1 00:00:00,180 --> 00:00:08,509 Summary of the concepts of Ahl al-Sunnah 2 00:00:08,509 --> 00:00:11,509 Major disbelief and minor disbelief 3 00:00:11,509 --> 00:00:16,469 Major disbelief is that which expels one from the religion (millah). 4 00:00:16,469 --> 00:00:20,469 Like the types mentioned in the previous concept. 5 00:00:20,469 --> 00:00:22,469 And it contradicts the foundation of faith. 6 00:00:22,469 --> 00:00:26,469 Therefore, Allah does not forgive it except through repentance. 7 00:00:26,469 --> 00:00:32,820 And its perpetrator will remain eternally in the Fire on the Day of Resurrection if he does not repent from it. 8 00:00:32,820 --> 00:00:37,820 Minor disbelief is that which is named disbelief but does not expel one from the religion. 9 00:00:37,820 --> 00:00:40,820 Such as committing some acts of disbelief 10 00:00:40,820 --> 00:00:43,820 which diminish faith but do not nullify it. 11 00:00:43,820 --> 00:00:46,820 Such as disbelief in blessings and fighting a Muslim, 12 00:00:46,820 --> 00:00:50,820 wailing over the dead, and slandering lineages, 13 00:00:50,820 --> 00:00:54,820 and minor hypocrisy (riya') and swearing by other than Allah. 14 00:00:54,820 --> 00:00:59,820 And all these actions have been named acts of disbelief in the Sharia. 15 00:00:59,820 --> 00:01:05,819 However, other Sharia evidence indicates that it is not intended to mean expulsion from the religion. 16 00:01:05,819 --> 00:01:10,819 Rather, its perpetrator is considered to have committed a great sin. 17 00:01:10,819 --> 00:01:14,819 And if he enters the Fire because of them, he will not remain eternally in it. 18 00:01:14,819 --> 00:01:17,890 And when the term "disbelief" is used generally, 19 00:01:17,890 --> 00:01:20,890 it originally refers to major disbelief, 20 00:01:20,890 --> 00:01:23,890 which nullifies all deeds 21 00:01:23,890 --> 00:01:28,890 and causes its perpetrator to remain eternally in the Fire if he dies upon it without repenting. 22 00:01:28,890 --> 00:01:34,890 Unless evidence indicates that this naming is not intended. 23 00:01:34,890 --> 00:01:40,140 Summary of the concepts of Ahl al-Sunnah