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Summary of Sunni concepts | Concept (242) | The trap of loyalty

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

0:08 The shirk of allegiance (wala').

0:12 Allah the Exalted says:

0:14 “Say: Shall I choose for a protecting friend other than Allah, the Originator of the heavens and the earth, Who feedeth and is never fed? Say: I am ordered to be the first to surrender (unto Him). And be not thou (O Muhammad) of the idolaters.” (6:14)

0:22 “Say: Shall I choose for a protecting friend other than Allah, the Originator of the heavens and the earth, Who feedeth and is never fed? Say: I am ordered to be the first to surrender (unto Him). And be not thou (O Muhammad) of the idolaters.” (6:14)

0:26 "And do not ever be among the polytheists."

0:31 The verse clarifies that singling out Allah alone for allegiance and monotheism, while disavowing polytheism and its adherents, constitutes true faith.

0:39 Indeed, this is the very meaning of the word of monotheism: La ilaha illa Allah.

0:44 Its first half is disavowal—"La ilaha" (there is no god)—and the second half is affirmation—"illa Allah" (except Allah).

0:52 Whoever takes an ally other than Allah,

0:55 venerating and loving them as one should love Allah,

0:58 and basing their alliances and enmities upon that,

1:00 has committed shirk against Allah the Almighty in the matter of allegiance.

1:04 This type of shirk

1:06 has not received the same level of attention, clarification, and warning

1:10 as the shirk associated with graves and the righteous.

1:13 For allegiance to Allah the Exalted

1:16 necessitates His oneness and sincerity to Him in orientation, worship, judgment, and loyalty.

1:22 This cannot be valid without disavowal of shirk and the polytheists,

1:26 and of everything worshipped besides Allah the Almighty.

1:30 Among the forms of shirk in allegiance that expel one from the fold of Islam

1:34 is taking the disbelievers as allies out of love for them and their religion,

1:37 and supporting them against the Muslims.

1:40 The scholars have counted this as one of the nullifiers of Islam.

1:47 A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah.