WEBVTT 00:00:00.180 --> 00:00:08.480 The essence of the concepts of Ahl al-Sunnah. 00:00:08.480 --> 00:00:12.480 Contentment with Allah's decree, even if the soul dislikes it. 00:00:12.480 --> 00:00:16.920 That which the human soul may dislike. 00:00:16.920 --> 00:00:20.920 It is either a divinely legislated matter or a predestined decree. 00:00:20.920 --> 00:00:26.920 So the believers should know that whatever Allah wills for them, whether by legislation or decree, 00:00:26.920 --> 00:00:30.920 is better for them than if it were not to befall them. 00:00:30.920 --> 00:00:33.920 It is a kindness to them and a favor bestowed upon them. 00:00:33.920 --> 00:00:36.920 For Allah, Glorified is He, is All-Knowing, All-Aware. 00:00:36.920 --> 00:00:40.920 And He is the Most Just of judges and the Most Merciful of the merciful. 00:00:40.920 --> 00:00:47.020 Among what Allah has legislated for the believers, which they may dislike or some of them may dislike, 00:00:47.020 --> 00:00:49.020 is striving in the cause of Allah. 00:00:49.020 --> 00:00:51.020 Allah, the Almighty, says: 00:00:51.020 --> 00:00:55.020 “Warfare is ordained for you, though it is hateful unto you; but it may happen that ye hate a thing which is good for you, and it may happen that ye love a thing which is bad for you. Allah knoweth, ye know not.” (2:216) 00:00:55.020 --> 00:00:59.020 “Warfare is ordained for you, though it is hateful unto you; but it may happen that ye hate a thing which is good for you, and it may happen that ye love a thing which is bad for you. Allah knoweth, ye know not.” (2:216) 00:00:59.020 --> 00:01:04.019 “Warfare is ordained for you, though it is hateful unto you; but it may happen that ye hate a thing which is good for you, and it may happen that ye love a thing which is bad for you. Allah knoweth, ye know not.” (2:216) 00:01:04.019 --> 00:01:08.019 "And Allah knows, while you know not." 00:01:08.019 --> 00:01:11.019 And from Allah comes a response. 00:01:11.019 --> 00:01:15.019 The point is that what you dislike of the hardship of striving 00:01:15.019 --> 00:01:17.019 brings about good for you, 00:01:17.019 --> 00:01:21.019 as you will be victorious, gain spoils, and be rewarded, 00:01:21.019 --> 00:01:23.019 and the truth will be manifest and supported, 00:01:23.019 --> 00:01:26.019 and falsehood and its party will be vanquished. 00:01:26.019 --> 00:01:29.019 And whoever is killed among you is a martyr. 00:01:29.019 --> 00:01:34.019 Conversely, what you love, such as ease and abandoning combat, 00:01:34.019 --> 00:01:39.019 brings about evil for you in that you will be defeated and humiliated, 00:01:39.019 --> 00:01:41.019 and your cause will perish. 00:01:41.019 --> 00:01:44.109 Contentment with the divine law and submission to it is obligatory. 00:01:44.109 --> 00:01:47.109 Faith is not complete without it. 00:01:47.109 --> 00:01:49.109 And the believer has no choice in it. 00:01:49.109 --> 00:01:51.109 Allah, the Almighty, says: 00:01:51.109 --> 00:01:54.109 “And it becometh not a believing man or a believing woman, when Allah and His messenger have decided an affair (for them), that they should (after that) claim any say in their affair; and whoso is rebellious to Allah and His messenger, he verily goeth astray in error manifest.” (33:36) 00:01:54.109 --> 00:01:57.109 “And it becometh not a believing man or a believing woman, when Allah and His messenger have decided an affair (for them), that they should (after that) claim any say in their affair; and whoso is rebellious to Allah and His messenger, he verily goeth astray in error manifest.” (33:36) 00:01:57.109 --> 00:02:01.370 “And it becometh not a believing man or a believing woman, when Allah and His messenger have decided an affair (for them), that they should (after that) claim any say in their affair; and whoso is rebellious to Allah and His messenger, he verily goeth astray in error manifest.” (33:36) 00:02:01.370 --> 00:02:03.370 As for natural aversion, 00:02:03.370 --> 00:02:06.370 accompanied by the heart's submission and yielding to the command, 00:02:06.370 --> 00:02:09.370 the person is not held accountable for it. 00:02:09.370 --> 00:02:13.590 And among what Allah may decree for a believer which he dislikes 00:02:13.590 --> 00:02:18.620 is marrying a woman from whom he perceives something he dislikes. 00:02:18.620 --> 00:02:20.620 Allah, the Almighty, says in this regard: 00:02:20.620 --> 00:02:23.620 "And live with them in kindness." 00:02:23.620 --> 00:02:27.620 "But if you dislike them, perhaps you dislike a thing 00:02:27.620 --> 00:02:31.620 “O ye who believe! It is not lawful for you forcibly to inherit the women (of your deceased kinsmen), nor (that) ye should put constraint upon them that ye may take away a part of that which ye have given them, unless they be guilty of flagrant lewdness. But consort with them in kindness, for if ye hate them it may happen that ye hate a thing wherein Allah hath placed much good.” (4:19) 00:02:31.620 --> 00:02:35.620 He said: "Perhaps you dislike a thing," 00:02:35.620 --> 00:02:39.620 and He did not say: "Perhaps you dislike a woman." 00:02:39.620 --> 00:02:43.620 This is a generalization that guides us to a general principle 00:02:43.620 --> 00:02:45.620 that applies in all matters, 00:02:45.620 --> 00:02:47.620 specifically concerning women. 00:02:47.620 --> 00:02:49.620 This principle 00:02:49.620 --> 00:02:51.620 is that some of what a person dislikes 00:02:51.620 --> 00:02:54.620 may contain good for him. 00:02:54.620 --> 00:02:58.620 The intelligent ones know and have experienced the truth of this in life. 00:02:58.620 --> 00:03:02.620 The Noble Qur'an guides the human soul to believe 00:03:02.620 --> 00:03:05.620 and submit in matters of the unseen and hidden, 00:03:05.620 --> 00:03:10.620 after exerting all possible effort in the realm of observable action.