Nahjul Balagha: Deficiencies of Women | Night 25 | Sayed Ammar Nakshawani | Ramadan 2023

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[3:53]dear brothers and sisters we examine tonight arguably one of the most

[3:59]controversial sermons a sermon that many debate constantly as to its authenticity

[4:06]a sermon which is known as the sermon concerning the deficiencies of

[4:11]woman or the shortcomings of woman now this sermon is one which

[4:17]always results in many different opinions and amongst the main questions that

[4:22]are asked in relation to this sermon is say such a thing

[4:28]because when you hear the sermon the sermon says o people sermon

[4:31]79 or 780 depending on which of the editions of natural that

[4:37]you have all people women are deficient in faith deficient in shares

[4:42]and deficient in intelligence as regards their deficiency in faith it is

[4:50]their abstention from prayers and fasting during their menstrual period as regards

[4:57]deficiency in their intelligence it is because the evidence of two women

[5:02]is equal to that of one man as for the deficiency of

[5:07]their shares that is because of their share and inheritance being half

[5:13]of men so beware of the evils of woman be on your

[5:16]God even from those of them who are reportedly good do not

[5:23]obey them even in good things so that they may not attract

[5:29]you to evils now you put this in a society today and

[5:31]you will have the whole world going crazy when they hear such

[5:36]lines because we live in a world where on the one hand

[5:38]all of us see every day the feminist movements virtually everywhere and

[5:43]feminist movements don't emerge from a vacuum the reality is feminist movements

[5:47]emerge in a period where for example truly female rights may not

[5:54]be given sometimes you have certain countries where the rights to vote

[5:57]are not given sometimes you have certain countries where the right to

[6:01]own property is not given sometimes you have certain countries where the

[6:05]right to have education is not given sometimes not countries sometimes countries

[6:11]allow cultures though sometimes I may find a particular culture somewhere in

[6:16]the world that lately says our daughters don't go to school they

[6:19]don't go to college they don't go to university they get married

[6:22]young and their maternal instincts will kick in so sometimes I may

[6:29]live within a country where my culture sometimes could be the issue

[6:33]more than the laws of that country and even if you look

[6:38]at Muslim majority countries where really at a Crossroads in relation to

[6:42]gender roles in the past the gender roles were pretty clear whether

[6:49]we like it we don't want a Muslim uh majority country husband

[6:53]Breadwinner wife mother pregnancy maternal instincts now of course we have sisters

[7:00]who are very well educated who some of them are doctors some

[7:04]are lawyers some are Finance some are Optics some are pharmacists in

[7:09]the past one may argue that if you live for example in

[7:14]Negev or you lived in Kerala you didn't necessarily expect that the

[7:20]gender roles would differ from the classic traditional now you could have

[7:24]families who come from Niger have come from Carabella come from their

[7:28]daughters are all working Monday to Friday nine to five they may

[7:32]be living a very independent lifestyle is there a problem with this

[7:38]islamically or not and who defines the gender roles it's amazing that

[7:43]we talk about gender roles in a world where everyone's focusing on

[7:46]whether there's only two genders that's how confused we've become that now

[7:51]there's he and she and male and female and now we have

[7:55]XI and they and them and so on but I think when

[8:00]you're looking at sermon 80 of the first issue is that clearly

[8:07]emerge are issues concerning understanding the definition of male definition of female

[8:13]what is masculine what is feminine what's the biological differences between the

[8:19]two what are the social differences between the two what are the

[8:25]legal differences between the two until we emerge towards a dynamic where

[8:30]one may even state that this sermon is a major sermon in

[8:37]relation to leadership roles and not just biological differences because if you

[8:46]ask people generally about sermon 80 of the one which I just

[8:50]narrated they'll say this is Imam giving this sermon after the battle

[8:58]of Jamel when they say this the whole idea that they want

[9:03]to focus on is that imam's main points of attack was Aisha

[9:10]as we know Aisha the wife of the Prophet peace be upon

[9:14]him had led an Army against Imam at the Battle of German

[9:20]this is somewhat unprecedented for us to find a battle in Islamic

[9:25]history where a female leads it against the male if I look

[9:32]at for example battles even the other civil wars that you create

[9:39]say safian is Imam this battle being led by a female was

[9:45]something very unusual it being unusual in which sense in the sense

[9:51]that now we have this conundrum where not only do you have

[9:57]what is normally seen as a very male dominated Arabian society then

[10:03]forget now but now people were beginning to look at this situation

[10:09]and wondering what imam's response to a female leading was gonna be

[10:13]hence what happened was that true schools of Scholars emerged and when

[10:21]I say true schools I mean two schools of Maharaja emerged one

[10:26]school of Maharaja said this is authentic this is Imam I didn't

[10:33]talk about Aisha another school said how could it be authentic that

[10:38]no way Imam would contradict the world view of the Quran when

[10:44]I therefore see two schools I cannot give my own opinion on

[10:50]this topic there is a school by the way that said it's

[10:52]better that we don't give our opinion some people said well what's

[10:59]the issue with us for example denying the sermon now the sermon

[11:05]is where it's in is not the Quran the Quran I cannot

[11:13]see an eye of the Quran and say I want to deny

[11:16]this Ayah because I don't like the Ayah I'm denying it because

[11:19]we know for certain that the Quran is the word of Allah

[11:22]that has never been open to question we still have manuscripts that

[11:28]go back we have an oral transmission that was impeccable until today

[11:32]you could see people leading Salah or for example recite the Quran

[11:36]and the holy month of Ramadan or outside where they can literally

[11:38]from one generation to another already transmit the Quran but after the

[11:44]Quran if I'm willing to question a book like al-khafi and I

[11:48]know that father may be seen in the eyes of some as

[11:54]an equivalent to sahihil bukhari in the Sunni world if I'm willing

[11:59]to say for example as some Scholars have said that not everything

[12:03]there within al-khafi is authentic and one only has to look at

[12:09]Allah is analysis of this area then why can I not question

[12:15]that what could be a natural balaka is also open to debate

[12:19]yes if you put the likes of IBN abil Hadid and let's

[12:28]say who by the way has no issue Muhammad Abdul on this

[12:35]particular sermon says this we've seen this experience from women for many

[12:38]years so the sermon is not wrong you just have to see

[12:41]history of people's interactions with females and you'll see that you go

[12:45]always be careful that that's his opinion but there's a Sunni scholarship

[12:51]these are amongst the main Scholars who have given full analysis of

[12:59]a Sunni worldview would be one that has a problem with natural

[13:04]for example the sermon like when they see Imam attacking what took

[13:08]place after the prophet died with the three the Sunni may look

[13:13]at that and say that's the question that I will put on

[13:15]the authenticity of natural because they do not believe that Imam would

[13:21]say such things about the but when it comes to a Shiite

[13:25]when a Shiite is looking at you'll find that for some Shia

[13:31]of course as soon as they hear they sing Everything or 100

[13:34]authentic and we know that our ulama have had question marks on

[13:39]some of the things as to whether they are attributed to Imam

[13:44]Ali or whether parts of these sermons have been found related to

[13:47]Imam Ali but not the whole sermon so for me if I

[13:53]could question a sermon in alcafi and al-khafi is serious number one

[14:01]of the cultural at the very least then why can I question

[14:07]a sermon I don't have so surely it should be open to

[14:14]questioning but then again what Paradigm am I questioning from am I

[14:22]questioning from the Paradigm that I live in London in 2023 and

[14:26]therefore when I look at some of these issues because of the

[14:32]Paradigm that I see around me today that means I look back

[14:34]at what said a thousand years ago and I want to apply

[14:38]the Paradigm today to what said and therefore if I see something

[14:41]which is said which is a little bit harsh or maybe generalization

[14:45]towards women then automatically because of the world I live in today

[14:52]I will say no way am I accepting this that could be

[14:55]one reason why someone might reject this because then the world that

[14:57]we live in today there are leadership roles that may have been

[15:01]taken by women there are certain countries and the world one may

[15:07]argue Pakistan one may argue Bangladesh which I'll normally we've seen as

[15:11]third world countries which have been led by females this country the

[15:14]United Kingdom has been led by female a couple of females and

[15:21]so when I see this I'm trying to contrast the idea of

[15:27]females obeying females females As Leaders versus today but then again I

[15:32]might have to contrast something else what is it the difference between

[15:37]today having a female prime minister and female president is that she's

[15:42]not standing up to um chosen by Allah they are not standing

[15:49]up to someone Allah has chosen in this sermon the school of

[15:58]Maharaja who believe it's authentic is referring to leadership when leadership stands

[16:08]against that's when you need to reassess your role your biological and

[16:15]social makeup if it's not standing Against the Machine it might be

[16:19]a completely different story but if standing against the masum that's where

[16:23]an issue may arise so in this summary of an introduction do

[16:28]you realize how many complications we have in looking at this because

[16:32]one school will want to come out and say no way Imam

[16:34]would say these things another will say but hold on is what

[16:41]he's saying contradictory to the Quran really or not please let's try

[16:47]and do the step by step and see where we get let's

[16:48]look at it again we're saying Battle of German the school of

[16:55]Maharaja who believes this is authentic so you may have a couple

[17:00]in on and you have a couple in najaf who believe it's

[17:02]not authentic now in com those who believe it's authentic they want

[17:07]us to refer to the sermon and think properly about whether what's

[17:10]being said is really in contradiction to the Quran no no all

[17:16]people women are deficient in faith deficient in shares and deficient in

[17:22]intelligence as regards their deficiency in their faith it is their abstention

[17:29]from prayers and fasting during their menstrual period in Islamic law is

[17:37]there an obligatory abstention for the female when she's in her menstrual

[17:42]period from Salah and so on yes that's not something put aside

[17:50]this sermon put aside the sermon a female will recognize that quranically

[17:54]speaking biologically speaking for even Quran aside biologically speaking there is a

[18:04]law for her because of her biology that she has to stay

[18:09]away from fasting and prayer what are the results of that law

[18:14]what effects do they have on one's emotion at that moment on

[18:21]one's temperament at that moment now a person could turn around of

[18:26]course and say that there are ladies even though they're in their

[18:32]monthly cycle there are ladies who may do more thicker of Allah

[18:35]not in the wajabbar than some of the men in the house

[18:39]but the reality is the men don't have a monthly cycle but

[18:41]the female does notice here that if a person turns around and

[18:46]says I don't believe these are the words of Imam but these

[18:50]are the laws of the Quran so if I look in the

[18:51]Quran for example let's say in those of you who have the

[18:56]Quran up at home the Quran I go to Surat al-baqarah when

[19:00]I go to Surah al-baqarah I see for example somewhere like there's

[19:03]a series of verses from like verse 200 and let's say 22

[19:07]onwards and you'll see very blatantly and they ask you why yes

[19:14]they ask you about menstruation they're asking the prophet he replies what

[19:20]it is harm so keep away from your wives during menstruation in

[19:26]terms of physical intimacy and do not approach them until they are

[19:33]pure and when they have purified themselves then come to them from

[19:37]where Allah has ordained for you indeed Allah loves those who are

[19:42]constantly repentant and loves those who purify themselves so I'm seeing that

[19:47]this first issue that Imam has raised is that there's definitely a

[19:56]number of days let's say at the beginning of the month there's

[19:59]definitely a number of days in which we're gonna realize that the

[20:03]female cannot pray and cannot fast the male is praying and fasting

[20:12]in that period but the female is not allowed to go down

[20:14]and watch up Salah and the female is not allowed to fasten

[20:18]the holy mother of Ramadan when the whole world is fasting that

[20:21]is Allah's creation of the female those who say that this sermon

[20:27]is authentic are saying what's contradictory here with the Quran is highlighting

[20:34]the makeup of the female he is trying to show that as

[20:40]much as Aisha is the wife of rasulullah there remains in the

[20:45]Quran a number of areas that can in one way or the

[20:51]other be applied to her irrespective if you're gonna take her as

[20:56]your leader have you forgotten that even Salah and Psalm she cannot

[21:00]do irrespective of her being the wife of rasulullah irrespective of her

[21:08]position she will be in a state where she cannot go into

[21:11]worship and an Imam massum male leader can we know that the

[21:22]laws of menstruation apply to the extent you have to repeat your

[21:25]fasts but you don't have to repeat your prayers the laws of

[21:30]menstruation dictate that cannot be done if she isn't her monthly cycle

[21:37]the laws of menstruation dictate that there is a number of menstrual

[21:41]cycles that may take place or have to take place or have

[21:46]to finish until a person's idea is complete see how many laws

[21:50]are built on that area therefore if Imam according to that school

[21:56]that says there's nothing wrong with the sermon Imam saying that women

[22:01]are deficient in faith because Imam according to that particular group is

[22:07]saying that in that few days of the month can you really

[22:10]tell me that that lady can go down and do Salah like

[22:14]the men are doing at that time you all admit that in

[22:19]shahad Ramadan there is a time in which that lady and that's

[22:21]why we shouldn't judge if I see a lady in the holy

[22:24]month of Ramadan eating I shouldn't say oh my God look at

[22:27]her she's eating she may easily be in her monthly cycle at

[22:30]that particular period so Imam when he says women are deficient in

[22:38]what in faith because of what because the abstention of prayers or

[22:42]the abstention from present fasting during their menstrual period Imam is not

[22:46]saying something that a Muslim can say is contradictory to the Quran

[22:50]in the sense of the fact that the Quran says that there

[22:54]is a period of abstention from prayer and from fasting not in

[22:59]our opinion but in the biological makeup of the female as regards

[23:08]their deficiency in their intelligence it is because the evidence of two

[23:17]women is equal to that of one man longest Ayah in the

[23:19]Quran everyone at home please go to it Surah 2 verse 282

[23:25]of the Quran ayat Den is the longest Ayah of the Quran

[23:28]I'm amazed when you find out people owe each other money and

[23:33]have a punch up and a fight when the longest I in

[23:34]the Quran is about that collection deal and how much loan you

[23:40]have taken from someone writing it down the longest Ayah longest I

[23:43]in the Quran is not Salah longest eye in the Quran is

[23:47]not fasting it's not Hajj it's about deaths loans and taking back

[23:50]money go to Surah 2 verse 282 of the Quran what do

[23:56]you find you find Allah and this Ayah I'm telling you many

[23:58]brothers would not have a punch up with each other many cousins

[24:02]would not fight each other many would not have issues with each

[24:04]other about who owes who money and when you owe me look

[24:09]what the Ayah says the Ayah says oh you who have believed

[24:11]when you contract a debt for a specified term write it down

[24:16]yeah I mean I don't care if you're my mate 200 pounds

[24:20]I've taken from you you've taken from me write it down don't

[24:24]say but he's my boy he's my friend Wallah sometimes your own

[24:28]brother will stab you in the back sometimes your own cousin will

[24:30]say I can't remember any of our deals or you who believe

[24:34]when you contract the dead for a specified term write it down

[24:37]and let's subscribe write it between you and justice let someone be

[24:43]the one who's writing it someone who someone who the Quran says

[24:50]let no scribe refuse to write as Allah has taught him so

[24:54]let him write and let the one who has the obligation dictate

[24:58]what's written and let him fail Allah his law did not leave

[25:01]anything out but if the one who has the obligation is of

[25:06]limited understanding or weak or unable to dictate himself then let his

[25:10]Guardian dictate Injustice and bring to witness to Witnesses from amongst the

[25:16]men divorce can happen in family can happen in community can happen

[25:23]in marriage we normally love to bring two witnesses for talaq and

[25:28]marriage sometimes I need two witnesses before a falak happens in money

[25:31]community and family Quran said bring two witnesses from who from amongst

[25:37]your men but then the Quran said and if there are not

[25:39]true Men available then a man and true woman from Those whom

[25:46]you accept as Witnesses so that if one of the woman is

[25:49]then the other can remind her says they have a deficiency in

[25:58]their intelligence the school that said there is no issue with this

[26:02]authenticity of this they turned around and mentioned an important point they

[26:07]said what's Imam Ali said that contradicts what Allah has said about

[26:11]the female but if you wanted to understand it Fuller deeper Imam

[26:17]is mentioned it in the context of people who have taken a

[26:21]female as their ultimate source while there is a male whose masum

[26:28]forget nail listen it could be a male sinner male father no

[26:32]there's a male whose masum opposite to someone who however religious she

[26:38]looks she still falls under the category that's in difficult cases she

[26:45]may forget or she may find difficulties in reaching a conclusion I

[26:50]ask you all a question I don't care how strong some females

[26:56]are that I know in my life they'll still always ask their

[26:58]best friend when they're about to make a big decision yeah I

[27:01]mean said you but she's the biggest boss she's the biggest manager

[27:04]she's the biggest in the hospital she's the biggest pharmacist when it's

[27:09]a big decision she'll call and ask a friend tense moment call

[27:13]and ask a friend sometimes nervous call and ask a friend now

[27:16]someone will say males do that as well we do but we

[27:20]could also be very rough with our decisions a female Allah created

[27:23]her with certain instincts which are gentle instincts which may be maternal

[27:27]instincts which are emotional these are not negatives but rather they can

[27:36]be negatives if one's emotion overtakes their intelligence or if one finds

[27:43]a pressure situation has made them rash Jamil how many died seventeen

[27:47]thousand seventeen thousand people died in this battle the wife of the

[27:52]Prophet peace be upon's family even men couldn't get through to advising

[27:56]her and when she wanted to listen to advice she looked at

[27:59]herself as the main decision maker the reality of this verse about

[28:05]two witnesses was that in a pressure situation look today is not

[28:08]like the past in the past for example we didn't have ladies

[28:14]who were in Arabia hedge fund managers investment bankers in charge of

[28:18]for example massive law firms in those days even say that would

[28:21]argue that she was middle class or middle upper class yes when

[28:28]it comes to say that she was not the wealthiest but he

[28:33]even said the Khadijah there weren't many like her who you would

[28:38]ask come to be a witness in an issue listen I could

[28:39]be a male you asked me to come and be a witness

[28:42]between two friends of mine I'll be nervous oh I'll be anxious

[28:44]that one of my friends is not going to be happy with

[28:47]me today because I've testified and I'm telling you there have been

[28:49]so many cases I've been involved in when two people fighting over

[28:53]money you give that opinion forward I don't think that's what I

[28:55]talk with you anymore so how about Allah saying for the female

[29:00]in the Quran bring a second witness so it may help this

[29:03]person's situation it's not a negative rather it is speaking according to

[29:09]the natural makeup of that particular creation of Allah therefore when Imam

[29:16]is saying here as regards deficiency in their intelligence it is because

[29:22]the evidence of two women is equal to that of one man

[29:27]Imam saying firstly you people have all gone behind this lady have

[29:32]you forgotten the Quran if you want to compare ibadat between me

[29:36]and her I'm not the one who has days off from prayer

[29:40]and fasting and nor am I the one affected by a biological

[29:46]situation look if we have to come to a conclusion you come

[29:48]to a conclusion that they say Men Are from Mars and women

[29:51]are from Venus and you have books like this and you have

[29:53]people saying that I'm you know there was these things they they

[29:58]have initials for you know MPS or PMS when the lady is

[30:01]for example in her monthly cycle and she feels a major difficulty

[30:05]um even a temperament change even reaching a level where she could

[30:11]be very frustrated and angry on areas which she's not normally angry

[30:15]now imagine if you could get angry over areas you're not normally

[30:17]angry what happens if you decide that the man who's become the

[30:19]fourth Khalifa someone who you've hated for the last 35 years of

[30:26]your existence and now he's become Khalifa what exactly will happen in

[30:29]your head what you gonna do you imagine that if the man

[30:34]who's become Khalifa is someone you despise as she despised him from

[30:37]the days of rasulullah because you know some people say the whole

[30:42]incident of the if and what happened with Surah to Noor and

[30:47]Aisha being accused of adultery and people saying that Imam told the

[30:50]prophet to divorce and they say that okay no problem although I

[30:53]reject the story but no problem let's say the story is true

[30:55]if the story is true that shows from the time of the

[30:59]if until the time of German let's say 30 years how much

[31:03]if you have hate for someone now you imagine if for example

[31:05]at that particular period your temperament has changed you're full of Venom

[31:08]you're full of anger you want to take it out you are

[31:13]ready to get all the men in town to be alongside you

[31:17]fighting the opposition not caring if the opposition is the Battle of

[31:22]Jamal being very open because imagine they wanted to kill whoever was

[31:26]in front of them what they did in Basra on the way

[31:31]to the battle what they did with Usman the governor Brothers two

[31:41]of the most loyal companions what they did and the others and

[31:48]upon the orders of Aisha and others that was one of the

[31:56]worst moments but who was their leader who was the leader riding

[31:59]the camel the camel was the symbol of that movement and the

[32:03]symbol of the battle of German Imam and those who believe that

[32:10]this sermon is authentic hold on a minute you guys have forgotten

[32:14]you guys have forgotten my Imam you guys have forgotten you guys

[32:22]have forgotten you guys have forgotten you guys have forgotten um forget

[32:28]all of that this has come down to basic makeup biologically between

[32:34]us and the female here is someone who in her worship there

[32:39]are days she does not worship I am the one who never

[32:40]misses a second of worship and here is someone who even as

[32:45]a witness there could be a question mark about her testimonies can

[32:48]there be a question mark over my testimony this is those who

[32:51]purport that the sermon is authentic then he says as for their

[32:57]deficiency or the deficiency of their shares that is because of their

[33:00]share and inheritance being half of their men can any Muslim deny

[33:03]this that the share of inheritance of the female is half of

[33:07]the men of course there are certain situations I must make clear

[33:10]of course the difference between fathers mothers wives children and the laws

[33:14]of inheritance can differ of course but let's say I go to

[33:18]a Surah like Surah 4 verse number 11 on the Quran is

[33:20]what Imam Ali saying contradicts you to the Quran Surah 4 verse

[33:23]number 11 Allah says Allah instructs you concerning your children for the

[33:29]male what is equal to the share of two females now for

[33:33]the male what is equal to the share of two females if

[33:36]some who believe that the sermon is not authentic because he says

[33:44]that it contradicts the worldview of the Quran now those of the

[33:48]Maharaja who said that the sermon is authentic they said hold on

[33:50]a minute the Quran is the one who says that the share

[33:54]of the female is half of the male so why is there

[33:59]an issue with what Imam Islam says to Imam Ali those who

[34:01]believe this sermon is authentic is saying what he's saying that look

[34:08]we know very well that part of the nature of the female

[34:11]was also and part of Islamic law was also that the male

[34:16]and the female are the male is obliged to maintain protect take

[34:20]care of the female in the Quran again if a person wants

[34:25]to be very blatant with verses in the Quran go to Surah

[34:28]4 of the Quran verse number 34 so the same Surah if

[34:31]you go to verse number 34 of the Quran what does the

[34:33]Quran say Bismillah that men are in charge of women men are

[34:40]the Protectors of women what men are the maintainers of women what

[34:44]does it mean many give different opinions I know that I read

[34:51]in the first line of Italy what is it Allah what we

[35:04]understand from this Ayah men are the maintainers men are the protectors

[35:09]men are the carers that means the female may be in her

[35:15]General nature or propensity or disposition is towards a male figure protecting

[35:20]a male figure looking after a male figure maintaining now someone might

[35:24]say to me say no but we're in 2023 look I'm only

[35:27]looking at when this sermon originally is done those who believe the

[35:31]sermon is authentic push the idea and say Surah 4 verse 34

[35:37]112 um solo 2 verse 282 they say how many more verses

[35:42]do you need Imam to corroborate to highlight that you are following

[35:47]the army of a woman when you know in the Quran the

[35:49]woman's testimony is half of the man you know the Quran the

[35:54]woman needs to be cared for and maintained and therefore the man

[35:56]is the one who gets more of the inheritance because you have

[35:57]that duty to maintain and to protect the female you know in

[36:02]the Quran that Allah mentions clearly that there is a menstrual cycle

[36:05]a monthly period the temporal mechanism change in this period they're not

[36:09]even obliged to pray it is a burden that they cannot handle

[36:14]in this period with all of this they say that Imam is

[36:17]not contradicting the Quran Imam Ali is not saying the female cannot

[36:21]reach the highest level spiritually she can but there is a certain

[36:29]level which may be affected for example in that menstrual period which

[36:34]the male is not affected by or socially there are certain things

[36:39]where the male has a responsibility that the female doesn't there are

[36:46]certain even employment or jobs or even physical makeup of the mail

[36:50]that differs from the female but what those who propose that this

[36:54]sermon is authentic their main argument is that Imam is referring to

[37:03]the difference between leadership of a female and Leadership of a male

[37:06]not woman in the sense of a female for example never came

[37:13]out and fought say the Fatima never came out and thought that

[37:17]doesn't mean that you couldn't have the greatest ladies in the world

[37:20]who were at home who were maternal who looked after the children

[37:23]who were caregivers let me make something very clear your wife doesn't

[37:26]have to clean for you nor does she have to cook for

[37:29]you that is not a right on males out there where they

[37:33]expect Imam never thought about himself used to sweep the floor at

[37:36]home used to give water uh collect the water at home used

[37:38]to collect firewood at Home Father what does the heart may get

[37:42]the door and she may bake it and grind the weeds used

[37:45]to also help his wife at home never be someone who's like

[37:50]you know what I'm the man because someone might use this sermon

[37:53]and say you see Imam Ali says you guys are all deficient

[38:01]a person can come back and say what a person in our

[38:03]culture might say you know what I'm the man of the house

[38:06]no no Imam here according to those who say this sermon's authentic

[38:10]they say that is showing the comparison between leader and a non-muslim

[38:17]leader and especially a non-massum leader who's a female look we've had

[38:21]some great female leaders even the sort of in the Quran the

[38:26]Queen of Sheba she's a phenomenal leader she's the lady of a

[38:29]great temperament but she sees Suleiman Aisha had reached the level of

[38:35]a stand against Imam she did not view him as someone worthy

[38:41]of being her leader so mola literally said wait hold on biologically

[38:47]in the eyes of Allah whether it's in worship whether it's social

[38:52]or whether it's in financial or leadership or management Society Allah has

[38:57]discussed all of the females with a particular standard but for you

[39:04]to think with that standard you can be a leader against Amazon

[39:08]and cause the deaths of seventeen thousand people that is not something

[39:13]that I will accept that is not something that I will go

[39:17]with therefore that's one school what do they continue beware when when

[39:23]it continues Beware of the evils of woman they say when Iman

[39:25]says Beware of the evil yes if there's a woman who stands

[39:27]against imagine Imam imagine he's alive and there's a lady who wants

[39:33]to fight him then Beware of the evils of that lady be

[39:37]on your God even from those of them who are reportedly good

[39:42]because everybody said she is the wife she is the wife of

[39:46]rasulullah be on your God even from the one like her who

[39:50]is reportedly good and Allah this could apply to all you could

[39:53]have a lady in our community today who may be very religious

[39:58]but she may be a backbiter gossiper hater she may be somebody

[40:01]my way or the highway if you don't come to Myasthenia you're

[40:06]not one of us if you don't come to my mosque you're

[40:07]not one of us then that person purportedly is good but be

[40:10]on your God from them do not obey them even in good

[40:12]things so they may not attract you to evil therefore those who

[40:18]propose this particular line they said what's wrong what's the issue unless

[40:22]you have an issue with the Quran because the Quran is the

[40:25]one who said when a lady is in a menstrual cycle she

[40:27]is not in a stage of Purity the Quran is the same

[40:31]book that said a lady is witnessing is half of that of

[40:34]the man the Quran is the one don't say authentic the Quran

[40:39]itself is saying that men are the maintainers of woman and that

[40:42]men have to look after woman and hence the inheritance of the

[40:44]woman is half of the man so they say when you say

[40:49]I have a problem with this sermon would you say the same

[40:55]about those Ayers of the Quran oh no now that's one side

[40:58]the other side which we said amongst them they said our problem

[41:04]with this sermon comes from a number of angles said the first

[41:09]angle it comes from if Imam Ali Allah why does he make

[41:13]it General because if you all go to sermon I think 13

[41:16]of natural when Imam Ali wants to talk about her he's very

[41:22]open in sermon 13 of natural Imam blatantly says when he is

[41:28]referring to her he says you are the army of a woman

[41:30]and in the command of a quadrupt quadruped for Camel yep when

[41:37]it grumbled you responded and when it was wounded you fled away

[41:42]your character is low and your pledge is broken your faith is

[41:45]hypocrisy look how mola is very clear that I don't like those

[41:50]who are fighting me at the Battle of German your water is

[41:52]brackish he who stays with you is Laden with sins and he

[41:57]who forsakes you secures Allah's Mercy when Imam Ali therefore those who

[42:03]say this sermon they don't believe it they say Imam Ali clearly

[42:06]said o Army of a woman in this one he says oh

[42:12]people beware women are all a Woman They say here is true

[42:17]General secondly they say what's the deficiency what's the problem of the

[42:23]deficiency in a female if she has a menstrual cycle or she's

[42:27]second Witness or she for example is the one who collects half

[42:32]of the inheritance what's that deficiency they say Allah says male and

[42:36]female can reach the highest spiritual goals together and so if Allah

[42:42]has many eyes like the eye on Surah 33 verse number 35

[42:45]of the Quran Allah makes it clear in relation to both male

[42:50]and female and many of you have read this Ayah before Allah

[42:55]what does he says Allah didn't say I cannot put the two

[43:18]of you together because you are on your period you are not

[43:20]so that's their second argument their third argument that they posit is

[43:25]that they say Imam is too General and that means if it's

[43:30]only about to say but you're giving reasons that apply to all

[43:36]women our fourth argument they give is that this particular sermon where

[43:41]is it narrated sometimes a natural you'll see that you may be

[43:48]referred to other sources so if there's a sermon in natural and

[43:52]it's been narrated in another book they'll normally write you can find

[43:57]it here here they say look al-kuleni narrates the question is narrate

[44:05]the whole of this the answer is seemingly narrates a part of

[44:15]the not the beginning so look the beginning which says oh people

[44:19]woman are deficient in faith deficient and shares deficient intelligence as regards

[44:24]the divisions in their faith it is their abstention from present fast

[44:26]and two-dimensional periods as regards the issues in the intelligence because the

[44:30]evidence of two women is equal to that of one man as

[44:32]for the vicious of their shares that is because of their share

[44:35]and inheritance being half of men they say he doesn't narrate all

[44:38]of this yes the last part of it says be on your

[44:43]God even from those who are reportedly good um do not obey

[44:47]them even in good things so that they may not trust you

[44:51]they say that part has narrated it's interesting that when you look

[44:55]at the sermon and certain copies of natural underneath it says also

[44:58]in El kafi of Korea but does it say part of it

[45:03]it says just in El kafi which would make you think oh

[45:07]my God if this is an El kafi then I must take

[45:13]it because remember what we said is not a book that has

[45:17]sought to collect a Hadith on the basis of their authenticity a

[45:20]rigidness in understanding their origin and their authenticity and their reliability like

[45:27]maybe a work like a colonies because it is looking for what

[45:40]is the most eloquent what is the most eloquent of the sermons

[45:45]of Imam so they say that when you look at this sometimes

[45:49]someone might um say that this is um a work that you

[45:54]could find in alcafi I go to oh they say in the

[45:57]Amali you might find it again we don't see the whole sermon

[46:00]there we may even see the sermon in Sunni literature but when

[46:07]I go to you know for example or I go for example

[46:12]to other works I think the test killer as well has it

[46:16]when you go to those Sunni works or to other works you'll

[46:21]see that it doesn't say this is from Imam Ali alaihissalam so

[46:26]therefore where's it from if those Works have not given us the

[46:31]first part of the sermon from Imam Ali so where is it

[46:33]from has it come maybe from another companion of rasulullah another of

[46:39]the scholars who denied the authenticity of the sermon his opinion was

[46:42]Imam Ali in other parts of his life praises the uncle and

[46:47]the intelligence of woman why here would he attack what we really

[46:50]see happening with all of this is number one I don't think

[46:56]we're ever gonna please everybody with the answer there is definitely going

[46:59]to be a group will be like this is an attack on

[47:02]females who have become so arrogant against the Imam of their time

[47:09]that the Imam has reminded the people don't forget one thing the

[47:14]Quran has said these these could affect that lady who you people

[47:18]are all behind because they were literally besotted by her you know

[47:21]in the Battle of Jamal um the camel was literally the standard

[47:27]that everyone had to uh defend were a group of people who

[47:35]were defending around the camel Muhammad went towards them to attack them

[47:39]couldn't get through he came back to imam's side when he came

[47:41]back as he was coming back Imam al-hasan took the spear from

[47:45]him with the spear Imam al-hasan went right through the whole tribe

[47:49]got to the camel him and Malik al-ashtar ended up stabbing that

[47:53]Camel bringing the camel down until Aisha fell into the labs of

[47:56]Muhammad when Abu Bakr who was her brother in the army of

[47:59]Imam the only man who could hold her but what's clear is

[48:05]that that Army was besotted by a lady who as much as

[48:10]she was revealed of course many people ask us Shia why don't

[48:13]you Revere Aisha the way the Sunni Community does and our main

[48:16]premise is that firstly a wife of a prophet is not always

[48:21]somebody who's the greatest we see Lord and Noah's wives in the

[48:24]Quran but that secondly as well if she fights a little bait

[48:29]whether it's Imam is however then for us our premise is that

[48:31]anyone who fights a little bait fights rasulullah fights Allah at the

[48:36]end of the day the Battle of German even if someone tells

[48:39]me with 2020 Vision hindsight that later on people say this is

[48:42]the opinion of those who want to look out from the angle

[48:46]and their own angle that Imam Ali forgave her but how could

[48:48]someone lead thousands towards death which mother wants to see her children

[48:59]dead and so one side are adamant that these points are in

[49:02]a way a stab against those who have taken the female in

[49:08]her position as virtually a social Khalifa Leader by reminding that since

[49:12]when did God's prophets when were they ever female and why were

[49:17]they never female uh it's almost never female nor Ibrahim Musa the

[49:21]holy prophet if there was ever an argument that was made say

[49:27]that some tried to say because she received a sort of Revelation

[49:29]and she spoke to Angels therefore she may be a nabia for

[49:33]example but at most in a way a person turned around and

[49:37]said then why should this lady become a leader all of a

[49:40]sudden when Allah had always not put a female's the leader whereas

[49:44]the other side say hold on why should I believe that everything

[49:48]attributed to Imam Ali in here is Imam Ali maybe that wasn't

[49:53]Imam Ali's words and that's among some Scholars who people straight away

[49:57]will say I bet you that person's a feminist if they believe

[49:59]that at the end of the day that scholar has his research

[50:03]other Scholars have their research as well but there's an important point

[50:07]to realize here and that is when we come to Identity in

[50:12]Islam gender is not the main criteria the main criteria is taqwa

[50:18]let's not forget in this world of fighting over feminist literature gender

[50:23]literature gender literary criticism authenticity understanding the idea of different feminine feminine

[50:32]archetypes and different feminist academics throughout history and whether the patriarch or

[50:37]The Matriarch is in charge of what's Happening we need to remember

[50:40]one thing today people are defining each other by race some by

[50:48]sexual preference some by gender we in Islam and Allah the best

[50:51]amongst you in the eyes of Allah is the one with the

[50:56]most taqwa nobody could elaborate on taqwa like Imam and anyone who

[51:01]fights him is fighting taqwa is fighting Iman it's fighting it's fighting

[51:07]therefore both sides have their arguments ultimately there will be a day

[51:16]insha Allah we find out whether these were the words all they

[51:19]want but all we can do is try and look at the

[51:24]different angles that approach such an issue and what could be the

[51:29]reasons that Imam Ali may have been so damning in his opinion

[51:31]was it for a particular person or was it an attribution thank

[51:36]you all for listening and on this day as you know is

[51:38]the day that we have released our documentary on said and it's

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