]man says that I went to Hajj while I was in the

[52:07]vicinity of the Kaa I saw two young women two girls they

[52:14]were sitting next to each other and they were they were speaking

[52:19]to one another and so one was saying to the other she

[52:40]swore in the name of but did so while listing the virtues

[52:45]of the im.

[52:47]she said I didn't do such and such but she praised and

[52:52]swore in his name so the man says that I went up

[52:57]to these two girls and I said to them again this is

[53:02]at a time of incredible oppression persecution suppression people couldn't speak of

[53:10]the virtues of Al and yet these two young women were saying

[53:13]these things do you know who is that woman looked at this

[53:17]man and said to him [Music] s how could I not know

[53:31]him we come up from from a we come from a family

[53:35]of devotees to my father and my uncle and my cousins were

[53:39]killed in battle defending the Imam and his mission so the man

[53:46]says that I felt so proud of them that I put my

[53:51]hand in my pocket I had a gold coin I took it

[53:51]out and I said here's a gift from me to you the

[53:55]woman threw the money back at me and she said to me

[54:01]do you take the lovers of as Beggars we don't need your

[54:20]money we are we are under the guardianship of the most noble

[54:31]successor to the most noble predecessor we are under the care and

[54:40]protection and guardianship of IM alass we don't need your money you

[54:44]can keep that that's what Imam alassan did IM alassan would make

[54:50]his followers and his devotees and his partisans self-sufficient not financially per

[55:00]se but self-sufficient in terms of Pride being followers of IM were

[55:04]one of his people were one of his followers Subhan Allah this

[55:13]is how Imam alassan acted and yet he was always confronted with

[55:20]enmity with hatred you've heard that Imam Al Hassan perhaps you've heard

[55:27]this that Imam Hassan gave everything that he possessed his entire net

[55:34]worth He gave it in the way of Allah subhanahu wa taala

[55:38]three [Music] times includ and there were two occasions in which Hassan

[55:49]haved his net worth everything that he had he haved it and

[55:53]gave it in the way of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala my question

[55:59]is who did the Imam give all of that to the city

[56:04]of Medina was not comprised of the sh of IM the vast

[56:12]overwhelming majority of the inhabitants of the city were opposed to the

[56:17]they were opposed to IM who was the son-in-law of IM Al

[56:24]Hassan remember IM 's daughter was married to IM IM he after

[56:38]the tragedy of carala he said that only 20 households in Medina

[56:43]are Shia 20 out of an entire city so when im alassan

[56:51]was giving charity which can't really be called charity when you're giving

[56:56]everything that you have but when he was providing assistance to people

[56:59]when he was giving people the things that they asked he wasn't

[57:06]giving it to his friends was giving it either to random strangers

[57:10]or people who opposed him people who hated him but Subhan Allah

[57:19]the Hadith says that uh a a generous person will attract the

[57:28]love of those who hate him generosity has this power and if

[57:35]we are going to display a beautiful image of Islam in non-muslim

[57:40]countries it has to be done first and foremost through our conduct

[57:45]and and secondly through our generosity the centers that provide food to

[57:53]non-muslims free food inest Western culture there's no such thing as free

[57:58]food there's no such thing as free anything right so when you

[58:05]find a center or you find a group or you find a

[58:09]youth committee that provides food during the months of muharam and saf

[58:15]to non-muslims this is a very Rapid Way of attracting the love

[58:18]and respect of people who would otherwise never even think about Islam

[58:22]or getting close to a Muslim or even talking to a Muslim

[58:26]so the Hadith says that generosity is something that attracts the love

[58:35]of your enemies and miserliness and stinginess makes your own children despise

[58:40]you your own children and I I know of people young men

[58:47]and women who hate their father because he's stingy generosity of imass

[58:54]is an example for us to follow and yet he was confronted

[59:05]with hatred he was confronted with enmity and he was treated in

[59:08]the worst possible way to the extent that his own companions one

[59:14]of them he came a poison dagger was used to stabed the

[59:27]IM in his thigh it got to a point where Imam had

[59:35]no one with the exception of course of his brothers but no

[59:42]one stayed with him his own cousin left the IM committed high

[59:48]treason and he took along thousands of the fighters who were in

[59:54]the army of IM Hassan that he was command Landing he went

[59:57]and took all of them and switched sides to muas had lost

[60:03]two of his children at the hand of muaah at the treacherous

[60:10]and venomous schemes of muaah and yet he abandoned IM alassan and

[60:14]went to the other side it got to a point where Imam

[60:16]Al Hassan would be sitting on the front porch of his house

[60:26]may Allah bless his soul used to say that when I read

[60:36]this report I burst into tears and I cried and cried and

[60:40]cried for hours he said the reason is why would Imam Hassan

[60:45]have to sit on his front porch the only explanation was that

[60:51]outside of the home the Imam had nothing but enemies and inside

[60:59]his house the closest person to him his own wife was also

[61:03]an enemy this woman who ended up poisoning IM Hassan on a

[61:17]hot day when the Imam was fasting the Imam came home to

[61:29]break his fast he asked her for something food or and she

[61:35]came and offered him she gave him milk that was poisoned with

[61:40]a substance that was sent by muaah and was sent to muaah

[61:48]by the Roman cohorts that he had asked for something that would

[61:53]kill the Imam without any hesitation instantaneously and so as soon as

[62:03]the Imam drank the poisonous milk the Imam began coughing up blood

[62:09]Imam Hussein was summoned IM Hassan himself said I want my brother

[62:16]to come Imam Hussein came as soon as he saw his brother

[62:23]he burst into tears Hussein cried then he noticed IM Hassan was

[62:32]also crying he said to himed so IM alassan said that I'm

[62:39]worried for two things I'm sad I'm grieving for two things the

[62:48]first is it is the fact that I don't know which of

[62:51]my actions Allah will accept which of them he won't accept Subhan

[62:54]Allah people people like me do something tiny and then have so

[63:02]many expectations from Allah subhah wa ta'ala oh I gave this charity

[63:05]oh I went to Zar oh I went to ha or what

[63:09]have you and this is IM Hassan who says that I'm afraid

[63:15]and I'm grieving I don't know what's about to come that's the

[63:19]first reason the second reason is because I'm about to depart and

[63:27]I will be separated from Hussein I'll be separated from Abbas I'll

[63:34]be separated from my sister my son is about to go and

[63:42]so the IM then said todah Hussein he said to him brother

[63:46]be a father to my children allahar treat them with kindness and

[63:53]love they will grow up as orphans I want you to look

[63:58]after them and so IM Hussein cried and it's at that moment

[64:06]that imass said to him don't cry my brother don't cry because

[64:24]as tragic as the martyrdom of IM Hassan was the holy prophet

[64:34]said it was an incredible tragedy and yet IM Hassan says to

[64:38]his brother he says but there is no day like your day

[64:43]when 30,000 people will surround you and shed your blood with the

[64:53]intention of pleasing Allah subhanahu waala allahar Imam Al Hassan departed from

[64:59]this world he had left instructions for his brother Imam Hussein came

[65:05]he bathed him he shrouded him he then took him Ben Hashim

[65:10]surrounded Imam Hassan they went and held a funeral for their brother

[65:21]and that's when the Wicked Woman came when she realized that IM

[65:26]Al Hassan had left instructions to be buried next to his grandfather

[65:30]she came out and said I will never let him be buried

[65:39]in my home meaning the home of how did it become your

[65:43]home I don't know I will never let him be buried there

[65:46]and so she then ordered the body of Muhammad Hassan to be

[65:54]showered with arrows they shot the arrows in the direction of the

[65:59]casket the funeral IM Al Hassan had told his brother that I

[66:05]don't want any blood to be shed over my burial and if

[66:09]this happens which he knew would happen I want for you to

[66:16]go and bury me in the Bak Cemetery IM Hussein took his

[66:20]brother he went to the Bak Cemetery he dug the grave with

[66:25]his own hands he looked lowered his brother IM alassan into the

[66:29]grave then they suddenly noticed the shoulders of IM Hussein shaking as

[66:34]he was crying over his brother the Imam Was Heard saying the

[67:15]plundered one isn't the one who has had his wealth taken his

[67:25]money stolen the one who is plundered is the one who has

[67:29]just buried his entire being his heart in the ground the one

[67:37]who has lost a brother like [Music] IM now I wish to

[67:54]address IM and say your tragedy is truly heartre it is painful

[68:08]butam you were B you were shrouded you had your family come

[68:17]to your funeral your brother buried you with honor and Grace I

[68:28]wish you were there on the day of and the 13th of

[68:35]to witness your brother an Arab poet says don't say that Hussein

[68:48]wasn't bath he was indeed bathed but in a different way instead

[69:01]of being bathed with water he was bathed with the blood gushing

[69:07]out of his jugular vein don't tell me that Hussein wasn't shrouded

[69:17]don't tell me that he wasn't turned around during the bathing during

[69:24]the he was indeed turned around by the hoves of the horses

[69:32]don't tell me that he wasn't shrouded he was shrouded by all

[69:42]the blades and the swords and the spears he adds one more

[69:47]verse he says don't tell me that Hussein didn't have a funeral

[69:55]then how would you explain his head being raised on a spike

[70:03]and paraded through the desert from town to town and City to

[70:12]City

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