Return to Your Imam - The Call of Tawbah Before Al-Zuhr | Sheikh Mohammad Ayad

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Return to Your Imam - The Call of Tawbah Before Al-Zuhr | Sheikh Mohammad Ayad | Night 4 Muharram 2025 at the Ahlul Bayt Center of Toledo

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[0:11][Music] Samah.

[0:28][Music] Peace be upon you, oh my master and messenger of Allah.

[0:44]Peace be upon you and for your pure noble and oppressed family.

[0:52]Peace be upon you, oh Aba Abdullah.

[0:58]Oh son of the messenger of Allah peace be upon you as

[1:03]many times as Allah has recorded in his infinite knowledge.

[1:05]Though my body was not present in carbala to answer your call

[1:13]my master though my tongue could not speak in your defense.

[1:16]Today my heart my hearing and my eyes have all responded to

[1:24]your call.

[1:23]Everyone Hussein Hussein with our hearts Hussein.

[1:47]Imm Hussein and his family they arrived to Kalah.

[1:52]Rise, oh messenger of God, and see this land of war.

[1:58]Carbella stands and soon our pain shall overflow.

[2:02]Upon the sands, fates, judgment has been cast.

[2:07]Dismount, O Hussein, for here you'll breathe your last.

[2:13]Rise, O messenger, and witness our despair.

[2:17]The shadow of death has filled the burning earth.

[2:22]It was in this land I told you I shall fall from

[2:29]out my steed when tribulations call.

[2:32]Here swords shall shred my flesh upon this plain.

[2:38]My body drenched and soaked in crimson stain.

[2:44]Oh grandfather, here Shimmer shall raise my head upon a spear.

[2:53]Its sight shall strike with dread.

[2:56]Here on Zab with heartless cruel delight, oh grandfather, reach her before

[3:04]that night.

[3:05]They will march with fire to our tents ablaze and cry shall

[3:13]pierce the dark in mournful haze.

[3:15]Upon her back the whips shall lash and land.

[3:21]Though she will weep, they will strike with ruthless hand.

[3:26]Oh grandfather, this is this cursed ground where time has brought our

[3:37]slaughter battle bound.

[3:38]Alone who freed himself.

[3:42]I stood with sword before the right, my armor heavy, heart in

[3:47]fright.

[3:47]I blocked the one the angels knew.

[3:50]Oh, what a sin I dared to do.

[3:52]He asked for shade, I gave him none.

[3:56]I turned away the prophet's son.

[4:01]And when the daughters wept in fear, I stood with silence, not

[4:05]a tear.

[4:06]I saw them flutch their father's side, and deep within I nearly

[4:12]died.

[4:13]Each cry from tense I helped surround would shake my soul without

[4:18]a sound.

[4:20]I rode with those who meant him harm yet never felt my

[4:24]conscious calm.

[4:26]I watched as swords were drowned to fight.

[4:30]I knew I stood against the light.

[4:33]I trembled when I saw the line of killers marching bold with

[4:40]the pride.

[4:39]Then deep within a voice did a cry, "Choose paradise or let

[4:50]truth die.

[4:47][Music] out of in the name of Allah the entirely merciful the

[5:05]especially merciful the one who's created and designed everything in the utmost

[5:11]perfection the one who created a beautiful image in Kbala for generations

[5:17]to be guided enlightened and and to benefit to be attracted to

[5:22]the light of Hussein who is the ark of salvation that inshallah

[5:28]he will help our hearts and souls and minds inshallah be steady

[5:31]firm still on the straight path.

[5:33]one of the main lessons in Kbalah and that lesson is the

[5:42]actual reformation that prophet Muhammad that Imam Hussein was trying to accomplish

[5:48]from his movement.

[5:47]So when Imam Hussein said I did not revolt for any evil

[5:54]tyranny or corruption or any worldly gains but I want to reform

[5:58]the nation of my grandfather the hol prophet Muhammad.

[6:03]I want to enjoin what is good and forbid what is evil.

[6:06]Now the reformation there's a reformation at the individual level there is

[6:11]reformation at the social level.

[6:12]Now at least before the arrival of ali's reappearance we have to

[6:20]reform ourselves at the individual level at least to please the heart

[6:25]of Im Hussein.

[6:26]If you want to be the individual that you're saying that Imam

[6:32]Hussein's blood did not go to waste, you have to make sure

[6:34]that now during these sacred nights of Ashw that you're reforming yourself.

[6:41]You're taking yourself to the next level and you're trying to become

[6:45]the better the best version of yourself.

[6:47]Now, Ali taught us a main lesson that you always in any

[6:54]choice in life, you're putting yourself between heaven and hell, whether you

[7:00]choose paradise with the righteous or hell with the cursed.

[7:04]And subhan Allah, it's very interesting that just the idea that a

[7:11]commander in Kbalah, he chose to switch sides.

[7:12]It tells you that this is a proof against the oppressors on

[7:22]judgment day that they had no excuse not to do so because

[7:25]Alain switched spoke to them.

[7:30]He tried to awaken what left from their consciousness and still they

[7:35]killed him.

[7:34]And we don't see like uh individuals from the camp of Hussein

[7:40]switching to the other side in the midst of the battle or

[7:42]the war for example.

[7:45]Yes, some of them left Hussein on the way.

[7:49]But after the war began, we don't see anyone running from Hussein's

[7:52]camp to Yazid's camp.

[7:53]But we see couple individuals they switched from Yazid Naz came to

[8:00]Im Hussein Alam and that shows that repentance is real.

[8:04]Now the most expensive thing that you hold is your heart because

[8:10]that's the thing that will remain with you.

[8:12]Now in the Quran when we use the word heart we're talking

[8:15]about your consciousness.

[8:15]At the end angel of death when he removes that soul he's

[8:20]removing your consciousness.

[8:21]So that's why the true house of Allah subhana w t'ala is

[8:27]not just the physical mosque is actually your heart.

[8:31]Now we all know that it's forbidden to cause any impurity to

[8:35]any house of Allahh at the jurisdial level.

[8:39]So now imagine if we're praying jum prayer and drop of blood

[8:43]for example dropped in the on the carpet in the mah or

[8:49]in the mosque we must stop the Friday prayer purify the mosque

[8:52]then we can resume the Friday Friday prayer it's a highest priority

[8:58]to purify the mosques of Allah subhana tala so the same thing

[9:01]as we have to keep the house of Allah pure Allah want

[9:06]the believers to maintain the purity of their hearts Allah said in

[9:12]a sacred narration hadith, "Neither my earth or my heaven can contain

[9:17]me.

[9:18]Allah is infinite, limitless, but the heart of my believing servant contains

[9:26]me." uh as long as you understand what infinity as a concept

[9:32]is that mean you are containing the infinite god in your heart

[9:37]also Allah revealed to prophet daw empty a house for me to

[9:45]dwell in prophet dood he knows that Allah is infinite unlimited so

[9:50]he told him oh lord you are too great to be in

[9:54]a house to be confined limited in in a specific place or

[9:57]time he said empty your heart for me that's what I when

[10:03]I requested a house for me to dwell in I requested your

[10:05]heart to dwell in now so the true house of Allah is

[10:12]not made of bricks it's the heart of the believer actually now

[10:15]when it comes to that I imam when he spoke about the

[10:20]philosophy of repentance is just cleaning that heart naturally ally when we

[10:29]breathe in this duny we cause hardheartedness there is a lot of

[10:37]physical spiritual um uh arrows I call them that strike your heart

[10:40]and cause darkness to it unfortunately so as a believer we must

[10:45]always purify this heart that's why we pray we pray five times

[10:52]a day uh when we come to malis of Im Husseinam it's

[10:54]like you're doing an annual cleanliness, annual purification.

[11:01]Uh, subhan Allah, in in in at the end of December when

[11:05]we do lectures, we try to remind the believers to do their

[11:10]new year resolutions.

[11:10]True.

[11:11]But the best way to do new year resolutions is when you're

[11:15]tearing and crying and weeping because weeping will wash the heart.

[11:20]Bring that softness back.

[11:23]Make that heart kind so you're able to open your mind and

[11:26]reflect and ponder on your existence.

[11:29]The philosophy of Kabala that we come in the beginning of the

[11:36]new Islamic year.

[11:36]We cry and we do these new year resolutions to do that

[11:43]annual repentance and reformation of the self.

[11:46]So now you're in the presence of Imam Hussein, the one who

[11:51]sacrificed all of himself.

[11:52]He gave fully himself to God to keep this religion alive.

[11:57]me and you we're coming this males to do this annual reformation

[12:01]and this annual new year resolutions.

[12:05]So that's why after the 10th of Muharam you have to feel

[12:11]that you're upgrading to the next level of your inner self and

[12:16]your understanding and your insight and your spirituality and connection with Allah

[12:21]subhana tala and so on and so forth.

[12:24]Imam Alisam gives the answer what is the philosophy of repentance?

[12:28]He said repentance purifies hearts and washes away sins.

[12:32]Now who is the repenter is you.

[12:37]Do you understand the value of you?

[12:41]You know what a human is?

[12:43]Unfortunately in in economy we became numbers right?

[12:48]But actually in spirituality and philosophy you're the greatest creation of Allah

[12:52]subhana tala.

[12:54]You're the most sacred creation of God.

[12:57]Imam said, "If your intellect overcomes your desires, you're higher than angels."

[13:03]Allah said in the Quran that Allah, so we have honored the

[13:12]children of Adam.

[13:12]Allah made you responsible being.

[13:16]Allah gave you a trust that all the creation couldn't bear, but

[13:19]you did.

[13:21]You as a human breathing and you were created, you opened your

[13:24]eyes, found yourself as a human being.

[13:26]Then you have to understand you're the repentter.

[13:30]Allah open these doors for you to bless you, to honor you,

[13:35]to purify you.

[13:36]So this is a servant who owns actually nothing.

[13:42]Repenting to Allah, the owner of everything.

[13:45]Injud in prayer we say oh the one who owns this life

[13:57]and the afterlife give mercy to the one who doesn't own either

[14:00]this life or the afterlife we own nothing actually in reality about

[14:06]owning things um I don't know if I think this is a

[14:11]true story where there is a man who married a loyal woman

[14:15]and he was wealthy and he told her in my funeral I

[14:17]because you're a loyal wife I need you to bury all my

[14:22]money with me.

[14:21]She told him of course my husband I will definitely do that.

[14:27]So after he died they did all the funeral service he wasn't

[14:31]a Muslim.

[14:33]So when they put him in the grave a lady came between

[14:39]the crowd and holding she put her hand in her pocket.

[14:41]She took a check and she threw it in the grave and

[14:46]she told him if you're able to check this out then do

[14:48]it.

[14:49]So actually we don't own anything.

[14:52]She was honest.

[14:54]She actually buried his money with him but he's unable to in

[14:59]a way get that money from the bank.

[15:01]So in reality we own nothing.

[15:02]So that's why we have no other any other choice except to

[15:05]repent logically.

[15:06]But I will explain what repentance practically is.

[15:10]Now many individuals they came to the prophet and the and when

[15:16]we say prophets and they are spiritual doctors.

[15:19]So they will give you solutions for all your problems.

[15:24]Never the prophet or the alb will judge anyone.

[15:25]They are not judgmental.

[15:28]They will give you solutions.

[15:29]They will ease your life.

[15:30]They will not add stress to you.

[15:31]And I will tell you two stories.

[15:33]Someone came to the prophet and someone came to Imam Hussein.

[15:37]And look how the prophet and I im Hassan dealt with these

[15:39]sinners when they told them about their sins and how prophet Muhammad

[15:47]Hassan gave them these practical solutions.

[15:50]So Allahh made repentance part of our religion because hope is key

[15:56]to keeping our hearts alive and connected to Allah.

[15:57]Islam will never shut the doors on someone who made a mistake.

[16:04]Instead it opens wide the doors of return through intercession repentance seeking

[16:11]forgiveness.

[16:11]Allah said in the Quran and please listen to these verses but

[16:17]open the in a way the um the ears of your hearts

[16:22]in that sense open the doors of your hearts to receive these

[16:26]verses from Allahhana inah verse 64.

[16:28]And if when they wronged themselves, they had come to you oh

[16:37]prophet and asked forgiveness of Allah and the messenger had asked forgiveness

[16:42]for them, they would have found Allah accepting of repentance, merciful.

[16:47]So always when you knock the door of Allah, you will found

[16:50]you will find Allah accepting of your repentance and merciful.

[16:53]Now you know part of God's mercy there's a narration from imaffam

[17:00]that will make you happy and pleased that just understand how God

[17:09]operate with his creation.

[17:09]Imag said that after a servant commit a sin, Allah will order

[17:14]these two angels that they record the deed to not write that

[17:20]sin for seven hours waiting for that servant if he will repent

[17:24]and seek forgiveness or not.

[17:26]And that's a gift from the Imam showing us that Allah still

[17:32]have hope that we will always upgrade and return and strive toward

[17:38]forgiveness.

[17:40]In dua we say every Thursday night these beautiful lines that it's

[17:45]a lesson and from Immiam.

[17:47]Oh Allah, forgive me the sins which tear apart protections, which bring

[17:56]down punishment, which change blessings, which stop my supplications from being answered,

[18:00]which bring hardships and every sin that I've committed.

[18:06]And by the way, some scholars said that actually dua will end

[18:10]in that line.

[18:14]That's when the dua ends.

[18:18]Then why Ali Alisam continued adding lines?

[18:22]They said it's some sort of death emotions and love with Allahh

[18:27]when you're trying to speak more so you can please him more.

[18:30]You know there's a speaks about the conversation between prophet MS and

[18:35]Allahh when he asked him what's in your right hand oh Moses

[18:41]so he must answer that it's just a staff a stick.

[18:45]Prophet Mus continue talking without Allah asking him.

[18:48]So it's a staff.

[18:52]It helps me with my uh sheeps and goats and I do

[18:54]this, I do that.

[18:57]Allah did not ask you to to tell him why what how

[19:01]you use it.

[19:01]He just asked you what is in your right hand.

[19:04]But subhan Allah when you love someone you love to keep talking

[19:10]to that person.

[19:09]So anytime they close a subject you open in who subject for

[19:13]communication that's what happened in the phase of engagement when they are

[19:18]communicating the first time after they move out responsibilities no communication anymore.

[19:25]Um so is forgiveness is repentance.

[19:31]Now it's interesting to understand from a philosophical perspective what is the

[19:39]difference between Toba and let me explain it in a practical way.

[19:43]You know when we age when we're 50 plus years old and

[19:51]after we gain all that experience many of us they regret a

[19:54]lot of choices that they've taken in their lives.

[19:58]True.

[19:59]So they wish that they can go back in time and fix

[20:01]uh their steps in life.

[20:06]That's why be careful young ones when you're taking especially major decisions

[20:11]in life.

[20:10]Pause, reflect, ponder and study all odds and see the pros and

[20:17]the cons and the benefit and the harm before you take these

[20:20]routes.

[20:21]Otherwise, you might regret it in the future.

[20:23]Like for example, imagine someone who's 40 years old listening to a

[20:28]lecture about realizing the essence and the greatness of this prayer and

[20:32]then at that at that moment he's wishing that I wish I

[20:36]knew about it when I was 15 so I can start praying

[20:38]it from that age.

[20:40]Many of us they have the thoughts and no one is fully

[20:43]pleased about their the route that they took in life.

[20:47]Some of us they might be satisfied to an extent but not

[20:53]fully because we always have this fear within is this the best

[20:57]route that Allah created for me or there is a better route

[21:00]that I was heedless and they didn't know about now my question

[21:06]is imagine you're 40 plus 50 plus years old and unfortunately you're

[21:09]going through dark routes in life but now you want to sincerely

[21:14]repent um what happened to all these years that you lived, you

[21:19]will always say that they went to waste, right?

[21:22]And I feel I wasted my life for nothing.

[21:25]There is a lot of verses in the Quran that serves as

[21:27]a gift and we will mention a lot of them that Allah

[21:31]removes all sins instantly.

[21:32]True.

[21:33]But there is a verse that I was reflecting upon when Allah

[21:36]said that there's some individuals that Allah will turn Allahhana will turn

[21:43]their will will switch will turn their good deeds their bad deeds

[21:53]to good deeds.

[21:53]Sometimes Allah will remove your bad deeds.

[21:56]True you return back to zero.

[21:59]Sometimes Allah will make that minus plus that's a higher level of

[22:06]forgiveness.

[22:07]So if you're 56 years old, you will feel that you did

[22:10]not waste what the time and I think that's what happened to

[22:15]you went from minus to plus not just in I cried Allah

[22:21]removed that sin but no Allah also considered him as one of

[22:29]the loyal servants of Imam Hussein.

[22:30]Now, Prophet Muhammad when he was asked when should we repent?

[22:35]Definitely I should repent as soon as possible.

[22:38]But when I say repent, I'm not accusing you that you're doing

[22:44]major sins because repentance is not just for those who committed major

[22:49]sins.

[22:50]And please youth connect with me.

[22:51]Anytime you hear forgiveness, repentance, you feel oh as if we are

[22:55]devils now and the sheh is trying to turn us to saints.

[22:57]First believers they look at each other from a positive perspective.

[23:02]We are positive individuals.

[23:03]I know nothing about you.

[23:05]You're all sinless for me.

[23:06]True.

[23:07]And even Islamically, you're alluding mean I can take your witnessing in

[23:18]any Islamic aur because I know nothing about you.

[23:20]I have no certainty about what you do in your private lives.

[23:25]I have certainty about what I do.

[23:28]Like Jesus once when he said, "Oh son of Adam, how you

[23:30]accuse others and backbite them and talk about them and you doubt

[23:36]about their lives but you're you doubt about their mistakes but you're

[23:40]certain about your own mistakes.

[23:42]So it's a priority for you to judge yourself than judging what?

[23:49]Others.

[23:48]But I'm looking at repentance from a different perspective because I believe

[23:53]every time you move forward in life, you're repenting.

[23:58]Give you a couple examples and you understand what I'm trying to

[24:05]say.

[24:02]Imagine now I I learned about and section in Islam in theology

[24:12]in beliefs.

[24:11]I'm learning about what predestination what predetermination is.

[24:16]And that increased my knowledge in Allah subhana wa ta'ala in the

[24:21]justice of Allah subhana tala.

[24:21]At that moment when I realized and understood this lesson I also

[24:27]realized that I did not know something and I knew it true.

[24:32]When I was heedless about something, when I was imperfect about something

[24:41]and then I gained something at that at that moment I realized

[24:44]that I was ignorant that require repentance.

[24:48]When I move from being weak to be strong, I must repent.

[24:55]When Allah removes oppression from me, I must repent.

[24:59]When I am hungry and I quench I satisfy my hunger, I

[25:05]must repent.

[25:04]When I am thirsty, I quench my thirst, I must repent.

[25:08]Inah the chapter of victory at the end of the Quran after

[25:15]victory comes and the opening and you see mankind entering the religion

[25:24]of God by groups.

[25:30]You have to seek also repentance after victory comes because you're oppressed

[25:36]and you're attacked and a force was weakening you.

[25:41]Now Allahh gave you victory.

[25:42]So you realized your inner weakness.

[25:46]After realizing that inner weakness, you must repent and seek forgiveness in

[25:53]that sense.

[25:52]Now Prophet Muhammad was asked when should we repent?

[25:56]Now as soon as possible.

[25:56]But he was speaking from a different perspective for those who feel

[26:00]that they are hopeless now or they disped from the mercy of

[26:06]Allah subhana tala.

[26:06]And by the way what is interesting in Islam that after the

[26:11]greatest sin in Islam is associating partners with Allahhik they always accuse

[26:16]Shia that they are mushik unfortunately.

[26:18]So the greatest sin in Islam is associating partners with Allahhana tala.

[26:24]The second greatest sin or one of the top five sins is

[26:27]despairing from the mercy of Allah.

[26:31]The moment you despair from the mercy of Allah, you feel hopeless.

[26:34]You think that Allah will never forgive you.

[26:37]This is the greatest sin also.

[26:39]This is a sin as well because Allah said my servants imagine

[26:43]look at the emotions between Allah and his creation.

[26:47]So he called you my servants.

[26:48]He didn't call you sinners.

[26:49]God forbid.

[26:51]And he didn't call us sinners.

[26:58]He said, "Oh my servants." Meaning you still belong to me.

[27:06]I'm still your nurturer.

[27:07]I'm still the allseeing, all hearing.

[27:10]I'm still the only force that wish the best for you.

[27:14]I created you so you can strive toward perfection not to humiliate

[27:18]yourselves with lowly lifestyles.

[27:20]So he said those they committed major of sins they caused harm

[27:27]to them and to their families and to their communities do not

[27:32]despair from the mercy of Allah.

[27:33]He speaking at the level of Pharaoh do not despair from the

[27:36]mercy of Allah.

[27:38]That's why prophet Muhammad said someone asked him when should we repent?

[27:43]Prophet Muhammad said um if Allah want to accept your repentance you

[27:47]must repent before a year of your death at least.

[27:51]Then Prophet Muhammad said a year is too long.

[27:54]He said who repented before one month of his departure Allah will

[27:57]accept his repentance and he will forgive him.

[28:00]And then he said one month is too much.

[28:03]Then he continued saying who repented before one week of his departing

[28:07]or departure.

[28:06]Allah will accept his repentance.

[28:09]Then he said one week is too much.

[28:13]He continued one day, one hour.

[28:15]Then he said who repent before he witnessed the angel of death,

[28:19]Allah will accept his repentance.

[28:21]That's the most merciful because when you actually say the word, you're

[28:28]acknowledging your sins.

[28:32]You're showing Allah that I regret the way I lived and I

[28:36]wish that you can bring me back to that age so I

[28:41]can fix that path.

[28:41]Tell you something why marriage and having kids it's half of perfection.

[28:49]One of the reasons you know me and you we can't go

[28:53]back in time and show Allah that if we lived that age

[28:55]back we will not do the same mistakes we did in that

[28:59]age.

[29:00]But if I was able to have a child and raise that

[29:03]child to not repeat the same mistakes that I did, then I

[29:08]proved to Allah subhana t if you bring me back to that

[29:10]age, I will never repeat these mistakes back.

[29:14]So that's a proof that I repented practically by not like giving

[29:24]in a way my children inheriting the bad habits that I had.

[29:29]Because the concern that Allah have when I develop bad habits is

[29:34]that I will never in a way um like target or attack

[29:42]or hurt others by teaching them these bad habits as well.

[29:50]Powerful verses from the Quran Karim calling us to repent.

[29:55]Allah said in surah hud verse 90, seek your Lord's forgiveness and

[29:58]turn to him in repentance.

[29:59]Indeed my lord is merciful and loving.

[30:04]So spiritually he will hug you when you come back to him.

[30:08]Repent to succeed.

[30:10]Allah said turn to Allah in repentance all of you oh believers

[30:13]so the so you may all of you succeed inshallah.

[30:17]Allah said will they not repent to Allah and seek his forgiveness?

[30:24]So Allah is calling us to repent and not wait.

[30:28]Now there's four special verses to dive deep in the Quran Kharim

[30:32]understanding the philosophy of repentance from this book.

[30:34]Allah first in verse one asking us to repent quickly.

[30:38]Repentance Allah said in surah verse 17 repentance is only for those

[30:45]who commit evil out of ignorance and then repent soon after.

[30:51]It is they whom Allah will return in mercy.

[30:56]Allah said, "And then repent soon after." By the way, what is

[30:59]the difference between me committing a sin and I'm ignorant versus committing

[31:02]a sin and I'm not?

[31:03]Immad in dua that we recite in the nights of power.

[31:08]He had a very beautiful line.

[31:09]He said, "Oh Allah, when I when I disobeyed you, I did

[31:16]not disobey you.

[31:16]When I disobeyed you, my intention wasn't to disobey you.

[31:25]I'm not continuing the dua.

[31:28]He said, I did not disobey you when I disobeyed you and

[31:31]I'm not questioning your lordship and I'm not in a way underestimating

[31:35]your judgment or your punishment and I still believe that you're my

[31:43]nurturer.

[31:42]But oh Allah, there is a desire that controlled me and I

[31:48]couldn't discipline myself and I fell into it.

[31:53]I was defeated by my own whim.

[31:58]So Allah, my problem is not with you.

[32:03]My problem is with my self.

[32:04]I don't believe that any believer who say there is no god

[32:09]but Allah and Muhammad is the messenger that they commit sins and

[32:14]their intention that they are disobeying Allah himself.

[32:18]Majority of us when we do sins the issue is I'm still

[32:23]trying to work on myself.

[32:27]I was weak.

[32:27]My desires overcome my intellect.

[32:28]I was heedless.

[32:31]Satan was able to deceive me.

[32:33]I fell into it.

[32:35]But it's not between me and Allah subhana wa t'ala.

[32:36]When you understand this concept, your relationship with Allah will fully be

[32:42]reformed and changed because he's the doctor.

[32:45]He's the healer.

[32:47]Allah want to help you.

[32:48]Allah Allah does not want to add burden on you.

[32:53]It's like when uh there's a guy came to one of the

[32:57]scholars and he told the scholar all his sins and he that

[33:03]he sincerely repented.

[33:03]Then the sheh went to the podium between prayers and he was

[33:06]speaking about repentance and he told him like one of your brothers

[33:12]here he's praying with us.

[33:13]He committed one two three four five of sins and then Allahh

[33:16]guided him to repent.

[33:19]Then the guy stood up.

[33:20]He said, "When I was committing sins, Allahh was hiding these sins.

[33:27]Now when I informed you about them, Allah exposed me." Allah always

[33:31]will try to hide these sins.

[33:33]We'll try to protect your privacy, will try to help you deal

[33:36]with it with yourselves at the individual level.

[33:39]That's why Imam Ali, for example, he said, "Never inform anyone about

[33:44]your sins and keep it between you and Allahhanaa." Second, don't keep

[33:51]doing wrong.

[33:52]Immad Alisam when this verse was revealed, those who when they sin

[33:56]or do wrong, remember Allah and ask forgiveness.

[33:59]And then Allah asked us a question in the Quran.

[34:00]And who forgives sins except Allah?

[34:02]Imam Saddak said when this verse was revealed to the prophet, Shayan

[34:05]panicked and said, "If I can just make people forget to ask

[34:13]for forgiveness after sinning, I win." Now Satan, he has two roles.

[34:17]He will deceive you to do a sin and he will make

[34:21]sure to forget to ask for forgiveness.

[34:23]Now his job is harder because even if you fell into sin,

[34:29]you're able to fix it by seeking forgiveness.

[34:33]Prophet Muhammad said this verse is a gift to me and my

[34:35]nation.

[34:36]No other prophet was given it.

[34:39]If I want to ask you who is the greatest interceded on

[34:43]judgment day who Allah blessed us with that he will be interceding

[34:48]for his nation on judgment day.

[35:01]Now the powerful effects of repentance andar one when you repent Allah

[35:10]will give you more blessings and goodness.

[35:12]Prophet Hood said oh my people seek forgiveness of your lord and

[35:17]then turn to him in repentance he will send rain upon you

[35:20]in showers and increase you in strength.

[35:22]Now this the word rain is not just actual rain.

[35:27]Rain means all different kinds of what?

[35:31]Of blessings.

[35:31]to protection from punishment.

[35:34]But prophet Muhammad also said, "Whoever find his blessings delayed, let him

[35:41]seek forgiveness from Allah." If you feel that marriage is delayed, sustenance

[35:45]is delayed, keep continuing seeking forgiveness from Allahh.

[35:50]The second effect of seeking forgiveness, protection from punishment.

[35:54]Imam said there were two safeguards from Allah's punishment in his time.

[36:02]What were the two safeguards?

[36:03]One was the prophet himself and the other wasar.

[36:08]And he said Allah lifted the first one which is the prophet

[36:15]himself after departure and Allah leftar on earth and he said a

[36:19]verse to explain his point.

[36:21]Allah would not punish them while you were among them and he

[36:27]would not punish them while they seek forgiveness.

[36:33]What three always forgiveness will repel negativity and evil.

[36:42]I will not call it just shaitan but if you feel you

[36:47]have evil thoughts evil feelings you're always pressured you're always negative repentance

[36:51]and connecting with the source of positivity and light which is Allah

[36:56]will help you repel all types of evil prophet Muhammad told his

[36:59]companions do you want something that pushes shaitan from you far away

[37:06]from you like east from west they said yes he replied fasting

[37:14]darkens his face.

[37:14]Charity breaks his back.

[37:15]Brotherhood in Allah cuts off his roots.

[37:18]That's why you have to have good company and good friends.

[37:21]And seeking forgiveness cuts his lifeline.

[37:25]Four, all sins are guaranteed that will be erased by Allahhana.

[37:32]Five, sins turn into good deeds.

[37:37]Sins will turn to what?

[37:38]Good deeds.

[37:40]As we explained earlier in surah for verse 70 Allah said except

[37:43]those who repent believe and do good deeds.

[37:46]You have to have those three.

[37:47]Repent will wash away the sins.

[37:49]But if you believed and do good deeds for them Allah will

[37:55]turn their bad deeds into good deeds.

[37:57]The minus will become plus.

[37:59]You didn't waste time.

[37:59]Six.

[38:00]A clean shining heart.

[38:04]And when you die, you will witness that you have a soul

[38:07]that is filled with light.

[38:08]The prophet said, "Harss get rusty like iron.

[38:11]Polish them with seeking forgiveness." Now, finally, a story between someone who

[38:19]came to Imam Hussein telling him that he committed major sins and

[38:25]what solution Im Hussein has for that individual.

[38:29]He told him, "Oh son of the messenger of Allah, I have

[38:34]gone too far in sinning.

[38:35]Please give me something that can save me or stop me from

[38:41]doing wrong." Im Hassan looked at him with wisdom and love and

[38:45]told him, "If you accept from me these five, you can actually

[38:50]do whatever you want and sins will not affect you." So he

[38:55]told him if you're able to solve these five go do any

[38:59]sin you want and nothing will affect you.

[39:03]The guy say that's it my exit has come.

[39:07]Told him if you want to disobey Allah don't eat from his

[39:14]sustenance.

[39:13]The guy told him how can I everything on earth is from

[39:18]his sustenance.

[39:19]Now why Hussein is telling is telling him don't eat anything from

[39:23]his sustenance because when we eat we gain energy and that energy

[39:26]we use it in sinning.

[39:29]So how you there gaining energy from Allah and using it to

[39:35]disobey Allahhana tala.

[39:35]Imam said so you eat his food and you disobey him.

[39:40]He told him okay give me the second one.

[39:43]It might be easier.

[39:45]He told him, "If you want to disobey him, then don't live

[39:49]on his land." He said, "Subhan Allah, that's even harder.

[39:53]Everything east, west, and in between belongs to him." He said, "Oh

[39:57]man, you eat from his sustenance and gain energy and you live

[40:03]in his land and disobey him." He said, "Okay, give me the

[40:06]third and may Allahh help us." He told them if you want

[40:14]to disobey him find a place where he can't see you.

[40:16]He said what?

[40:18]There is no place hidden from Allah.

[40:21]Imam said you eat his blessing, live on his land and sin

[40:27]in his side and still thinks it's okay.

[40:29]He told him give me the fourth.

[40:31]He said when the angel of death come for your soul, tell

[40:34]him wait until I repent.

[40:37]Now this is interesting because if someone able to repel the angel

[40:41]of death or delay him then we will find majority of the

[40:43]believers they will tell us oh angel of death will return after

[40:47]5 hours for example.

[40:47]So I pushed him he gave me those five hours to repent.

[40:52]True.

[40:52]Did we see any individual actually at the moment of death was

[40:56]able to delay that?

[40:59]The man shook his head.

[41:03]He won't listen.

[41:03]Imam told him then then force him to delay.

[41:06]The man admitted I have no power over him.

[41:09]Imam said then repent before it's too late.

[41:12]He told him at last there is still the fifth one.

[41:16]My solution might be there.

[41:17]He told him on the judge on the day of judgment when

[41:21]the angels of punishment will come to take you to hell.

[41:23]Don't go with them.

[41:26]The man broke down.

[41:26]He said enough.

[41:28]I seek Allah's forgiveness from now on.

[41:32]and he will never see me doing what he hates.

[41:35]In that understanding, we will feel as believers in the shade and

[41:41]the guidance and the light of Imam Hussein that we have no

[41:48]any other option or choice except to keep striving toward perfection, moving

[41:52]forward, becoming a better versions of yourselves.

[41:57]And that's repentance.

[41:58]When tomorrow is better than today, you're repenting.

[42:02]When after tomorrow is better than today and tomorrow you're still repenting.

[42:06]Allah said I love those who do are he didn't say I

[42:15]love the he said they always repent.

[42:18]Prophet Muhammad he used to seek forgiveness.

[42:21]He used to repent.

[42:24]When one of his wives, she asked him, "Oh prophet of God,

[42:27]God promised you that he erased all your past and future sins.

[42:33]Why you're continuously repenting?" He said, "Because I'm a grateful servant of

[42:36]Allah." When I see any myself, when I see someone addicted to

[42:42]drugs, I cry and I ask Allah for forgiveness.

[42:46]When I see someone addicted to wine, I cry and I say,

[42:49]"I thank you, Allah.

[42:52]I seek your forgiveness.

[42:51]Why?

[42:52]I repent because I tell Allah thank you for not testing me

[42:56]like you're testing him and you did not put me in his

[43:01]position or his situation or his circumstance.

[43:04]Remember we are not better than anyone but some people are suffering

[43:10]more than others.

[43:09]So when I see youth suffering in any community I don't feel

[43:14]that I'm better than anyone but I thank Allah and I repent.

[43:17]Why?

[43:18]because I was able to commit that sin and Allah protected me

[43:22]from it.

[43:23]It's not that I protected myself from it.

[43:27]That's why we have to always repent.

[43:29]Please stay with me as community to not normalize sins.

[43:34]We must all of us always repent.

[43:37]When I see someone on the streets drinking wine between me and

[43:41]myself, I must repent.

[43:43]When I see someone listening to haram music, I must repent.

[43:47]Because first I'm telling Allah, thank you for guiding me to not

[43:54]develop this bad habit.

[43:54]Thank you for protecting me from the effects of this sin.

[43:59]And oh Allah, please help us to not normalize that sin or

[44:03]cause the desensitization for the community where the newer generation might commit

[44:08]these sins easily.

[44:08]Now because when our children see their parents and uncles and and

[44:15]etc committing certain sin they will do it and they won't care

[44:17]because it's normalized.

[44:18]Even if parents they do god forbid some sins they must tell

[44:23]their children that this is haram and we are working on ourselves

[44:26]pray for us.

[44:28]Even if your parents you as a you're as a child even

[44:31]if your parents god forbid they disobey Allah ask Allah to forgive

[44:37]them.

[44:35]repentance not just if I'm committing major sins I must repent every

[44:43]breathing soul on the planet must continuously repent and that's the lesson

[44:48]that we learned from who stood in Kbala and questioning his mind

[44:56]and heart putting himself between paradise and hell al stood watching from

[45:04]the enemy's camp he saw how calm whom Hussein was.

[45:07]Even when surrounded, he heard the cries of thirsty children echo from

[45:11]the tent.

[45:12]And he realized that this was not a man seeking power, but

[45:17]a man defending truth.

[45:17]He looked toward the army of Omar, thousands strong, ready to spill

[45:22]innocent blood.

[45:23]He saw the swords drawn, the drums of war beating, and then

[45:27]something in him broke.

[45:30]His heart trembled.

[45:30]One of his own soldiers saw his shaking hands and pale face

[45:36]and told him, "Oh, you are the bravest man of Kufa, I

[45:39]have never seen you like this.

[45:41]What have overcome you?" Alhor replied with eyes full of tears.

[45:47]By God, I see myself standing between paradise and hell.

[45:50]And by God, I will not choose hell even if I'm cut

[45:54]into pieces and burned.

[45:55]He turned his horse.

[45:57]He lowered his spear.

[45:58]He flipped his shield upside down.

[46:00]A sign of surrender, he lowered his head in shame and humility

[46:07]and roared toward Hussein.

[46:07]Salam, the man he once blocked.

[46:10]As he approached, his voice trembled with repentance.

[46:14]Oh my lord, to you I return.

[46:17]Accept my repentance for I have terrified the hearts of your saints

[46:21]and the children of the daughter of your prophet.

[46:26]And then he called out to Imam Hussein.

[46:28]Oh son of the messenger of Allah, I am the one who

[46:30]stopped you.

[46:32]I now came to repent before God and to offer my soul

[46:35]for your cause.

[46:37]Will my repentance be accepted?

[46:39]Imam Hussein looked at him with love and said, "Yes, God accept

[46:44]your repentance.

[46:46]Dismount and join us." But her replied, "My master, since I was

[46:50]the first to confront you and hurt you, allow me to be

[46:56]the first to die for you." Then he turned toward the battlefield

[47:00]with his heart now free and his soul f full of certainty.

[47:07]Alur charged into the enemy's lines, his sword flashing, his cries echoing

[47:11]like thunder.

[47:11]He fought with unmatched bravery, cutting through soldiers like waves until his

[47:17]horse was struck and fell.

[47:18]He rose on foot and continued to fight.

[47:22]He killed many before being surrounded.

[47:24]The soldiers of Ians fell upon him from all sides, blow after

[47:29]blow, strike after strike until finally he collapsed to the ground, wounded

[47:38]and bleeding.

[47:38]The companions of Hussein carried Hur back to their tent.

[47:44]Imm Hussein himself came to him, knelt by his side and wiped

[47:48]the blood and dust from his face.

[47:50]Tears filled the eyes of Imam Hussein as he whispered, "You're the

[47:54]just as your mother named you.

[47:59]Free in this world and blessed in the next." Hor smiled through

[48:02]his pain.

[48:04]He had washed away his greatest sin with his own blood.

[48:07]He died with Hussein's hand on his face and his name ran

[48:12]among the martyrs of Kerbala.

[48:13]According to some narrations, Horwad the first martyr that day and unlike

[48:22]the others, his head was not severed.

[48:23]His tribe stood up against the order of Iban Sad and demanded

[48:28]that they be allowed to bury him with honor.

[48:32]They took his blessed body and burned him, buried him with love.

[48:38]Meanwhile, Lady Zab stood near the body of Aba Abdah Hussein.

[48:44]His headless body abandoned in the desert as it's as if she

[48:51]looked at the corpse, her heart torn and cried.

[48:56]Is there no Muslim left to bury the stranger?

[48:59]Is there no believer left to cover his broken body?

[49:03]Such was the tragedy of Kerbala.

[49:08]Were those who once stood against truth like horound redemption and were

[49:14]those who defended the truth whether left without burial without water without

[49:18]even a shroud.

[49:21]Say the zab turned to her grandfather in Kbalah and said, "Oh

[49:28]my grandfather, oh messenger of Allah, peace be upon you, oh prophet

[49:32]whom the heavens themselves praised.

[49:35]This is your Hussein, your beloved one.

[49:40]Left abandoned beneath the burning sun, exposed in the desert, stripped of

[49:46]his turban and cloak.

[49:47]His blessed head severed from the back of his neck.

[49:53]And the mourning breeze now carries the send of his blood to

[49:57]you.

[50:00][Music] Allah hing the reappearance of the Imam of our time.

[50:14]Help us repent, reform ourselves inshallah to be ready to serve this

[50:21]imam in filling earth with justice and iniquity after it was filled

[50:25]with injustice and tyranny.

[50:26]Oh Allah, forgive us, purify us, purify our hearts.

[50:30]Oh Allah, guide the new regeneration to the straight path.

[50:36]Oh Allah, for our deceased, for the pure souls of those who

[50:39]departed from the scholars and the martyrs and the innocent, please help

[50:45]us send to them the reward of chapter al fat after [Music]

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