Because this is what Allah [s] and the Prophet [s] ordered
To prove this is the case we have to look at…
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The Quran
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The SunnahWhat we can’t look at to prove things areIslamic are …
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Our emotions
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What people think
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What most people are doing
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What is normal is our community
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What the tradition is.
Remember what Ibn Masud (r) said:"
The jama'a is truth [haq] even if it is oneperson
".