WEBVTT 00:00:00.180 --> 00:00:08.349 A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah. 00:00:08.349 --> 00:00:13.349 Islamic creed is deeply rooted in human nature. 00:00:13.349 --> 00:00:20.859 The correct creed is implanted in a person’s nature from the moment of birth. 00:00:20.859 --> 00:00:23.859 As the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: 00:00:23.859 --> 00:00:26.859 "Every child is born in a state of natural disposition (fitra)." 00:00:26.859 --> 00:00:33.020 "It is his parents who make him a Jew, a Christian, or a polytheist." 00:00:33.020 --> 00:00:35.109 Agreed upon. 00:00:35.109 --> 00:00:37.109 In a narration recorded by Muslim: 00:00:37.109 --> 00:00:42.109 "No child is born but upon this religion." 00:00:42.109 --> 00:00:46.240 "It is his parents who make him a Jew or a Christian." 00:00:46.240 --> 00:00:48.240 In the first narration: 00:00:48.240 --> 00:00:53.240 Islam was not explicitly mentioned alongside Judaism, Christianity, and polytheism. 00:00:53.240 --> 00:00:58.240 This indicates that the natural disposition upon which a child is born is Islam. 00:00:58.240 --> 00:01:02.240 As explicitly stated in the second narration by Muslim: 00:01:02.240 --> 00:01:06.239 "No child is born but upon this religion." 00:01:06.239 --> 00:01:08.239 And in the hadith qudsi: 00:01:08.239 --> 00:01:12.239 "I created My servants as monotheists (hunafa'), all of them." 00:01:12.239 --> 00:01:17.239 "Then the devils came to them and diverted them from their religion." 00:01:17.239 --> 00:01:20.239 "They forbade for them what I had made lawful for them." 00:01:20.239 --> 00:01:26.269 "And they commanded them to associate with Me that for which I have sent down no authority." 00:01:26.269 --> 00:01:29.269 The hadith was recorded by Muslim. 00:01:29.269 --> 00:01:34.530 What proves from the Noble Qur'an that the Islamic creed 00:01:34.530 --> 00:01:37.530 is implanted in the nature of all human beings 00:01:37.530 --> 00:01:40.530 is the saying of Allah the Exalted: 00:01:40.530 --> 00:01:48.530 “And (remember) when thy Lord brought forth from the Children of Adam, from their reins, their seed, and made them testify of themselves, (saying): Am I not your Lord? They said: Yea, verily. We testify. (That was) lest ye should say at the Day of Resurrection: Lo! of this we were unaware;” (7:172) 00:01:48.530 --> 00:01:53.530 "And He made them testify as to themselves," 00:01:53.530 --> 00:01:55.530 "'Am I not your Lord?'" 00:01:55.530 --> 00:01:57.530 "They said, 'Yes.'" 00:01:57.530 --> 00:02:02.530 “And (remember) when thy Lord brought forth from the Children of Adam, from their reins, their seed, and made them testify of themselves, (saying): Am I not your Lord? They said: Yea, verily. We testify. (That was) lest ye should say at the Day of Resurrection: Lo! of this we were unaware;” (7:172) 00:02:02.530 --> 00:02:07.530 “And (remember) when thy Lord brought forth from the Children of Adam, from their reins, their seed, and made them testify of themselves, (saying): Am I not your Lord? They said: Yea, verily. We testify. (That was) lest ye should say at the Day of Resurrection: Lo! of this we were unaware;” (7:172) 00:02:07.530 --> 00:02:14.530 “Or lest ye should say: (It is) only (that) our fathers ascribed partners to Allah of old and we were (their) seed after them. Wilt Thou destroy us on account of that which those who follow falsehood did?” (7:173) 00:02:14.530 --> 00:02:19.530 “Or lest ye should say: (It is) only (that) our fathers ascribed partners to Allah of old and we were (their) seed after them. Wilt Thou destroy us on account of that which those who follow falsehood did?” (7:173) 00:02:19.530 --> 00:02:24.530 “Or lest ye should say: (It is) only (that) our fathers ascribed partners to Allah of old and we were (their) seed after them. Wilt Thou destroy us on account of that which those who follow falsehood did?” (7:173) 00:02:26.139 --> 00:02:30.139 This is what is known among the exegetes and scholars of creed 00:02:30.139 --> 00:02:35.139 as the covenant taken from the descendants in the loins of the children of Adam. 00:02:35.139 --> 00:02:37.229 This covenant 00:02:37.229 --> 00:02:43.229 is the natural disposition and the creed implanted in the human soul before its birth. 00:02:43.229 --> 00:02:48.229 This creed is then renewed by the messengers whom Allah sends, 00:02:48.229 --> 00:02:52.229 not to establish a different, independent creed, 00:02:52.229 --> 00:02:57.229 but to renew the ancient creed by reminding people of it, 00:02:57.229 --> 00:02:59.229 detailing its content, 00:02:59.229 --> 00:03:04.229 and demonstrating its requirements of servitude to Allah alone, 00:03:04.229 --> 00:03:07.229 and the renunciation of servitude to anything other than Him, 00:03:07.229 --> 00:03:11.229 along with righteous deeds and upright conduct, 00:03:11.229 --> 00:03:14.229 and directing all of that to Allah alone, 00:03:14.229 --> 00:03:18.330 the Lord of the ancient covenant and pledge. 00:03:18.330 --> 00:03:22.330 Consequently, this covenant and pledge with Allah 00:03:22.330 --> 00:03:25.330 forms the basis for all covenants and pledges with mankind. 00:03:25.330 --> 00:03:27.360 Whoever honors the first covenant 00:03:27.360 --> 00:03:30.360 will honor all other covenants, 00:03:30.360 --> 00:03:35.360 because honoring them is an obligation by virtue of the first covenant.