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is a sinner who is to be brought back into line with the majority.
(Imam of the Two Mosques, Al Juwani, the teacher of Al

Ghazali allowed the condition of being from the Quraish to

have no affect if this condition is not available in the candidate
if the other conditions are satisified. Ref: "Al Ghiyathi"

by Al Juwani - Darwish.)

)10(VALIDITY OF THE INAUGURATION OF THE CALIPH WHEN
FEARFUL OF DISASTER


The tenth principle: Is that if neither piety nor knowledge appear
in the claimant, yet any attempt to oust him will result

in perilous and unbearable strife, we hold that his caliphate
should be considered legitimate and binding because of