Part of Concepts of Ahl as-Sunnah (series completed)
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Summary of Sunni concepts | Concept (796) | Moral and partial death
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A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah.
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Spiritual and partial death.
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It is well known that death is the loss of life.
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However, Islam employs this concept and derives benefit from it regarding several realities.
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It characterizes misguidance and the abandonment of guidance and truth as death.
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And it characterizes guidance as life and light.
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“Is he who was dead and We have raised him unto life, and set for him a light wherein he walketh among men, as him whose similitude is in utter darkness whence he cannot emerge? Thus is their conduct made fairseeming for the disbelievers.” (6:122)
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“Is he who was dead and We have raised him unto life, and set for him a light wherein he walketh among men, as him whose similitude is in utter darkness whence he cannot emerge? Thus is their conduct made fairseeming for the disbelievers.” (6:122)
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Remembering Allah is life, while heedlessness of Him is death.
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The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said:
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"The likeness of the one who remembers his Lord and the one who does not remember his Lord,"
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"is like the likeness of the living and the dead."
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Agreed upon.
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Sleep is referred to as the "minor death."
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It is used as evidence for the resurrection after death.
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Allah the Exalted says:
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“Allah receiveth (men's) souls at the time of their death, and that (soul) which dieth not (yet) in its sleep. He keepeth that (soul) for which He hath ordained death and dismisseth the rest till an appointed term. Lo! herein verily are portents for people who take thought.” (39:42)
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“Allah receiveth (men's) souls at the time of their death, and that (soul) which dieth not (yet) in its sleep. He keepeth that (soul) for which He hath ordained death and dismisseth the rest till an appointed term. Lo! herein verily are portents for people who take thought.” (39:42)
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“Allah receiveth (men's) souls at the time of their death, and that (soul) which dieth not (yet) in its sleep. He keepeth that (soul) for which He hath ordained death and dismisseth the rest till an appointed term. Lo! herein verily are portents for people who take thought.” (39:42)
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"Indeed, in that are signs for a people who give thought."
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A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah.