Imam Hussain's Tips On Building Muscle - Sheikh Mohammed Al-Hilli | The Birth of Imam Hussain (AS)

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[6:17]brother Muhammad for the wonderful recitation let's give another loud Muhammad muhamad

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[7:29]way from the UK Muhammad who who I guess a short background

[7:35]of Muhammad he's the executive director of the N Islamic education in

[7:39]the UK he has over a decade experience in the field of

[7:45]Pharmacy as well as studying in the hza in the Islamic college

[7:48]hza at the UK as well as in as well as in

[7:53]Naf he is also an author of many books and me and

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[8:03]welcome with three loud Muhammad good fine ald Muhammad for the purification

[9:46]of the souls the enlightenment of the hearts the acceptance of the

[9:49]deeds and for the hastening of the reappearance of the awaited Savior

[9:53]sh Enlighten your souls and the atmosphere with the recitation of salawat

[9:57]upon Muhammad Muhammad muham respected Scholars Elders sisters and brothers I'm delighted

[10:11]to give you some good news now if I had a blood

[10:19]pressure machine that can measure each and every individual's pulse and blood

[10:24]pressure we find many here are in a state of perhaps a

[10:27]little bit of an excitement or anticip ipation to hear what the

[10:33]good news is each and every person as human beings we are

[10:37]desperate and we are eager to hear positivity something that brings about

[10:46]a form of joy and happiness to us of course good news

[10:50]could be subjective you and I could hear something which could necessarily

[10:55]be good but receive it in a bad way I remember a

[11:01]story where somebody was taking his wife to the Maternity Ward at

[11:04]the hospital she was about to give birth and when they got

[11:07]into the hospital he said to her listen I am not somebody

[11:14]who can deal with the child birth I'm going to wait here

[11:19]you go and deliver and once the baby is out I will

[11:21]come and be next to you she says fine she goes and

[11:25]the nurse take her so he sits in the waiting room there

[11:30]are two other the men sitting next to him also waiting also

[11:33]not willing to go and being next to their wives so after

[11:39]uh a few minutes the nurse comes out and says to the

[11:41]first man who's sitting and says excuse me I have some great

[11:45]news for you your wife has just given birth so he says

[11:47]to her is it a boy or a girl and she said

[11:53]you have been blessed with twins he smiles he laughs he stands

[11:57]up and looks at the other two men and says this can't

[12:00]be a coincidence they say to him why he says I work

[12:06]for the hotel chain Double Tree and so God has blessed me

[12:11]with two so he goes after a while the nurse comes out

[12:14]looks at the second man and says great news you are now

[12:19]a father your wife has given birth so he says a boy

[12:21]or a girl she says it's the first time in many years

[12:25]that I've seen triplets he smiles he looks at the final man

[12:28]and says this is believable needs to be put on Instagram why

[12:33]I work for a company that's based in Minnesota known as 3M

[12:38]it produces adhesives cellot tapes so it must be a coincidence or

[12:46]something of a miracle that I work for a company that has

[12:48]a number three and I'm blessed with three children now he goes

[12:52]away this poor man is waiting and he's sitting by himself in

[12:56]this room now what the hospital staff witness is that he is

[12:59]sweating profusely he's walking back and forth he is shaking so people

[13:05]come to him and say excuse me are you okay he says

[13:06]how can I be okay I work for seven up many a

[13:13]times many a times good news can be received negatively however imagine

[13:22]the news that was declared when it comes to this amazing human

[13:28]being the grandson of the holy prophet the son of Ali and

[13:36]Fatima the one whose name rejuvenates and giv so much power and

[13:41]energy and excitement and indeed commitment the individual who is celebrated in

[13:47]the heavens as well as on this Earth a human being that

[13:53]is so close to you and I a human being that is

[13:54]so inspirational so motivational the holy third IM birth with something outstanding

[14:10]and a news that bought happiness and true Delight to the holy

[14:16]prophet muh but it wasn't only the prophet who was delighted by

[14:30]this news we have in the book in the book all these

[14:42]they narrate the following the holy [Music] imagine is congratulating the holy

[15:07]prophet he is congratulating the angels as well as jbel he's congratulating

[15:15]all of his creation and this Hussein's name is a name that

[15:21]was chosen by none other than his Lord the re says which

[15:28]is found narrated by in his as well as that says Adam

[15:33]when he was created this is a narration from the holy prophet

[15:39][Laughter] says he looked towards the right of the throne and then

[15:53]said he finds five things five Creations so he asks Allah he

[15:59]says him oh Allah have you created anyone before me and the

[16:09]response is no then Adam continues and says who are these people

[16:17]these five I can see their names Allah says then he says

[16:51]they have been given names from my names this Hussein this special

[17:20]individual whose name galvanizes us from all around the world has not

[17:29]only inspired us from birth has not only made us special for

[17:33]our attachment to his principles and values but he's also inspired non-muslims

[17:38]too how many non-muslims today you have come across who have indeed

[17:46]somehow heard about many years ago I had an interview online with

[17:51]an American Pastor his name was John Shu he lived in Oregon

[17:57]sadly he's now passed away some of you may have heard about

[18:00]him now John Shak was somebody who heard about IM Hussein Alam

[18:03]through his own congregation so because of the Interfaith work some of

[18:09]the followers of B would come and visit him and they introduced

[18:12]IM Hussein Alam to him so what happened was that he became

[18:20]more interested about carala and the story of the 10th of muharam

[18:24]and he decided to embark on the Journey of AR an American

[18:27]Christian pastor decided to go in 2018 and take part in the

[18:32]AR walk now before he did that he asked me because of

[18:37]the book that I've written about ARB for an interview so I

[18:39]spoke to him for about an hour and he was very excited

[18:44]then I followed his journey on Facebook he used to post pictures

[18:48]and videos of his walk towards carala from Naf filming many things

[18:56]with his companion I saw something which was fascinating he said when

[19:01]I reached the area where I can see the shrine of Hussein

[19:05]I could not help but chant with everyone else who is around

[19:10]me and follow what they were saying and he wrote on his

[19:16]Facebook post which still exists today he said all I could hear

[19:19]and all I could say although I am not an Arabic speaker

[19:25]was what they kept saying and I repeated after them what were

[19:30]they saying Hussein he said I followed and I said Hussein so

[19:36]what he did was he had a post on Facebook with an

[19:41]image of the shine of IM Hussein an American Christian pastor and

[19:45]all he wrote was Hussein in English Subhan Allah individuals who are

[19:51]even not necessarily following IM Hussein Alam have discovered his excellence and

[19:59]his Beauty because if today I was to ask you an important

[20:03]question Define Hussein Ali who is he some may say his sacrifice

[20:10]some may say his freedom some may say his human rights some

[20:13]may say his loyalty some may say he is God centricity some

[20:17]may say he is the defender of women's rights some may say

[20:21]he is son of the holy prophet son of there are so

[20:28]many descriptions one individual amongst many who tried to Define Hussein Ali

[20:32]stood up and says all these are amazing shall I tell you

[20:37]what defines him Hussein is Hussein that is the name that brings

[20:45]about all these virtues all these amazing characteristics and that is the

[20:50]name that has indeed inspired so many human beings and continues today

[20:55]to be one of the world's most powerful superpowers that brings about

[21:01]people from different parts of the world all in his remembrance now

[21:06]tonight's talk has an interesting title I've had a few who have

[21:16]raised eyebrows and have asked why is the title of the speech

[21:21]Imam Hussein alam's tips for strengthening muscle now what is interesting is

[21:28]that many around the world today are becoming accustomed to the idea

[21:34]that to develop physical muscles in the body is a good thing

[21:38]we've been told by those who are experts in Fitness for example

[21:46]those who are uh leading uh individuals in the world of exercise

[21:51]and sports that gaining muscle is beneficial to you and I in

[21:58]which way is it beneficial well not only does it help us

[22:00]to become stronger human beings it is also one that helps the

[22:06]bones in the body it helps us to process the food it

[22:08]is a protection from energy it enhances quality of life it is

[22:15]something that accelerates weight loss if you have more body mass as

[22:19]far as muscle is concerned it is something that increases metabolic rate

[22:24]it's great for the heart it's great for mental health etc etc

[22:28]studies of shown here in the United States that only 30% of

[22:34]the population engage in muscle strengthening activities stuff like for example push-ups

[22:40]pull-ups using dumbbells going to the gym etc etc now what is

[22:46]fascinating of course is that the religion of Islam does not ignore

[22:51]the element of physical strength that this is something that we see

[22:56]encouraged in the Holy Quran as well as the narrations of the

[22:59]am and if you want to focus on that physical strength and

[23:03]the idea of building muscle then you'll find interestingly that the were

[23:09]not individuals who suddenly miraculously became so strong in the battlefield without

[23:14]necessarily enough training and being prepared to do what they did I

[23:22]saw a narration in that once the holy prophet muhamad Alam he

[23:33]saw he was seen sitting in the house ofam and seeing IM

[23:38]Al Hassan and IM Hussein wrestling so he was supporting this particular

[23:45]sport taking place so they were wrestling each other the re says

[23:49]when they were wrestling say FAA was drawn to the fact that

[23:56]the holy prophet was encouraging Imam Hassan he was saying to IM

[24:01]Hassan Hass come on you could do this you could beat your

[24:04]brother so as a mother she was a bit surprised she said

[24:09]to him Yol Allah why are you just encouraging my son Hassan

[24:13]why just him so the prophet looks at her and says next

[24:19]to me I can see jbra he is encouraging my son Hussein

[24:23]that is what that is what is found in narrations so the

[24:28]holy prophet of Islam without a shadow of a doubt encourages physical

[24:32]exercise strength the building of muscles all this is amazing but what

[24:38]fascinates me what I'd like to shed light upon in the next

[24:43]few minutes and I'd like your attention because this idea is phenomenal

[24:48]and what draws my attention in the life of this holy individual

[24:52]say sh peace and blessings be upon Him is a muscle that

[24:57]he perfect Ed and strengthened in the best possible way and you

[25:04]and I could also follow in its footsteps and this muscle is

[25:08]of great importance to you and I we must develop it we

[25:14]must grow it as females and males any age anywhere why because

[25:18]we desperately need it 2024 my dear sisters brothers was a tough

[25:25]year for the Believers 2024 was a year that made some people

[25:28]question God 2024 people saw genocide people saw massacres taking place whether

[25:36]it's in Gaza whether it's in Lebanon whether it is in many

[25:43]other parts of the world people somehow looked at this and said

[25:46]what's going on I find it very hard to understand we lost

[25:52]loved ones we lost lost great Scholars we lost individuals that we

[25:55]looked up to all our lives and people till now are struggling

[25:58]Ling to somehow understand it all to somehow explain how this has

[26:06]happened and by the way this doesn't necessarily mean it's over now

[26:09]if we look at our own personal lives each and every one

[26:14]of us may have gone through hardships trials difficulties people who are

[26:20]Scholars get this on a daily basis and by the way may

[26:22]Allah bless those who are dealing with individuals who are facing hardships

[26:29]and difficulties because sometimes they themselves need support it's only much that

[26:33]you can hear from the pain and the suffering that many people

[26:39]are enduring my mother someone would say has just been diagnosed with

[26:44]cancer someone says I'm going through a terrible experience in my marriage

[26:48]a third person says that I've just lost my business entirely a

[26:51]fourth person says my son has just said that he is part

[26:56]of the lgbtq another person comes forward and says I'm finding it

[27:01]really really hard as far as my faith is concerned I can't

[27:03]connect with God I'm questioning everything and I can't practice My Religion

[27:09]etc etc there is no one and I'm sure of this in

[27:14]this room or anyone else who later watches this will come forward

[27:18]and say I'm not going through any pain I'm not going through

[27:22]any difficulty I'm not going through any hardship whatsoever now what's so

[27:29]interesting is we need a muscle within that developed so brilliantly through

[27:34]a particular form of exercise that he was able to deal with

[27:39]these hardships and difficulties and was a master that inspired others around

[27:45]him and can inspire you and I today IM tells us what

[27:59]this muscle is he defines this muscle he says yah Hussein the

[28:10]angels of the heavens are outstanded and are bewildered they're surprised by

[28:19]the power of your patience now this resilience this steadfastness this ability

[28:24]to deal with all the pains and the hardships of life is

[28:29]something that you and I have heard about many many times in

[28:33]fact when we go through pain often people tell us sa sa

[28:39]sa be patient it's okay when someone who is close to us

[28:41]passes away and we shed some tears I've seen this when we

[28:47]are in burial ceremonies or in FIS you hear people who will

[28:50]come to somebody who's crying and say it's okay don't cry especially

[28:56]for men and they say to them it's not good for men

[28:58]to cry it's not a sign that you are patient therefore don't

[29:04]cry hold yourself back right or for example someone came to me

[29:09]and said I've heard so many lectures about patience that I've began

[29:13]to understand that patience means that when I am facing hardship I

[29:16]just stay silent I do nothing about it so I said what

[29:20]do you mean he said one day I went through to my

[29:25]house and I saw a thief a burglar who stealing things and

[29:28]I just stood there and I looked at him and he was

[29:32]taking stuff from the house and I said to him what did

[29:36]you do he said nothing I said why he said M said

[29:38]so I was patient I was patient I said did you offer

[29:44]him tabula fat bani something your patient that's what patience is is

[29:55]that our understanding now the moment somebody mentions SA what's the first

[29:59]thing that comes to your mind something bitter something negative something hard

[30:04]yeah I'm going to hold myself back from complaining to others I'm

[30:08]going to hold myself back from complaining against Allah subhana tala because

[30:12]that's what the definition of sa is in the eyes of many

[30:14]scholars of that I'm not going to complain about Allah and what's

[30:18]happening to me so I'm going to be patient but it's hard

[30:22]it's not a good experience it's not something I'd like to do

[30:25]but I have to do it because my religion tells me it's

[30:31]good isn't it we've been given that image of patience that unfortunately

[30:36]may not necessarily give a true reflection of this wonderful amazing quality

[30:43]now I just want you to remember these nine points very briefly

[30:47]in the Quran and in the Hadith regarding what it means to

[30:55]be embracing a special type of sa if you look at the

[30:59]Quran there are more than 100 references that Allah discusses this important

[31:06]virtue all you believe be patient but also help others so it's

[31:11]not only me that I have to go through this journey I

[31:13]have to be an agent of spreading this number two it is

[31:17]so key it goes hand inand with seeking truthfulness number three those

[31:24]who are patient Allah says on the day of judgment I will

[31:27]not hold them account accountable they will enter Paradise without any form

[31:38]of measure number four prophets were chosen due to their patience the

[31:47]Quran says number five imams were chosen because of their patience because

[31:56]they were patient we chose them number six says you cannot be

[32:03]a believer except that you are patient the patience when it comes

[32:08]to Faith is like the head to the body you've all heard

[32:10]this narration if the head is separated from the body then the

[32:12]body cannot survive if facies does not exist Iman does not exist

[32:19]you and I need help number seven Allah says seek help using

[32:26]yes many mu say here refers to fasting but overall it starts

[32:33]off with patience similarly number eight Allah subhana loves it great news

[32:45]for those who are patient likewise Allah is and we have Hadith

[32:53]that says seek the ethics of Allah yes and if I want

[32:58]to get close to Allah I want to also become a Sabor

[33:02]now what is it that we need to seek instead of this

[33:06]negative patience that we sometimes have developed over our lives what is

[33:11]it that this muscle that Hussein Ali had Hussein did not have

[33:14]the bitter patience that it's hard to swallow Hussein did not have

[33:17]that negative sa that sometimes we force ourselves to experience when we

[33:24]go through pain and suffering Hussein had what the Quran says in

[33:29]the story of Y and Y when was told the news that

[33:39]his son his second son Benyamin or Benjamin is now not coming

[33:43]back and he's been held by the minister in Egypt who of

[33:51]course was his son YF but it was not something apparent he

[33:57]says for and in Allah subhana waala comes forward and tells you

[34:05]and I Allah commands us to be of the patient ones but

[34:15]not normal patience I call it the beautiful patience the special patience

[34:20]now the very important realization and the question that I'd like to

[34:25]ask you and I to reflect upon what is the difference difference

[34:29]between you and I exhibiting sa steadfastness and being of those who

[34:38]are enjoying patience beautiful patience have you ever gone through patience and

[34:41]thought with yourself that is something beautiful that is something that I've

[34:45]enjoyed it's something that I embrace it's something that I am happy

[34:51]to do or not now this is what I'd like you to

[34:53]think about how do I develop this muscle how this is a

[35:00]muscle within I need to stretch it today many who are experts

[35:05]in the body tell you if you want to build muscle you

[35:07]need to stretch it that's why people go to the gym or

[35:11]they do these exercises it's all about stretching muscle I need to

[35:15]stretch my muscle within which is called the muscle of patience theoretically

[35:18]and I need to develop what's known as the the beautiful muscle

[35:23]how do I do it the number one key please mark this

[35:31]the number one exercise the number one tool the number one means

[35:37]to attain sub is understood by the following story is where is

[35:46]leading B is please focus on this because many times in our

[35:50]struggles we need keys that unlock these Mysteries he's leading B is

[35:58]where in order to save them from The Wretched grip of f

[36:02]when he leads them in the deserts for years they begin to

[36:07]complain they're going through difficulty pain hardship in which way they don't

[36:11]have water they don't have enough food they're being dragged from one

[36:14]place to another it's hot they're in the desert they come to

[36:18]M they say to him y Allah we've had enough we can't

[36:23]deal with this anymore we need some respite we need some help

[36:27]so get out of this misery help us M gathers them it's

[36:32]time to make an announcement they're all waiting for some form of

[36:37]help from Allah subhana tala now they're going to be relieved from

[36:40]their distress now they're going to be given some form of respite

[36:45]they all are gathered and the Quran tells us what M made

[36:50]the Declaration in Chapter 14 verse number seven Allah is making a

[37:03]declaration if you are grateful I will give you more question I

[37:06]have to be grateful for all the pain that I've gone through

[37:12]for all the things that I don't have for all the suffering

[37:14]that I've endured so B is look at M and say excuse

[37:20]me I have to say thank you for all this how what

[37:24]does it make sense does it make sense that I'm supposed to

[37:30]somehow exhibit gratitude and thankfulness when I am exhibiting and I'm feeling

[37:37]so much pain does it make any sense at all now IM

[37:42]whom we are also celebrating his auspicious anniversary of his birth one

[37:48]day according to riah lost an animal of his he had an

[37:57]animal that perhaps he wanted and when he lost it he came

[38:03]forward and said this he said if if Allah gives me back

[38:17]this animal I will thank him in a way that he will

[38:23]be pleased with after a while he found the animal he went

[38:26]down into sajada and everyone was desperate to hear what is this

[38:32]that Imam is going to say in which it encompasses all the

[38:37]thanks to Allah subhana wa tala and his praise and all he

[38:41]said was alhamdulillah and he sat down so he looked at him

[38:47]and said what is this I thought you're going to say something

[38:53]amazing you're going to give us a massive Dua you're going to

[38:56]give us a massive description of of thanks to he comes forward

[39:02]and says I have not left anything I have said all praise

[39:12]belongs to Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala now for the next few minutes

[39:15]I'd like you and I to reflect upon this important tool in

[39:22]this journey of expressing gratitude to Allah which is so unique to

[39:27]develop this within and that is the word alhamdulillah this alhamdulillah my

[39:34]dear sister Brothers I feel personally in my humble journey is one

[39:38]of the most misunderstood terms in Islam one of the most mispred

[39:44]terms in Islam let me tell you why let me tell you

[39:49]why if today God forbid may Allah protect you all may Allah

[39:52]subhana T give you long life I remember a few years ago

[39:56]I was blessed to be here in 2017 or 18 faia and

[40:00]I was coming back from Toledo and I had a massive car

[40:02]accident because there was a lot of snow God bless Detroit and

[40:09]debor lovely to see no snow here but I the car was

[40:10]hit by another car I was coming back and Subhan Allah allaha

[40:15]saved us and then alhamdulillah had the honor to come straight away

[40:18]from the accident and give the Magus here in this Hall and

[40:24]I remember changing the subject completely and I don't know if anyone

[40:28]of you was there but I said look Allah has just saved

[40:31]my life just saved my life right now at that moment you

[40:37]expect me to say alhamdulillah isn't it when I called my wife

[40:40]I called my family I said alhamdulillah Allah saved me that's fine

[40:43]we normally say that don't we but when we are in pain

[40:49]and something's not going right I've seen sisters and brothers say the

[40:52]following for example someone comes to them and says how is your

[40:57]father treating you when it comes to you for example wanting somebody

[41:01]for marriage alhamdulillah what can I do they're using alhamdulillah but not

[41:05]sincerely in which way saying you know alhamdulillah what can I do

[41:13]he that's it that's life right so in some occasions alhamdulillah has

[41:17]become a term which we utter but it's not from the heart

[41:20]because I just need to say it yes all praises to Allah

[41:25]something's happen and whatever is happening and it's so be it right

[41:30]alhamdulillah is misunderstood in which way alhamdulillah is misunderstood in which way

[41:37]let me give you a realization alhamdulillah for what happened in Gazza

[41:51]alhamdulillah for what happened last year in Lebanon alhamdulillah for covid-19 alhamdulillah

[42:06]for the thousands that were massacred by terrorists like d in Iraq

[42:11]for many many years alhamdulillah does that sound strange thank you when

[42:24]somebody's hit with pain with difficulty yes do you expect them to

[42:31]say alhamdulillah when somebody's going through tough times or they just for

[42:33]example for example they have somebody God forbid has just lost a

[42:41]baby miscarriage are you okay alhamdulillah I've just lost a baby you

[42:45]okay you've just lost a baby alhamdulillah right or somebody might come

[42:52]say alhamdulillah Donald Trump has become a president alhamdulillah at the end

[43:01]of the day what happens people raise eyebrows and say excuse me

[43:04]what does that actually mean are we actually understanding it or are

[43:11]we specific to its usage have we limited it do we really

[43:17]understand what it implies in our lives the next few minutes let

[43:23]me just take you towards a slightly simplified understanding of this term

[43:30]but it's very important in the grand scheme of things in the

[43:33]way we view things and then we begin to understand how used

[43:39]it if you look at this tww term alhamdulillah it is so

[43:43]powerful and amazing it's the first thing you and I mention after

[43:48]in our Salah do you agree after the how many times do

[43:54]we recite it every single day how many times counting Counting counting

[44:03]10 times simple yesah f is recited twice every Salah we say

[44:10]alhamdulillah 10 times every day right at the beginning of our Salah

[44:19]similarly what do we do we read many duas of the many

[44:20]of them start with alhamdulillah right similarly we find the Dua of

[44:35]right at the same time this is beautiful what do people of

[44:42]paradise speak have you ever wondered about Jenna one of the most

[44:46]fascinating topics which I think has to be spoken about again and

[44:49]again and again especially with youngsters especially with people who are not

[44:55]necessarily connecting with religion is J and the features of Jenna because

[44:58]often when I gather people and I tell them tell me about

[45:01]Paradise they're like yeah it's an amazing place but you know it's

[45:04]just somewhere there right they can't really explain what's going on whereas

[45:09]the Quran delves into so much detail about Paradise one of the

[45:14]things that the Quran says about Jenna is what they speak about

[45:17]what their conversation is all about one of the things the Quran

[45:20]says is that they love to say alhamdulillah ald Quran says that

[45:29]they will always praise Allah that you know what all pain is

[45:34]now relieved from us and the final thing that they say to

[45:38]each other when they meet each other is what guess what's the

[45:40]final thing when you meet people in Jenna you're about to move

[45:45]away because there are so many amazing Pleasures right somebody once said

[45:50]to me give me an example of the pleasures you can have

[45:53]I said to them you you tell me what have you read

[45:56]in the Quran they said said you will have rivers of milk

[46:00]and honey does the idea of rivers of milk and honey excite

[46:06]you because you could be a millionaire and buy all the milk

[46:12]and the honey in Walmart and Target and you'll be fine does

[46:15]he excite you I said to him this is a metaphor for

[46:21]something that is what something that's desirable he said like what I

[46:26]said you can have Rivers of Nella you can have rivers of

[46:33]whatever drink that you prefer right he said like what I said

[46:41]you can have for example milk and you can pray people like

[46:43]me are standing next to it so you can have milkshake but

[46:47]it's a bad joke right the idea is that when it comes

[46:49]to Jenna it's unlimited right but the last thing that they would

[46:56]say to each other is aldd they say alhamd the final thing

[47:06]that they would say now question very interesting question what do you

[47:13]think is the most delicious food in Paradise the most brilliant food

[47:18]in J yes some may say it's whatever you wish could be

[47:27]for example Don could be for some people kib you know I

[47:30]know the Lebanese Community they love the kiban yes I had it

[47:36]once in Lebanon and I was sick for three days because my

[47:38]stomach can't take aan and since then people have begged me to

[47:43]have it but you know bad experience um it could be anything

[47:47]right people might say whatever food you have in Jenna is the

[47:52]best right now we have a beautifuli from IM that he says

[47:59]the best the most delicious the most outstanding food so to speak

[48:05]that you can have in [Applause] Paradise now this alhamdulillah is a

[48:22]special gift from Allah subhana tala for us why please understand this

[48:27]you and I are told there is something called shukur alhamdulillah is

[48:33]not shuk shukur is to be grateful to something or somebody who

[48:38]has done some favors upon you right but it doesn't mean that

[48:43]you praise them someone helped you for example when you had a

[48:47]problem in your car they stopped by and they helped you fix

[48:49]your car let's say you say to them thank you so much

[48:52]but you're not praising them you're not telling them wow you're amazing

[48:55]you're a brilliant human being you just say thank you and that's

[48:58]shukur praise could be something which what which when you see a

[49:05]nice feature in somebody you praise them but you're not necessarily thanking

[49:08]them there's nothing to thank them because they haven't necessarily helped you

[49:10]right you see someone who is excellent in poetry or you see

[49:14]for example someone who's brilliant in AI technology and you say wow

[49:17]mashallah you're so good in this but you're not thanking them when

[49:22]it comes to alham it is what is an Arabic word that

[49:25]combines it combines all these in one word it is praise it

[49:34]is thanks it is glorification and it is one that can only

[49:38]be given to Allah subhanahu wa taala and what is interesting is

[49:44]when we say alhamdulillah we don't say or please understand the difference

[49:52]when I say alhamdulillah I could instead say we are praising God

[50:00]or right but instead we say alhamdulillah why this is very important

[50:06]for us to understand because we can never achieve the level of

[50:13]Praise that Allah subhana wa tala deserves theel of alham that he

[50:18]deserves and number two whether we praise him or not he is

[50:25]praiseworthy Allah says he deserves praise whether we give it or not

[50:34]doesn't matter and whether we praise him or not it doesn't impact

[50:41]him either now why is this alhamdulillah one of the most powerful

[50:44]exercises if we are not just saying it but understanding it to

[50:48]strengthen the muscle of beautiful patience in our body in our soul

[50:54]in our hearts why because my dear sisters and brothers sadly we've

[50:59]become in tune with negativity in life I know every time we

[51:03]see something we have to find the fault in it every time

[51:07]we are presented with something we have to find something that's wrong

[51:11]with it right there's always this fault finding search that goes on

[51:16]in our lives for everything we somehow have become engineered to look

[51:19]for shortcomings and things right isn't it I remember in many communities

[51:30]when they do these weddings they give for example different kinds of

[51:34]food in the community their only food that they give usually is

[51:40]the food known as Biryani so it's a very common thing in

[51:42]the k Community and the Pakistani community that they give bani right

[51:45]so once there was a really nice wedding where mallah it was

[51:49]done in in in Canada everything was great the speech was great

[51:53]everyone was really happy the sweets that were given was good right

[51:56]but it so happened that it was a Biryani that did not

[52:01]have meat because the person who was getting married hated having meat

[52:04]and he was a vegetarian so he decided that the Biryani is

[52:09]what vegetarian the comments afterwards the people's analysis this was the worst

[52:14]wedding this was I've never seen aah as bad as this but

[52:21]hold on a minute everything else was good except this yes of

[52:23]course how can you not have meat meat is so important I

[52:31]read a statistic in the UK that the Muslims in the UK

[52:33]I don't know about the statistic here in the US but the

[52:36]UK Muslims make up 2% of the population they eat 10% of

[52:42]the meat in the UK Subhan Allah anyway so the idea that

[52:45]exists is we are engineered to find something which is wrong not

[52:48]necessarily to look at overall picture if they a white piece of

[52:52]paper and there is a black dot in it I'm focusing on

[52:53]that black dot I'm not looking at the wide piece of paper

[52:58]right Allah wants to retrain us wants to make us more positive

[53:01]by saying you know what even if you're in the most difficult

[53:05]most painful situation remember any positivity in it and say alhamdulillah number

[53:09]one remember anything that could be good in it and say alhamdulillah

[53:13]because you may not know you may dislike something but it's good

[53:19]for you so look for something that actually is good in something

[53:26]and maybe alhamdulillah helps you to necessarily look beyond their pain and

[53:34]their negativity similarly my dear sisters and brothers alhamdulillah is an expression

[53:40]of sincere submission to the demand to the command and the decree

[53:47]of Allah subhana wa tala which is one of the most powerful

[53:50]yet the most difficult thing to practice Imam was asked what is

[53:53]Faith he said 99% of faith is AAS is to submit now

[54:01]people find it really hard to accept what's happening into their their

[54:05]lives or what's happening around them right because they cannot see beyond

[54:10]they cannot see what Allah subhana wa tala has planned and this

[54:14]example often I get like the respected Scholars I get people coming

[54:17]in and you know they're saying I'm going through so much hardships

[54:21]with my relationship I'm suffering with my illness I can't deal with

[54:25]it and it helped me personally by the way I don't often

[54:27]talk about my personal experience but many people say we can connect

[54:31]a bit more but alhamdulillah and I mean it generally not just

[54:34]saying it alhamdulillah my son in 209 some of you know because

[54:36]I was supposed to be in this blessed place in the month

[54:39]of Ramadan and I couldn't make it he was diagnosed with cancer

[54:42]and he was 12 leukemia he was count diagnosed and for three

[54:46]and a half years he went through uh extensive chemotherapy but what

[54:51]is interesting was that taught me the practice of the theory that

[54:55]I sought to understand my myself but also present to my respected

[54:59]sisters and brothers and that's what Allah has a plan Allah waala

[55:05]for each and every individual has a specific plan yes and nobody

[55:13]can change it and we have two choices and people ask me

[55:17]often what is my favorite Hadith one of my favorite isi remember

[55:22]this Hadith it changed my life I'm sure it will change yours

[55:25]this Hadith is found in Sunni and Sh literature oh the son

[55:35]of Adam you want something and I want something but what will

[55:41]happen is what I want if you submit to what I want

[55:51]I will give you what you want if you submit to what

[56:01]I want Allah says I will give you what you want but

[56:05]if you don't I will make you tired in the pursuit of

[56:07]what you want but at the end what will happen is what

[56:13]I want imagine Subhan Allah you apply this to your own life

[56:16]how many times did you resist resisting the idea that you said

[56:18]Ya Allah why I don't like this I don't want this I

[56:23]don't accept this you won't find relief you won't find a passage

[56:28]out you'll find even further pain and suffering as you go along

[56:33]now if you take this idea even further you begin to understand

[56:37]an important powerful realization those 47,000 slaughtered in Gaza those four five

[56:45]6,000 innocent souls in Lebanon those all individuals who are suffering around

[56:50]the world those who died because of the earthquakes in Tura and

[56:53]in Syria a few years ago 65 5,000 alhamdulillah for those earthquakes

[57:00]why why do we say alhamdulillah that young baby those of you

[57:05]who are mothers you can relate to this and parents and Fathers

[57:10]as well when you have a baby and it's time for the

[57:12]baby to be vaccinated what happens the baby screams in pain do

[57:18]you agree do the parents cry as well not really yes the

[57:23]mother may shut some tears because the baby is crying but the

[57:26]mother and the father are doing it why because they know it's

[57:30]good but is the baby happy that he's been vaccinated no why

[57:34]it's probably thinking why you hurting me but the doctor and the

[57:39]parents is saying listen I know you're going through pain but it's

[57:43]good for you it's better for you Allah subhah wa ta'ala makes

[57:49]us go through these hardships we cannot see but he says I

[57:53]have a plan submit and you'll see the difference you will see

[57:56]but you've got to believe you've got to submit so when I

[58:02]say alhamdulillah I embrace it I understand it and the more I

[58:07]am grateful and thankful the more I can become of those who

[58:11]enjoy patience is to look at what's happening and to say alhamdulillah

[58:15]in which way look at if you examine his life there was

[58:22]the theory and there was the practice and I'll end with this

[58:24]the theory was what his words and his supplications as we celebrate

[58:32]his auspicious birth maybe maybe it's an opportunity to go back to

[58:37]some of the duas that he recited especially Dua and 18 supplications

[58:40]He recited on the day of Ash how many 18 and I

[58:49]studied these 18 and I was thinking when you are deprived of

[58:55]water for a few days you are surrounded you're over 100 not

[58:59]72 you're over 100 individuals you're surrounded by an army that's 30,000

[59:05]approximately you are knowing that you will be slaughtered very soon your

[59:09]family will be taken as captives right you're the grandson of the

[59:14]holy prophet what do you say to Allah most of us will

[59:18]say Ya Allah please please please get me out of here please

[59:22]I'm desperate I need help please give me water please save me

[59:25]wouldn't we say that look at the words of before that look

[59:31]at du what's the number one theme in Du Al that's it

[59:36]alham and we don't have time for me to read some of

[59:41]the the parts in Arabic I'll just translate it very quickly Imam

[59:44]goes on in Du he says Ya Allah you created me from

[59:49]dust you put me in the loin of my parents you you

[59:52]put me in the family of belief you gave me Health you

[59:54]gave me a merciful mother I don't know where to start Ya

[60:02]Allah with all the favors that you have given me then he

[60:05]says I swear I bear witness from my conscience the light of

[60:09]my sight the lines of my forehead the nasal cavities inside of

[60:12]my lips the socket of my pet from the flesh the blood

[60:17]the skin the hair the joints the ribs the nerves the bones

[60:20]the brains all my organs all the ages all the times if

[60:26]I do all the effort that I can to thank you it

[60:31]will never be enough to thank you for one of these favors

[60:33]because first I need to thank you for giving me the opportunity

[60:37]to thank you this is Hussein Ali he was the master of

[60:44]alhamdulillah he was the master of genuine sincere thankfulness and praise of

[60:50]Allah subhanahu waa on the day of a the first Dua what

[60:55]did he say to Allah yes then he goes on to say

[61:08]you are the master of every blessing in the plains ofala is

[61:20]saying blessings amazing blessings why fast forward a few days kufa one

[61:27]of the teachers ofala one of the special individuals close to Hussein

[61:34]Ali his Brave loyal altruistic mountain of patience sister is asked by

[61:45]the you've all heard this yes one of the most famous lines

[61:51]we all know it I have not seen except Beauty Zab mastered

[61:55]thanks and praise alham why she could have said you know what

[62:00]it was so difficult I don't know where to start but you

[62:03]won't break us yes we are broken as far as we've lost

[62:07]our loved ones and we are in a bad State she could

[62:12]have said that but she everything was beautiful notice that a true

[62:17]friend of Allah has reached that level where by the lens by

[62:19]which they look at things is different to how many how people

[62:25]look at it yes now my dear sisters and brothers I'd like

[62:28]to just end by this that if we want to practice patience

[62:31]in the best possible way trust me if you and I want

[62:37]to be of those who have the that had the that Z

[62:44]had that had that also celebrating his auspicious birth also had these

[62:51]Heroes of must if we want it then we must to tr

[62:56]must train the muscle Within by exercising Praise of Allah and understanding

[63:02]alhamdulillah and applying it to every aspect of Our Lives because we

[63:06]are so honored and I'll end with this beautiful story that I

[63:11]heard a few months ago that really really resonated with me there

[63:15]is a a scholar today he's a historian in Iraq that I

[63:21]have a friend of mine who is a servant Hussein and he

[63:27]has been serving Z of Hussein for years where inala even at

[63:33]the time of the desport Sadam he used to provide for the

[63:37]Z you know the rugs that they would sit on to perform

[63:39]Z in the sah and he continued to serve the Z of

[63:45]IM Hussein even after Allah removed the despotic regime now he says

[63:49]one day we were traveling together the Sheikh who's now alhamdulillah in

[63:52]carala alive he said I looked at this Hajj and he was

[63:56]reflec so I said to him AB his name is why are

[63:59]you in this state he said to him I'm going to tell

[64:02]you something but necessarily you're not going to believe it he said

[64:04]tell me what he said we've come for Zar ofala and IM

[64:08]Hussein this Thursday but next Thursday I won't be here he said

[64:12]where will you be where are you going are you traveling anywhere

[64:15]he says yes I'm not going to be alive next week so

[64:19]the she said do you know how do you know you're going

[64:25]to die he said to him now let me tell you this

[64:27]that a few days ago I saw something which is unbelievable in

[64:32]my dreams yes in my dream I saw myself in the shore

[64:35]with many thousands of people and there was a massive sea and

[64:40]there was small these bellam you know small boats and these people

[64:43]were being carried and I stepped onto this small boat and we

[64:47]were in the sea and when all of a sudden we saw

[64:48]a massive beautiful ship that is so large but I so amazing

[64:54]I've never seen a ship like this ever in my life before

[65:01]I was captivated by it so I asked those who were taking

[65:04]us what is this ship they saidin this is the ship of

[65:11]Hussein of course Hussein is the ship of Salvation and the lantern

[65:18]of guidance he said that we were all guided into towards the

[65:22]ship so I could see thousands of people inside the ship and

[65:24]I see these creations of Allah which later began to understand that

[65:27]they Mala completely white I couldn't see their faces he said then

[65:30]what I saw shocked me people began to throw themselves from the

[65:37]ship onto the water drowning in the hundreds and desperately I sought

[65:41]to save them I came to save them but these creations of

[65:45]God who are standing there watching them looked at me and said

[65:50]don't don't do anything let them so I asked them why are

[65:53]they throwing themselves into the water what is going on on they

[65:58]said to me these individuals had a chance to remain in the

[66:04]ship of Hussein but they chose to leave it they chose to

[66:09]drown yes don't lose Hussein yes today if I'm a true Hussein

[66:18]I need to be exhibiting in my life and for that to

[66:21]happen I need to change the way I look at what's happening

[66:26]around the world from a lens of a Believer who's submissive to

[66:29]Allah and understands that Allah has a plan for everything and never

[66:33]give up never despondent but completely tranquil with the decree and the

[66:40]plan of the almighty subhanahu wa taala so that I can be

[66:47]individuals who remain and this Haj Abu Zab said that angel of

[66:50]Allah looked at me and said next week you will be with

[66:54]Hussein this shikh said when he told me this I was a

[67:00]bit you know with dreams most of us were're not that sure

[67:02]with dreams so he said I I took it he said a

[67:05]few days later I heard that Hussein has passed away and that

[67:11]dream became a reality and may Allah subhanahu waala grant us all

[67:17]to become Hussein May allaha bless us to practice beautiful patience may

[67:22]Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala allow us to be thankful and great grateful

[67:26]and to praise him and to see the bigger picture that is

[67:31]happening around us and around the world may Allah subhana tala bless

[67:33]us to visit the Blessed Shrine of inala inala IM to see

[67:45]the day in which the shrine of and IM Hussein and abas

[67:52]and of course IM Z continue to rise and visited by millions

[67:56]and millions every single day in let's give him another loud muhamad

[68:32]so P so reflecting on what say was saying patience and submission

[68:39]that is the ultimate goal resilience is what im Hussein taught us

[68:42]and it's truly definition of what it means to be a Muslim

[68:44]literary speaking a Muslim means that submission to Allah subhana wa tal

[68:48]we say like you're devoting yourself to Allah subhana wa tala and

[68:54]Subhan Allah it seems that IM Hussein is always that that light

[68:57]in the darkness that source of light that quenches our soul and

[69:02]and to talk about quenching our soul we always turn to Hussein

[69:07]because these are really the beacons these are the rivers that quench

[69:10]us now talking about the physical body how can we quench our

[69:13]physical body we have now dear brother Ali who's going to talk

[69:17]about the my Cafe the that newly open here at the Islamic

[69:21]Institute of America to give a few words regarding its progress and

[69:24]I also advise check it out inallah cuz obviously allow drinks here

[69:27]in the atrium but with care and caution inshallah so please help

[69:31]me welcome brother Ali to reflect about the cafe with three Muhammad

[69:55]Muhammad you know I was nervous at first about this but I

[70:03]remember it's Haram to judge so I'm feeling a little better now

[70:06]uh my name is Ali and I'm the manager of the my

[70:10]Cafe and on the behalf of my Cafe I'm here to make

[70:13]a couple announcements um first of all I'd like to tell you

[70:15]a little bit about the my Cafe the my Cafe is obviously

[70:18]a cafe that's located here to your right on the hallway and

[70:20]it is a donation based business with all profits going back into

[70:24]the myc the myc is the Muslim youth connection group and this

[70:29]group kind of organizes all the programs such as the program that

[70:33]you had today and Ramadan programs and even programs for mam right

[70:36]so by grabbing your favorite cup of coffee or whatever drink you

[70:43]prefer you not only support the youth but also get Sak so

[70:45]it's a win-win-win situation you don't get many of those in life

[70:51]um I'd also like to uh announce that we have uh expanded

[70:53]our menu and uh we have a lot of new uh things

[70:58]such as Dubai chocolate and Boba Refreshers and all sorts of new

[71:01]stuff so I really totally recommend you guys go check it out

[71:05]because it's really good um as some of you must have noticed

[71:07]there has been some development to the right of the cafe in

[71:11]the hallway and I'm excited to finally announce the expansion of our

[71:15]seating area over there where you guys can bring a friend and

[71:18]come and just hang out or you guys could even study there

[71:21]now if you like to study last second like I do you

[71:24]can come grab your favorite cup of you know whatever drink you

[71:27]like sit down open your computer look at your PowerPoint or your

[71:30]study guide realize that you have no idea what's on there go

[71:35]to the prayer Hall and pray that God Saves you on the

[71:36]exam um we are also so before that we are open from

[71:42]Thursday to Saturday from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m.

[71:44]and inshallah we can see you guys there also speaking of Ramadan

[71:47]coming soon uh we will be open every single day and I

[71:51]hope that you guys can come grab a drink you know right

[71:54]before the lecture um that yeah let's give Brother Ali another L

[72:18]before I want to before I continue I just want to remind

[72:22]you that we do have a raffle that's going to take place

[72:24]after the Nashid program so I encourage you guys to get your

[72:29]tickets and I remind you there's also two surprise prizes at the

[72:33]end inshallah so stay tuned for that and now for everyone's favorite

[72:36]part the Nashid with our dear brother alass please help me welcome

[72:44]him with three loud Muhammad Muhammad um events that we're making [Music]

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[76:41][Music] Muhammad muh [Music] for B h [Music] where where where where

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[88:36]everyone with this blessed day inah please pray pray for us don't

[88:40]forget us from your prayers muhamad muhamad

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