WEBVTT 00:00:00.180 --> 00:00:08.960 A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah. 00:00:08.960 --> 00:00:10.960 The polluted environment. 00:00:10.960 --> 00:00:16.890 This refers to an environment in which the fundamental elements of life have become contaminated. 00:00:16.890 --> 00:00:21.890 Consequently, corruption and pollution have affected food, drink, and the air. 00:00:21.890 --> 00:00:24.890 This has led to the spread of epidemics and other such afflictions. 00:00:24.890 --> 00:00:27.890 This pollution occurs due to two factors. 00:00:27.890 --> 00:00:28.890 First: 00:00:28.890 --> 00:00:33.890 The sins of people and what they commit in terms of disbelief, immorality, and disobedience. 00:00:33.890 --> 00:00:35.890 Allah the Exalted says: 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) 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) 00:00:45.890 --> 00:00:46.890 Second: 00:00:46.890 --> 00:00:51.890 Human interference and manipulation of the environment driven by greed and avarice. 00:00:51.890 --> 00:00:54.890 They have leveled mountains and filled in valleys. 00:00:54.890 --> 00:00:57.890 They have established factories that pollute the air. 00:00:57.890 --> 00:01:03.890 They have interfered with people's food, drink, and agriculture using chemical substances. 00:01:03.890 --> 00:01:05.890 And polluting pesticides. 00:01:05.890 --> 00:01:08.890 They have decimated livestock. 00:01:08.890 --> 00:01:11.890 Under the pretext that their increase harms the economy. 00:01:11.890 --> 00:01:13.890 And so it goes. 00:01:13.890 --> 00:01:15.890 This second factor. 00:01:15.890 --> 00:01:17.890 Is the fruit of the first factor. 00:01:17.890 --> 00:01:23.980 The problem of pollution is one of the intractable environmental issues today. 00:01:23.980 --> 00:01:27.980 The entire world knows that its source is the industrialized world. 00:01:27.980 --> 00:01:30.980 Especially America and the West. 00:01:30.980 --> 00:01:37.980 Pollution causes serious health problems in the lives of people, animals, and crops.