Part of Concepts of Ahl as-Sunnah (series completed)
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Summary of Sunni concepts | Concept (757) | Al-Najwa Al-Mahmoudah
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A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah.
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Commendable private discourse.
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Allah excepted from the prohibited forms of private discourse that which is based on righteousness and piety.
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For He said:
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"O you who have believed, when you converse privately, do not converse about sin and aggression and disobedience to the Messenger."
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"But converse about righteousness and piety."
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And the Almighty also said:
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“There is no good in much of their secret conferences save (in) him who enjoineth almsgiving and kindness and peace-making among the people. Whoso doeth that, seeking the good pleasure of Allah, We shall bestow on him a vast reward.” (4:114)
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The inverse implication of the lack of goodness in most private discourse is
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that there is goodness in a small portion of it.
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The verse has clarified what this small portion is,
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and has exemplified it, or rather limited it, by way of the exception from the general lack of goodness.
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“There is no good in much of their secret conferences save (in) him who enjoineth almsgiving and kindness and peace-making among the people. Whoso doeth that, seeking the good pleasure of Allah, We shall bestow on him a vast reward.” (4:114)
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It stipulated for that the sincerity of intention for the sake of Allah the Almighty.
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And whoever does that seeking the pleasure of Allah,
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We shall grant him a great reward.
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The intended meaning of virtuous private discourse, therefore, is
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that a righteous man speaks privately with other righteous men like himself,
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so that they may cooperate together on a matter of goodness,
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which contains benefit for the people or reconciliation between them.
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A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah.