بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم والصلاة والسلام على أشرف الانبياء وأعز المرسلين حبيب إله العالمين أب القاسم المصطفى محمد وعلى آل بيته الطيبين الطاهرين المنتجبين واللعن الدائم على أعدائهم أجمعين من الآن إلى قيام يوم الدين أمين رب العالمين في قسم الله أم المفيد المرسفه كل أمان يكون له وعلى أسطح ومشاكل نبدأ في نامه ونردنا المشاكل ونصف على محمد وعلى أسطح في نهاية المشاكل وعلى أسطح ومشاكل وعلى آل محمد أمين رب العالمين وعلى أسطح ومشاكل نبدأ في نهاية المشاكل السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته ورحمة and blessings be upon you ورحمة and blessings be upon you during these holy and sacred days and nights of the month of Ramadan and I thank you for tuning in to our second episode of the series إن شاء الله this journey that we will be taking in which we are discussing the prophetic sermon the grand eloquent prophetic sermon that was delivered at the end of the month of Shaaban marking the beginning of the month of Ramadan my dear brothers and sisters this sermon that entails value, merit it is a sermon that is holistic in all its definition it is a sermon that teaches us the many many merits many fadahil and many manakib the values and the lessons of shahar Ramadan all in a sermon that spans approximately three paragraphs just over a page a sermon that ought to be studied a sermon that ought to be studied in detail and the reason of course like we said in the last episode because of the حديث of the Imam and because of the instructions of Rasool الله and the Ahl al Bayt and the Quran telling us to be wary and do tadabbar on our narrations we decided that we will go into this khutba this khutba of Rasool الله صلى الله عليه وسلم and insha'Allah today we will begin in the first steps towards the khutba in the last episode for those who weren't there we discussed the khutba where it was narrated and we spoke about the importance as to why we even began this journey or why are we undergoing this journey insha'Allah today of course we won't begin the khutba directly we won't be able to discuss yet the first lines of the khutba of the sermon because there are still a couple of lessons that we wish to take or a couple of points that we wish to make before we dive into the khutba the khutba of Rasool الله صلى الله عليه وسلم two main points that I wish to discuss before we actually dive into the first line of the khutba and the first line of the khutba is of course as أمير الممين عليه السلام says قال أمير الممين عليه ابن أبي طالب خطب النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم وقال يا أيها الناس قد أقبل إليكم شهر الله إلى آخر الكلام هذا هو خطوة begins خطوة begins by the Imam عليه السلام أمير الممين عليه السلام says one day the prophet stood up and delivered a sermon فقاها the jurists, the scholars, the commentators of this hadith of this sermon have said that we can learn two things two distinct lessons from this first things first and I divided it into two topics or two categories the first of these lessons you can give it the anwan the title of the immortal words of the prophet and his household and the second category is time and choosing the appropriate time so beginning with that first title and it's very very clear from the title what we are trying to relate to you the information that we are trying to relate the immortal words of the prophet and his household my dear brothers and sisters this is a point that we wish to make a lesson, a point call it whichever you want but the fact is it is important to know that this sermon every year it's one of those things where every year days leading to the month of Ramadan or the first days of month of Ramadan and on the pulpits on the TV in the satellite channels on social media people are sharing the merits because truly almost all if not all the merits of month of Ramadan are discussed in this خطبة you know the famous فضائل in the merits such as your sleep being عبادة and your your breath and all these other فضائل that reading one ayah and the Quran equates can be found in the خطبة of the prophet but the message that we are trying to achieve here or the lesson that we are trying to bring or the messenger we are trying to relate to the brothers and sisters is the immortal words of the prophet you see the words of the prophet are being studied year and after year and every year the same words or the same حديث is studied and then new conclusions arise and the same way in which the Quran it's one of those books that you cannot put down you read the Quran you might be reading the same verses in the Holy Quran but suddenly you open the Quran and you discover that okay I've read this so many times but I've never come to the realization that this applies to this and this applies to example to this specific say you're studying a specific science or say you're studying a specific psychology or anything but then all of a sudden you're like okay what you know we've almost studied this before or we've talked about this before but it's here in the Quran see the same way applies to the words of there are also eternal there are lessons that we take till today from the words of like the United Nations as an example and we talked about this during our live shows in which we spoke about the importance of maintaining family connections and the rights of your fellow brothers and the rights of those that are equal with you in humanity the letter of you know that is recorded is a letter that is also one of those letters that are eternal I mean we focus on one line اما اخن لك في الدين وننظير لك في الخلق ايضا he is your brother in faith or equal in humanity but the fact is that letter entails much more values and we see people like the United Nations and other people in the world there are non-Muslims, philosophers scientists, scholars from other faiths you know we have the Christians and the Jews and people take from lessons from the words of Imam Ali Ibn Abi Talib because he summed up Ibn Abi Talib in one sentence in one sentence that is broken into two phrases Imam Ali was able to sum up the entire messages of all the prophets and the messengers and all the scriptures that we are all human we are all born to do good so be good towards one another a human that is good is one who is in tune with his lord you know so much that you can taking one one hadith like that you are able to extrapolate so much now when we speak about this خطب رسول الله for example and every year it's being studied and its words are being broadcasted and lessons are being are being extracted and conclusions are being made from the sermon of رسول الله it is important to bring this to this message this is the sub message or in this what do we call it if we say two lessons the first lesson this is the sub lesson in lesson number one the fact is that these narrations either they fall under the category of hadith or they fall under the category of أخبار or تاريخ so either there are traditions straight from the prophet from practices and the أهل البيت عليهم السلام or either there are words of wisdom from the أهل البيت عليهم السلام or there are lessons from history my dear brothers and sisters this is also an important matter that is very neglected the fact is this sermon it is a historical event the same way as غدير خوم the incident of غدير yes it's an event that occurred it's a historical event which is why when we look at عيد الغدير we don't just look at the events reported so at the أحاديث of من كنت مولا فهذا علي مولا we also look at the historical significance behind what happened and how this event happened and other instances in history for example when we come to tell people about the merits and the مناقب of علي ابن أبي طالب peace and blessings be upon him and how he is the deserving one he is the appointed one we are not just narrating نصوص when I say نصوص not just clear text from the prophet saying and the خليفة after me or the إمام after me is علي ابن أبي طالب we strengthen these of course we strengthen these traditions with historical events we tell the Muslims look at خيبر look at بدر look at حنين look at صفين the prophet's death the prophet's martyrdom sorry because these events all of these events tell us a tale which is why you can think of this sermon is one of those important historical events one of these important historical events in which the prophet stood up and began to tell people to ready themselves for شفر مضان he is trying to inform them that this is not a matter to be taken lightly this is a matter that is of high magnitude and its weight is hefty and it's not something you can just throw away not something that comes and goes شهر رمضان is شهر الله شهر رمضان the month of رمضان is a month that exists because when رسول الله and we'll see when رسول الله uses the language such as قد أقبل شهر رمضان قد أقبل شهر الله the month the language use إقبال الشيء it means that thing approaches usually that thing is a material thing most of the time usually a material thing so you can still you can say that شهر رمضان the month of الله is existent it exists and here it is coming to you which is why it brings me to this message and the last message of this lesson of this first lesson is that my dear brothers and sisters the hadith the hadith of the prophet and his household the traditions that we have they did not we did not receive them with a bouquet of flowers and a box of chocolates they weren't handed over to us so eloquently and so beautifully and I say this why I say this because it is an unfortunate matter that there is a lack and there is also a lack a lack thereof when it comes to the narrations and the hadith of the prophet there is in the communities first things in first in the communities ourselves and we always go back to the community because the community is the hub so when the hub is shaky and when the foundation is shaky what happens now I am here I am looking and I am looking right across where the camera is almost exactly diagonal of where I am sitting is the pillar of this whole house that we are on right now this whole structure imagine if that pillar around it the concrete is tripping and the pillar itself the pillar that is made of steel or whatever it is made of begins to shake begins to have dense weight that the foundation is holding it is holding all of the weight of the house and all those individuals that are in the house I imagine when the community is not offering a means for people to begin to gather around and learn these narrations so the blame first things first comes to the community the community should work together the brothers and sisters should work together in order to build these programs for the month of Ramadan yes it is difficult I understand because of the situation that we are in but with the advent of technology we are able to still connect with our community you know all it takes is to open behind me for example here I have Kitab Al-Kafi that is translated in English it doesn't take much to open Kitab Al-Kafi and find somebody who is learned or somebody who at least has background in reading at least understanding Arabic and English and they can go through the and then begin to narrate to the brothers and sisters and have a closer connection to the Ahadith of Al-Muhammad my dear brothers and sisters again I say this the books behind me and the books that are in the libraries of all the scholars out there and the manuscripts that are still right now trying to be transcribed and trying to be authenticated and the manuscripts that people are running and trying their hardest trying to get them to us right now because we still have there are still manuscripts in the libraries that have not even yet been transcribed into books it's a big effort and the biggest effort is these individuals who are 200 years ago 500 years ago 1000 years ago 1400 years ago from the time of the Prophet the amount of blood that was shed in the order for these narrations and for these traditions to be received by us it is not a simple and it's not a simple matter it's not a matter that you ought to overlook as well these narrations came to us by blood and sweat of the companions of the Imam the companions of the Prophet and those who came after from the غayba from the غayba of the Imam from the Surah to the major occultation until today until today because we still have we still have Shi'a being slaughtered over the literature over the books but the important thing to know is that first things first their blood is precious and the blood of the Ulama is precious and there's a reason why the blood of the Alam is precious because the Alam protects these books because what's inside these books is treasures treasures such as this sermon this sermon was passed down to us by Shaykh Al-Saduq right we said that one of the one of the Shaykh Al-Saduq reports in his the narrators that narrated that Shaykh Al-Saduq narrated from and so on and so forth until they reached the Imam عليه السلام you think it was easy to alter the name of Imam عليه السلام we know from the we know for a reason and when we refer to the narrations for example that Amir Al-Muine عليه السلام the use of the word علي ابن أبي طالب was difficult on the tongue of the narrators they used to call them أبو طرق they used to call them أمير المؤمنين or to differentiate between the other so called أمراء at the time the commanders you can't tell right and we see the same we see the same thing with the Imam عليه السلام أمر الكاظم عليه السلام for example used to be called العالم the scholar or رب الحسن for example they really would find it being narrated as موسى ابن جعفر unless it was narrated by his son علي ابن موسى الرضا or by the same family members the message here my dear brothers and sisters is that the Ahadith of Al-Muhammad were received by us through blood and we are neglecting them we are children neglecting them we are neglecting them in terms of the bigger picture in the communities and we are neglecting them within ourselves as well right because as we discussed before the signs of Allah are found always in the external and in the internal بالعفاق وفالأنفس externally we are neglecting them in our communities and internally between ourselves how many in this شهر رمضان for example Insha'Allah will we open book of Hadith for example or تفسير القرآن for example and when I say book of Hadith by the way I'm referring to the Quran as well because the Quran as well as being neglected and what's being neglected even more is معاني القرآن الكريم because it's recommended even the scholars recommend this that when you read the Quran don't read it as a book as a novel read the Quran read the Quran for example as a quick example when reading the Quran when you read the Quran open up the Quran you read the first ayah بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ألف لامين ذلك الكتاب لا ريب فيه هدن المتقين زيان الذين يؤمنون بالغيب ويقيمون الصلاة ومن ما رزقناهم إلى آخر الآية just these three verses in سوت البقرة ألف لامين أفتح قرآن الكريم وإذا أعرف أربك بالطبع هذا يجب أن يكون أسيارك ويجب أن تكون لديك أسيارك في ذلك إذا كنت تستطيع إذا كنت تستطيع إذا كنت تستطيع أن تكون لديك أربك المتقين فإنه يستطيع أو أن تأكيد أن ترى المتقين إن شاء الله وحاول أن تفهم what is being said here الذين يؤمنون بالغيب right and those who believe in the unseen and then you know from your background in Islamic school for example or the lessons you've taken what is the unseen unseen judgment day unseen is for example the angels the unseen is all the knowledge that is around us that we are not aware of and so on and so forth but what you the most important thing to do is you have a notebook I'll have the example that I have here but you carry with you a notebook you have a notebook that you use this Ramadan try this month Ramadan this month Ramadan right even if you take 20 minutes from your day 20 minutes from your day or even 5 minutes from your day even if it's not from the beginning or end of the Quran you choose one verse of the Holy Quran right say it's a verse you're familiar with for example it's a verse that's been narrated Allah or being recited to Allah my bad you know صورة الناس صورة الفلق for example right صورة الناس صورة الفلق صورة الكافرون صورة الكوتر for example and you write down the verses of the and write when I say write even take take a moment to actually write بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إنا أطينا كالكوتر to actually write down the verses of the right the translation of the verses of the Holy Quran and then under that go do your go do some research go look at the commentaries there are if you can read Arabic of course go to the books of Tafsir and Arabic and begin writing down the many reasons of revelation or what is what is probably the Aragorical message behind this by the end of شهر رمضان you will probably have a mini book now imagine you've been doing this every year or imagine for the mothers and fathers out there may Allah protect them imagine your children you taught them to do this at a very young age right at the age where they're able to comprehend and have the intellect to be able to tell the right from wrong they take a book and they begin writing this what happens then at that moment of time they'll probably they'll probably have a publication they'll probably be able to publish a book of their readings and their transcription of the Holy Qur'an because my dear brothers and sisters transcription is so much more important than just merely reading even typing I can type right because I believe I believe and don't call me on this I believe I have read studies that I'm not I'm not sure exactly where or who was published from or if it has been proven but typing differs from writing right I swear to God صلى الله عليه و آله the state is changing it says it says it says it says it says it says it says it says it says it says it says it says it says it says it says it says it says it says it says it says it says it says it says it says it says it says it says it says it says it says it says it says it says it says it says it says it says it says it says it says it says it says it says it says it says it says it says it says it says فهي ستكون only have a limited amount of literature he was able to be given while he was in prison right he was in prison and then he became Muslim became a shia and then very dear friend of mine and through all these manuscripts that he was writing and transcription he was able to publish a book calling it the prophetic gems this man had a tough time but even during those times during the hours he spent or the years he spent in prison 2 to 3 4 years and Alhamdulillah of course he was released and the only reason he went there was of course self-defense and so on and so forth and of course it was through his interactions in the prison and the Muslims there that he became a Muslim and Alhamdulillah he embraced the school of Al-Muhammad but he was able to take all of because I think there are a lot of 6 or 4 books at a time he would transcribe the narrations in these little notebooks that they were given and then when I went to his house once he showed me a pile of notebooks and he was able to publish a part of these calling it the prophetic gems I believe or something in that line the Ahadith of Al-Muhammad and it's a beautiful thing 2 to 3 years of transcription and that is the fruit of your labor it is that book on the day of judgment which will be what it will be the thing that will intercede for you that book will be your intercession those writings right because we read for example التفضل بعلي بن أبي طالب as an example I believe the Hadith says that as long as there is a writing as long as a writing remains on a piece of paper and this writing has the فلائل المناقظ علي بن أبي طالب the angels will continuously do استغفار for this person because it's not just a fact yes yes okay you can look at the unseen events that are unfolding behind you again look at it from the look at it look at the the inner meaning the botany meaning behind this why because that that transcription that you have transcribed right now as it reaches people in the far reaches of this world imagine how many people will benefit from this so you write a book on أخلاق the أخلاق of the أهل البي tomorrow and ethical qualities of the household of Muhammad peace and blessings be upon him and it is reached by so many people how many people benefit from this so of course this book becomes an intercession for you of course the angels will continue to do استغفار for you because every time somebody reaches them a narration concerning علي بن أبي طالب and his merits they also have you can say you can say this they are also moved by it and they also might also begin to write and narrate and transcribe the أحادي تبعى المحمد my dear brothers and sisters it's very very important if there is one lesson that I want everyone to take and I say this to myself and I advise myself before I advise anybody else and I ask for your forgiveness if I cross any boundaries sincere forgiveness if I cross any boundaries but I say this that the lesson that everybody should take from شهر مضان if there is one lesson that I want everybody to take focus on the Qur'an and the Hadith and focus on writing and focus on that number one goal attaining more knowledge grasping, putting your hand on to more knowledge because attaining more knowledge and you'll see this insha'Allah there is a pleasure that you feel from the attaining of knowledge that is unparalleled and I can tell you sometimes you can open a book and read and read and you can continue on and on as if you would lose track of time same thing that they say you pick up a good book and what happens you pick up a good book and you're stuck with that book we have brothers and sisters who pick up books of fiction and read and read until you'll find them in a day they're finished that book so my brothers and sisters insha'Allah we'll continue this because we still have one more one more point to make about the importance of tradition and the importance of keeping this tradition and how this tradition was received to us by blood and how there has been crimes committed against the Shi'a when it comes to the books of the Ahl al Bayt but insha'Allah we'll end it here it's best we keep it short and end it in 25 to 30 minute clips then we go on raging on for hours and then insha'Allah we'll continue in the next episode leaving off with that insha'Allah straight and then continuing on the second lesson that we can extract from the Hadith from the Sermon of Rasulallah and then after that we'll go on of course insha'Allah depending on our time beginning with the first words of the Sermon and so on and so forth and I end by saying السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته