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>To become an individual citizen of Shariah by strictly following the Koran and Sunnah.
The Sunnah is mostly based on Hadith, sayings which are attributed to the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him. This is a lot of reading, and not all Hadith are valid. Each has a detailed chain of transmission and Sunnis and Shias have different books of Hadith.
Seeking knowledge, Ilm, is intellectually rigorous. It is a lot of book reading. The four books of Shia Hadith together contain 44,344 Hadith. A Hafiz is someone who memorizes the Koran from cover to cover and can recite it from memory. Islam has a very rich intellectual tradition with a lot of depth to it, most laypeople do not study Islam at this level.
Muslims depend on Imams and scholars to study religion and provide guidance from this. In Muslim nations, Islam is literally the basis of the legal system and courts, where experts in Shariah function as judges and lawyers in Islamic courts under Islamic rulers such as Emirs and Caliphs.
To bring things full circle, the Asthiname of Muhammad, peace be upon him, says that Muslims have a duty to protect Christian monks, devotees, and pilgrims. It also states that Christians should not be offended, disturbed, coerced, or compelled into paying a religious tax or from practicing their religion. It effectively grants religious freedom to Christians and exempts them from religious taxation.