Part of Concepts of Ahl as-Sunnah (series completed)
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Summary of Sunni concepts | Concept (1232) | Joy in the scales of ignorance
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A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah.
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Joy according to the standards of the Age of Ignorance (Jahiliyyah).
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Joy, by the standards of the Jahiliyyah, carries the following characteristics:
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First, the source of their joy and how they express it:
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It is either an indulgence in permissible things to the point of forgetting the Hereafter,
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Or it is joy in disobedience to Allah, expressed through arrogance and insolence.
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Second, the joy of these deluded people in the false sciences, philosophies, and flimsy cultures they possess,
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Which Satan has adorned and made attractive in their minds, leading them to argue against the truth with them.
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Allah the Almighty says: "When their messengers came to them with clear proofs, they rejoiced in what they had of knowledge."
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And they were encompassed by that which they used to mock.
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Third, their joy in showing off and boasting.
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Allah the Almighty says: "Do not think that those who rejoice in what they have perpetrated and love to be praised for what they have not done..."
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“Think not that those who exult in what they have given, and love to be praised for what they have not done - Think not, they are in safety from the doom. A painful doom is theirs.” (3:188)
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Fourth, their joy in the calamities that befall the Muslims.
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Allah the Almighty says: "If a good thing befalls you, it distresses them."
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“If good befalleth thee (O Muhammad) it afflicteth them, and if calamity befalleth thee, they say: We took precaution, and they turn away well pleased.” (9:50)
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Fifth, joy in factionalism based on falsehood.
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Allah the Almighty says: "Every faction rejoicing in what they have."
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Sixth, their joy in mocking and harming the believers.
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Allah the Almighty says: "Indeed, those who committed crimes used to laugh at those who believed."
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“And wink one to another when they passed them;” (83:30)
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“And when they returned to their own folk, they returned jesting;” (83:31)
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A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah.