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

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The Constitution.

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A constitution is the fundamental law or basic statute of any country.

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It is the ultimate authority to which all other laws must refer.

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For this reason, it is often called the "mother of laws."

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In democratic systems, it may be amended or abolished.

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This requires a public referendum.

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In man-made systems, a ruler may also suspend it.

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This occurs when he rules according to what they call emergency law.

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The constitution of the Muslims is the Book of Allah and the Sunnah.

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They are the two authorities that govern the legal system in Islam.

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Any subsidiary law must be referred back to them.

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If Muslims in any country draft a constitution organized into primary articles,

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then its first and most fundamental article should be—

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one that cannot be abolished, amended, or subjected to a referendum—

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that the Islamic Shari'ah is the sole source of legislation,

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which invalidates any legislation that contradicts it.

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This article must be practically implemented on the ground,

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not merely stated as a way to throw dust in people's eyes,

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or phrased in cunning, evasive language.

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Some might, for instance, remove the definite article "the" from the word "source,"

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to make it merely one source among many,

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rather than the sole source.

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With this aforementioned criterion, any constitution of an Islamic country becomes

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a branch derived from the Book of Allah and the Sunnah, governed by them,

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and incapable of contradicting them.