Part of Concepts of Ahl as-Sunnah (series completed)
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Summary of Sunni concepts | Concept (803) | Between individualism and collectivism
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A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah.
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Between individualism and collectivism.
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Western capitalism is founded upon the basis of human individualism.
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It expands the boundaries of an individual's autonomy.
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It grants them the freedom to act in many matters.
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To the point where they may reach the limit of harming others and harming themselves.
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It gives free rein to desires and whims.
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Consequently, it shatters values and morals.
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It recognizes no right for anyone to guide the individual or regulate their behavior.
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Communism in the East is founded upon the basis of human collectivism.
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It expands the sphere of the collective and the state.
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It restricts individual activity.
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It prohibits any individual freedom.
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Whether in ownership, employment, or belief.
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And so on.
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As for Islam, the religion of natural disposition (fitra),
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it affirms for the human being both their individuality and their collectivity.
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It does not consider them to be contradictory tendencies.
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Rather, it is the natural disposition of man to be an individual who is part of a whole.
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Individuality is innate, just as the inclination toward the collective is innate.
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Islam addresses both of these tendencies,
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regarding them as fundamental.
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It makes them mutually supportive.
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Each complements the other without conflicting with it.