Part of Concepts of Ahl as-Sunnah (series completed)
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Summary of Sunni concepts | Concept (405) | Overlapping interests and harms
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A summary of the core concepts of Ahl al-Sunnah:
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The overlapping of benefits and harms.
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Benefits and harms are rarely unmixed;
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rather, they are most often intertwined or competing with one another.
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In such cases, a Muslim acts upon the general legal maxims governing them,
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namely: averting harm takes precedence over procuring benefit;
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prioritizing the greater of two benefits over the lesser;
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and choosing the lesser of two harms.
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A summary of the core concepts of Ahl al-Sunnah: