Wahabi, Ahli-Sunnah etc.

[MearazAhmed]

So I am a Bengali Muslim. I have began to see differences in worshiping (slight differences) my father says that they are wahibis and we are not. I believe that the other type is more accurate(Wahabi). But, he says that the justification through hadith was created by the Saudi family when they cane to power. Please help.

[فصيح الياسين]

............choose any path but leads u to allah to come closer to him. In wahabism or in ahle sunnah.

Though i am extremly against wahibism stuff

[Anny]

I dont know the different between wahhabi n ahli sunnah or even with salafi. I only learn Islam from source tht I trust so I never know abt its all. Only for sunni, shia/shiite, n ahmadiyah I make differentiation bcz those are really different. So if I say im sunny, can I be salafi, ahli sunnah, or wahhabi? Plz help to explain.

[فصيح الياسين]

Salafi and wahabis are same they dnt do taqleed of any imam. While ahle sunnah do taqleed of any one of four imams.. so u can see difference thn

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[Huzaifah ibn Adam]

The term "Wahhaabism" is a myth. The people who use the term "Wahhaabi" don't even know what it means. Ask them to define "Wahhaabi". It is a term used by people with very little brains.

It was originally coined by the British and was used to refer to those who follow Shaykh Muhammad ibn `Abdil Wahhaab an-Najdi. The term "Wahhaabi" was coined by them because they are Kuffaar who don't know that "Al-Wahhaab" is one of the Names of Allaah Ta`aalaa, thus to call someone a "Wahhaabi" is both incorrect and an insult to the Name of Allaah Ta`aalaa.

For a person who defines "Wahhaabi" as someone who doesn't follow a Madh-hab: Obviously, this person hasn't studied anything, because:

1) Shaykh Muhammad ibn `Abdil Wahhaab himself followed the Hanbali Madh-hab.

2) The Shuyookh of Saudi Arabia, referred to as "Wahhaabis" by people devoid of brains and understanding, all follow the Hanbali Madh-hab for the most part.

The Barelvi sect refers to everyone who doesn't follow their grave-worshipping cult as being a "Wahhaabi". Or rather, because they don't know how to spell and don't know Arabic, a "wahbi". They refer primarily to the `Ulamaa of Deoband as being "wahbis/vahbis".

[Pyrrhic]

Hazrat Muhammad S.A.W was sunni! Shia! wahabi and etc? Hazrat Umar R.A, Hazrat Ali R.A, and many other companions were suni? shia? wahabi? Even Imam Zain-ul-Abadeen R.A the top scholar of islam was suni, shia, wahabi? Luckily they were Muslims. Are we muslims? We are sunni, Shia or wahabi etc But In judgement day, Allah will do justice between these sects who was right. Try to read the life of our prophet Hazrat Muhammad S.A.W inshallah you will decide better.

[aaj]

Wahabbism was a term coined by the british for anyone who followed the imam ibn abdul wahab as a way to ostracize them because the imam preached jihad against the these kuffars who were invading Muslim lands. Sadly, these Muslims cling to the preaching of their british raj and continue to show hatred towards their Muslim brothers based the hate propaganda their invader spread among them. plus these "wahabis" speak out against biddah that these Muslims so love to do so much, such as grave worship, pirs, dhabars, khatumul quran, etc.

The term "Wahhaabism" is a myth. The people who use the term "Wahhaabi" don't even know what it means. Ask them to define "Wahhaabi". It is a term used by people with very little brains.

I don't think insulting others is part of proper adhab in general, let alone in giving dawah.

[M.I.A.]

this is why I didn't choose..

just make the most of the situations you are placed in.

if i send daruuud upon the Prophet pbuh.

I see no reason why i shouldn't do so if I ever get to visit his tomb..

if only to see what others do..

out of faith or desperation or compulsion of any kind.

does it make a difference where you do it?

only Allah swt knows.

I visited a gravesite last eid..

it was a moving experience for the paranoid.

but it's not what happened to me that counts.

[aaj]

this is why I didn't choose..

just make the most of the situations you are placed in.

if i send daruuud upon the Prophet pbuh.

I see no reason why i shouldn't do so if I ever get to visit his tomb..

if only to see what others do..

out of faith or desperation or compulsion of any kind.

does it make a difference where you do it?

only Allah swt knows.

I visited a gravesite last eid..

it was a moving experience for the paranoid.

but it's not what happened to me that counts.

There is nothing wrong in sending darood upon the prophet even at his grave in madinah masjid. However, the imams there will tell you to face towards the qibla and not the grave when you do it. Only thing you should be saying while facing the grave is "salaam" to the prophet (saw).

[M.I.A.]

good thing there are imams then lol..

should be quite an experience God willing.


....although.. I guess if I prayed more then my daruuud's would be in the right direction..

:/


..but while your away, al birr

[Samiun]

Ask them to define "Wahhaabi". It is a term used by people with very little brains.

I disagree. It's not a myth although I see it used on people who like to say he/she is an innovator because he recites the Ya-seen on every Friday night or that Mawlid is an innovation or making Dua' after prayers is an innovation. This is what they say.

A lot of Teachers here use that term including a Scholar who I know that have have studied for many years in a traditional Madrasah and also outside of it. They love to attack people on these things and the threat is real, the pressure is real.

[M.I.A.]

I disagree. It's not a myth although I see it used on people who like to say he/she is an innovator because he recites the Ya-seen on every Friday night or that Mawlid is an innovation or making Dua' after prayers is an innovation. This is what they say.

A lot of Teachers here use that term including a Scholar who I know that have have studied for many years in a traditional Madrasah and also outside of it. They love to attack people on these things and the threat is real, the pressure is real.

...the struggle is real? :|

...well don't kill yourself over it anyway. 5 pages into ya ceen..

it could take a while.

[Samiun]

...the struggle is real? :|

...well don't kill yourself over it anyway. 5 pages into ya ceen..

it could take a while.

I know brother but it's very troubling to me because their argument can be very convincing and after that many people start to say about it and worse condemning people for such actions. I said it is convincing because I was convinced, once.

I'll give you an example, I follow the Shafie' Madhab so maybe people ask me to 'go back to the Qur'an and Sunnah' because I don't derive everything I read from it's source material reference. Like you know they need proof about WHERE did you get this knowledge about(for example, how to perform Wudhu) and they will ask you to find all the Hadeeth pertaining to it and ask you to derive it. How do I do that when I am not a Muhaddithoon? It's not that simple to just google for hadeeths on Wudhu and by using your own intepretation and basic english(not arabic). That is not enough.

Well technically everything I learned from the Ustadh/Ustadha is from the Quran and Sunnah because our Scholars(Imam As-Shafiee R.H) took time and effort to simplify things and break down things from the Qur'an and Sunnah and there's a chain of Scholars that relate to their teachers traditionally maybe more less apparent now. Allahu'Alam

[M.I.A.]

well... in the time of ignorance it is better to bathe often.

only joking..

I couldn't sell ice to the arabs!

...they all have refrigerators.

with regards to wudu, I often forget also! but most places have wudu posters so I'm ok again..

I have not noticed any major differences in how it's done.

whoever asks you for proof should do some travelling.

[Huzaifah ibn Adam]

There is a group known as "Salafis", and there are many sub-groups under it. In the Indo-Pak subcontinent, you have the group known as the "Ahle Hadees".

The term "Wahhaabi" should not be used for either of these two groups, as it is incorrect and a misuse of the Name of Allaah Ta`aalaa, "Al-Wahhaab".

[Zafran]

Wahabbism was a term coined by the british for anyone who followed the imam ibn abdul wahab as a way to ostracize them because the imam preached jihad against the these kuffars who were invading Muslim lands. Sadly, these Muslims cling to the preaching of their british raj and continue to show hatred towards their Muslim brothers based the hate propaganda their invader spread among them. plus these "wahabis" speak out against biddah that these Muslims so love to do so much, such as grave worship, pirs, dhabars, khatumul quran, etc.



I don't think insulting others is part of proper adhab in general, let alone in giving dawah.

Not true - History has it that the Saudi/Abdul Wahab alliance rebelled against the Caliphate of the Ottomans at the time. Later the Brits helped the saudis to break off from the Ottomans alas Lawrence of Arabia.

[Zafran]

The Barelvi sect refers to everyone who doesn't follow their grave-worshipping cult as being a "Wahhaabi". Or rather, because they don't know how to spell and don't know Arabic, a "wahbi". They refer primarily to the `Ulamaa of Deoband as being "wahbis/vahbis".

You have a problem with people calling salafis "Wahhabi" and yet have no problem calling brelvis "grave worshipers"? You need to be consistent and not let your deoband affiliations cloud your judgement.

[Huzaifah ibn Adam]

Grave-worship here is not being used as a name; it's used as a description for the acts committed by some of the members of the Barelvi group.