WEBVTT 00:00:00.180 --> 00:00:08.929 A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah. 00:00:08.929 --> 00:00:11.929 The theological dimension of Communism. 00:00:11.929 --> 00:00:21.079 Communism is not merely a social system that seeks to achieve prosperity within society, as it claims. 00:00:21.079 --> 00:00:26.079 In reality, it is a school of thought that possesses its own theological framework. 00:00:26.079 --> 00:00:31.079 It is founded upon the material basis of the universe since its inception. 00:00:31.079 --> 00:00:36.079 And he rejects the existence of the Divine Creator who governs this universe. 00:00:36.079 --> 00:00:41.079 It is an atheistic ideology that denies the Lord, the One who is worshipped. 00:00:41.079 --> 00:00:46.179 This school of thought was derived from Darwin’s theory of creation. 00:00:46.179 --> 00:00:51.179 The concept of evolution, natural selection, and the survival of the fittest. 00:00:51.179 --> 00:00:55.179 And he applied it within the spheres of economics and material affairs. 00:00:55.179 --> 00:00:59.179 In what is known as the economic interpretation of history. 00:00:59.179 --> 00:01:03.179 Assume, then, the existence of contradictions within the materiality of the universe. 00:01:03.179 --> 00:01:08.180 These contradictions struggle against one another. 00:01:08.180 --> 00:01:12.180 In what is known as the theory of dialectical materialism. 00:01:12.180 --> 00:01:16.180 until the conflict culminates in the establishment of a communist society. 00:01:16.180 --> 00:01:22.180 In which private property and social classes among people disappear. 00:01:22.180 --> 00:01:25.180 And Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, affirms in His Book 00:01:25.180 --> 00:01:30.180 Regarding the inevitability of these social strata and distinctions among people. 00:01:30.180 --> 00:01:32.180 Then He, Glory be to Him, says: 00:01:32.180 --> 00:01:35.180 Is it they who distribute the mercy of your Lord? 00:01:35.180 --> 00:01:40.180 “Is it they who apportion thy Lord's mercy? We have apportioned among them their livelihood in the life of the world, and raised some of them above others in rank that some of them may take labour from others; and the mercy of thy Lord is better than (the wealth) that they amass.” (43:32) 00:01:40.180 --> 00:01:47.180 “Is it they who apportion thy Lord's mercy? We have apportioned among them their livelihood in the life of the world, and raised some of them above others in rank that some of them may take labour from others; and the mercy of thy Lord is better than (the wealth) that they amass.” (43:32) 00:01:47.180 --> 00:01:52.180 And the mercy of your Lord is better than what they accumulate. 00:01:52.180 --> 00:01:59.430 Matters reached the point where they even claimed that the state and its entire system would eventually dissolve. 00:01:59.430 --> 00:02:05.430 And the people lived in a social system defined entirely by cooperation and brotherhood. 00:02:05.430 --> 00:02:10.430 In it, every person exerts the utmost of their ability for the benefit of the community. 00:02:10.430 --> 00:02:13.430 He should take only the amount that is sufficient for his needs. 00:02:13.430 --> 00:02:21.430 Thus, it is without oversight, without governance, and without any divinely revealed creed to govern the actions of the individual. 00:02:21.430 --> 00:02:28.430 It regulates this within a framework of both worldly and otherworldly encouragement and deterrence alike. 00:02:28.430 --> 00:02:31.689 And the communist ideology, when viewed through this perspective, 00:02:31.689 --> 00:02:36.689 It is most similar to the concept of a utopian, imaginary city. 00:02:36.689 --> 00:02:40.719 which Plato had postulated before them 00:02:40.719 --> 00:02:46.719 The reality of communist systems bears witness to the profound gap between their idealistic theoretical concepts and actual practice. 00:02:46.719 --> 00:02:49.719 And the reality that is observed and perceived. 00:02:49.719 --> 00:02:53.719 And its contradiction with human nature, reason, and the religion. 00:02:53.719 --> 00:02:58.330 The summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah.