1 00:00:00,180 --> 00:00:08,830 A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah. 2 00:00:08,830 --> 00:00:09,830 The Murji'ah. 3 00:00:09,830 --> 00:00:16,820 They are a sect that emerged as a reactionary counter-movement to the Khawarij and their positions. 4 00:00:16,820 --> 00:00:20,859 Just as the Khawarij adopted a path of extremism through excess, 5 00:00:20,859 --> 00:00:24,859 The Murji'ah adopted a path of extremism through negligence. 6 00:00:24,859 --> 00:00:28,859 They countered the methodology of the Khawarij—who declared people disbelievers for committing sins— 7 00:00:28,859 --> 00:00:32,859 With a methodology of dilution in defining the meaning of faith. 8 00:00:32,859 --> 00:00:35,859 They claimed that faith is merely inward affirmation. 9 00:00:35,859 --> 00:00:38,859 They excluded deeds from the reality of faith. 10 00:00:38,859 --> 00:00:41,859 The Murji'ah were given this name 11 00:00:41,859 --> 00:00:44,859 Because they "postponed" (arja'a) deeds from the definition of faith. 12 00:00:44,859 --> 00:00:51,859 The influence of the Murji'ah has reached some who claim to follow the creed of the salaf in our current time, 13 00:00:51,859 --> 00:00:55,859 As they restrict disbelief and apostasy solely to declaring the forbidden as lawful or outright denial. 14 00:00:55,859 --> 00:00:59,859 They do not consider actions that demonstrate defiance and arrogance to be disbelief, 15 00:00:59,859 --> 00:01:03,859 Nor do they consider mockery or hatred of Allah and His law to be disbelief. 16 00:01:03,859 --> 00:01:09,049 Based on their belief regarding faith and its definition, the Murji'ah 17 00:01:09,049 --> 00:01:14,049 Do not acknowledge that faith increases with obedience and decreases with disobedience. 18 00:01:14,049 --> 00:01:17,049 Nor do they accept making an exception (istithna') regarding one's faith. 19 00:01:17,049 --> 00:01:19,049 They are of various types. 20 00:01:19,049 --> 00:01:25,049 Among them are the extremists who claim that faith is merely knowledge. 21 00:01:25,049 --> 00:01:28,049 Others restrict it to affirmation alone. 22 00:01:29,049 --> 00:01:34,049 Others claim it is the affirmation of the heart and the speech of the tongue only, 23 00:01:34,049 --> 00:01:36,049 Without including deeds within it. 24 00:01:36,049 --> 00:01:38,049 Among them are those who say: 25 00:01:38,049 --> 00:01:47,049 Whoever says "There is no god but Allah" is a believer, no matter what deeds he commits, provided he does not declare the forbidden as lawful. 26 00:01:47,049 --> 00:01:54,049 Even though declaring the forbidden as lawful is a condition for some sins—not all—to judge the perpetrator as a disbeliever. 27 00:01:54,049 --> 00:02:00,140 The tribulation of the Murji'ah has led to the dilution of the religion and the spread of corruption, 28 00:02:00,140 --> 00:02:04,140 As well as the weakening of the duty of enjoining good and forbidding evil, 29 00:02:04,140 --> 00:02:07,180 And the duty of jihad in the path of Allah. 30 00:02:07,180 --> 00:02:11,180 Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, may Allah have mercy on him, says: 31 00:02:11,180 --> 00:02:14,180 "Others among the Murji'ah and the wicked 32 00:02:14,180 --> 00:02:18,180 May see fit to abandon enjoining good and forbidding evil, 33 00:02:18,180 --> 00:02:22,180 Thinking that this is a way to avoid discord." 34 00:02:22,180 --> 00:02:28,430 Among their most severe tribulations is that they do not consider one who rejects the law of Allah to be an apostate, 35 00:02:28,430 --> 00:02:31,430 Nor one who supports the enemies of Allah against the Muslims. 36 00:02:31,430 --> 00:02:37,430 Thus, the atmosphere was cleared for heretics and tyrants by these fatwas from the leaders of the Murji'ah, 37 00:02:37,430 --> 00:02:43,430 And they spread corruption on earth and legislated disbelief for the people in the name of public interest and other excuses. 38 00:02:43,430 --> 00:02:48,430 Yet, they remained believers in the view of the Murji'ah, 39 00:02:48,430 --> 00:02:51,430 Because they say "There is no god but Allah." 40 00:02:51,430 --> 00:02:54,430 How happy the tyrants are with this school of thought! 41 00:02:54,430 --> 00:02:59,430 Therefore, it was said that the Murji'ah follow the religion of kings. 42 00:02:59,430 --> 00:03:07,659 The Murji'ah of the jurists are those who say that deeds are obligatory and that people vary in them, 43 00:03:07,659 --> 00:03:12,659 But they do not include deeds in the definition and reality of faith. 44 00:03:12,659 --> 00:03:17,659 This view is attributed to the school of Abu Hanifah, may Allah have mercy on him, 45 00:03:17,659 --> 00:03:20,659 And it is the mildest form of Irja'. 46 00:03:22,330 --> 00:03:25,330 A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah.