Suleiman Hani – 4 Lessons from Karbala for All Muslims

			In last week's hotbar, we addressed the topic of the month of Muharram. And its virtues its
following that were mentioned at the time of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam. And that
chapter is closed.
		

			And the reality is many times when we talk about mojado ROM, and we talk about specifically the
10th, the day in which was obligated to fast the day in which it is virtuous, for the one who is
fasting, a year of sins are forgiven. But of course, as we mentioned last week, there are many
things that happen during this month historically. And amongst the things that took place six
decades after the hit on your 61, after the migration from Mecca to Medina, is the tragic incidents
at Karbala, and the healing the martyrdom of Al Hussein rolling along run. And it's important to
mention that when people talk about this incident, this tragedy
		

			theologically, many things took place after this moment. And we are not here to talk about those
things. When people talk about the Battle of Kabbalah, when people talk about the killing of an
Hussein wielding a loved one. Oftentimes, it is very heated, it is very emotional. And oftentimes,
there's a lot of sensitivity when this issue is brought up. There's a time and there's a place for
academic discussions and lectures and a historical analysis. And I don't personally feel that the
member today that this is the place for it. Rather, what I feel would serve us chughtai A lot of
benefits. What brings us closer to Allah subhanaw taala is to take some lessons that are beneficial
		

			for all Muslims. And we will talk about four things in particular, that are beneficial for all
Muslims, and don't misunderstand me, the incident itself should be discussed. There are gatherings
there are places there are times, we've had many hamdulillah academic discussions and gatherings
with Sunnis and Shia talking about our approach our perspective, talking about the fact that really
you don't reach a resolution when you're debating someone about something that they have different
historical sources for we have a different approach when it comes to Hadith authentication. And we
have a very rigorous authentication process that we care about. And we also have different sources.
		

			So it doesn't bring us much benefit to debate something with someone of any background, if the
foundation the source, the epistemology itself, varies. And so let's talk about the lessons in sha
Allah Tala that we can take from the incident itself. And just to summarize, I'm not going into the
history of my going into the story. I'm not going to the narrative itself, it is sufficient to know
that the grandson of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam and Hussain rolled the long run, that
the Prophet sallallahu Alisyn loved with much love. The prophets Allah has been referred to Al
Hassan and Al Hussain Radi Allahu Anhu Ummah, as being amongst the leaders of the youth of Jannah.
		

			And there are many virtues for the family of the Prophet salallahu Alaihe Salam in general. So it is
sufficient to know that he was killed and there was a great injustice, that there was a great
bloodshed, and it caused a great division, and a great problem for them from that moment onward for
a number of reasons beyond the scope of this whole lesson number one of four. When we talk about the
family of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, there is, of course, an important theological
statement, which is that as a sunnah, we love all of the family of the Prophet salallahu Alaihe
Salam, and that includes his wives, that includes his children, that includes his grandchildren, and
		

			the prophets. Allah Allah has his family is important to mention in the Quran, and we pray for them
in every summer, every single prayer before you the Tasleem, you have to send Salawat upon the
Prophet salallahu alayhi salam and his family. And we ask Allah subhanaw taala to make us for
amongst those who have true love for them. In addition, we also love all of the companions, and we
do not make exceptions. Allah subhanaw taala spoke about the virtues of the companions testify to
their goodness, gave them many blessings and a status in Islam and the Prophet SAW loss and love
them as well. So we love all of the companions and all of the family of the Prophet sallallahu
		

			alayhi wa sallam. And it's important that we teach our children, the stories of these great
companions, it is important that we teach our children rather than stories that are fictional or
inappropriate, or movies and TV shows that include a number of liberal and secular agendas behind
them, that we teach them and show them and have demonstrations and classes and so on and so forth.
So they can learn the legacy of the Prophet sallallahu Sallam and the way that he taught the
Companions, the turtle via of the Prophet sallallahu. I send them towards the companions. Lesson
number two. Anytime you talk about an emotional issue, and you talk about something like the
		

			history, and the tragic incidents and the killing of Al Hussein, and all the long run, we have a
principle in Islam as a sunnah that we must be people
		

			of justice consistently, which means what? In your personal life, whether you're older, young,
married or not whatever you're doing in your life right now that you're always looking for what's
true, not what's bias, not what your group says your family, your gender, your ethnicity, you know
what is true, because at the end of the day, the believers are required to be people of Clyst people
of justice. And even if you are required to be testifying against your family, testifying against
yourself, the concept of justice in Islam, is the reason that the scholars of her new sunnah can
look at what's happened historically, and analyze it and say that this is good or this is bad. This
		

			is the reason that we don't base Islam off of what a random Muslims are saying, maybe from a motion
or ignorance, but rather what is actually true. And so an example of this with the killing of Al
Hussein in the long run, you have many scholars, like even Timmy Muhammad Allah, when he spoke about
this matter, he said, the murder of and Hussein was one of the greatest catastrophes in our history
like the assassination of Earth man, or the Allah one. There was great bloodshed after this moment
and division for the OMA Mini. This is a very serious moment in which there's a lot of tragedy that
follows. There were many tragedies as well that took place before this one. And as well. He said,
		

			Rahim Allah, He said, Al Hussein Radi Allahu anhu, a 14th of lumen Shahidi was killed or pressed a
martyr. And he said those who killed him while the more they are oppressors, there is no doubt
regarding this. He said in Memorial fatawa as well when Fatah Al Hussein oh and partly hit Oh, the
epidemic. Finally he learned from law he will equal to NASCIO Jemaine said, Whoever killed Al
Hussein and only Allah one or supported that, and whoever is is happy with that. Because there were
some people who went to other extremes. Again, this is what politics does to people, they avoid what
is true and they start to become very sectarian.
		

			He said, Then may Allah subhana does curse me upon those people? And interestingly, Imam Muhammad
Rahim Allah was asked about a specific person, he said, I do not curse people, unless they are
mentioned in the Quran is being cursed. Have you ever heard me curse anyone? This is what he said to
him, Allah. However, anyone with iman, anyone with faith would not love so and so. And he gave some
examples. And one of the stories actually was about Yazeed. And some of the things that he did
during his time that sinner generally have condemned and criticized my point behind this as what,
when you look at an issue that is very controversial, and obviously, it is a reason one of many
		

			reasons that there is a division, and there was a group that splintered off. Politically, that
became theological as well, later on. We say that the scholars of Islam or scholars of justice must
be scholars of justice, consistently, regardless of who's on the other side. And the personal
application, once again, something happens where there's a dispute in your family, a dispute in your
community, an issue happening nationally or politically, that you look at what is pleasing to Allah
subhanaw taala. And if you don't have the knowledge and you are not sure, then turn to the scholars
who understand and leave and defer the matter to them, rather than getting into something
		

			unnecessary. Let's get into something a little more personal and emotional. Lesson number three,
from this incident, is the concept of sadness. Now we know is that a sunnah, that this is not a day
in which we turn into a day of mourning. This is a day of fasting and it was prescribed as such at
the time of Revelation. This is a day in which we should look for acts of worship in general. This
is a day like many other days, that was very important to the time of the Prophet salallahu Alaihe
Salam, later on historically, some things happen, and this is one of them. As we know, the Shia
Muslims generally turned us into a day of mourning, again, something that was political became
		

			theological. It's not to debate whether or not it is a day of mourning that is beyond the scope of
what we have said it is not a day of mourning for us in general, we mourn for the death of an
Hussein's only a long run, just as we mourn for the death of Earth, Manuel de la Juan, just as we
mourn for the assassination of a role model, the loved one and it in the long run, just says we are
sad at the death of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wasallam the greatest human beings, however, we do
not turn the death of the Prophet sallallahu wasallam or Omar on Earth man or ally, or anyone else
may Allah be pleased with all of them into a day in which morning now becomes an act of worship.
		

			Why? Because you look in the Quran and you find with all the references to grief to sadness, Allah
subhanho wa Taala never commands us to be sad, but rather commands us not to be sad. Allah subhana
wa gives us the opposite command. You are not supposed to be a person who is looking to turn grief
into an act of worship. This does not mean you do not experience grief or sadness. We think of what
happened to the companions to the grandson of the Prophet sallallaahu son when we are sad, what do
you do with grief? And what do we mean by this? Let's clarify
		

			by with a few examples. One time the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, he comes to the masjid at
a time in which there was no salah. He washed into the masala and he found the companion there. I
will model the long run. He sees this companion so he says to him for Kalia about mama Malley, raka
jellies and Finn muciniphila. And what the salah why is it that I see you in the masjid and it's not
a time for prayer meaning what's going on? Why are you here?
		

