Part of Concepts of Ahl as-Sunnah (series completed)
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Summary of Sunni concepts | Concept (1102) | Philosophy of sovereignty theory
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A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah.
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The philosophy of the theory of sovereignty.
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Legal scholars initially defined sovereignty
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as a characteristic inherent to authority,
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implying that there is no other authority higher than the existing one,
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nor any authority equal to it.
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Thus, the concept of sovereignty in this sense was negative,
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meaning it did not assign specific contents or attributes to sovereignty,
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but rather relied on stripping this quality
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from anything other than the ruling authority.
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Thereafter, it did not take long for legal scholars
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to define sovereignty as the supreme commanding authority of the state itself,
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rather than merely a characteristic of authority.
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They subsequently established specific contents and attributes for it,
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and attributed it to the Ummah or the people,
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albeit with detailed differences regarding this.
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In doing so, they wrested sovereignty away from the monarch or the ruler,
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and reduced him to a mere official executing the will of the Ummah or the people.