The Lady of Heaven - Yasir Habib's movie trailer comes out

[pakistanyar]

 

[Guest Ali]

WITHOUT ANY DOUBT THOSE WHO  HELP TO  PRODUCE AND RELEASE THIS FILM AS WELL AS THOSE WHO WATCH  THIS FILM AS WELL HAVE  COMMITTED A *MORTAL SIN.* 

- AYATULLAH MAKAREM SHIRAZI

The Lady of Heaven - FILM will release on the 30th of December 

About the film:
Two stories separated by 1400 years. After losing his mother in the midst of a war-torn country, an Iraqi child, learns the importance and power of patience by discovering the historical story of Lady Fatima.

Screenwriter of the film: *Sheikh Yasser al-Habib*

Evidence: https://youtu.be/bj8KQ7763rU

Budget (amount of money spent to make this film):
*$15,000,000 (estimated)*

Issued by the office of Grand Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi - *The Answer to a Request for Fatwa regarding a Movie*

*Issue:* As you are aware, one of the Arabic TV channels based in England has been fundraising, for a few months now, for the production of a feature film called “Yawm al-‘Adhāb” [i.e. The Day of Torment] and it has received millions of pounds from the Shias all over the world. The manager of this TV channel, who has a long precedent in insulting the sanctities of our Sunni brothers, has announced his purpose in producing this film as follows:
“This movie which will be produced by the most prominent western directors and filmmakers will aim at narrating the life of Lady Fatimah al-Zahra (a), particularly after the demise of the great Prophet of Islam (s). By watching this movie, the people of the world will see for themselves, for the first time, how the first caliph and his agents attacked the house of Lady Fatimah (a) and how they violated her respect as the Prophet’s daughter! This movie will break the mythical characters created for the first two caliphs [i.e. the Sheykhayn] … this movie will demonstrate clearly the difference between the genuine Islam and the distorted Islam [i.e. the Islam based on Saqīfah] … we have sworn that we will avenge Lady Fatimah Al Zahra (a)” [Part of the remarks made by Yasir Habib in Fadak TV channel on 2016.04.10].   
Now, considering the huge amount of publicity that has been going on about this movie, and the huge amounts of money currently being raised for its production, we request that you issue your religious ruling about supporting, publicizing, and watching such movies.
A group of your followers. 

*Answer:*
In His Name Almighty
Without any doubt those who help to produce and release this film, as well as those who watch it have committed a *mortal sin.* This is particularly true under the current circumstances, where any sort of attempt at creating disunity among the Muslim people will be helping the enemies of Islam to succeed in their sinister plans against the religion. Such divisive acts do indeed entail severe divine penalty for those who perpetrate them. It is quite likely that the enemies of Islam [who will be the ones to actually produce this film] have a hand in all this and they have planned to incite a lot of bloodshed among the Muslims through this film. *Therefore, all those who help in the production of this film will also be responsible for any Muslim blood that is spilled on its account.* You must announce to all Shias that those who intend to produce such divisive films *are not one of us.* These are some liars who seek only to manipulate the religious feelings of some of the followers and adherents of the Ahl-al-Bayt (a), and in particular their affections for the great Lady of Islam, Lady Fatimah Al Zahra (a).  *Thus, all Muslims must know that the messages intended to be conveyed through this film are neither the messages of Islam nor those of the Shia school.*

May Allah bless you all

 
Our dear brothers and sisters have raised numerous concerns about this film and they have said: 

_The enemies are busy in *spreading chaos, corruption and confusion.* The question is are we busy in serving the cause of truth, wisdom, justice and freedom, I.e, *the cause of Imam Mahdi* (A)?_

_Attacking their so called heroes *publicly is the breeding grounds for further disunity, blood shed and and war.* This all serves one purpose. The ones who wish for Islam to be destroyed and we continuously play into their hands. If we just look at the clip on YouTube. look at the comments already. Public defamations and cursing. even People are cursing our Rahbar. The fire has been lit to not only disunite shia but also with sunnis. *Who benefits from all this?*_

[MohammadAli1993]

No comments yet? 

[Guest guEst]

38 minutes ago, MohammadAli1993 said:

No comments yet? 

Did you read the post above you? The reply was by Grand Ayatullah Makarem Shirazi: *Thus, all Muslims must know that the messages intended to be conveyed through this film are neither the messages of Islam nor those of the Shia school.* The film creates fitna. Avoid it.

[F.M]

2 hours ago, Guest Ali said:

Budget (amount of money spent to make this film):
*$15,000,000 (estimated)*

am i the only one who is questioning myself where the money comes from??..

2 hours ago, Guest Ali said:

I.e, *the cause of Imam Mahdi* (A)?

inshallah... may Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) hasten his return the world got in extreme chaos, 

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i am really sure that movie will cause lots sunni to become even more evil towards shia...who knows maybe it will provoke another terrorist organisations.. who knows maybe even provoke sufyani to appear??

 also scared that we shia (who already live really tight) will start having a bad immage of ourselves 

but there is a possibility that the world will finally at least know who fatima al zahra (عليه السلام) was!!!!

Edited December 24, 2020 by F.M

[Guest A layperson]

Salam alaikum. The idea of making the enemies of ahlulbayt (عليه السلام) dark skinned while debating whether the Qa'im (عليه السلام) is dark skinned is causing quite the stir in twitter. So we're the two Shaykh s dark skinned as the Shaykh Yasir is alleged to be a cleric and scholar. Is this an attempt to make the Shia faithful to regard Afrikan people as zanj per the hadith. Is black faces anethema to what seems to be a mostly non Afrikan Sayed class. So many questions. And I thought my Green Lane salafi days were weird.

Strange times. $15 million is a lot for a movie. 

[pakistanyar]

haters gone hate, we don't need to be apologetic, Makreem Shirazi shouldn't watch it if he doesn't like.  

I will always be open about recognizing where terrorism in Islam comes from. 

Edited December 24, 2020 by pakistanyar

[ali_fatheroforphans]

I would watch the film or find out about the entire storyline then make a comment. 

[Muhammed Ali]

4 hours ago, MohammadAli1993 said:

No comments yet? 

Do the non-Muslim cast and crew know what they have done?

[Muhammed Ali]

4 hours ago, F.M said:

am i the only one who is questioning myself where the money comes from??..

Cult leaders often find wealthy followers. That could be one source of the funds.

Edited December 25, 2020 by Muhammed Ali

[f6om]

I do not understand whats wrong with the movie

Seems like a good watch to me

Can somebody explain why this movie about Sayedda Fatima (عليه السلام) and her calamities is being critisized?

[hasanhh]

38 minutes ago, Muhammed Ali said:

Cult leaders often find wealthy followers. That could be one source of the funds.

Most people have a 'need' to show-off, be the center of attention and so forth.

Ayat 57-20

[f6om]

Nah there are many movies about Abu Bakr and Omar.. Yet when it is about Fatima(sa)

Its not okay because it creates division among sunnis and shias

Come on! Whoever wants to watch it will watch it whoever doesn't then good for them.

[frankfromthewest]

Yasser al-Habib behind it. That guy gives me awful vibs. Also, he has been critiziced by many scholars

[Zainuu]

7 hours ago, Guest Ali said:

Budget (amount of money spent to make this film):
*$15,000,000 (estimated)*

This budget is an investment by those who benefit from it. 

They will take the returns through the innocent blood and chaos created between the Muslims.

7 hours ago, Guest Ali said:

_The enemies are busy in *spreading chaos, corruption and confusion.* The question is are we busy in serving the cause of truth, wisdom, justice and freedom, I.e, *the cause of Imam Mahdi* (A)?_

This is certainly a very striking question brother.

May Allah give us enough strength to fight these Satans and Yazids of the time.

[Abu Nur]

1 hour ago, f6om said:

Nah there are many movies about Abu Bakr and Omar.. Yet when it is about Fatima(sa)

Its not okay because it creates division among sunnis and shias

Come on! Whoever wants to watch it will watch it whoever doesn't then good for them.

Our Imams (عليه السلام) dislike these kind of actions from those that cause division and hatred between Muslims.

[ali_fatheroforphans]

The fact remains that our maraja speak in vague term leaving us all confused. These discussions never benefit the laymen. They don't result in Shia unity.

[Zainuu]

20 hours ago, f6om said:

Nah there are many movies about Abu Bakr and Omar.. Yet when it is about Fatima(sa)

Its not okay because it creates division among sunnis and shias

Come on! Whoever wants to watch it will watch it whoever doesn't then good for them.

If someone creates a movie on the sole character and the Life of the 'The Lady of Heaven' with keeping in mind all the dimensions of sanctity, I will watch it for sure.

But some reasons are their for which I cannot watch it:

1. It's theme is not The Lady Fatima (عليه السلام) but creating discord among Shias and Sunnis. Such an act is denounced in more than one quranic verse. And we should not go against the Quran.

2. This is the enemy plot as the funders, participators are all western capitalists. As of Yasir al Habib, everyone knows his agenda to make muslims fight each other. Is he even eligible to be a screenwriter? Come on! this is not just another movie.

3. I went through the crew and the actors and actresses that have a role in the movie. I watch movies quite rarely now so I am not aware about these people much. But as a matter of fact, not one among them is even a Muslim. Definitely, one of all those actresses, sits to play the role of Hz Fatima (عليه السلام). Astaghfirullah, that they represent the noble lady through someone who doesn't even believe or care about the Ismah of Hazrat Fatima (عليه السلام). This is also one of the major reasons why a movie is not created for Lady Fatima (عليه السلام) because it's really difficult or near to impossible to bring such an actress or represent such a character in a movie.

[Abu_Zahra]

4 hours ago, Muhammed Ali said:

Cult leaders often find wealthy followers. That could be one source of the funds.

Is it confirmed that the budget is 15M or is this some kind of rumor?

[pakistanyar]

you guys are going crazy of this budget for some reason, these things are investments by filmmakers and producers. It's not like Yasir Habib used 15 million to make the movie all by himself. He didn't even release the trailer on his own channel. 

It's simple economics, the movie will gross a lot more than 15 million and the producers will profit financially. Yasir Habib will get his message across because he is the screen writer. But he doesn't own the movie.

Edited December 25, 2020 by pakistanyar

[f6om]

Oof Allah yisam7ne. I was unaware about all the pessimism it came with. I didn't know the objective the people behind this movie had. *sigh* The enduring question is why is it 2020 and so far the only movie featuring Fatima Azahra' (عليه السلام) is getting backlash?

[Sabrejet]

41 minutes ago, f6om said:

Oof Allah yisam7ne. I was unaware about all the pessimism it came with. I didn't know the objective the people behind this movie had. *sigh* The enduring question is why is it 2020 and so far the only movie featuring Fatima Azahra' (عليه السلام) is getting backlash?

Because of the name of "Yasir Habib" behind it, and by extension MI6.

[zahralzu]

17 hours ago, Zainuu said:

If someone creates a movie on the sole character and the Life of the 'The Lady of Heaven' with keeping in mind all the dimensions of sanctity, I will watch it for sure.

But some reasons are their for which I cannot watch it:

1. It's theme is not The Lady Fatima (عليه السلام) but creating discord among Shias and Sunnis. Such an act is denounced in more than one quranic verse. And we should not go against the Quran.

2. This is the enemy plot as the funders, participators are all western capitalists. As of Yasir al Habib, everyone knows his agenda to make muslims fight each other. Is he even eligible to be a screenwriter? Come on! this is not just another movie.

3. I went through the crew and the actors and actresses that have a role in the movie. I watch movies quite rarely now so I am not aware about these people much. But as a matter of fact, not one among them is even a Muslim. Definitely, one of all those actresses, sits to play the role of Hz Fatima (عليه السلام). Astaghfirullah, that they represent the noble lady through someone who doesn't even believe or care about the Ismah of Hazrat Fatima (عليه السلام). This is also one of the major reasons why a movie is not created for Lay Fatima (عليه السلام) because it's really difficult or near to impossible to bring such an actress or represent such a character in a movie.

