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**BalaGire** · 02-05-2011, 06:14 AM

Asalam Alykum brothers,

I too was waiting for a reply and I read the entire thread but didnt get anything ! What is the difference between Salafis and Wahabis? For a layman like me, its an important question so please could someone lay it down in 1.2.3 format for me.

JazakmAllah khair

brother,No difference between a salafi and wahabi. As far as the terminologies are concerned , the word salafi has been used to donate the blessed rightly guided group by many scholars of the past particularly Shaikh Ul Islam Ibn taymiyya Ra.The salafis are the result of an evolution in the strict hanbali school of thought which stands on more literal grounds of interpretation of Quran and hadith.The earlier hanbalies were mere scholars of high reputation but in the begining of the 12th century when the muslim world was under jolts from every side,Sheikh ul Islam Ibn taymiyya who was a hanbali, stood up against the oppression.He refuted the deviant groups of his time with pen and sword.The groups which he deemed as deviants were sufis,Wahdat al wajoodies,Asahari maturidies etc.U can say that this was the turning point of the hanbali school where it converted into a more vibrant salafi school.The salafis went into a movement of social and theological reformation of the arab land under the command of Imam Mohamad bin Abdul-Wahab in 18th century.Later they achieved achieved their goal and captured hijjaz , eliminating almost every sign of shirk and bidda'h from the holly land (castigating/eradicating shirk and Bidda' has always been the primary ambition of salafis) . After hijjaz was captured and the hanafi-sufi turks were repelled , salafi dominance was achieved but it also resulted into severe polarization with in the so called Ummah as the sufi-biddati deviant groups whose existence was in danger due to this salafi movement,started calling the salafis "wahabi" afte the name of their leader in their revival movement r Imam Mohamad bin Abdul Wahab ra. Salafi is what they call themselves and wahabi is what thier cretic would call them. The polarization i mentioned has escalated by thousands of folds due to the influential salafi dawah in the west and the marginalization of other sects in dawah so u hear the hatred oriented term "Wahabi" much often.
P.S , Salafi and deobandies are two different entities and differ on many matters of Aqeedah,usool and furu.

02-05-2011, 06:14 AM	#26
BalaGire Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 452 Senior Member	Asalam Alykum brothers, I too was waiting for a reply and I read the entire thread but didnt get anything ! What is the difference between Salafis and Wahabis? For a layman like me, its an important question so please could someone lay it down in 1.2.3 format for me. JazakmAllah khair brother,No difference between a salafi and wahabi. As far as the terminologies are concerned , the word salafi has been used to donate the blessed rightly guided group by many scholars of the past particularly Shaikh Ul Islam Ibn taymiyya Ra.The salafis are the result of an evolution in the strict hanbali school of thought which stands on more literal grounds of interpretation of Quran and hadith.The earlier hanbalies were mere scholars of high reputation but in the begining of the 12th century when the muslim world was under jolts from every side,Sheikh ul Islam Ibn taymiyya who was a hanbali, stood up against the oppression.He refuted the deviant groups of his time with pen and sword.The groups which he deemed as deviants were sufis,Wahdat al wajoodies,Asahari maturidies etc.U can say that this was the turning point of the hanbali school where it converted into a more vibrant salafi school.The salafis went into a movement of social and theological reformation of the arab land under the command of Imam Mohamad bin Abdul-Wahab in 18th century.Later they achieved achieved their goal and captured hijjaz , eliminating almost every sign of shirk and bidda'h from the holly land (castigating/eradicating shirk and Bidda' has always been the primary ambition of salafis) . After hijjaz was captured and the hanafi-sufi turks were repelled , salafi dominance was achieved but it also resulted into severe polarization with in the so called Ummah as the sufi-biddati deviant groups whose existence was in danger due to this salafi movement,started calling the salafis "wahabi" afte the name of their leader in their revival movement r Imam Mohamad bin Abdul Wahab ra. Salafi is what they call themselves and wahabi is what thier cretic would call them. The polarization i mentioned has escalated by thousands of folds due to the influential salafi dawah in the west and the marginalization of other sects in dawah so u hear the hatred oriented term "Wahabi" much often. P.S , Salafi and deobandies are two different entities and differ on many matters of Aqeedah,usool and furu.
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