The Intersection of Politics and Religion in the Life of Imam al-Sadiq - Sayed Saleh Qazwini

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[4:02][Music] [Music] [Music] s brother salam alaikum brothers and sisters Welcome to

[4:34]our uh Thursday night program tonight we commemorate the life and the

[4:41]martydom of IM uh a great IM that we all associated with

[4:47]being um sh so we are associated to this great Imam and

[4:53]what an honor what a privilege to be associated with such a

[5:00]great Imam and um we ask Allah inallah the of the the

[5:02]day of judgment that we called with our IM Imam sik and

[5:09]the rest of the imams inshallah uh also tonight we would like

[5:13]to on behalf of meca to give our condolences to the family

[5:18]of Haim Sal and um Nadia I'm sorry um I remember every

[5:26]time I say someone B so uh we ask Allah to Grant

[5:30]her soul the peace uh and the blessing and to make her

[5:35]with uh in the J inallah with Muhammad Muhammad and we ask

[5:38]you all to recite the for her soul and for for The

[5:48]Souls of all your after mamam Muhammad also wanted to remind you

[6:04]that after the um today's mjus lecture we have uh Salama will

[6:08]be followed also with du later uh tonight on the inallah and

[6:14]now help me welcome after muham ald muham Shah respected brothers and

[7:20]sisters I begin by offering you my condolences on the martyrdom anniversary

[7:27]of IM ja the sixth IM of who these days we will

[7:33]be commemorating his martyrdom and inshallah tonight we will talk a little

[7:40]bit about his life and take some lessons from his life and

[7:47]I also wanted to give you my condolences especially to the Bev

[7:54]family of Al Nadia bzi who passed away a few a few

[8:00]days ago and she left a loss in this community because she

[8:08]was known in this community for the good deeds that she had

[8:12]and the good memories that she left behind so we ask Allah

[8:19]subhanahu wa ta'ala to elevate her ranks in paradise and Grant her

[8:25]family patience to endure this loss and I know her children are

[8:30]here and her relatives are here and we ask Allah subhah wa

[8:34]ta'ala to bless them and to give them the patience and the

[8:38]ability to continue her Legacy we ask you all to recite for

[8:46]her soul one of the orders in the Quran that Allah subhanahu

[9:10]wa ta'ala instructs all Muslims to follow through with and abide by

[9:16]is that we are instructed to live in moderation Allah subhanahu wa

[9:25]ta'ala wants you to be a person who takes the middle path

[9:29]extremism is not liked in Islam extremism is not promoted in the

[9:39]Quran and we don't see it in the life ofas nor in

[9:43]the lives of the imams the Quran tells us to take the

[9:46]middle path to be easygoing to not be extreme in any any

[9:52]belief that you have any type of extremism is not going to

[9:57]be good even if it's something good say for example I want

[9:59]to pray 24 hours a day this is something that is not

[10:04]encouraged there were some of the sahaba they would come to the

[10:06]prophet and they would tell him we want to pray we want

[10:10]to fast every day out of the Year Allah told them don't

[10:12]do that because you're supposed to live with moderation you're supposed to

[10:16]take the middle path and Allah subhana says in the Quran we

[10:25]have made you an um that takes the middle path and today

[10:41]if you want to Define someone's success you see a successful person

[10:48]is the one who's able to live with moderation person who's able

[10:52]to balance their lives balance the responsibilities within their lives I have

[10:55]responsibilities towards my God I have responsibilities towards my my work I

[10:59]have responsibilities towards my family I have responsibilities towards my friends towards

[11:05]my neighbors a successful person is the one who's able to balance

[11:09]all of the responsibilities maybe there are some they're good in one

[11:12]thing particular one thing in particular but they have shortcomings with regards

[11:16]to everything else that's not success success is when you're able to

[11:25]manage everything and live a balanced life now this is one of

[11:30]the struggles that we see Muslims facing today is how can I

[11:34]practice my faith and at the same time be accepted and assimilate

[11:40]into my community into my Society you see a lot of people

[11:43]struggle with that either I'm practicing my faith but I'm disassociated with

[11:48]the community I'm disassociated with Society I feel that I'm kind of

[11:54]marginalized I'm pushed aside or if I assimilate fully I feel like

[11:58]I've left my religion and I've left my faith and my values

[12:02]and it's very difficult for a person to be able to live

[12:10]that Balanced Life today when we remember the life of IM we

[12:14]see that he gives us great examples on how to live with

[12:20]moderation how to be accepted in your community be accepted by people

[12:28]that may perceive you as an enemy how to be respected and

[12:32]hold on to your faith and at the same time you're integrated

[12:38]into society you're not marginalized you're not a fringe group you're not

[12:44]pushed aside and we see that IM was extremely successful in that

[12:48]living that balanced lifestyle which we see many Muslims they suffer with

[12:53]because you see either they're living full on religion but they miss

[12:56]out on a lot of their a lot of their other responsibilities

[13:01]towards Society towards their work towards their friends towards neighbors towards other

[13:04]people or some people they leave religion all together because they have

[13:08]these social responsibilities that they have to fill fulfill when we see

[13:17]Imam sad he lived in a time where there were many changes

[13:19]in his community there are many changes in his Society there were

[13:23]political changes that were going on during the life of Imam sad

[13:30]Imam sadik was was born during the reign of B the umad

[13:33]were those who were responsible for killing IM Hussein killing IM Z

[13:40]fighting imass IM during the life of IM they began to lose

[13:48]power they ruled for over 80 years from the time of mua

[13:50]all the way until Imad they began to their power began to

[13:56]decline and another group another mon another family came to rule and

[14:03]that was the Abbasi Dynasty they were from the children of Abbas

[14:07]the uncle of the Prophet they came to power IM lived during

[14:12]a time of political transition he lived during a time of ideological

[14:18]changes and movement in the community and Society during the time of

[14:23]IM sad that era today if you go and you read about

[14:28]Islam's history that era was referred to as Islam's Golden Era why

[14:34]because it was during that period that you have many ideologies and

[14:40]many thoughts and many beliefs entering into the climate and Muslims were

[14:50]listening and hearing to all of this different conversation some ideologies that

[14:55]go against Islam they were being promoted and they were being presented

[14:59]in society as if everything is is normal you know right now

[15:01]when you look at the Muslim countries you see there's a lot

[15:07]of censoring there's a lot of suppression no one has the freedom

[15:10]to voice their opinion maybe you might get arrested if you tweet

[15:13]something during the time of Imad it was the the beliefs beliefs

[15:19]even beliefs that are contrary to Islamic values for example atheist beliefs

[15:25]or beliefs of schools of thoughts different schools of thoughts that go

[15:30]against IM sad and go against the they were being promoted and

[15:37]they were they were accepted into society you know right now we

[15:42]all you go to school you go to university you go to

[15:45]high school you go to middle school they talk about they talk

[15:49]about the Greek philosophers Greek and Roman philosophers for example Plato and

[15:53]Aristotle and Socrates these philosophers how did their work right now when

[16:03]you read it at the school you read their work and you

[16:08]read their writing how did it come to us in English it

[16:11]came to us through the Muslims it came to us through the

[16:15]through the Muslims because these Works they were translated from Greek and

[16:21]Roman to Arabic and during the Islamic Golden Era they were spread

[16:28]across the Muslim world and then they came came to us right

[16:31]now so today when you read works of anything pre-islam pre-islamic era

[16:37]you see that there's a lot of credit that goes to the

[16:41]Muslim Golden Era and specifically during the time of Imam sad that

[16:45]freedom that was given that that work has reached us today so

[16:52]Imam was living in a time of diversity there was transition in

[16:55]politics there was change in politics there was change in beliefs in

[16:59]ideologies there were many different ideologies there were atheists that were living

[17:04]during the time of IM sad sometimes they would come and they

[17:08]would have the freedom to debate the IM and the Imam he

[17:11]would speak with them he would welcome them even people who were

[17:14]at odds with his own belief the Imam he would speak with

[17:19]them and welcome them and talk to them this is the freedom

[17:21]that Islam brought and IM Sadam brought so you see the Imam

[17:31]he managed to uphold his own identity and uphold his own beliefs

[17:35]and his own ideology which is he is the IM and the

[17:40]leader of the sh school of thought and today the sh where

[17:42]do you get as a where do you take your from from

[17:47]IM that's why they refer to the sh because the the the

[17:53]is from IM ja the Juris Prudence is from the IM because

[17:59]he had such a great role an influence on the Shia beliefs

[18:03]and Shia ideology and then at the same time you also have

[18:07]the Imam he is he is having his own beliefs and his

[18:14]values and at the same time the Imam was able to integrate

[18:18]within the community and within society and this is something that the

[18:24]IM was able to do Muhammad Muhammad the IM he was able

[18:41]to bring that balance something that many people find difficult imagine yourself

[18:46]living in a society in a time where there's many different ideologies

[18:51]many different beliefs there's changes in politics the Imam was able to

[18:57]uphold the Muslim Unity because the Quran instructs Muslims to to protect

[19:03]the Muslim unity and protect the Muslim Community Allah says in the

[19:08]Quran your is one you have to live and act as if

[19:14]you're one Community the Imam was able to uphold the Muslim Community

[19:20]as a whole and at the same time he was able to

[19:22]establish himself as a leader and uphold his own ideology and this

[19:27]is the balance this is the moderation that we see the Imam

[19:32]was able to exhibit and live with and this is the the

[19:40]skills that the Imam had he was able to do that why

[19:42]because of several skills and several features that he had in his

[19:48]life you see them manifested in the life of the Imam one

[19:51]of them is that the IM Alam followed what the Quran teaches

[19:57]us and what brought forth and encouraged all Muslims to practice and

[20:03]Implement and that is that knowledge is sacred seek knowledge for itself

[20:10]there's nothing wrong with seeking knowledge even if you might have to

[20:15]go somewhere far even if you might have to go and take

[20:17]it from someone who's a non-muslim he says in his famous seek

[20:27]knowledge even if it's in China imag 1400 years ago is saying

[20:32]this at a time where people can't travel where people can't go

[20:35]anywhere he says seek knowledge even if it's over there why because

[20:38]knowledge is sacred because knowledge is valuable and Imad through his life

[20:45]and through his ways he Sanctified knowledge and this is why people

[20:50]would come to him they would they would travel far distances to

[20:57]reach the Imam just so that they could seek knowledge the Imam

[21:01]would sit in Medina or sometimes in kufa and he would have

[21:05]lectures and sessions on different topics one day he's talking about Quran

[21:12]one day he's talking about the Hadith of the prophets but sometimes

[21:17]the Imam he would sit and he would talk about human anatomy

[21:20]the physical anatomy of a human body there is one narrator of

[21:26]the IM his name is Al this man he says one day

[21:32]I went to IM ja because there were some atheists that they

[21:35]were sitting outside of M outside of the prophet's mosque and they

[21:42]were speaking against religion and speaking against God you know the same

[21:45]thing that you see some professors doing right now in in in

[21:48]a biology class in a chemistry class they say and they start

[21:54]trying to destroy the whole faith and ideology of some people so

[21:58]what does what does this person do he says I heard I

[22:03]heard some I heard this man these men they were talking and

[22:06]I had no reply so he says I go to IM and

[22:09]I tell him this is what they're saying save the religion of

[22:17]your grandfather so IM sad tells him sit down and he started

[22:20]talking to him about proving the faith but what did he use

[22:23]did he use the Quran or did he say and and say

[22:29]Hadith of the prophet no the IM he talked about the human

[22:35]anatomy and the different systems within the body the respiratory system and

[22:40]the digestive system and the circulatory system all of these systems and

[22:43]this is no this is a book this is a book by

[22:48]the name of the of you could read this book it's been

[22:51]translated into English as well the Imam 1400 years ago he talks

[22:57]about these different subjects sometimes he talk talks about mathematics he talks

[23:03]about chemistry the father of modernday chemistry was a student of IM

[23:07]ja by the name of this man he was a student of

[23:14]IM ja he begins writing the first treaties the first book and

[23:18]work on chemistry he begins by saying Muhammad he says I heard

[23:25]from my master ja and then he begins talking about chemistry this

[23:30]is when you value knowledge then you're going to be welcoming to

[23:36]other people then you're going to be tolerant of different ideas and

[23:41]different beliefs and this is why in Islam we have no fear

[23:43]because Islam is a religion that is based upon logic Islam is

[23:49]a religion that makes sense and Islam it makes sense in itself

[23:55]and if you have the knowledge then you will be able to

[23:57]get closer to Allah subhana so the IM he was able to

[24:03]create that balance he was able to gather people to him because

[24:06]he valued knowledge and this is why different people people that did

[24:11]not agree with him in his faith did not accept him as

[24:13]an IM they would come to him as a knowledgeable person in

[24:18]the in the community for example some of the heads of the

[24:22]schools of thought today they talk about the four the the Sha

[24:28]the Maliki and the Hani these are the four m in the

[24:34]Sunni School of thoughts some of them were directly impacted by IM

[24:38]ja for example Abu hanif the leader of the Hani school of

[24:44]thought the Hani school of thought is probably the biggest or one

[24:46]of the biggest of the schools of thought in the Sunni World

[24:49]Abu hanif he was a student of IM ja he used to

[24:54]come and he used to take lessons from IM ja for two

[24:59]years he used to sit under the member under the pulpit of

[25:04]the Imam and he has a famous statement in which he says

[25:08]if it were not for the two years his name ISB he

[25:15]says and would have perished if it were not for the two

[25:21]years that I studied under Imam and he saw himself as a

[25:26]student of the Imam later on some of these individuals because the

[25:30]governments they wanted to prop up certain individuals so that they could

[25:34]be challenging to Im so that people don't say there's only one

[25:38]teacher in town so the governments they would promote certain teachers and

[25:44]give them they would Finance them the same way right now the

[25:47]same the same exact way right now some universities some governments they

[25:52]finance certain ideologies certain uh professors certain teachers because they have a

[25:58]specific ideology they find out them they tell them you have a

[26:00]chair and IM sad whoever attends his class is going to be

[26:02]sanctioned whoever attends IM sadd's class is going to be persecuted and

[26:06]imprisoned and this is exactly how it happened there was another one

[26:14]Malik Al IM Malik the the Malik IB anas the the leader

[26:17]of the Maliki school of thought he says my eyes and no

[26:23]eyes and no ears have seen or heard anyone more knowledgeable and

[26:28]more Pious and a better worshipper than IM ja this is the

[26:33]leader of the uh the Maliki school of thought and then of

[26:36]course you have shaf who did not live during the time of

[26:40]the Imam and Ahmed who did not live during the time of

[26:44]the Imam but they were all influenced and they were all impacted

[26:47]through their teachers and they benefited from the Imam so IM sad

[26:53]was able to unite people because of knowledge this is one and

[26:57]this is a very important important feature and in Islam knowledge is

[27:04]Holy and knowledge is sacred and every person male female young old

[27:08]whatever you are you have a religious duty to seek knowledge because

[27:12]through knowledge you will find God through knowledge you will reach your

[27:16]lord and you will have conviction in your faith and in your

[27:19]belief so this is one second at the same time that the

[27:27]Imam was spreading knowledge the Imam was disciplining his students IM sad

