Summary of Sunni concepts | 64- Concepts about Sunnahs specific to believers

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

0:08 The Sunnah of intending good for the believers.

0:11 Among the established Sunnahs of Allah, the Exalted,

0:15 is that He intends nothing for His believing servants but good,

0:19 in every incident and matter that befalls them.

0:23 Even the Incident of the Ifk (the Slander),

0:26 which outwardly appeared as severe harm to the believers,

0:29 and to their noble Messenger, peace be upon him,

0:32 and to his pure household,

0:35 Allah, the Exalted, said regarding it:

0:38 “Lo! they who spread the slander are a gang among you. Deem it not a bad thing for you; nay, it is good for you. Unto every man of them (will be paid) that which he hath earned of the sin; and as for him among them who had the greater share therein, his will be an awful doom.” (24:11)

0:41 “Lo! they who spread the slander are a gang among you. Deem it not a bad thing for you; nay, it is good for you. Unto every man of them (will be paid) that which he hath earned of the sin; and as for him among them who had the greater share therein, his will be an awful doom.” (24:11)

0:43 Certainty in this Sunnah

0:46 is the very essence of having a good opinion of Allah, the Exalted,

0:49 and it anchors trust in the wisdom of Allah, the Exalted,

0:52 and His mercy.

0:56 The fruit of certainty in the Sunnah of intending good.

1:00 Certainty in the Sunnah of intending good for the believers

1:04 produces tranquility of the heart,

1:07 and the confidence that the outcome for the believer

1:10 is always goodness and success.

1:13 Among the things that anchor certainty in this Sunnah

1:16 regarding every matter

1:19 is to call to mind the saying of Allah, the Exalted:

1:22 "But perhaps you hate a thing

1:25 and it is good for you."

1:28 Do not assume something is evil for you,

1:31 for Allah knows while you do not know.

1:34 Goodness is attained by the believer

1:38 in this world or the Hereafter.

1:41 Let the believer know

1:45 that if they do not perceive or attain that good

1:48 in the life of this world

1:51 through the painful decrees of Allah that befall them,

1:54 then that good is stored up,

1:58 and that is more lasting and beneficial for them.

2:01 For the killing of a believer in the path of Allah

2:04 yields for them martyrdom,

2:07 which secures for them a great reward

2:10 and a lofty status in Paradise.

2:13 Likewise, the decrees and calamities in this world

2:16 expiate sins and earn good deeds,

2:19 which necessitate winning Paradise

2:22 and the raising of ranks therein.

2:26 The consequences of the Incident of the Ifk.

2:29 An example of the Sunnah of intending good

2:32 for the believers.

2:36 Among the practical examples to illustrate this Sunnah

2:39 is to mention the aspects of goodness

2:42 resulting from the Incident of the Ifk.

2:45 First, among these

2:48 is that the Messenger, peace be upon him,

2:51 his chaste and pure wife,

2:54 and her father, the Truthful (al-Siddiq), may Allah be pleased with him,

2:57 attained a great reward

3:00 as a recompense for their patience regarding what befell them

3:03 of harm through this slander and fabrication.

3:06 Second, the exposure of the false accusation

3:09 to public knowledge prevented the charge from remaining

3:12 latent in the hearts of some,

3:15 and from the resulting skepticism toward the religion

3:18 through whispers of defamation against its carriers.

3:21 Third,

3:24 the revelation of the verses following the story of the Ifk,

3:27 exonerating Lady 'A'ishah, may Allah be pleased with her,

3:30 was a great honor for her

3:33 and for the family of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, may Allah be pleased with him,

3:36 as they were singled out by verses praising them, which are recited

3:39 until the Day of Resurrection.

3:43 Fourth,

3:46 another aspect of this honor is that the revelation of these verses

3:50 concerns the matter of disbelief and faith;

3:53 for anyone who slanders Lady 'A'ishah, may Allah be pleased with her,

3:56 regarding the Ifk becomes a disbeliever,

3:59 because they deny verses from the Noble Qur'an.

4:02 Fifth,

4:05 the delay of the revelation in responding to the story of the Ifk

4:08 for a full month is evidence

4:11 that the Prophet, peace be upon him, did not have knowledge

4:14 of the unseen; for had he known,

4:17 he would have announced the innocence of his wife from the very beginning,

4:20 without the occurrence of what happened to him

4:23 of harm and suffering through the defamation of her,

4:26 may Allah be pleased with her.

4:29 Thus, it becomes forbidden for Muslims to exaggerate

4:32 regarding the Messenger, peace be upon him,

4:35 or to claim he had knowledge of the unseen.

4:39 The Sunnah of Allah’s victory for His believing servants.

4:43 Allah’s victory for His believing servants

4:47 does not change or fail

4:50 if its conditions are met and its impediments are removed.

4:53 Allah, the Exalted, said:

4:56 “Verily We sent before thee (Muhammad) messengers to their own folk. Then we took vengeance upon those who were guilty (in regard to them). To help believers is ever incumbent upon Us.” (30:47)

4:59 And He, the Exalted, said:

5:02 “Lo! We verily do help Our messengers, and those who believe, in the life of the world and on the day when the witnesses arise,” (40:51)

5:05 “Lo! We verily do help Our messengers, and those who believe, in the life of the world and on the day when the witnesses arise,” (40:51)

5:08 "...the witnesses will stand."

5:11 And He, the Exalted, said:

5:15 "Indeed, Allah is Powerful, Exalted in Might."

5:18 And there are many other such verses.

5:21 The delay of victory

5:25 does not mean it will not come.

5:29 Even if the victory of the believers is delayed,

5:32 or the disbelievers gain an upper hand over them for a time,

5:35 the victory of Allah for the righteous believers

5:38 will be the final outcome of the matter.

5:41 He, the Exalted, said:

5:45 And He, the Exalted, said:

5:48 “And Moses said unto his people: Seek help in Allah and endure. Lo! the earth is Allah's. He giveth it for an inheritance to whom He will. And lo! the sequel is for those who keep their duty (unto Him).” (7:128)

5:51 "...whom He wills of His servants."

5:54 And the outcome is for the righteous.

6:02 Allah has made it a condition upon His servants

6:06 that they support Him so that He may support them.

6:09 Allah, the Exalted, said:

6:17 The support of the believers for their Lord within themselves

6:20 is achieved by sincerely affirming His Oneness (Tawhid)

6:23 from all polytheism,

6:26 obeying Him in every command,

6:29 and refraining from what He forbids.

6:32 Their support for Him in the reality of life

6:35 is achieved by supporting His law and His methodology.

6:38 It is also a condition for achieving victory

6:41 to be united and not to dispute.

6:44 Supporting Allah in the reality of life

6:47 is linked to supporting Him in the realm of the soul and conscience,

6:50 and is built upon it.

6:53 Victory will not be achieved in the realm of reality

6:56 until it is perfected in the realm of the soul.

6:59 The people of truth will not prevail outwardly

7:02 until they have prevailed with the truth inwardly.

7:08 Faith is the cause and reason for victory.

7:13 The stipulation that Allah’s victory is

7:16 for the believers indicates that faith

7:19 is the cause and reason for Allah’s victory.

7:22 If Allah’s victory is absent or delayed,

7:25 it is due to a deficiency in that cause.

7:28 Faith may be merely a claim,

7:31 an outward appearance devoid of its reality

7:34 and substance; in that case, it is overcome

7:37 by the reality of disbelief, because the reality of

7:40 faith is stronger than the appearance of anything,

7:43 even if it is the reality of disbelief

7:46 and the other is the appearance of faith.

7:49 But when true faith arises,

7:52 it defeats falsehood with all its deception

7:55 and trickery; rather, "We dash the truth

7:58 “Nay, but We hurl the true against the false, and it doth break its head and lo! it vanisheth. And yours will be woe for that which ye ascribe (unto Him).” (21:18)

8:01 against falsehood, and it destroys it."

8:04 Examples of deficiencies in faith

8:07 that prevent the achievement of victory.

8:11 The disobedience of the Messenger, peace be upon him,

8:14 at the Battle of Uhud,

8:16 and their greed for the spoils of war,

8:18 was a deficiency in faith

8:21 that prevented the achievement of Allah’s victory for them.

8:24 And when vanity entered the hearts of the believers on the day of Hunayn,

8:28 and they were deluded by their numbers,

8:30 that was a flaw in their reliance upon Allah,

8:33 so victory was delayed

8:36 until the believers stood firm and made their intentions sincere for Allah;

8:39 He sent down His tranquility upon them and granted them victory.

8:42 He, the Exalted, said:

8:44 "And on the day of Hunayn,

8:46 when your great number pleased you,

8:48 but it did not avail you anything..."

8:51 “Allah hath given you victory on many fields and on the day of Huneyn, when ye exulted in your multitude but it availed you naught, and the earth, vast as it is, was straitened for you; then ye turned back in flight;” (9:25)

8:54 "...then you turned back, fleeing."

8:57 “Then Allah sent His peace of reassurance down upon His messenger and upon the believers, and sent down hosts ye could not see, and punished those who disbelieved. Such is the reward of disbelievers.” (9:26)

9:00 "...upon His Messenger and upon the believers."

9:03 “Then Allah sent His peace of reassurance down upon His messenger and upon the believers, and sent down hosts ye could not see, and punished those who disbelieved. Such is the reward of disbelievers.” (9:26)

9:06 "...and He punished those who disbelieved."

9:08 And that is the recompense of the disbelievers.

9:12 The current situation of the Muslims

9:16 and the confusion of minds regarding the victory of the believers.

9:20 The current situation of the Muslims,

9:24 the brokenness and humiliation they are in,

9:27 and the dominance and tyranny reached by the disbelievers,

9:31 have led to the confusion of some minds

9:34 and despair regarding the victory of the believers

9:37 in the life of this world.

9:39 This is a severe flaw in understanding,

9:42 a definite failure to grasp the Sunnahs of Allah,

9:45 and ignorance of the reality of the Names of Allah, the Exalted:

9:49 The All-Wise, the All-Knowing,

9:51 the All-Aware, the All-Powerful,

9:53 the Most Merciful, the Subtle.

9:55 And the saying of Allah, the Exalted:

9:57 “Those who wait upon occasion in regard to you and, if a victory cometh unto you from Allah, say: Are we not with you? and if the disbelievers meet with a success say: Had we not the mastery of you, and did we not protect you from the believers? - Allah will judge between you at the Day of Resurrection, and Allah will not give the disbelievers any way (of success) against the believers.” (4:141)

10:02 refutes this understanding.

10:04 It is not correct to claim that the verse refers to the Hereafter,

10:09 nor to claim that the disbelievers have this world

10:12 and the believers have the Hereafter,

10:15 because Allah, the Exalted, says:

10:17 “Lo! We verily do help Our messengers, and those who believe, in the life of the world and on the day when the witnesses arise,” (40:51)

10:23 "...and the day when the witnesses will stand."

10:26 Thus, He decreed their victory in this world and the Hereafter.

10:30 However, one must realize that the victory of the believers is achieved

10:34 according to what was established in the previous concepts.

10:38 In light of this, one also understands His saying:

10:42 “Those who wait upon occasion in regard to you and, if a victory cometh unto you from Allah, say: Are we not with you? and if the disbelievers meet with a success say: Had we not the mastery of you, and did we not protect you from the believers? - Allah will judge between you at the Day of Resurrection, and Allah will not give the disbelievers any way (of success) against the believers.” (4:141)

10:47 Allah, the Exalted, has not given the disbelievers a way over the believers,

10:52 but it is the Muslims themselves who caused that

10:56 by violating the conditions of victory and empowerment.

10:59 Among the things one must be certain of is that this dominance by the disbelievers is partial and temporary;

11:06 it will not settle nor will it last.

11:08 The believers must only trust in their Lord,

11:12 examine themselves, and accuse themselves of deficiency in faith,

11:17 then strive earnestly to achieve true faith as previously mentioned.

11:22 At that point, the certain Sunnah of Allah will be realized,

11:26 victory will be completed, and the brokenness and humiliation will vanish.

Summary of Sunni concepts | 64- Concepts about Sunnahs specific to believers | Concepts (1041-1050)

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