1 00:00:00,180 --> 00:00:09,019 A Summary of the Concepts of Ahl al-Sunnah 2 00:00:09,019 --> 00:00:14,300 Among the harm and negative consequences of failing to understand contemporary reality: 3 00:00:14,300 --> 00:00:20,300 First, succumbing to the arguments of sophists and deceivers, 4 00:00:20,300 --> 00:00:23,300 and unintentionally issuing fatwas that align with their desires, 5 00:00:23,300 --> 00:00:28,300 enabling them to achieve their evil ends by which they afflict the Ummah with turmoil. 6 00:00:28,300 --> 00:00:33,340 For when certain scholars fail to recognize these cunning objectives 7 00:00:33,340 --> 00:00:38,340 and issue fatwas devoid of any awareness of these sophists' underlying motives, 8 00:00:38,340 --> 00:00:41,340 their fatwas unintentionally lead to 9 00:00:41,340 --> 00:00:44,340 the legitimization of certain evils 10 00:00:44,340 --> 00:00:47,689 and the propagation of false concepts. 11 00:00:47,689 --> 00:00:51,689 Second, narrating hadiths to people 12 00:00:51,689 --> 00:00:54,689 that may cause them internal spiritual trial or confusion 13 00:00:54,689 --> 00:00:57,689 due to their intellects' inability to grasp them. 14 00:00:57,689 --> 00:01:00,689 This is the meaning of the statement of 'Ali (may Allah be pleased with him): 15 00:01:00,689 --> 00:01:03,689 "Speak to people according to what they can understand. 16 00:01:03,689 --> 00:01:07,689 Do you wish for Allah and His Messenger to be denied?"