WEBVTT 00:00:00.180 --> 00:00:08.769 A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah. 00:00:08.769 --> 00:00:13.769 How a person repels base desires and the fruits of this struggle. 00:00:13.769 --> 00:00:18.440 The most powerful means by which a person repels base desires from himself. 00:00:18.440 --> 00:00:22.440 Is the taqwa of Allah—Mighty and Majestic is He—and the fear of His punishment. 00:00:22.440 --> 00:00:26.440 And keeping in mind the fruits of this taqwa and its reward. 00:00:26.440 --> 00:00:31.440 For that is the solid barrier against the violent onslaughts of base desire. 00:00:31.440 --> 00:00:37.439 One must know that Allah has not tasked him with preventing base desires from arising within himself. 00:00:37.439 --> 00:00:40.439 For that is beyond his capacity. 00:00:40.439 --> 00:00:45.439 Rather, He has tasked him with restraining his soul from such desires and repelling them. 00:00:45.439 --> 00:00:50.439 And for this struggle and arduous jihad, He has written for him. 00:00:50.439 --> 00:00:53.439 Paradise as a reward and a dwelling place. 00:00:53.439 --> 00:00:55.439 Allah the Exalted said: 00:00:55.439 --> 00:01:00.439 “But as for him who feared to stand before his Lord and restrained his soul from lust,” (79:40) 00:01:00.439 --> 00:01:03.439 “Lo! the Garden will be his home.” (79:41) 00:01:03.439 --> 00:01:09.500 He must also remember the consequences of unchecked base desire and where it leads. 00:01:09.500 --> 00:01:13.500 "As for him who transgressed and preferred the life of this world." 00:01:13.500 --> 00:01:16.500 “Lo! hell will be his home.” (79:39) 00:01:16.500 --> 00:01:19.500 Also included in the aforementioned points. 00:01:19.500 --> 00:01:23.500 Is to remember the nobility of the truth and the virtue of its people. 00:01:23.500 --> 00:01:26.500 And the baseness of falsehood and the ignominy of its people. 00:01:26.500 --> 00:01:30.500 And what they deserve of Allah’s wrath and punishment. 00:01:30.500 --> 00:01:33.500 Among the things that help in abandoning base desire. 00:01:33.500 --> 00:01:39.500 Which inclines one toward the opinions of his predecessors and teachers even when they contradict the truth. 00:01:39.500 --> 00:01:41.629 Is to keep in mind that what concerns him. 00:01:41.629 --> 00:01:44.629 Is his own state before Allah. 00:01:44.629 --> 00:01:48.629 It will not harm him before Allah to disagree with his teachers. 00:01:48.629 --> 00:01:51.629 As long as the truth has become clear to him in opposition to them. 00:01:51.629 --> 00:01:57.629 Rather, what harms him is following them in what he knows to be contrary to the truth. 00:01:57.629 --> 00:02:02.859 His teachers may be excused and rewarded for the positions they took. 00:02:02.859 --> 00:02:06.859 Due to the evidence of the truth not having been established for them in the matter. 00:02:06.859 --> 00:02:09.860 Or because of a plausible interpretation they held. 00:02:09.860 --> 00:02:13.860 While the proof was not established against them regarding what they opposed. 00:02:13.860 --> 00:02:18.210 Among the things that also help in opposing base desire. 00:02:18.210 --> 00:02:21.210 Is adopting the most cautious approach in a matter. 00:02:21.210 --> 00:02:25.210 Even if it contradicts his desires and what he was raised upon. 00:02:25.210 --> 00:02:31.270 If he finds among the people of knowledge those who reject some of what his soul has become accustomed to and what his desires incline toward. 00:02:31.270 --> 00:02:34.270 Despite their nobility and high standing. 00:02:34.270 --> 00:02:36.270 He should adopt the most cautious path for his religion. 00:02:36.270 --> 00:02:42.270 And abandon what he was accustomed to, in order to safeguard his religion and prioritize safety.