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Summary of Sunni concepts | Concept (952) | Exposing the path of criminals and exposing their falsehood

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0:00 A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah.

0:08 Discerning the path of the criminals and exposing their falsehood.

0:13 Allah, the Almighty and Majestic, says:

0:16 “Thus do We expound the revelations that the way of the unrighteous may be manifest.” (6:55)

0:22 Allah, the Almighty and Majestic, did not say "so that the criminals may become manifest."

0:27 Rather, He said: "so that the path of the criminals may become manifest."

0:32 What is required is to know the path of the criminals, their methods of deception, and their schemes against this religion.

0:39 It is not merely a matter of identifying the individuals themselves.

0:42 It is impossible to expose the criminals and recognize them without first knowing their path and their methods of guile.

0:50 Discerning the path of the criminals and exposing them is an essential matter in calling to Allah, the Almighty and Majestic, and in striving in His cause.

0:59 Without this, erroneous stances are taken, and confusion and the misleading of people occur.

1:06 Indeed, the criminals may even succeed in belittling the believers, deceiving them, and employing them for their own ends.

1:14 Imam Ibn al-Qayyim, may Allah have mercy on him, says regarding the aforementioned verse:

1:19 Those who possess knowledge of Allah, His Book, and His religion have come to know the path of the believers in great detail.

1:26 Thus, both paths have become manifest to them, just as the path leading to one's destination and the path leading to destruction become manifest to a traveler.

1:36 These are the most knowledgeable of creation, the most beneficial to the people, and the most sincere in their counsel to them.

1:42 Discerning the path of the criminals is necessary for discerning the path of the believers.

1:48 It is incumbent upon callers to the faith to discern the path of the criminals and their leaders, to clarify this to the people, and to expose falsehood and its proponents to them.

1:58 Discerning the criminals and exposing their schemes and their hatred toward the religion and its people strengthens the doctrine of loyalty and disavowal (al-wala’ wa al-bara’).

2:07 Loyalty to the religion and its people, and disavowal of and enmity toward disbelief and its people.

2:13 It strengthens one's affiliation with the truth and the exertion of effort and sincere advice in clarifying it to the people.

2:19 It also clarifies the grand deception and the deep-seated hatred in the hearts of the disbelievers and the hypocrites.

2:26 Consequently, the Muslim becomes more cautious of them, is not deceived by their obfuscation, and his sense of resistance against them is strengthened.

2:35 A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah.