Part of Concepts of Ahl as-Sunnah (series completed)
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Summary of Sunni concepts | Concept (517) | Motives for dividing religion into husks and cores
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A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah.
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The motives behind the claim that religion can be divided into a shell and a core.
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This claim can be attributed to one of two things.
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First, a binary view of matters.
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And the belief that pursuing one of two things necessitates and requires neglecting the other.
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While one might assume the good intentions and sound purpose of those who hold this view,
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it remains a deficient perspective.
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It only holds true for mutually exclusive matters.
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In all other matters, there is no prohibition against combining them.
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In fact, doing so may be recommended or even obligatory.
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Islam has pillars, obligatory duties, and requirements.
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It also has recommended acts, permissible acts, disliked acts, and forbidden acts.
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Fulfilling its pillars does not in any way mean neglecting its obligatory duties and requirements.
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Rather, the correct view is that the obligatory duties and requirements complement and complete the pillars.
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Just as the Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, directed us toward achieving the piety of the heart,
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he also provided guidance on how to adopt the outward appearance and conduct,
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such as shortening garments, growing the beard, and so forth.
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Second, an evil intention and malicious design to dismantle Islam.
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This is done through the call to adopt the spirit of the text rather than its literal wording,
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under the pretext of keeping pace with the modern era.
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This is the claim of the modernists, the secularists, and the esoteric sects.
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Their goal is to dismantle the true Islam and escape the yoke of its obligations.