1 00:00:00,180 --> 00:00:08,509 A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah. 2 00:00:08,509 --> 00:00:11,759 Optimism. 3 00:00:11,759 --> 00:00:13,759 Optimism is a feeling of the heart. 4 00:00:13,759 --> 00:00:17,760 Its motivation is having a good opinion of Allah, the Almighty and Majestic. 5 00:00:17,760 --> 00:00:19,760 It stems from knowing Allah, the Exalted. 6 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:21,760 And knowing His most beautiful names. 7 00:00:21,760 --> 00:00:23,760 And His sublime attributes. 8 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:25,760 For His names, glory be to Him— 9 00:00:25,760 --> 00:00:27,760 The Most Gracious, the Most Merciful, 10 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:29,760 The Kind, the Benign, 11 00:00:29,760 --> 00:00:31,760 The Powerful, the Almighty, 12 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:34,759 And other names of majesty and beauty— 13 00:00:34,759 --> 00:00:36,759 Yield the fruit of hope in Him, glory be to Him, 14 00:00:36,759 --> 00:00:38,759 And a good opinion of Him, 15 00:00:38,759 --> 00:00:40,759 And the realization that His relief is near, 16 00:00:40,759 --> 00:00:43,759 And that with hardship comes ease. 17 00:00:43,789 --> 00:00:45,789 The believer who knows his Lord, 18 00:00:45,789 --> 00:00:47,789 And His most beautiful names, 19 00:00:47,789 --> 00:00:49,789 Will never allow into his heart 20 00:00:49,789 --> 00:00:51,789 Pessimism, despair, or frustration, 21 00:00:51,789 --> 00:00:53,789 No matter how intense the trial becomes, 22 00:00:53,789 --> 00:00:55,789 Or how much falsehood spreads at any 23 00:00:55,789 --> 00:00:57,789 Given time. 24 00:00:57,789 --> 00:00:59,789 We have in the Messenger of Allah, 25 00:00:59,789 --> 00:01:01,789 Peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, the perfect example. 26 00:01:01,789 --> 00:01:03,789 For here he is, saying 27 00:01:03,789 --> 00:01:05,790 To Khabbab Ibn al-Aratt, may Allah be pleased with him, 28 00:01:05,790 --> 00:01:07,790 When he complained 29 00:01:07,790 --> 00:01:09,790 To him about the torture of the polytheists, 30 00:01:09,790 --> 00:01:11,790 And asked for victory 31 00:01:11,790 --> 00:01:13,790 During the Meccan period: 32 00:01:13,790 --> 00:01:15,790 "By Allah, this matter will surely be perfected, 33 00:01:15,790 --> 00:01:17,790 Until a traveler journeys 34 00:01:17,790 --> 00:01:19,790 From San'a to Hadramawt, 35 00:01:19,790 --> 00:01:21,790 Fearing none but Allah, 36 00:01:21,790 --> 00:01:23,790 And the wolf for his sheep; 37 00:01:23,790 --> 00:01:25,790 But you are a people 38 00:01:25,790 --> 00:01:27,790 Who are impatient." 39 00:01:27,790 --> 00:01:29,859 Narrated by al-Bukhari. 40 00:01:29,859 --> 00:01:31,859 And here is the Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, 41 00:01:31,859 --> 00:01:33,859 During the Battle of the Trench, 42 00:01:33,859 --> 00:01:35,859 When the disbelievers gathered against them, 43 00:01:35,859 --> 00:01:37,859 And attacked Medina 44 00:01:37,859 --> 00:01:39,859 From all its sides, 45 00:01:39,859 --> 00:01:41,859 And the Muslims were shaken with a 46 00:01:41,859 --> 00:01:43,859 Severe shaking. 47 00:01:43,859 --> 00:01:45,859 He was broadcasting hope and optimism 48 00:01:45,859 --> 00:01:47,859 Regarding the triumph of this religion over Persia 49 00:01:47,859 --> 00:01:49,859 And Rome. 50 00:01:49,859 --> 00:01:51,859 He would say while striking with the pickaxe: 51 00:01:51,859 --> 00:01:53,859 "Allahu Akbar! 52 00:01:53,859 --> 00:01:55,859 I have been given the keys of al-Sham. 53 00:01:55,859 --> 00:01:57,859 Allahu Akbar! 54 00:01:57,859 --> 00:01:59,859 I have been given the keys of Persia." 55 00:01:59,859 --> 00:02:01,859 The intensity of the trial 56 00:02:01,859 --> 00:02:03,859 Is the prelude to victory, 57 00:02:03,859 --> 00:02:05,859 Just as the 58 00:02:05,859 --> 00:02:07,859 Companions of Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, understood, 59 00:02:07,859 --> 00:02:09,860 When Allah said about them: 60 00:02:09,860 --> 00:02:11,860 "And when the 61 00:02:11,860 --> 00:02:13,860 Believers saw the confederates..." 62 00:02:13,860 --> 00:02:15,860 “And when the true believers saw the clans, they said: This is that which Allah and His messenger promised us. Allah and His messenger are true. It did but confirm them in their faith and resignation.” (33:22) 63 00:02:15,860 --> 00:02:17,860 Allah and His Messenger, 64 00:02:17,860 --> 00:02:19,860 And Allah and His Messenger spoke the truth, 65 00:02:19,860 --> 00:02:21,860 And it increased them only in 66 00:02:21,860 --> 00:02:23,860 Faith and submission. 67 00:02:23,860 --> 00:02:26,020 Among the signs of optimism 68 00:02:26,020 --> 00:02:28,020 That herald the nearness of victory 69 00:02:28,020 --> 00:02:30,020 In our time: 70 00:02:30,020 --> 00:02:32,020 First, 71 00:02:32,020 --> 00:02:34,020 The narratives from the verses and hadiths 72 00:02:34,020 --> 00:02:36,020 That contain the promise of Allah, 73 00:02:36,020 --> 00:02:38,020 Almighty and Majestic, regarding the triumph of this religion 74 00:02:38,020 --> 00:02:40,020 Over all the earth, over all religions, 75 00:02:40,020 --> 00:02:42,020 And the conquest of 76 00:02:42,020 --> 00:02:44,020 Constantinople and Rome. 77 00:02:44,020 --> 00:02:46,020 It is the promise of Allah; Allah does not fail 78 00:02:46,020 --> 00:02:48,020 To fulfill His promise, 79 00:02:48,020 --> 00:02:50,020 But most people 80 00:02:50,020 --> 00:02:52,080 Do not know. 81 00:02:52,080 --> 00:02:54,080 Second, 82 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:56,080 The global and local return 83 00:02:56,080 --> 00:02:58,080 To this religion, 84 00:02:58,080 --> 00:03:00,080 And the entry of groups of disbelievers into it, 85 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:02,080 And the repentance of many 86 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:04,080 Of the children of the Ummah and their guidance. 87 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:06,240 Third, 88 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:08,240 The need of humanity today, 89 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:10,240 As it lives in this misery, 90 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:12,240 For a savior, 91 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:14,240 And there is no savior for it except the religion of Islam, 92 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:16,240 The religion of innate nature, reason, 93 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:18,460 And knowledge. 94 00:03:18,460 --> 00:03:20,460 Fourth, 95 00:03:20,460 --> 00:03:22,460 The decline of the West and its regression, 96 00:03:22,460 --> 00:03:24,460 And the inciting of the disbelievers 97 00:03:24,460 --> 00:03:26,460 Against one another, 98 00:03:26,460 --> 00:03:28,460 So that they may exhaust each other, 99 00:03:28,460 --> 00:03:30,460 Along with what their countries are witnessing 100 00:03:30,460 --> 00:03:32,460 Of economic and moral collapse, 101 00:03:32,460 --> 00:03:34,460 And disasters, 102 00:03:34,460 --> 00:03:36,590 And divine punishments. 103 00:03:36,590 --> 00:03:38,590 Fifth, 104 00:03:38,590 --> 00:03:40,590 The preservation of the religion of Islam 105 00:03:40,590 --> 00:03:42,590 From human interventions 106 00:03:42,590 --> 00:03:44,590 That tampered with corrupted creeds 107 00:03:44,590 --> 00:03:46,590 And distorted them; 108 00:03:46,590 --> 00:03:48,590 For it is the religion of Allah that is destined to prevail. 109 00:03:49,590 --> 00:03:51,689 Sixth, 110 00:03:51,689 --> 00:03:54,689 The awakening that the Muslims are witnessing, 111 00:03:54,689 --> 00:03:56,689 And the strength of the sense of resistance, 112 00:03:56,689 --> 00:03:58,689 As they see the conflict 113 00:03:58,689 --> 00:04:00,689 Between truth and falsehood, 114 00:04:00,689 --> 00:04:02,689 Where many aspects 115 00:04:02,689 --> 00:04:04,689 Of the truth have been revealed 116 00:04:04,689 --> 00:04:06,689 That they were not aware of, 117 00:04:06,689 --> 00:04:08,689 And many aspects of falsehood 118 00:04:08,689 --> 00:04:10,689 That they were ignorant of, 119 00:04:10,689 --> 00:04:12,689 And were ignorant of what 120 00:04:12,689 --> 00:04:14,689 Allah, the Almighty and Majestic, informed us of 121 00:04:14,689 --> 00:04:16,689 Regarding the enmity and hatred of the disbelievers. 122 00:04:17,689 --> 00:04:19,750 Likewise, those who belong to the truth, 123 00:04:19,750 --> 00:04:21,750 From among the callers and the mujahidin, 124 00:04:21,750 --> 00:04:23,750 Their commitment to it has strengthened, 125 00:04:23,750 --> 00:04:25,750 As has their enthusiasm for supporting it, 126 00:04:25,750 --> 00:04:27,750 And sacrificing for the sake of Allah, 127 00:04:27,750 --> 00:04:29,750 Almighty and Majestic. 128 00:04:29,750 --> 00:04:31,910 Seventh, 129 00:04:31,910 --> 00:04:33,910 The reaching of injustice, arrogance, and corruption 130 00:04:33,910 --> 00:04:35,910 By the enemies of the religion to their peak, 131 00:04:35,910 --> 00:04:37,910 From among the disbelievers and hypocrites, 132 00:04:37,910 --> 00:04:39,910 And nothing remains but for the promise of Allah, glory be to Him, 133 00:04:39,910 --> 00:04:41,910 To be fulfilled against them 134 00:04:41,910 --> 00:04:43,910 With destruction and eradication, 135 00:04:43,910 --> 00:04:45,910 And the empowerment of the believers, 136 00:04:46,910 --> 00:04:48,910 “And that Allah may prove those who believe, and may blight the disbelievers.” (3:141) 137 00:04:48,910 --> 00:04:50,910 And He destroys the disbelievers.