Part of Concepts of Ahl as-Sunnah (series completed)
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Summary of Sunni concepts | Concept (1195) | Critical thinking
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A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah.
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Critical thinking.
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The intended meaning here is not the critical thinking that is balanced,
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which seeks the truth.
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For it is required of a Muslim to weigh any idea or project to understand its pros and cons,
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so that he may have clear insight into his affairs.
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Whoever is motivated by sincere counsel for himself and others,
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is upon goodness.
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Rather, what is intended here as a flaw in thinking,
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is critical thinking for the sake of criticism itself or for the sake of spite,
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far removed from the principles of sound, religiously-grounded critique.
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We see that one who possesses this mindset,
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has occupied his thoughts most of the time with criticizing a certain preacher,
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or a certain scholar,
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or a certain da'wah or charitable project,
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attempting to hunt for faults and loopholes and to spread them,
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and to alienate people from those involved in them, or to mock them in gatherings.
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This, in most cases, stems from spiritual ailments,
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such as malice, envy, and spite.
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Such ailments,
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are what cause one to become obsessed with criticism and hunting for slips,
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which inevitably leads the person into backbiting, slander, and mockery,
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all of which are unanimously forbidden in the Shari'ah.
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Among the harms and consequences of this type of thinking,
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is that Allah, the Almighty, causes the person to forget his own self and the reform of his own faults.
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For among the signs of Allah’s granting success to a servant,
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is his preoccupation with his own faults rather than the faults of others.
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And among the signs of being forsaken,
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is one's preoccupation with the faults of others rather than one's own faults.
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A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah.