The Man Who Found True Love Through The Midnight Prayer - Sayed Saleh Qazwini

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[0:00]let me conclude with the story on how we discipline our souls

[0:06]and discipline our bodies and our mindset to start worshiping to start

[0:11]the ibadah there is a masjid in next to the next to

[0:19]the grave of imam next to the shrine of imam radha there's

[0:21]a blue dome it's called masjid goharshad this is a beautiful masjid

[0:28]anyone who enters into the shrine of imam you pass by that

[0:32]masjid or you see the blue dome next to the dome of

[0:34]imam the golden dome of the imam alayhilam there's a story behind

[0:42]this masjid there's a story behind this a there there is a

[0:48]the the king had built the king had built a mosque and

[0:56]there was a young man from the community there was a young

[1:01]man from the community who came and he fell in love with

[1:03]goharshad he came and he fell in love with the daughter of

[1:09]the king or goharshad herself the princess she had built the masjid

[1:14]and one day one of the builders one of the builders that's

[1:19]there building the masjid his eyes fell on the princess and once

[1:23]his eyes fell on the princess he fell in love with her

[1:26]he goes home he can't sleep he can't eat he can't drink

[1:31]his mother she comes to him she tells him what's wrong with

[1:36]you he says no i have a very big problem and there's

[1:38]no solution to this problem she tells him what's wrong with you

[1:44]tell me i want to see if i could help you he

[1:48]tells her my problem is very big i saw the princess and

[1:53]i fell in love with the princess and now i don't want

[1:54]to marry any other lady other than the princess so she tells

[2:03]him i mean there were so many girls out there you couldn't

[2:05]fall in love with any other girl you came and you had

[2:08]to fall in love with the princess he tells her she fell

[2:10]in my heart what can i do so this mother she was

[2:15]a loving mother and this is how all mothers are they try

[2:16]to satisfy their children at whatever cost it takes she goes and

[2:24]she waits in line to see the king the king he used

[2:28]to sit one one one every week every month she used to

[2:34]sit and used to ask people what do you need so she

[2:36]goes and she waits in line once she reaches him she comes

[2:40]to him and she tells him oh your highness your king i

[2:42]have come here to propose to your daughter i want to ask

[2:48]i want to ask to marry your daughter for my son the

[2:52]king is shocked he tells her who is your son she tells

[2:56]him my son was one of the builders one of the poor

[2:59]builders that was building this masjid that you have just finished building

[3:02]he tells her i will give you my daughter i will give

[3:06]your son my daughter under one condition she says what is that

[3:14]condition do you need gold do you need silver do you need

[3:15]money what is it that you need he tells her i don't

[3:20]need any of that the only thing that i need is for

[3:26]your son to pray salah to lay for 40 nights let your

[3:28]son pray the midnight prayer for 40 nights she tells him that's

[3:33]it that's all that you want he tells her that's all that

[3:36]i want so she tells him goodbye thank you she leaves and

[3:39]she goes to her son she tells him oh my dear son

[3:41]you're married you're gonna get married he tells her what do you

[3:47]mean he said she tells him the king approved there's only one

[3:51]small condition that condition is that you have to pray salatin lane

[3:54]for 40 nights pray the midnight prayer for 40 nights he says

[3:59]that's it she tells him that's it so that young man he

[4:03]starts from that day he starts in the middle of the night

[4:08]of course he's been working all day he's exhausted there's no alarm

[4:12]clock at that time he has to come and time himself make

[4:16]make a way to make sure that he wakes up he wakes

[4:17]up he goes and he washes his face it's cold and he

[4:23]begins praying it's really difficult for him in the beginning the second

[4:28]day he does it it's difficult third day fourth day a week

[4:33]passes two weeks past three weeks pass he starts getting in the

[4:37]habit of it he starts getting in the habit of it a

[4:39]month passes now he's starting to enjoy it he's starting to see

[4:45]there's a beauty in this there's a beauty in this dialogue with

[4:47]allah in the middle of the night when everyone is asleep so

[4:53]he goes and 40 days finished 40 nights finish his mother comes

[4:59]to him she tells him let's go to the king he tells

[5:02]her i don't want to go to the king anymore i don't

[5:03]want to go i don't want to marry her anymore she tells

[5:06]him what's wrong with you you made me go and talk to

[5:10]the king and propose to marry the princess and now you tell

[5:13]me you don't want tells her i don't want anymore a few

[5:17]days pass by the king he's waiting so he sends his guards

[5:22]to come and bring the boy and the mother they go and

[5:25]they bring the boy and the mother and the king tells him

[5:29]what happened did you not pray he said no i did pray

[5:30]i did pray all of the 40 40 nights i prayed them

[5:35]he tells them then i'm ready to give you my daughter he

[5:38]says i don't want your daughter anymore he tells him why what

[5:43]happened he says the day i saw your daughter my heart was

[5:50]empty so i fell in love with your daughter but now that

[5:53]i've been praying salat for 40 nights allah's love is in my

[5:59]heart and the love of allah brings me all the satisfaction that

[6:01]i need i don't need to marry a princess to be happy

[6:07]i don't need to live a luxurious lifestyle to be happy if

[6:10]allah is with me as long as allah is with me i

[6:15]am content and this is how he lived this is how he

[6:17]was this is the story he chose not to marry

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