WEBVTT 00:00:00.180 --> 00:00:08.769 A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah. 00:00:08.769 --> 00:00:11.720 Joy and happiness. 00:00:11.720 --> 00:00:13.720 Gladness and delight. 00:00:13.720 --> 00:00:15.720 Insofar as they are part of human nature. 00:00:15.720 --> 00:00:18.719 Are neither inherently praiseworthy nor blameworthy. 00:00:18.719 --> 00:00:21.719 The Shariah did not come to abolish them. 00:00:21.719 --> 00:00:24.750 Rather, it came to guide and refine them. 00:00:24.750 --> 00:00:29.750 Their praise or blame depends upon their motives and causes. 00:00:29.750 --> 00:00:32.750 And the manner in which they are expressed and their consequences. 00:00:33.310 --> 00:00:37.810 If the joy is for the obedience of Allah, His guidance, and the victory of His religion, 00:00:37.810 --> 00:00:41.810 Or for a permissible matter that assists in the obedience of Allah, the Almighty and Majestic, 00:00:41.810 --> 00:00:45.810 Then it is praiseworthy and beloved to Allah, the Exalted. 00:00:45.810 --> 00:00:47.810 He, the Glorified, said: 00:00:47.810 --> 00:00:52.810 “O mankind! There hath come unto you an exhortation from your Lord, a balm for that which is in the breasts, a guidance and a mercy for believers.” (10:57) 00:00:52.810 --> 00:00:55.810 “O mankind! There hath come unto you an exhortation from your Lord, a balm for that which is in the breasts, a guidance and a mercy for believers.” (10:57) 00:00:55.810 --> 00:00:58.810 And as guidance and mercy for the believers. 00:00:59.310 --> 00:01:03.810 “Say: In the bounty of Allah and in His mercy: therein let them rejoice. It is better than what they hoard.” (10:58) 00:01:03.810 --> 00:01:07.810 “Say: In the bounty of Allah and in His mercy: therein let them rejoice. It is better than what they hoard.” (10:58) 00:01:07.810 --> 00:01:09.810 And the Almighty said: 00:01:09.810 --> 00:01:13.810 And on that day, the believers will rejoice in the victory of Allah. 00:01:13.810 --> 00:01:16.969 However, if the joy is for an act of disobedience, 00:01:16.969 --> 00:01:19.969 Or for a permissible matter that distracts from the Hereafter, 00:01:19.969 --> 00:01:21.969 And leads to insolence and arrogance, 00:01:21.969 --> 00:01:23.969 Then it is blameworthy. 00:01:23.969 --> 00:01:25.969 The Almighty said: 00:01:25.969 --> 00:01:29.969 “Those who were left behind rejoiced at sitting still behind the messenger of Allah, and were averse to striving with their wealth and their lives in Allah's way. And they said: Go not forth in the heat! Say: The fire of hell is more intense of heat, if they but understood.” (9:81) 00:01:29.969 --> 00:01:36.069 “Those who were left behind rejoiced at sitting still behind the messenger of Allah, and were averse to striving with their wealth and their lives in Allah's way. And they said: Go not forth in the heat! Say: The fire of hell is more intense of heat, if they but understood.” (9:81) 00:01:36.069 --> 00:01:38.069 And He, the Glorified, said: 00:01:38.069 --> 00:01:40.069 And they rejoiced in the life of this world. 00:01:40.069 --> 00:01:45.200 “Allah enlargeth livelihood for whom He will, and straiteneth (it for whom He will); and they rejoice in the life of the world, whereas the life of the world is but brief comfort as compared with the Hereafter.” (13:26) 00:01:45.200 --> 00:01:48.200 And He, the Glorified, said regarding Qarun: 00:01:48.200 --> 00:01:51.200 “Now Korah was of Moses' folk, but he oppressed them; and We gave him so much treasure that the stores thereof would verily have been a burden for a troop of mighty men. When his own folk said unto him: Exult not; lo! Allah loveth not the exultant;” (28:76) 00:01:51.200 --> 00:01:55.870 “Now Korah was of Moses' folk, but he oppressed them; and We gave him so much treasure that the stores thereof would verily have been a burden for a troop of mighty men. When his own folk said unto him: Exult not; lo! Allah loveth not the exultant;” (28:76) 00:01:55.870 --> 00:01:58.870 A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah.