WEBVTT 00:00:00.180 --> 00:00:08.740 A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah. 00:00:08.740 --> 00:00:13.570 Profit and loss according to the scales of the Sharia. 00:00:13.570 --> 00:00:18.570 Profit is naturally beloved to the soul, while loss is detested by it. 00:00:18.570 --> 00:00:23.570 Yet, there is a vast difference between Allah’s scale for profit and loss, 00:00:23.570 --> 00:00:26.570 and the ignorant, man-made scales of humanity. 00:00:26.570 --> 00:00:30.570 There is a vast difference between the scale of one who believes in Allah and the Last Day, 00:00:30.570 --> 00:00:34.570 with all the eternal bliss or eternal torment it entails, 00:00:34.570 --> 00:00:37.570 and the scale of one who does not believe in that, 00:00:37.570 --> 00:00:41.570 or who is heedless of it, distracted by the fleeting enjoyments of this world. 00:00:41.570 --> 00:00:45.630 This has been made clear in the Book of Allah, the Almighty and Majestic, 00:00:45.630 --> 00:00:47.630 in more than one verse. 00:00:47.630 --> 00:00:49.630 He, the Glorified, says: 00:00:49.630 --> 00:00:53.630 "Those are the ones who have purchased error in exchange for guidance." 00:00:53.630 --> 00:00:57.630 “These are they who purchase error at the price of guidance, so their commerce doth not prosper, neither are they guided.” (2:16) 00:00:57.630 --> 00:00:59.630 And He, the Almighty and Majestic, says: 00:00:59.630 --> 00:01:05.629 “Then worship what ye will beside Him. Say: The losers will be those who lose themselves and their housefolk on the Day of Resurrection. Ah, that will be the manifest loss!” (39:15) 00:01:05.629 --> 00:01:09.629 “Then worship what ye will beside Him. Say: The losers will be those who lose themselves and their housefolk on the Day of Resurrection. Ah, that will be the manifest loss!” (39:15) 00:01:09.629 --> 00:01:12.629 And He, the Exalted, says regarding true profit: 00:01:12.629 --> 00:01:18.629 “And of mankind is he who would sell himself, seeking the pleasure of Allah; and Allah hath compassion on (His) bondmen.” (2:207) 00:01:18.629 --> 00:01:21.629 "And Allah is Kind to His servants." 00:01:21.629 --> 00:01:26.859 Some exegetes have narrated from Ibn 'Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them both, 00:01:26.859 --> 00:01:30.859 that this was revealed concerning Suhayb al-Rumi, may Allah be pleased with him, 00:01:30.859 --> 00:01:33.859 when he migrated from Makkah to Madinah. 00:01:33.859 --> 00:01:37.859 The polytheists prevented him from taking his wealth with him, 00:01:37.859 --> 00:01:39.859 so he surrendered his wealth to them. 00:01:39.859 --> 00:01:42.859 Consequently, Allah revealed this verse concerning him. 00:01:42.859 --> 00:01:45.859 'Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, met him, 00:01:45.859 --> 00:01:48.859 along with a group of people, at the edge of the Harrah. 00:01:48.859 --> 00:01:51.859 They said to him, "The transaction has profited." 00:01:51.859 --> 00:01:53.859 He replied, "And may yours—" 00:01:53.859 --> 00:01:56.859 "—may Allah not cause your trade to lose." 00:01:56.859 --> 00:01:58.859 It was narrated from Ibn Mardawayh 00:01:58.859 --> 00:02:01.859 that the one who said to him, "The transaction has profited," 00:02:01.859 --> 00:02:04.859 was the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. 00:02:04.859 --> 00:02:06.859 He said it twice. 00:02:06.859 --> 00:02:12.860 When Haram ibn Milhan, may Allah be pleased with him, was stabbed on the day of Bi'r Ma'unah, 00:02:12.860 --> 00:02:14.860 he splashed the blood onto his face 00:02:14.860 --> 00:02:17.860 and said, "I have triumphed, by the Lord of the Ka'bah." 00:02:17.860 --> 00:02:19.860 It is agreed upon. 00:02:19.860 --> 00:02:21.919 And His saying, the Exalted: 00:02:21.919 --> 00:02:23.919 And His saying, the Exalted: 00:02:23.919 --> 00:02:28.919 “Lo! Allah hath bought from the believers their lives and their wealth because the Garden will be theirs: they shall fight in the way of Allah and shall slay and be slain. It is a promise which is binding on Him in the Torah and the Gospel and the Qur'an. Who fulfilleth His covenant better than Allah? Rejoice then in your bargain that ye have made, for that is the supreme triumph.” (9:111) 00:02:28.919 --> 00:02:31.919 "That they shall have Paradise." 00:02:31.919 --> 00:02:33.919 And His saying, the Exalted: 00:02:33.919 --> 00:02:41.919 “O ye who believe! Shall I show you a commerce that will save you from a painful doom?” (61:10) 00:02:41.919 --> 00:02:43.919 "You believe in Allah and His Messenger." 00:02:43.919 --> 00:02:48.919 “Ye should believe in Allah and His messenger, and should strive for the cause of Allah with your wealth and your lives. That is better for you, if ye did but know.” (61:11) 00:02:48.919 --> 00:02:53.919 "That is better for you, if you only knew." 00:02:53.919 --> 00:03:00.919 “He will forgive you your sins and bring you into Gardens underneath which rivers flow, and pleasant dwellings in Gardens of Eden. That is the supreme triumph.” (61:12) 00:03:00.919 --> 00:03:04.919 "And pleasant dwellings in gardens of perpetual residence." 00:03:04.919 --> 00:03:07.919 "That is the great attainment." 00:03:07.919 --> 00:03:09.919 And His saying, the Exalted: 00:03:09.919 --> 00:03:10.919 "By the passage of time." 00:03:10.919 --> 00:03:13.919 “Lo! man is a state of loss,” (103:2) 00:03:14.919 --> 00:03:21.919 “Save those who believe and do good works, and exhort one another to truth and exhort one another to endurance.” (103:3) 00:03:21.919 --> 00:03:23.919 And His saying, the Exalted: 00:03:23.919 --> 00:03:26.919 “The day when He shall gather you unto the Day of Assembling, that will be a day of mutual disillusion. And whoso believeth in Allah and doeth right, He will remit from him his evil deeds and will bring him unto Gardens underneath which rivers flow, therein to abide for ever. That is the supreme triumph.” (64:9) 00:03:26.919 --> 00:03:29.919 "That is the Day of Mutual Loss and Gain." 00:03:29.919 --> 00:03:34.919 It means that the people of the Fire, the losers, will be outdone by the people of Paradise, the winners. 00:03:34.919 --> 00:03:39.919 This is the correct, pure understanding of profit and loss. 00:03:39.919 --> 00:03:45.919 It is clear what these pure scales yield in terms of competition in righteous deeds, 00:03:45.919 --> 00:03:48.919 avoidance of oppressing others, 00:03:48.919 --> 00:03:51.919 a tranquil life in this world, 00:03:51.919 --> 00:03:54.919 and a great reward in the Hereafter. 00:03:54.919 --> 00:03:56.919 It fosters a love of goodness for all people, 00:03:56.919 --> 00:03:59.919 including helping the needy and aiding the distressed, 00:03:59.919 --> 00:04:03.590 and showing mercy to the poor. 00:04:03.590 --> 00:04:07.590 A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah.