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Summary of Sunni concepts | Concept (377) | The environment has an impact on the type of science and its features

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0:00 A summary of the fundamental concepts of Ahl al-Sunnah:

0:08 Environment inevitably shapes the nature and characteristics of knowledge.

0:12 Because the people of the Hijaz were close to the cradle of divine revelation,

0:19 and the novel events and unprecedented occurrences among them were relatively limited,

0:24 the school of Ahl al-Hadith rose to prominence among them.

0:28 Consequently, exegetes and hadith scholars who relied directly on transmitted reports flourished there;

0:33 they adhered most strictly to the texts of revelation

0:36 and to the traditions of the Companions and the Tabi'un.

0:39 By contrast, because Iraq was a land of division and divergent sects,

0:44 afflicted with the Rawafid and the theological denial of divine decree (Qadar),

0:47 and saw extensive translation of philosophers and scholastic theologians,

0:52 alongside widespread interaction with non-Arabs,

0:55 numerous novel issues and complex situations arose

0:58 that had no parallel in the Hijaz.

1:01 When all this took place, the school of reasoned opinion (Ahl al-Ra'y) emerged,

1:06 leading to an increased reliance on analogical deduction (qiyas) and ijtihad to rule on emerging events and unprecedented cases

1:11 concerning which no explicit scriptural text existed.

1:14 The Levant (al-Sham), on the other hand, was a land of jihad and frontier garrisoning (ribat);

1:18 thus, discourse concerning epic battles and tribulations became prominent among its people and scholars.

1:24 Just as the environment shapes knowledge, it also profoundly influences the scholar himself,

1:27 at times even shifting some of his legal opinions and scholarly deductions (ijtihad).

1:31 For instance, Imam al-Shafi'i had two distinct legal doctrines:

1:34 one formulated in Iraq, and the other developed in Egypt.