Imam Hassan: Political or Not? | Sayyed Mohammed Hassan Alsheraa — Transcript

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1. 0:02Alhamdulillah
2. 0:12Muhammad.
3. 0:30Respected
4. 0:47brothers and sisters,
5. 0:53I sincerely welcome you all to  our second part in our series
6. 0:57where we look into the gems and pearls  of wisdom. from the lives of the imams of
7. 1:05imam is an outstanding figure in not  only Islamic history but also world
8. 1:12history in general. Imta is known  as the one chosen by the almighty
9. 1:21Allah selected him. Now of course this is his  title. He is the first to make the holy prophet
10. 1:28and messenger a grandfather. He is the first to  make imm parents. He occupies a very valuable role
11. 1:38in the lives of the messenger of God and God's  emissaries and chosen people. That being said,
12. 1:45he is also widely misunderstood. I remember  probably two years ago we did a series here
13. 1:50in this wonderful center known as Ali Alass the  Hassan nights whereby we looked at 10 individual
14. 2:00nights. These would correspond with the 10th of  the seventh of Safar. The 10th night being the
15. 2:08day of the shahad of Im Hass mimicking the theme  that we would do with because the life and legacy
16. 2:15of Imusha the effort was to showcase that there  is so much to learn. We've done him an injustice.
17. 2:23We have not taken advantage of the many valuable  lessons that can't be extrapolated from the life
18. 2:28of this amazing figure. So can one perform  10 lectures by the time we got to the 10th I
19. 2:34remember. Subhan Allah. There was still like  20 more in the tank that I personally wanted
20. 2:40to get out. 20 more individual nights, 20 more  independent topics that span an hour long. And
21. 2:47that's from the relative amount of humble research  that I've done and I know for a fact much more is
22. 2:53possible. There is much more potential. You're  talking an imam that lived born in the 15th of
23. 2:59the holy month of Ramadan, the third year after  Hijra, died the 50th year of Hijra, on the 7th of
24. 3:06Safar. This is a person who lived a life filled  with so many moments, interactions. This is your
25. 3:12number two im. This is the bridge between immin  to the rest of the ims of very intrical very
26. 3:21necessary very part and parcel of the life of  every Muslim lover of B today. Unfortunately,
27. 3:28three4s of the Muslim world to them Imam Hassan  has not grown past seven years old. He's still
28. 3:35this little kid that mashallah cute. He played  with the prophet. He was young. He was small.
29. 3:41And that's it. Because the rest of the life of  Imtabis, many of his accomplishes accomplishments
30. 3:49and many of his feats are in conflict with  the opposition that we do not revere. The
31. 3:57likes such as Muawi Abi Sufyan, the likes such  as the estranged wife of the holy prophet in the
32. 4:03battle of J. There is a conflict there. Many  moments in Islamic history showcase that once
33. 4:09Imam al Mucham even from the young age of around  12 years old runs into conflict with the figures
34. 4:18that are members of the establishment that usurp  the rights of the B. Therefore to not highlight
35. 4:25these moments in Islamic history emphasize he  was a young boy and that's as if he never grew
36. 4:30up past seven years old. Whereas imab many  valuable lessons can be learned from his
37. 4:35sacrifice with the mentioning of the truce peace  agreement treaty the me moments where he actually
38. 4:42engages in conflict contrary to the opinion that  many might level at him that he was apolitical or
39. 4:49non-confrontational rather the life of the imam  while very challenging to showcase in an hourong
40. 4:56discussion however let us put some effort to  gain some knowledge to learn about the imam
41. 5:02So that we can understand and appreciate a little  bit more even if we're scratching the surface from
42. 5:15Hassan was known as understanding that already  sets the tone for what we're going to do. Kharim
43. 5:25means the one who is generous without you  even needing to ask. You hear the terms
44. 5:32jawad alim jawad can't be referred to someone  who when you need him he's always there for you
45. 5:42can refer to the one who whether you go to him or  not he is a fountain constantly giving you im is
46. 5:50known as this title highlights for us the vision  that he occupies and this vision is one where it
47. 5:58peaked at such a degree Three, he was willing to  relinquish political leadership for the sake of
48. 6:04the betterment of the ummah. That is a depth of  generosity that many will never do. Imam Mustam,
49. 6:13we notice just a display of some of his knowledge,  some of his generosity. It was reported that he
50. 6:19would be breaking bread and in front of him was a  dog. And this is, you know, you're talking about
51. 6:24the imum, right? So you're dealing with a dog  in front of him. He begins to break from the
52. 6:29bread and hand him from that which he is also  eating. Now it's one thing to give the thing
53. 6:34or the animal food for it. It's another thing to  share what you're eating for this creature. And
54. 6:41a man comes and says to him, "This is something  beneath you. It's not befitting that you share
55. 6:46break bread with another animal especially  like a dog like this." To which he replies
56. 6:50wah the most philanthropic humanitarian loving  reply you'll ever see. Subhan Allah. He said,
57. 7:03"I feel ashamed to eat and a soul is staring at  me." He said a principle that it doesn't matter
58. 7:09what is being, what is suffering, what is hungry.  So long as it's a soul that's watching you,
59. 7:19feed it. I am ashamed to eat while it's watching.  So he breaks bread and gives it to him. Immush
60. 7:25Alisam one day a man constantly frequented his  home would ask for help financially for food and
61. 7:33then the man felt a bit guilty that you know every  time I go to him he always gives me let me this
62. 7:39time give him something in return a poor person  does not own much so that they can give gifts
63. 7:46so he thought let me give him something abstract  let me give him poetry this will be a gift that is
64. 7:53accepted did that is nice like I wrote you poetry  and of course back then you didn't have the use
65. 7:58of AI so that you can just generate it you have  to actually use your brain something many people
66. 8:03stopped using ever since AI came into the scene  but work on writing some poetry this will help
67. 8:09you become creative it'll help you word in things  and expression and so he's like let me give him
68. 8:14some poetry it shows effort let me go to him and  before I even ask him for my desire that I'll give
69. 8:22him poetry then I'll say give me something in  return now. So he goes to the house he knocks
70. 8:27on the door. The first thing he observes is that  he never sees the Imam's face. He always sees his
71. 8:32hand and it's as if to him imah is just a hand.  Why? It would be an effort from all members of the
72. 8:40imams. This is a common motif which has a lesson  in it as well that when they give they don't want
73. 8:46you to know they're the ones who gave. A lot of  times people like to be made known that they are
74. 8:53those who donate. And by the way, there's nothing  wrong with being known for something charitable.
75. 8:58It's actually a good thing. It's a lovely quality  that if you're going to be known for something,
76. 9:02be known for something good. But don't make the  good that you did for what? For the purpose of
77. 9:08just being known for it. Did I say the story last  time that there was a person who was running for
78. 9:14local office here? Did I say that story? It  was over there. Well, you could where was it,
79. 9:19man? For Okay, that was in here. This girl, she  ran for city council. And I remember we're part of
80. 9:28the Imam Ali Association, which is a philanthropic  group. We just give to like, you know,
81. 9:32food baskets and like winter clothing to those who  are homeless, right? And then suddenly she joins
82. 9:37us and I've never seen her and I'm very happy  someone new. But the problem is, yeah, that's
83. 9:42okay. She has a team recording her like this big  old like have you seen the TV camera crew with the
84. 9:48big cameras on the shoulders? Those big big ones  right look like bazookas those ones. And she's
85. 9:53like watch. And she gives the what's it called?  The jacket. She puts it into the right box. She
86. 9:58sorts the cans and whatever. See like mashallah  it's no problem that she ran for office and
87. 10:05she lost. Obviously, when she lost, she stopped  showing up to the the food drives and she never
88. 10:12showed up again. The problem with that that there  was no if you're going to make your intention,
89. 10:24reputation building, I'm only interested. And  she never showed up afterwards. The stressed that
90. 10:32look, if you want jazz, it'll come naturally.  Don't chase it. People will know that's you.
91. 10:37At the end of the day, we're reading a hadith now  where the Imam would only show his hand. He would
92. 10:42stand beside the wall behind the door and his  hand would but we now know it's Immad Hassan.
93. 10:47Obviously, history will record that you will be  made aware. God will make it public to others. One
94. 10:53of the best ways I read to become more appreciated  around your society is to compliment others in the
95. 11:01presence of other people. say, "Do you know so and  so is a very smart person? They have good taste in
96. 11:07whatever. They have goodlak." That person is going  to spread that rumor. Do you know that individual
97. 11:13said this about you and it becomes something where  you didn't even need to confront? You didn't even
98. 11:18need to put effort. You just throw the initial  step and the everything else works into place.
99. 11:26You will then become more appreciated that you're  actually going out there doing inverse inverse
100. 11:32backbiting where you're spreading good words about  others behind their back. That news reaches them
101. 11:38instead of going to the individual and saying look  you know I I told so and so that mashallah you're
102. 11:42a good person to me that doesn't mean anything.  I remember a friend told me I went to a community
103. 11:46to speak that he said you know there were a few  people they were talking about you and I said hey
104. 11:51stop that's my boy that's my man that's my friend  that's my brother and you know I defended you like
105. 11:58the moment you said I defended you I'm like what  was the issue anyways they just said they didn't
106. 12:02like that you were talking to them like is that  just racist or something I don't understand yeah
107. 12:07and I said yeah so what you know who cares you  just made it worse not I not only do I not like
108. 12:12appreciate them anymore as much. I don't like  the fact that you want to be praised now. Yeah,
109. 12:17I defended you. Huh? Didn't I stand up for you?  It's like, wa, there are ways to do these things
110. 12:22without seeking the praise. People will inform  you eventually without being too direct that,
111. 12:27hey, you have people that stand up for you. This  doesn't mean anything at the end of the day. At
112. 12:31the end of the day, you go to your own grave and  the day of judgment, Allah judges. But don't seek
113. 12:36validation. Put that effort. The man knocks on  the door and he just sees a hand. That's it. just
114. 12:42a hand and he says, "Wait, wait, before you give  me that which is in the container or in the bag,"
115. 12:49he would routinely come. And so the imam knows  what he wants. He says, "Let me just give you
116. 12:54some poetry." Imm says, "Take my then I'll accept  your poetry." He's like, "That's not how it works.
117. 13:00I want to thank you for all the you've done for  me before, then I'll take it." He's like, "Nope,
118. 13:04take the first so that it's not something you can  think is a result of the poetry that you gifted
119. 13:10me and I had to pay you. Take the first." He's  very careful, very particular about the manner
120. 13:16and step. That's their intention. So the man said,  "Listen, can I give you the poetry or not?" Immass
121. 13:22said, "Not even now. I don't even want it. I  know you worked hard, but the thing is I don't
122. 13:26even want it because you want to recite poetry  to me to save face so you don't feel guilty. No,
123. 13:32I'm going to make you feel guilty. And the imam  recited poetry to him. It's as if he says, "I'll
124. 13:37give you poetry." And he recites something so  mesmerizing. It teaches you manners, theology, and
125. 13:46the status of the imams of B and their vision when  it comes to dealing with other people. He says,
126. 13:55"We are a people." We meaning the  attaining anything from us is easy.
127. 14:05that from us hope and aspirations are with us.
128. 14:14Our nature is always giving before even  the question to ask. We always will give
129. 14:24fearing for the dignity of the one who asks. They  say I will not let you ask me in order for me to
130. 14:32give charity to you. Now you see why he's called  I will give you before you ask so that you won't
131. 14:39even leave thinking I had to beg a little. I  was struggling. One of the most complicated
132. 14:44moments in a believer's life is when they have  to kind of beg. And there's no shame in being
133. 14:49someone financially I guess humble challenged  in these circumstances. The economy is not good.
134. 14:55Sometimes it's you have to lean on others  but that's just a means. Some people make
135. 14:59it the ends. Whenever I struggle I could  just go to this guy. You have to get out
136. 15:03of that circumstance. There's a hadith by by  the holy messenger of God to which he says
137. 15:12come and say the strong believer is better  more efficient than the weaker believer is
138. 15:18to mean physically and financially. How could  you give back to society if you actually don't
139. 15:25have enough to give back? It hurts your heart. It  breaks your heart to see for example the crisis
140. 15:31happening. There are Shia who are suffering  in Lebnan. There are Shia who are suffering
141. 15:35in Iran and there are just other everyday  average human beings going through pain.
142. 15:41There are some they need to be physically  strong to confront that oppression. But then
143. 15:46the majority need to be financially strong to  support the confrontation of that oppression.
144. 15:51So how can I do that if I don't have some sort of  independence financially? So the im makes it very
145. 15:58clear that I give before you even ask so you don't  leave thinking I had to beg. It's just a gift.
146. 16:11And if the
147. 16:15virtue of our generous nature
148. 16:23that it would humble and dry up out of shame in  comparison and how it pales to the depth of our
149. 16:33generosity. The man was astonished. He says,  "Surely God knows where he places his message
150. 16:39and the Imam gifted him and he didn't even need  to give him anything back in return." That's
151. 16:43the im of when you hear terms such as the most  generous, it doesn't mean he is more outstanding
152. 16:50than the other members of. But to each im their  individual role. All the imams of B in our and
153. 16:58in our theology are all on the same pedigree  as far as their relationship with Allahawaj
154. 17:05with exception to the holy prophet of Islam.  The prophet is naturally the greatest creation
155. 17:11of God almighty. The second to that in our is  imb from that is the other ims of this is our
156. 17:20the imams don't need to develop either from the  cradle to their grave even before the cradle they
157. 17:26were ordained by the almighty hence he's called  god chose him assigned him the messenger of god
158. 17:33says when I went to heaven I saw the throne  of god I saw written alongside it the 12 imams
159. 17:40from my lineage he sees the These are names  pre-ordained before even the creation of the
160. 17:45duny to us. They are all individually assigned  their role. That doesn't mean because one had
161. 17:52x role and the other one had a more let's say  apparently more outstanding role that that means
162. 17:58the importance or the significance of that imam is  more than the other. Each one dealt with their own
163. 18:03circumstances. And if IM Hassam was in the same  situation and position and seat as Imm Hussein,
164. 18:11he would have done the same exact thing. And if  IM Hussein was in the same position as IM Hass,
165. 18:15he would have done the same exact  thing. The prophet of Islam said
166. 18:22there are all one light source. One  light, one light, one radiance. Yes,
167. 18:29there is some cases emphasis based on our real  world relative circumstances. We can't but you
168. 18:36know sympathize and relate to Imam Hussein because  we see versions of today. We see versions of Yazid
169. 18:44today versions. I can't help but remember when  I see kids being slaughtered. Don't let people
170. 18:51come and tell you this talk of there is nothing  like you can't compare. What was the point of if
171. 18:58I can't compare? I compare evil. Yes, there is  none exact to Imam Husseinam. However, what was
172. 19:06the point of reviving the message of ashu if not  when I see something that reminds me of atrocity,
173. 19:12injustice, oppression that I have to be like  against atrocity, injustice, oppression. These are
174. 19:19the lessons different roles but one goal and that  is the satisfaction of allahel. Imtab the prophet
175. 19:27of Islam when they were young Hass and Hussein  it is very much known that when the prophet would
176. 19:33enter in the state of sujud prostration the young  Imam Hassan would run up climb on the back of the
177. 19:40holy prophet latch on like this you have like a  5-year-old grabbing the prophet of God and waiting
178. 19:50yes now he's going to stand up again from the  sjud and I'm going to be taken high and that is
179. 19:56going to be fun. At the end of this, the prophet  of Islam was approached by some of his companions
180. 20:02and they said to him, "How lucky are Hassan and  Hussein to have the kind of vehicle that they
181. 20:13have?" Referring to the prophet as a vehicle. How  lucky are they that they have you as the vehicle
182. 20:20of transportation on top of you? To which the  prophet said, "No, how lucky am I that I have them
183. 20:27riding on my back emphasizing the love and nature  between both of them." You had a moment where the
184. 20:36prophet of Islam begins to teach society not from  a loveydovey grandfathery to his grandchildren
185. 20:42affection remarks but to teach them status the  status of these individuals. He begins to say
186. 20:53that he is an imam whether he is  standing or sitting. Some might
187. 20:58interpret this as look he just  loves his grandkids. There is
188. 21:00theology to what he says. The prophet  does not speak out of whim and he air.
189. 21:09So what does he mean here? He says whether  he is active in his role of im or not he is
190. 21:15still a proof of god upon you. active in the role  highlights what that there can be a time in in in
191. 21:24history where you have one h of Allah one main  active IM and you can have another at the same
192. 21:33exact time like what like Harun and Musa MS is  the active IM Harun is following orders of the
193. 21:40main IM but just because he is second to his IM  i.e. MS doesn't mean that what he tells you is
194. 21:49not a burden upon you. It's not proof upon you.  So when the prophet says this, he is to indicate
195. 21:54that there will come a time where you will have  multiple imams in one go. We only have one imam
196. 22:00and he is in and we are so blessed to have that.  Imagine you have three imams alive and impre you
197. 22:07can access them publicly. How lucky would you be  then? And the society had those imams. In fact,
198. 22:13society had five of these imams rather no you had  alive. You had imi alive. You had say of course
199. 22:26in the sense that whatever she says you got to  obey and follow. You had imm hussein meaning
200. 22:33okay so do I only follow one and ignore the rest?  He's like whether they are active or they're not
201. 22:38you have to obey them because there will come  a time it's just Imam Hassan and Hussein. Yes,
202. 22:42I im Hussein is obedient to his brother, but  IM Hussein says this that hadith is accepted.
203. 22:47You have to follow and it's a burden upon you.  It's just there's an imam for an imam as well.
204. 22:52He begins to teach theology. He begins to say  my two apples of my eye or the more appropriate
205. 23:01term basil of the holy prophet. These are very  fragrant expressions and symbolism highlighting
206. 23:09p purity beauty loving his grandchildren so much  establishing the barebone minimum that the man
207. 23:17by the name of a which means the bald-headed  one which just shows you the naming Arabian
208. 23:22mothers had I don't know why that was popular  the bald-headed guy he came and asked I see you
209. 23:29constantly embracing and hugging and kissing  alass Hussein what gives I have 10 sons and I
210. 23:34never kissed any one of them to which Allah says  you will be asked about this that it is of your
211. 23:40duty to be someone caring and tender to your  grandchildren. Don't be this whole tough love
212. 23:46and in your mind that reflects you have to be  as aggressive as you could. At the end of the
213. 23:50day these are children and so I want to make that  very clear. It is said that would constantly uh
214. 23:56kiss Imm Hussein as that young baby on his holy  neck and he would embrace Imam Hassan on his
215. 24:02blessed lips and say Zah would say why is that?  Do you have some favoritism with respect to how
216. 24:07you embrace one or the other? To which he said I  embrace them in the areas that will be the sources
217. 24:14and the areas for where they will return back  to Allah. One in one through the poison. And he
218. 24:20already begins to highlight for us that the Imam  will go through and endure a great deal of pain.
219. 24:25But that doesn't mean that in his entire life that  he goes from a baby to the moment he is a shahid.
220. 24:31Everything in between has to be discussed. The  pages need to be opened and it's sad that they
221. 24:36weren't. So let's inshall try to put some effort  in that regard. As you know, Im alassam grew up
222. 24:44in the house of his father and then he moved to  Kufa with his father. In Kufa, Imam Hassan gets
223. 24:50married. The marriage of Imam Hassan here is an  interesting one because it was leveraged by the
224. 24:55enemies Benuaya specifically and even the modern  Benuaya to claim that Imam Mucha had nothing
225. 25:02better to do than just to get married and divorced  which couldn't be further from the truth. First of
226. 25:08all, even if a person ends up divorcing, divorce  is not a haram thing, nor is it inappropriate.
227. 25:14It is despised because of what it can do to some  families especially if there are kids involved but
228. 25:19it doesn't decrease of a person's status in the  eyes of allahel. So yes there were moments where
229. 25:25the imam it's not that he makes mistakes in this  context it's that he shows you that even I am if
230. 25:32I see that there isn't a prioritization of god in  a relationship as I might have noticed in maybe a
231. 25:38spouse or two then that's not a relationship that  needs to be tolerated. You shouldn't compromise
232. 25:43on your dean. That's a lesson now. Even if it  means that you have to end up divorcing. Why?
233. 25:48Because Allah is a red line. Preferences are  not standards. Standards are conditions. You
234. 25:55compromise on preferences. You don't compromise  on conditions. Their relationship with Allah has
235. 26:01to be something that is seen as a standard. Where  they're from, age, factors in a reasonable sense,
236. 26:08such as these are preferences. And the Imam  makes it very clear. Look, I don't mind if at
237. 26:12the end of the day there's no chemistry. Even  these things can be worked on. But if allahel
238. 26:17is being violated and that's something I will be  the first to say, look, Allah is my standard. If
239. 26:22you're not going to honor that and then then be my  guest and you can have out and that could happen,
240. 26:27but that's not a negative. I never see why  is that a negative thing came and said this
241. 26:35is some bizarre number 500 times. 500. So, if  you're going to exaggerate a lie, okay, fine.
242. 26:43At least be a bit more consistent with the lies.  What do you mean 500 times? Because if you do the
243. 26:48math on 500 marriages and divorces and things of  that nature, none of it even adds up. None of it
244. 26:55makes sense. And even if you do the math on that,  surprisingly, he only has literally a handful of
245. 27:02children. If a marriage is one that is fulfilled,  then clearly you would see a big progeny.
246. 27:09If that's a person's intention as if to say that  all he cares about is relations. No, because you
247. 27:15could see if someone cares about relations.  There are symptoms to that. But not with imm.
248. 27:28But it's petty arguments. One day a man came and  said from the enemies of B that al Hassan had a
249. 27:34stutter. A stutter. Yeah, he would stutter.  These are shameful accusations. Why? Because
250. 27:40it is to say that there are things you can't  change in life that make you a bad person. So
251. 27:45what? So what? Now the reality is he didn't have  a stutter. No work in history records for us he
252. 27:52would struggle in his speech. In fact, we have  the opposite. We have where I imam says tonight
253. 27:58instead of me giving the sermon in the masjid of  kufa as Imam would do nightly I leave that for my
254. 28:04son IM Hass when he got up to speak he spoke very  eloquently and if anyone knows eloquence it's the
255. 28:09man known as the peak the path of eloquence  at the end of im comes down in his 20s says
256. 28:22that how I love that my son accomplished what  I would have done. How wonderful a lineage is.
257. 28:28One is just like the other. This all low lower  jabs to attack the base are silly. But it shows
258. 28:36you how oppressed Imm Hassan is. So oppressed  that they called him and leveled at him many
259. 28:41accusations and allegations. Amongst them are that  he was someone who was apolitical and didn't like
260. 28:46confrontation. Number one, is it cool to like  confrontation? I don't understand what that
261. 28:50why that. Do you want to like also bully people?  Is that fun for you? Does that make you a better
262. 28:55person? Confrontation against Bulum is good. But  they say no. That's how he was. He could have
263. 29:00maybe fought and he decided to hang back a bit.  If you read in the battle of J, it was Imm Hassan
264. 29:07Alisam who confronted the moral symbol, the main  head, the leader of the adversaries. And he came.
265. 29:17There was a situation. If you study the battle  of J, you had the aranged wife of the prophet.
266. 29:22She would be on top of a camel and she would then  confront the Imam Alisam. When she confronted him,
267. 29:28she would also be with the army and she would  be there supporting them from her big high horse
268. 29:35or high camel rather. Surrounding the camel were  multiple rows of armored men. The tradition says
269. 29:44these men, the only thing you can see from them  is just their eyes. Everything else is metal. They
270. 29:49would be protected. They're like a wall shielding  her. So they would send people to go and try to
271. 29:55penetrate through that force to get to her. Now  the goal isn't to kill her. The goal is to bring
272. 30:01down what appears to be the moral boost for the  opposition that if they see their leader fall,
273. 30:08at least that's enough to crush their morality.  And so they would send forces after forces. None
274. 30:13could get past that wall of men that are standing.  Imam sends Muhammadb Muhammad the hadith tells us
275. 30:22this is his son from a another wife after the  shahada of Zahar Muhammad was known to be very
276. 30:30strong and he was so strong so brave so powerful  in his might mashallah where there was a story
277. 30:37that says that there was a man causing havoc in  Medina one of those very quick youthful fast,
278. 30:46energetic people that would, you could imagine,  he would pull hijabs off women and run away and no
279. 30:51one could catch him. He would always slip and run  around. Just a a lunatic, pretty much a maniac. He
280. 30:57caught him. He caught him. Muhammad and then he  decided to restrain him. How he restrained him,
281. 31:03the tradition says he grabbed a metal pole and he  tied it and bent it around him. They said that we
282. 31:10need to let him go now. It's been hours. He held  him there. They said we tried to undo it. unbend
283. 31:15it but it didn't work. It was too hard. It was  metal until Muhammad came back and undid it.
284. 31:19Demonstrating his might. Mashallah. So this by  if you're the son of if you can live the door
285. 31:25of if your dad can lift I'm sure you can bend  like metal and iron and easily he tried to get
286. 31:32through that wall basically that fortress. He  went in and he couldn't make it until Im says
287. 31:41send my son Al Hassan. Imam Hassan participated  in that battle and he goes and he manages to get
288. 31:48through not just the first level of men but  the second and the third and he was able to
289. 31:53actually kill that camel essentially which  was necessary to bring down their leader
290. 31:58and their figurehead. She fell down from it  which ultimately destroyed the morale of the
291. 32:03opposition allowing for the conflict to be solved.  When he did this, Imam Ali, the hadith says,
292. 32:10looks at his son Muhammad who had just failed in  doing this, in accomplishing this. Im Ali says the
293. 32:17following. I know what you're thinking. You're  embarrassed that when I sent you, you couldn't
294. 32:22do it. But your but your brother when he went, he  did it. Let me reassure you. I sent you. And the
295. 32:30reason you couldn't do it, I love this line. I  love it very much. Is because you are the son of
296. 32:35Ali. Why? Why he was able to do it is because he  is the son of Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam
297. 32:46and there's a difference oh my beloved  son Muhammad from the sons of Ali to
298. 32:51the sons of Muhammad they're much  outstanding this was a moment that
299. 32:56demonstrates to you that when the  going gets tough I imam there's
300. 33:01no holding him back in fact in the  battle of later on Im Ali would say
301. 33:09Grab them. They're going way too far  ahead. Imm Hass Hussein. They would
302. 33:14really charge and it would be as if you  can't even see them. Im bring them back.
303. 33:19I at least want to see them. It's not that  I fear for them, but I just hate to see that
304. 33:24they keep going and they're just alone.  Demonstrating once again their bravery,
305. 33:28their courage. This all is to just throw out  the misconception to disprove all of this stuff.
306. 33:34That's one side, his bravery. That other side  we saw his generosity. There's a unique side
307. 33:41to imba that is hardly ever highlighted. When  you go home and you said why do you love your
308. 33:46second im because loved him he grew up  after seven man he lived. There's more
309. 33:51to that. What is it? and his intellectual side  called the Imm the beacons of intellectuality
310. 34:01was approached by a group of Romans. Romans  would ask bizarre questions. They're not
311. 34:07going to ask you from Quran. They're going to  ask you thoughtprovoking questions. They came
312. 34:13and they were philosophers and they said, "We  have a series of questions for you, oh hashab,
313. 34:20do I have your undivided attention?" a  series of questions. One of them is if
314. 34:25you could demonstrate to us the 10 things  God made in this world which are from weak
315. 34:33to the strongest there ever is. From strong to  stronger though, but starting with the weakest,
316. 34:39could you demonstrate for us the actual distance  between the heavens and this earth? Could you
317. 34:45demonstrate to us the distance between the h  truth and falsehood? Could you demonstrate for
318. 34:52us the uniqueness of how to identify observe the  following a neutral gender not male or female?