1. It’s not our fault that when discussing the life of Fatima (عليه السلام) we stumble on the fact that she opposed the caliphs; this is an indisputable historical FACT and can’t be ignored when discussing her life let alone her calamities 

2. why did no one bother to issue a fatwa against the umar series in fear that it will cause disunity with the Shias? They gassed up an individuals that we have negative attitudes towards, declared Malik bin nuwayrah (a Nobel companion of the prophet and Shia of imam Ali) an apostate and thus justified his beheading and raping of his wife, and spent the rest of the show glorifying khalid bin Walid; what’s more offensive than that? And why has none of them condemned openly calling Abu Talib a kafir as it may lead to disunity and sectarianism? Why is yassir habib viewed as one with an agenda to make Muslims fight just because he’s unapologetic with his views and doesn’t hide historical FACTS?

3. The infallibles aren’t played by actors; they’re all CGI and special effects, they look incredibly realistic but that’s how far technology has come

[Abu Hadi]

17 hours ago, pakistanyar said:

you guys are going crazy of this budget for some reason, these things are investments by filmmakers and producers. It's not like Yasir Habib used 15 million to make the movie all by himself. He didn't even release the trailer on his own channel. 

It's simple economics, the movie will gross a lot more than 15 million and the producers will profit financially. Yasir Habib will get his message across because he is the screen writer. But he doesn't own the movie.

With all due respect Brother, I have to disagree. Can u explain the simple economics of it ? Who is the intended audience. YH fan boys and girls will definitely watch it and pay for it but how many of those are there ? A few thousand

The rest of the Shia vast majority will not watch it and if they watch it will not spend money to see it because it has been declared haram and fitna. Im not saying they wont glance at it out of curiosity but wont support it with their money.

Will non muslims watch it ? I guess that depends on how entertaining it is but as the main guy behind it has no experience making movies i doubt many non muslims will watch it. So it doesn't make sense for investors to take a risk on it given the circumstances. If I was a non muslim investor i definitely wouldn't take the risk. I would buy Tesla or Amazon if i wanted to make money. So i don't see the simple economics of it. Movies that are made for small niche audiences don't attract investors.

The other problem with the simple economics here is that it is very well known that this movie has a high likelyhood to be the cause for extremist violence. What mainstream investor or any investor want their name associated with a project that has a high likely of this outcome ? Even if lets say it did actually make a profit by some miracle, even with that no investor would risk their name or reputation on a project that has a high likelyhood to lead to violence.

Sorry. There's something other than simple economics going on here

Here's a couple of other quick facts about this project. Facts are from https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13097336/. Imdb is the main source of facts on movies that have been made in the last 50 years. 

1. Producer and Director: Eli King. Other movies he has produced. None. This is his first movie, apparently

2. Writer: YH. Other movies written. None. 

3. Cast: Long List on unknowns. 

So this leads me to wonder what would be attractive to an investor about this project, given the above plus the other facts stated ? A movie with a small niche audience, likely to incite violence on a global scale, produced by an unknown producer, an unknown writer, and an unknown cast ? Sound like an attractive investment opportunity ? Not really. BTW, if you are an investor and hear all this and are still interested, I have a bridge in New York that I can sell you, at a discount. Sound good ? Send me a pm. 

Edited December 26, 2020 by Abu Hadi

[frankfromthewest]

I have watched the trailer and it's so Hollywood-like... "The Greatest Feature of 2021"

Nah. I love Fatima Zahra (عليه السلام) with all my heart but this film is going to be a failure and it looks like trash

[ali_fatheroforphans]

18 hours ago, Mahdavist said:

Is it confirmed that the budget is 15M or is this some kind of rumor?

It says that on IMBD, so guessing that the budget is around 15M.

[ali_fatheroforphans]

19 hours ago, Zainuu said:

Definitely, one of all those actresses, sits to play the role of Hz Fatima (عليه السلام). Astaghfirullah, that they represent the noble lady through someone who doesn't even believe or care about the Ismah of Hazrat Fatima (عليه السلام).

It sounds a bit wrong to me as well but even the other movies produced, like the Prophet Yousuf ((صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم)) series, are those people actually fit to act out such holy personalities? If we dive deep, then we should be against all Islamic movies? 

[Abu Hadi]

17 minutes ago, ali_fatheroforphans said:

It sounds a bit wrong to me as well but even the other movies produced, like the Prophet Yousuf ((صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم)) series, are those people actually fit to act out such holy personalities? If we dive deep, then we should be against all Islamic movies? 

I actually don't have a problem with non muslims acting in Islamic movies, as long as they are respectful and portray the role in a true and correct way.  We remember that Sir Anthony Quinn played Hazrat Hamza((عليه السلام)) in 'The Message',

which was one of my all time favorite movies and I can't imagine anyone else in this role besides him, he's wasn't a Muslim, but he captured the essence of the character very well in that role. Acting is a profession, just like a doctor or a plumber. If you are sick, you want the best doctor you can find. If your sink stops working, you want the best plumber you can find. If you are producing a movie, and you need someone to play a role, you want the person who can play that role the best. That isn't the issue. The main issue I have is how this movie came about, which seems very odd to me (stated in my previous post). Also, it seems to me that with a 15 million budget, they could have gotten at least one well known producer / director / and / or actor to get involved with this. The fact that none of them wanted to participate in it is another red flag (to me). 

Edited December 26, 2020 by Abu Hadi

[Reza]

2 hours ago, Abu Hadi said:

Producer and Director: Eli King. Other movies he has produced. None. This is his first movie, apparently

Eli King appears to be the director. Four people are listed under Producer with Muslim names.

[Reza]

18 hours ago, pakistanyar said:

It's simple economics, the movie will gross a lot more than 15 million and the producers will profit financially.

I highly doubt it will be financially successful. These type of niche ideological projects are expected to run at a loss. Pushing their message and agenda is the real motivation.

[Reza]

50 minutes ago, ali_fatheroforphans said:

It sounds a bit wrong to me as well but even the other movies produced, like the Prophet Yousuf ((صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم)) series, are those people actually fit to act out such holy personalities? If we dive deep, then we should be against all Islamic movies? 

If they are done with utmost respect and accuracy, films are a powerful tool to attract people to religion and make it more accessible beyond traditional means like books. This is the medium of our modern time and has to be used. 

God bless whoever makes good proper films, and the countless people they informed and inspired. 

[ali_fatheroforphans]

3 hours ago, Abu Hadi said:

well known that this movie has a high likelyhood to be the cause for extremist violence.

But we all attend fatimiyah programs where our scholars publicly narrate the story of the burning of the house? What's the line we should draw? When do we know when it is the cause for extremism? Should we just not discuss these events at all?

Edited December 26, 2020 by ali_fatheroforphans

[Abu Hadi]

12 minutes ago, ali_fatheroforphans said:

But we all attend fatimiyah programs where our scholars publicly narrate the story of the burning of the house? What's the line we should draw? When do we know when it is the cause for extremism? Should we just not discuss these events at all?

That's different. The people who attend those programs are Shia, they go there expecting that they will hear that and also believe that it happened. I myself attend those programs and when I go I know what to expect. When you are producing and distributing a movie you are placing this in front of the whole world. So people watch it, and do not expect to see that (burning of the house) and their scholars tell them that this didn't happen. So when the narration is placed in that context it is much more likely to have negative consequences. 

Edited December 26, 2020 by Abu Hadi

[Kalepaceh]

Ya Ali! 15 million dollars!? I have no words..

[dragonxx]

i dunno, the trailer is nearly at 1mil views in 2 days.

The more controversy, the more attention, the more views, the more money. Not so sure this one is gonna be a monetary loss given its hollywood approach

i don't like random humans portraying such immaculate figures (Imam Ali and Sayeda Fatima ((عليه السلام))); they could have done it similar to how imam ali's sword was shown during the movie the message at least.

and correct me if I'm wrong but the trailer looks like it portrays aisha without a scarf... i am not fond of her at all but it feels disrespectful to the Prophet (pbuhf)