WEBVTT 00:00:00.180 --> 00:00:08.740 The essence of the concepts of Ahl al-Sunnah. 00:00:08.740 --> 00:00:13.660 Loyalty and disavowal are an application and an action. 00:00:13.660 --> 00:00:18.660 Loyalty and disavowal are not merely theoretical scholarly concepts. 00:00:18.660 --> 00:00:23.660 Rather, they are a practical application by the believer in the reality of his life. 00:00:23.660 --> 00:00:25.660 It manifests in his behavior and state. 00:00:25.660 --> 00:00:29.660 And the religion of Islam is entirely serious, with no jesting in it. 00:00:29.660 --> 00:00:31.660 As Allah the Almighty says: 00:00:31.660 --> 00:00:36.659 "Indeed, it is a decisive word, and it is not amusement." 00:00:36.659 --> 00:00:41.659 And we are commanded to take it forcefully, as Allah the Almighty commanded. 00:00:41.659 --> 00:00:45.659 For He said to John, peace be upon him: 00:00:45.659 --> 00:00:48.659 "O John, take the Book with strength." 00:00:48.659 --> 00:00:51.659 And He said to Moses, peace be upon him: 00:00:51.659 --> 00:00:58.659 “And We wrote for him, upon the tablets, the lesson to be drawn from all things and the explanation of all things, then (bade him): Hold it fast; and command thy people (saying): Take the better (course made clear) therein. I shall show thee the abode of evil-livers.” (7:145) 00:00:58.659 --> 00:01:03.659 "So take it forcefully and order your people to take of its best." 00:01:03.659 --> 00:01:06.659 "I will show you the abode of the wicked." 00:01:06.659 --> 00:01:12.700 And religion rejects the reduction of its commands to cold knowledge in abstract minds. 00:01:12.700 --> 00:01:17.700 So when the time for application comes, they evaporate and vanish. 00:01:17.700 --> 00:01:22.700 Thus, Islamic studies, in all their methodologies and institutions, have no value 00:01:22.700 --> 00:01:26.700 if they do not yield action and a stance in the reality of life. 00:01:26.700 --> 00:01:29.700 For religion was legislated for action. 00:01:29.700 --> 00:01:35.700 And it transforms in the heart of the Muslim into a state that yields movement and stances on the ground. 00:01:35.700 --> 00:01:42.700 Especially concerning the creed of loyalty and disavowal, which is the strongest tie of faith. 00:01:42.700 --> 00:01:45.730 For the sake of loyalty and disavowal, 00:01:45.730 --> 00:01:50.730 the Prophets, peace and blessings of Allah be upon them, and their followers were harmed, sometimes by killing, 00:01:50.730 --> 00:01:53.730 sometimes by imprisonment and torture, 00:01:53.730 --> 00:01:55.730 sometimes by exile and expulsion, 00:01:55.730 --> 00:01:58.730 and sometimes by confiscation of wealth. 00:01:58.730 --> 00:02:05.730 For its sake, the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and his Companions were besieged in the Shi'b for three years. 00:02:05.730 --> 00:02:09.729 For its sake, Abraham, peace be upon him, disavowed his father, 00:02:09.729 --> 00:02:14.729 and offered himself to the fire and his son for sacrifice. 00:02:14.729 --> 00:02:19.729 For its sake, Hud, peace be upon him, challenged his people and said: 00:02:19.729 --> 00:02:27.729 "Indeed, I bear witness to Allah, and bear witness that I am free from whatever you associate with Him besides Him." 00:02:27.729 --> 00:02:32.729 “Beside Him. So (try to) circumvent me, all of you, give me no respite.” (11:55) 00:02:32.729 --> 00:02:34.729 And for the sake of loyalty and disavowal, 00:02:34.729 --> 00:02:40.729 the Prophets and their followers abandoned their homelands, fleeing with their religion from the disbelievers. 00:02:40.729 --> 00:02:45.729 And for its sake, the market of jihad was established to fight the enemies of Allah, 00:02:45.729 --> 00:02:48.729 and souls and wealth were expended in it. 00:02:48.729 --> 00:02:56.729 And sadly, we see today many people, and some students of knowledge, despite the clarity of this issue, 00:02:56.729 --> 00:03:02.729 showing loyalty to the enemies of Allah, loving their religions and systems that oppose the law of Allah, 00:03:02.729 --> 00:03:05.729 and supporting them against the Muslims. 00:03:05.729 --> 00:03:10.729 And they bring forth cold interpretations and justifications for their stances. 00:03:10.729 --> 00:03:19.729 Indeed, they go further and denounce those who apply what they have learned regarding declaring those who support polytheists against Muslims to be disbelievers. 00:03:19.729 --> 00:03:23.729 To Allah we belong, and to Him we shall return.