319. 35:02What on earth is that and how you identify it?  Could you give us these demonstrations and could
320. 35:07you show us the creations of the almighty that  are in union between the scriptures which were
321. 35:13born without mother or father? Muawi said I have  no idea. The who who who does know that we want
322. 35:20to entertain who knows he says if you're in  Medina there is a scholar there but hold on
323. 35:25don't you claim to be says yeah he's like then  okay the guy in Medina you think he can satisfy
324. 35:33yeah go ahead you get to Medina and all they  were given was one name Hassan who is Hassan
325. 35:40where is he you know what's so funny the funny  thing is the name his name is what does it even
326. 35:48Good. Nice. Hassan, right? Good. The hadith  tells us he was the first to be named that.
327. 35:55What does that tell you about the naming of a  society? No one could have thought about the
328. 36:01name goodness. Hassan, it's he was the first to be  given that maybe Hussein possibly. Sure. Because
329. 36:08Hussein is deep in its etmological meaning.  Its root is just Hussein. But it's root is what
330. 36:21it's just goodness. He was the first to be named  that. So when they come and they say hey I'm
331. 36:25asking for at that time in the seventh century  Arabian Peninsula is only one Hassan Imam. So
332. 36:32it's easy today if you go to Medina Hassan like  which which billion Hassan do you want to know?
333. 36:38They get to Medina and they meet him because  there's only one one and only. And they say,
334. 36:44"Listen, we approached Muawi and we asked  questions. He couldn't answer. He referred
335. 36:47us to you. Do you think you're up for it?" He's  like, "Let's go." He said, "Okay, first address
336. 36:51to us the 10 things. One is stronger than the  other." He's like, "In order." In order. He said,
337. 36:58"Allah created stone and rock is hard. However,  iron breaks rock. However, fire will melt iron.
338. 37:09Water extinguishes fire. The cloud carries that  water and creates it. The wind moves the cloud.
339. 37:18The angel who controls the cosmos controls the  wind. The angel of death overpowers the angel
340. 37:25who controls the wind. Death overpowers the angel  that controls the angel that controls the wind,
341. 37:34the angel of death. And Allah overpowers death,  for he is the living that does not die. They said,
342. 37:40"Okay, all of that is logical. How about the  distance between the heavens and the earth?"
343. 37:45One of the most profound responses ever given.  It should wake you up from your sleep. He said,
344. 37:59"The call of an oppressed person in dua, heavens  and the earth become this when a person screams,
345. 38:06ya Allah." Why? Because every Malik of the  Malik heard you. Every inhabitants of the jin,
346. 38:14it all came together like this. Allah heard  you. The cry of an oppressed person in dua is
347. 38:21the distance between the earth and the samawat.  Profound response. Subhan Allah. What is the
348. 38:27the distance between truth and falsehood? And  you know the answer. He says it's so lovely.
349. 38:32He's like four fingers. He's like, how? Four  fingers is the distance between the ear and the
350. 38:37eye. What you hear with the ear, verify with  your eye. Don't let people come and tell you.
351. 38:46Don't let people lie like this. Let you  at least say if I didn't see it, let me
352. 38:50not judge. Let me not assume. That could be the  distance between truth and false. So they said,
353. 38:56okay, how about that neutral gender thing? The  thing is, if you ask us today, we don't even know
354. 39:00what that is. What's a neutral gender? But there  are certain cases where sometimes there could be
355. 39:05anomalies and mutations in the embryotic process  and that can happen. I think the scientific term
356. 39:11that they might refer to is hermaphrodites  possibly very like rare case. Islam is not
357. 39:19a perfect religion unless it addresses everything  and it did and so it even addressed these areas.
358. 39:25They said the way to identify that would be  to hold on and wait for the development of the
359. 39:32memorary glands. If there is no development of  the memorary glands physically then there needs
360. 39:36to be an observance of emission. If there is no  emission then that is a neutral gender. What is
361. 39:41there? He gives exactly the details on what to  do as well. Every single step im gave answer
362. 39:48after answer after answer. These are superficial  thoughtprovoking questions. Then you had Quranic
363. 39:54questions that would come. The hadith says a  man came to and he's like I had a question in
364. 40:04that
365. 40:13he said when Allah is swearing on these things  this man entering he wants to ask a question.
366. 40:20What is what is that? And the witnesser and that  which is being witnessed. What is God referring
367. 40:28to? So the guy who narrates the hadith says  I entered the mosque of the prophet. In the
368. 40:35time of Imam Mushaba, the mosque of the prophet  was basically a and they had what is called a a
369. 40:42circle of classes that could be offered. The  Imam was in that session. he would teach. The
370. 40:50man enters he said, "I sat down with one of the  scholars and I asked him at the end of his class,
371. 40:55what is the shahid? What is the mash?" He  said, "As for the shahid, it's the day of jum,
372. 40:59as for the mash, it's the day of." He's  like, "That doesn't make any sense to me."
373. 41:03I sat next to the second class. What's the shah,  mister? He's like, "As for the it's the day of,
374. 41:09As for the mash is the day of Eid." He's  like, "That what is a day? How is that a
375. 41:13witness? I don't get it." He's like, "I sat  next to the third class." And he says in the
376. 41:20his face looks like the gold an idiom expressing  the radiance of this individual and you all know
377. 41:27who this is. I said to him, "Can you answer in  the ayah, God is swearing by these things that
378. 41:43what's that?" He says, "As  for the it is none other than
379. 41:52Allah."
380. 41:56He says, "How?" He's like, "The  Quran look where he says the ayah,
381. 42:10oh messenger, we have dispatched you as a  witnesser. You are seeing what about the which
382. 42:19is being witnessed." He said, "It's the day of  judgment." It's like how the Quran itself again.
383. 42:28And it is a day that is going to be witnessed the  prophet and the day of judgment. He said, and this
384. 42:36is appropriate for what Allah is saying in the  ayah. He's talking about a group of people who
385. 42:40were burnt alive basically subject to genocide.  And you all have seen genocide today unfortunately
386. 42:47and many of us were affected directly. And so  he said the prophet will witness on the day of
387. 42:52judgment how these people will go through their  oppression and will go through their punishment
388. 42:58and discipline and on the day of judgment it will  be seen how they will go through the punishment
389. 43:05and the capital punishment that they deserve.  it matches with with what's happening. He says,
390. 43:10"Then I asked, who are these three individuals?"  They asked for the first scholar, it was Ibn
391. 43:14Omar. Asked for the second scholar, it was Ib  Abbas. As for the third scholar, it is also
392. 43:31profound scholar and of course well recognized and  this is where I think it would be fine to now wrap
393. 43:38up for his peace truce and peace agreement and  his treaty with Muawia. We just skipped a lot of
394. 43:46years while giving some glimpses here and there  about his life. Hassan as you know inherited the
395. 43:56civil wars that his father Im was dealing with  and of course dealt with a lot of civil wars
396. 44:06technically still didn't finish. It ended  with what is known as the arbitration whereby
397. 44:11they tried to do some diplomacy. But Imam Ali was  forced into it by coercion. And you all can watch
398. 44:19the news today when two sides are fighting. If one  of the sides who happens to be the aggressor says,
399. 44:27"Let's come and make terms." They have  no right to say that. Why? You started
400. 44:31the issue. We were just minding our own business.  You killed our children. You bombed our schools.
401. 44:37Now you're saying now you must make a peace  treaty. Talk look into the mirror. Speak for
402. 44:42yourself. We were minding our own business and  you come out of nowhere. You hit us and say now
403. 44:47you must sign a peace treaty. What gives? But  if you're an upright people, you know that Islam
404. 44:53prioritizes the primacy of peace. Any opportunity  for me, you must take it. Just take it. Mu is the
405. 45:00aggressor. Saw that they came to terms. the two  sides that were fighting to say, "Let's at least
406. 45:08try to do some diplomacy. Let's use the Quran  to determine who's on the truth." Of course,
407. 45:12this was a plot. This was a joke to just say  face Mu at this rate perpetually is going to
408. 45:20get to him and end him. So, let's just bring  an excuse to stop the fighting. And they said,
409. 45:24"Let the Quran judge." This let the Quran judge  made some of the members of the side of say,
410. 45:29"You know what? Let's do that." Says,  Quran and woe to you. I'm the walking
411. 45:36speaking Quran. Don't believe them. And to  further emphasize their point, they took the
412. 45:42Quran. Imagine this like they took the Quran and  they placed it on a spear and they raised it and
413. 45:49they raised it high and they said, "Let the  Quran judge." This would come and create the
414. 46:03They emerged said let's do that. So they hated  both Im Ali and Muawi they emerged from Muawi's
415. 46:07side and some from Im Ali's sideb was part of this  by the way Josh was part of this by the way they
416. 46:14emerged from this. Imam Hassan inherits this. He  inherits this headache. After Im Ali was a im Hass
417. 46:23rises and then he says, "Oh man and woman kind  not." He says, "Oh man and woman because im is
418. 46:31an im for all of people. All people loved him."  He says today we lost a man would fight to his
419. 46:38right to his left. However, we will continue what  he died doing. proceed with me. He took whatever
420. 46:46forces that were willing to fight. Many of them  were fatigued. Many of them were tired. But this
421. 46:50is your Imam telling you do the following. As they  were going, they were about 12,000 soldiers. Imam
422. 46:57Al Hassan divided his soldiers by about 3,000  each. So you have, for example, 3,000 ahead,
423. 47:06you have 3,000 in the middle, and you had 2,000  behind. And Imm Hassan was at the dead center
424. 47:14middle. Ahead of him was his cousin Abbas who  was leading that group of number of men. Muawi
425. 47:23sent him money to bribe him. Stop. Don't make  the same mistake his dad did. It's not worth
426. 47:30it. Here's a lot of money. Take this. Not only  did Abbas take his soldiers and stop fighting,
427. 47:38he took them to Muawi's side. They joined his  side. The people behind Imam Hassan from the back
428. 47:44the 2,000 he sent them a letter Muawi saying that  Al Hassan and I have decided to give up fighting
429. 47:51and he gave me allegiance. He lied. Basically,  he lied and he forged a signature Ali and they're
430. 47:57okay. He doesn't want to fight anymore. Not  believing that their im was someone dedicated
431. 48:03to his mission and imb doesn't hesitate. He says  go. He's not going to be changing his mind. And
432. 48:09the rest were all paid off. He was left with  just a few number of individuals. It came to
433. 48:14the point that Imam Hassan saw that he was out  that he was abandoned pretty much and there were
434. 48:19just a few members that were still with him. As  Imam Hassan is motivating them, come and fight,
435. 48:23come proceed. They said they are much more in  numbers. We're just little. He says, Allah will
436. 48:27help us if I am with you. One of them came and  took a knife and stabbed the thigh of Imam Hassan.
437. 48:33One of those who was part of his army initially.  And the imam was injured. They took him down from
438. 48:38the horse. They secluded him in a cave and they  stood guard. Some of the handful 15 that stayed
439. 48:44behind. One of those was he was he was there  watching guard until he couldn't do anything else.
440. 48:50Some people think as soon as I hass became Im  that he immed let's make a peace agreement and I
441. 48:56im nothing can confront them. You could just about  kill an imam after you make them thirsty for like
442. 49:033 days kill their family physically hurt them you  could just about kill them like as you saw in but
443. 49:08if he has some support that's mashallah enough.  He came to a point where Muawia said to him with a
444. 49:14letter that let's just stop this. You are clearly  outnumbered, let's make terms and I'm willing to
445. 49:20accept your terms. When he got that condition, the  wisest individual in any moment of making a peace
446. 49:29agreement and it's all very relevant today is the  one who sets the terms. Not the one who says let's
447. 49:36make an agreement and I set the terms. used to you  who gets the ability to say we'll stop conflict
448. 49:43based on the terms of the following and im said  oh in that case that's what I want otherwise
449. 49:50why do I want to fight you so that I can bring  these terms if I can get that without fighting
450. 49:55you then I'll do it the first term was that you  will stop changing the sunnah salat was done on
451. 50:02Fridays would do it on Thursdays why you just  like chilling I just feel like that stop doing
452. 50:09on im that was a term in of itself on the whenever  they would pray they would begin the prayer with
453. 50:15a curse on Im Ali stop doing that if I im Hass  didn't do this till today by the way people do not
454. 50:19know Al did you know that look at his contribution  how it had ripples of effects till today stop
455. 50:26changing the stop killing of if you die comes to  me is political leadership he's still in the eyes
456. 50:36of Allah but political ical leadership comes to  me. If I am dead and you are alive then goes to
457. 50:44my brother Im Hussein. This term allowed the Shia  to breathe for the next 9 years because this would
458. 50:53be the 41st year of Hijra and Imam Hass was shah  on the 50th for the next 9 years there wasn't a
459. 51:02single killing of Shia you look at the Shia Muawi  killed it was killed before the peace treaty you
460. 51:10look at wasn't he killed by Muawa um we look at  look at the son of Abu Bakr, Muhammad Abbak. These
461. 51:18are all upright Shia. They were all killed before  the peace treaty for the next nine years until the
462. 51:2350th year after Hijra rather until until the near  the six the 60th year after Hijra because Imam
463. 51:31Al Hassan assumes on the 50th rather 50th year  uh on the 40th when Imam Ali dies and then the
464. 51:3850th year for the next nine there wasn't a single  Shia that was killed. He gave the Shia an ability
465. 51:44to breathe. By the way, one of the terms was lift  the sh sanctions on the Shia. How many of the Shia
466. 51:49today do we see have sanctions and embargos on  them. You can't buy from them and you can't trade
467. 51:54from them. Let them starve economically. The say  that one of the biggest sins is to deprive people
468. 52:00of basic economics. This just shows you who  has the stories are not just Islam 101 Sunday
469. 52:07school class and that's it. Move on. That's it.  Little kid stuff. It's real world application.
470. 52:12The biggest crime is to deprive innocent people of  basic inalienable rights like food, like water and
471. 52:19like access to education and medical care. He says  lift the sanctions on the Shia. Lift them. This
472. 52:25embargo Muawia place. None can buy and trade and  sell from them. He says the the worst of the terms
473. 52:31is this one. This is the heaviest one of all the  terms. Stop killing the Shia. The thing is kill
474. 52:37us. We are shuada. As a wise man once said, if  we are killed, we are victorious. And if we are
475. 52:43victorious, we are victorious. Why are we so sad  about that? Marty is a beautiful thing for us.
476. 52:49Okay, if you change the sunnah, then your sunnah  will never beat the sunnah of but the heaviest one
477. 52:55was putting sanctions on this on this on the  lovers of B. Im Hassan did this lifting what
478. 53:02would be the most intense period on the lives of  the followers of B. Had it not been for Immassam,
479. 53:09I conclude with this, we would not be here  today as lovers of B, we don't understand
480. 53:15how indebted we are to his sacrifice. And all  he had to do was give up political leadership.
481. 53:21And you know how much he was attacked for  this by even some came to him and said,
482. 53:30"Pace be upon you all the one who humiliated  us." Says, "Why?" He says, "Because you gave up."
483. 53:35is from Allah. I can never give that up. I gave up  leadership politically because if that's what it
484. 53:41took to let you breathe today, then I'm willing  to do it. And Allah is always with those who
485. 53:47sacrifice. His generosity is so much that he's  even willing to sacrifice and give away for the
486. 53:53um political leadership. And none can do that  unless you're someone who is known for being.
487. 54:01We ask Allah subhana wa ta'ala to make us like  im and inshallah. We ask Allahh to grant us his
488. 54:08z in the duny to grant us a shaf in the we ask  Allah subhana wa ta'ala to lift all oppression
489. 54:15upon the lovers of Imusha in the dunya to heal  those who are sick those who are injured to
490. 54:21grant upon those who have left us from the  and from the we ask ya Allah to bring about
491. 54:27a change in this um so that inshallah tala  it is one where we are all more conscious of
492. 54:32the of forsha it is not worth loving if you do  not follow the B as well. I say that inshallah
493. 54:52Wonderful.