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A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah.

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A misunderstanding of sincerity (ikhlas).

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Some well-meaning people abandon certain righteous deeds,

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Fearing that they lack sincerity in them or that it is too difficult to achieve.

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Until this leads them to passivity,

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And refraining from acts of righteousness, calling to Allah, enjoining good, and forbidding evil.

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This is one of the devil’s adornments and his dangerous avenues of approach,

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Where sincerity is transformed into a negative force that hinders one from doing good.

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The truth is that a person must strive against his own soul to achieve sincerity in all his acts of obedience,

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And press forward toward every deed that pleases Allah, the Almighty and Majestic.

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He should not pay heed to the whisperings of the devil,

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Which urge him to abandon what Allah loves and is pleased with,

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Out of fear of showing off or lacking sincerity in those deeds.

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For sincerity should be a positive, internal action of the heart,

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That drives a person to perform everything he is capable of that Allah, the Almighty and Majestic, loves,

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Seeking thereby the pleasure of Allah alone.

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A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah.