Summary of Sunni concepts | 47- Concepts about Islamic education topics

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

0:08 Balance.

0:12 The subjects of Islamic education are numerous and diverse.

0:16 Among the most important of them is:

0:18 Balance.

0:20 Balance is a defining trait of the righteous person.

0:24 As Allah the Almighty said:

0:26 “Thus We have appointed you a middle nation, that ye may be witnesses against mankind, and that the messenger may be a witness against you. And We appointed the qiblah which ye formerly observed only that We might know him who followeth the messenger, from him who turneth on his heels. In truth it was a hard (test) save for those whom Allah guided. But it was not Allah's purpose that your faith should be in vain, for Allah is Full of Pity, Merciful toward mankind.” (2:143)

0:30 Meaning, they are balanced.

0:32 They occupy a middle ground between excess and negligence in all things.

0:36 In every activity you undertake,

0:39 such as the balance between the body’s energy,

0:42 the mind’s energy, and the soul’s energy.

0:45 The balance between a person’s material needs and their spiritual aspects.

0:50 The balance between their necessities and their desires.

0:53 The balance between knowledge of the tangible reality

0:57 and faith in the Unseen, which the senses cannot perceive.

1:01 The balance between individualism and collectivism.

1:06 The balance within economic, social, and political systems.

1:12 It is a balance in accordance with the guidance and law of Allah.

1:16 Equality and differentiation, and the reality of each.

1:23 Absolute equality is impossible, both religiously and rationally.

1:27 As for equality where it is possible, it is a right and a matter of justice.

1:32 It is the Divine Law that clarifies where equality is mandatory and where it is not permissible.

1:39 Equality in freedom, justice, and all general rights and public duties

1:46 is preserved and protected by the Divine Law.

1:49 As for everything else where differentiation occurs,

1:53 its standard is determined by its nature.

1:56 The standard of differentiation in the sight of Allah the Almighty is piety (taqwa).

2:02 “O mankind! Lo! We have created you male and female, and have made you nations and tribes that ye may know one another. Lo! the noblest of you, in the sight of Allah, is the best in conduct. Lo! Allah is Knower, Aware.” (49:13)

2:09 ﴾We have created you from nations and tribes that you may know one another.﴿

2:14 “O mankind! Lo! We have created you male and female, and have made you nations and tribes that ye may know one another. Lo! the noblest of you, in the sight of Allah, is the best in conduct. Lo! Allah is Knower, Aware.” (49:13)

2:18 The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said:

2:21 "Beware, there is no superiority of an Arab over a non-Arab,

2:25 nor of a non-Arab over an Arab,

2:28 nor of a fair-skinned person over a dark-skinned person,

2:30 nor of a dark-skinned person over a fair-skinned person,

2:33 except through piety."

2:35 “O mankind! Lo! We have created you male and female, and have made you nations and tribes that ye may know one another. Lo! the noblest of you, in the sight of Allah, is the best in conduct. Lo! Allah is Knower, Aware.” (49:13)

2:39 As for differentiation in positions and responsibilities,

2:42 its standards must be competence and trustworthiness.

2:47 One of them said, "O my father, hire him."

2:50 “One of the two women said: O my father! Hire him! For the best (man) that thou canst hire in the strong, the trustworthy.” (28:26)

2:55 As for differentiation in provisions, wealth, poverty,

2:59 intellect, perception, and other predestined matters,

3:03 it proceeds according to the will and wisdom of Allah.

3:08 “Is it they who apportion thy Lord's mercy? We have apportioned among them their livelihood in the life of the world, and raised some of them above others in rank that some of them may take labour from others; and the mercy of thy Lord is better than (the wealth) that they amass.” (43:32)

3:13 “Is it they who apportion thy Lord's mercy? We have apportioned among them their livelihood in the life of the world, and raised some of them above others in rank that some of them may take labour from others; and the mercy of thy Lord is better than (the wealth) that they amass.” (43:32)

3:16 “Is it they who apportion thy Lord's mercy? We have apportioned among them their livelihood in the life of the world, and raised some of them above others in rank that some of them may take labour from others; and the mercy of thy Lord is better than (the wealth) that they amass.” (43:32)

3:21 Allah the Almighty said, narrating the words of one of His prophets describing Talut:

3:27 “Their Prophet said unto them: Lo! Allah hath raised up Saul to be a king for you. They said: How can he have kingdom over us when we are more deserving of the kingdom than he is, since he hath not been given wealth enough? He said: Lo! Allah hath chosen him above you, and hath increased him abundantly in wisdom and stature. Allah bestoweth His Sovereignty on whom He will. Allah is All-Embracing, All-Knowing.” (2:247)

3:33 “Their Prophet said unto them: Lo! Allah hath raised up Saul to be a king for you. They said: How can he have kingdom over us when we are more deserving of the kingdom than he is, since he hath not been given wealth enough? He said: Lo! Allah hath chosen him above you, and hath increased him abundantly in wisdom and stature. Allah bestoweth His Sovereignty on whom He will. Allah is All-Embracing, All-Knowing.” (2:247)

3:37 "And Allah is All-Encompassing, All-Knowing."

3:40 Through this Islamic equality,

3:43 boasting about lineage was abolished,

3:45 and it was counted among the practices of the Age of Ignorance (Jahiliyyah).

3:48 Nationalism became a call of the Jahiliyyah.

3:52 Meanwhile, people in the world today

3:55 still suffer from the burden of racial discrimination.

3:59 Strength.

4:04 The Prophet, peace be upon him, said:

4:07 "The strong believer is better and more beloved to Allah than the weak believer,

4:12 though there is good in both."

4:14 Recorded by Muslim.

4:16 This is a general expression

4:18 that encompasses every form of beneficial strength.

4:21 It includes military strength,

4:24 physical strength,

4:26 and strength in knowledge, understanding, and faith.

4:29 Allah the Almighty said:

4:31 "O Yahya, take the Scripture with power."

4:34 This concept expands

4:37 to include a field that might not occur to a person:

4:41 the strength of self-control,

4:43 and mastering oneself during anger.

4:46 The Prophet, peace be upon him, said:

4:49 "The strong person is not the one who can wrestle others down;

4:52 rather, the strong person is the one who controls himself when he is angry."

4:56 Agreed upon.

5:00 The Islamic perspective on the weak.

5:03 Allah decrees weakness for some people in certain areas

5:09 for a wisdom known only to Him, Glory be to Him.

5:12 You may find one who is blind, for instance,

5:15 or another who is mentally disabled,

5:18 or a third who is missing one or more of his limbs,

5:22 or one who is destitute and poor,

5:24 or one who is chronically ill,

5:26 and so on.

5:28 In Islam, these individuals

5:30 possess great moral value.

5:33 As the Prophet, peace be upon him, said:

5:36 "You are only granted provision and victory through your weak ones."

5:40 Recorded by al-Tirmidhi and Ahmad,

5:43 and authenticated by al-Albani.

5:45 Meanwhile, we see Hitler

5:47 getting rid of wounded Germans

5:50 because they were a burden to treat

5:53 without any material benefit.

5:55 And others like him

5:58 also believe that the weak deserve death,

6:02 calling it "euthanasia."

6:06 Furthermore, what appears to be weakness,

6:08 or a disability in a certain sense,

6:11 may be accompanied by other advantages

6:13 that many who appear healthy

6:15 do not possess.

6:18 How many a poor scholar,

6:20 or a famous village reciter,

6:23 was blind.

6:25 Moral and partial death.

6:30 It is known that death is the loss of life,

6:33 but Islam utilizes this meaning

6:36 and derives benefit from it in several truths.

6:39 It considers misguidance and abandoning guidance

6:42 and the truth to be death,

6:44 while guidance is life and light.

6:47 "Is one who was dead..."

6:49 “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)

6:52 “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)

6:55 “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)

6:58 The remembrance of Allah is life,

7:01 and heedlessness of Him is death.

7:03 The Prophet, peace be upon him, said:

7:06 "The likeness of the one who remembers his Lord and the one who does not,

7:10 is like the living and the dead."

7:13 Agreed upon.

7:15 Sleep is called the "minor death,"

7:18 and it is used as evidence for the resurrection after death.

7:22 Allah the Almighty said:

7:24 “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)

7:28 “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)

7:31 "...then He retains that for which He has decreed death."

7:34 “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)

7:38 "Indeed in that are signs for a people who give thought."

7:44 The sexual instinct.

7:48 Islam views the sexual instinct just as it views all other instincts that Allah created in the human soul.

7:57 This instinct was created to function,

8:00 not to be suppressed or rendered idle,

8:03 for that is reprehensible.

8:05 As Allah the Almighty said:

8:07 "...and monasticism, which they invented; We did not prescribe it for them."

8:12 And the Prophet, peace be upon him, said:

8:15 "By Allah, I am the most fearful and pious of you toward Allah,

8:20 yet I fast and I break my fast, I pray and I sleep,

8:24 and I marry women.

8:27 So whoever turns away from my Sunnah is not of me."

8:31 Recorded by al-Bukhari.

8:33 Islam does not forbid this instinct, nor does it suppress it;

8:38 rather, it simply

8:40 refines it and directs it toward what it was created for,

8:44 which is marriage and procreation.

8:47 It turns it into feelings of affection and mercy,

8:50 not merely a bestial urge like that of a raging animal.

8:55 “And of His signs is this: He created for you helpmeets from yourselves that ye might find rest in them, and He ordained between you love and mercy. Lo! herein indeed are portents for folk who reflect.” (30:21)

9:02 “And of His signs is this: He created for you helpmeets from yourselves that ye might find rest in them, and He ordained between you love and mercy. Lo! herein indeed are portents for folk who reflect.” (30:21)

9:06 "Indeed in that are signs for a people who give thought."

9:11 It does not consider sex to be filthy,

9:14 but it does not let it off the leash

9:17 to enslave the human being through desire.

9:20 Rather, it regulates it with laws that direct it toward its proper path.

9:25 It forbids adultery (zina),

9:27 and commands the lowering of the gaze,

9:29 as a preventative measure to protect one's chastity.

9:33 “Tell the believing men to lower their gaze and be modest. That is purer for them. Lo! Allah is aware of what they do.” (24:30)

9:38 "That is purer for them."

9:40 “Tell the believing men to lower their gaze and be modest. That is purer for them. Lo! Allah is aware of what they do.” (24:30)

9:44 "And tell the believing women to lower their gaze and guard their chastity,

9:50 and not to display their adornment except that which is apparent,

9:55 and to wrap their headcovers over their chests."

9:59 It guides those who cannot afford the costs of marriage to fasting,

10:06 to refine their souls and control them

10:08 until they are able to channel it in the lawful direction.

10:13 The Prophet, peace be upon him, said:

10:16 "O assembly of youth,

10:18 whoever among you can afford the burden of marriage, let him marry,

10:22 for it is more effective in lowering the gaze and guarding the chastity.

10:26 And whoever cannot, let him fast,

10:30 for it is a shield for him."

10:33 Agreed upon.

10:36 The Jahiliyyah (Age of Ignorance).

10:39 The Jahiliyyah is not a historical period that the Arabs lived through before Islam,

10:45 nor is it the opposite of science and culture.

10:48 Rather, it is a psychological state that rejects being guided by the guidance of Allah,

10:53 and an institutional or societal state

10:56 that refuses to rule by what Allah has revealed.

10:59 It is a chronic disease that can occur in any era.

11:03 It has well-known issues.

11:06 Whoever imitates the Arabs of the Jahiliyyah or others among the people of contemporary Jahiliyyah in these matters

11:12 is afflicted by the disease.

11:14 Among these also

11:16 is calling others by offensive nicknames, fanaticism, and hateful racism.

11:21 All of this is from the Jahiliyyah.

11:24 When Satan incited a conflict between one of the Muhajirun and one of the Ansar,

11:29 the Ansari said,

11:31 "O for the Ansar!"

11:33 And the Muhajir said,

11:35 "O for the Muhajirun!"

11:37 The Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, became angry

11:40 and said,

11:42 "What is this call of the Jahiliyyah?"

11:45 And he said,

11:46 "Leave it, for it is foul."

11:49 Agreed upon.

11:51 This, even though both groups are the best of people after the prophets.

11:55 So what about those below them?

11:58 This includes fanaticism for a nationality, a tribe,

12:02 a nationalism, or a sports team,

12:05 and so on.

12:07 You even see one of them supporting his fellow countryman, even if he is a disbeliever,

12:12 against his Muslim brother from another country.

12:16 Imitation.

12:18 Among the traits of the Jahiliyyah

12:21 is imitating the disbelievers.

12:23 The greatest form of this is following their opinions and theories that contradict the law of Allah.

12:29 Allah the Almighty says:

12:31 “(Saying): Follow that which is sent down unto you from your Lord, and follow no protecting friends beside Him. Little do ye recollect!” (7:3)

12:39 "...little do you remember."

12:42 This does not mean failing to benefit from their sciences in worldly matters in ways that do not contradict the law.

12:49 Among the forms of imitating the disbelievers

12:53 Following their customs, traditions, and social habits,

12:58 and celebrating their festivals.

13:00 The Commander of the Faithful, Umar Ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him), forbade the "ratana" of the non-Arabs,

13:06 meaning the speaking of their languages.

13:09 Imam Ahmad said:

13:11 "Speaking in a language other than Arabic without a necessity is a form of hypocrisy."

13:15 Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah said:

13:19 "Resemblance in outward appearance

13:21 breeds a kind of affection, love, and loyalty in the heart,

13:26 just as love in the heart

13:29 breeds resemblance in outward appearance."

13:32 This is a matter confirmed by both perception and experience.

13:36 Among such examples is imitating Westerners by shaving the beard,

13:40 and in hairstyles,

13:42 and in the fashions that distract people in this worldly life,

13:46 diverting them from focusing on noble pursuits

13:50 and what would enable them to lead the world.

13:54 A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah.

Summary of Sunni concepts | 47- Concepts about Islamic education topics | Concepts (792-799)

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