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

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Rigid, imitative thinking.

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This is mostly prevalent among the ignorant masses.

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Or among some who affiliate themselves with proselytizing groups.

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Or those who are fanatically devoted to specific schools of fiqh.

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Those who have confined themselves strictly to the opinions of their school.

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Even if some of those opinions contradict explicit and authentic evidence.

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As for the one who follows the truth and imitates others in it based on evidence,

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Such a person is praiseworthy and rewarded.

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The danger of rigid thinking

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Is that it makes the person a mere follower and a sycophant,

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Disabling the intellect that Allah, the Almighty and Majestic, has blessed him with,

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So that he might use it to reach the truth and the pleasure of Allah, the Exalted.

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Allah, the Almighty and Majestic, has condemned the polytheists for their fanaticism,

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Just as their forefathers were, in His saying:

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"And when it is said to them, 'Follow what Allah has revealed,'

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They say, 'Rather, we will follow that which we found our fathers doing.'"

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“And when it is said unto them: Follow that which Allah hath revealed, they say: We follow that wherein we found our fathers. What! Even though their fathers were wholly unintelligent and had no guidance?” (2:170)

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Also falling under this type of thinking

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Is the person of stagnant thinking,

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Who relies on the thoughts and innovations of others,

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Due to the lethargy and stagnation he is in.

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