What is Salafism?
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- Опубліковано 21 тра 2022
- In this episode, we explore the history and key features of the movement known as Salafism, which has become a significant force in modern Islam.
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Sources/Suggested Reading:
Crawford, Michael (2014). "Ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab". Oneworld Academic.
Hamid, Sadek (2016). "Sufis, Salafism and Islamists: The Contested Ground of British Islamic Activism". I.B. Tauris.
Hoover, Jon (2019). "Ibn Taymiyya". Oneworld Academic.
Meijer, Roel (ed.) (2009). "Global Salafism: Islam's New Religious Movement". C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Winter, Tim (ed.) (2008). "The Cambridge Companion to Islamic Theology". Cambridge University Press.
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Correction 1: The clergy that descends from Abd al-Wahhab is called the "Al al-Shaykh" with a long a-sound, not "Ahl al-Shaykh" as I pronounce it here.
Aal and Ahl mean the same thing ^^
@@MohdHilal
In the general sense yes the mean the same but with names you stick to one pronunciation
Your respect for the true pronunciation of words not native to you is extremely admirable, the first step to understanding one another is being able to reach thru culture and learn even the seemingly small things like Ahl vs Al. You are definitely a model for someone like me, a monolingual white American looking to learn of all the world has. Thank you for all your work!
@@MohdHilal “Ahl” means “of” or “belonging to”. “Aal” or “Al” means “descendants of”
I feel that’s still confusing for people not familiar with the word in Arabic. A better spelling would be “Aal”, to distinguish it from “Al” the definite article.
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Terrific work on a touchy subject. You really take the discourse to a whole new level. Thank you Filip.
He's an academic. He'll not be dogmatic like you. Don't worry.
@@Xaviergonzalez85 weird how you complement Filip and then insult a person he calls a friend and a colleague.
True love = the love of God!
*God himself went to the cross for you out of love for you as a human being*
Philippians 2:5-8
@@Hannestv4607 Incarnation and salvation through blood sacrifice is a very pagan and non abrahamic idea. The whole example of Abraham is proof that God would never demand such a heinous thing despite it being common practice for the pagan religions.
All religions presented themselves as lies when they denied Jesus his sacrifice!
God is holy and therefore inevitably always absolutely RIGHTEOUS! So God can never be merciful, gracious, because grace is not justice and therefore is wrong! A holy God can only be holy if he NEVER does wrong !! So FACT is without Jesus his SACRIFICE out of love for us we would all be lost! Only YHWH is not lying when he says he is HOLY and MERCIFUL !! Who is YHWH equal? EXACTLY NO ONE !!
JESUS gave himself as a sin offering !! A PURE LIFE FOR A LIFE !! Because we have to be holy = without guilt otherwise God will judge us FAIR and RIGHT !! Jesus is YHWH and thus the Creator of EVERYTHING and thus has the weight to wash the whole creation clean with these pure lives (BLOOD) !! God bless you
As a Muslim, I had to say you presented a difficult topic in a clear well researched ,non bias and objective manner. Brilliant work 👏
Without being politicaly correct you can think whatever you want about salafism i did salafist practices and it´s the most f*cking peaceful religion more than Cristianism Buddism Islam Judaism Zoroastrianism Hinduism i understand these guys i think that these ideas of revolutionary religion could benefit cristianism and society
Salafis think that CHILD marriage or SLAVERY IS HALLAL.
I agree!. As he always did with other sects
@@sidauf7894 whats is the matter with you youre so angry brother
? Really?
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One thing not mentioned why salafis are over-represented in media is because of Saudi Arabia’s government and enormous funding they get. Even from other gulf countries. No other form of islam gets 1/10 of the funding salafi movement gets
It is also why it is dominant amongst highly digitalised and modern populations , including immigrant second generations and western converts, and city people in muslim countries.
That’s good alhamdulilah. Ahlul bidah don’t need funding.
@@aaliyah3037 Poor Salafis... Easy to follow a cult when you have given up the capability to think.
What ever salfies say.we find it in Quran and hadeeth. Swfis and sheas always bring things contract with Quran and sunna.
On the contrary, Saudi Arabia, the most important channel funded by the government, is a liberal channel called Al-Arabiya. There is no religious channel funded by the Saudi government, although I hope so.
