Night 2 - Imam Ali & The Art of Manhood - Sheikh Azhar Nasser | The Birth of Imam Ali (AS)

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[0:15][Music] well respected Scholars Elders brothers and sisters these words were uttered

[1:05]by the great in the presence of a group of sunnis Al

[1:15]was one of the most famous theologians of our traditions and when

[1:24]he recited salawat after the mentioning of the name of Ali there

[1:31]were some sunnis in the Gathering who objected to this they said

[1:37]to him that saying is not appropriate because this is something that

[1:46]is exclusive to prophets why don't you say he's one of the

[2:01]companions of the Prophet why is it that when you mention and

[2:08]the IMs of you say may God's salutations be upon all of

[2:15]them you should say may God be pleased with them just like

[2:20]we we say about all of the and the he had a

[2:30]very deep knowledge of the Quran and he said to the attendees

[2:37]I can prove to you using the Quran that you can say

[2:46]after mentioning any of the IMs of from the Quran so they

[2:52]said bring the evidence from the Quran that it is permissible and

[2:58]it is suitable to send salutations upon the IMs of how can

[3:06]you extrapolate this from the Quran he said to them do you

[3:11]agree that and the IMs of do you agree that they were

[3:20]patient people that they were people of sa they said yes would

[3:25]you agree that they are not only patient but they are the

[3:29]epitome of patients they agreed he cites Ayah 156 and 157 [Applause]

[3:46][Music] ofah the famous Ayah where Allah describes the mindset of the

[3:56]patient those who when they are afflicted with the calam they say

[4:02]to Allah we belong and to him we shall return what is

[4:07]the reward of such people upon such people are salutations from their

[4:18]lord this is why whenever we mention our we sendat upon them

[4:28]Muhammad muhamad so we want to continue our discussion from last night

[4:39]we spoke about the concept oful in the Quran the concept of

[4:49]masculinity as we mentioned there are many verses in the Quran where

[4:56]Allah subhah wa ta'ala uses the expression the term last night we

[5:04]mentioned from among the Believers there are men to contrast with those

[5:15]who are male who lack the qualities of masculinity and we mentioned

[5:24]last night that in the battle of the Prophet sent the first

[5:32]the second they failed they did not show bravery and courage and

[5:36]resilience when they came back says tomorrow tomorrow I will give the

[5:48]standard to a I will give it to a man someone who

[5:56]embodies true masculinity and that was none other than so we have

[6:06]ayat in the Quran that speak about the qualities of now when

[6:15]you look at the you find that there are other terms that

[6:19]are used to describe manliness and among them is the term comes

[6:30]from the word means a man is manliness so we have many

[6:38]where the IMs of explain the meaning of Manliness and inshallah we'll

[6:44]cover some of those Traditions tonight we also have the term f

[6:54]it literally means chivalry and futa is very important it's it's a

[7:01]it's a lost Concept in this day and age this idea of

[7:08]facilitating the transition of a boy into manhood you know past civilizations

[7:13]used to have rights of Passage the ancient Greeks the ancient Romans

[7:18]they used to actually initiate their boys into manhood this doesn't exist

[7:24]today and this is one of the problems we need to revive

[7:30]this concept of teaching men how to become how teaching boys how

[7:35]to become men now before we look at the tra traditions where

[7:40]the imams speak about there's another Ayah of the Quran that is

[7:45]important for us to reflect on if we want to understand the

[7:51]quranic conception oful so last night we mentioned the Ayah from one

[8:02]of the most important qualities of a real man is that they

[8:08]are true to their covenants and the most important Covenant in the

[8:13]life of a man is his Covenant with his Lord a man

[8:18]has to live a life of purpose you are not considered a

[8:25]real man if you are living an aimless life a man is

[8:29]someone and this was revealed in the context of men have to

[8:37]develop within themselves the spirit of sacrifice for a man the way

[8:44]that a man should think is not what do I get the

[8:48]M the mindset should be what can I give a man is

[8:52]supposed to be a giver a servant leader we spoke about that

[8:59]last night the Ayah that I want to begin our discussion tonight

[9:04]with is you know it's interesting that one of the most important

[9:09]aat about is found Ina which highlights that one of the most

[9:16]important Dimensions oful is how you relate and interact with women if

[9:23]you want to see a true man observe the way he interacts

[9:33]with women especially his wife especially the women folk of his family

[9:37]this is an a a very accurate indicator if the individual has

[9:42]or no what is the Ayah that we want to look at

[9:50]a 34 of Allah says this Ayah un fortunately is often misused

[10:03]and misunderstood and sometimes it is even weaponized by men who are

[10:11]abusive they use this verse to assert their dominance but the Ayah

[10:20]is not speaking about superiority or dominance Allah says is the term

[10:31]that Allah uses to describe true they are is the Intensive form

[10:41]of to stand you know when you want to do something when

[10:45]you want to take care of business when you want to manage

[10:50]Affairs you rise up you stand men are described as those who

[10:55]stand they are not just it's not just or or it's men

[11:05]are the maintainers and the Protectors of women why Allah made men

[11:21]this is the ideal unfortunately there are many males who do not

[11:26]live up to the dictates of this Ayah Allah says men are

[11:33]the maintainers of women this is not about superiority of one gender

[11:40]over the other Allah says because you men I have given you

[11:48]certain qualities physiological qualities cognitive qualities that make you more suitable to

[11:55]play the role of provider and protector so this is really a

[12:06]job description being a man entails that you have a duty it's

[12:11]not a hierarchy see the problem is some read this Ayah and

[12:17]they think men are above women in in in the sense of

[12:22]a hierarchy here Allah is saying that no you are the protectors

[12:27]and the providers the maintainers of women because Allah has given you

[12:34]certain qualities that make you the ideal candidate for this role yes

[12:38]a woman can work a woman can provide but the toll the

[12:45]psychological toll that it takes on a woman is not the same

[12:46]as a man yes a woman can work 40 50 60 hours

[12:53]a week and a man can also work 40 50 60 hours

[12:57]a week Allah subh did not want to give that burden to

[13:07]a woman because she was not built to carry that weight she

[13:10]can do it but you shouldn't allow her to carry that weight

[13:13]you are better fit for that burden if you look at the

[13:19]sh look at the wisdom of Allah subhana wa taala when a

[13:23]woman goes through her menstrual cycle Allah relieves her of Salah Salah

[13:29]which is so easy it takes a few minutes to do Salah

[13:34]when a woman is in that psychological State when her body is

[13:39]undergoing those changes Allah the merciful Lord says these five daily prayers

[13:44]I am lifting them off of your shoulders if Allah relieves them

[13:52]of Salah why is it that modern societies want them to carry

[13:57]the same weight as men work 9 to 5 and function as

[14:03]if you're a man you find that even if a woman is

[14:11]wealthy the sh says you as the man you you have to

[14:18]still provide why because your ability to provide is intrinsically connected to

[14:25]your sense of worth as a man there is nothing that is

[14:31]more emasculating for a man than to lose that ability to provide

[14:35]so even if a woman is rich Allah subhana wa tala still

[14:41]wants you to provide because that is what a man is supposed

[14:46]to do if you excuse yourself of that role now of course

[14:50]there are always going to be special circumstances you know sometimes a

[14:54]man might be sick maybe he can't work like we have an

[15:00]example example of a prophet a he became ill and his wife

[15:03]had to work you know for those of you who read the

[15:08]story of a was a man of great he was a man's

[15:15]man he became so ill that his wife who happened to be

[15:19]from the descendants of yuam she's from a a prophetic family for

[15:27]you for a it was very difficult for him to see his

[15:34]wife who comes from this Noble family that she is now carrying

[15:37]the weight of being the bread winner and do you know when

[15:42]a could not take it anymore when she sold her locks she

[15:47]started to sell her hair to provide for her this is when

[15:53]he turned to Allah for a man and that's why it's very

[16:01]important especially for youngsters when you read these ayat these verses are

[16:09]telling you what your role is to be in the future which

[16:13]means you should not be playing PS5 for nine hours a day

[16:18]you need to acquire the skills that are needed to provide for

[16:25]your future wife and your future kids you shouldn't waste time spending

[16:32]hours and hours on social media playing video games this is not

[16:37]going to make you into a man it's going to make you

[16:41]into a loser honestly you're going to end up living in your

[16:44]mother's basement until you're 47 years old and then you're going to

[16:47]come to me Sheikh can you help me get married and I'm

[16:50]going to say no I cannot help you it's interesting that the

[17:01]term is related and it's connected to one of the names of

[17:04]Allah subhana wa tala Allah Isam one of the names of Allah

[17:22]is Al it's the same root as when we say that Allah

[17:32]is it means what Allah is the provider he provides for his

[17:37]creation Allah subhana wa ta'ala when he provides he provides in a

[17:45]very comprehensive way Allah doesn't only just provide you food he provides

[17:49]you with all of your needs it's a type of care that

[17:56]is based on his Mercy it's a comprehensive care and and hence

[17:59]when you look at the AY when we say that men real

[18:08]men are the maintainers and the protectors and the providers we're not

[18:14]just talking about paying the bills or providing food providing clothes that's

[18:20]a part of it but that's not all your responsibility is as

[18:25]the father as the husband you also have to provide for the

[18:33]spiritual needs of your family the emotional needs of your family you

[18:37]should not be an absentee father an absentee husband you should be

[18:44]there your family needs more than your credit card they need you

[18:48]they need your presence they need to see you there is nothing

[18:56]more damaging than being an absentee father a lot of the problems

[19:03]that I see in young girls and young boys a lot of

[19:06]it is connected to the void that they feel because of the

[19:12]absence of parents that's why a lot of our sisters they get

[19:17]into very problematic relationships because they're trying to fill that void don't

[19:22]create that void as a father don't create that void in the

[19:28]life of your son be there be that spiritual leader see yourself

[19:35]as the leader of the tribe your family is your tribe you're

[19:38]the leader of the tribe and you're not there to be served

[19:41]you are a servant leader you're at the service of your family

[19:47]look at when he was Theif don't tell me that I'm too

[20:00]busy don't tell me I have work I know you have work

[20:04]when he was Theif he used to spend some of his nights

[20:09]with his daughters if there's anyone who could have said I'm too

[20:17]busy it was he's Theif he's dealing with mu and he has

[20:21]a lot of problems but yet he makes time to spend some

[20:26]of the nights of Ramadan with with Z this is an important

[20:38]part of to be there to be present this is part of

[20:41]what it means to be a man and this is not your

[20:46]feminine side as a man no that is part of your masculine

[20:50]side this was part of Ali's masculine side Allah subhana wa ta'ala

[20:58]in the Quran when he addresses the believer he says oh you

[21:02]who believe and the primary addresses are the believing men oh you

[21:14]who believe Shield yourselves and your families from the fire you have

[21:22]to protect them from spiritual harm that's your duty you have to

[21:28]protect them from emotional harm and one of the most damaging things

[21:33]that you can do is to neglect your family to be physically

[21:39]and some of some men they're physically present but mentally they're absent

[21:44]they're not there their body is there but they're somewhere else was

[21:52]present when he was with his family when he was with his

[22:00]children and especially esally when we when he was with part of

[22:06]what it means to be a man is to provide emotionally for

[22:12]the women folk of your family I'll share with you one statement

[22:16]from this is after the death of after her martyrdom was saying

[22:28]this in public he he says reflecting on the memory of his

[22:33]wife he says he says when I used to look at fa

[22:51]when I used to just look at her not talk to her

[22:55]just glancing at her all of my sorrows all of my grief

[23:02]it dissipates it vanishes you know when you read these words of

[23:07]you ask yourself if this is what Ali says in public about

[23:15]Fatima if this is the love he shows her in public imagine

[23:19]how affectionate Ali was in private this isula this is this is

[23:31]masculinity so Allah subhah waala he says you are the the protectors

[23:40]the maintainers in your household when it's the time of Salah you

[23:46]should be the one who brings out the S you should be

[23:51]as the father as the husband you should recite Adan in your

[23:54]home you know it's very sad and say Ahmed can attest to

[24:00]this whenever we have a class whether it's the overwhelming majority of

[24:06]the attendees are sisters it's as if the brothers feel like they

[24:10]have no responsibility to learn their religion to be leaders to be

[24:16]spiritual leaders of the family this is part of your duty we

[24:22]have a narration where IM he was asked he was asked what

[24:37]is manliness is manliness to get a Cuban cigar to do the

[24:43]most push-ups to get a tattoo of what what is what is

[24:49]manliness to have an exotic car who has the most girlfriends is

[24:52]this Rula this is not Rula Imam he says look at how

[24:57]look at how change the mentality of the people we're not looking

[25:03]for the The Superficial fake manliness we're looking for real manliness what

[25:09]is it he says the first thing that Imam mentions to describe

[25:22]manliness he says a real man is protective over his religion if

[25:29]something is very precious to you imagine you have something that's very

[25:34]precious you have let's say you have a fancy watch it's very

[25:39]precious to you and someone comes and grabs it and takes it

[25:41]and you don't do anything about it what would what would people

[25:45]say about you you're a coward you're not a real man you

[25:47]let people take away things that are precious someone comes and grabs

[25:52]your wife and and runs with her you don't do anything you

[25:57]don't guard what is precious the most precious thing that you have

[26:02]is your religion your your relationship with Allah how could you how

[26:06]could you allow your religion to be taken from you your Dean

[26:09]to be compromised you should be more protective over your religion than

[26:13]anything this is and then what does the Imam say a real

[26:25]man makes sure he he's he manages and he ensures that his

[26:31]wealth is pure you're not a man just because you can make

[26:39]money Imam says no a real man is the one who can

[26:46]earn Halal money that is Rula who cares someone says oh this

[26:52]guy is a millionaire yeah but how much of it is halal

[26:54]who cares that doesn't that that doesn't mean anything that is not

[27:00]a true metric oful why is it important for you to earn

[27:04]Halal money it's because if you earn Haram money you are engaging

[27:11]in self-destructive behavior and a real man does not self-destruct when you

[27:20]earn Haram money and you buy groceries and you buy you spend

[27:23]Haram money on your family you're feeding them something that's harmful to

[27:30]them so how are you how are you a provider a protector

[27:34]of your family if you are feeding them something that is harmful

[27:39]which is Haram income you have to purify your wealth you have

[27:47]to know you have to know what is halal what Isam and

[27:51]then the IM says manliness is to up uphold the rights of

[28:00]people not to take away the rights of people some they think

[28:06]that I'm a man because I can maneuver and I can manipulate

[28:08]and I can cheat it's not that's Nota this is cowardice a

[28:14]real man is someone who observes the people come to you when

[28:20]they want their rights you are seen as a refuge [Applause] for

[28:26]you're not an Aid of the you're not an aid for the

[28:32]oppressors you're a refuge for the oppressed this is this is manliness

[28:40]we have another narration where IM alassan is being asked by his

[28:48]father about manliness and this is very beautiful these are conversations that

[28:53]have to happen IM asks his son oh my son what is

[29:02]manliness this conversation has to happen between Fathers and Sons how many

[29:07]fathers have sat their sons down and had a Frank conversation about

[29:12]what it means to be a real man this is what Ali

[29:17]used to do he used to talk to his sons he asks

[29:22]his son tell me what is your understanding of what a real

[29:30]man is look at what IM much says he highlights the Lost

[29:34]virtues of real men when you think of what a real man

[29:39]is what a man's man is what comes to mind look at

[29:44]what Imam says he says IM the first thing he mentions is

[29:51]Modesty Chastity you would think that oh are we talking about femininity

[29:59]or or masculinity no no Imam says no this is masculinity manliness

[30:03]is to have a little bit of shyness with nonaham women some

[30:10]brothers need to really cool it down bit too bold and comfortable

[30:20]with the opposite gender IM when he came to to ask for

[30:26]the hand of fa a purely Hal Endeavor he sits beside the

[30:35]prophet Ali have you come for for something the narration say that

[30:46]was too shy to ask for the hand of FAA it's good

[30:48]to be shy we have to have a little bit of ha

[30:53]this is of all of the who did trust to escort the

[31:04]from meca to Medina because a real man can be trusted with

[31:13]women he doesn't send others he sends Ali and this is before

[31:20]the marriage of Ali and Fa Ali is there escorting his mother

[31:25]the daughter of the Prophet the daughter of Hamza because is you

[31:31]know in the Quran Allah he describes M he's yes we know

[31:36]physical strength is important but you know what else is important moral

[31:40]strength you are trustworthy not just with money you're trustworthy with people's

[31:47]daughters you're trustworthy with other women IM says there needs to be

[31:55]a little bit of formality a real man doesn't sit around with

[32:02]girls smoking shisha and laughing I'm sorry I know I'm in Dearborn

[32:05]and these are controversial statements but the truth is the truth this

[32:10]is not they weren't sitting around laughing and giggling with with with

[32:19]women this is not this is this is what mua does you're

[32:22]this this is you're this is a different camp we have a

[32:28]narration from he says the prophet used to say Salam to women

[32:43]and the women would respond you know sometimes the prophet teaches you

[32:54]something and then might give you another lesson that you need to

[33:02]learn used to also greet women he used to say Salam to

[33:15]them he used to say Salam to women but he would not

[33:22]it was not his Habit to initiate Salam with young ladies because

[33:27]Ali he has that shyness you might say it's must to sayam

[33:33]yes it's must but sometimes the must ends up you're sitting at

[33:39]Starbucks with this nonaham girl and your by the way you shouldn't

[33:42]go to Starbucks we have to maybe dunin don't us I don't

[33:46]know maybe they're all boycotted I don't know sometimes you might think

[33:51]and this is how Shan Works he gets you through and then

[33:54]you're you're in the depths of he's teaching us that a true

[34:04]man exercises caution especially when it comes to younger ladies you shouldn't

[34:06]kid yourself there is a natural attraction between men and women you

[34:11]have to understand this and it's a very Noble quality to be

[34:17]reserved when you interact with the opposite gender there's a a an

[34:24]interesting narration that we find in this is one of our most

[34:30]important important Hadith collections on Islamic law this narration many of you

