A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah.
Emotional and impulsive thinking.
The person who adopts this mode of thought is typically driven by emotional impulses.
In such states, the authority of reason and knowledge is weakened.
This manifests, for example, during intense love or hatred, or extreme anger, grief, or distress.
Such pressures cloud the intellect and drive the individual toward erroneous positions and decisions.
In doing so, they overlook the outcomes and consequences that result from this pattern of thinking.
Misleading media contributes to fueling these emotions.
Through the news and carefully crafted films it presents to public opinion.
This causes many people to be emotionally swayed.
It leads them to take a stand on minor, isolated events while ignoring major issues that truly deserve attention.
An example of this emotional thinking is the individual’s preoccupation with the exceptional or the anomalous.
And the neglect or dismissal of established principles.
Especially if this exceptional case satisfies the ambitions of some people and aligns with their desires.
This is the way of the people of innovation (ahl al-bida'), who dismantle the whole by focusing on the parts.
They are obsessed with the ambiguous (mutashabih) while abandoning the clear and decisive (muhkam).
It is like someone who judges a person to be righteous.
Merely because they undertook a charitable project.
Such as a mosque or a school.
This makes them forget the person’s immorality or their criminal acts that hinder the path of Allah.
The opposite of this is one who judges a person to be deviant because they fell into one or two slips.
Forgetting their righteous deeds and their commendable contributions.