Are we salafis the only muslims who take islam seriously?

In short, Salafiyyah is Islaam. It is following Islaam based upon the understanding of the Salaf-us-Salih (the Righteous Predecessors, i.e. the Prophet, peace be upon him, the Companions, the first generations of Muslims, and all the scholars throughout Islamic History who followed this Straight Path).

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"A Brief Introduction to the Salafi Da'wah"

The Salafi Da'wah (da'wah literally means "call", and in this sense it refers to calling to the truth, preaching and propagation) is that of the Qur'an and the Sunnah (i.e. the Religion of Islam - pure and free from any and all additions, deletions and alterations). It means adherence to the Path of the Messenger, may the peace of Allah upon him, and the Faithful Believers, namely the Salaf as-Saalih and all those who follow in their footsteps in belief, actions and morals.

Allah has said: "And whoever contends with and contradicts the Messenger after guidance has been clearly conveyed to him and chooses a path other than that of the Faithful Believers, We shall leave him in the Path he has chosen and land him in Hell, what an evil refuge!" [Surah al-Nisaa' 4:115]

Shaikh-ul-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah commented on this verse: "All who contradict and oppose the Messenger after the right path has been clearly shown to them, have followed other than the Path of the Believers; and all who follow other than the Path of the Believers have contradicted and opposed the Messenger after the right Path has been shown to them. If one thinks that he is following the Path of the Faithful Believers and is mistaken, he is in the same position as one who thinks he is following the Messenger and is mistaken."

-Who are the Salaf and who are the Salafis?-

The Salaf as-Saalih are the Companions of the Prophet, peace be upon him, their Followers (the Taabi'een and the Taabi Taabi'een (i.e. the first three generations of Muslims) and the Scholars of the Ahl-us-Sunnah wal-Jamaa'ah after them who followed their way in belief and deed. Among them are :

Imam Abu Hanifah (150 AH), Al-Awzai (157 AH), Ath-Thawri (161AH), Al Laith ibn Saad (175 AH), Imam Malik (179 AH), Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak (181 AH), Sufyan ibn Uyainah (198 AH), Imam Ash-Shafi'i (204 AH), Ishaq (238 AH), Imam Ahmed bin Hanbal (241 AH), Al-Bukhari (256 AH), Muslim (261 AH), Abu Dawood (275 AH) and others.

Ibn Taymiyyah (728 AH), and his students: Adh-Dhahabi (748 AH), Ibn al-Qayyim (751 AH), Ibn Katheer (774 AH) and others.

Muhammed bin 'Abd al-Wahhab (1206 AH) and many of his students.

And in our time: Abdul Aziz bin Baz, Muhammed bin Saalih Uthaimeen, Muhammed Naasir-ud-Deen al-Albaani.

The Salafis are the Ahlus-Sunnah wal-Jamaa'ah. They are the Taaifatul- Mansoorah (the Aided, Victorious Group) and the Firqatun-Naajiyyah (the Saved Sect) which have been mentioned in the following statements of the Messenger, peace be upon him:

"There shall not cease to remain a single group from my community upon the Truth, victorious; they are unharmed by those who abandon them and those who oppose them. They will remain (in my community and in such a state) until they fight the liar (i.e. the Anti-Christ (Dajjal)." [Reported in Sahih Muslim]

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For the rest of the article, please see the link:

http://www.spubs.com/sps/sp.cfm?subsecID=SLF02&art...

And to answer your other questions:

Q) I thought "very strict" meant Wahhabi?

A) The term "Wahhabi" was a term invented by deviant cults and disbelievers to slander Muslims who adhere to the Qur'an and Sunnah upon the understanding of the Salaf-us-Salih. "Wahhabi", was particularly used by the Sufi grave worshipers in the time of Shaykh Muhammad ibn Abdul-Wahhaab, may Allaah have mercy on him, as they took offense to their shrines of shirk being demolished in accordance with the Sunnah. See http://www.thewahhabimyth.com/ .

Q) "They follow the Qur'an, Sunnah and the example of the Sahabah etc... pious predessors."...that means every Muslim...?"

A) No it does not. Many Muslims claim to follow the understanding of the Sahabah, but it is an empty claim. For example, the Sufis claim to follow the Qur'an and the Sunnah, but they perform and call to acts of worship that were never taught by the Prophet, peace be upon him. The Shia claim the same, but they have taken their Imams as intermediaries with Allah. Terrorists claim to be following the Sunnah, yet they kill innocent people all over the world and cause widespread corruption. All of these groups have fallen into severe error because they interpret the Qur'an and the Sunnah in a way that opposes the actual, authentic, and contextual teachings of the Prophet, peace be upon him, and the scholars throughout Islamic History.

Q) Difference between Salafi/Sunni?

A) The terms are interchangeable to an extent. They are terms used when needed to clarify the difference between true Islam and deviant ideologies that claim to be Islamic. The term "Sunni" came about to clarify to the general Muslims that the "Islam" claimed by the Shia is not true Islam. Later on in Islamic history, the scholars of the religion, used the term "Atharee" (means: a follower of the authentic narrations) to clarify to the general Muslim that a true Muslim is one who accepts and follows the authentic narrations from the sunnah (because in that time, people who rejected hadeeth would still call themselves "Sunni" so the general layman would be confused about the difference between truth and falsehood.) Likewise the term "Salafi" is used when necessary to clarify that true Islam entails following the understanding of the Salaf-us-Salih in actuality (because there exists Muslims who claim to be Sunni but who practice Islam with a corrupt methodology). These terms are not "sectarian" terms, rather they are used so the person seeking to worship Allaah correctly will not be confused by all the parties that claim Islam.

I hope that helps. May Allaah bless you!

Salafis are so delusional !

Anyway, I don't think Salafiyyah will last for too long. It spread in a time when most Muslims were ignorant and clueless. People now are different and they're starting to use their brains and little by little discover how strict and outdated this Salafiyyah is.

It will end soon, and other enlightening and rational sunni sects will rise. Thank God for that !

People are people. You have some serious sunnis and some non-serious sunnis. The serious sunnis may be doing something incorrectly...sometimes culture burrows its way in.....but its not putting islam on the back burner....just an issue of interpretation.

Salafis / wahabis.....maybe you could say they are always serious...its just a different version of interpretation. It many ttimes seems like that version if islam can't exist out of teh 7th century. It almost feels like that viewpoint of islam says it'd be better to give up electricity and cars and we should all ride camels and live in tents. Walk miles to the watering hole.....

The imam at the Sunni masjid in my town does not take Islam seriously. It is a part-time, sometimes thing, that he sometimes does. The rest of the time, he is busy betraying Islam's values. He doesn't even need to be away from masjid to do that. He openly does it to people at masjid.

I had to pretend to have a Middle Eastern accent to even get the damn racist to talk to me!

And since I am poor and have disabilities, there was no reason either for him to offer me any assistance with anything, or even to meet my simple request for half-hour of his time to discuss my disabilities and how they affect my ability to be part of the masjid community.

Not interested in talking to you AT ALL, GET LOST YOU UGLY AND POOR AMERICAN is the message I received from the arrogant racists with money at the mosque.

And that's just the beginning of his evil while he calls himself not just a Muslim, but even an imam. Sickening and vile, he is. Thinking about him makes me ill. What a cheater, what a kaffir, what a complete phoney he is. Loves other people? LOL! He hates other people, he treats other people badly, he uses his position as imam to be an authoritarian jaks to put other people down and make himself feel powerful. He requires people to worship him as God, then he will talk to them.

That's how bad it is. The religion is severely corrupted by the majority. It is corrupted severely in Middle East too, don't try to say it's just the Western Muslims, lol, lol, lol, lol, lol. Islam was corrupted long before it came to America!

If the imam at the Sunni mosque in my town wants to argue that the things I have said about him are not true, I challange him to PROVE IT. Prove you are not an arrogant racist who kicks poor people in the face. I'm waiting for you to do what is right, and so is Allah.

We're all Muslims - there is no need to separate ourselves into sects and give ourselves names, and then say OUR sect is the best and then claim all others are wrong. Who are you to judge? Allah is the best Judge, just do your best at being a good 'MUSLIM' (not 'salafi' or 'sunni' or 'shia') and leave the rest up to Him. there's no need to pass judgments on others unless you plan to use your judgments to actually do some good.

If you took Islam seriously as you claim, you would have at least capitalized the name of your Creator - Allah (Subhanahu Wa Ta3ala), as well as the religion which He (Subhanahu Wa Ta3ala) bestowed upon you - Islam.

And if you took Islam seriously, you would follow what Allah (Subhanahu Wa Ta3ala) has told us NOT to do in the Holy Qur'an - which is NOT to separate our Ummah into different sects.

Salaam!

yes only salafi are true muslim it is because we follow Touheed like shahaba ur all good deeds have no meaning without Touheed Alhamdulillah only salafi follow touheed according Muhammad(sas) we follow only Muhammad(sas) but others follow their so called imams if they are shite munafiq or sunni badaties some people says we follow in

mar(rz) in talaq it is wrong we follow only the way of Muhammad(sas) some say u say 3 talaq in one time i say if u say 10million or more talaq in opner time we say this is one talaq Hatu Burhanakum inkuntum sadiqeen i write this ayat for the oppsite people of salafies

salafies .

If you have a fight

Between Ali AS and Muawiahya

where will you go

simple question

Salafi's are not the only ones that take Islam seriously. Sunni's do as well.

astagfirullah....

I can't belive how muslims behave sometimes. always pointing fingers, calling names, calling others kafir, dividing into sects. Just stick with ISLAM and work on bettering yourselves since none of us are perfect.

dont forget to practice 'HUMBLENESS' rather than bragging, and anyone who thinks they are better than everyone else and so perfect will answer to Allah

Islam should always be taken seriously, but spread this message with proper adab and ettiquette that our beloved Prophet always did

never be so confident that you think you are guaranteed Janna, you have to work for this until your last breath like everyone else inshallah

salam

Lol, I think you take everything too seriously.

Relax man.

Prophet Muhammad (sa) told us not to go extreme.

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@ Ahmed Masry

You are not a Salafi, You are a Shia.

Stop calling other people Kafir and stop spitting on them. You are here just to give the Salafis a bad name. Salafis consider " Takfeer'' ( Calling others Kafir without knowledge) as a dangerous thing. May be you didnt know that.