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|    Abdullah Ibn Masoud said: Jamaah(Community) is what is compatible with truth even if you were alone.
|    الجماعة ما وافق الحق ولو كنت وحدك.
|    btw the prophet pbuh said in his favor : if i were to install someone as the leader(in another narration caliph)
|    without consultation it would be son of umm abd. This gives him a great level of quality of leadership and
|    understanding things of islam needed for governance or at least good enough grasp/capability similar to ali, abu
|    bakr, umar. This prophetic narration btw gives us also that obviously even the prophet can't do nothing without
|    consultation. And the words of abdullah ibn masoud being against any sense of supposed ijma' consensus being
|    evidence or important. And there is a prophetic quote saying don't be an imma'ah امعة if people do good we do
|    good and if bad we do bad.
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|    "لا يكُنْ أحدُكم إمَّعة، يقول: أنا مع الناس، إن أحسن الناس أحسنتُ، وإن أساؤوا أسأنا، ولكن وَطِّنوا أنفسكم: إن أحسن الناس
|    أن تُحسِنوا، وإن أساؤوا فلا تظلموا".
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|    "Let none of you be a mere follower, saying, 'I go along with the crowd; if they do good, I do good, and if they
|    do wrong, I do wrong.' Instead, resolve within yourselves: if they do good, do good yourselves; but if they do
|    wrong, do not wrong them."
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