[27:33]had over 4,000 students one of the narrators he says I entered

[27:36]into M kufa and I saw 4,000 students they're sitting in circles

[27:44]and each one you you pass by them he says I hear

[27:50]them saying Muhammad I heard ja Muhammad I heard ja Muhammad they

[27:54]were all benefiting from IM Sadam IM sad didn't just teach them

[27:59]because today you go to a university you go to school your

[28:05]teacher might probably teach you the best Sciences your teacher might be

[28:09]the smartest person but maybe this teacher has zero AK zero morality

[28:13]zero etiquette zero ethics right this happens all the time maybe this

[28:21]person's a genius they'll get you to probably land a job that

[28:26]g gets you millions of dollars but you'll lose your You'll Lose

[28:30]Yourself you'll lose your your ethics and your morality it's gone because

[28:34]you spent time with this person and this is also very important

[28:38]when we seek knowledge we have to make sure that we seek

[28:40]it from a person that gives it from a good source just

[28:44]like when you want to drink water do you go and you

[28:45]drink dirty water filthy water no you go and you drink water

[28:50]that is pure because it needs to come from a pure heart

[28:54]he would discipline his students he would teach them he would teach

[28:59]them worship he would teach them the importance of connecting with God

[29:02]because at the end of the day no matter what you have

[29:07]in this dunia you end up losing it whatever you have bring

[29:11]someone all the wealth in the world if they tell you I'll

[29:17]give you $100 million but you're not going to wake up tomorrow

[29:19]is that going to be valuable has no value it's nothing IM

[29:27]taught people the value of life and the value of making and

[29:33]taking care of certain things in your life certain decisions in life

[29:36]that will land you in Jenna maybe someone could teach you a

[29:41]way to become a millionaire but it's not going to land you

[29:45]in Jenna but if you land in Jenna even if you did

[29:48]not make the millions in this life Landing in Jenna is is

[29:52]the greatest reward Imad this is how he disciplined his students this

[29:56]is how he taught his students and he would discipline them and

[30:03]teach them the and he was the prime example and the prime

[30:05]role model and the Imam one thing that he did is he

[30:10]would teach his students to have Unity with other Muslims we were

[30:13]talking about the importance of creating balance in your life while you

[30:17]uphold your identity you have to also sanctify and and focus on

[30:23]creating Unity with other Muslims IM sad he tells his students one

[30:26]of his students by the name of Z he says the IM

[30:32]he says him he says pray in the mosques of others and

[30:43]visit their sick and attend their janaza their funerals and if you're

[30:52]able to be the IM or the then you do that don't

[30:57]let people come and say oh look at this sh they're marginalized

[30:58]they're they're away from the community they're away they're detached from society

[31:04]no IM sad says I want my Shia to be individuals who

[31:10]have a role in their Community this is how the Imam disciplines

[31:15]his students and teaches them and yes now someone might ask how

[31:20]can you uphold your beliefs always because sometimes your beliefs are going

[31:25]to be at odds with what other people are doing with what

[31:30]other people are practicing how do you reconcile between where you have

[31:36]where it's at odds and where you can be free to spread

[31:40]your faith the Imam here he taught his students and all of

[31:48]the imams of the they practi this thing called this concept called

[31:54]what is is when sometimes s not always in order to preserve

[32:01]your life and in order to preserve your faith and your belief

[32:06]and your and your own life you're living sometimes you hide and

[32:11]you do not disclose everything you don't show everything to people because

[32:17]certain people who are your enemies they're going to attack you and

[32:20]harm you because of your faith and because of your beliefs and

[32:23]this was something that was practiced byar y one of the Sahar

[32:29]Y is he labeled as a sh no he was a Muslim

[32:30]during the time of the Prophet y when he was when they

[32:36]were in Mecca the the tribe of qur they killed his father

[32:41]the first sh in Islam the first Martyrs in Islam Y and

[32:43]they were ready to kill him they tell him you have to

[32:49]accept the idol you have to accept the idol hubel so what

[32:51]does do Amar he says I accept the idol they they they

[32:56]keep him alive they don't kill him then he goes to and

[32:58]he's crying and he says I mentioned the name of the idol

[33:04]when I don't really believe in the idol then this verse came

[33:09]down meaning God is not going to hold you accountable for something

[33:14]that is not in your heart you were forced to say that

[33:18]the Imam he in order to continue the the and protect the

[33:27]Shia during his era and during his time and for eras for

[33:30]generations to come the IMs they encouraged people to practice the sometimes

[33:36]you have to hide your belief in order to be in order

[33:41]to preserve yourself now today we see some people they attack they

[33:45]say look how look at how insincere the Shia are they lie

[33:48]and they hide their beliefs and to in order to assimilate themselves

[33:54]within community and within society and the reply to this is that

[33:58]no we're not hiding our beliefs with people who don't want to

[34:00]kill us we're hiding our beliefs with someone who wants to kill

[34:05]me for my belief yes I'm supposed to I'm supposed to preserve

[34:08]my life because preserving the life is more important but if someone

[34:11]is being accepting and tolerant with me then no I'm not required

[34:16]to hide my beliefs and do any of that so this is

[34:17]how the Imam one of the ways because the imams all of

[34:22]the imams they lived throughout a time where they were persecuted and

[34:26]it was illegal to declare your faith it was illegal illegal to

[34:31]say I believe in Imad as an IM or the others as

[34:34]IMS but the IM he was able to continue the lives and

[34:40]the well-being of the Shia community Through the practice of another thing

[34:47]that the Imam did which shows that he was very smart in

[34:53]and preserving his community and preserving his his name is that the

[34:59]IM am was not reactionary today some of us were reactionary we

[35:03]hear of a politician he comes out or she comes out and

[35:08]they say a few good words a few talking points and we

[35:10]go and we run after this person and we clap for this

[35:14]person this how this how some of us are the IM there

[35:16]were some politicians disguised as noble men during his life some of

[35:22]them were his own relatives there were two groups that revolted against

[35:28]Bena or against Ben abas one was the children of IM Hassan

[35:34]from the descendants of IM Hassan they revolted meaning cousins with the

[35:38]Imam Imam sad is from the descendants of IM Hussein and you

[35:42]have the descendants of IM Hassan they revolted they wanted to take

[35:46]power the Imam he tells them I'm not going to join this

[35:48]movement they tell him why you become the leader of this movement

[35:53]we'll support you he says no I read in the book of

[35:55]Ali or in the book of FAA that the children children of

[35:59]IM Hassan are not going to rule meaning this is knowledge that

[36:01]we have and then the sons of Al abas the uncle of

[36:06]the Prophet they revolted and they offered the Imam to take leader

[36:09]to be the leader the Imam he says no you are not

[36:13]my people and the Zaman is not my Zaman meaning there is

[36:19]going to come a time for righteousness to rise and that is

[36:24]under the rule of our IM Al and he was very careful

[36:35]not to join and show support to a movement they came to

[36:41]power their slogan was we want to bring satisfaction to the family

[36:45]of the Prophet but IM sad was not reactionary he did not

[36:49]fall for that and as soon as Ben Abbas came to power

[36:54]they began to kill they began to persecute the first day or

[36:59]as soon as Ben Abbas came to power the grandson of Abdullah

[37:02]Abbas Abdullah Abbas we always narrate from him he was the cousin

[37:10]of the Prophet dab Ali abdah Abbas he was appointed by ass

[37:14]saf the first governor of the the first cff of the abbis

[37:17]to be the governor of Medina dab Ali abdah abas he arrested

[37:22]one of the noble and closest companions to IM sad m he

[37:29]arrested him and he asked him he tells him tell me who

[37:35]are the sh of this man he says if I had them

[37:39]under my feet their names I would not move my foot he

[37:41]went and he killed that man as soon as he comes to

[37:47]power he killed IM he found out in his spot he did

[37:49]Dua against d da did not wake up the next day da

[37:54]died because of the Dua of the Imam but you see that

[38:01]the Imam that freedom that he had because he gained Freedom while

[38:04]bani Oma were losing power and Ben Abbas were gaining power there

[38:08]was that window of opportunity where the Imam was able to teach

[38:11]people was able to educate people once Ben Abbas came to power

[38:16]they had a firm grip on power that freedom was gone now

[38:19]the house of Imam sad is always under supervision now the IM

[38:24]has no Freedom there are spies looking at him and watching everything

[38:29]that he does and they began to persecute him after Assa the

[38:34]first Abbasi kale came al- Mansour al- Mansour he's the man who's

[38:39]responsible for building Bagdad they say Bagdad was built by Mansour Abbasi

[38:45]and you see a statue of him in Bagdad even now when

[38:48]you go this man Mansour he had insecurity just like all of

[38:53]the other calebs they had insecurity because they see IM sad he's

[38:57]the one who has the knowledge he's the one who has the

[38:58]fame he's the one who has the recognition he's the one who's

[39:02]loved he's the grandson of the prophet he has the attention if

[39:06]they become jealous one of the narrators he says he's this man

[39:09]he was one of the ministers in the government of al- Mansour

[39:15]he says Mansour he swore he told me they were passing by

[39:18]Medina he was going to perform Hajj he was passing by Medina

[39:23]he says I swear I swear I swear I'm going to kill

[39:25]ja ja Muhammad he swore he who's going to stop him he's

[39:33]the one who's he's he's so powerful he has all the power

[39:35]in the world he says go and bring him to me and

[39:40]I want you he tells this Minister he tells him I want

[39:44]you to go and bring ja to Mead he was in his

[39:46]60s at that time he was older he tells him I want

[39:50]you to drag him to me I don't want you to just

[39:54]bring him to me in any way I want you to drag

[39:57]him this man he says I went and I tell him and

[40:01]man he's summon summoning you he says IM sad told me let's

[40:04]go I will follow your whatever you say he says the Imam

[40:09]began to walk he said I told him I'm sorry but he

[40:13]told me that I have to drag you to his home I

[40:14]have to drag you to the Palace he says I grabbed the

[40:18]Imam by his shirt and I began to pull on him imagine

[40:22]this is the grandson of the Prophet a leader a teacher in

[40:25]the umah he says I began to drag him until we reached

[40:31]we reached al- mansur and he had a sword in his hand

[40:33]and he was ready to kill the Imam he says as soon

[40:39]as we got there as we were going he said I heard

[40:43]the Imam his his lips are moving he's he's reading something he's

[40:46]reading something I didn't I can't make up what he's reading he

[40:49]said as soon as the Imam entered the Imam kept reading reading

[40:52]reading until suddenly Al mans his attitude changed he saw the IM

[41:00]he smiled he brought him he sat him next to him what

[41:04]do you need what can I do for you how can I

[41:06]help you the Imam tells him I want to go back to

[41:07]my family he gives him some gifts and he sends him back

[41:11]back to his family he says I followed the IM I tell

[41:16]him I swear to God he was going to kill you he

[41:17]was ready to kill you he had the sword ready and he

[41:21]kept swearing he's going to kill you what were you reading what

[41:28]were you saying he says when I saw the sh when I

[41:31]saw the evil that was coming I began to recite this he

[42:03]says I Seek You God meaning there are many that claim to

[42:10]be Lords but who is the real Lord that is Allah subhana

[42:18]wa tala there are many that claim to be creators but there's

[42:24]only one real Creator I seek I seek refuge in him there

[42:30]are many who are meaning they receive R from Allah but there

[42:36]is one that gives the r i seek I seek refuge in

[42:42]him and then he says I I only my only helper at

[42:48]this moment is God and Allah subhana ta'ala has promised that if

[42:52]you sincerely have faith in God and you don't turn to anyone

[42:55]else Allah subhana tala will be there for you this was the

[43:01]IM IM we have just a few minutes left he also taught

[43:10]his family and he taught his companions to be patient in order

[43:15]to be a leader in order to achieve things in your life

[43:21]you need to have patience one day the companions of IM ja

[43:25]they went to visit him and the Imam had a sick son

[43:30]a sick child in the house and the Imam Alam would keep

[43:35]getting up and going in and going in and out he would

[43:37]go inside to check up on the child and then he would

[43:41]come where his companions are sitting and the Imam looked Restless they

[43:45]asked him what's wrong he said my SI my son is sick

[43:49]and I keep going back and forth to be there for my

[43:51]son they say suddenly they saw the Imam he came and he

[43:56]sat and he he looked calm now they asked him what happened

[44:00]a while later he looked calm they asked him what happened he

[44:03]tells them my son passed away they tell him how you look

[44:09]so calm and you're saying my son passed away he said when

[44:12]I was Restless matters he that my son was still he was

[44:18]alive so I had a duty as a father to do what

[44:21]I can to preserve his life but now that he's gone I

[44:24]surrendered my will I surrendered my matters to Allah subh and I

[44:28]know that he has gone to a better place and when we

[44:32]surrender to Allah subhana wa ta'ala then what do we have to

[44:34]lose we're turning to Allah Allah is the most generous Allah is

[44:39]the most merciful Allah is the most compassionate this is a great

[44:44]lesson of patience that we learn from the Imam where Allah says

[44:47]in the Quran and give glad bad Tidings to those who when

[44:59]they're Afflicted with a MBA they surrender to God and they say

[45:04]we belong to Allah and we are going to return to Allah

[45:07]subhanahu wa'ta'ala this was the IM and the IM kept enduring and

[45:15]enduring one day the khif he asked him al man he tells

[45:16]him why don't you come and visit us he tells him you

[45:20]don't have anything for me to come and visit you and I

[45:24]don't want anything from you he says come and visit us and

[45:26]give us advice the Imam says who wants this D does not

[45:30]spend it with you and he who wants the does not spend

[45:32]time with you Al kept persecuting the Imam until one day the

[45:40]narration says that they threw Fire In The House of the Imam

[45:43]the Imam was in his home and they threw the fire inside

[45:49]the house of the Imam and the Imam he began to take

[45:54]his children out of the house he began to carry them and

[45:57]he began to Walk Through The Fire And The Companions they were

[46:00]shocked they see him walking through the fire and as he's walking

[46:05]through the fire he says I am the grandson of ibraim who

[46:16]was thrown in the fire after the fire was extinguished they saw

[46:21]the Imam he goes and he sits in front of the house

[46:27]where the fire was lit in a walkway pathway a he sat

[46:32]and the Imam sat and he began to cry his companions they

[46:36]tell him why are you crying is it your items that were

[46:38]burned we will replace them for you we will help you whatever

[46:44]you need the Imam he says no I cry because when they

[46:50]set the house on fire I remembered IM Hussein my grandfather and

[46:55]how the woman and the children of ab abdah they had to

[46:57]run through the burning tents on the day of Ash and this

[47:02]is what made me cry when I remembered what happened to my

[47:05]grandfather abdah Hussein IM he lived until 68 years old Al mans

[47:16]ABI he sent the poison to the IM and the IM he

[47:22]passed away in his home in Medina and he was buried by

[47:27]his son Imam IM he was buried in Madina we ask Allah

[47:38]to grant us his and his and we also once again ask

[47:43]you all to recite for the late who who passed away a

[47:53]few weeks ago and we ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to elevate

[47:57]her ranks in paradise and also sending a for all of our

[48:17]alikum once again um I want to take a a minute here

[48:22]before we go to the Salah to thank you all again for

[48:26]coming and to remind you of some uh of the stuff that

[48:28]we do here in Mecca especially that I see a lot of

[48:32]new faces um we have a lot of programs for the all

[48:33]the family members that we offer throughout the week tomorrow or Saturday

[48:36]we have the bonefire uh program our youth will sit with say

[48:41]on the on the backyard and have some fun and have questions

[48:44]and discussions uh we have a lot of other programs for the

[48:49]uh sisters as well there's a tech Lea Workshop coming up uh

[48:52]for Gears from 9: to 133 uh also we have uh Saturday

[48:58]school and Sunday school registration is open and next week on Saturday

[49:02]we have uh how to write an Islamic well Workshop some a

[49:05]topic that's very important we all need to learn about this topic

[49:10]uh this is just an example of what this uh Center offers

[49:13]as far as programs and this is why we ask for your

[49:17]support all the time and as you know inshallah we are in

[49:21]the process of moving and planning for a bigger place a permanent

[49:24]home as you see the rendering on the wall there we have

[49:26]a a big place that we inshallah building we have a Mah

[49:31]that would take up to 500 people and for that we uh

[49:36]we started a campaign couple weeks ago uh where we want the

[49:40]community we want you to be part of this project and hence

[49:45]we offered um 500 people to sponsor a 500 Bala spots on

[49:52]that musala so you could sponsor one uh spot on that musala

[49:56]on behalf of your family your your um and inallah if we

[50:02]get to that number we'll be able to uh ground breaking and

[50:05]start building that in the in the in the next uh few

[50:10]months inshallah or a year whatever uh time we need so for

[50:12]that if you would like to sponsor and be part of Mecca

[50:18]and be part of uh this community uh Center uh we ask

[50:21]you to um sponsor a spot for a $5,000 um and inallah

[50:27]if we get to that number we'll be able to start building

[50:30]um I know this is a stretch goal but we started this

[50:34]only uh few weeks ago we are at 75 people sponsoring at

[50:41]$5,000 each so we are at 15% uh just in a matter

[50:42]of few months and as you know we already bought the land

[50:46]uh we bought the land uh by your help and and by

[50:50]your support and we can do the same inshallah with building this

[50:53]Masjid so if you would like to sponsor you could uh see

[50:56]me or brother Hassan there is also plans you can make this

[51:00]in uh a small payments uh we just wanted to open this

[51:05]for everyone to be part of this project if you need more

[51:06]information you can always see me or brother Hassan inshallah will'll be

[51:09]able to help you and once again thank you for your coming

[51:13]and inshallah now we'll go uh for the salad and there is

[51:16]a Dua right after the Salah inshallah thank you

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