1 00:00:00,180 --> 00:00:09,570 A summary of the concepts of Ahl al-Sunnah. 2 00:00:09,570 --> 00:00:13,570 Abandoning servitude to Allah means embracing servitude to others. 3 00:00:13,570 --> 00:00:18,589 Whoever abandons his servitude to Allah, the Exalted, 4 00:00:18,589 --> 00:00:21,589 It inevitably falls into servitude to other than Him. 5 00:00:21,589 --> 00:00:26,589 from a devil, or a vain desire of the soul, or a lust for wealth. 6 00:00:26,589 --> 00:00:28,690 and so on. 7 00:00:28,690 --> 00:00:32,719 Allah the Almighty said concerning the worship of Satan: 8 00:00:32,719 --> 00:00:37,719 “Did I not charge you, O ye sons of Adam, that ye worship not the devil - Lo! he is your open foe! -” (36:60) 9 00:00:37,719 --> 00:00:40,719 Indeed, he is to you an evident enemy. 10 00:00:40,719 --> 00:00:45,719 And that you should worship Me alone; this is the straight path. 11 00:00:45,719 --> 00:00:51,719 And Allah the Almighty said concerning associating partners with Him and worshipping other idols and so-called deities: 12 00:00:51,719 --> 00:00:58,780 “Yet they choose beside Him other gods who create naught but are themselves created, and possess not hurt nor profit for themselves, and possess not death nor life, nor power to raise the dead.” (25:3) 13 00:00:58,780 --> 00:01:02,780 “Yet they choose beside Him other gods who create naught but are themselves created, and possess not hurt nor profit for themselves, and possess not death nor life, nor power to raise the dead.” (25:3) 14 00:01:02,780 --> 00:01:08,780 “Yet they choose beside Him other gods who create naught but are themselves created, and possess not hurt nor profit for themselves, and possess not death nor life, nor power to raise the dead.” (25:3) 15 00:01:08,780 --> 00:01:11,780 And Allah the Almighty said concerning the worship of desires: 16 00:01:11,780 --> 00:01:18,819 “Hast thou seen him who chooseth for his god his own lust? Wouldst thou then be guardian over him?” (25:43) 17 00:01:18,819 --> 00:01:21,819 And the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: 18 00:01:21,819 --> 00:01:25,819 Cursed is the servant of the dinar, cursed is the servant of the dirham. 19 00:01:25,819 --> 00:01:27,819 The wretched one, the wearer of the coarse garment. 20 00:01:27,819 --> 00:01:29,819 Wretched is the servant of the thorny bush. 21 00:01:29,819 --> 00:01:31,819 He is miserable and has fallen back. 22 00:01:31,819 --> 00:01:34,819 And if he is pricked, he will not be able to remove it. 23 00:01:34,819 --> 00:01:36,849 Narrated by Bukhari.