Part of Concepts of Ahl as-Sunnah (series completed)
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Summary of Sunni concepts | Concept (1193) | Interpretive justification thinking
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A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah.
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Rationalizing and interpretive modes of thought.
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This type of thinking is found among some people.
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Their habit is always to rationalize and justify their own mistakes or the mistakes of those they love.
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Justification is the ploy of every wrongdoer.
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For even the most hardened criminals and those who cause the greatest harm,
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they always find justifications for their crimes with which they mislead people,
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or use to defend themselves before the judiciary.
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The door of interpretation is a dangerous one,
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and its crimes throughout Islamic history are grave and heinous.
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There is no act of murder or corruption
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but that its perpetrator finds an interpretation and justification for it through intellectual and religious fallacies.
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Was the killing of 'Uthman and 'Ali, may Allah be pleased with them, anything other than the result of interpretation and rationalization?
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Did the wars between Muslims occur for any reason other than interpretation and rationalization?
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And were the scholars of Islam not killed, imprisoned, and tested for the sake of Allah Almighty
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except through corrupt interpretation and wicked rationalization?
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The goal of this interpretive and rationalizing mode of thought
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is to escape the responsibility of neglecting a duty or committing a forbidden act.
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Evading responsibility is a means of projecting one's own faults onto others,
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just like those who justify the backwardness and weakness of Muslims today by pointing solely to the strength and hegemony of their enemy,
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and their military and intellectual invasion of Muslim lands.
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They fail to attribute this primarily to the internal flaws within the souls and ranks of the Muslims themselves,
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as Allah Almighty said:
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“For him are angels ranged before him and behind him, who guard him by Allah's command. Lo! Allah changeth not the condition of a folk until they (first) change that which is in their hearts; and if Allah willeth misfortune for a folk there is none that can repel it, nor have they a defender beside Him.” (13:11)
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“If a lucky chance befall you, it is evil unto them, and if disaster strike you they rejoice thereat. But if ye persevere and keep from evil their guile will never harm you. Lo! Allah is Surrounding what they do.” (3:120)
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“They seek to hide from men and seek not to hide from Allah. He is with them when by night they hold discourse displeasing unto Him. Allah ever surroundeth what they do.” (4:108)