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

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Corruption on earth is a social phenomenon.

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Once corruption takes hold on earth, it becomes a social condition.

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It transcends the nature of individual action.

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To the extent that it becomes difficult to limit responsibility for it to specific individuals alone.

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Rather, the elite and the leadership that cause it are complicit in it.

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The general public follows them due to their silence, their tacit approval, and their failure to resist it.

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For this reason, divine punishment for such corruption is general and all-encompassing.

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It is not restricted to one person to the exclusion of another.

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Allah the Exalted said:

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“And guard yourselves against a chastisement which cannot fall exclusively on those of you who are wrong-doers, and know that Allah is severe in punishment.” (8:25)

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"And know that Allah is severe in punishment."

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And He, the Exalted, said:

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“Corruption doth appear on land and sea because of (the evil) which men's hands have done, that He may make them taste a part of that which they have done, in order that they may return.” (30:41)

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“Corruption doth appear on land and sea because of (the evil) which men's hands have done, that He may make them taste a part of that which they have done, in order that they may return.” (30:41)

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