"Women and Leadership In Islam" - Sayed Mohammed Baqer Qazwini | Night 5 - Muharram 2016

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MYC/IIA 2016 Ashuraa Program at Fordson High School in Dearborn, MI October 2nd -12th English Program: 7:45 pm - 8:45 pm EST Sayed Mohammed Baqir Qazwini Arabic Program: 9:00 pm - 10:00 pm EST Imam Sayed Hassan Qazwini Arabic Majlis: 10:00 pm - 10:15 pm EST Haj Ahmad Hamdan

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[0:05]I begin in the name of the almighty God the compassionate the

[0:09]merciful the one who has created everything in utmost Perfection and May

[0:17]the peace and blessings of the almighty God be upon his pure

[0:22]and beloved messenger the peak of his creation the symbol of humanity

[0:27]the holy prophet Muhammad s and his Immaculate progeny of the peace

[0:41]be upon them especially the leader of our time the awaited Savior

[0:47]Al IM Al M may God hasten his re reappearance and make

[0:53]us all amongst his sincere and dedicated servants the holy prophet Muhammad

[1:01]s in a States all of you are Shepherds and all of

[1:16]you are responsible for your her this is an invitation from the

[1:23]holy prophet peace be upon him to every Muslim and in fact

[1:27]to every human being to take the initi itive to step up

[1:35]to the plate and be as an active leader in society Allah

[1:38]subh and the Holy Quran also makes this invitation raise to the

[1:49]mercy of your lord what does that mean when Allah is inviting

[1:56]us to AAS Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is demanding that we effectively

[2:01]become leaders because that's what leaders are they take the initiative they

[2:07]always race to goodness in another verse Allah subhana waala States compete

[2:18]this life is a world of competition positive constructive competition compete be

[2:27]leaders come forward Progressive societies success successful societies are those societies which

[2:36]produce successful leaders and societies which are blessed with successful leaders they

[2:47]Advance forward they achieve progress It's a beautiful relationship between a successful

[2:54]society and successful leaders our community especially nowadays are in dire needs

[3:06]are in dire need of many leaders Progressive leaders who can lift

[3:10]our societies and bring our societies forward our institutions our cultural institutions

[3:18]especially our religious institutions our educational institutions in society all need effective

[3:27]leaders leaders whom the Community can interact with whom the community elects

[3:35]unfortunately when you examine many of our institutions you find they're not

[3:39]they're not Democratic institutions this is a problem that we have why

[3:44]is it that we live in a democratic country but when it

[3:48]comes to our institutions we see there's no democracy we see that

[3:55]we stick to the chair we're not willing to let go we're

[3:58]not willing to make room for our youngsters for the new generation

[4:04]we're not giving them a role in our society and this is

[4:11]a huge challenge that our community is facing today we have many

[4:15]bright leaders in our society but the problem is and here's my

[4:18]challenge for you tonight for all of our leaders in our society

[4:25]whether you are a community activist whether you are a lawyer a

[4:30]doctor an engineer you run a charitable organization my challenge for you

[4:37]tonight is this if you want to serve Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala

[4:44]and take your community forward and give back to your community you

[4:49]know who's a successful leader a successful leader is one who is

[4:54]able to find successors to his role my challenge for you tonight

[5:02]is for all of our successful leaders in our community find at

[5:07]least three in your community from the youngsters and Mentor them so

[5:12]that within 5 years within 10 years they can fulfill that role

[5:17]because even if you've been the best leader in society but you

[5:22]leave and you leave a gap then essentially I don't consider that

[5:28]as a huge success for you if you leave a gap and

[5:34]you have not mentored someone polished someone to fulfill your role then

[5:40]you have failed this is why the Shia school of thought insists

[5:45]that it is impossible for the holy prophet peace be upon him

[5:48]to leave this umah without appointing a successor because that's failure for

[5:55]you to deliver the best religion the most complete religion but then

[6:01]to leave this huge gap this huge void and leave it up

[6:06]to the um to fight and quarrel for 14th centuries that's impossible

[6:11]all of the leaders of Allah subhah wa ta'ala appointed successors not

[6:16]only did they appoint successors they raised them find me a person

[6:26]other than Al who was raised by the holy prophet for 30

[6:31]years the prophet raises a man for 30 years and we make

[6:35]him number four that's the problem that's why we have issues after

[6:38]14 centuries because we have not been observant of that Covenant of

[6:48]Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala our societies are in dire need of leaders

[6:53]brothers and sisters now when we examine the topic of leadership there

[6:58]is one area that demands our attention and that is woman leadership

[7:04]in the religion of Islam because unfortunately our history demonstrates to us

[7:12]that women have been continually marginalized and they continue to be marginalized

[7:18]till this very day you know the United Nations it has been

[7:26]75 years since its establishment yet they have not managed to elect

[7:32]a female Secretary General what does that tell you about the world

[7:39]here in the United States 250 years have passed almost since our

[7:45]first president and yet only now after 250 years potentially there could

[7:49]be a female who could be elected to office and when you

[7:56]examine our own communities the picture is so gloomy and dim black

[8:00]when you examine our own institutions look at our institutions whether they're

[8:07]cultural institutions whether they're religious institutions look at our boards just examine

[8:13]any random board in any of our institutions here in the society

[8:17]what percentage of our board is composed of female leaders we have

[8:24]an issue we have hundreds if not thousands of mosques here in

[8:29]the United States go to any mon from any school of thought

[8:33]just do a random survey and see the participation of females in

[8:39]the decision-making process in running the community in running the M you

[8:44]will find very low participation and this is alarming to us brothers

[8:49]and sisters because now more than ever we have huge challenges that

[8:54]we're facing you know the most common misconcept ception about the religion

[9:02]of Islam here in the west is that Islam is a religion

[9:05]of violence it condones violence the second most common misconception in the

[9:13]eyes of westerners our fellow American citizens is what is that the

[9:19]religion of Islam marginalizes women does not give room to them they're

[9:23]oppressed they're weak they can't make their own decisions and they're subject

[9:32]to violence physical abuse domestic violence many people think that I remember

[9:37]once I was in a class at the University of Michigan when

[9:40]the professor asked a question to the students the professor said I

[9:47]want to see a show of hands how many of you here

[9:48]in this class believe that the religion of Islam oppresses women and

[9:57]that they're subject to domestic violence because of their religion almost all

[10:01]of the hands went up they were being honest they were really

[10:07]being honest that's the impression they have that the religion of Islam

[10:12]marginalizes women then the professor did something very interesting she asked the

[10:17]students now I want to ask you a second question how many

[10:20]of you in the room here knows a Muslim girl a Muslim

[10:27]woman almost all of them they raised their hands they had some

[10:31]interaction with some Muslims so they knew some families some friends some

[10:37]college students then she asked the third question she said how many

[10:42]of you personally know a Muslim woman or a Muslim girl who's

[10:46]abused who's subject to domestic violence and physically abused how many of

[10:51]you know how many hands you think went up not a single

[10:56]hand no one raised his hand no one raised her hand the

[10:59]professor was making a very interesting point see what the media does

[11:05]to you all of you just raise your hands thinking that the

[11:08]religion of Islam marginalizes women but when asked if you personally knew

[11:14]someone you didn't because it's blown out of proportion now yes we

[11:21]do have domestic violence in our community in many parts of the

[11:25]Middle East but domestic violence respected brothers and sisters is not an

[11:29]Islamic issue it's not an Islamic problem it's a universal problem the

[11:36]whole world suffers from domestic violence just simply look at the statistics

[11:42]here in the United States and you'll realize to share with you

[11:49]some of these statistics here in the United States every 9 seconds

[11:54]every 9 seconds a woman is battered she's beaten as I'm speaking

[12:01]to you now tens of women are being battered around the United

[12:05]States 20 women per minute are subject to physical violence that's very

[12:14]alarming every single day three women are murdered in the United States

[12:20]by an intimate partner that's domestic violence in the period from 2001

[12:29]and 2012 do you know how many women were killed in the

[12:35]US by intimate Partners when you look at the numbers it's really

[12:42]alarming to us in this period 11,766 women were killed by intimate

[12:50]Partners only in the year 2011 1,59 women were killed by intimate

[12:58]Partners murder Mur to death and you know interestingly about 264 of

[13:05]them were killed during an argument they got into an argument and

[13:11]the husband or that other intimate partner decided to kill this woman

[13:17]look at these statistics but our society is oblivious to these statistics

[13:22]38 million women in the United States have been subject to some

[13:29]sort of physical abuse every every single year 5 million women are

[13:33]subject to domestic violence our shelters are full brothers and sisters do

[13:38]you know that every single night in the United States 3,000 women

[13:41]have to be turned away from shelters because they're just overpopulated they're

[13:47]at full capacity 3,000 women you know what that means and many

[13:52]of them are with their children but many of us don't know

[13:58]this yesterday I had the honor of visiting Zaman International this blessed

[14:01]organization just go and see visit it and see and ask how

[14:06]many people show up every day every week every month battered women

[14:11]suffering from abuse from abusive relationships and not all of them are

[14:15]Muslim no many of their clients are non-muslims this is happening in

[14:21]our society and you know what's interesting is that these statistics reveal

[14:28]these findings reveal that those men who grew up in homes when

[14:35]they were children they grew up in abusive homes seeing their father

[14:39]for example Abus his mother they're three times more likely to be

[14:44]abusive when they grow up parents be careful and you know a

[14:50]lot of the abuse could be verbal abuse when a child grows

[14:52]in a home grows up in a house every single day seeing

[14:58]his father abusing his mother verb you know what that does to

[15:04]the child you're destroying his psychological makeup I remember once my respected

[15:08]father shared with us a story that one day a man called

[15:13]him from another state a woman called him from another state she

[15:16]was complaining that every day her husband beats her for no reason

[15:22]so my father asked her to give the phone to her husband

[15:26]he spoke to her husband he asked is this true do you

[15:32]beat your wife every day he's like yes I beat her every

[15:36]day I like why does she do anything and you know he

[15:38]didn't work this poor wife she has to go to work and

[15:43]this man is sitting doing nothing at home and when she comes

[15:45]back from work he beats her he admitted he's like yes I

[15:49]do beat her he's like why for what reason what does she

[15:52]do like say this is normal when I grew up in my

[15:56]Village my dad was a farmer and sometimes I remember that scene

[16:00]one day when he got angry at my mother he took a

[16:05]pot with boiling water and he poured it on my mother say

[16:09]you I'm not doing that to her I'm just beinga here you

[16:12]know can you imagine that but this man is a victim when

[16:18]you have such a house these are the consequences domestic violence my

[16:22]respected brothers and sisters it's not an Islamic problem it's a universal

[16:27]problem you know when what the holy prophet peace be upon Him

[16:32]says to those husbands who batter their wives the prophet peace be

[16:37]upon him in one Hadith says remember this Hadith if you raise

[16:44]your hand on your wife to batter your wife the prophet says

[16:50]immediately a hand is raised for him in Hellfire this is what

[16:57]the holy prophet peace be upon Him says so when you examine

[17:03]domestic violence it's a universal problem but most people don't know that

[17:06]many of your fellow citizens in your Society they believe that your

[17:10]religion plays a role in that they have no clue they think

[17:16]your religion marginalizes you I remember last year I was on an

[17:19]airplane and this Canadian woman she saw my attire so she asked

[17:25]me about the religion of Islam and she was being very honest

[17:27]when she told me about her perception of women in the religion

[17:32]of Islam just like my perception of women is that they're locked

[17:34]up in a cage they have no Freedom they can't do anything

[17:37]they want and the best proof is that woman can't drive in

[17:42]the religion of Islam see the perception in the whole religion of

[17:47]Islam you have 1.5 billion Muslims her perception is that Islam bans

[17:55]woman from driving I asked her immediately I told her are you

[17:59]sure about about that that the religion of Islam itself she's like

[18:01]yeah the religion of Islam in the Quran bangs it I told

[18:05]her you know do you think 14 centuries ago there were really

[18:08]cars and driving for the Quran to ban it she know she

[18:13]was puzzled and then I told her something I told her let

[18:18]me share a story with you 14 centuries ago there was a

[18:21]woman a very wealthy woman she was in fact the most wealthy

[18:28]woman in the Arabian peninsula she had this huge company camel loads

[18:32]of goods of golden coins and silver and she was a very

[18:36]successful business woman she would go all the way up to Syria

[18:42]South to Yemen she had agents working for her a very free

[18:45]woman very business oriented and very successful in society and then one

[18:54]day this woman meets a young man who was so honest who

[18:57]was so diligent and she employed him and after a while she

[19:03]fell in love with his faith with with his attitude with his

[19:05]character and personality and she proposed to him and he accepted to

[19:10]marry her do you know who that person is and who this

[19:13]woman is she's like no I've never heard this before I told

[19:16]her that man is the prophet Muhammad his most beloved wife and

[19:30]his first wife was not a woman locked up in a cage

[19:33]no she was the wealthiest woman in Arabia the most free woman

[19:39]in Arabia she was a woman who had her own business who

[19:42]made her own decisions and out of all women in Arabia the

[19:48]prophet decided to marry this lady lady his most beloved wife his

[19:55]most faithful wife you know when she heard that she had tears

[19:57]in her eyes she was shocked unbelievable the prophet of Islam would

[20:01]choose such a woman to be his wife the mother of his

[20:07]children the woman of his home but these are the Perceptions in

[20:11]our society respected brothers and sisters that's why woman leadership is extremely

[20:16]important we have to tackle these misconceptions you know just a few

[20:21]months ago Donald Trump created this whole controversy with the Khan family

[20:25]how many of you remember that the poor parents they're there speaking

[20:31]about their dead son who died in War and what does he

[20:38]say he says you know what why does gazan the mother of

[20:41]this dead soldier why didn't she speak why was she silent I

[20:47]think she did not have the right to speak because of the

[20:49]religion of Islam does not allow her to speak and then she

[20:54]had to explain her situation she said when I went to the

[20:57]convention and I saw the picture picture the photo of my own

[21:02]son I got emotional how do you expect me to get up

[21:06]in front of people and speak about that but really many people

[21:09]do think that just because she was standing there silent they misunderstood

[21:12]that to mean that the religion of Islam is op pressive term

[21:19]that's why the respected sisters in our society they have to step

[21:24]up to the plate the challenges are extremely difficult now and there's

[21:31]one family in our history which always teach us that especially in

[21:37]times of Crisis females have to step up to the plate and

[21:43]they have to be active leaders in society and that family is

[21:46]the family of B peace be upon us they teaches they teach

[21:51]us empowerment look at their history starting from when she gave that

[21:57]famous speech in the prophet's mosque and shook the community in Medina

[22:03]lady Z who played a pivotal role in bringing down the corrupt

[22:09]Dynasty with her powerful words with her amazing leadership and there's one

[22:18]example I would like to share with you tonight from the peace

[22:21]be upon them I'm sure most of you have not heard about

[22:26]this figure but this is in our history during the occultation of

[22:32]the minor occultation we know that he had four ambassadors right four

[22:38]deputies four men who were deputies who acted as lisons between him

[22:44]and the community the Muslim Community the Shia Community but you know

[22:52]there was someone else who also played an instrumental role in connecting

[23:00]the Muslim Community with in the minor occultation who is that they

[23:06]both narrate this Hadith in their books they say there was a

[23:10]companion by the name of Ahmed ibraim Ahmed ibim was one of

[23:18]the very close Companions of imar peace be upon him and IM

[23:22]peace be upon Him Ahmed ibim he says in the year 282

[23:28]in the hijri Islamic calendar that's about 22 years after the minor

[23:31]occultation started he said I was confused I don't have an IM

[23:37]whom I can see I don't have direct access to him I

[23:39]was confused so I decided to go and visit a is who

[23:49]the daughter of a very respected woman who's buried in Sam and

[23:55]the shrine of he said I went to visit her and I

[23:57]spoke to her behind a veil I asked her a very important

[24:04]question I told her I'm confused I don't know what to do

[24:08]who's the IM of your time your religious teachings from whom do

[24:14]you take it she said from Al IMI the one who was

[24:19]in occultation he's my IM I told her but we can't see

[24:25]he's an occultation so what do we do [Music] the followers of

[24:32]the followers of the IM who's their Resort what do they do

[24:37]in such circumstances you know what she replied she said to the

[24:44]grandmother of IM she is one of his representatives and she's the

[24:48]Layon between him and the Shia Community he's like I was baffled

[24:55]I told her wait a minute wait a minute first of all

[25:00]my IM is he's an occultation and on top of that he's

[25:02]appointed a woman to lead us that doesn't make sense how is

[25:09]this possible what path is he following by doing that you know

[25:12]what she told him she told him he's following the path of

[25:15]his grandfather Hussein because he appointed his sister Z to be the

[25:25]representative after him because IM he was under a close watch by

[25:35]the dynasty if im in those early years he would openly declare

[25:38]that I am the IM I am the successor to IM Hussein

[25:43]and he would openly say that you think they would let him

[25:47]stay alive they would kill him so the IM what did he

[25:52]do the Hadith says everything would teach in those early years he

[25:59]would attribute it to his aunt Z he would say I heard

[26:05]my aunt Zab say so my aunt Z teaches this or that

[26:10]so those enemies the OM Dynasty are like okay you know what

[26:13]it's not clear that he is the IM and anything he's saying

[26:16]he's attrib he's attributing it to a woman to his aunt Z

[26:21]so let him go and this is how Allah protected you think

[26:27]and others would have given him the freedom those who came after

[26:32]ya mu they would have given him the freedom to openly practice

[26:35]his role of being an IM it's his aunt Z who actually

[26:42]saved him and took that leadership role so is telling ibim that's

[26:49]the president and therefore the grandmother of IM in that moment of

[26:57]Crisis she had a position position of leadership her name by the

[27:04]way is a very very Pious woman she originally comes from Morocco

[27:09]and she was taken as a slave to the city of Medina

[27:14]and to the Arabian Peninsula but Allah subhana wa taala chose her

[27:19]to not only be a mother of the IM because she was

[27:23]the wife of IM and the mother of but Allah also assigned

[27:30]her this very important leadership position in times of Crisis they had

[27:36]inade peace be upon them would mobilize their women their faithful women

[27:42]to be leaders in their society and this is exactly what we

[27:47]need today brothers and sisters our institutions need female leaders because they

[27:53]have so much to offer you know it's interesting when you examine

[27:57]the biolog ology and psychology of women they really make effective leaders

[28:03]first of all when you examine their brain and this has been

[28:07]scientifically proven there is a Communication Center in our brain which is

[28:13]responsible for how we communicate how we articulate ourselves how we convince

[28:18]others now this part of the brain in females is actually bigger

[28:26]than in males that's because females have four times the number of

[28:31]neurons connecting the right side of the brain to the left side

[28:34]you know that's why you see them multitasking so efficiently have you

[28:38]seen your mother Subhan Allah they're talking at the same time they're

[28:41]you know taking care of the children they're managing the school of

[28:45]their children and they're cooking and they're doing a thousand other things

[28:49]how Allah subhana wa tala has given them that capacity biologically Allah

[28:54]subhana has given them that capacity this really allows them to be

[29:00]effective leaders because one of the responsibilities of a leader is what

[29:05]is communication skills to convince others negotiation skills this is what we

[29:12]need in our institutions if we take advantage of this potential that

[29:15]we have we can advance forward brothers and sisters you know studies

[29:22]and surveys they reveal that in Europe for example those companies those

[29:27]corporations which have a higher number of women on their boards they

[29:35]outperform other companies and they actually make more profit teams which have

[29:40]a higher participation of women these teams are more efficient they're more

[29:45]intelligent and they're more productive we have to encourage our sisters and

[29:52]our societies to be active leaders to represent their Community to represent

[29:57]the values and beliefs which they subscribe to Allah subhana wa TAA

[30:04]expects this from us brothers and sisters because our times are trying

[30:07]times These are times of Crisis women have so much experience a

[30:13]mother has so much experience one of the experiences of women is

[30:19]that they have more empathy than men you know they're aware of

[30:24]their surroundings more they're more sensitive to the conditions that surround them

[30:30]they have more empathy and all of our institutions need empathy you

[30:34]know today in Corporate America these corporations really do you think they

[30:39]care about people suffering in society about poverty around the world They

[30:44]Don't Really Care their main goal is to make profits we need

[30:50]the empathy of our sisters to transform these corporations just yesterday at

[30:53]Zaman International I met this executive she came from another Corporation and

[31:00]I asked her what is it that brought you to this institution

[31:02]you know what she said she said unfortunately in the corporations and

[31:08]these are Big corporations very well known fortun Fortune 500 companies in

[31:15]the corporation that I worked for there's no empathy everything is driven

[31:20]by profit what's in it for us even projects which appear to

[31:27]be charitable in reality the goal of that Corporation is to see

[31:32]what they have to benefit from it what's in it for us

[31:36]how can we gain from this and therefore I wanted to join

[31:39]an organization that's really helping the people in society and that's why

[31:45]I joined this organization women offer empathy to our corporations to our

[31:52]institutions and this helps us connect with human suffering to relieve human

[31:57]suffering and this is true really amazing now in the religion of

[32:04]Islam Allah subhah wa ta'ala has empowered women with an amazing powerful

[32:11]tool that allows them to prosper as dignified leaders in their society

[32:17]and that is the hijab brothers and sisters you know our society

[32:20]acts as if we have no issues you know many of the

[32:27]feminists they do raise valid points but unfortunately they ignore a very

[32:33]ugly reality that we experience in our society and that's harassment in

[32:40]the workplace do you know how much harassment there is in the

[32:43]workplace 70% 50 to 70% of women are harassed in the workpl

[32:52]sometime in their life time this is not you know in Bangladesh

[32:56]or somewhere in the Muslim world no this is in the United

[33:02]States of America 70% of women are harassed where not on the

[33:05]street no not in Parks not in the mall in the workplace

[33:11]what is the solution to this what solution is our society offering

[33:18]to this problem to this dilemma yes educate men teach them to

[33:21]behave themselves that's not going to work it hasn't worked it's not

[33:29]going to when you have these females and the presence of males

[33:32]for long hours in one room you can't expect all me to

[33:37]be you that's not going to happen that's a psychology of how

[33:40]human beings function yes the first day he's polite the second day

[33:43]a month later two months later he's trying to be polite but

[33:48]then this constant exposure to a member of the opposite gender you

[33:52]know will make everything seem normal and then after a few months

[33:56]after a year at maximum you see the harassment taking place and

[34:01]then Haram acts are conducted and then marriages are ruled what's the

[34:09]solution for this some say yeah and still cameras and monitor men

[34:12]is that really practical how many billion millions of cameras do you

[34:15]want to install and who's going to do the monitoring it simply

[34:21]doesn't work that's the nature of human beings not everyone is like

[34:26]YF you know YF for for seven year by the way the

[34:31]Hadith says for seven years he was in the presence of Z

[34:34]the most beautiful woman of his time do you know that for

[34:38]seven years he never raised his head to look at her in

[34:44]the face for seven years after 7 years she got frustrated the

[34:47]Hadith says she told him Yousef 7 years you're not even looking

[34:51]at me just look at me your eyes are so beautiful let

[34:55]me see your beautiful eyes you know what he told her he

[35:00]told her Z if you would see my eyes 3 days after

[35:05]I'm buried under the ground you would not find them so beautiful

[35:09]she tells him Yousef but you smell so good he tells her

[35:16]if after a week after I die and I'm buried under the

[35:23]ground you would run away from me because of my odor and

[35:25]how I he never looked at her but this is the prophet

[35:30]of Allah subhana tala he can restrain himself what is the solution

[35:32]that we have in our society one solution is the hijab when

[35:38]a woman observes the hijab in a corporation in the workplace immediately

[35:42]she's sending a message this is a red line know your limits

[35:47]I observe my limits and remember the hijab is not just a

[35:50]scarf that a woman wears it's how she presents herself how she

[35:56]speaks how she interacts if you send the right messages believe me

[36:02]you will not get unwanted advances it's the haab that protects your

[36:07]honor it's the hijab that protects your dignity respected sisters and I

[36:13]know this might sound radical but I firmly believe that there should

[36:15]be some sort of segregation in the workplace because otherwise how do

[36:18]you control it yes in meetings in important events we need participation

[36:24]of both genders and female leaders need to be present in those

[36:30]meetings for example in the decisionmaking process but in the day-to-day activities

[36:36]sitting 8 hours and there's a man next to you how do

[36:38]you stop that how do you stop harassment let's not act as

[36:43]if there's no problem in our society just look at the statistics

[36:47]70% harassment in the workplace and no you can't resolve this with

[36:52]with education you know why because where do you think you'll find

[36:58]the highest rate of harassment in the most educated sectors in the

[37:03]workplace look at the statistics for example in the business in the

[37:09]trade in the banking in the finance sectors that's where you find

[37:13]the highest rates of harassment in sales and marketing in Hospitality in

[37:19]for example civil services in education and lecturing and teaching alhamdulillah I'm

[37:26]not a female for that but seriously this is what we're experiencing

[37:32]in our societies even lecturers even educational people in the workplace they're

[37:38]subject to harassment so education let's not fool ourselves education in itself

[37:44]it's great but it's not going to solve the problem I firmly

[37:47]believe that a good solution to this is the hijab that Allah

[37:53]subhana wa taala wants our society to uphold it will drastically minimize

[37:58]the numbers if implemented properly in our societies yes it's difficult no

[38:06]one is saying it's easy it's extremely difficult some of you may

[38:11]have heard or read the article in the New York Times about

[38:14]a sister from New York zahar Shima many of you may have

[38:19]heard about her she's a successful lawyer and the New York Times

[38:23]covers her story her struggles with the hijab and she's very honest

[38:27]she says yes I struggled a lot with the hij but in

[38:33]the end because of her firm Faith because of her resolution because

[38:38]she believed in Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala she's now a very successful

[38:42]lawyer working for a very successful firm it's possible it's very difficult

[38:48]the tides may be against us but that's what we learn from

[38:55]the message of IM Hussein that's what we learned from the holy

[38:59]you know there are billions of women who lived in history why

[39:05]does Allah subhah wa tala decide to mention a woman like the

[39:08]wife of the Pharaoh a why does God [Music] mention what's special

[39:15]about her what differentiates her from billions of other women is because

[39:21]she kept patient for the sake of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and

[39:24]see how the almighty God Praises her in the she had what

[39:30]any woman wants she was in a palace in a castle she

[39:36]had people dedicated for her makeup she had someone dedicated just to

[39:40]calm her hair she had servants she had the gold and the

[39:45]soup and the jewelry and everything that you could ask for but

[39:49]she said no I don't want that because all of this is

[39:55]not pleasing Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala what's the point of having a

[40:01]husband like that who declares to be the Lord she could no

[40:04]longer keep the love of Allah subhah wa ta'ala in her heart

[40:07]she had to show it to her Society but you know what

[40:12]happened to her they dragged her in the streets in front of

[40:15]everyone humiliated her and they placed a boulder on her chest and

[40:23]they pegged her hands and feet with a nail to the ground

[40:25]you know what she said in those final moments what did she

[40:30]say she looked up to the sky what would you say if

[40:37]you were in her place Allah why me don't you see I

[40:39]suffered so much because of you and this is my end she

[40:44]said one thing oh Allah I ask you for one thing build

[40:52]me a house of paradise and Allah mentions her in the Holy

[40:56]Quran and her honor because of that patience Z with her patience

[41:03]she toppled thean Dynasty when yazid asked her how do you find

[41:07]what Allah subhah wa ta'ala did to your brother Hussein do you

[41:12]know how insulting that is your brother has been killed mercilessly slaughtered

[41:17]and this evil dictator in front of his men in front of

[41:23]all those people he's asking you how do you find it that

[41:25]God killed your brother Hussein you know what she said said she

[41:30]said I have seen nothing but Beauty believe me with this word

[41:37]she shattered him she destroyed him then and there with this courage

[41:42]with this amazing leadership Z was an effective leader yet she upheld

[41:48]her her modesty and her Chastity you know bash he says I

[41:58]saw Z when she came to Kua she gave a very powerful

[42:02]speech an amazing speech you know what he says he says I

[42:08]swear by Allah never had I seen a woman more modest and

[42:14]more chased than Z and at the same time so courageous it's

[42:23]as if was addressing the people you see how Z merged combined

[42:29]between courage and between Chastity it's possible the hijab was not a

[42:34]hindrance for her because I know some sisters are saying no the

[42:39]hijab May impede our progress no it doesn't if you're confident about

[42:43]yourself it will actually give you a greater boost and remember that

[42:50]Allah is there why do we forget Allah subhana waala from our

[42:54]equations if you support Allah wa taala Allah subhana taala will support

[43:01]you let's learn from Z on such nights you know a woman

[43:10]played a very pivotal role in mobilizing people to defend Al IM

[43:16]Hussein there was a woman by the name of Maria she was

[43:23]in b a very faithful woman her father her husband and her

[43:30]sons they died in one of the battles defending IM she had

[43:35]no one no male relative to take care of her to look

[43:41]after her Maria hears about the message of imin and Hussein has

[43:44]gone to Iraq and he needs supporters but she's a woman she

[43:51]can't go to the battlefield and fight what can she do how

[43:54]can she support the Imam of her time one day she stood

[43:59]at she she was sitting at the doorsteps of her house and

[44:04]she was crying so much she was profusely crying for an IM

[44:09]Hussein some men passed by they said om Maria what's wrong why

[44:15]do you cry did someone harass you did someone harm you she

[44:19]said no I'm crying because my master Hussein is calling for support

[44:24]and I see the men here they're Idol no one's going to

[44:27]support my master Hussein that's what's making me cry the men told

[44:34]her they said om Maria we wish we could support abdah Hussein

[44:38]but we don't have the means we don't have weapons we don't

[44:43]have horses we don't have the money she looked at them baffled

[44:46]she told them is that what's stopping you from joining an IM

[44:52]Hussein because you have you don't have money they're like yes if

[44:55]we can get some swords some money some horses will go she

[45:01]had a servant immediately she orders her servant to go in the

[45:05]house and bring a bag full of money she takes this bag

[45:12]full of money she takes it to those to those men and

[45:14]she pours the money the golden coins in front of them she

[45:19]tells them look all my life I have save this money for

[45:24]such a thing take it if the lack of money is stopping

[45:26]you then take it and go defend the IM Hussein there was

[45:31]a man by the name of abdah he felt ashamed of himself

[45:38]he stood and he said look this poor woman she's crying and

[45:41]she feels ashamed for not being able to support IM Hussein and

[45:44]we Men We shameful men are sitting here he says I'm going

[45:51]to go toala and I will defend IM Hussein you know because

[45:54]of her mobilization this woman may Allah have mercy on her because

[46:02]of her 10 people joined IM Hussein you know how much that

[46:06]is 10 out of 72 you do the math one single woman

[46:14]was responsible for mobilizing 10 men to join IM Hussein abdah stands

[46:21]up he had 11 children 11 Sons he said I'm going toala

[46:26]towards towards Hussein who's coming with me four of his sons they

[46:32]joined him so Abdullah and four of his sons that's five they

[46:36]joined IM Hussein the sixth person was a young man by the

[46:41]name of he was 19 years old he just had his wife

[46:48]history narrates that he heard about what this woman did and he

[46:56]found the determination to go and help IM Hussein he goes to

[47:00]his house he tells his mother my mother please have my horse

[47:04]ready for me and have my armor and sword ready for me

[47:09]she tells him sah where do you think you're going you just

[47:11]got married he said no I just want to go in the

[47:15]garden and I feel depressed I want to some spend some time

[47:20]with myself but she realized that he had another intention she tells

[47:23]him s go to your wife go to your wife you just

[47:29]got married where do you want to go he said no I

[47:31]have to go on a mission his wife listens she comes she

[47:36]tells him s we just got married where do you want to

[47:38]leave us he says I'm going to someone who's better than you

[47:44]and me she tells him who's better than us who are you

[47:50]going to he says I am going to IM husin I want

[47:53]to defend IM Hussein s is now in a difficult position his

[48:01]mother doesn't want him to go his wife doesn't want him to

[48:05]go until you know what his mother tells him his mother tells

[48:08]him my dear beloved Son s did I not carry you in

[48:14]my wom for 9 months he said yes mother did I not

[48:19]sacrifice so much for you he says yes you did I don't

[48:21]deny that I don't deny that mother you have a great light

[48:26]upon me but I have have to go and join IM Hussein

[48:31]I can't leave him then his mother tells him oh if you

[48:34]recognize my right on you then I have one request from you

[48:39]when you go and meet IM husin ask him to forgive me

[48:45]ask him that on the day of judgment Allah subhanahu waala forgives

[48:48]me and give your master Hussein my Salam he says my dear

[48:56]Mother I will implement what you have asked me he goes He

[48:59]marches towards carala he arrives on the day of Ash and IM

[49:06]Hussein sees a man is approaching from far away the Imam says

[49:09]is this he says yes I am s the IM tells him

[49:14]where are you where where have you been we've been waiting for

[49:20]you oh he comes he gives his Salam to IM Hussein the

[49:24]IM tells him oh did you your mother ask you to do

[49:28]something he said yes the Imam says what she says he said

[49:33]my mother told me to give you my the IM told him

[49:43]your mother and my mother FAA will be in Paradise then tells

[49:51]IM Hussein oh Hussein do you give me permission to go to

[49:54]the tents of the woman I want give my Salam to Zab

[49:58]and the woman do you give me the permission AB abdah he

[50:02]says yes I give you the permission he goes he stands by

[50:07]the tent of Z and he says peace be upon you all

[50:17]the family of the Prophet peace be upon you oh z z

[50:20]tells him go and defend abdah Hussein he defends the IM of

[50:27]his time brothers and sisters and he falls as a Shah one

[50:30]woman mobilized so many men this is the empowerment that we're talking

[50:35]about this is the message of Ash and finally respected brothers and

[50:40]sisters one woman who played an instrumental role and sacrificing for the

[50:45]sake of Allah subhah wa ta'ala was a woman by the name

[50:49]of she was in the city of kufa she was at her

[50:58]doorstep waiting for her son to come back when she sees a

[51:01]stranger Muslim this man who came to kufa thousands of people paid

[51:12]allegiance to him but then IB zad the evil governor of kufa

[51:16]he threatens all those who would support Muslim he was the cousin

[51:22]of Al IM Hussein the ambassador of Al IM Hussein they dispersed

[51:27]from AR around him they betray him they leave him all alone

[51:31]just hours ago 18,000 people came to greet him see how they

[51:38]betrayed him and now he looks to his right to his left

[51:40]there is no one in the city of kufa he's a stranger

[51:44]he doesn't know the alleys of kufa he stands by the doorsteps

[51:47]of she sees a stranger he was extremely thirsty he tells her

[51:54]oh servant of God give me some water she takes some water

[52:00]and she brings the water to him but she realizes that he's

[52:03]not going she tells him why are you staying here at my

[52:11]doorstep why leave why don't you leave go back to your family

[52:13]go to your home why are you standing here he tells her

[52:19]oh servant of Allah he tells her oh servant of Allah I

[52:33]have no one in this city I have no family to go

[52:35]to I have no house to go to she tells him why

[52:39]who are you he tells her I am Muslim the ambassador of

[52:45]IM Hussein she's shocked to hear that she tells him you are

[52:49]musl then please come to my house she invites him to his

[52:54]house she gives him a separate room but she tells him my

[52:56]son is an evil son I just hope he doesn't find out

[53:00]that you're in my house Muslim spends that night in worshiping Allah

[53:07]subhana wa ta'ala she brings him some food but he refuses to

[53:11]eat from that food it's as if he sens that this was

[53:17]his last night shortly before F he takes a short nap he

[53:22]sees in his dream and he tells him hurry come to us

[53:31]your time has come oh Muslim he wakes up from his dream

[53:38]he realizes that this is his final day he prays when he

[53:41]hears the soldiers and the horses surrounding the house he goes out

[53:46]and he defends the teachings of IM Hussein he defends himself and

[53:56]there was a huge bloody war there in the of kufa but

[53:59]they outnumber him they start attacking him from every direction they go

[54:04]on the rooftops and they Stone him he falls helpless could not

[54:11]defend himself one of those enemies he comes and he strikes him

[54:14]at his lips he wounds the lips of Muslim they arrest him

[54:22]they take him to IB zad he was extremely thirsty he said

[54:26]can I have some water initially they refused but then they gave

[54:31]him a bucket of water he takes the bucket of water as

[54:33]he's drink as he wants to drink from it the blood gushes

[54:38]from his lips the water becomes bloody three times he changes the

[54:42]water the third time as he's about to drink his teeth falls

[54:48]into the bucket of water he realizes that Allah subhana waala wants

[54:51]him to die thirsty just like his master abdah Hussein he says

[54:57]no I will not drink water then they take him on the

[55:04]rooftop of the castle before beheading him and throwing him from the

[55:08]castle he tells them just give me a couple of minutes so

[55:10]I can pray he prays for the final time then he looks

[55:16]towards South and he says peace be upon you abdah go don't

[55:24]come to kuf see what they have done to me they will

[55:32]betray youd husin and they slaughter Muslim and they throw his body

[55:39]from the castle he falls on the ground they drag his body

[55:47]in the streets of kufa the news reaches IM Hussein he was

[55:51]on his way to Iraq he hears that his cousin Muslim has

[55:56]been killed the Imam is extremely Disturbed upon hearing that you know

[56:01]what he does the first thing that he does he calls on

[56:07]the daughter of Muslim he had a daughter by the name of

[56:09]Hamida Hamida come to me the Imam was her uncle as well

[56:14]the Imam had her sit in his lap and the IM started

[56:18]to Pat her head she sensed as if something was happening she

[56:22]tells him my dear Uncle did something happen to my father why

[56:27]is it that you're tapping on my head you're wiping on my

[56:32]head like you would do to the orphin the IM tells her

[56:38]oh from now on I am your father and my daughters they

[56:44]are your sisters oh when's father died you were there to take

[56:51]care of her you were there to tap on her head but

[56:57]on the day [Music] of when your daughter saw your marom there

[57:07]was no one there to comfort her to tap her to no

[57:12]no one to tap her head [Music] everyone together [Music] [Music] respected

[57:57]brothers and sisters

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