			Are the human loves emetine What do you want on your rasool Allah? Anxiety worries have overtaken me
I'm compelled by anxieties and deaths as well. The Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said find a
fella or Lemo Kellerman either unterhalb to add them along wasa Lucha Kawagoe Anka Inaka on a hunt
to Bella rasool Allah, Shayla not teach you a few words meaning dua that if you were to say it's a
loss of Hannah what Allah will remove your worry and complete your doubt he will help you for your
debt to be alleviated. And the companion responded yes of course. Oh messenger of Allah.
		

			Allah call either of Sparta with the unsaved in the morning and in the evening Allahumma inni will
be coming and him me well hasn't. This is one of the most important dua every Muslim should know. Oh
Allah I seek refuge in You from worry and sadness. Allahumma inni rudo becoming an HMI will hasn't.
In an era today in which we have a skyrocketing amount of reported self reported undiagnosed
depression and sadness, anxiety and worry, we cannot as Muslims look for every solution except dua,
we start with Allah subhanaw taala, we start with this, the second part of the DUA well do we can
logically Well, Luca, sir, in an era in which people are talking about maximizing their
		

			productivity, utilizing artificial intelligence to make life as easy as possible, and overcoming
laziness with as many supplements as possible. Exercising and fitness becomes for some people, an
obsession and over obsession, I should say.
		

			You're asking Allah subhanaw taala to protect you from a LODs from weakness and Castle laziness. May
Allah subhanaw taala protect us? Why would you be criminal Gibney one book, I seek refuge in You
from being cowardly and stingy. In which there are many people who mentioned that their families are
holding back not spending even the basic things on their wives or their kids. And other times it's
the opposite extreme. And in cases in which many people are cowardly, afraid, many Muslims look
around and they see people who don't like Islam so automatically start to hide their faith. Many
Muslims who are influenced by secularism and liberalism in different forms start to hide their
		

			Islamic identity thinking that there's someone who is superior so they have an inferiority complex,
they are like to give him the foundations of courage that you are upon the truth, you should be
proud of what you have. And if you hide everything of Islam, if you are cowardly, when it comes to
standing up for the truth and defending the truth, who do you expect will defend the truth? Who do
you expect will represent Islam? If all Muslims in America started to change Islam and imitate
everyone else in this society, what's left of Islam for other people to imitate and look up to and
gravitate towards? When in fact, there has been the reason that so many people have converted to
		

			Islam at hamdulillah the courage of Muslims, young and old men and women in all walks of life. So
ask Allah subhanaw taala for protection against being cowardly and stingy. While we do become an
elevated Dany accreditedl And we seek refuge in You from being overwhelmed by debt, and the tyranny
of men tyranny of people in general. This door is the door every Muslim should learn we should be
teaching our families as well. It is a very comprehensive drawn one time in a gathering one of the
young Muslims a student, he was quieter than usual. He was very talkative, and this time he was
quiet. So we noticed he was quiet. Is everything okay? Said I'm just thinking about some stuff that
		

			I'm going through, but I'll be okay. So what's going on? He's like, I don't really want to talk
about it. But I heard that if I'm trying to overcome something, and I was sad for a moment or
affected by something or worried about something. Is there a reward for it? We know there is the
Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam told us that the believer may you'll see when Muslim I mean
nossob in Walla Walla sabihin Willa Han, meanwhile, are hosting in Walla other whenever Manhattan
show Katyusha Chua. The believer the Muslim is not afflicted by a hardship or illness, anxiety or
sorrow, or harm or distress. Or even the pricking of a thorn, you accidentally hit your finger on
		

			something you accidentally stubbed your toe on, somebody accidentally got hurt and you tripped in
law aka federal law, who behind katanya except that ALLAH subhanaw taala will forgive you for some
of your sins, meaning you know what you've done, you know, your sins, you know, your shortcomings
with Allah. Sometimes, that to worry, that thought that sadness in the moment about something you're
going through, it might be the reason that some of your sins are erased. So when you leave this
world, you have less to be held accountable for me
		

			Allah subhanaw taala protect us. By the way, this does not mean you should look for hardship. No the
believer does not look for hardship. Rather this is one means of purification, the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, when he was distressed, how did he cope? What did he do? The Prophet
sallallahu Sallam used to make dua and we have so many dua on Earth cards that I mentioned
authentically that he would make in times of distress, like the DUA that we mentioned here. In
another report, for the for all the Allahu unreported for that kernen Nabil sallallahu alayhi wa
sallam either husband who Imran Salah if something distressed him, he prayed he turned to Salah. Why
		

			Salah contrary to what some Muslims think it's not just a physical act of worship or you're flying
through motions, checking it off your list thinking well, I prayed. I'm gonna go back to where I
prayed. I'm back to school, back to video games back to chilling. No prayer is an experience for the
believer. Prayer when it's done right, protects your heart. alleviate some of your worries, prayers,
forgiveness of your sins sila Salah comes from sin of a link. It is a divine link between you and
Allah. How can you not be paying attention? When you're conversing with Allah How can you be rushing
to something else and you think that that other thing will take care of your worries when it is this
		

			Salah that you are in, engaged in with Allah subhanho wa Taala that will alleviate your affairs, the
one who probably provided you with your risk that you're going back to your wealth your job, your
children, your family, your chilling your entertainment, your house your food, it is a loss of
Hannah Tada. So when you speak to him, take advantage of that moment, spill your heart out into ah
and know that Allah subhana listens know that Allah subhanaw taala here's what you're going through.
Sometimes, some people when they're going through hardships or certain moments in life, in which
they're extremely sun, they'll turn to certain worldly things to alleviate that sadness. Now we know
		

			beyond the scope of Islam. Unfortunately, some people turn to drugs and alcohol thinking this will
numb them and solve their problems and it causes more depression and suicide and problems as well.
The believer what do they do, some people will turn to social media, they'll start venting to the
world. Some people start venting to their friends and they'll start complaining about all of their
problems. And I'm not talking about counseling or seeking advice. Some people will find that they
are looking for fulfillment. So the start to eat more or sleep or look for their desires to be
fulfilled. The believer utilizes the things that benefit them psychologically so long as they are
		

			pleasing to Allah and you cannot do everything except dua you cannot go to everything else looking
for a solution and skipping the foundation of Salah and your art and Quran.
		

			One reason this lesson is included in a hooked on the topic of Kabbalah of all things is that there
is a lesson for us because in the Quranic instruction, you find a teta BIA for the believer for the
Prophet sallallahu Sallam as well. By the way when he was sad, Allah subhanaw taala will tell him
when to has an Allah him Don't be sad over them. Don't let that affect you emotionally, the prophets
Allah is and why was he said? Because he was worried about people's afterlife? What are you going to
do if you're rejecting the message that I'm giving you? It's your wellbeing, it's your salvation,
it's your success. So he worried about people with regards to their athletes. The Prophet sallallahu
		

			Christendom was commanded in the Quran not to be sad. We were commanded as well what are telling you
what doesn't you do not have a one a type of worrying which you think there's absolutely no way to
change your situation. A type of pessimism in fact, and do not also be sad. Lata Hasan in the La
Hermana Do not be sad, Allah is with us. We have so many examples of this. When we look at the
history, we find the saddest day for the almost all the companions and our Halal beta report. It is
the day the Prophet sallallahu wasallam passed away. We find the incident in which on what amaro the
Allah one Earth man, they were assassinated. These were very tragic days for the Ummah, you find the
		

			incident in which 7570 of those who memorize the Quran the companions were killed in one incident
one moment, that is a very tragic Dean's indeed, you look at so many yet only along on her, in which
the Prophet slicin could not help her and her husband except to say sobre la Asad find them all
right there Camilla Jana be patient or family of acid. It's a very tragic day the first martyr in
Islam, the death of Khadija the Lohana. The year I'm in host is a day a year of sadness in which the
Prophet lost a lot of his support sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, the incident part if in which he was
bleeding, they threw rocks at him. The incident in which Hamza or the long run was killed the Battle
		

			of word and many of the great companions as well. In other words, we do not take as a * of sunnah
a day in which we say this is a day to make sadness, an act of worship. No, rather we look at the
teaching that was given from Allah subhanaw taala. This cannot be disputed from the Lord of the
heavens, the one who knows our emotions and knows what helps us to overcome grief. That's one of the
stations of the believers in this life. One of the stations of experiences is happiness and sadness.
Now you will experience sadness in different forms. You cannot
		

			Not always avoid it, but what do you do when you are sad? So if you play him Rahimullah writes at
length about this in Modesto Sadie Keene and he gives these examples that we mentioned, such as one
time as an ally him Ferrazzano Coleman fasciae clean, or he mentioned to overthrow the long run and
this is mentioned in the Quran. If you're holding the Sahibi Allah toxin in Allah hermana and Allah
subhanaw taala uses the negation in the Quran, that when believers die, now HoH finale him Allah
homea has shown that on the Day of Judgment, they won't be sad. Yeah, anybody Alladhina Oh, My
believers, Oh, those are all my servants who believed that this is the day in which you will succeed
		

			the believers will be safe, there is no sadness for you. What to enter into has unknown and you will
not be sad on this day meaning what you will only experience happiness, there is no grief for the
believer. So there is the affirmation of what you are supposed to do. The command Do not be sad,
even though sadness is inevitable. And then there is also the negation for the believers and Allah
subhanaw taala tells us in the Quran, about the trick of Shavon one of the tricks in nama Najwa
Amina shaytani, Leah husband, Alladhina, Amanu, and Najwa. private counsel when people are basically
meeting and also an example of this is in the Hadith of the Prophet salallahu Alaihe Salam says, if
		

			there are three of you, if there are three of you in a gathering, two of you should not be
whispering at the exclusion of the third because that will grieve him or her why? Because now they
feel that maybe you are talking about them, you're not good enough for them, you are talking about
something secret. So it's not a good thing for the believers to do. It's not permissible. In Islam,
the shape on the devil likes for Muslims, for people to be experiencing sadness to a great degree,
meaning there is the normal type of sadness that a person will experience in life. But the devil
would like for people to live in sadness and upon sadness, and to take days and weeks and months of
		

			sadness and to make grief the default state rather than happiness and contentment with life and to
live in the past rather than dealing with the present and the future. This is very important for us
to keep in mind that sadness is a test in this life. Grief is a test in this life. May Allah protect
us all. We are supposed to ask Allah to relieve us of it. We are supposed to look for the things
like DUA and Salah and help if needed for trauma, that you are looking for things that will help you
to overcome it. And this is why the people of Ghana are not just safe on the Day of Judgment. When
they enter Jannah they are so happy that they will never experience the sadness of this life again,
		

			we'll call it will hamdulillah Hilda the other Habana has been praised me to the one who saved us
from difficulty and sadness and hasn't put me in both sadness or difficulty in this case. So
excessive extreme sadness can be problematic in helping the human being move forward and thinking
about the next chapter of your life. And there are many reminders we can take from this amongst them
is that you may be worried about something you're going through right now. Someone around the world
might be making dua for you because of a sadaqa that you gave someone from your community, someone
of the past someone later on, could be making dua for and you have no idea because you help them
		

			when they were going through hardship because you give charity for their cause. Because you were
kind to them in that one moment because you said something, you defended them, you help them you
protected them. You raise them as a parent as a guardian as a friend. You don't know where the DUA
is coming from where the help is coming from. And there are many reminders of this, but one of them
is not if you're sad about the future, remember that Allah subhanaw taala is pleasure and his
paradise They're waiting for you if you are faithful, and patient. If you are sad about loss turn to
Allah al Jabbar, the one who mends the broken heart. Allah subhanaw taala is the one who helps the
		

			one who alleviates and know that Jana is waiting for the believers. If you are sad because of a past
abuse that you experienced, may Allah protect us and our loved ones, and make us a people of
justice. Remember that Allah subhanaw taala has saved the day of judgment as a day in which all
rights will be restored, and those who are hurt and that child, the infant girl that was buried
alive, and that many children who are killed every year through abortions and through Xena in
general, that children will speak on the Day of Judgment were either low or too soon to be a them
been put in at the victim will be able to speak in the court of Allah. And this is something that
		

			terrifies the oppressors. If you are sad about losing something worldly material last turn to Allah
Zack. He provides you and trust in Him knowing that what comes to you, it is not permanent, it
fluctuates. But when you put your trust in Him, and you know that that one door closed for you,
perhaps another door will open, but turn to Allah and DUA and stay optimistic. And if you are sad
because of sins that you've committed in the past, know that there is no room in Islam for being
hopeless, know that there's no room in Islam for saying there's no hope for me. Rather turn to Allah
subhanaw taala and know that your sadness should be channeled into good deeds, your regret another
		

			another kotoba as the Prophet sallallahu sallam said, should turn into an act of worship, increase
your prayers, your charity, your kindness to other people. And finally, lesson number four.
Sometimes people speak at length about things that happened in the past and they don't
		

			Focus at all on their own Africa. They don't prepare for their meeting with Allah. Focus on your
accountability with Allah. Don't distract yourself to the extent that you think you're going to be
questioned about a civil war that took place between Muslims or the martyred Imam Hussein's all the
Allahu on you and I won't be asked about that it's important to know what the truth is Don't
misunderstand. But if you spend an excessive amount of time on contentious issues of the past, and
you are not doing anything for your athlete or what's waiting for you in the next life, so make sure
that you are taking care of yourself has anyone who's gone public and to hassle. There's a report
		

			attributed to her model, the long run it's Moncada, there's a cut off in the chain, but it's
reported that I'm going to Lila Han who said which is in accordance with your Quran. hold yourselves
accountable. Before you are held accountable. Think about what you're doing every day. Think about
your good deeds and your sins and whatever you don't want to find in your record when you die get
rid of it today. May Allah subhanaw taala forgive us ask Allah for forgiveness he's the author
giving the Ever Merciful a funeral quality how that will stop funeral on you and a confessed fetal
in a hula hula hula Rahim.
		

			hamdulillah was salatu salam ala Rasulillah while early or Sufi woman who Allah Allah subhanaw taala
commands us in the Quran Yeah, you will let you know who all believers it took Allah be mindful of
Allah worship Allah properly worship Allah with a boundary between you and everything that is
prohibited, while tumbled enough somehow fundamentally like every soul reflect on what you have sent
ahead for your afterlife. When we leave this world today or in 100 years when we leave this world
and our souls leave our bodies, our opportunities will cut off the ability to increase in your
Salah, you're a bad you're wicked, your kindness to other people, it ends over there. So do as much
		

			as you can with the time that you have and focus on the things that you are doing right now that
need improvement rather than procrastinating for a day that is not guaranteed. May Allah subhanaw
taala forgive us and elevate our ranks. The topic itself of Qatar betta and the topic of handle the
long run, it cannot be summarized in a 30 minute hardware cannot be addressed to satisfy all people
in all audiences everyone who will want to add one thing or disagree with one thing. The point is
for us in a place like this to look for lessons that bring us closer to Allah subhana wa Tada. And
once again, we love all of the companions, we love all of our new debate. And we are amongst those
		

			who in fact encourage our children and adults as well to learn their stories, their legacy so we can
be inspired by them. The second lesson mentioned is to be a person of justice. So wherever you are
consistently side with justice and be honest, the third is to understand that sadness is not
commanded by Allah is an act of worship. He commands us not to be sad meaning even though you're
going to experience sadness, look for ways to overcome that sadness turn to Allah and dua starting
nuber somebody will Salah turn to help turn to Salah turn to the thicken on the DUA that we
mentioned as well. But it's not encouraged as an act of worship, to romanticize or make special a
		

			day or a moment of grief and sadness. There's a way to mourn in Islam according to the Prophet
sallallahu Sallam that is what we follow. And the last focus on yourself and your record with Allah.
Focus on where you are. And of course, if you have family, your family as well, one full circle,
Leonardo, may Allah subhanaw taala make us amongst those who benefit from what here and forgive us
for our sins and make us amongst those who follow in the footsteps of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi
wa sallam and the family of the Prophet alayhi salatu salam and the Companions, all of them may
Allah be pleased with them. May Allah Subhana Allah was to be reunited with him the highest ranks of
		

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