[34:37]might be familiar with Abu Bas Abu Bas was one of the

[34:43]distinguished Companions of IM and IM the narration say says it's from

[34:52]him he's he's reporting this incident he says Abu B who was

[35:02]incidentally he was blind he says that I used to teach a

[35:05]lady Quran he was a Quran teacher for a lady he says

[35:20]one day I was joking with her during class that's it's a

[35:24]Quran class I don't know how he slipped in a joke but

[35:27]he slipped in a joke right it's the ancient way of sliding

[35:30]into DMS so he said I was joking with her and then

[35:41]later I went to visit now we know in our theology that

[35:49]our they receive the record of our they know they know what

[35:55]you what you've been up to they know about all of your

[36:00]your likes on social media sometimes I think man how embarrassing is

[36:03]it for us that every week you like this post you like

[36:06]that post this is what the Imam has to read about our

[36:11]behavior on social media so in any case he Co he goes

[36:18]to the IM and the IM he says to him he says

[36:24]what did you do he says he says what did you say

[36:37]to that lady the narration says he said I covered my face

[36:48]in shame that the Imam knew he knew what I was what

[36:52]I did look at what imak says without mincing any words he

[37:01]says you're not allowed to go back and teach her our imams

[37:03]they have zero tolerance for this Behavior if you cannot control yourself

[37:09]if you don't have discipline if you cannot control your impulses take

[37:13]yourself out of these environments this is the imams did not accept

[37:20]this type of behavior from their students from their companions now what

[37:23]I'd like to do brothers and sisters I want to share with

[37:28]you you an Ayah of the Quran and the Ayah and you

[37:33]can you can open up your your phone and I hope you

[37:35]have a Quran app in addition to all of the other apps

[37:42]that you have Surah Surah 20 Ayah n and Ayah number 10

[37:46]two verses from these two verses together we're going to extrapolate 10

[37:57]principles of Manliness from this Ayah and this hopefully will inspire you

[38:07]to engage more with the Quran one Ayah yes one Ayah we

[38:11]can derive many lessons on the concept of now what is the

[38:20]Ayah mus Allah is speaking to the prophet has the story of

[38:26]Musa come to you are you familiar with the story of M

[38:30]and then Allah says what in the next Ayah to give you

[38:44]a little bit of context many of you if not all of

[38:49]you are familiar with the story of M and the Quran we

[38:51]know that he killed a Coptic in Egypt he had to flee

[38:56]he stayed with SH for 10 years he got married to the

[38:59]daughter of sh he worked the farm and then after 10 years

[39:05]he decided that it's time to go back to Egypt he felt

[39:09]a sense of responsibility towards B is they're still being subjugated by

[39:14]so he takes his family and they're traveling from Medan back to

[39:20]Egypt he gets lost in the middle of the desert as they

[39:25]are traveling it's nighttime so imagine there's no there's no Map Quest

[39:32]or GPS they're in the middle of the desert no it's pitch

[39:35]black you're walking through the desert wild animals it's freezing you have

[39:44]your wife your children with you he says to his family I

[39:53]see a fire he was the only one who could see see

[39:59]the fire no one else could see it the first principle of

[40:05]is that a a man needs to be hyper Vigilant and aware

[40:13]of his surroundings you shouldn't be oblivious Musa doesn't have tunnel vision

[40:18]he is able to see the Distant Fire the first principle is

[40:32]a man has to be aware you have to have awareness you

[40:34]need to be vigilant this is number one number two he says

[40:45]what he says to his family stay here the first thing that

[40:53]comes to mind is what his family he thinks about his family

[40:58]first one of the most important qualities of a man is they

[41:04]have a family first mentality this is the second quality oful the

[41:16]third is M assesses the risks and the dangers part of being

[41:25]a man means that you have to do some risk evaluation risk

[41:29]assessment it is dangerous to leave the family in the middle of

[41:37]this open desert at night and it's also dangerous to climb up

[41:43]this mountain and go to an unknown destination but what is more

[41:50]dangerous taking them into the unknown or keeping them where they are

[41:56]there are two dangers he chooses the lesser of the two dangers

[42:03]M as a man he is able to assess danger levels okay

[42:11]the next thing that we find is he says to his family

[42:19]wait here I'm going to go up that mountain because maybe I

[42:26]can get some firewood or some guidance notice that there is one

[42:33]person who makes the final decision have you ever heard of the

[42:38]expression too many chefs spoil the soup in a family you need

[42:41]one person who's going to make the final decision he is that

[42:49]unified singular voice he provides that leadership he takes that initiative he

[42:54]is managing this crisis he doesn't delegate it to someone else the

[43:07]next principle oful in the Ayah is a a real man as

[43:16]a leader he consults and he explains the rationale behind his decisions

[43:21]he's explaining why he's going up to the mountain he doesn't just

[43:27]say stay here I'll I'll be back he doesn't leave them in

[43:30]the dark he explains the rationale he is consultative because if you

[43:38]don't con your family will forgive you for making poor decisions but

[43:43]they won't forgive you for not Consulting he consults he explains he

[43:49]explains the rationale because he wants to build their confidence in him

[43:56]he offers that rationale and he also speaks to everyone in the

[44:01]family who's going to be affected by this decision he doesn't just

[44:06]speak to his wife he says to his entire family he he

[44:12]speaks to everyone who is going to be impacted by the decision

[44:19]notice that he says what he says [Music] he says I'm going

[44:38]to go up to this fire because maybe I will get some

[44:43]firewood or some guidance what we learn Here My Dear brothers and

[44:48]sisters is that one of the qualities of a real man is

[44:53]that he does not promise what is not assured he doesn't say

[44:59]for sure I'm going to get firewood for sure I'm going to

[45:02]get guidance he says maybe he's very careful with his words he

[45:08]doesn't overpromise there is nothing that diminishes your credibility as a man

[45:14]more than unfulfilled promises he says next you see that he prioriti

[45:29]he's able to not he's not only able to assess risk he

[45:36]also understands which needs are more of a priority he says I

[45:40]will maybe I will bring back some firewood or I will find

[45:43]some directions what is more of a priority when you're in the

[45:50]middle of the night a winter night the immediate need is what

[45:54]warmth and Fire a secondary need is what direction so we can

[46:02]find our way he is able to prioritize the needs he's in

[46:09]tune another principle of in this Ayah is that he's optimistic he's

[46:18]not the one who's saying guys we're lost we're going to die

[46:23]in the middle of the desert every man for himself he's not

[46:28]pessimistic he says maybe I'll get some firewood maybe I can find

[46:32]some guidance he keeps in mind that I have to keep the

[46:36]morale of my family high he doesn't have this negative pessimistic mentality

[46:42]this is the job of a you have to provide that morale

[46:49]you have to be an optimistic realist you can be a realist

[46:53]but be optimistic be hopeful and then finally what does he do

[46:57]he says in right he he takes responsibility for this decision he

[47:04]consults but by saying in and then I'm going to go do

[47:10]this and I'm going to go do that he's essentially highlighting that

[47:13]standing up and assuming leader leadership necessitates that I bear the responsibility

[47:20]of things go wrong the buck stops with you this is this

[47:27]is the the meaning of you see one Ayah of the Quran

[47:33]there is so much that we can extrapolate and I'll end with

[47:36]this my dear brothers and sisters another important quality of a man

[47:43]is the things that occupy your thoughts what actually bothers you in

[47:50]life what disturbs you are you the type of guy where it's

[47:55]the end of the world if I don't get get the meal

[47:58]that I want or if I'm not driving the car that I

[47:59]want are these the things that really bring you down and make

[48:04]you upset the things that bother you and irritate you indicate how

[48:12]big you are as a man or how small you are as

[48:15]a man in sermon 27 it's a very sad and the context

[48:26]of it is that after the battle of s mua starts to

[48:34]send tribes throughout Iraq to pillage Villages and towns he's trying to

[48:40]disrupt Security in the government of Amir one of these tribes they

[48:48]raid a village and these men muawiya's men they steal the ankle

[48:59]bracelets and the necklaces and the earrings of Muslim women and non-muslim

[49:10]women when receives news that this Village was pillaged Imam he says

[49:24]that news has reached me that this that a city was pillaged

[49:32]by a certain tribe and they snatched away the jewelry of women

[49:35]and these poor women they were so helpless that all they could

[49:40]do was cry out and beg for mercy and then the Imam

[49:48]he shifts his attention to the men who were living in that

[49:51]Village he says that these men they came they violated these women

[50:01]they didn't kill the women they took their ankle bracelets they took

[50:08]their earrings is shocked he says how is it possible that there

[50:21]were men in that Village and they allowed these Intruders to take

[50:27]jewelry from poor women how did you allow them to escape unscathed

[50:35]how did you not inflict damage upon them how did you not

[50:40]shed the blood of these criminals and then the Imam says IM

[50:55]he says if a Muslim man were to hear about this story

[51:02]that Muslim women and non-muslim women had their private possessions confiscated Imam

[51:11]says if a man were to die of grief because of this

[51:17]oppression I would not blame him I would consider him to be

[51:27]an honorable man a real man what what what what aggravates a

[51:32]real man more than anything is is oppression a real man his

[51:43]top priority is to ensure that the marginalized the weak the vulnerable

[51:48]are not exploited this is what should occupy your thoughts this is

[51:55]what should matter to you this is the mark of real man

[52:01]what matters to you is going to dictate the type of man

[52:04]that you are we ask Allah subhana tal to bless us and

[52:07]to guide us and to illuminate our hearts with the teachings of

[52:11]Muhammad Ali Muhammad I'd like to conclude by thanking the myc for

[52:15]uh the gracious invitation I pray that Allah subhana wa ta'ala um

[52:22]allowed you to to benefit from these brief talks I pray that

[52:25]Allah subhana wa tala increases your toi and makes us among the

[52:28]dedicated and sincere followers of I would like to congratulate you all

[52:56]and like to congratulate the Imam of our time on this illuminated

[53:03]evening where we celebrate the birth of our Master aluh [Music] muhad

[53:26]yeah [Music] [Applause] [Music] quanan for [Music] [Music] and [Music] [Applause] [Music]

[55:55]Al and [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] a [Music] B let [Music] way

[58:26][Music] [Music] way [Music] [Music] sh [Applause] Al where it be where

[60:03]it be I want everyone to help me participate tonight we celebrate

[60:34]the birth of I don't want anyone to not participate today muh

[61:24]Al you guys could do louder mallah there's a lot of shab

[61:31]tonight I want everyone to [Music] participate raise your hands with me

[61:52]clap with me yes [Music] you guys could do [Applause] [Music] louder

[62:48]louder show up louder Al [Music] be Al louder sh louder [Applause]

[64:23]Al [Applause] louder sh louder mashallah you guys could do better [Applause]

[65:14][Music] [Music] Al for [Applause] the shabab in the back I don't

[66:07]hear your voice louder for [Applause] [Music] [Music] Al for there can

[68:19]only be one the world cannot handle many you wa down the

[68:29][Music] earth I want everyone to pay attention to this poem this

[68:38]poem was written by born in the one only and to proudly

[68:50]the gave birth the that cried out finally comes the one that

[69:08]made me holy and gave me my worth in him I can

[69:12]see so clearly he is gold while his an is just dust

[69:23]and Earth raise your hands with me born there was Ali and

[69:33]only Ali born there was Ali and only Ali Ali Ali Ali

[69:37]Ali my love is Ali Ali Ali Ali Ali my love is

[69:42]with me Ali Ali Ali Ali my love is alii Ali Ali

[69:49]Ali Al Ali Ali Ali my listen as said had cried oh

[70:02]Allah I feel in inside that he will be born to her

[70:09]prayer Allah replied how and she saw that the for her had

[70:25]been torn and the she would reite till within her loving arm

[70:35]light a precious s thei his birth became the and it was

[70:51]reborn raise your hands and it was Reborn it's loved you Ali

[71:00]like we love Ali it's loved you Ali like we love Ali

[71:06]it's loved you Ali like we love Ali Ali Ali Al Ali

[71:14]my love is Ali Ali Ali Ali Ali my love is Ali

[71:19]Ali Ali Ali for Ali alii Ali Ali Ali Ali Ali [Music]

[72:13]he [Music] spe [Music] you guys could do louder [Music] louder for

[73:44][Music] [Music] [Applause] what can for [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] Allah [Music]

[75:50]Muhammed muhamad [Music]

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