Night 2: Why Do I Have To Follow a Marja? - Sayed Mohammad Baqer Qazwini | 2023 MYC Muharram Program

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[0:08]and I know that you hear too and I know that she

[0:16]cries for you unfortunate everyone let's say [Applause] [Applause] [Applause] foreign [Applause]

[1:15]let's say [Applause] [Applause] why do I noticed please don't tell me

[1:46]from your grace please promise me [Music] life you gave with your

[2:09]death and your van you were Brave every breath you're my savior

[2:14]in my graveyard Hussein Choose My Name by your side hey [Music]

[2:26]you were Brave every breath you're my savior in my graveyard Jose

[2:34]Choose My Name by yourself foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] good life you

[3:11]gave with your death and your value you were Brave every breath

[3:19]you're my savior in my graveyard Jose and choose My Name by

[3:24]your side [Music] all right [Music] sometimes Muhammad Rahim Allah [Music] foreign

[5:00][Music] [Music] foreign [Music] I begin in the name of the almighty

[6:02]God the compassionate the merciful the one who has created everything in

[6:05]utmost perfection and May the peace and blessings of the almighty God

[6:11]be upon his pure and beloved messenger the peak of his creation

[6:17]the symbol of humanity the holy prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi and his

[6:30]Immaculate progeny of the peace be upon them especially the leader of

[6:34]our time the awaited Savior may Allah haste in his reappearance and

[6:43]make us all amongst his sincere and dedicated servants Muhammad respected brothers

[6:54]and sisters verse 1 22.

[7:08]Bismillah foreign teaches us to think outside the box to challenge the

[7:57]status quo don't accept what's imposed on you without rationally intellectually justifying

[8:07]it what happened during the time of Imam is that Society accepted

[8:12]the political climate we have a ruler he claims to represent the

[8:18]prophet salallahu alaihi and he's imposing his rule on us accept it

[8:23]that's fine my parents tell me to accept it my neighbors tell

[8:28]me to accept that my Society tells me to accept it so

[8:30]I have no choice but to accept it God wants him to

[8:35]rule if God did not want him to rule why did he

[8:38]allow him to ascend the throne without challenging what Society was teaching

[8:46]many people fell into the path of deviation and Corruption the message

[8:52]of Imam Hussein was to awaken the intellect the mind challenge what

[8:58]your Society tells you make sure that what Society teaches you is

[9:02]in line with the Holy Quran with the teachings of Allah with

[9:07]the teachings of rasulullah this is the core message that is why

[9:15]as followers of Imam prasin in everything that we do in every

[9:22]belief system that we Embrace in every deed that we offer we

[9:25]must be able to justify it on the day of judgment do

[9:31]I have an answer for how I lived the rules that I

[9:36]embrace and follow can I justify them or not this is the

[9:42]message be able to justify your life and your path and what

[9:47]you hold on to when it comes to my belief system I

[9:52]must be able to justify it when it comes to the core

[9:56]beliefs every one of us my dear brothers and sisters must be

[9:59]able to justify and rationalize why we believe in the religion of

[10:05]Islam why do you believe in one God what is the existence

[10:06]what is the proof for God's existence do we know that yes

[10:12]we believe in God alhamdulillah but can I justify it why do

[10:15]I believe in God if someone asks you prove it to me

[10:18]share with me the evidence am I able to provide that evidence

[10:24]we all believe the Holy Quran is the miracle of God can

[10:27]I demonstrate that it's a miracle how can I prove to myself

[10:33]and to my society that this is the book of God how

[10:36]do I know there is a day of judgment I need to

[10:39]rationalize that I can't say just because mom and dad taught me

[10:42]there's a day of judgment then that's why I believe in the

[10:48]day of judgment I must be able to justify everything I believe

[10:53]in I must be able to justify what I practice how I

[10:58]Implement My Religion now this creates a very tough and important question

[11:05]for us one of the features of the school of Elizabeth today

[11:09]one of the features of the shias is that we follow Maharaja

[11:14]and Scholars we engage in a process called emulation if I were

[11:23]to ask you why do you pray the way you pray one

[11:27]is eight for you your answer would be my merger says so

[11:31]The Scholar whom I follow that's the ruling that he's given me

[11:36]this creates a very important question for us is this type of

[11:41]tatlid is this type of emulation accepted is this blind following or

[11:46]not am I able to justify it or not because that's what

[11:51]other people do ask other people why do you live the way

[11:53]you live my scholar says that my Mufti tells me to practice

[12:01]my Dean like that what's different about us then this is a

[12:05]very important question that we must answer because the religion of Islam

[12:11]is very sensitive about following what Society teaches you what your family

[12:16]teaches you you must have the evidence today there are many people

[12:19]questioning what is the evidence for takleid why do we follow scholars

[12:22]in Maharaja do we have evidence in the Holy Quran in the

[12:29]Hadith about following Scholars secondly some people will tell you the Quran

[12:33]condensed lead we have hadiths that condemnid how do I follow a

[12:39]merger when the imams of adilbait have condemned takleid and some will

[12:43]tell you that taklid is an innovation two centuries ago you have

[12:48]Scholars who invented the system of takli for a thousand years there

[12:52]was no takleid when you look at the akbari scholars we'll briefly

[12:56]talk about the difference between the akbaris and the usuli scholars they

[13:01]did not accept and people did not engage in taklit suddenly two

[13:08]centuries ago the osuli scholars they decided to invent the system of

[13:12]taklit so you invented the system those who are objecting are saying

[13:16]so how do we justify it and then this whole issue of

[13:22]having to follow the most knowledgeable scholar where did you get that

[13:25]from is there a verse on the Holy Quran or a Hadith

[13:29]that supports this that justifies this and then some people will tell

[13:33]you look at the mess we're in every single year we have

[13:35]a problem we have an issue in the community around the world

[13:40]because of different fatwas tells me tomorrow is eight another in Madrid

[13:43]tells me no the next day is Aid the following day is

[13:50]eight many people are questioning how do I have faith in such

[13:54]a system how can I trust such a system when the scholars

[13:58]don't agree on a lot of issues how can I trust this

[14:04]system how can I justify this system don't you tell us you

[14:09]should have yet and certainty I don't have certainty about any of

[14:14]this one scholar says this is another scholar says this is how

[14:17]do I trust the system this is a very important discussion my

[14:21]dear brothers and sisters that we must rationally intellectually address because at

[14:26]the end of the day what defines the school of debate is

[14:31]knowledge and certainty everything that I do I must be able to

[14:37]justify it I don't follow a scholar just because my parents told

[14:39]me to do so because my Society tells me to do so

[14:44]I need to know why I follow a Maja and how do

[14:48]I follow a merger and I need to understand the types of

[14:51]takleid out there and what type of the Holy Quran criticizes and

[14:57]what type is Justified this is a discussion every one of us

[15:00]must be aware of because at the end of the day this

[15:05]has to do with our religion Allah will question us he will

[15:09]hold us accountable let's first Define the word and then engage in

[15:15]this very important discussion the word in Arabic literally linguistically means to

[15:23]put something around the neck that's why in Arabic what do you

[15:28]call a necklace for those who are familiar with the Arabic language

[15:32]what do you call a necklace why because a necklace wraps around

[15:40]your neck that's why it's called when you follow someone in Arabic

[15:46]we call this takalid why what does this have to do with

[15:51]someone's neck when you follow someone essentially what you're doing is that

[15:58]you're placing your deeds and actions around the neck of that person

[16:03]essentially what you're doing is you're putting the responsibility on that person

[16:11]it's on you it's on your neck I followed your instructions the

[16:13]responsibility is on you when you take the prescription of a doctor

[16:19]you're essentially putting your medical decisions and instructions around the neck of

[16:26]that doctor this is a figure of speech it's symbolic you're telling

[16:30]your doctor look I'm off the hook I came to you I

[16:36]took your prescription what happens is not my responsibility the responsibilities on

[16:39]you it's on your neck you have to be held responsible for

[16:46]that that is the linguistic meaning of taklid now you will know

[16:49]that there are verses and hadees that condemned let's go to the

[16:53]Holy Quran it's very important for understand for us to understand how

[16:58]the system works what does Tak league mean does the Quran sanction

[17:03]this or no some will tell you that the Holy Quran condemns

[17:08]taklid why for instance he criticizes the pagans for engaging in tatlit

[17:18]what do you think the problem of the pagans was they didn't

[17:22]know that the prophet salallahu alaihi brought them the right path oh

[17:25]yes they knew but they didn't care why did they not care

[17:31]they would say to the prophet that's how we found our parents

[17:38]and grandparents and Society living we're going to live like them we'll

[17:41]accept their beliefs the prophet will tell them look at these Idols

[17:45]you yourself make the idols sometimes they would create Idols from dates

[17:52]and then in years of famines and starvations they'd eat their own

[17:58]Idols they would digest their own idols the prophet would tell them

[18:02]this is ridiculous where's your intellect they would say no that's how

[18:06]I found Mom and Dad doing it I'm going to do it

[18:10]that's how I found my Society living I'm going to live like

[18:15]my Society Allah condemns them for that Allah when they would be

[18:28]called come to what Allah has revealed to you come to this

[18:31]beautiful path the path of Islam the path of guidance to what

[18:36]the prophet is bringing you what was their response you know we

[18:41]have better arguments no we have about a better counter argument no

[18:46]that's not how they would justify it their response was one line

[18:55]they would say the path of our fathers is sufficient for us

[19:01]I don't want anything else I'll just follow what my dad followed

[19:05]what my grandfather followed that's sufficient for me Allah condemns them Allah

[19:14]tells them if your parents were ignorant why do you follow them

[19:19]what do your parents know when they worship the idols what kind

[19:21]of moral standards did your parents have the Holy Quran condemned them

[19:26]for blind following there's another verse in Surah to Toba verse 31

[19:33]in which Allah also condemns take the lead and blind following Allah

[19:40]criticizes the Jews and Christians for worshiping their Scholars Allah Allah is

[19:56]criticizing the Jews and the Christians at the time for doing what

[19:59]for worshiping their priests their rabbis their monks they would take them

[20:08]as Lords beside God now if you ask Christians and Jews when

[20:12]did you worship your Scholars did you pray for your Scholars did

[20:18]you fast for them no you didn't so how did they worship

[20:22]their Scholars he teaches us how to understand this verse States beware

[20:31]of tatlid yes the Imam is saying this we'll get to how

[20:37]we understand these hadiths the one who engages in takleid in his

[20:43]Deen in his religion you just simply blindly follows he'll perish he

[20:49]will fail he will lose then he quotes this verse the Imam

[20:54]says don't you see that the Quran says the Christians and the

[20:58]Jews they worship their own Scholars the Imam says you think the

[21:07]Christians they would worship their Scholars and fast for their Scholars no

[21:12]they didn't do that neither did the Jews do that so what

[21:14]is it that they did that the Quran is criticizing over here

[21:19]here's what they did here's what they did that which is halal

[21:28]and lawful by God they made it haram they Twisted the law

[21:34]and that which is Haram they made it Halal and they legalized

[21:41]it they played with the rules their society accepted it they followed

[21:45]them blindly Allah criticizes them for that isn't this evidence against then

[21:51]why do you why do we follow our Scholars someone will bring

[21:54]this verse and tell you look you're doing exactly what the Quran

[21:57]is prohibiting you to do one manager says this is halal another

[22:03]says this is Haram how do you justify that one's legalizing something

[22:07]one is prohibiting something this is exactly what the Christian Scholars and

[22:12]Jewish Scholars did how do we justify that so you find that

[22:17]this is a very important critical discussion my dear brothers and sisters

[22:22]this is the common objection how do we respond we need to

[22:25]have insight in this time and age we have to have Insight

[22:30]my dear brothers and sisters how do we understand the system of

[22:35]tatlid then in light of these verses and hadiths do we have

[22:39]any justification is there any verse in the Holy Quran any Hadith

[22:41]from the Elizabeth that justify the system of taklid and what is

[22:47]proper taklid emulation of a scholar why do we need to follow

[22:50]them especially when they have so many differences amongst them we will

[22:54]present two types of arguments now for taklit the first one is

[23:01]a rational argument intellectual argument and the second is a scriptural argument

[23:06]based on the scripture the Quran and also based on the Hadith

[23:10]let's begin with the rational argument the rational argument is very simple

[23:16]at a very basic level it's very simple why we follow a

[23:22]scholar why every person who's not an expert must follow a scholar

[23:26]in any field either you're an expert so you follow your own

[23:33]research and expertise or if you're not an expert you're part of

[23:38]the laity you have to follow an expert this is a rational

[23:42]principle that the whole world is based on society is based on

[23:48]that without this rational principle society would fall apart the same applies

[23:54]to religion none of us my dear brothers and sisters were present

[23:57]to hear what the prophet said how did the prophet explain the

[24:04]Quran and implement the Quran how did Imam say what did Imam

[24:09]Hussain say what did say what were their teachings they lived 14

[24:15]centuries ago we barely know what happened yesterday two weeks ago a

[24:21]month ago you need a whole team of experts and forensics to

[24:26]determine an incident that happened how do we know what happened 14

[24:30]centuries ago this requires intensive research either you're an expert or you're

[24:39]not an expert for you to be an expert on Islamic law

[24:43]on the Quran you need to go through rigorous studying you need

[24:49]to master the Arabic language because Allah speaks in Arabic in the

[24:52]Holy Quran the language of the Hadith is Arabic I need to

[24:57]know Arabic I need to understand the context of those hadiths if

[25:02]there's a discrepancy amongst hadiths if there's a contradiction how do I

[25:07]resolve that contradiction how do I address it how do I reconcile

[25:10]it you know we have so many contradictions between hadiths that's because

[25:15]sometimes a narrator would miss quote the Imam sometimes a narrator would

[25:19]fabricate a Hadith you don't think there were Fabricators look at the

[25:24]world today you have people openly fabricating stories and lives and creating

[25:29]fake news you don't think this existed back then of course it

[25:31]did how do I know which is the authentic Hadith over here

[25:36]sometimes a narrator would have a good intention but he'd misunderstand the

[25:40]Imam like one of the narrators he started advocating that if you

[25:50]pray the nafila like Salah of the morning prayer the prayer you

[25:54]don't have to pray the watch your prayers anymore so if you

[25:58]skip the morning prayers okay just do an Africa that will compensate

[26:00]for it one of the companions went to him he told him

[26:08]your companion so and so is saying that did you say that

[26:10]then Mom says no that's not what I meant he misunderstood my

[26:17]words what I said is that sometimes in your waja prayers you

[26:21]don't Focus properly right you're distracted you don't get the full reward

[26:25]if you pray then after that Allah will compensate for your wajah

[26:30]prayers that's what I meant I didn't say that if you pray

[26:33]then after that you don't have to pray the word you pray

[26:36]see he misunderstood the words of the imams you need intensive research

[26:42]to sift through thousands of verses and narrations to know taught us

[26:47]if you're an expert by all means you don't need to follow

[26:52]anyone follow your own expertise but if you're not an expert you

[26:58]know when the Holy Quran we have over 500 verses verses that

[27:02]contain legal rulings do I know them have I studied them am

[27:08]I a scholar in them am I an expert on them the

[27:09]books of Hadith that we have just the book of el kafi

[27:13]has 16 000 narrations did I study them did I navigate through

[27:19]them did I compare them to see which Hadith or not if

[27:22]you did by all means don't follow anyone between you and Allah

[27:28]you have experience you have expertise follow what you believe is right

[27:32]but if I'm not an expert if I don't know how to

[27:37]navigate through these verses and hadiths what do I do what does

[27:39]the intellect tell you here imagine there's no verse about following a

[27:43]scholar there's no Hadith about following a scholar what do you do

[27:47]in this case the intellect tells you follow an expert just like

[27:52]you follow your doctor an architect who wants to build a building

[27:56]for you he's the expert I'm not an expert he's the expert

[28:00]I follow him I take his expertise so at a very basic

[28:08]rational level we know that we have to follow an expert to

[28:10]tell us what happened 14 centuries ago I'm not following the scholar

[28:17]in reality I'm following I'm following I'm following but I need an

[28:25]expert to tell me what did the prophet say at the end

[28:30]of the day I need to practice my deed once I was

[28:34]in New York and a brother from the Muslim Community came forward

[28:37]and he was quite aggressive he said why do we have these

[28:43]labels Sunni Shia these books Scholars just be a Muslim I'm a

[28:46]Muslim I don't follow any scholar I don't follow any Mufti I'm

[28:50]just a Muslim he was trying to make his case I told

[28:55]him okay we're all Muslim Prophet Ibrahim told his sons do not

[29:01]die except as Muslims that's what defines us because I have a

[29:05]request right now you want to cancel out all schools of thought

[29:12]all Scholars okay fine I have a task for you can you

[29:15]get up right now and pray a Muslim prayer can I see

[29:21]how that looks like not a prayer that's based on the Shia

[29:24]school of thought the Sunni school of thought just the Muslim prayer

[29:30]without any label can I see you Allah demonstrate let me see

[29:32]how you want to pray so he got up and he's trying

[29:37]to demonstrate but then he stopped what are you going to do

[29:40]are you going to cross your hands or put them down are

[29:44]you going to put a turbine in front of you or not

[29:46]he was confused I told him just play just pray a Muslim

[29:51]prayer now let me see how did the prophet pray he struggled

[29:54]we are Muslims and we're proud to be Muslims and we don't

[29:58]like labels and we don't want to cause divisions but at the

[30:00]end of the day I need to know who do I take

[30:05]my Deen from he'll tell you the Quran yes the Quran but

[30:08]who teaches me the Quran rasulullah how do I know what the

[30:14]prophet said I need to have a path who is the trustworthy

[30:19]Source after rasulullah who teaches me the right religion who I need

[30:28]to know that requires research and if not I'm not an expert

[30:33]I need to follow someone who is an expert who's qualified who's

[30:36]trustworthy and who's Pious this is a rational principle That's the basis

[30:41]for takleet at a very basic level let's now move on to

[30:46]the scriptural evidence but are there any verses in the Quran any

[30:52]hadiths that could justify the process of following a scholar there must

[31:00]be if there isn't then we're in trouble how are we following

[31:03]Scholars when there's absolutely no evidence in the Quran or Hadith I

[31:06]will share with you a few quick references from the Quran and

[31:11]Hadith over here just so we're all informed about this discussion I'll

[31:14]share with you one verse from the Holy Quran then we'll move

[31:17]on to the hadiths Surat to tawba verse 122.

[31:24]Allah subhanahu ta'ala States basically it's not practical for all believers to

[31:30]travel to learn about their Deen the prophet was in Medina at

[31:34]the time of Revelation and so people wanted to learn about Islam

[31:36]the only way to learn was to travel there was a technology

[31:42]there at the time to convey what the prophet said the only

[31:45]way is to travel to go to Medina and to learn from

[31:51]the prophet Allah is saying to the Muslims it's not possible for

[31:54]all of you to go to Medina so then what's the solution

[32:08][Music] then there should be a group from every tribe from every

[32:18]community there should be a group to do what Deen to learn

[32:21]their deed go and travel go to Medina let them learn the

[32:27]rulings and then come back and inform their community how does this

[32:37]verse prove taklit this is one of the verses that Scholars have

[32:40]cited to prove the practice of taklid when you send a group

[32:45]of people from your community to go to Medina and learn the

[32:48]laws they learn the laws and the rulings they come back they

[32:53]teach you those laws when they teach you those laws you accept

[32:57]them and you follow them essentially that's you're following them you're following

[33:02]their expertise because when they go to Medina they will hear hadiths

[33:05]directly from the prophet you're relying on their understanding of the Hadith

[33:10]sometimes the prophet would be traveling they would go to the companions

[33:18]to learn they would use their discretion as this companion reliable or

[33:21]not is he a hypocrite or not because Allah warns us from

[33:24]Hypocrites and Liars Believers if someone comes and he is a fossil

[33:36]he's not reliable he's sinful he lies investigate don't just accept their

[33:39]reports so if I send a delegation from my community to go

[33:45]to Medina I'm relying on their judgment I'm relying on their expertise

[33:49]which companion is reliable or not I'm relying on them because I

[33:55]don't know I'm sitting in my Village at a very basic level

[34:00]this is your following experts they went to Medina they learned the

[34:04]laws they come back you follow them this is one verse in

[34:07]the Holy Quran that substantiates following expert Scholars and accepting their rulings

[34:14]verse 122.

[34:15]let's move on quickly to the hadiths that we have one of

[34:20]the hadiths that we have is the famous Hadith in this authentic

[34:30]Hadith tells His companion ageless theme Masjid Medina he tells him Aban

[34:40]I want you to sit in the mosque of Medina and give

[34:47]fatwa instructions rulings to people this essentially proves takli because the Imam

[34:53]is authorizing abandon to issue rulings that means the Imam is also

[34:57]authoring authorizing us to accept those rulings you go to the Masjid

[35:03]you hear about teaching you laws and rulings you accept them at

[35:06]a very basic level this is you're following an expert because Aban

[35:09]was a scholar he was an expert the imams of Elizabeth raised

[35:14]a generation of Scholars was one of them now you could say

[35:20]no no come on say it you can't use this as evidence

[35:25]for tatlit because this was a special pass for Aban Aban was

[35:30]a scholar the Imam trusted him he's allowed to give fatwas how

[35:34]are you extending this past to other Scholars where did you get

[35:39]that from the end of the Hadith explains the answer the Imam

[35:43]at the end of the Hadith says what foreign I want to

[35:57]see Scholars who are sincere who are knowledgeable to sit and give

[36:01]guidance to the people and give instructions to the people that in

[36:05]itself is one basis for taklid that Scholars have cited this is

[36:12]one Hadith from the Imam Ali Islam let's be informed about these

[36:15]narrations my dear brothers and sisters so we justify the practice of

[36:19]following Scholars not blindly but with insight another Hadith is the Hadith

[36:26]in which he told his companions foreign to give you General guidelines

[36:49]and principles and it's your responsible to Branch out what does that

[36:53]mean see the Imam gives us General guidelines one of those General

[36:57]guidelines one of those general principles that the imams have given us

[37:00]is What's called the law of exemption I'm just giving you an

[37:06]example we call this the law of the prophet salallahu alaihi stated

[37:11]in a Hadith that which you don't know is lifted from you

[37:16]if something is not known you can assume that it's Halal this

[37:21]is called the law of exemption the Imam gives us this law

[37:23]but who applies it the expert scholar he applies it to the

[37:31]specific cases is cloning Halal or Haram there's no verse that says

[37:36]it's Hala there's no Hadith that says it's Halal but you'll find

[37:39]many scholars saying if it doesn't cause harm okay if it's ethical

[37:45]it's halal The Scholar is giving when you say something is halal

[37:49]you're putting that on your responsibility that this is halal if you

[37:53]ask a scholar what's your evidence how did you say this is

[37:58]halal what will the scholar tell you love exemption my Prophet said

[38:02]if something we don't know to be consider that it's lifted from

[38:07]us very simple so this Hadith justifies that lead because the Iman

[38:16]gives principles the principles are not for the laity it's difficult for

[38:19]them to apply them to the cases that's why you need lawyers

[38:23]why do we need lawyers just go to the Constitution just go

[38:27]to the books and apply them no you need expert lawyers to

[38:30]implement the law so this is a second Hadith about the validity

[38:37]of taklid a third Hadith it's called the accepted report of um

[38:43]was one of the companions he goes to the Imam Ali Islam

[38:50]he tells him Imam we have a dispute about inheritance about that

[38:55]we need to resolve it two of our men the shias they're

[38:59]in a dispute can they go to the judge of the state

[39:03]and the state was oppressive um is it okay for them to

[39:12]go and resolve their disputes in these courts that are not based

[39:17]on God's law the Imam says no it says sin for them

[39:21]to go to that Court so he says what do we do

[39:23]how do we resolve it tells him go to the expert narrators

[39:31]of our Hadith go to someone who knows our Halal who knows

[39:38]our Haram who knows our rulings they shall be the judge I

[39:44]have assigned them as judges they're the Arbiters let them decide the

[39:49]law many scholars have said this Hadith in itself proves the basis

[39:54]of taklit because the Imam says you have a dispute it's a

[39:57]legal matter of fact matter a religious issue go to an expert

[40:02]to someone who knows our Halal and Haram go to them let

[40:04]them determine the law for you so this is another Hadith my

[40:10]dear brothers and sisters that could be just that could be Subs

[40:14]used to substantiate and justify taklit so if you're wondering what is

[40:20]the basis for taklid we have many hadiths like this and tens

[40:23]of others of hadiths now let's answer this very important question but

[40:28]at the end of the day it's still blind following my merger

[40:33]I don't know what Hadith did he cite in ruling what he

[40:36]ruled how do I justify that the way that we justify that

[40:41]is to go to a trusted source a scholar who's trustworthy whom

[40:47]you know you've done research your family that your trust has done

[40:51]research and they tell you this is a Pious scholar we know

[40:56]that this scholar is giving you the teachings of alibate because other

[41:01]Muslims will tell you the same I'm following my Mufti what's the

[41:04]problem yes you're following your Mufti your Mufti is an expert sure

[41:10]but is your Mufti implementing what the prophet said or not the

[41:14]prophet said after me the Quran these two if your Mufti is

[41:18]following then in bait strictly accepting their laws we accept that that's

[41:25]fine but honestly I'm not here to offend any Mufti out there

[41:29]but honestly is that the case outside the school of Elizabeth the

[41:33]laws that they issue are they based on the teachings of Elizabeth

[41:38]or no there's no third so if you're following a scholar who

[41:45]follows the Quran and the alibate they are experts they're Pious you're

[41:50]off the hook that's acceptable you're following an expert there's nothing wrong

[41:56]with that and throughout the history the followers of validates have implemented

[42:01]the spirit of takleid even though the akbari scholars condemned the word

[42:06]because I know many of you today are asking us say it

[42:11]but for a thousand years these Scholars they condemned athlete there are

[42:15]minor differences between the akbari scholars and the usuli scholars the osuni

[42:20]scholars gained momentum two centuries ago there was a scholar by the

[42:23]name of he was instrumental in laying the foundations of the modern

[42:32]usually School all Scholars except Quran and Hadith their methodology is different

[42:37]just to give you a glimpse because many of you wonder what's

[42:41]the difference between their methodology is different for instance Akbar is generally

[42:49]accept all the hadiths that we have in the four main books

[42:54]these four main books of Hadith say don't waste your time look

[43:00]at and they're looking at their chain of transmission they're all also

[43:05]here let's accept them all they're authentic that's their View we respect

[43:09]that that's their view that's fine they have ways of reconciling between

[43:13]these hadiths they tell you al-kulini the author of alcafi he did

[43:18]his best he did his research he's telling me this hadiths are

[43:21]authentic I can trust him The osuni Scholar generally says no I

[43:25]disagree with that I need to know the chain of every single

[43:30]Hadith the Maharaja that you're following today all of them pretty much

[43:35]they investigate every single Hadith they're usuris they say I have to

[43:39]make sure that this Hadith is authentic who narrated it I need

[43:42]to do biographical studies to see who the narrator is that's one

[43:46]difference between very simple difference they were condemning blind chocolate otherwise at

[43:59]the time they would refer to their local Scholars you think the

[44:03]shias would go and read sixteen thousand hadiths in the book of

[44:08]coffee Seminary students barely can understand many of these hadiths because it

[44:12]requires a lot of in-depth research you think the late you could

[44:15]yes the akbaris also had some differences when it comes to take

[44:22]lead for instance an akbari scholar will tell you you can follow

[44:24]a merger who passed away that's fine we don't have an issue

[44:26]with that and alsoori's Scholar says no he has to be alive

[44:31]when you start following him and they have the evidence for that

[44:34]scholar generally tells you you have to to follow the most knowledgeable

[44:40]right isn't this a condition that we talk about and many of

[44:45]you struggle how do I find them the most knowledgeable how do

[44:48]I know they tell you it's a rational principle if there are

[44:54]two doctors two surgeons and you have equal access to them one

[44:57]of them is more knowledgeable who do you go to your son

[45:00]has a surgery who do you go to remember they're easily accessible

[45:04]because if the better surgeon is in New York and he charges

[45:08]a million dollars obviously you'll say I don't have the resources so

[45:11]I'm not going to waste my time no they're both living on

[45:16]the same street they both charge the same one is known to

[45:18]be more knowledgeable what do you do rationally what do you do

[45:21]you follow thee one who has more knowledge the one who has

[45:28]more expertise that's why usuri Scholars tell you you should try your

[45:31]best to follow the most knowledgeable scholar we also have some hadiths

[45:35]that point to that that when there is a dispute between two

[45:38]judges follow the one who's more of an expert now that is

[45:45]not easy to determine you have to be an expert to determine

[45:48]that I'll make it very simple to you my dear brothers and

[45:53]sisters as long as there are two expert Scholars who tell you

[45:57]ex-merja is the most knowledgeable and you trust them you trust their

[46:02]judgment their expertise and their taqwa and you know they're not swayed

[46:10]by politics I underline that they're not swayed by politics it's not

[46:15]a political judgment between them and God they tell you this much

[46:18]as the most knowledgeable and you trust them it's okay for you

[46:23]to follow that merger that's why Allah will not hold you accountable

[46:27]more than that you've rationally done your part in identifying a scholar

[46:32]who seems to be the most knowledgeable that's enough that's sufficient you

[46:37]don't need to make an issue out of this many times we

[46:41]make an issue out of this this is one of the challenges

[46:46]of modern taklit because that lead has become institutionalized in the last

[46:50]two centuries you see that people make an issue out of the

[46:54]system of taklit this person says my scholar is the most knowledgeable

[46:58]and he condemns other Scholars and other people this is my dear

[47:04]brothers and sisters idolizing Scholars we respect them we love the scholars

[47:09]for their research for their expertise for their sacrifices but we do

[47:15]not idolize them no merger is infallible and I should not see

[47:19]any images being infallible I respect my merger the utmost respect for

[47:24]their research for their sacrifice for their piety but they're not infallible

[47:29]unfortunately one of the ills of our modern society is that we've

[47:36]developed an identity around the merger such that you see people being

[47:42]labeled by the last name of that marja honestly this is not

[47:45]what Adam bait taught us that's not the message of Imam Hussain

[47:49]follow experts don't idolize them don't develop an identity around them don't

[47:56]attack others who don't follow your merger respect that it's okay we

[48:01]can live with different experts that's fine that's perfectly okay we should

[48:07]not cause issues my dear brothers and sisters we have to maintain

[48:12]subhanallah foreshadowed what would happen before the reappearance of in one Hadith

[48:26]what you're awaiting the reappearance will not happen until you who claim

[48:36]to be my followers you will condemn each other you're a deviant

[48:46]you're corrupt you follow this scholar you follow this merger hassin is

[48:52]warning us don't be amongst those uphold the spirit of unity we've

[48:59]here gathered to uphold the legacy of Imam Hussain we need to

[49:05]show upon them the companions of the imams they had their differences

[49:08]but at the end of the day the Imam as a father

[49:09]figure he embrace them it's okay as long as you trust your

[49:16]scholar is pious he's doing his best to tell you what the

[49:19]hell is have taught that's fine that's okay don't condemn others don't

[49:24]arouse differences that is not appropriate that takes us away from Allah

[49:30]then we fall into blind following the beauty of the school of

[49:38]Elizabeth is you can always challenge even your merger you can challenge

[49:42]but appropriately don't go on social media and defame you can contact

[49:46]the office of any of your mother you want to know why

[49:50]they issued a ruling you have the right to ask and a

[49:52]Prius merger would welcome that Pious Representatives welcome that you have the

[49:58]right to ask why did you issue this ruling go and ask

[50:02]their books are published their encyclopedias but they're technical for a lot

[50:06]of people they can't understand them you can ask there's nothing you

[50:10]cannot ask in Islam there's nothing that you cannot appropriately challenge but

[50:15]yes once we become unethical and defame and bring down that's unacceptable

[50:19]appropriately we can always challenge my dear brothers and sisters so this

[50:25]is the basis for tatlid and it has existed since the times

[50:31]of the bait but I need to know I need to make

[50:36]sure whom I follow is pious is truly doing their best I'm

[50:40]not influenced by Community politics family politics and I'm not engaging in

[50:46]any divisive Behavior but at the end of the day your mother

[50:51]is not infallible can he make a mistake sure he can every

[50:54]single law he gives you is that the right law of God

[50:59]no but they're doing their best and this brings us to this

[51:02]final very important Point how can I trust the system when there

[51:05]are so many differences how we saw the crisis this year during

[51:11]Aid right some people in some states have their aid today others

[51:16]tomorrow then there was confusion some people will tell you how do

[51:23]I trust the system when Scholars have these disagreements how do we

[51:28]justify that my dear brothers and sisters to understand how this works

[51:34]I'll give you a very simple analogy here imagine there's an accident

[51:39]at an intersection here God forbid let's say Ford and Beach Daily

[51:45]there's an accident now before there were cameras in order for the

[51:52]police to determine what happened what would they do when they're filing

[51:56]the report what would they do they would ask for what Witnesses

[51:59]imagine you have four Witnesses each witness is standing on one side

[52:05]of the intersection imagine all these four Witnesses are truthful none of

[52:12]them are liars they give their detailed report of what happened do

[52:15]you think at the end of the day when the police is

[52:21]collecting these witness reports do you think the witness reports the details

[52:25]will match a hundred percent why not are they Liars yeah let's

[52:30]condemn them you Liars why don't you give us the same report

[52:35]why is it that you will not find a hundred percent match

[52:42]amongst the reports why what's the rational reason each witness is looking

[52:47]at the intersection from his own unique perspective when I'm standing on

[52:52]this side of Ford Road I'm seeing what you don't see on

[52:54]the other side you're not lying I'm not lying yes we agree

[52:59]overall on what's Happening minor differences all of the Maharaja those qualified

[53:06]ones the true Scholars we're talking about there are fake Scholars out

[53:10]there we're not talking about them there are Scholars who issue fatwas

[53:16]to go and kill and blow up yourself Imam Hussein when they

[53:18]killed him yes there were Scholars sanctioning that we're not talking about

[53:22]corrupt Scholars the true Pious Scholars they're all looking at one event

[53:29]Hadith but each one of them is looking at that from their

[53:32]own unique lens and perspective it's a given that there will be

[53:35]some minor differences the differences are not that great there are thousands

[53:39]of rulings that your major issues they agree on more than 95

[53:47]percent I say this with confidence I know 95 of these 5

[53:50]000 rulings they're the same five percent difference maybe even less I

[53:55]know five percent is still significant it could be a hundred rulings

[53:59]200 rulings but it's a given that there will be differences in

[54:05]fact I will say this with confidence in fact mark my words

[54:12]if one day before the Imam if one day you see all

[54:19]of the Maharaja is showing the same exact fight was with a

[54:22]hundred percent match go ask them who do you work for who's

[54:27]giving you these fatwas I'm being very blunt here the fact that

[54:33]there are differences amongst them indicates the system is objective it's functional

[54:38]it's okay to have differences are you serious do you want them

[54:42]to agree on everything 14 centuries later you want them to agree

[54:47]on everything the prophet said and the Imam said and how to

[54:49]reconcile the differences between Hadith that's impossible if they reach such a

[54:56]conclusion a hundred percent agreement realize there's something wrong something doesn't add

[55:01]up how can you agree on every detail when you come 14

[55:04]centuries later that doesn't work so yes there are differences when it

[55:09]comes to the siding of the Moon there are differences we acknowledge

[55:14]that we understand that we shouldn't make an issue out of it

[55:19]at the end of the day your merger is doing their best

[55:22]if I were to do an activity here with you you'd see

[55:28]how it works at a very basic level let's do this in

[55:31]two minutes and conclude let's say the Moon is seen somewhere else

[55:35]not in Dearborn you have one Hadith that tells you some start

[55:44]fasting when you see the Moon and you break your fast you

[55:50]have Aid when you see the new moon who has to see

[55:54]the moon which Community your community or another community and how far

[55:58]do you go there is one Hadith narrates this he tells the

[56:05]Imam Ali Islam it's cloudy we can't see the moon is tomorrow

[56:08]Ramadan says you don't know you didn't see the moon this is

[56:14]okay then the Imam tells him but if a group of people

[56:17]come from another city and they testify to you that we did

[56:22]see the moon that night that you didn't we saw it the

[56:24]Imam says that means the month of Ramadan started and you didn't

[56:29]know so observe that so that means if a group of people

[56:34]see it in another Community you follow according to this Hadith Scholars

[56:40]accept this Hadith no problem how far do you go so if

[56:42]people see it in Chicago based on this Hadith can we go

[56:45]okay what about Atlanta can we still take the report what about

[56:55]Los Angeles what about Australia those who think yes even if they

[57:01]see it in Australia based on this Hadith we follow them raise

[57:05]your hand okay some are raising their hands those who say no

[57:10]Australia's too far the Hadith doesn't apply raise your hand okay so

[57:13]most of you go with that but then we have a problem

[57:17]comes we're going to condemn the Maharaja who practice this Hadith some

[57:25]of your Maharaja will tell you exactly like you raised your hand

[57:28]they'll tell you look I accept this Hadith it's fine but at

[57:31]that time people didn't travel that far where did those group of

[57:36]people come and tell you we saw the nearby areas around Medina

[57:42]kufa maximum not on the other side of the globe so if

[57:45]someone sees it in Australia that's good for them it's not good

[57:49]for me I respect that you're a scholar and that's your federal

[57:52]I respect that another scholar says no as long as you share

[57:55]the night I accept that based on this Hadith and other hadees

[57:59]I accept that it's okay it's okay to have these differences my

[58:02]dear brothers and sisters let's not be realistic and expect all the

[58:06]manager to agree a hundred percent on all the details that's simply

[58:11]not appropriate to expect we have to sometimes mature and understand how

[58:18]the system works so in our discussion tonight my dear brothers and

[58:22]sisters I wanted to shed light on this very important topic that

[58:25]affects all of us and I invite you to research more I

[58:29]just gave you brief pointers the discussion the discussion is much deeper

[58:34]than that but I invite you all to be informed about these

[58:39]very important subjects don't be someone who's a parent who just parrots

[58:47]what Society tells you be informed know why you practice your religion

[58:53]this is our hormone tonight if you want to honor Imam Hussain

[58:58]go have yatin about everything you practice in your life that's how

[59:02]we honor now let's take our hearts to the city of Medina

[59:12]to see how Imam Hussain alaihissalam farewells the grave of his grandfather

[59:18]rasulullah some of us don't know the timeline of the events let's

[59:27]bring let's brief timeline of the events to understand how karbala happened

[59:32]in the months of rajabir 60 Mahalia dies he had appointed his

[59:35]son yazid to be the Khalifa the news reaches Medina the governor

[59:42]of Medina tries to force Imam Hussain alaihissalam to give allegiance to

[59:48]yazid in the month of rajab year 60.

