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A summary of the core concepts of Ahl al-Sunnah:

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The overlapping of benefits and harms.

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Benefits and harms are rarely unmixed;

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rather, they are most often intertwined or competing with one another.

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In such cases, a Muslim acts upon the general legal maxims governing them,

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namely: averting harm takes precedence over procuring benefit;

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prioritizing the greater of two benefits over the lesser;

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and choosing the lesser of two harms.

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A summary of the core concepts of Ahl al-Sunnah: