e to talk to us today how are you keeping good now perfect you're a pro you know where to put the mic okay uh you're up in donagall for a number of engagements and talk to us a little bit about that all right um yes it's great to be back in such a short space of time so and going down visiting your neighbours um no barriers um straight after this um where we're launching the down syndrome champion program and i think i ran a rethink program there a few months ago and no barriers came out as um very successful um not just applicant but actually what they're doing and their program in relation to inclusivity of persons with down syndrome and having a program for it but also the last day after leaving here i also saw the the amazing rehabilitation work that they're doing down there and um they have the i'm going to pronounce it wrong so don't give out to me the excal skeletal suit that they have down there and i also learned about not just from them but from how their training is done from from dcu and the connection that they're having with atu like phenomenal rehabilitative work going on down there and to be honest with you they're nearly ahead of the game in the sense i'm creating community neuro teams i need them now they're the other layer that so they're ahead of where actually policy and delivery is and i have to compliment them um to know when so we're going down there and after that then i'm going over to visit the community inclusion hub here in the town in letter kenny and afterwards i'm meeting with the pardons in dunagol group read the cdnt is just in relation to that uh minister um i mean i know you were have answered questions on this in the doll from dunagol politicians that was driven by a group a small group of women that came together and said look we need to organize because we're all fighting our battles individually so they came together and they formed this this group which which you're meeting with which i think is just amazing credit to those people and they put the pressure on the politicians to uh to to raise the issues with you and the one thing about you minister um is that you get it right uh when they're speaking to you you say i know that's the problem i know we need to get rid of panels i know we need to do this satan on right that type of stuff i i sat and i watched that's how dedicated i am to this job i watched you respond to this stuff right but what we want to see now is sort of action so with those words we it's great we don't just need you on board right we need you to use your position of power to actually start affecting change so what can you do all right so to be honest with you this has gone to the 11th hour so it's it's good i understand so where's the delivery in it what is the solutions and to be very fair i was briefing charlie mcconnellog as late as half 10 last night i says i have a dunagol solution charlie i've a dunagol solution and he was delighted i only rang idel on the way up so people are hearing this for the first time so this is new so i met with bernard last year one o'clock yesterday i says i'm going to dunagol i said bernard the panels need to go i need the panels scrapped it's not working that's what the cdnt staff told me the last time i was here and he says to me what'll that create minister i says i need people i need people in ishone i says i need people in the west and in the north of dunagol i says dunagol i says can't get staff i know the hard work that idel has done here in relation to the internal and recruitment they've taken it to themselves so he said how about i open up the panels completely and i allow an expression of interest for dunagol just dunagol and i said all right how does that work he says you requested so we've the letter gone i've requested the ceo of the hsc to open up all the panels for dunagol so i could have people living in galway who was waiting to come back to dunagol and there could be number 37 but they'll wait because it might eventually come so in actual fact dunagol is after coming out we're after finding as opposed to breaking panels i'm actually doing an expression of interest that expression of interest is going to open up across all where we have deficits ot's physios speech and language psychology social work social care whatever we're dead tissue we're going to open it up idel is laying bare as you can see here in front of you she's laid bare with me just as i arrived that's all my vacancies so we're actually going to open up the panels completely as an expression of interest for dunagol so whether if you're 31 or 99 if you're interested in coming to work in dunagol we want to hear from you because you will get that interview that's a huge step forward we don't it's undeterminable what that will do to meet the needs though isn't i'll be honest it's it's it's experimental to someone say we don't know what uh because people have to say actually do i really want to do that or what you know what i mean so no totally but but i think what first and foremost here is it's it's across all grades so it's senior and ordinary grades it's also giving choice to people to make that decision i was thinking about moving back to dunagol um now i've got this opportunity i don't have to sit and wait on that panel i can do it and we will run that in tandem with the coming home for christmas peace that the local ch o will run here so in actual fact we're giving two layers of of it the panel piece and also the coming home for christmas peace family members coming home i genuinely do think i'll have an outcome of this because listening to the staff the last day they were nearly able identify but i know of and i know of well now we if you know of would you please ring them because this is happening there's a another group of i know ofs i know of uh um i spoke to them on this program um people who have studied elsewhere in northern arland and what have you right they want to work here that's what the way they want to work but they do not want to go down them uh the the route of trying to get their uh qualifications recognised having to have add on qualifications do you know what i mean that would see them not being able to work for long short the module they've got the bit they've got their they've got their bills they've got everything to pay they love what they do but they can't take a year out effectively to go through all of that process i put this to simon harris as well he says he's going to look at this your that's two really powerful ministers that have sort of a responsibility in this area both hopefully you're going to commit to look at that so using the people in power what can be done to sort of fast track or change whatever might be needed we always want the best people for our children don't get them wrong but when they are there and they want to work here and it's not just on the goal how can we facilitate them to get to work as soon as possible all right so to be fair to minister harris one of the best to be honest with you and he's pragmatic and he's agile and he is a lady working within his department because we are dependent on the good people with us Fiona um Fiona has gone out to see actually so what can we do to bring them back but actually train them while on the job bernard gloster on the other side who actually has to look at the crew and look at the regulation is going actually we should be able to meet you along the way so i started in the last two months walk force planning meetings of where simons team sits on it as do does that the head of the hsc hr we are there we're nearly there we're nearly ever cracked to be fair to you del quinn from your own area here she has already been working on the slt piece all along and we tell her to get that piece eight weeks or something like that but we needed more than that we need the ot's the physios as in all we're very close to having that sorted and i would think that i should have an outcome for that minister myself and minister harris are sitting down the second week in january maybe at that stage we will have that rule so it's another strand that may be working well you have such potential here because you're so close to other areas of education we need to be able to maximize that and we need to be able to give that choice now some of the measures are short medium i think for the most part medium long term undetermined what the outcome might be but parents and caregivers guardians they're desperate right now um and they see capacity and this is another thing that you referenced you talked of which i thought was interesting but also head scratching and you can explain to us here that because you can't hire there's money spare there right and that money potentially could be repurchased to help fund private services i believe if i'm not always quoting i understand that's how i heard what you said you see 45 million i think it was because you can't recruit so let's take that money and let's get immediate uh interventions for children so that so that time isn't lost for them have you progressed that any further is that something that's achievable so that's the regional assessment hubs what i said we needed to set in place we need to put nine regional assessment hubs in place would you believe it um eight of the nine are there the one in dunny gall is more of a desktop exercise i need to pull them together a little bit more but it it is staffed okay that's the most important piece it is staffed the tender document in relation to the privates now to add that additionality of capacity that tender document came in two weeks ago so now we need to see what tenders come in from this area what come in nationally but i do know that there's documents in what we now need to do is add that capacity to the the center frame the center frame would be the regional assessment hubs you need to have that liaison officer from the hz part of it because they hold the legal right to ensure that that the the legislative rights of the child has been adhered to but at the same time we then will have it made up of there'll be some admin there'll be some the liaison there'll be some um there's four positions and there's a manager those four positions then when the when the child will have their assessment and there'll be private capacity in conjunction with the ot the speech and language and the physio from within the local team that'll be part of it the reason we have to have that liaison right so as if a child um has had an assessment and it is deemed that the child's actual needs are not needed as part of complex network or disabilities that they need to go back into primary care we open that door and the child returns or if they need to go to mental health that's called nap national access policy hasn't been working very well it's a big conversation piece of mine so we will have primary care mental health and disabilities around that table with that liaison officer saying that child needs to go there that's their front door open it so it's a complex area and i'm trying to keep up here so in terms of uh say a a a parent a guardian with a child that needs intervention right now but they've been told listen there's we have we don't have the stuff we can't do that are you able to facilitate or is that part of facilitating saying right there is some capacity in private you know we'll get your child into to see someone privately is that is that doable is that on your radar i'll tell you what's on my radar actually it's to reimburse parents okay i'm sure that's what you said that you might be able to do with that one yes reimburse yes so that's what's on my radar so i need to have a structure that actually there's two pieces to this there's an assessment and there's an intervention so i need to ensure that the assessment pieces because the assessment pieces is critical from a health point of view if your child needs an intervention needs based is there is the way it's supposed to go but from a social welfare and education point of view you must have a diagnosis now they will say that we have removed the diagnosis for entry into education yeah that's correct but not for a special class or a special unit school okay so that's still paramount so that's why i need the assessment up but i genuinely do believe we also need to have a reimbursement piece what you believe it you are the minister i'm working on it okay okay i have a pot of money secured for us not enough i will add because i know the need is so great but i need to be able to facilitate and is the private capacity there i'll see that from the tender document yeah of course it was what we have to try and avoid doing it's looking is is also is um creating something that ends up about where we should be spending more than publicly go in private because we see that in with the national treatment purchase fund it's fantastic don't get me wrong there's 350 million being spent to uh through the ntpf on patient standard level in university hospital but if we spent that 350 million in the hospital then we wouldn't have to need the ntpf so we don't want to find ourselves getting into a situation we can't get out of but there is a short term need which you recognize it's a bolster i call the word a bolster right so we'll be in touch with your with your department just to find out when that might be available schools support in schools it's a big one it's going to come up there's a lack of services uh and support for schools mainstream and special ed schools parents believe this is having an impact on the schools they've got no clinical guidance for children and the caseload uh and their case note uh and they need urgent uh in intervention what would you be able to say to them today all right um what i'll be able to say is what i did in wexford about six or eight weeks ago at this stage if a school is able recruit an ot a physio and a speech and language in a special school if they can do that themselves i'll fund it okay um there is a process how it needs to work with the local cdnt so as that the child at all time their data moves seamlessly over and back but at the end of the day if you have a special school where you have a cohort of children arriving in we have to be very clear we have our most complex there our most in need that perhaps have not received and i acknowledge have not received services it's something that charlie mcconnelly says to me all of the time like we're getting no services and down here it's absolutely on its knees so we have to look at every measure so if we were able to fund let the schools or the parents association find the clinicians that are all regulators and everything like that that can come in and provide those ours they're probably coming in privately already in the look at them favorably in terms of funding oh absolutely i've done it already in wexford um so so just before we touch on a couple of things i won't take a much of your time you're very busy right i get that but the letters went out uh to parents uh well don't know when it was now a few months ago that says look at we're short and staff we will be prioritizing the children with the greatest need okay and then i've been speaking to parents of children with incredible incredible needs uh so and they're going well if it will when is this going to happen so can you say or give any indication as to when the children with the greatest needs will get some uh clinical um intervention and that's regardless of the way they're in the county right so we can have a really really needed needy child in east on the goal but there is someone who could provide those services potentially and in a show but the the parts are they talking to each other so regardless of where you live and your air code when do you think we will see uh the the children with the greatest needs here get that clinical intervention that they need as much as you can answer that question all right as soon as possible it is a priority i i don't come to dunny gall with words i've come to dunny gall with an action the the action being to recruit the action being to support the schools the action to support the staff on the ground who are stretched within an inch of their life and the the actual action to support the parents we will it'll be a multifaceted approach in relation to recruitment recruitment for the teams recruitment within the school um the alternative areas of respite which could be camps of a day where we might have physios are are linking in with our local atu here where we actually can take on board some of the students that can deliver and support under the clinical guidance in relation to camps well just in relation to that we have this situation and i can't remember exactly what area they're working in whether there are a number of students who were studying in the letter kenny i atu and i think it is in this area who are um committed to elsewhere if that makes sense if that's too vague i can oh no no should i have a daughter do an ot it is ot so they're studying in letter kenny but with a view to moving elsewhere um now for the trainee yeah exactly now i would not begrudge them anywhere going anywhere else don't get me wrong but anyway we'll not get into that but but i can i come into that because of all right i have a real strong opinion on this right well let's have it my strong opinion is that we have young people locally who are training who aren't getting the experience in the various disciplines because of the lack of clinical oversight of governance is what would be said so if we talk disability there is no way that our ot's our physicists our spiritual language can go on to the cdnt team in ish in ishown because we don't have enough staff a to actually keep it functioning not to mind to do it but what we do need to do is we need to partner with if there's a really good dance syndrome group or if there's a really good dyspraxia group we we actually need which is still disabilities we need to ensure that that ot or physio can get their clinical placement there because they're they are already using a speech and language therapist which is maybe the voices of dance syndrome which maybe the ot or maybe i'm going to know barriers maybe there's an opportunity there for a physio to get that opportunity so we don't need to lose them we need to think alternatively how can if it's not everything needs to happen through cdnts either we need to look to the broader field of it how can we relieve pressure and where else are children accessing services so if it's two various groups the legs of dance syndrome the legs of dyspraxia whatever um we need to ensure that our training clinicians get pathways in there as well okay uh and a brief one here respite services for children and adults with disabilities they've shut down in in ishown and bella buffet it's a random time of covid staff redeployed i don't know what's going on i'm not necessarily asking you to comment on the specifics of that uh but now uh the clients are sent to services in letter candy which is a million miles away right uh are we ever going to see those services in the likes of these areas return what's the pathway uh to that happening because the facilities they're there but they're currently being used for full-time housing the beds have been redeployed or the spaces have been redeployed right so that's fixing one problem but it's displaced and you know the ripple effect then for families who can't get respite well first and foremost there is where we have three cdnt teams in one county tells me that first and foremost there's a real need for children's respite services within this county the second piece then is and i can understand how houses got repurposed during that period of time where perhaps because of the the needs of individuals they went from having respite to needing residential um we actually need to build in more capacity so like those people that are there perhaps we need to that has now become their home but we need to create the alternative replacement in that vicinity and i secured extra funding this year in the capital plan i will be honest with you i have a frustration within the hsa and it's nothing to do with the team here on the ground i have a complete frustration with hsc estate so it's red tape yeah too many layers of oh but hsc estates are an absolute nightmare to deal with um they are the achilles heel for me okay cnt cdnt's eight expression of interests in speech therapists on the 23rd of the 10th for donogall this month it's going to be six and a half weeks before interviews take place the eighth of the 12th despite the wording crisis and priorities being used uh that's only eight positions um so it's not a huge competition is are the wheels moving quickly enough that we could have had them in such in situ before christmas all right so that that's that's someone obviously with yeah but that's but but that's but that actually is the fact so whoever gave you that is exactly what i have here my document so that's fact all right i have great contacts mrs rabbit good contacts all right so your facts and that's why i came in with all my documents today because you know your stuff uh and i compliment you on that but and i thank you for giving the time to disabilities so the piece here is so that's what's happened locally and to be very fair to the hsc here locally they broke away from what would have been the bureaucracy nationally so i have to admire them on that they're doing that themselves but what i now need to support them is with that national piece actually putting donogall at the first with the expressions of interest so wouldn't it be great if 50 percent of that came out of that and if i could actually fill the rest from within yeah the that's the third strand perhaps of what we've been talking okay listen there's all the stuff and but i can't hold you because you've got other appointments right uh unless there's something specifically that you want to talk about you're happy enough there no actually there's one thing that i do know that on the tuesday the 28th of november our voices our choices there's an open day taking place for adults and with disabilities here in the town i would recommend everybody and the reason i would recommend sometimes we don't talk employment and we don't talk about housing i want to hear people talk about those independent or supported independent living you've already touched on it there we need to turn the dial on so many layers but independent and supported independent i had a cup of coffee under kelly's is it across the road they seemingly are fantastic when it comes to supporting people access employment and i know you have a very strong chamber so in that context here employment and independent or supported independent living should be where the dial is starting to go and done it all okay and finally just a quick word on the mostly mothers but some great fathers as well that came together on this cdnt issue it's fantastic isn't it absolutely because no harm to politicians but these these these these mums and dads they organized and and created a voice that couldn't be ignored i'm not saying you wouldn't be in here up here otherwise and i know you get it right anyone that here she's speaking the door know that you get it but i think they deserve amazing credit for coming together standing with each other and making a noise that couldn't be ignored absolutely and can i compliment them on their social media because on monday night i think they had their meeting and they tagged me in on facebook so obviously one of them is a friend of mine it came up on my news feed it kept it very front and center i didn't well charlie is in one year i actually seen the faces of the pardons the other night um on my facebook i seen there was one man on it you're 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started but what's what really saved his life greg and that's why i wanted to speak about it was a working firearm and the key in the door the key in the door is very very important the firemen said to me when that they were they were stroban fire brigade were there i would say within 20 minutes of phoning them and they they say when they get a call that time of the morning they expect the worst they were delighted to see that dad was out and they said the two things that made the difference was a working firearm and the key in the door he says what the smoke dad got dad got up he heard a noise he got up and when he went out and opened the bedroom door he could hear the alarm so he went he went up and and our house he just went up the hall to the living room it could see nothing into the kitchen could see nothing and there's a cloakroom he put his hand in the door he thought the door the handle was kind of worm when he opened the door the flames had him on the face my word so he just closed the door went back to the bedroom to get the phone the phone the when he went to come out the house was full of smoke so he had to put a coat over his head and follow the wall up you know to get out and only the key them was on the door it wouldn't have got out wow so yeah you can imagine hey so there's three things fire alarm key in the door but also having the internal doors closed pj that seemed to have contained the smoke to so we could rouse with the noise of the arm so that's a third one yes a third one it keeps all doors closed you know so that you know if them doors had him in open they probably never would have maybe the smoke would have got to him before the fire alarm went off you know so keeping the doors closed having a working alarm and having the key in the door the fireman said the last thing going to bed has put the key into the door and Greg and most houses if they're children on the first thing he does take the key out and hang it up mm-hmm yep yep the other the other the other big thing is the the firemen from Straban when they come when they cross the border their systems don't uh communicate and to the the the republic system so they're lost they have to take out their army phone and get an aircode to find you know refoe or castle fun or whatever and i suppose that only affects us around the border because we need them fire begets and dairy or straban or right around the border it doesn't affect the people's fire they're south and it's something maybe it needs something done about because you know you're you're dependent on them people maybe to get you out or get a fire started you know and i i think it's in the year 2023 you know we should all be one yeah exactly i can't understand it yep exactly especially in a matter of emergency services there should be a uniform yeah and they i can't thank the fire brigade you know enough for what they don't and the people that come in the ambulance you know letter candy hospital gets a such a bad rap so many times daddy was taken straight from from the house straight letter candy straight and you know can't thank him not for what they're done from you know he's out now again and he's okay but you know that the letter candy gets so many bad raps but when they're needed they're there oh for sure and listen the bad raps is to support those people that did amazing work in in saving your dad and pj the thing that's coming across two things that are coming across with me is is the thanks of all those that were there but also you know the relief it sounds to me pj that you you know you're really glad that your dad's still with you because a few things had to align and be done right for that to be the case pj that is correct and and you know that when i opened the the back door of the house to look and greg the hall was full of smoke you know and you just locked yourself and say how did that man get out yeah yeah but he did and the key in the door helped it's the key in the door that having a fire a smoke alarm or fire that's working on the key in the door it's it's uh the every fire man that spoke to that's the things that said to me and i said if i get a chance everybody had to speak to i just that's the words i tell them and it's so so important greg yep except except let indeed i know we as you were describing it i've i often leave the key in the door but sometimes i don't and the key often our door keys are on our car keys and your car keys can be in your jeans pocket your jacket pocket on the kitchen counter and i'm just as as you're speaking to me pj i'm thinking if that happened in my house i can't find the car keys and i'm not being funny i often can't find the car keys in the morning in daylight after a night sleep yes so to be yes struggling to try and find them at four five six in the morning if they weren't in the door and you can't i couldn't get out my front door because the glass isn't big enough to get out and it's too tough to break so yes and i will believe in my key in the door from now on put it to you like that so if you wanted to affect one person you've affected me and my family yes and you know and the thing about it you're you'll you will be disoriented and you think you know where the door is but you'll not know you know and how do you go but finding the keyhole then when you know you're not and you're panicking onto the bargain you know it's you're not it's not it's not a normal situation so it's so important of that key in the door right well i'm delighted that your dad got the early intervention of the fire brigade i'm delighted that he got the fantastic services of letter candy university hospital and i'm extra delighted that he's back out now and doing good it's a big old hit it takes a while to get over because it's not just the thank god i'm alive it's it's the damage to the house and what could have happened and that takes a bit of time to work through i'm sure pj for all of us it does indeed but you know it was a good outcome but i just can't thank you know the fire brigade the guards were there too they were more than good to us the ambulance service you know the the emergency services when you need them they are there greg you know and sometimes they get a bad rap but they are absolutely brilliant when they're needed brilliant stuff all right pj i hope you listen lots of people have heard you uh and lessons have been learned thanks pj best wishes to dad and the rest of the family all right okay take care pj monagle there lucky escape not and look played a factor but common sense also working fire alarm check it's working i like to sort of keep the indoor closed i'm not sure if that's the official advice but it's certainly contained the smoke until uh his dad um awoke and the key in the door when that he got hit by the flames effectively when he opened that door by the way so disorientating is the word but the key was in the door he was able to get out he got excellent care and letter 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tests and additional courses if they want to renew their licenses and this sounds like an ironic thing to say i'm pleased my dad's not around to hear this because he would blow a fuse senator alblaney is the senator in question that believes it's deeply insulting and undermines the rights of older people and as much as i try and stay uh somewhat impartial on these matters now i'm going to have to row in behind you on this one i think it is insulting and i think it undermines the rights of of older people but tell us a bit more about what what you think about it well this is is one of those things that that the commission do and you know these things usually come when it comes as far as also on a land that's in relation to directives but at the moment it's an early stages of discussion by the european commission and i feel exactly the same way as you do about it break i think it's absolutely discriminatory to get black and measure on anything in relation to to a license on on age grounds whether it be seven or the other age is absolutely completely the wrong way to go about this these things should not be taken on an age related basis possibly on a health related basis but moreover we have a system that works really well and in this country it doesn't need fixing and it should be left well alone you know i have a neighbor greg that takes part in the journey this is not that long ago a man who actually is in this nine or seven days he was the fastest man up and down mucky's mountain you know comparing people by their age is absolutely discriminatory and and it would try a certain amount off the road as well simply those that go stop and we don't know what would would happen to them and just another thing in relation to that like where's the evidence on this like why put the medicals to one side but the refresher courses like why would you start them at over 70 why not start them at 25 and do it every five years these are the most experience these are the most experienced divers divers on our island you know this is not where the evidence is shown the difficulties lie and there's no evidence for this it's a silly proposal and i'm doing everything i can to ensure that doesn't see the light of day and that never gets as far as as a directive proposal and i'm asking others to to roll on behind me and other politicians i will be right into the tisha ganhannesha and MEP's letter today that this has to be knocked it's a nonsensical approach and it deserves to be written off the book and we already have measures in there to ensure that people of a certain age are okay to drive okay listen i think most people are going to be in agreement with you just a quick word on the european elections senator you have formally said that you're interested in a nomination we've had some more speculate if you're comfortable to talk about this by the way we've had some we've had more speculation today barry cowans names we mentioned lisa chambers your own names in there as well we have an extra MEP seat for the midlands northwest what's the process now in terms of your party's selection is it two candidates one candidate do you know yet or why does that all lie i wonder still all to be formally decided by the party Greg so as you know this is some of the evidence is not just this term i was very close to even a nation last time around i wasn't like something at the time i suppose i had no means by but to build my my profile that's different this time i suppose an effort to do that and also to to be at one with the kind of all organization because it's important that you know that i'm not you're you're listeners no i'm not a candidate as yet this is very much an internal party thing yeah but i have been on the road um across the 13 kind of countries of the midlands northwest as it did exist since april there's been party members conventions party meetings and an effort to start my campaign and have the groundwork done and i i suppose of those we talked about them and i'm the only one that has that groundwork done and from here i would imagine the next number of weeks there being opening up for nominations from those that are interested and is there anything in that that you want to see that make sure that it's open and transparent and fair you don't want to sort of feel like well maybe barry caron's old one or you know maybe there's i don't know some other consideration from his chambers for example have you any concerns that you know you get that you're going to get a fair crack of the whip in that regard now yeah so there's a couple of things you remember last time around i suppose i've been a lot of noise about the fact that the convention was was called quite quickly on us um on the weekend off the um sympathics bank holiday uh it was a terrible weekend the peel stones on the road in the morning was very difficult for people don't they go all the way to longford and same for all the other counties um we felt that there was that was called and it wasn't very favorable to to certainly to me anyway as a candidate so what i'm calling for this time greg is that each county hold its own convention i'm not sure that will happen but at the very least i want to see a multiple of locations uh for voting um maybe take counties and blocks and have a convention center from three or five at the time at the very least uh and i think that's only right because people are being asked to travel uh just to have a vote it's a bit it's a bit much to ask people to have to do that um so somewhere in balai shannon leech from slago dunagall i'd just throw with that yeah if you were if you were having slago slago reach him in dunagall town yeah someone south dunagall would be would be more more certainly more approachable manner and you know more considered um for for those that that have a vote um and then you know people really can't complain but not get the opportunity of having their say all right well as you say it's an 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geographical spread like donagall there are children as complex in mainstream classes throughout the county thank you for that my friend who's a nurse who lives in castle finn can be told to report to work in don lone it takes over an hour to get there work 12 hour shift and another hour or more to get home there's no concern about the danger of falling asleep after such a long period who's responsible in the event of a collision in such a scenario which is actually a really interesting point and unfortunately i do i am aware of tragic cases of people dying on the way home after a long shift so it's not like it doesn't happen very sadly it has happened please ask minister rabbit what supports and services have government in place a will put in place for victims of parental alienation children and parents didn't get to that i'm not 100 percent sure it's our portfolio but we can check that out ask the minister why they're not getting male workers the only higher female workers ridiculous 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Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Raheem a mention of the mercy of your Lord to his servant Zachariah. Salaw alaikum ar-Rahmatullahi wabarakatuh welcome to live in London I'm your host Mohsin Shah. Previously said Amar has been discussing different prophets throughout this Ramadan period and those discussions are available on YouTube, Facebook and small clips on Instagram as well. Please feel free to subscribe and to also catch up on those discussions but inshallah tonight we'll be discussing Nabi Zachariah and Nabi Yahya. Who is Nabi Zachariah? And what relevance does he have to Ali Imran? And also Nabi Yahya also known as John. What lessons can we learn from his life and what sort of trials and tribulations did he go through? Inshallah we'll discuss this and a lot more with Sayyid Amar. Salam alaikum al-sayyid. Alhamdulillah we send our greetings to all the viewers and especially to our beloved Minhal Al-Khafaji who's been presenting so well and it's an honor to have you here tonight as well. Thank you very much pleasure to be here. Sayyid Amar if we go to the Quran Surah 3 verse 33. Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim. Surely Allah chose Adam and Nuh and the descendants of Ibrahim and the descendants of Imran above the nations. Is this an indication of the special families that have been chosen by Allah SWT? Fantastic question. Ali Imran if you look within that eye of the Holy Quran you find Allah SWT saying that Allah has chosen Adam and we dissected Adam's life and Nuh and he chose Noah and the family of Ibrahim and we looked at Ismail and Ishaq and Yaqub and Yusuf. But now there is an addition Al-Imran who is called Imran. Imran is the grandfather of Prophet Jesus alaihi salam. In English his name is Joachim or Joachim and he was a prophet of Allah SWT. Imran was married to a lady whose name in the English language was Ana and she had a sister by the name of Elizabeth who was married to Nabi Zakaria alaihi salam. So these two sisters chose well. One chose Imran the other chose Zakaria and what you had was although they were both married to prophets of God who are both very firm and upright servants of Allah. You know they say that the name Joachim means somebody who Allah SWT has made firm. You need that istiqama. You need that chivalry that uprightness and that he had in abundance. But Ana and Elizabeth were both tested that they both couldn't have children. Ana and Joachim, Imran couldn't have children. Elizabeth and her husband Zakaria could not have children. And therefore you found that this is the beginning of a wonderful story of Al-Imran and the way Al-Imran dedicate their children to the service of God. Because when Ana and Imran cannot have a child, they do something which we should do more in our communities. You see you could never study the story of Nabi Yahya, Nabi Zakaria without understanding Al-Imran, Al-Imran, Al-Ibrahim. These are families mentioned with glory in the Quran. You have her making a nidr or what we call a mannat. Sometimes people call it mannat, some call it a nidr. And the whole idea of that is you make a vow to God. And that vow is that ya Allah if you help me with my pregnancy and help me with my giving of birth and give me a child and bless me with a child, that child I will dedicate to your service. All of my rights as a parent and my doting love that I have is nothing compared to what I want my child to have towards you. Therefore you found that Al-Imran were facing this test but decided that instead of complaining why can't we have children, they began to talk to Allah. And the way they talk to Allah was by making a mannat or a nidr. So now if we look at Surah 3 verse 35 where it mentions about the mannat, when a woman of Imran said my Lord surely I vow to thee what is in my womb to be devoted to thy service except therefore for me surely thou art the hearing, the knowing. I mean making a mannat is something that we should do. And furthermore, you know we go to Ziyarah, you see them tying strings and stuff. Are we going a bit too far ahead with making mannat? On the contrary, making a nidr or making a mannat is one of the most beautiful acts in the religion of Islam. Not only do we find the wife of a prophet of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala making a nidr in this particular moment, making a vow. But also we find that the Ahlul Bayt alaym al-salam would make vows as well. They would make a nidr. Ahlul Bayt alaym al-salam if they make a mannat then we follow their example. When Imam al-Hassan and Imam al-Hussain alaym al-salam when they were feeling unwell, didn't the prophet tell Fatima al-Zahra make a mannat, make a nidr, that if they get better you will fast for how many days? Yes. You will fast for three days. And the famous story when they fasted for three days like me and you are fasting now and starving, the famous story was that as they're breaking they fast someone knocks at the door. Yes. First it's someone who's needy, miskeen. They're about to break their fast. Someone knocks at their door. They fulfilled their mannat, that Imam al-Hassan, Imam al-Hussain, ya Allah. This is a nidr of shukr. If they feel better we will fast for three days. First day someone knocks at the door. Old family of the prophet, can you give me something to eat? They give everything they have. Next day they're about to break their fast. Someone knocks at the door. Clearly the food tasted good from that house and everybody knew. Next day someone knocks at the door. I'm an orphan. First day I'm a needy. Third day I'm a prisoner. Each day they gave away their meals for them. And the Quran refilled the famous verse in Sura 76 verse number 8 when Allah SWT said that they give away that food which they love to the needy, to the orphan, to the captive. Therefore Ahlul Bayt al-Maslam would tell us that make a mannat. And that's why we find that a nidr or a mannat like the one which was done by the matriarch of al-Imran can be three types. One is the nidr of shukr, ya Allah. If you help my child for example find a job, then I will give 500 pounds to the community. Shukr for your help. Then there is a nidr to remove bala. Ya Allah, I find that my child is far away from religion. This is a test for me. Ya Allah, please with your guidance guide my child. And I will help somebody go ziyarah because you have removed that bala. That's the second type of nidr. Third type of nidr is when you make a vow to Allah, ya Allah. I'm bad at fajr. But I make a mannat that if I don't wake up for fajr I don't have breakfast. Why? Because I love breakfast. But I know that listen, if I made a vow to Allah SWT then I've got to fulfill that vow because if you do not fulfill the mannat that you have made Amran's wife said that what's in my womb is going to be dedicated to the service of God. In those days you'd give your child to the temple of Herod. It's called the temple of Herod because obviously he rebuilt and reconstructed the temple. But by the temple man, you've got that temple of Herod and many of the Jewish families used to send their children to serve God. Whatever that child comes out you're going to have to dedicate that child otherwise there's a kafara to pay. A person cannot make a mannat and then not fulfill.  Like a kafara when you miss a fast purposely likewise there's a kafara for this. So she had made a mannat.   So what's she thinking? Is the prophet who's a male? Yes. Allah planned otherwise. Yeah because if we look at in Surah 3 verse 36 So when she brought forth she said My Lord, surely I have brought it forth a female and Allah knew best what she brought forth and the male is not like the female and I have named it Maryam and I commend her and her offspring into the protection from the accursed Shaykh. Can you believe? She's thinking I'm definitely going to have a male Allah grants her a female. Issue number one she's thinking about Allah said that there's going to be a prophet born from my line. Allah didn't say that it's going to be your son, it has to be your son. Secondly, males were known to be the ones who go and serve in the temple. Now what does she have? A female. Thirdly, she has made a nether and that means that that nether has to be fulfilled and it was difficult seemingly at the time. I do not want to say that there was no female representation in the temple but not as many as the males and this is normal even you'll find within the religion of Islam today there's probably more male students in Qum than there are female. There's probably more male students in Najaf than there are female. There's probably more males who are given positions of authority than females. That doesn't mean it's right but this is a reality that has occurred sociologically in the path of many religions. One may ask the question is this sexism? Why is it that you see that the male is to be seen as better than the female? No, she's thinking that hold on, I thought it's a male child that I was going to have. Yes. But Allah had planned otherwise that female that you're going to have will be one of the four greatest females to have ever lived, no doubt. So you find therefore with that female, with Maryam she becomes a blessing for their family. She's made a manatee that I'll talk about Lady Anna that I will give my child into the service of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. Was this a common practice? Do you think it should be done today? Also, it's a female. I mean at that time were females put towards the service of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala? No, you're absolutely right. I think the manatee was a common practice but I don't think females being servants in the temples was a common practice at all. But this female Maryam was extraordinary. And what about today? Do you think that maybe the hausa and maybe even our misogynistic approach to females in Islam I mean, can females be much the hit? Can they become merajah? Can they study to levels that males can in our community? There is an opinion that Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala when choosing Maryam and purifying Maryam and choosing her above all the women there is an opinion that Maryam was a prophet of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala. Oh wow. Someone will say but prophets can only be males. Who said prophets can only be males? Now, I won't say that that's a majority opinion but if Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala says that Allah astafa Adam wa Nooh and he says that Allah astafa Ki this choosing highlights that Allah doesn't just choose anyone. However, one may argue that there was a lady who was born after Maryam who was greater than Maryam and she was not a prophet and that is Fatima al-Zahra, alaihi salam. But one thing we cannot deny while she's in the temple of Herod she gains an unbelievable amount of knowledge Jibrail visits her Someone says well, she has to be a prophet if Jibrail visits her I don't know if you definitely have to be a prophet for Jibrail to visit you but certainly you're up there in the highest ranks so the misogyny that we sometimes have the male-shavenistic attitude that can exist we should never forget how Maryam broke all of this and it seemed that with the children of Israel especially this was prevalent Now, can a female be a Mujtahid? Of course, we've had some great female Mujtahid Yes, in the past Can she be a Marja? Well, why shouldn't she be a Marja? You see, every Marja as a Mujtahid well, not every Mujtahid as a Marja but there are ulama out there male Marja who have said that there are no harm if a lady has reached the highest level of studying Islamic law and what is a Marja but a person who has achieved the highest of levels in jurisprudence and sharia and the understanding of all the other sciences then why not? Why can a person not emulate somebody because of their agenda but these are all discussions that are being had at the moment Today in the West we do have female lawyers we also have female judges Correct So an academic skill acquired and if females have acquired that skill I don't see any issue Well, even if you look Quranically Allah SWT is not scared or embarrassed one bit to discuss the beauty of the Queen of Sheba being a lady in authority but a lady of justice There were men under her but they revered her they respected her It's not like Muslim countries haven't had female leaders You know, Pakistan and Bangladesh will be the first to say that you think we're third world at least we've had a female leader There are some countries in the world you know very well who are supposedly the most powerful and have never had a female president So, you know, I think this is an area which maybe needs reassessment So the child is named Maryam or Mary in English What's the root? What does it mean? Maryam, there's an opinion that it means servant of God and no doubt there was no servant of God like her and she required a guardian who could look after her when she entered the temple Yes So now we have Nabi Zakaria coming in and what was... I mean, why did he look after Joachim, the Prophet Joachim? No, Joachim had died Joachim Amran had died Otherwise, Amran would have looked after his daughter I see He could have looked after his daughter but Maryam had lost her parents Therefore, when she had lost her parents she required a guardian When requiring a guardian what happened was that in those days they would do a Qura'a like we saw in the story of Nabi Yunus, alaihi salam, yesterday who's going to be the one of the ship Likewise, they would do a Qura'a and when they done this Qura'a they wanted to see who would be the guardian of Maryam, alaihi salam and that's where we see Nabi Zakaria entering the fold because Nabi Zakaria, alaihi salam at this moment, when they pick out the name they pick out his name Now Nabi Zakaria who's what? the brother-in-law of Maryam's mom Maryam is like the husband of her maternal aunt now he has the responsibility of looking after Maryam in the temple of Herod and it's a big honour for him as well Mashallah So now if we go back to the Qura'an Surah 19 verse 5 and surely I fear my cousins after me and my wife is barren therefore grant me from thyself an heir Yes Nabi Zakaria as we mentioned earlier his wife Elizabeth could not have children Anna and Joachim couldn't have until they made the mannet Anna was a female what's interesting is that Nabi Zakaria and his wife obviously it's a difficult time for them not having a child it seems Muhsin from what you mentioned in the ayah that he clearly says I fear some sort of dissension within the family that if I die and there's no heir to me they're going to inherit the wealth and people with no consciousness of Allah are going to destroy the family if the wealth goes to them Is it only the wealth to inherit? Can they inherit prophethood as well? You can't inherit prophethood Prophethood is based on a covenant with God You can't inherit otherwise Qabil can turn around now and say I'm the son of Adam I should have prophethood which he said when he fought Habil in the famous story of Abel and Cain this does not refer to prophethood I want someone who is going to be inheriting the wealth of the family of Yaqub Do prophets leave behind wealth? We saw in the story of Suleyman and Dawood that prophets alaykum salam they leave behind their inheritance to their family members Someone told me that prophets do not leave behind any wealth what they leave behind is knowledge their wealth is a sadaqa That's a statement to indicate that the prophets aren't after this dunya they're not concerned of leaving what that I am going to get this much money and amass this much wealth their concern is that they're going to give people their knowledge However, when they have a certain amount of wealth the Quran says that in your will, you must write down a certain amount of money you must write to who it goes you must allot this so what that applies to everybody but doesn't apply to the prophets of Allah this ayah was used by when they said that Fadak does not belong to her because the first Khalifa quoted a hadith that prophets don't leave behind who knows more in the world of hadith Fatima who grew up in the house of Muhammad or those who used to worship idols Nobody comes near the knowledge of Fatima al-Zahra except her husband Imam Ali alaihi salam Fatima al-Zahra said did not the Quran said did not the Quran say that Ya'oob wanted someone to inherit his wealth Therefore, these examples when the Ahlul-Bait have given us the meaning of them they highlight it's not that Ya'aab Zakariya alaihi salam wanted someone to inherit nubua No, Nabi Zakariya wanted somebody to inherit what? to inherit his wealth Ya'ab Masha'Allah Thank you Sayed Now we're going to go to a break and insha'Allah we'll be continuing our discussion on Nabi Zakariya and then going on towards Nabi Yahya insha'Allah Join us after the break Salam alaykum Rahmatullahi wabarakatuh Imam Hussein media group is a virtual university that works on a global scale to spread the true message of the Prophet and the Ahlul-Bait peace and blessings be upon them Imam Hussein TV was established 10 years ago in the city of Esfahan, Iran We work to cover all aspects of religion 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and we were talking about people going and praying and asking to offer Nabi Zakaria specifically goes towards the Mahrab to ask for an air I mean does time and place wherever you ask for doa does it actually have a significant impact on your doa Many people don't realise that there are certain spots on the earth where there is more energy than others even the energy of a certain area is a science now that people look for places of positive energy the colour features the water features the stone features We know very well that a person can gain energy in any area but there's nothing like being next to the Kaaba That's it Why is looking at the Kaaba Ibadah Why is going all the way to Hajj compulsory within the religion of Islam Allah Subhanu Wa Ta'ala can tell us read doa from where you are in London I ask you is the energy of Colendale the same energy as the energy of the Kaaba is the energy of Southall the same energy as that of the Kaaba is the energy of Bradford the same energy as that of the Kaaba we all pray in these areas but there are certain areas where we know that in that spot Fatima bint Assad gave birth to Ali In that spot Hajar is buried In that spot many prophets of God are in a semi-circle buried In that spot is where Muhammad Peace be upon him and his family used to walk used to talk used to sit There are certain places therefore where a doa is accepted quicker than others When people ask why did Nabi Zakaria pray by the Mihrab where Maryam was that Mihrab was a famous Mihrab from the time of Nabi Dawood and you find that in that Mihrab Maryam used to receive summer fruits in the winter and winter fruits when in the summer Today that's easy If I want a gawafa or a papaya or a sweet watermelon I can go to Whole Foods and I can have the best supply of fruits you'll ever see and I can find that today if I go to other supermarkets the summer fruits of Africa can be front of me in winter and the winter fruits can be front of me in the summer but in those days there's no service where all of a sudden you want that fruit that's right in front of you When Nabi Zakaria saw this he saw a number of things number one Maryam is a sign of Allah where she is that's to be honoured number two we also have a situation where I have seen the blessings of Jibra'il in that area number three the fruits from Jannah are in that area I am a vast Allah I am 120 years of age and my wife Elizabeth at 98 years of age all this time I am vast Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala Ya Allah I want an heir someone who will look after the inheritance of the family of Yaqum who will not corrupt it who will not destroy it I can read a dua anywhere but there is no dua like a dua which has had the energy of somebody who is a symbol of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala on the earth and that's why I remember being in Jannah al-Baqi'a May Allah grant us and grant all of our listeners the Ziyarah of Imam Al-Hasan Alayhi Al-Salam Imam Zayn Al-Abideen Imam Al-Baqir Imam Ja'far Al-Sadaq and Umm Al-Baneen May Allah grant all of us the Ziyarah When I was at Jannah al-Baqi'a you've got these four or five gods who are standing by Al-Baqi'a they differ with us obviously in ideology they think that when we come by the graves of the grandsons of the Prophet peace upon his family that we're committing shirk or that this is a bid'ah we clearly are saying as-shadu anna qad qad aqamta al-salat a'ta'ita al-zakat a'marza bil-ma'roof na'ita al-mukad a'ta'ata Allah you obeyed Allah but they say from the teachings from the time of Ibn Taymiyyah and Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah and others who say that the Shia and the Sufis and all of these people heretics so they say that we're all heretics they say to us why do you come here near these graves to read a du'a this fundamental why? what difference will it make? you go Karbala what difference does it make? you go to Sham what difference does it make? you go to Mashhad what difference does it make? they don't realize we're a prophet sat we're a miracle took place we're one of the Awliya or one of their imma was has an energy reverberating around it the way Allah symbolically highlighted the energy of the Kaaba or the energy of the Mihrab of Maryam هنا لك دعا زكرية ربه وين زكرية وين تنساتت that Mihrab he was highlighting to us there are certain places the du'a the email of the du'a gets quicker because the wifi gets better in that area you know when I'm looking for wifi some places when I'm going looking for wifi I can't get any wifi I go to another part of the house I see that there's wifi I go to another part there's brilliant wifi when Zakaria wanted a child he wanted a child he was reading du'a constantly when he ran by the Mihrab he set a lesson for us what was that lesson? that du'a and that's why they go on ziyara why? why they go to Karbala on the 15th of Shaaban why do they go to Karbala on the day of Arafa why do they go to Karbala on the 40th of Imam al-Husayn because they know that the du'a is mustajab under the Qubb of Aby Abdullah al-Husayn and by the Darih of Imam al-Husayn alayhi salam therefore when people ask why did Nabi Zakaria alayhi salam pray by the Mihrab of Maryam it was setting a message there are places on this earth where my servants have sat where your e-mail of your du'a will reach quicker and will be answered quicker Sayyidna Nabi Zakaria's maasha Allah his du'a was answered and he was granted a son and we go to the Quran Surah 19 verse 7 Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim O Zakaria indeed we give you good tidings of a boy whose name will be John we have not assigned to any before this name so Nabi Yahya was the first person to be named Yahya? Yes Yahya was the first to be given that name by Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala Christians may refer to him as Yourhana Okay Others will say John And is this the same John as in the Bible the Gospel of John? No That's John of Zebedee Okay Matthew, Mark, Luke and John Look at John That's different Some people said look there may be people called Yahya at that time the Quran is contradictory because there are others who are given the name John The name Yahya was the first name given by Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala someone that name Yahya Yes someone's mom might have named him Yahya someone's dad over there might have named Yahya Nobody had Allah naming them Yahya This was a distinct honor that nobody had been given this name to Yahya except it was given by Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala Masha Allah Say that we carry on with the Surah we go to ayah 12 Oh Allah Bismillahirrahmanirrahim Allah said Oh John take the Scriptures with determination and we have give him judgment while yet a boy So you know is Nabi Yahya quite young and are we used to seeing prophets being very very young maybe No Yahya take the Scriptures with strength and we have given him wisdom and authority while a child Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is not a just we are there's sexist there's racist there's ageist Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is not a just we are there's sexist there's racist there's ageist Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala is not a just we the Arabs and many Muslims are ageist they discriminate according to age if you're younger than them but more knowledgeable they won't listen to you because they can't take it you have to look older than them if you want to reach a position but there's someone older than you they prefer someone older than you than the younger Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala when he said wa aateinahu al-hukma sabiyah he's saying that we choose who we want to give nubawa to it could be a nabi who's 5 or a nabi who's 40 nabi i'hya from a young age unique other kids are playing he says how can I play when there is a saraat and there's a day of judgment I have to answer other kids want to go and play he wants to go and learn other kids want to play he wants to go to the temple and serve he's begging his mom mom please I want to go to the temple I want to gain ilm and I want to worship Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala and his mom would see him crying why are you crying I cry because I remember the bounties of my lord I cry because I remember there's a day of judgment there's a day we have to answer our lord nabi i'hya was something else but Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala I ask you if he wants to give someone hikma in that young age and Allah will give that hikma nabi i'hya was a miracle a miracle firstly because his parents were at a very old age and miracle secondly because his father Allah gave him a sign that for three days you won't speak then you'll know that you're going to have that son and miracle thirdly because he had wisdom profound in that young age was this used by any of the imams of Ahl al bayt yes it was because when imam al jawad alayhi salam became an imam imam al jawad alayhi salam became an imam at which age he became an imam at age of nine people would give dirty looks one person tried to give a dirty look to imam al jawad imam al jawad straight away replied to him wa atayna hul hukma sabiya did Allah not give wisdom to i'hya when he was a child so why do you doubt that Allah could give me if Allah wants to that anbiya he made prophets at 40 but some he made prophets at 13 salihan sulaiman likewise with nabi i'hya Allah gave him authority and wisdom at a very young age nabi i'hya alayhi salam from that young age had mastered the Torah nobody could come near him in knowledge nabi i'hya alayhi salam had mastered the Torah he was very beloved to his mom his mom you know gave birth to him six month pregnancy Allah named him i'hya but his mom was like ya Allah you've given me the Shah but the Shah is always sad and he's like mom I'm not sad I'm honored but I remember Allah and the bounties Allah has given me makes me cry so if Allah wants to he can appoint his prophets as we will see tomorrow in the show Prophet Jesus was a prophet from which age infancy why then when Imam Ali was going to be the Khalifa did they say that Imam Ali is only 33 there are people older than him Baba we believe in i'hya wa aateinahu al-hukba sabiyya when Imam Ali was on the day of Ghadir was 33 nabi i'hya was still not even in his teens Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala if he wants to give nabi i'hya wisdom at that young age the gate to the city of knowledge does not have that wisdom the one who the prophet chewed his food and fed him and taught him everything that opened thousand doors does not have that knowledge it's absurd when you hear sadly that after saqeefa you have people saying that Ali cannot be leader because he's too young what do you mean too young Islam we don't have too young therefore nabi i'hya from a young age was given immense wisdom and authority yes Sayyidina nabi i'hya masha'Allah miraculous perfume and with the du'as of his father nabi zakariya and if you go to the Quran surah 19 ayah 15 Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Raheem and peace be upon him the day he was born and the day he dies and the day he is raised alive is this some sort of indication to the birthdays and the molads that we have of the prophets and the imams or is this just peace be upon him the day he is born and people say you shouldn't remember the birthdays of the prophets these are all bid'ah innovations if Allah is saying salam on him the day he is born then this highlights that the day of his birth was abaraka and it was a day of rizq for all of us therefore if it is salam alayhi yawma walida salams be on him the day he is born then how about the day that muhammad peace be upon him and his family was born the biggest sadness in the muslim world is the people who do not celebrate the molad of the prophet peace be upon his family I remember there are people who say you shia do not respect the prophet you think Ali is the prophet you don't talk about the prophet a lot we never forget the molud of the prophet peace be upon him and we don't forget the shahada of the prophet peace be upon him I defy you to show your community in the muslim world who when it comes to rabi al awwal or comes to saffar remembers the holy prophet peace be upon his family like we do not just wilada shahada as well Allah doesn't need to say if the day of his birth is not important why say salam on him the day he is born because those days are the days there is an increase in barakah there is a fable on us mankind there is a ni'ma on us the birth of this personality therefore this nonsense that celebrating the day of the birth is a bid'aa on the contrary we remember these lines in particular insightful say it say it we knew we've had discussions beforehand on you know people being married and also relationships and also sex we're looking at the yahya he has a very celibate life and we know from christianity as well you know men and women especially priests and nuns they like to marry themselves to God and have a celibate life as well can is this like similar to Islam do we have a similar approach I've always wondered about celibacy I have some friends who are in the priesthood who are wonderful human beings and when I asked them about celibacy they say that we devote all our energy towards the Lord now the church has been rocked with scandals of pedophilia of child sex abuse whether that can be directly related to this celibacy which they see in John the Baptist or they see in Christ whether we can generalize like that or no I prefer not to generalize but certainly if John the Baptist was celibate that's John the Baptist you know Nabi Yahya alaihi salam being celibate that's made for him in particular that he's able to and he didn't live long on this earth before he was sadly martyred in terms of the holy prophet peace be upon his family who's our greatest role model and I'd say 99% of the prophets they've all got married and got kids so that's even more than one wife and I think when the prophet peace be upon his family sees this trend where some of his own companions start staying away from sex and perfume and meat thinking that religiosity is if you stay away from the desires of the dunya and you stay away from sex and perfume and meat this is a sign of you being holy and he scolded them he said I go to my wife I eat meat and I perfume myself not surprising when somebody says that I'm going to live a life without having a son when the god of the religion is meant to have had one son you know I find that very interesting that there are people out there who are like I don't want to have a family and I want to vote myself to God but God supposedly in Christianity decided to send his only son so even God had some sort of relation supposedly but in Islam celibacy is no way encouraged there was a time when there were people who would come to the imams and there were ladies who would say that I want to stay away from getting married I just want to serve God and study and the imams reply if this was the best way then Fata my daughter of Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam would not have got married true but did she get married yes did she have children yes did she become the best worshipper indeed so even there are those in certain Islamic spiritual circles when they refer to some mystics in those circles they say that that female mystic stayed away from marriage they'll mention for example I think Rabih al-Adawiya and others and they say that they stayed away from marriage our greatest role models in the female is Fathmat al-Zahra alaihi sallam and the greatest in the males is sallallahu alaihi wa sallam alaihi wa sallam and while they got married that's a lesson for all of us and the prophet himself would say Nikah min Sunnati Faman raghiba Nikah is from my sunnah whoever stays away from my sunnah is not one of me when we have this khutba in our mosques this khutba is making clear celibacy is not something encouraged people actually think would you be surprised there are people who think Islam is anti-sex Islam is one of the religions that promote sex the most indeed yeah, culture-wise I'd leave that for another discussion but the religion itself promotes sex however there are boundaries but the extreme of one side of celibacy and the extreme of the other side where you just have sex with anybody without there being any questions Islam doesn't promote that there are relationships to be had there is sexual intercourse to be had celibacy is certainly not something encouraged if it happened with Nabi Yahya Nabi Yahya in that period chose a particular godly way but that doesn't make it the norm yes Sayyidina you were mentioning Nabi Yahya having a very aesthetic lifestyle he didn't want to play with toys wasn't very materialistic on the other hand we have prophets like David and Solomon who had palaces and big temples what's the right way? it's an interesting question because you'll find when someone wants to start becoming very religious they're like I don't want to be someone of the dunya I don't want to have a nice house Dawood had a nice house I don't want to have a nice car you should see the horses in the story of Suleiman he loved his horses and he was stroking them from how much he loved them there's a balance that's needed one thing about Dawood or Yahya Dawood was the richest Yahya was the poorest if you put them in their own times they would have behaved the same in your own time you judge if there's a lot of poverty in your time you hold back but if everybody's doing well economically then you're able to know Allah swt never said I want all of you to be equal there's no such idea it's the same wage I have blessed some with certain parts of Razak others I'm testing I've tested those people for some parts of their life they'll have a test later those guys will have it easier later but it's all about achieving a balance live in this world but don't let the world live in you you know there are people when it comes to donations to the mosque he's got a Ferrari but he just about donates and they ask how do I know if I'm a person of the dunya I don't donate as much as you bought that Ferrari to your mosque then you by all means have that Ferrari but if you're somebody who's thinking a million times about donations but when it comes to cars you can give so much away that's when you begin to reassess therefore Allah did not say a person cannot live in a big house otherwise Suleiman's house is problematic nor did Allah swt you all have to live as aesthetic as Yahya alaih so now try and find a healthy balance yeah so Nabi Yahya is known as John the Baptist in the Bible as Muslims do we believe in baptism do we believe in this this ritual of ablution that brings you into a religion the ritual of ablution and the way that baptism is done in the churches is not something we believe in we believe in it metaphorically there's an ayah in the Quran in Sura 2 verse 1 3 8 subghatallah the subgh of Allah the colouring of Allah wa man ahsanu minallahi subgh so true the painting of Allah the colours of Allah and who better to colour us than Allah who bet the baptism of Allah and who better to baptise us than Allah not literally Allah colours me I don't need to get a dye and mix it with water and sprinkle it on a baby's head no metaphorically the colour of Allah has truthfulness the colour of Allah has taqwa the colour of Allah's humility therefore if somebody asks do we believe in baptism we believe in a metaphorical baptism subghatallah wa man ahsanu minallahi subghat in Sura 2 verse 1 highlights that there is a baptism but it's where we ask Allah ya Allah paint me or decorate is a better word decorate me with your generosity decorate me with your knowledge decorate me with your honour that type of baptism and decoration we agree on metaphorically but literally no we don't believe in it we don't believe in the sprinkling of water on somebody and with John the Baptist Nabi Yahya do we as Muslims believe his sole purpose was to foretell the coming of Hazrat Issa Al-Isra no his purpose was to teach the Torah of Moses he does of course like any prophet would do tell you who's coming after him 20 years after him comes Nabi Isa alayhis salam and there are many traditions about him talking about Nabi Isa but do we believe that John the Baptist's sole role was to tell people that the only son of God is going to come he's going to save all of you and he's going to be crucified we don't believe that at all with Nabi Yahya I believe he had a very tragic you could say gruesome barbaric death or martyrdom could you please explain what happened to you I think Nabi Yahya and Nabi Zakaria both of them I think are martyrs I certainly know that Nabi Yahya is a martyr from the traditions and there are some that indicate even Nabi Zakaria was sought to death while hiding in a tree from a mob who wanted to kill him Nabi Yahya John the Baptist has many similarities to Imam al-Hussein alayhis salam I will show you how John the Baptist while he was living there was a king who wanted to marry the some say his step-daughter some say his wife's niece at the time for the children of Israel this was something which was not allowed it was prohibited I've never seen this girl and it's like she's so beautiful but she's related to my mrs in a way where I can't marry her he knew that nobody had the Kitab of Moses and the laws of Moses like John Nabi Yahya alayhis salam so he would come to Nabi Yahya al-Hussein he asked him he said listen my wife has got a daughter from her first marriage I want to marry her and the traditions differ exactly on the details Nabi Yahya alayhis salam turned around to me he said you can't he said to him why he said to him because in the laws of God this is not allowed he said is there no loophole find me a loophole why don't people go to Maulana as an accountant you go to a Maulana when you want a loophole you go to an accountant when you want a loophole so he came to me he said is there no loophole come on I beg you give me a loophole he said no there isn't his wife wanted this the marriage because it would look after her future and her family's future she came to him she said what happened he's like you know I tried but it didn't work out she said what do you mean it didn't work out you're the king everything should work out for you what do you mean it didn't work out he's like you know I asked him but the reply was that it's not allowed she's like ask him again so he came to Nabi Yahya again I beg you is there a loophole is there anything that we can do again nothing okay one day she got the king drunk and she got the girl to come out in her finest regalia the king sees her and she's virtually wearing nothing the king's besotted by her so the king comes up to her wants to touch her she's like no his wife says you want to touch her you behead Yahya he's like what do you mean behead Yahya she's like you get Yahya's head you behead Yahya and you bring the head to Sham in the palace you put the head only then you can have this girl he's like what Yahya is a prophet of God he's a sign of God Allah named him he told his soldiers get Yahya they bought Nabi Yahya he said I want to marry this girl said you can't got the sword beheaded Nabi Yahya when he beheaded Nabi Yahya he was able at that moment to marry that girl like the story of the shee camel of Saleh how the person was told by his girl you want me you kill the camel like Ibn Muljam when Qatam said you want me you kill Ali Ibn Nabi Talib subhan Allah sometimes sexual energy can destroy society can ruin a society if there is no consciousness of a day of resurrection and accountability you can destroy society you know what he did he got the head of Nabi Yahya and he put it in his palace in Sham I ask you Mohsin you been visit to Sham have you been to the Umayyad palace I have who's buried inside Nabi Yahya eventually when somebody does this the Quran says who will avenge the oppressors don't worry about us we'll get them eventually when he comes into power absolutely annihilates this man look at the similarities of Imam Hussain you know Nabi Zakaria loved Imam Hussain Nabi Zakaria when he read the du'a said in the name of that martyr because he was told the story of Imam Hussain and you know people always try and say that Kaaf Ha'iyah Ainsad refers in a way to Karbala you know those letters we don't need to go to those interpretation but what we have is hadith that says that Nabi Zakaria loved Imam Hussain Imam Zayn Al-Abideen says on our way to Karbala my father Imam Hussain would always mention Nabi Yahya I wondered why only when we got to Sham I realized why because you know of Imam Hussain includes that you died in the same way Yahya died now look Nabi Yahya a.s. Allah named him Nabi Yahya a.s. was born after 6 months pregnancy Imam Hussain was born after 8 6 months pregnancy Nabi Yahya a.s. was killed by the emperor of his time Imam Hussain was killed by who the emperor of his time what was his name? Nabi Yahya a.s. was beheaded Imam Hussain was Nabi Yahya a.s. had was taken to Sham Imam Hussain's head was taken to Sham head was paraded to everybody on a gold tray in Sham Imam Hussain was and on a gold tray in Sham Nabi Yahya a.s. was avenged by Nabush Al-Nasr and you found Mokhtar Al-Thakha in short Le'aft Karbala within 5 years avenged the killing of Imam Al-Hussain therefore when we read Ziyarat Al-Arabain of Imam Al-Hussain and may Allah bless all of our viewers the name of Amir Al-Mu'mineen martyred on these nights and the name and the holy night that is Le'aft Al-Qad bless us with Ziyarat Al-Arabain in Ziyarat Al-Arabain you will come to that line that you O Imam Al-Hussain went through what Nabi Yahya had gone through before you therefore Nabi Zakaria Nabi Yahya had taught us a lesson in this world success and victory comes through Muhammad Al-Muhammad and remembrance of Hussain we as a channel are honored that we are called Imam Al-Hussain TV because we remember before us the NBI like Nabi Zakaria like Nabi Yahya were all lovers of Imam Al-Hussain without having even met Imam Al-Hussain and if anybody uttered those lines it would be these two prophets of Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala very insightful God bless you thank you very much final point to the viewers maybe something on the life of Julspiah Nabi Zakaria the beauty of this father son relationship the beauty of dua never doubt what Allah can do for you and never doubt making a mannat or a nether because at the end Allah will always be there for you thank you very much thank you to all our viewers for joining us we appreciate and we thank all our viewers for joining us and all the comments that you've been sending inshallah we'll have a new discussion tomorrow with Sayyid Amar on another prophet inshallah until then Nabi Isa alayhi salam inshallah tomorrow please be merciful to us and have a lovely fast Salam alaykum Salam alaykum