Part of Concepts of Ahl as-Sunnah (series completed)
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Summary of Sunni concepts | Concept (382) | The benefit of judging a general gender after mentioning a specific description
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Summary of the concepts of Ahl al-Sunnah:
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The benefit of applying a ruling to a general category after mentioning a specific description.
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Allah Almighty said:
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“Who is an enemy to Allah, and His angels and His messengers, and Gabriel and Michael! Then, lo! Allah (Himself) is an enemy to the disbelievers.” (2:98)
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“Who is an enemy to Allah, and His angels and His messengers, and Gabriel and Michael! Then, lo! Allah (Himself) is an enemy to the disbelievers.” (2:98)
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He described a group of people with a specific description,
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which is their enmity toward Allah, His angels, His messengers, Gabriel, and Michael.
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Then, He shifted away from restricting the judgment specifically to them,
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to a general ruling
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declaring Allah's enmity toward the disbelievers.
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He did not say:
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"Indeed, Allah is an enemy to them."
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This conveys two important meanings:
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First:
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Anyone who shows enmity toward Allah, the angels, and the messengers
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belongs to the category of the disbelievers.
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Second:
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Allah is an enemy to them and to all disbelievers.
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Likewise, every ruling applied to a general category after mentioning a specific description
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indicates that those characterized by that specific description are included
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within that mentioned general category,
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and it also serves to generalize the ruling to those with the specific description
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as well as to the entire general category under which they fall.
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Another example of this is
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the saying of Allah Almighty:
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“Save those who repent and amend and hold fast to Allah and make their religion pure for Allah (only). Those are with the believers. And Allah will bestow on the believers an immense reward.” (4:146)
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"and are sincere in their religion for Allah,
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those will be with the believers."
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“Save those who repent and amend and hold fast to Allah and make their religion pure for Allah (only). Those are with the believers. And Allah will bestow on the believers an immense reward.” (4:146)
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And He did not say:
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"and Allah will give them a great reward."
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This is to affirm,
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first:
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that these repentant individuals are indeed among the believers;
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and second:
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to affirm that the great reward is established for them and for all believers alike.
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There are many such examples in the Noble Qur'an,
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and this is part of its eloquence and supreme clarity of expression.
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Summary of the concepts of Ahl al-Sunnah.