1 00:00:00,180 --> 00:00:08,800 A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah. 2 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:11,800 Piety and asceticism must be accompanied by intention. 3 00:00:11,800 --> 00:00:18,730 Both asceticism and piety require an accompanying intention. 4 00:00:18,730 --> 00:00:23,730 For the mere act of abstaining, without regard for its connection to the Hereafter, 5 00:00:23,730 --> 00:00:26,730 cannot be termed asceticism or piety. 6 00:00:26,730 --> 00:00:31,730 A person might abandon certain worldly affairs merely out of a desire for comfort or laziness, 7 00:00:31,730 --> 00:00:34,729 rather than because those affairs distract them from the matters of the Hereafter. 8 00:00:34,729 --> 00:00:40,729 Whoever is in this state will not benefit from their leisure for the sake of their Hereafter; 9 00:00:40,729 --> 00:00:43,729 rather, they fall into the gravest corruption. 10 00:00:43,729 --> 00:00:46,729 Thus, they neither build up their worldly life nor their Hereafter. 11 00:00:46,729 --> 00:00:51,460 A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah.