Part of Concepts of Ahl as-Sunnah (series completed)
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Summary of Sunni concepts | Concept (516) | The claim of dividing debt into husks and cores
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A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah.
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The claim that religion can be divided into the superficial and the essential.
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Some allege that religion is divided into a core and a kernel.
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Contrasted with what they call shells and outward forms.
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They call for focusing on the core and the kernel,
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While neglecting the shells and the forms.
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Claiming that this is what deserves the most focus.
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Some may even go further than that,
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Demanding that we deal only with the spirit of the text,
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Rather than its literal meaning and explicit wording.
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By Allah, that is a sweeping claim,
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And a reprehensible assertion,
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Which leads to grave harm.
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The truth is that there is nothing in the religion that is merely a shell;
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Rather, it is all a precise kernel,
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Legislated by the All-Knowing, the All-Aware.
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It is complete and comprehensive;
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Nothing in it was legislated in vain.
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Everything in it is there with wisdom and for the benefit of the servants.
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We are commanded to worship Allah
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In everything He has commanded or forbidden,
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Whether it be small or great.
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Allah the Exalted says:
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"O you who have believed,
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“O ye who believe! Come, all of you, into submission (unto Him); and follow not the footsteps of the devil. Lo! he is an open enemy for you.” (2:208)
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"And do not follow the footsteps of Satan;
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Indeed, he is to you a clear enemy."
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"As-silm" here means Islam.
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The intent, therefore,
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Is commitment to the entirety of Islam,
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Its pillars, its obligations, and its prohibitions.
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Reflect on how Allah warns at the end of the verse
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Against following the footsteps of Satan,
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Which includes what he whispers
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Regarding the neglect of what he claims to be
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Minor or formal obligations,
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And his trivializing of committing minor sins
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Under the pretext that they do not destroy the core.
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A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah.