1 00:00:00,180 --> 00:00:08,609 Summary of the concepts of Ahl al-Sunnah 2 00:00:08,609 --> 00:00:12,609 There is no compulsion regarding recommended acts or permissible acts. 3 00:00:12,609 --> 00:00:18,250 Recommended acts, permissible acts, and matters of choice. 4 00:00:18,250 --> 00:00:21,250 It is not permissible to compel people in these matters. 5 00:00:21,250 --> 00:00:25,250 So, if Allah opens a door for you to recommended acts, 6 00:00:25,250 --> 00:00:29,250 do not insist that people be like you in it. 7 00:00:29,250 --> 00:00:32,250 For the one who performs recommended acts is rewarded, 8 00:00:32,250 --> 00:00:34,250 but the one who abandons them is not blamed. 9 00:00:34,250 --> 00:00:38,250 And perhaps Allah opens for one who abandons what you are upon 10 00:00:38,250 --> 00:00:41,250 from the recommended acts another door, 11 00:00:41,250 --> 00:00:44,250 in which they are more enthusiastic and more capable. 12 00:00:44,250 --> 00:00:46,250 And from the category of, or rather, 13 00:00:46,250 --> 00:00:50,250 there is no blame on one who performs a permissible act or abandons it. 14 00:00:50,250 --> 00:00:53,250 This is the implication of calling it permissible. 15 00:00:53,250 --> 00:00:56,469 Similarly, regarding what is obligatory, 16 00:00:56,469 --> 00:00:59,469 on the basis of choice between several options, 17 00:00:59,469 --> 00:01:03,469 it is not permissible to compel people to a single specific option. 18 00:01:03,469 --> 00:01:06,469 This is like the expiation for breaking an oath. 19 00:01:06,469 --> 00:01:11,469 The one who breaks an oath is given a choice between feeding ten poor people, 20 00:01:11,469 --> 00:01:14,469 “Allah will not take you to task for that which is unintentional in your oaths, but He will take you to task for the oaths which ye swear in earnest. The expiation thereof is the feeding of ten of the needy with the average of that wherewith ye feed your own folk, or the clothing of them, or the liberation of a slave, and for him who findeth not (the wherewithal to do so) then a three days' fast. This is the expiation of your oaths when ye have sworn; and keep your oaths. Thus Allah expoundeth unto you His revelations in order that ye may give thanks.” (5:89) 21 00:01:14,469 --> 00:01:20,469 and if they cannot find that, they switch to fasting for three days. 22 00:01:20,469 --> 00:01:23,469 Likewise, the expiation for prohibitions during Ihram. 23 00:01:23,469 --> 00:01:28,469 A person is given a choice between fasting, charity, and sacrifice. 24 00:01:30,500 --> 00:01:33,500 Summary of the concepts of Ahl al-Sunnah