The Significance of Ghadir - Sayed Saleh Qazwini

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[0:00]foreign foreign foreign foreign my dear brothers and sisters I congratulate you

[2:16]all on the greatest of all of the AIDS and that is

[2:21]the day of hadir is considered to be Akbar the greatest of

[2:28]all of the ayad and this is because on the day of

[2:34]rasulullah in front of over 100 000 Muslims appointed Salam to be

[2:44]the leader after him and rasulullah was very clear after the verse

[2:51]was revealed o messenger deliver that which your lord has commanded you

[3:06]to deliver and if you don't it's as if you have not

[3:10]delivered the message rasulullah stopped over one hundred thousand Muslims coming back

[3:18]from the Hajj and he delivered a sermon and he tells them

[3:22]in that sermon yushak and my time is coming near and I

[3:30]will be leaving you but I have several important messages several important

[3:35]things that I need to share with you and he mentions Hadith

[3:42]this Hadith that is accepted by all Muslims I am leaving behind

[3:54]the two weighty things the book of Allah and my elbait and

[3:58]then he says they shall never separate from one another until they

[4:02]reach me at the pond of kothar in paradise and then he

[4:11]tells them Allah as a prophet do I not have priority over

[4:15]yourselves because the Quran is very clear if I'm a man if

[4:20]I'm a Believer I have to put the prophets ahead of myself

[4:28]so he tells them Allah they all agreed that rasulullah he of

[4:40]the Believers and then he calls and he raises the hands and

[4:48]he says then the Muslims they all gave allegiance to amironment they

[5:10]waited for a couple days according to narrations giving Baya the man

[5:16]and the woman giving the woman the man they used to come

[5:22]and shake their hands and in numerous Hadith in numerous books of

[5:27]Hadith some of the first who came and gave were those who

[5:32]first took the Khalifa from they come to him and they tell

[5:38]him this is the statement you are my maula and you are

[5:48]the mola of all of the Believers and then they gave and

[5:53]the woman the woman they used to put they put a a

[5:57]bowl of water a container of water and they used to put

[6:00]their hands in the water and put his hands in the water

[6:04]this was a gesture of bay a gesture of giving Allegiance and

[6:11]then the verse also in Surah which is one of the final

[6:17]one of the last surahs to be revealed in the Quran today

[6:25]your Deen is complete and the Nama is also complete is now

[6:32]Islam is a full religion now it's a full package now my

[6:38]dear brothers and sisters there are several very important points to share

[6:42]last night we had a celebration here I shared some points regarding

[6:46]gradir tonight today I want to talk about several other points that

[6:53]are very important one is that Divine leadership Divine representation who has

[7:00]the right to represent God who has the right to speak on

[7:06]behalf of God can any person come and say I'm I'm I

[7:08]speak on behalf of God of course not I could we could

[7:15]all gather here in this room we could elect someone who represents

[7:18]us and this is the shura that the religion of Islam talks

[7:25]about and this is democracy in Islam their matters their matters are

[7:34]a matter of Surah amongst themselves and this is where we see

[7:38]Islam and democracy they go hand in hand there's nothing wrong with

[7:43]that if we want someone to represent us to speak on our

[7:46]behalf we could elect someone and this person will represent us but

[7:50]what about someone who speaks on behalf of God what about someone

[7:57]who teaches us the details and intricacies of the Quran someone who

[8:02]will give us the tafsir of the Quran someone who will be

[8:05]clear in clarifying the laws of Allah because we know for a

[8:11]fact that Muslims are divided over these issues today some Muslims they

[8:14]fold their hands and they pray some Muslims they have their hands

[8:16]down some Muslims they accept some verses in the Quran in one

[8:21]way other verses they accept it in another way the Quran is

[8:23]the message of God to us and the prophet is the one

[8:28]who delivered and the prophet is and there needs to be someone

[8:32]else that clarifies the Quran that interprets the laws of Allah and

[8:40]here this is an issue of divine representation meaning no one could

[8:45]speak on behalf of God this is why when Allah talks about

[8:49]the prophets Allah says I chose Adam the word Jal is used

[9:04]means divine appointment it means I am making you my Khalifa I

[9:08]am making you the representative of God on Earth and this is

[9:14]an issue where there's a disagreement some people they come and they

[9:18]say no any person who comes and leads the prayer any person

[9:22]who comes and stands up amongst the Muslims then this person will

[9:25]be the Khalifa of rasulullah how is that possible How can any

[9:28]person that just comes forward word whether they come forward in a

[9:31]reasonable way or in a in a way of causing Bloodshed and

[9:37]then they become the representative of God can a criminal can a

[9:40]tyrant can a terrorist be the representative of God a few a

[9:45]few years ago Dash Isis emerged they came and they said there's

[9:51]a Khalifa they have a Khalifa Abu Bakr al-baghdadi he called himself

[9:56]the Khalifa of God he used the same the same system that

[9:59]was used against that was the very same system what was different

[10:03]a group of people they came and they said he is the

[10:09]leader it wasn't God appointing we we say that Allah is the

[10:13]one who appoints second the leader must have specific qualities can any

[10:18]person assume the position of leadership here we also see a very

[10:24]big difference today we the followers of the Albert we say that

[10:27]the leadership must be someone who comes with with specific qualities not

[10:32]any person could be leader even we cannot go and pray behind

[10:38]any person you cannot go and just follow any person make this

[10:41]person your leader no whereas in unfortunately due to the change of

[10:46]the system there are a Hadith there were narrations that were inserted

[10:53]in the books of Hadith that say according to rasulullah supposedly go

[11:01]and pray behind any person meaning this person is a righteous or

[11:07]this person is a sinner go and pray behind this person supposedly

[11:17]said my sahaba they are like the stars whichever one you follow

[11:23]you will be guided we don't accept this we know that during

[11:28]the time of rasulullah there was a whole Surah in the Quran

[11:30]that was brought down that was called Surah talking about the hypocrites

[11:38]there were individuals that just joined the religion of Islam the last

[11:43]months of the life of the prophet and there were individuals like

[11:45]who was the first to join the religion of Islam there were

[11:48]individuals who ran away in the battles and there was stood defending

[11:56]day and night in the battle in all times was there it's

[12:02]not fair to come and look at everyone as the same and

[12:07]yes history is very clear that they are not the same the

[12:09]leader the one who God chooses is the one who has to

[12:16]have the infallibility the Asma the leader must have the knowledge and

[12:21]you see that these apply to no one other than you see

[12:33]that the imams of the advantage we don't just follow them because

[12:39]of blind love no because they had the qualifications they had the

[12:43]features that made them qualified leaders that represent the Quran and represent

[12:50]rasulullah my dear brothers and sisters another very important point the day

[12:58]of gadir is referred to as the day of Baya the day

[13:01]of Allegiance and it is in fact the day of Allegiance this

[13:06]is why until today we celebrate the Day of gadir why because

[13:11]one thing that we have to renew we renew our vows you

[13:13]know have you seen married couple after 10 years 20 years they

[13:18]come and they renew their vows while we need to as Muslims

[13:21]as Believers we need to renew our vow with God every day

[13:27]when we say the shahada in fact always always renew that oath

[13:32]because you never know when you're going to die and you need

[13:37]to always die on always make sure that you are on the

[13:42]haq on the right path renew that Testament of Faith say the

[13:45]shahada every day say the names of the imams every day remind

[13:48]yourself of this and also on the day of hadir renew your

[13:54]oath of Allegiance between yourself these are my imams this is who

[14:01]I follow after rasulullah so the day of choice you make the

[14:07]choice leadership just like believing in God it cannot be forced upon

[14:12]anyone you need to make the choice when you make the choice

[14:17]to believe in God your faith and God will carry more value

[14:20]when you make the choice to believe in rasulullah your love for

[14:24]Allah will carry more value and when you make the choice to

[14:29]follow the Imam after rasulullah then that will carry much more value

[14:34]than as opposed to you being born in a Muslim family born

[14:37]in a share a family there were individuals he gave the Muslims

[14:44]the opportunity you make the choice and there were individuals that rejected

[14:52]several Scholars from the non-shearing school of thoughts one of them in

[15:03]his book he says that in this Hadith of this verse the

[15:12]tafsir of this verse the first the first few verses a man

[15:29]after the event of hadir he comes to rasulullah by the name

[15:34]of this man comes you came to us with news from the

[15:48]heavens and we accepted you we believe in God we believe in

[15:53]the Salah we believe in everything and then he says and then

[15:57]he says and then he says and then he says he asked

[16:08]the prophets he tells him you told us to believe in God

[16:10]you told us to let go of our Idols you told us

[16:13]to do this and this and we did everything now you bring

[16:18]your your cousin and your Point him as out from you or

[16:21]is this from God this is from God this is not from

[16:29]me this is not from me and then the man walked away

[16:33]and he said oh Allah if this was from you then bring

[16:36]on us from the sky bring on us something to show us

[16:43]a sign he walks and a rock from the sky comes and

[16:46]it falls on him and it kills him and the verse was

[16:50]revealed so my dear brothers and sisters is a choice you can

[17:05]choose whether to accept Ali or not except however the acceptance is

[17:12]a great father it is a great Merit that Allah will only

[17:19]give those who Allah defines as a full movement the one who

[17:24]fully accepts the message of rasulullah in a beautiful Hadith from Imam

[17:30]the sixth Imam of he says he says my Willa me the

[17:48]fact that I follow this Imam is saying this this is more

[17:52]beloved to me than the fact that I am his grandson I

[17:58]I love the fact that I'm a sheer a follower of more

[18:02]than I am from the descendants of why he says he says

[18:18]because the love and the obedience upon me this is something that

[18:24]I have to do but the being born from the lineage this

[18:31]is Father this is Grace this is something good but this is

[18:38]the the farthe accepting to choose as the leader this is the

[18:42]choice that will make me a movement this is the choice that

[18:48]will complete my Iman so my dear brothers and sisters we have

[18:51]to thank Allah for this blessing and we have to make the

[18:56]choice of accepting I will end here to con to go on

[19:02]to the next Salalah is he why you have them Allah foreign

[20:10]Allah foreign foreign on the day of judgment one of the most

[21:34]important questions that every person will ask will be asked is regarding

[21:38]your Imam regarding your leader who did you choose as role models

[21:48]who did you choose to take your values and your principles from

[21:51]in this life and this is a question that is very important

[21:55]and very relevant to our today today who I look at as

[22:02]a role model determines what kind of a person I am the

[22:04]one I look at as a role model determines the clothing that

[22:10]I wear the music or what I listen to the things that

[22:13]I like to do this is why it's very important to surround

[22:20]ourselves with individuals that can be individuals that make us a better

[22:27]person today some people they come and they you know they turn

[22:29]on the TV and they listen to whoever it may be or

[22:34]just because someone is for example an athlete someone is a Hollywood

[22:39]star and they come and they idolize this person in a way

[22:42]where this person becomes the one who determines how they live their

[22:49]life your clothes that your clothing that you wear the things that

[22:52]you say the places that you want to go who you want

[22:55]to hang around with this is dangerous my dear brothers and sisters

[22:58]just because someone is famous just because someone is a athlete a

[23:03]known athlete or someone is known does this mean that this person

[23:10]should be idolized that I should follow this person whatever they're saying

[23:14]and whatever they're doing no and Allah is very clear in the

[23:20]Quran on the day of judgment people will stand behind those who

[23:29]they chose as Leaders when it comes to leaders in this life

[23:32]leaders and politics and leaders of who I take my religion from

[23:38]who do I take my religion from who do I take how

[23:42]to pray from My fasting my zakat my Hajj everything that I

[23:48]follow in My Religion who is my leader who do I look

[23:49]up to this is very important on the day of judgment the

[23:54]Quran is very clear people will stand behind those who they took

[23:57]As Leaders everyone will have to stand behind their Imam this is

[24:06]why the role of Imam and the role of leadership is very

[24:12]important some people they come and they say why do you guys

[24:14]make such a big deal about this you guys keep saying Imam

[24:17]and all these things this is stuff in the past no it's

[24:22]not in the past these are things that affect us right now

[24:24]it affects how I pray affects how I interact with people it

[24:32]affects everything in my life and in a Hadith is one of

[24:36]the companions of Imam al-baqar and one of the companions of imamentions

[24:49]there are five foundations to Islam there are five foundations to religion

[24:57]what are they Allah the First Foundation of Salah a person who

[25:04]doesn't pray or a person who rejects the prayer it's really hard

[25:08]to come and say this person is a Muslim because one of

[25:13]the first things that defines you as a Muslim is your relationship

[25:17]with God so Salah is very important was zakat giving charity accepting

[25:26]the Hajj was so and fasting during the month of Ramadan and

[25:35]the fifth the Imam he says accepting the leadership after Allah because

[25:41]today you have 1.6 billion Muslims 1.6 1.7 billion Muslims they all

[25:47]accept rasulullah they all say but they're very divided they're very different

