A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah.
The sources for both Shari'ah-based governance and secular governance.
For governance to be considered Shari'ah-based,
its sources and foundations must be derived exclusively from the sources of Islamic legislation itself.
The primary source is the revealed text of the Qur'an and the Sunnah.
Then, the consensus of the scholars of the Ummah.
Then, ijtihad, which encompasses analogy (qiyas) and considerations of public interest (masalih mursala).
As for contemporary secular governance,
its primary source is human thought,
which is inseparable from ignorance, injustice, and caprice.
It is fundamentally based on the separation of religion from the state and the lives of the people.
Thus, Shari'ah-based governance is a religious obligation,
whereas contemporary governance is a man-made imposition.
A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah.