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

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The claim that religion can be divided into the superficial and the essential.

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Some allege that religion is divided into a core and a kernel.

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Contrasted with what they call shells and outward forms.

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They call for focusing on the core and the kernel,

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While neglecting the shells and the forms.

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Claiming that this is what deserves the most focus.

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Some may even go further than that,

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Demanding that we deal only with the spirit of the text,

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Rather than its literal meaning and explicit wording.

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By Allah, that is a sweeping claim,

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And a reprehensible assertion,

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Which leads to grave harm.

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The truth is that there is nothing in the religion that is merely a shell;

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Rather, it is all a precise kernel,

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Legislated by the All-Knowing, the All-Aware.

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It is complete and comprehensive;

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Nothing in it was legislated in vain.

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Everything in it is there with wisdom and for the benefit of the servants.

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We are commanded to worship Allah

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In everything He has commanded or forbidden,

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Whether it be small or great.

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Allah the Exalted says:

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"O you who have believed,

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“O ye who believe! Come, all of you, into submission (unto Him); and follow not the footsteps of the devil. Lo! he is an open enemy for you.” (2:208)

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"And do not follow the footsteps of Satan;

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Indeed, he is to you a clear enemy."

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"As-silm" here means Islam.

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The intent, therefore,

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Is commitment to the entirety of Islam,

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Its pillars, its obligations, and its prohibitions.

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Reflect on how Allah warns at the end of the verse

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Against following the footsteps of Satan,

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Which includes what he whispers

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Regarding the neglect of what he claims to be

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Minor or formal obligations,

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And his trivializing of committing minor sins

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Under the pretext that they do not destroy the core.

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