WEBVTT 00:00:00.180 --> 00:00:08.830 A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah. 00:00:08.830 --> 00:00:09.830 The Murji'ah. 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. 00:00:16.820 --> 00:00:20.859 Just as the Khawarij adopted a path of extremism through excess, 00:00:20.859 --> 00:00:24.859 The Murji'ah adopted a path of extremism through negligence. 00:00:24.859 --> 00:00:28.859 They countered the methodology of the Khawarij—who declared people disbelievers for committing sins— 00:00:28.859 --> 00:00:32.859 With a methodology of dilution in defining the meaning of faith. 00:00:32.859 --> 00:00:35.859 They claimed that faith is merely inward affirmation. 00:00:35.859 --> 00:00:38.859 They excluded deeds from the reality of faith. 00:00:38.859 --> 00:00:41.859 The Murji'ah were given this name 00:00:41.859 --> 00:00:44.859 Because they "postponed" (arja'a) deeds from the definition of faith. 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, 00:00:51.859 --> 00:00:55.859 As they restrict disbelief and apostasy solely to declaring the forbidden as lawful or outright denial. 00:00:55.859 --> 00:00:59.859 They do not consider actions that demonstrate defiance and arrogance to be disbelief, 00:00:59.859 --> 00:01:03.859 Nor do they consider mockery or hatred of Allah and His law to be disbelief. 00:01:03.859 --> 00:01:09.049 Based on their belief regarding faith and its definition, the Murji'ah 00:01:09.049 --> 00:01:14.049 Do not acknowledge that faith increases with obedience and decreases with disobedience. 00:01:14.049 --> 00:01:17.049 Nor do they accept making an exception (istithna') regarding one's faith. 00:01:17.049 --> 00:01:19.049 They are of various types. 00:01:19.049 --> 00:01:25.049 Among them are the extremists who claim that faith is merely knowledge. 00:01:25.049 --> 00:01:28.049 Others restrict it to affirmation alone. 00:01:29.049 --> 00:01:34.049 Others claim it is the affirmation of the heart and the speech of the tongue only, 00:01:34.049 --> 00:01:36.049 Without including deeds within it. 00:01:36.049 --> 00:01:38.049 Among them are those who say: 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. 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. 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, 00:02:00.140 --> 00:02:04.140 As well as the weakening of the duty of enjoining good and forbidding evil, 00:02:04.140 --> 00:02:07.180 And the duty of jihad in the path of Allah. 00:02:07.180 --> 00:02:11.180 Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, may Allah have mercy on him, says: 00:02:11.180 --> 00:02:14.180 "Others among the Murji'ah and the wicked 00:02:14.180 --> 00:02:18.180 May see fit to abandon enjoining good and forbidding evil, 00:02:18.180 --> 00:02:22.180 Thinking that this is a way to avoid discord." 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, 00:02:28.430 --> 00:02:31.430 Nor one who supports the enemies of Allah against the Muslims. 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, 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. 00:02:43.430 --> 00:02:48.430 Yet, they remained believers in the view of the Murji'ah, 00:02:48.430 --> 00:02:51.430 Because they say "There is no god but Allah." 00:02:51.430 --> 00:02:54.430 How happy the tyrants are with this school of thought! 00:02:54.430 --> 00:02:59.430 Therefore, it was said that the Murji'ah follow the religion of kings. 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, 00:03:07.659 --> 00:03:12.659 But they do not include deeds in the definition and reality of faith. 00:03:12.659 --> 00:03:17.659 This view is attributed to the school of Abu Hanifah, may Allah have mercy on him, 00:03:17.659 --> 00:03:20.659 And it is the mildest form of Irja'. 00:03:22.330 --> 00:03:25.330 A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah.