Part of Concepts of Ahl as-Sunnah (series completed) · Lesson 638 of 1251

Summary of Sunni concepts | Concept (636) | The flaw lies in the perception of the impossibility of combining this world and the afterlife

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

0:08 The root of the problem lies in the misconception that it is impossible to reconcile worldly life with the Hereafter.

0:14 Among the shortcomings in one's perspective regarding the relationship between this world and the Hereafter is the assumption that it is impossible to reconcile the two.

0:23 We find some people who have made the worldly life their sole concern and have limited their vision entirely to it.

0:29 They supported this position with the texts that encourage labor and earning a livelihood in this world.

0:35 We find others who have turned their focus toward the Hereafter, abandoning the world to the corrupt, who roam through it causing ruin and engaging in folly.

0:43 They supported this position with the texts that encourage asceticism regarding worldly life.

0:49 As for the people of truth and moderation in their perspective on the relationship between this world and the Hereafter,

0:55 For they synthesized all the texts, and thus turned their attention toward the world, focusing on its cultivation and reform.

1:01 And they strove to repel those who spread corruption within it, regarding it as a field of cultivation for the Hereafter.

1:07 They placed it in their hands rather than in their hearts, treating it as a bridge and a passage toward the Hereafter.

1:15 This is their understanding of the fact that this world is fleeting and holds no value when compared to the eternal bliss of the Hereafter.

1:23 This is what they understood from the words of Allah, the Exalted.

1:27 And seek, through that which Allah has given you, the home of the Hereafter.

1:31 “But seek the abode of the Hereafter in that which Allah hath given thee and neglect not thy portion of the world, and be thou kind even as Allah hath been kind to thee, and seek not corruption in the earth; lo! Allah loveth not corrupters,” (28:77)

1:35 “But seek the abode of the Hereafter in that which Allah hath given thee and neglect not thy portion of the world, and be thou kind even as Allah hath been kind to thee, and seek not corruption in the earth; lo! Allah loveth not corrupters,” (28:77)

1:38 And do not seek to spread corruption in the land.

1:41 “But seek the abode of the Hereafter in that which Allah hath given thee and neglect not thy portion of the world, and be thou kind even as Allah hath been kind to thee, and seek not corruption in the earth; lo! Allah loveth not corrupters,” (28:77)