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

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The importance of clarifying the shirk of governance to the Ummah.

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Since ruling by other than what Allah has revealed

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is the prevailing state in most Muslim lands,

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clarifying the truth regarding this issue has become of paramount importance.

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It is incumbent upon the scholars and the callers of the Ummah to explain this,

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and to refute the misconceptions that permit ruling by other than what Allah has revealed.

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For Allah has taken a covenant from the people of knowledge

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to clarify the truth to the people and not to conceal it.

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Allah the Almighty says:

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“And (remember) when Allah laid a charge on those who had received the Scripture (He said): Ye are to expound it to mankind and not to hide it. But they flung it behind their backs and bought thereby a little gain. Verily evil is that which they have gained thereby.” (3:187)

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“And (remember) when Allah laid a charge on those who had received the Scripture (He said): Ye are to expound it to mankind and not to hide it. But they flung it behind their backs and bought thereby a little gain. Verily evil is that which they have gained thereby.” (3:187)

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Spreading knowledge regarding this issue is an urgent necessity

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so that this Ummah may bear the burden of Islam

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and act upon it,

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after many have succumbed to erroneous concepts

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which portrayed to them, among other things,

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that the matter of implementing the Sharia is a secondary issue,

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and has no relation to the legitimacy of the ruling regime.

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Rather, according to these erroneous concepts, legitimacy

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is achieved through elections, parliaments,

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and honeyed slogans.

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They have lied in what they claimed.

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In fact, that is the very shirk of love and disbelief in what Allah has revealed.

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And since this clarification does not please the tyrants,

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it is no surprise that

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they attack everyone who proclaims it with force and resolve,

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and they pour upon them various forms of affliction and persecution,

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while distorting, through lies and fabrication,

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the image of the callers to the truth who clarify this,

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by claiming that they are terrorists and ignorant.

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Therefore, the callers to the truth must

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arm themselves with patience in the face of this falsehood,

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and prepare their souls to remain steadfast upon the truth,

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out of sincerity to Allah and His Messenger,

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and as a warning against the shirk of governance and its danger.

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