what is the real inspiration of love (zahraa)

0:00بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم، وصلى الله على سيدنا محمد وعلى آله بيته الطيبين الطاهرين. اللهم صل على محمد وال محمد وعجل فرجهم. We go back to Imam Hussein, we go back to this as well al-Attara. We go back to this sacrifices that he did, and the most fascinating thing that he did with those sacrifices was everything was for the sake of Allah Azza wa Jalla. During every step he is taken from the time that he went to Hajj, and then he left Hajj, to the time that he was travelling to place, a place, a place, till he hit the land of Karbala.

0:41I think everyone know the story. Every time he used to go from place to place, always he used to mention Allah Azza wa Jalla, and all what he's doing, he's doing it for Allah Azza wa Jalla, and to get back the true religion of his grandfather, Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam. And this is the most fascinating thing that always capture every single free heart when you read about Imam Hussein. He wasn't waiting to just go to be a ruler, he wasn't waiting to be the emperor, he wasn't waiting to take over all the power that Muslim had before, because he is like his grandfather, Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam.

1:29He was not looking for the power, he was looking only for the content of Allah Azza wa Jalla. And then we see when he was holding, al-Wad' and said, when he was killed Salamullahi Alaihi, he was martyred, he said, all for the content of Allah Azza wa Jalla, that's all what I care about. And same thing for himself, same thing for his his all his family member, all what he cared about is for the content of Allah Azza wa Jalla.

2:02And as a reflection, because we left this mirror, because we left this mirror in this age. And then it will it have it should have all the effect to change our life. Our life should be changed because because of this. But if we go, we go back to see who raised Imam Hussein, we look at the great person that is Ali ibn Abi Talib Sallallahu Alaihi and Sayyida Zahra. And today, I want, I want to dedicate angle wasn't in tackle before.

2:36I just want to talk a little bit about that. I want to show you who is Sayyida Zahra and what kind of meaning she have. Because she hold very beautiful meaning for every single one, whoever been in love will fall in love in the future because she hold the other half of of us, like the man mankind usually, we say we are half, and then woman, she is the other half. And Sayyida Zahra, she is Sayyidat Nisaa' al-Alamin, with with with in which she is the the master, she is the master of the women's side, if we can take it this way.

3:17And if we want to look at how exactly Allah Azza wa Jalla gave Sayyida Zahra to Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam. Narration said, and this is very important, I want you to look at it because it will reflect good in your future, in your life. If you look at this, you will you will be able to pick the right woman, the right wife for you, for the in the future. You will be able to change your life because Allah Azza wa Jalla when she was when Hadith al-Kisa' happened,

3:54Sayyida Zahra, she was inside the house and then Rasulullah came and then Imam al-Hasan and Imam Hussein and Imam Ali, and then at the very end, Sayyida Zahra all came under the Kisa' al-Yamani. Inside the Kisa' al-Yamani, this story hold the secret of the universe. If you able to unlock Hadith al-Kisa', you think, you think now Hadith al-Kisa' is a boring Hadith. Always they say when you have a problem, read Hadith al-Kisa'.

4:27Always if you say you are facing challenges in your life, read Hadith al-Kisa'. If you need something from Allah Azza wa Jalla, read Hadith al-Kisa'. Why? If you open it for the first time, you will say it's a story. I mean, like a lady she was sitting inside her house and suddenly all her family member came and suddenly Hadith like the Kisa', Rasulullah cover them all and Allah Azza wa Jalla said, I didn't create anything in this universe except for these people, five, the five people under the pillar, under the Kisa'.

5:07And then you think it's just normal thing. It's just a like Allah to to elevate them. But in reality, has the it unlock the secret of the universe. It unlock the secret of the DNA. If you understand the combination, how the the inside, why Imam Hassan was before Imam Hussein, why was before Imam Ali? In reality, it should the Imam Ali be after Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, since he was since he was the greatest after and he is his brother, his brother and he is the father of this nation.

5:44Why Imam Ali came the fourth one to Al-Kisa? So here we start raising question, why the fourth, not the second Imam Ali came to the Kisa? And why Allah said "إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ لِيُذْهِبَ عَنْكُمُ الرِّجْسَ أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ وَيُطَهِّرَكُمْ تَطْهِيرًا"? He is saying his salam to Fatima and her father. And Ali, I'm sorry, and to Fatima and her husband and then her sons. She was the center of this universe. Sayyidah Zahra, she was the center.

6:18And then we do those two question, if you keep thinking about them, a lot of secrets will start be opening in in a religion. The first question is why Imam Ali was the fourth one in Hadith Al-Kisa, not the second one after and the second question why Allah said, he made Sayyidah Zahra the center of this universe, the center of Hadith Al-Kisa. And then, let me tell you this story about Sayyidah Zahra. Why? Because I'm going to dedicate this night to her specifically.

6:54Why? Because she was the first martyr in Islam. She was the first martyr in Islam after. Many people always try to avoid this issue, but I want to touch it, touch base on it, just to understand how Imam Hussein learned all what you learned from. You see how what how important his mother was, how important the wife was for Imam Ali. The story says, "بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ إِنَّا أَعْطَيْنَاكَ الْكَوْثَرَ * فَصَلِّ لِرَبِّكَ وَانْحَرْ * إِنَّ شَانِئَكَ هُوَ الْأَبْتَرُ".

7:31If you search in a narration who is the Kauthar, there is always like many different narration, you rarely see narration from Ahlulbait mentioning the Kauthar as Sayyidah Fatimatuz Zahra to be honest. But if you reflect more, why? Because in all the gifts Allah gave to the Prophet for say we gave you so and so, so and so, and different verses. The only thing over here, he will say "إِنَّا أَعْطَيْنَاكَ الْكَوْثَرَ". Why? Because it is something that we gave you that nobody ever took before.

8:09It is very important if you study it peace by peace. How? Let me tell you the story. The story of how Sayyidah Zahra was, how she came to life, and what is it what she is exactly, how important is it, she is she? The the story begin when Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam assented to heaven. You know that Laylat al-Isra wal-Mi'raj. Do you know about the story? Do you know about Laylat al-Isra wal-Mi'raj? Laylat al-Isra, I'm going to I'm going to briefly talk about this one.

8:45Laylat al-Isra when Allah, he said to the to the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, please come to me. I want you to visit the heavens. Instead, if you look to Musa, if you look to, to other prophets, for example, first in a verse, you say Allah asked Musa, if you want to be with me, go away 40 days and then you can go back. Away 40 days where? To the cave. Just worship worship me for 40 days and then it is like you were with me.

9:18With different prophets, exactly same thing. With Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, he said "سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي أَسْرَىٰ بِعَبْدِهِ لَيْلًا". You see Surah Al-Isra at the very beginning. Allah, he is sending the invitation for to go visit the heavens. He is sending those invitation and different prophets, prophets were asking for this invitation and Allah, if he say yes, he will say go, isolate yourself for 40 days. Because 40 days has a big significant.

9:52You see, when a woman is pregnant, she has to be pregnant 40 weeks. We this is in alam al-arham. She has to be pregnant 40 weeks, and between 40 days and 40 days, it is different stages during her pregnancy. So, when she's pregnant, there's many different stages, every stage equal to 40 days. And 40 days and 40 days and 40 days, and the total will be 40 weeks. And then the the baby will come to life, he is prepared to life.

10:22So anyone, he want to raise himself spiritual in a spirituality way, like the same way he has to always do a word for 40 days. Allah Azza wa Jall the same way asked uh this way to Rasulullah Musa and and to the other prophets. Anyway, we continue. What happened after that is much it has a beautiful meaning when Rasulullah assented and he was visiting all the heavens Allah Azza wa Jall created. He went to to all the pieces, all angels were sending their salams.

10:54He looked at every single aspect be inside the heavens. And then suddenly Jibrail Alaihi Salam, I'm telling you one of the narration, and Jibrail Alaihi Salam came with a fruit. They say it was an apple. They say it was an apple, but it's not important, it's a fruit. He came with it, he said, "This is a present from Allah Azza wa Jall to you." And he said, "Oh my, that's so beautiful, I want to keep it as a always, I want to always try to be keep it with me."

11:26He said, "No, you have to open it and eat it." And Rasulullah he said, "Okay, I cannot say no to Allah Azza wa Jall, so I want to open it." When immediately he opened the apple, light, like very huge light came from this apple and immediately went inside him. And Rasulullah he was like surprised, he said, "What is this exactly?" He said, "This is the present of Allah Azza wa Jall to you." And later he ordered him to go to Khadija,

11:56and then after that, immediately she was pregnant with Sayyida Zahra Salamullah Alayha. So, what we get from this story? We get that all souls, for example, you Ben, for to be here, been inside your father's light, inside your grandfather's light, inside, inside, inside, till Adam Alaihi Salam with Sayyida Zahra, no one ever touched her light except Rasulullah directly. That's why Allah Azza wa Jall said, "إِنَّا أَعْطَيْنَاكَ الْكَوْثَرَ" because it is direct.

12:29You see, that's the difference between any other woman outside or any other man and a Sayyida Zahra. That's why she is the center of the universe. And one time we were doing debate with when someone from other school of thought, he said, "One of your uh people, you know, especially the what he he wrote a book about Sayyida Zahra from the Shia Maraji, he said, he said about Sayyida Zahra, she is الحوراء الإنسية." And I looked at them like for I post for like two minutes.

13:01I still remember that. I post for two minutes and looking at him, he said, "You see, I told you you guys you worship Imams." I said, "You know, I never heard something more beautiful than that, الحوراء الإنسية." And she was really الحوراء الإنسية, a Sayyida Zahra. She was الحوراء الإنسية. And this is not from the head, from my head. I've been explaining from when he went to Alam al-Isra, to the there we will answer, Inshallah.

13:31Well, I went to Alam al-Isra and then Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam he was narrated that we was given this apple, and this apple gave this noor, and later she became Fatimatul Zahra. And now what we exactly learn from that? For example, now in a let's say it's a some people they won't accept with this holiday for especially for Americans, this holiday called the Valentine Days, right? In a Valentine days or someone he's falling in love with someone else, what he will get the first thing? He first thing he will go online and order flowers, right?

14:11He will order flowers. Why Sayyida Zahra Salamullah Alayha her Laqab Zahra? Zahra is mean from flower. Why? Because it was the present of Allah Azza wa Jall to Rasulullah. So, we always if you are young, let's say you look now at the very young people when they were born, the first thing you give him pen and paper, and you can do that, give him pen and paper. Tell them make me a draw, draw me something. Immediately they will go draw the sun, you see, they look at the sun, and then they draw a small house, and they draw next to the house a flower.

14:51It is the most classical draw for all kids. If you open now Google or any different website. Immediately, the first thing those young people draw is a house and next to it a flower, and always there's a sun. But since we know that Allah Azza Wajal is making those people think by fitrah, right? We know that kids think by fitrah. If kids, you cannot tell them the instruction. You cannot tell them, "Oh, make me a Mona Lisa now."

15:21No, you cannot do that. Whatever they think about, whatever they feel about, they should make the draw. So, their fitrah is making them draw those three people. There's a sun, a flower, and a house. In reality, what is this kid telling you is that I am with Ahl al-Bayt. You see, the house is representing Ahl al-Bayt in a fitrah, in a `alam al-fitrah. And then what? There's the sun. Sun represent Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, Nur, Nurullah Azza Wajal,

15:53and the flower represent Sayyida Zahra. So she is the entity of love. So when you want to give this flower to your wife or to the one you love, you basically going by the sunnah, Allah Azza Wajal, by giving a present, a flower to his prophet, and she was Sayyida Zahra. And this what this present, most what happened after the martyr of Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam? Look what happened to her. People were abusing her, people were taking her rights, people were almost trying to kill her.

16:28They don't want her alive. And this is the miserable thing. They don't really want her alive. So if you want to say how Imam Hussein learned how to everything to be for Allah Azza Wajal, look at his mother. Look at his mother. You see, in a very occasion that happened to Sayyida Zahra in her house, there's many, too much misconception. Why? Because some of them they say Sayyida Zahra was holding like, you know, she was inside her house and she was holding those like maybe water drink or something to her guest.

17:04That's why she was passing by the door, and suddenly the people pushed the door and she was suddenly behind it because she was uncovered. You see, there's too much misconception. And in reality, Sayyida Zahra when she went to the door, she was actually what she's doing, she's trying to protect al-wilayah because she's not trying to protect her husband. She know that Sayyida Zahra is Sayyidat Nisa al-Alamin. And we always ask the other school of thought.

17:36We always ask it. If you believe that Sayyida Zahra is Sayyidat Nisa al-Alamin, who was her imam zaman? Because even in Sahih al-Bukhari and Muslim, and there is this narration saying, "man mata wa lam ya'rif imama zamanihi mata mitata jahiliyyah." If a person dies and he did not make a bay'ah for his Imam Zaman, he will die as the jahiliyyah before Islam. So if Sayyida Zahra refuse to do bay'ah for Khalifa al-Awwal wal-Khalifa al-Thani, then who was her Imam Zaman?

18:10And if we follow this narration, then she died, wal-iyadhu billah, mita jahiliyyah, and hasha his bent Rasulullah anti muta mita jahiliyyah. So she when they attacked her house, what happened? She went specifically to the door to protect alam al-wilayah represented by Amir al-Mu'minin with her own body. And Imam Ali could not make her stop. Why? Because if he let one of his friend go and protect the door, push the door, then that friend will be better than Sayyida Zahra.

18:43It is very critical that till this moment we still argue about this subject, but till this moment we didn't understand who is Ali ibn Abi Talib. And Ali ibn Abi Talib if he opened his sword to start fighting them, then he will lose the battle that Sayyida Zahra did with her own body. Nobody will ever talk that Sayyida Zahra was killed. They will say Ali ibn Abi Talib was fighting those khulafa for the sake of the khilafah.

19:13And why? Because at the very end he is doing it for the sake of Allah Azza Wajal. What Imam Ali said, Imam Ali said, "turidunani li-anfusikum," you want me for yourself, "and I want you for Allah Azza Wajal." This is the ultimate thing. For example, till this moment some people dream or see Sayyida Zahra crying over her son Hussein. And Hussein he is with her. Why is she still crying? Who knows? Because by crying, she is getting closer to Allah Azza Wajal.

19:44She is closer to Allah Azza Wajal. Allah Azza Wajal said, "If you cry over Imam Hussein, I will get you closer." And even though Imam Hussein is with his mother, she's still crying till this moment. Imam Mahdi is able to see his grandfather every single day. He is able to see him physically, but every time he see him physically he say what? "la-abkiyanna alayka badal-dum`i damman." Why? Because he's Imam Hussein? No, because crying will make him closer to Allah Azza Wajal.

20:17So Imam use each other to get closer to Allah Azza Wajal. Why we don't use each other to get closer to Allah? We love Imam Hussein because Allah Azza Wajall told us, love that Imam. We love Sayyida Zahra because he told us to love Sayyida Zahra. We love Imam Ali because Allah Azza Wajall ordered us to love Imam Ali. But do we love Imam Ali because he was tall man? He was, you know, big muscles like Superman, he used to do so and so? No, we don't love him for that sake.

20:49It is the order of Allah Azza Wajall. Same way when we go visit his grave, it is the same exact way that we go to the Kaaba. When they say you go visit that person, I will say you will go visit stones in the Kaaba. Why you go visit stones? Because Allah Azza Wajall told you if you go there, you will be performing pilgrimage. Same thing with Imam Hassan and Imam Hussein. Those people were martyred, those people are alive.

21:19"وَلَا تَحْسَبَنَّ الَّذِينَ قُتِلُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ أَمْوَاتًا ۚ بَلْ أَحْيَاءٌ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ يُرْزَقُونَ". Do not think that the people who got martyred are dead, there are alive. And he is سيد الشهداء, he is what? Alive still to this moment. So, from his story, we learn that everything in your life should be for the sake of Allah Azza Wajall. Treat your wife good for the sake of Allah Azza Wajall. Look at your kids in a good way for the sake of Allah Azza Wajall.

21:51When you walk away from here, don't throw garbage, don't throw trash, because Allah Azza Wajall is watching you. You should start learning, you should start learning the process of doing everything for his sake. Because we live here for his sake. And he want you to love Ahl al-Bayt for your sake. Believe me, if you stop now praying, some people like especially for the young people, if you start praying, he's not going to be less powerful.

22:23He doesn't need your prayers. You need your prayer, whatever prayer you do every single day, you do it when you go pray, and you're praying for yourself to become better in life, to become purified. We are like, you know, we are made from carbon. I always say this example, but we are made from carbon. And you go to the dollar store, you buy for $1 maybe 10 pencils, right? For $1, they put them in packets. But when you go to the jewelry store, you buy this diamond ring for $15,000 or $20,000.

22:57And it is exactly the same material inside the pencil and inside the diamond. Diamond is a carbon, but what's the different? Diamond was pressured, diamond was purified. You are like this. Since you are made from carbon, Allah Azza Wajall, he want to test you, he want to pressure you, he want to make you feel bad, he want to make you feel good one day. He wants to send people that will bother you, he wants to send people, and you will be tested with that.

23:28How were you interacting while you were angry? Were you just stopping, you start swearing when you were angry, or you just stopped praying because you had a bad day today and you want to just go sleep? No, you should always be the same, you should always be constant for the sake of Allah Azza Wajall. And this is the only way we reach what Allah Azza Wajall ordered us to be in, and inshallah, we'll pray for Sahib al-Asr wa Zaman in these nights.

23:58These nights are the nights where Imam Sahib al-Asr wa Zaman is crying instead of theum, he's crying blood. And no one ever touched that subject. How can Sahib al-Asr wa Zaman cry blood? It is very touching that this person who lived in ghorbah all these years for the sake of us, because he is still waiting for us to change. And we connect our heart to Sahib al-Asr wa Zaman and all his family and Sayyida Zahra and Imam al-Hasan and Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam.

24:31And inshallah, we pray for our change, for the revolution that is coming with Imam Sahib al-Asr wa Zaman. بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ وَالْعَصْرِ إِنَّ الْإِنسَانَ لَفِي خُسْرٍ إِلَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالْحَقِّ وَتَوَاصَوْا بِالصَّبْرِ. صَلُّوا عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