[59:49]Imam Hussain refuses he leaves Medina where does he go to Mecca

[59:54]he stays a few months in Mecca you know most of us

[59:56]don't know what Imam Hussain did before karbala all we know is

[59:59]that last hour on the day of Ashura research what the Imam

[60:03]said a few years ago and Muharram I dedicated the first few

[60:06]nights to the journey of Imam Hussain from Medina to Mecca what

[60:11]did he do in Mecca you know what the Imam al-islam has

[60:14]one of the most beautiful sermons in Mecca then on the 8th

[60:21]of one day before Hajj the Imam leaves and he goes to

[60:30]Iraq so it's the month of rajab year 60 Imam Hussain goes

[60:33]to farewell the grave of his grandfather rasulullah he goes by the

[60:42]grave of rasulullah he prays to rakas then he says this is

[61:04]the grave of Muhammad your Messengers and I am the grandson of

[61:08]Muhammad O Allah you see the difficulties and the trials that are

[61:13]surrounding me Ya Allah you give me the best faith you decide

[61:20]for me and I accept that I accept your will Ya Allah

[61:23]this is I know this path is difficult but if you want

[61:30]it for me I accept after that Imam for saying in the

[61:36]morning early morning he takes a short nap while he's on the

[61:39]grave of rasulullah he sees the face of rasulullah the Prophet was

[61:46]surrounded with angels was dreaming and he saw rasulullah in his dream

[61:51]he saw the prophet with the angels yes what did the prophet

[61:59]tell him the prophet tell told him foreign [Music] [Applause] [Music] Massacre

[62:20]killed in the state of thirst and my ummah will do that

[62:27]to you and they expect myself for killing you then the prophet

[62:37]tells him Jose and your father and he's here with me your

[62:40]mother father was here we'll miss you Hussain come to us for

[62:46]saying there is a status you shall never achieve except through shahada

[62:50]and martyrdom O Hussain Imam Al Hussain when he sees the face

[62:53]of rasulullah imagine how much comfort the face of the Prophet would

[62:56]give you he tells him why should I go back to the

[63:03]Dunya take me I miss you take me out as soon Allah

[63:06]the poet captures this moment this conversation between Imam Hussain and the

[63:13]prophet Allah foreign my grandfather just put me in the grave with

[63:34]you so I would be free from the misery of this Dunya

[63:39]foreign [Music] it's now as if the prophet answers him come to

[64:17]me Allah has given you a status you shall only achieve through

[64:25]shahada please Abdullah go back Imam Hussain wakes up from his dream

[64:31]he prepares the children he prepares zainab and Sakina now imagine those

[64:39]women they had Imam Hussain with them they felt so honored and

[64:44]dignified they felt strength and protection now Imam Hussain continues his journey

[64:49]on the second of muharraman a day like this Imam Hussain arrives

[64:54]the land arrives at a land the Imam asks his companions the

[65:05]Imam realizes his horse refuses to move any forward the Imam says

[65:12]to his companions tell me what is the name of the slang

[65:15]someone says this land is called the Imam is searching for a

[65:21]word that he had heard from his grandfather the Imam says no

[65:24]no is there another name for this land another one says yes

[65:29]it's called their mom says no I want another word they keep

[65:37]telling him different names until one of the companions of the Imam

[65:42]he mentions that key word that Hussein had heard from his childhood

[65:47]from rasulullah he tells them to somebody your mama house is the

[66:02]word of words Ya Allah what happened to his heart he broke

[66:06]into tears he raised his hands into ah and he said I

[66:18]seek refuge in you from trial and tribulation because karma is a

[66:22]combination word which means trials which means tragedies oh Allah protect us

[66:30]from these strategies tragedies save us by taking us tomorrow to them

[66:36]then the Imam breaks it to his companions and he tells them

[66:38]we shall settle Here My Dear companions this is where we shall

[66:51]settle for the last time as happy [Applause] my companions this is

[67:04]where our men will be massacred here in karbala what more about

[67:08]Abdullah do you have to tell us my companions this is where

[67:19]our infants will be slaughtered Allah but how much can this heart

[67:23]handle imagine going to a place and you know what's going to

[67:25]happen to your family but the most difficult of all of them

[67:33]is my companions be ready this is where our woman will be

[67:45]taken as prisoners of War y'allah you know what happened on the

[67:53]day of our Bain password to the day he's speaking to the

[67:58]grave of Imam for saying with his servants get up this is

[68:08]the family of Hussain they've arrived it's the day of the first

[68:12]yes you know what your mom's in and I bet he tells

[68:20]him he hugs jabber he was like an uncle figure to him

[68:24]he tells him but I have to tell you so much look

[68:34]look at this place this is where our men were killed this

[68:36]is where Hussein would kill you see there by the river that's

[68:42]where Abbas was killed [Music] was beaten this is where the women

[68:53]were taken as captains this is where they ripped the earrings from

[68:57]the ears of the girls put your hand on your heart everyone

[69:08]salute Imam Hussain then we have a very quick shortness please I

[69:13]ask everyone to stay for that everyone together Salute Your Imam assalamu

[69:19]Hussein foreign foreign [Music] I remember you on the day of regret

[70:25]won't you look at me too all of the pain that I've

[70:34]been through all goes away every night that I Call On You

[70:40]every night I remember you you on the day of regret won't

[70:55]you look at me too all of the pain saying that I've

[71:00]been through all goes away every night that I call on you

[71:07]saying all of my life I wish I knew I could be

[71:26]at you're trying to fight just cried for you you were my

[71:36]first love on this Earth my heart has been burning for you

[71:45]ever since birth everyone together with my last breath Earth I want

[72:10]to see your face above telling me that you accept me I

[72:16]wish I was incredible for you I'd go instead of the son

[72:27]of Leila my chest for you until today is a shield I

[72:37]hope to die while on your way I remember your pain More

[72:48]Love foreign foreign [Music] thank you

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