[25:52]what is the differentiating factor it is it is who you choose

[26:00]as a leader after rasulallah says he says what is the best

[26:15]out of these five Salah and he tells him leadership is the

[26:24]greatest is the key to a correct Hajj it is the key

[26:37]to a correct Salah it is the key to correct fasting it

[26:41]is the key to getting closer to Allah and then he says

[26:47]the leader he is the dalil he's the one who guides you

[26:49]he's like the pilot that is guiding you an airplane without a

[26:55]pilot is not going to go anywhere a ship without a captain

[26:57]is not going to go anywhere it needs someone to show you

[26:59]the way it needs someone to navigate and guide you through the

[27:05]darkness through the difficult issues that we run into in life now

[27:11]my dear brothers and sisters on the day of Hadith he said

[27:16]the statement and this statement is recorded by all Muslims no one

[27:23]denies the event of no one even IBN teimiya a man who

[27:26]tried to deny all of the Talib you can't deny the Hadith

[27:53]love those who followed and be an enemy be an enemy of

[28:04]the one who's an enemy and let down whoever disappoints and lets

[28:10]down and this is clear if you are with God if you

[28:15]are with the truth if you defend the prophets and if you

[28:19]defend the truth God will be with you Allah says in the

[28:21]Quran if you stand stand steadfast with God God will defend you

[28:30]but if you let go then you will begin to see the

[28:35]miseries and you will begin to see the trials my dear brothers

[28:37]and sisters the history of Islam is clear to the neglect and

[28:45]the letting down of that took place in history and today when

[28:49]we see Muslims are divided when we see Muslims are suffering when

[28:54]we see all of the calamities that fell upon the Muslims and

[28:56]Muslims can't defend themselves one of the reasons is because they let

[29:00]down some of the first calamities that fell down were the day

[29:08]of Ashura which we will commemorate in a couple of days the

[29:11]day of Ashura the martyrdom of Imam and Hussain and Imam after

[29:16]an Imam was killed and today you see the state of Muslims

[29:22]two events took place during this last week that I wanted to

[29:26]shed light on before we conclude the first is the burning of

[29:30]the Quran in Sweden you see in Europe every few years or

[29:35]every few months when they want to flex their muscles and show

[29:39]that they have freedom of speech what do they do what's the

[29:41]first thing they do they go to the Quran and they say

[29:46]okay we allowed the burning of the Quran they go to Muslims

[29:50]and they make laws that marginalize and ostracize Muslims in fact this

[29:55]is not freedom of speech this is hate speech and in Europe

[30:02]precisely in Europe there are many laws that limit free speech just

[30:06]one example right now in 16 European countries and Canada it is

[30:12]illegal to deny the Holocaust it's illegal to come and say or

[30:18]question the Holocaust it's illegal go look at this up but then

[30:21]when it comes to burning the Quran no no this is freedom

[30:25]of speech you have to have freedom of speech how's the society

[30:27]going to flourish without freedom of speech why is it that you

[30:30]limit other types of speech but when it comes to the Quran

[30:35]this is the time you want to flex your muscles and say

[30:36]there's freedom of speech this is not freedom of speech this is

[30:42]marginalizing over 1.6 billion Muslims and burning the Quran is not a

[30:51]symbol of free speech because it is the Quran that gives us

[30:54]and it is God who gives us the rights Islam came before

[31:01]the Europeans and before the Constitution and before anything else Islam is

[31:05]what gave us human rights Islam is what gave us the rights

[31:08]to to speak so burning the Quran is actually an insult to

[31:15]free speech it is an insult to Christianity and all of the

[31:18]Christian beliefs it is an insult to Judaism and all of the

[31:23]Jewish beliefs and it is an insult to all of the prophets

[31:26]including rasulullah and there is an insult to humanity so burning the

[31:32]Quran is not something that shows freedom of speech and advancement no

[31:37]it is actually going backwards another very important point I wanted to

[31:42]just finally shed light on is the recent attack on Janine in

[31:49]Palestine and this is also an atrocity this shows the weakness of

[31:54]the Muslims right now these homes you all probably saw in the

[31:58]media how they come with the bulldozers and they're just demolishing homes

[32:04]one after the other homes that people live in where are these

[32:07]people going to go they're already living in a refugee camp now

[32:10]inside the refugee camp they have nowhere to go and the the

[32:17]sad part is that the U.S Congress and the American government which

[32:22]is sending every few days you hear of billions and millions of

[32:26]dollars being sent to Ukraine to continue fueling the war over there

[32:30]here when Israel is is demolishing homes and every day innocent lives

[32:37]are being taken U.S Congress and American politicians are quiet they're not

[32:43]saying anything Here My Dear brothers and sisters the least thing we

[32:46]could do is we have to speak out and we have to

[32:50]try to raise awareness to this atrocity that is taking place my

[32:54]dear brothers and sisters inshallah not this coming Tuesday but next Tuesday

[32:57]we will begin the Ashura program inshallah on July 18th and we

[33:05]will carry on to July 29th inshallah there will be a lecture

[33:08]in Arabic at 8 15 pm and the English lecture will be

[33:14]right after Salat inshallah at 10 pm Insha'Allah we look forward to

[33:20]seeing you all and this Saturday the Saturday tomorrow inshallah at 7

[33:26]pm we will be having our final snack and chat before before

[33:29]uh Muharram begins uh Heritage Park inshallah we look forward to seeing

[33:35]you all and your families and once again foreign foreign

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