Part of Concepts of Ahl as-Sunnah (series completed)
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Summary of Sunni concepts | Concept (24) | Whoever prefers this world has spoiled his purpose and his behavior violates the requirements of monotheism
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A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah.
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Whoever prioritizes the worldly life corrupts their purpose and their conduct contradicts the requirements of Tawhid.
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It is regrettable that some people may inherit the knowledge of the salaf and theoretically believe in their creed.
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Yet, their ambition is diverted toward the worldly life, and they prioritize any of its adornments and superficialities.
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This leads them away from what they inherited and steers them toward errors in perception and deviations in conduct.
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Whether they realize it or not.
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While they condemn the followers of heretical beliefs for their innovations,
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Satan ensnares them in innovations of a different kind.
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Such as showing allegiance to the people of falsehood and downplaying their falsehood.
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Thus, they become a stepping stone and a ladder for the rise of tyrants and those who follow their own desires.
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For any scholar who prioritizes the worldly life over the Hereafter
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will inevitably speak untruths about Allah in their legal rulings and judgments.
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This is because the rulings of the Lord, glory be to Him, often conflict with the desires of people,
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especially those among them who hold positions of authority.
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Their desires cannot be fulfilled except by opposing and suppressing the truth.
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Consequently, the love of the worldly life causes those scholars who are tempted by it
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to reject, obscure, and conceal the truth,
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in order to appease those in power and those who follow their whims,
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and out of fear of losing their share of the worldly life.
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Just as the Almighty said regarding the People of the Book:
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"Then there succeeded them a generation who inherited the Scripture,"
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"taking the fleeting goods of this lower life,"
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"and saying, 'We will be forgiven.'"
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"And if similar goods come to them, they take them."
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“And a generation hath succeeded them who inherited the scriptures. They grasp the goods of this low life (as the price of evil-doing) and say: It will be forgiven us. And if there came to them (again) the offer of the like, they would accept it (and would sin again). Hath not the covenant of the Scripture been taken on their behalf that they should not speak aught concerning Allah save the truth? And they have studied that which is therein. And the abode of the Hereafter is better, for those who ward off (evil). Have ye then no sense?” (7:169)
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“And a generation hath succeeded them who inherited the scriptures. They grasp the goods of this low life (as the price of evil-doing) and say: It will be forgiven us. And if there came to them (again) the offer of the like, they would accept it (and would sin again). Hath not the covenant of the Scripture been taken on their behalf that they should not speak aught concerning Allah save the truth? And they have studied that which is therein. And the abode of the Hereafter is better, for those who ward off (evil). Have ye then no sense?” (7:169)
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"And they studied what was in it."
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“And a generation hath succeeded them who inherited the scriptures. They grasp the goods of this low life (as the price of evil-doing) and say: It will be forgiven us. And if there came to them (again) the offer of the like, they would accept it (and would sin again). Hath not the covenant of the Scripture been taken on their behalf that they should not speak aught concerning Allah save the truth? And they have studied that which is therein. And the abode of the Hereafter is better, for those who ward off (evil). Have ye then no sense?” (7:169)
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"Will you not then use your reason?"
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The Almighty informed us that they take the fleeting goods,
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which are worldly gains,
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despite knowing that it is forbidden for them.
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They say, "We will be forgiven,"
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while they persist in what they are doing and repeat it.
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"And if similar goods come to them, they take them."
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This drives them to oppose the truth,
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and to speak about Allah that which is not true,
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instead of proclaiming the truth and defending it.
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A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah.