Part of Concepts of Ahl as-Sunnah (series completed)
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Summary of Sunni concepts | Concept (620) | Piety and asceticism must have intention
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A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah.
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Piety and asceticism must be accompanied by intention.
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Both asceticism and piety require an accompanying intention.
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For the mere act of abstaining, without regard for its connection to the Hereafter,
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cannot be termed asceticism or piety.
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A person might abandon certain worldly affairs merely out of a desire for comfort or laziness,
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rather than because those affairs distract them from the matters of the Hereafter.
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Whoever is in this state will not benefit from their leisure for the sake of their Hereafter;
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rather, they fall into the gravest corruption.
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Thus, they neither build up their worldly life nor their Hereafter.
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A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah.