Part of Concepts of Ahl as-Sunnah (series completed)
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Summary of Sunni concepts | Concept (744) | The meaning of cheating is general and not limited
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A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah.
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The meaning of deception is broad and not restricted.
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Deception is not limited to sales and commerce.
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Even though that is its most famous manifestation.
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For the Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him,
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when he reached his hand into a pile of food at the market
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and found it to be wet,
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he said to the seller:
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"Whoever deceives is not one of me."
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Narrated by Muslim.
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He used the term deception in a general sense,
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without restricting it to sales,
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nor limiting it to that sphere.
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It is the same Prophet, peace be upon him, who said:
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"There is no ruler who governs the subjects of the Muslims,
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and dies while he is deceiving them,
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but that Allah will forbid Paradise to him."
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Agreed upon.
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The deception of a ruler toward his subjects
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is not in sales and commerce;
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rather, it is by failing to offer them sincere counsel,
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and failing to look after them and uphold their interests in all their affairs,
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both religious and worldly alike.
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Among this is ruling by other than what Allah has revealed,
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which is one of the greatest forms of deception,
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because it is deception regarding sincere counsel and the religion.
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Also included is leaving the innovator to his innovation,
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and the misguided to his misguidance,
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and the failure of scholars to offer sincere counsel to sultans and leaders,
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just as sultans fail to offer sincere counsel to their subjects.