Wahhabism

Traditionalist Sunni View

Traditionalist Sunnis are defined as those who encourage following one of the four Sunni Schools of thought (Maddhab) for people not legally qualified to extract Islamic law (Ijtihad) (i.e. those who are not Islamic lawyers or Mujtahid), rather than going directly to the primary sources of law (Quran, Hadith etc) and extracting law themselves as Salafis advocate. Traditional Sunnis argue that their creed or Aqida is different from Wahabis http://qa.sunnipath.com/issue_view.asp?HD=7&ID=124&CATE=24. Traditional Sunnis also reject the Salafi or Wahabi view on following a Maddhab http://qa.sunnipath.com/issue_view.asp?HD=7&ID=890&CATE=1. Traditional Sunnis accept the Hanbali Scholar ibn Taymiyyah, and accept those Salafis who follow him as fellow Hanbali Sunnis, however reject the Wahabi's understanding of ibn taymiyyah, that traditional Sunnis say go beyond what ibn Taymiyyah argued. http://qa.sunnipath.com/issue_view.asp?HD=7&ID=918&CATE=1. Traditional Sunnis also disagree with Wahabi views on the nature of Allah. http://www.masud.co.uk/ISLAM/nuh/littlk.htm

Related Topics:
Sunni - Maddhab - Ijtihad - Mujtahid - Hadith - Aqida - Hanbali - Ibn Taymiyyah

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