A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah Socialism is a political ideology based on an economic theory that emerged in the eighteenth century AD in opposition to capitalism, which signified the dominance of capital owners over the tools and means of production and their control over the working class. Thus, socialism advocated for public ownership of the primary resources of production and their means, such as lands, factories, and major corporations, and for the state to manage these resources on behalf of the people and for their benefit. A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah