1 00:00:00,180 --> 00:00:08,960 A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah. 2 00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:10,960 The polluted environment. 3 00:00:10,960 --> 00:00:16,890 This refers to an environment in which the fundamental elements of life have become contaminated. 4 00:00:16,890 --> 00:00:21,890 Consequently, corruption and pollution have affected food, drink, and the air. 5 00:00:21,890 --> 00:00:24,890 This has led to the spread of epidemics and other such afflictions. 6 00:00:24,890 --> 00:00:27,890 This pollution occurs due to two factors. 7 00:00:27,890 --> 00:00:28,890 First: 8 00:00:28,890 --> 00:00:33,890 The sins of people and what they commit in terms of disbelief, immorality, and disobedience. 9 00:00:33,890 --> 00:00:35,890 Allah the Exalted says: 10 00:00:35,890 --> 00:00:40,890 “Corruption doth appear on land and sea because of (the evil) which men's hands have done, that He may make them taste a part of that which they have done, in order that they may return.” (30:41) 11 00:00:40,890 --> 00:00:45,890 “Corruption doth appear on land and sea because of (the evil) which men's hands have done, that He may make them taste a part of that which they have done, in order that they may return.” (30:41) 12 00:00:45,890 --> 00:00:46,890 Second: 13 00:00:46,890 --> 00:00:51,890 Human interference and manipulation of the environment driven by greed and avarice. 14 00:00:51,890 --> 00:00:54,890 They have leveled mountains and filled in valleys. 15 00:00:54,890 --> 00:00:57,890 They have established factories that pollute the air. 16 00:00:57,890 --> 00:01:03,890 They have interfered with people's food, drink, and agriculture using chemical substances. 17 00:01:03,890 --> 00:01:05,890 And polluting pesticides. 18 00:01:05,890 --> 00:01:08,890 They have decimated livestock. 19 00:01:08,890 --> 00:01:11,890 Under the pretext that their increase harms the economy. 20 00:01:11,890 --> 00:01:13,890 And so it goes. 21 00:01:13,890 --> 00:01:15,890 This second factor. 22 00:01:15,890 --> 00:01:17,890 Is the fruit of the first factor. 23 00:01:17,890 --> 00:01:23,980 The problem of pollution is one of the intractable environmental issues today. 24 00:01:23,980 --> 00:01:27,980 The entire world knows that its source is the industrialized world. 25 00:01:27,980 --> 00:01:30,980 Especially America and the West. 26 00:01:30,980 --> 00:01:37,980 Pollution causes serious health problems in the lives of people, animals, and crops.