The Role of Mosques in Our Lives - Sayed Mohammad Baqer Qazwini

18 Bekeken· 24/03/23

Ahlul Bayt Center of Toledo
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Ramadan 2019 - The Role of Mosques in Our Lives - Sayed Mohammad Baqer Qazwini
Night 11 - Ramadan 2019 - 1440 at the Ahlul Bayt Center of Toledo

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[0:00]James mill r-rahmanir-rahim I begin in the name of the Almighty God

[0:08]the compassionate the merciful the one who has created everything an utmost

[0:11]perfection and may be and may the peace and blessings of the

[0:18]Almighty God be upon his pure and beloved messenger the peak of

[0:23]his creation the symbol of humanity the holy prophet muhammad sallallahu alayhi

[0:30]wa ali and his immaculate progeny of the al-bait peace be upon

[0:38]them especially the leader of our time the awaited saviour and imam

[0:42]al-mahdi agile allahu ta'ala firaga allah subhanaw taala states in the holy

[0:47]quran smell r-rahmani r-rahim and now what abating water allen ancilla leve

[0:57]be bekata Mubarak and wahoo Daniel al-amin the first house of worship

[1:03]that was brought forth to humanity to all people is the house

[1:09]of worship is the blessed house and Bekah allah subhanaw taala blessed

[1:14]this place and it is a source of guidance for all of

[1:21]humanity sadaqa allahu allahu allah lien illuminates your hearts and minds with

[1:26]a very loud sala wat along us only I know how mad

[1:29]you are going from this blessed verse in the Holy Quran tells

[1:36]us that the first house of worship if you wonder what the

[1:39]first mosque that Allah designated for people where was it the first

[1:44]house of worship that Allah subhana allah gave to humanity where was

[1:48]it this verse sheds light on it it says the first house

[1:53]of worship that has been designated for people as the one in

[1:56]Becca Becca is one of the names of Mecca today where the

[2:02]Kaaba is situated that place is called Becca Allah subhana WA Ta'ala

[2:06]says this is the first house of worship we human beings we

[2:12]interact through that's how our mind and psychology works we connect with

[2:20]symbols whenever there is a symbol we can quickly connect with it

[2:24]in fact if you analyze what languages it's a collection of symbols

[2:29]right when you say the words water what does that mean the

[2:32]word water is a symbol that refers to this clear liquid outside

[2:39]that we call water the minute you go outside and you step

[2:42]into the street and you're driving you see all these signs right

[2:45]they symbolize something every religion has its own symbol every country has

[2:53]its own flag and symbol every team has its own symbol companies

[2:56]have their own logos because that's how we human beings interact allah

[3:00]subhana wa ta'ala knows that this is how the human being functions

[3:05]so the Almighty God decided on the first day to give us

[3:11]a house of worship that represents the house of God so we

[3:14]can connect to the Almighty God through his house of worship once

[3:19]you have a house of worship you can concentrate on your worship

[3:23]you feel better connected with allah subhana wa ta'ala because there is

[3:29]now a symbol that reminds you of the almighty god now who

[3:33]is the one who laid this first house of worship who constructed

[3:39]it our narrations say prophet adam alayhis-salam allah subhanaw taala instructed him

[3:45]to go to mecca and create the first mosque in history the

[3:51]first house of worship then after that a number of floods destroyed

[3:56]the kaaba including the flood of prophet - no Helios Allah so

[4:01]after prophet to know if prophet ibrahim came allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala commanded

[4:07]prophet ibrahim to reconstruct the kaaba but it is the oldest house

[4:12]of worship the second oldest house of worship is the temple in

[4:16]jerusalem which was constructed some narrations say adam alayhis-salam he himself constructed

[4:25]it after constructing the kaaba why other narration state prophet ibrahim was

[4:30]really the first one who constructed the temple in jerusalem and then

[4:36]later on we see profits like profit dawood aleihsalaam prophet Sulayman who

[4:41]constructed the temple in jerusalem and it became the temple for the

[4:46]jewish people now what's interesting about the religion of Islam in comparison

[4:52]to Christianity and Judaism and the religion of Islam we can perform

[4:56]our formal prayers anywhere whether in your house on the plane in

[5:03]a park anywhere you can do your Salah you don't necessarily have

[5:06]to go to the message' to do the salah yes you get

[5:09]greater reward when you perform the prayer in a mosque but you

[5:15]can pray anywhere however if you look at the history of the

[5:19]Jewish people they believe that you could only formally worship God and

[5:23]sacrifice for him in the temple that's why Jews from all around

[5:27]the world when the temple existed in Jerusalem they would go and

[5:33]visit the temple they would bring their sheep their camels their sacrifice

[5:38]in order to offer it to their Lord then when the temple

[5:42]was destroyed by the Romans they were lost and confused now what

[5:48]do we do we lost the temple so how do we worship

[5:49]God later on they started constructing their own temples in the Diaspora

[5:57]but before that their main temple was in Jerusalem and if you

[5:59]really wanted to worship God you had to go to the temple

[6:01]to worship God and offer your sacrifice Christian's today you find a

[6:08]similar trend over here if you want to formally worship God you

[6:11]have to go to Mass you have to go to church on

[6:15]a Sunday and a lot of Christians there only worship God once

[6:18]a week once they go to the church but Allah subhana wa

[6:24]ta'ala and the religion of islam has told us that the entire

[6:27]earth is a place of worship the prophets are Allahu Allahu Allah

[6:33]says in sahih hadith sure I let Lee and aroldo Masjid and

[6:36]wat ahora the earth has been made a place of sujood for

[6:42]me hence we see historically that houses of worship sweather they were

[6:47]synagogues temples churches mosques they played a significant role in the development

[6:55]of religions and in also keeping faithful people together let's take a

[6:59]brief look at the history of the prophet sallallahu alaihi wa when

[7:03]he migrated from Mecca to Medina the prophets in Mecca did not

[7:06]have the freedom to pray Jamaa I with his companions so when

[7:12]he migrated from Mecca to Medina in the month of Rabi al-awwal

[7:15]the 13 years the 13th year after the Berthe he arrived at

[7:24]a place called baba baba is a village three miles south of

[7:28]the city of Medina the Prophet entered baba and he refused to

[7:32]enter Medina they told him your destination is Medina yes rim why

[7:36]do you stay here in Baba he said I am waiting for

[7:41]Ali bin Abi Atlanta body Salam and the Farhat him to come

[7:43]the mother of Imam Ali his daughter lady fatima and his cousin

[7:49]I'm waiting for them to come I will not enter medina without

[7:51]ali but have you thought about his Silla so when the Prophet

[7:57]stayed for about two weeks in Kaaba some suggested what narration says

[8:01]I'm Arab in yasser he's the one who suggested let's build a

[8:04]mosque here let's worship Allah and the Prophet approved of it and

[8:09]the first mosque in Islam was established in poobah lemaise Judoon Oh

[8:15]Susanna taqwa the Quran considers this mosque even though it was a

[8:21]humble mosque nothing fancy the Quran considers this mosque as a mosque

[8:25]that was based on piety that neighborhood belong to the tribe of

[8:31]armed Benioff they hosted the prophet sallallaahu an invalid they donated that

[8:38]piece of land and they participated in the act of building this

[8:44]messages the Quran praises them that you had the right intentions those

[8:49]companions who participated in the construction of this messages they were pure

[8:54]they really did so out of piety even interestingly woman participated they

[9:00]would carry you know some rocks sometimes when men weren't around and

[9:04]they felt comfortable they would carry some rocks some pieces of stone

[9:10]in order to construct that meant that message didn't koba then the

[9:14]prophet sallallaahu anyway moved to the city of Medina and we saw

[9:17]that the first thing he did in Medina he established a message

[9:22]it what's interesting about the mosque in Medina is that it wasn't

[9:26]only a place of worship where you go and pray it was

[9:32]a full-fledged community center where people got together to pray yes to

[9:38]get educated the prophet sallallahu alehiwassallaam them with his sermons it was

[9:42]a place of socialization Muslims will get together get to know one

[9:46]another have a good social time with one another it was a

[9:52]place where people made important decisions the Prophet would consult his companions

[9:57]and matters of warfare in matters of national security it was a

[10:03]community center that gathered everyone from all tribes Arabs non Arabs the

[10:08]rich and the poor forming one solid community and we see that

[10:13]the mosque of the prophet sallallaahu anyone played an instrumental role in

[10:19]the development of the religion of Islam today if we look at

[10:23]the world especially the Western world we find that houses of worship

[10:28]have a very important place in Western society especially in the United

[10:36]States the greatest number of churches and houses of worship is found

[10:42]in the US and these houses of worship really contribute to American

[10:48]society do you know how many churches there are in the United

[10:51]States you know sometimes we Muslims if there are two mosques in

[10:57]a city we kind of feel bothered by that and we say

[10:59]how come we have too many mosques there's two mosques in this

[11:04]area there are three months four mosques in this region do you

[11:06]know how many churches there are the United States according to the

[11:10]latest statistics there are three hundred seventy four thousand churches three hundred

[11:18]seventy four thousand churches just imagine for every one thousand American there

[11:26]is a church that's the size of the houses of worship and

[11:31]specifically churches that there are here in the United States do you

[11:37]know how many synagogues there are the Jews are a minority here

[11:40]in the United States but they have more than three thousand seven

[11:43]hundred twenty seven synagogues they have close to a thousand synagogues just

[11:49]in the New York area close to 1,000 synagogues just imagine now

[11:54]if I have two mosque or three months in one region that

[11:56]should bother me how many mosques do you think there are in

[12:03]the United States in the last decade we have seen an influx

[12:05]of mosques being being established the most recent statistics show that there

[12:11]are about 2,100 mosques around the country that are serving the Muslim

[12:15]population and these houses of worship my dear brothers and sisters are

[12:20]serving very significant roles especially for those who do benefit and those

[12:27]who attend now according to Pew Research only 40 percent of Muslims

[12:34]regularly attend a mosque once a week let's say for the Friday

[12:40]prayer or some other function 60 percent of Muslims are not regularly

[12:45]attending mosques only 18 percent of them attend a mosque more than

[12:51]once a week and what's interesting about the Pew Research is that

[12:57]they also wanted to see the differences among the sect's between the

[13:01]Sunni and the Shia and they came to discover that the Shia

[13:05]participation in mosque is much much less than the Sunni participation now

[13:10]there are a number of factors that contribute to that one is

[13:15]that there are a lot of Shia who live in cities villages

[13:17]areas in which they probably don't are they shy amassed to go

[13:24]by the way when I say she I'm asked that's metaphorical because

[13:27]mas are not Sunni or Shia the MAS belong to allah subhanaw

[13:30]taala but what we mean by that is that the organizers come

[13:35]from a certain school of thought or certain sect so many of

[13:38]the Shia they felt they feel unwelcome when they go to a

[13:41]suddeniy Masjid they feel unwelcome and that is one reason why there

[13:48]is much less participation in the mosque and community centres in the

[13:53]Shia community there are also other reasons usually suddenly must have more

[13:59]resources they have more funding for their programs and that attracts others

[14:03]to their mosques and because of more resources and funding they have

[14:08]better organization whereas when you look at the shia mosques around the

[14:11]country they do struggle with this issue of being organized and hence

[14:16]this might be a factor that discourages a number of shia from

[14:19]going to the mosque but these are official official statistics by Pew

[14:23]Research now the question is my dear brothers and sisters and that's

[14:30]our discussion tonight what is the role of a mosque in our

[14:34]lives imagine our lives without community centers without mosques how important are

[14:42]these religious institutions and organizations in our lives our spiritual well-being our

[14:48]religious well-being even our social well-being let's examine that briefly and in

[14:56]doing so I would also like to explore with you the main

[15:02]reasons why today people are turning away from mosques and also from

[15:09]religious institutions before we look at mosques we find that this is

[15:14]a dilemma amongst Christians as well today most Christian churches are suffering

[15:19]from the lack of participation amongst the Millennials those youth who recently

[15:28]got married young families they're not going to church like they used

[15:32]to in the past and churches are struggling this idea now the

[15:39]primary reason why Christian youth are not going to the church is

[15:43]because they feel disconnected they go to the church those running the

[15:47]churches have a different mission have a different vision have a different

[15:53]style of running their programs and they feel they have no place

[15:56]they feel they have no say the type of programs that are

[15:59]being offered at those churches do not really meet their needs they're

[16:07]not run in a way that makes them feel too welcome or

[16:10]too comfortable hence we find that if you go today and on

[16:15]Sunday try it go to an average Church in America rarely will

[16:17]you find any youth so this is not something that we're we're

[16:23]only struggling with in our mosques because if you go around the

[16:27]country mosque organizers will tell you they're Netan their number-one concern the

[16:32]youth are basically not that interested in coming to the mosque and

[16:36]it's very difficult to get them to come and benefit from the

[16:39]programs this is not a challenge that's unique to us this is

[16:45]a global culture that we are witnessing today in which not many

[16:49]youth are interested in going to the mosque so what are the

[16:55]primary reasons why people have less participation in their mosques and community

[17:00]centers than we would expect them to have number one my dear

[17:06]brothers and sisters is also what the churches are going through most

[17:09]mosques around the country if you look at their programs we see

[17:13]that basically the programs are run by the older generation and they've

[17:18]the youth don't feel that welcome if you want a community center

[17:23]to be successful the youth have to have an active participation because

[17:30]this is what the youth say in most mosque they'll say we

[17:34]go to there and these elders dictate to us what to do

[17:39]do this execute this project make this event successful and they're just

[17:44]giving us orders youth are not interested in this style and method

[17:48]youth if you give them a project you give them guidelines of

[17:52]course has to be within Islamic guidelines let them have a sense

[17:55]of ownership that they own this program they have a stake in

[18:00]it that way they'll work hard for it they'll make it successful

[18:03]once they feel it's their project it's their idea and you give

[18:06]them roof room for creativity that's something that will attract them this

[18:13]is one concern and talking about this point another concern my dear

[18:17]brothers and sisters we find that in many mosques and Hum Dil

[18:20]are not this community center I'm just giving you an idea of

[18:24]mosques around the country in many mosques one problem is the older

[18:29]generation they hold on to the board to their positions they hold

[18:32]on to that chair until the grave that chair must go with

[18:38]them they don't make room for active members to come to participate

[18:42]to be members of that mosque to be members of that community

[18:45]center let fresh blood come in most mosques are undemocratic in the

[18:52]sense that sometimes you don't see the community being represented at the

[18:59]board level at the committee's level and that is one factor that

[19:03]keeps some people away from the messages this is something that many

[19:07]mosques around the u.s.

[19:10]are suffering from or are struggling with so these two are very

[19:14]significant factors a third factor my dear brothers and sisters is that

[19:19]sometimes certain mosques become politicized they form a group they attack other

[19:24]mosques other organizations and then you know you see this unhealthy environment

[19:30]of the followers of this person attacking the followers of that person

[19:36]and this creates a lot of division and that's problematic another challenge

[19:40]in some of these mosques is that they they they operate along

[19:45]ethnic lines if you're not part of that ethnicity you don't feel

[19:49]welcome this is a problem that we have around the country my

[19:54]dear brothers and sisters yes alhamdulillah there are some communities that have

[19:59]more diversity and anyone who walks into the center feels welcome but

[20:02]in a lot of mas that's not the case they don't feel

[20:06]welcome if you're not a Pakistani and going to this mosque you

[20:08]don't really feel welcome you don't feel like you fit in that

[20:14]environment if you're not a Hodja if you're not a Lebanese if

[20:16]you're not an Iraq if you're not a Yemeni a lot of

[20:21]our mosque especially the Shia mosques they are run along along ethnic

[20:24]lines and that in itself creates a hurdle this is the first

[20:28]point my dear brothers and sisters that's creating this challenge the second

[20:33]point the second reason why some people are not participating in mass

[20:37]activities is because if we see in the last few decades as

[20:42]many families became middle-class they started becoming affluent they found other alternatives

[20:48]they're busy doing other things now people have the finances to travel

[20:55]to go on vacation to sign up for activities and that is

[20:59]taking them away from a lot of these mosque programs in fact

[21:05]the single most activity that is keeping families away from the mosque

[21:10]sports events especially with more affluent families on the weekends any time

[21:15]they have an opening you see they're so committed to the sports

[21:18]of their children that they simply don't have time to come to

[21:22]the mosque every Saturday from morning till night I know some families

[21:25]they're running from one game to another game they spent 15 years

[21:27]of their lives running from one game to the other game Saturday

[21:33]Sunday Friday night you name it of course they don't have the

[21:36]time to come and participate now this is not to say that

[21:40]this is negative our kids need sports it's healthy for them but

[21:44]once it becomes extreme and every weekend I'm drowned in these sports

[21:51]activities I don't have time for my religion that has negative consequences

[21:54]and usually when it's too late these parents realize 10-15 years they

[21:59]never showed up they're not active in their community centers and now

[22:03]suddenly there's a problem with their children they're struggling to maintain their

[22:09]identity they don't understand their religion they've assimilated too much they've gone

[22:15]into drug addiction other problems now they come until you come and

[22:18]save our kids where were you the last ten years spending every

[22:21]weekend on sports you could not dedicate a weekend to come to

[22:26]the house of allah subhanho wa taala to listen to something that's

[22:28]beneficial to get to know other believing and faithful brothers and sisters

[22:33]that in itself is a challenge this is the second point the

[22:37]third point my dear brothers and sisters that's keeping away especially the

[22:41]youth from the mosques is that they'll tell you I can go

[22:44]online and simply watch the lectures why do I have to come

[22:48]to the mosque if there is a topic I'm interested in I

[22:52]just opened my smartphone I log on to YouTube just put the

[22:56]name of the topic that I want or the name of the

[23:00]speaker and I can see their lectures why is it that I

[23:01]need to go to the mosque this is one reason why we

[23:06]see less youth participation in this era number four a lot of

[23:10]people today are saying I don't need spirituality to go to the

[23:15]mosque I can be spiritual I can be a religious person spiritual

[23:17]person why is it that I need to go to a mosque

[23:22]in order to feel spiritual this is another challenge the fifth one

[23:25]my dear brothers and sisters some people don't come to the mosque

[23:28]because they feel judged in a mosque environment I've heard this from

[23:34]many people they say whenever we go to a community center we

[23:37]feel as if the religious people judge us if they don't like

[23:41]the way they were dressed something about us they usually are pretty

[23:48]rough in dealing with us and yes my dear brothers and sisters

[23:51]we do have this problem sometimes some people who might appear religious

[23:55]and they act holier than thou they will go and lecture other

[23:58]people and judge them and this will actually alienate some people we

[24:05]have to be very gentle gentle in our approach sometimes if there's

[24:10]one trace of roughness in our speech and our method in our

[24:15]style and our approach it can a lien it's many people from

[24:19]the mosque so this is another challenge and the sixth one amongst

[24:22]many other challenges is that a lot of the youth are just

[24:26]not interested in the programs they're saying you know that the programs

[24:29]are not something captivate us we need something dynamic something that draws

[24:35]our attention we find some of the lectures boring you know like

[24:39]my lectures tonight just before I came a young girl she came

[24:45]to me and she told me say it you know every night

[24:46]the minute you start your greeting I start falling asleep I've known

[24:52]some people by the way who've had the best sleep of their

[24:54]day during lectures and that is a concern sometimes the lecturers need

[24:59]to be more engaging topics that engage the people especially the youth

[25:03]by the way she did say that I did find other interesting

[25:06]parts of the lecture it's just in the beginning that she sleeps

[25:11]maybe because she was tired but that's ok I don't blame her

[25:13]if she's sleeping in my lectures I would probably fall asleep too

[25:16]if I was listening to myself but that is really a challenge

[25:21]my dear brothers and sisters I've sat with many youth and one

[25:27]time you know I would ask them why don't you go to

[25:29]the you know institutions and listen to some of the programs a

[25:33]lot of them are very honest they're like we find in not

[25:35]in all mosques by the way I'm not generalizing here I'm just

[25:38]saying in a number of mosques around the country that is the

[25:42]case we find that for example that the speaker could be coming

[25:45]from a different cultural background they don't even have programs in English

[25:50]and other languages sometimes you know the what's being discussed is boring

[25:54]for us and that does not attract us these are some serious

[26:01]challenges that were experiencing having said that my dear brothers and sisters

[26:06]to know what the challenges are I want to share with you

[26:09]two or three quick points on why it's necessary for our well-being

[26:14]to stay connected to our mosques and community centres a few nights

[26:18]ago we talked about happiness and contentment right some youth will tell

[26:23]me I can sit at home and just watch a lecture my

[26:27]dear brothers and sisters it's not enough to watch a lecture online

[26:32]the environment the atmosphere that you get in a mosque is healthy

[26:36]for your mental health one of the greatest ways to battle depression

[26:41]loneliness to find happiness is to be active in your mosque and

[26:49]local center to actually go and volunteer many of us we walk

[26:54]in and out do you really want to be happier in your

[26:56]life do something approach the organizers and ask them what can I

[27:02]do I have ideas you give me ideas I would like to

[27:05]serve at this community center what is it that I can do

[27:09]try it see how fulfilled you will feel and if you don't

[27:12]believe me go and ask the volunteers here at this place or

[27:17]any other place they will tell you our best time our highlights

[27:19]of the days when we come here and we actually work for

[27:24]the house of Allah subhana wa ta'ala and we volunteer for the

[27:27]feasable allah azzawajal this is the highlight of our day by volunteering

[27:33]so many psychological studies by scientists have been done on people who

[27:39]volunteer Americans who volunteer through the act of volunteering you will guarantee

[27:44]your mental health your spiritual health my dear brothers and sisters this

[27:50]is really important today we are finding that the issue of mental

[27:54]health is becoming our number one challenge in our communities one way

[27:58]to address that get involved get to know other people the Prophet

[28:02]sallallahu alayhi wa din' would use the mosque as a place of

[28:07]proper socialization in fact if some of the Companions would not show

[28:10]up for a day or two the Prophet would ask about them

[28:12]where are they are they sick why aren't they coming if they're

[28:17]sick let's go visit them if they have a problem let's go

[28:20]and help them and many times by the way some of your

[28:25]needs can be fulfilled at a mosque hamdulillah there are successful brothers

[28:29]and sisters they have experience if you're struggling in your business and

[28:33]your school in your life ask for advice there are wise people

[28:36]in every community center who can share their experiences with them and

[28:41]they can even hook you up just a few nights ago one

[28:45]of the brothers asked one of the doctors on the table whether

[28:49]he could get a letter of recommendation for you know some school

[28:53]activity that he had yes that's a wonderful blessing from Allah no

[28:56]Tana why not you know someone successful in the community at the

[28:59]center go to them and tell them how did you become successful

[29:04]show me can you help me out with this this is a

[29:06]great opportunity that we have my dear brothers and sisters that Allah

[29:13]subhana WA Ta'ala has given us so that's the first point the

[29:17]second point many studies have been done on the correlation between attending

[29:25]mosques and the identity of our children and our family today our

[29:30]identity is being threatened Islamophobia is on the rise many of our

[29:36]children are concerned about being known to be Muslims some of them

[29:40]even have doubts if we regularly bring them to religious institutions and

[29:49]do our best to make the program's interesting for them make them

[29:54]feel connected sometimes we can gather the youth and ask them what

[29:57]is it that you want even kids what kind of programs do

[29:58]you want let's have this program okay you were on it give

[30:02]them a sense of ownership that will go a long way my

[30:04]dear brothers and sisters and strengthening their Islamic identity today our Islamic

[30:10]identity is being challenged and most families who don't regularly go to

[30:15]a mosque they end up losing the identity of that of their

[30:18]children they assimilate so much where they're just called Muslim by name

[30:25]they have no clue what Islam is and that in itself my

[30:28]dear brothers and sisters is a challenge is very problematic and the

[30:32]third point is the issue of doubts once I read a paper

[30:38]a study about Muslims who struggle with doubts and religion starting with

[30:43]the existence of God or the Quran or anything else and how

[30:50]they overcame those doubts one way that enabled them to overcome their

[30:54]doubts 30 percent of Muslims in the u.s.

[30:57]who experience doubts in religion but they were able to overcome those

[31:01]doubts as by going to a mosque and speaking to a scholar

[31:03]sometimes if you just talk to others who are educated about your

[31:09]doubts and you hear another perspective that in itself can save your

[31:13]faith in religion my dear brothers and sisters 30% said just by

[31:18]going to a mosque by seeking a scholar or someone who's educated

[31:22]in the community that in itself helped us address these doubts and

[31:26]hence my dear brothers and sisters we find that the Imams of

[31:32]and in beit peace be upon them historically plays such a great

[31:38]emphasis on their followers gathering together discussing their religion and remembering allah

[31:46]subhanahu wa'ta'ala once al imam as-sadiq re salaam saw one of his

[31:53]companions alpha lain ibanez are the imam ali salam told him do

[31:56]you gather in your village in your town in your city do

[32:02]you gather together and discuss our teachings the a debate he said

[32:06]yes we do that o imam the imam ali salam says allah

[32:12]knows how much I love those modulus these are the words of

[32:15]an imam Asad asana in another hadith the Imam Ali said amtel's

[32:21]macer the imam tells him do you gather and you discuss our

[32:26]affairs I am Rana do you talk about the teachings of anybody

[32:29]said yes we do the Imam and in salam says i'm our

[32:34]la loi dead to an american feet LLL kill modulus the Imam

[32:37]says I swear by God I wish I was with you in

[32:41]those modulus and him a Masada Callister I'm wishes you would participate

[32:44]in those modulus can you imagine the blessings and the butter can

[32:47]those modulus when the Imam himself says I wish I could be

[32:53]with you I'm a La Nina or Hemery hakama are Oaxaca the

[32:57]Imam says I swear by Allah I love it when you my

[33:01]followers gather I love your souls I love your aroma when you

[33:07]gather in those majorities but then the Imam Mahdi's said I'm says

[33:11]Ferrari who will be what are in which to heart but be

[33:14]pious be mindful of allah subhanaw taala because the test is great

[33:20]my dear brothers and sisters especially in a mosque i remember once

[33:23]a brother told me is like say it why is it that

[33:27]sometimes when we go to a mosque we see that some people

[33:31]are violating some rights sometimes there's backbiting there are issues isn't this

[33:36]the house of allah subhanho to honor I expect the mosque to

[33:39]be a place where there's absolutely no distraction absolutely no room for

[33:44]Shaitaan I told him the mosque is the house of Allah but

[33:50]Habibi you think the Shaitaan he's going to go to the bar

[33:54]and the disco in order to misguide the people the Shaitaan has

[33:58]no business there the people there are worshipping Shaitaan he doesn't need

[34:02]to invite them yes that sometimes the test is great in mosques

[34:04]because when the Shaitaan sees that believers have gathered United worshipping allah

[34:09]subhana wa ta'ala of course the Shaitaan is going to whisper and

[34:12]that's why our test is greater and Subhan Allah and Imam Assad

[34:17]the re salam says after mentioning the value of these modulus he

[34:20]says but be pious remember the test sometimes it's very difficult you

[34:24]have to be pious your eyes your ears your tongue what do

[34:29]you do how you behave how you interact with others the test

[34:33]sometimes it's greater when you gather in these modulus because a beliefs

[34:36]knows the value of these modulus and he wants to do everything

[34:41]to destroy them but allah subhana wa ta'ala gives us that light

[34:44]my dear brothers and sisters and we shall carry that light despite

[34:47]the challenges we ask Allah subhana WA Ta'ala to give us the

[34:55]success in order to serve his religion serve his path and especially

[34:58]his mosque and always remember my dear brothers and sisters that the

[35:02]message it belongs only to allah subhanaw taala everyone is welcome to

[35:07]every Masjid that belongs to Allah and everyone has a place and

[35:10]position in the eyes of allah subhana wa ta'ala allahu allah sayidina

[35:14]muhammadin wa ala nabina by hearing Allah

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