The reason for representing the Salafis in the media channels is because they speak with evidence from the Qur’an and the Sunnah and do not talk about myths, stories and tales, so the media channels respect them more and host them.
I would love a video comparing the Islamic Jurisprudence Schools.
That would be a very long series, because the differences are all nuance. I approve
@@MrNeosantana Just want to say this 😅
But, I think the good way is to cover each of the major school of Islamic jurisprudence rather than comparing them all in a single video
@@alfiansofakhair4630 Yeah, a video series about their history, where they spread and how they spread might be really cool
No reason to compare. All are legitimate & important.
@@asalsameer5041 all ?
This is one of the best channels on UA-cam for an analytical approach to understanding religion. Always well-presented and well-researched.
Blogging theology is a good channel as well
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Your content, as always, is incredibly well-formulated, well-presented, scholistic, and unbiased. Thank you.
That is an amazing research. You are one of the best in the business when it comes to an academic approach on religions.
Thank you for yet another interesting and informative episode. Always good to learn about and try to understand various religious perspectives
Very enlightening- just wonderful . Learnt a lot . Thank you so much .
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Great teaching Brother Holm. Thoroughly enjoyed it.
Well researched and very well presented!
Thanks for sharing.
Thank you so much for the fantastic unbiased content!
Yes indeed
My 8 incher agrees
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It's something that is an interest of mine for quite some time, but have never actually sat down and considered other religions. I would love to learn about as many religions as possible.
Thank you for doing such a great job.
Your video "Did Jesus Exist?" bought me. It was such an honest approach. So professionally done, as unbiased as one can be covering life of Jesus.
I guess I also have that need to go deep down the rabbit hole and learn about specific niche things as you've mentioned in one of your Q&As.
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Your channel is awesome!!! I was waiting for a salafism video ater the one on Ibn Taymiya and you didn't disappoint!!!
as someone who studied islam in its various forms and saw its effects on society this is one of the best acadamic analaysis of salafism i have ever seen. keep it up well done !
U clearly haven't
The islamic belief is that There's only 1 form of Islam. You clearly haven't studied Islam correctly. Just probably google searchs
Subhana Allah
Thank you so much! To me, you are a real peace-maker through providing knowledge in a way, that clearly shows ways, to understand better, and not condemn any kind of belief-system. I am so happy to have found your channel!
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A very informative and much needed lecture in today's times.
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Thanks for another great video
Quite informative. Nicely done.
I found this presentation enlightening in understanding the general landscape of Islam today. As a westerner I feel that we ignore the Islamic melieu at our own peril. The west has been doing battle with Islam, painted with a broad and ilinformed brush, for far too long. It is a tragedy that we tend to consider all Muslims as enemies without understanding the cultural and religious context of each of the lives we encounter. The world we find ourselves in, with it's challenges, cannot be addressed just with 500 pound smart bombs. We must, and I mean must meet everyone with an attempt at understanding and empathy. It is my prayer that we can dial down the violence that has gripped so many today, unfortunately.
On one hand, there is not anything I would like to take away from your comment. I agree with it.
But on the other it seems very idealistic, further more disengaged from the truth as to why the US led invasions occured through countless countries.
War is profitable and the powers that be are heavily invested in stocks and relationships that profit from wars.
It was the Germans, then the Muslims and now it's the Russians and Chinese.
It will never end and be realized like you have addressed until governments are overthrown by the communities they dictate to.
Thank you for this perspective, i completely agree with this!
At the turn of the century there were a few more intelligent talking heads that were warning of the dangers and idiocy of conflating Islam with terrorism, and how drumming up a fear of 'the bearded ones' would not benefit any populous anywhere. After the sept. 11 attacks these voices of reason were all but drowned out by the rabid baying for blood. Democracy needs an educated public to thrive, thank You (and anyone else reading this I guess) for trying to educate yourself further.
West never did.. Instead look Islam as hindrance to their ideology or development Islam is total submission to Only one God Amlghty.. And Prophet Muhammad Pbuh as last n final prophet..
As quran mentioned. There is no force in religion.
I wish the world was full of people like you, Brad.
As a Muslim, I must say, I am ashamed of the outlook of today’s Muslim world.
Very balanced. Great effort.
It is very clear and well-structured! Thank you!
I loved this video. It was quite informative and easy to understand.
So far this is the most neutral documentary about salafism, no bias and so objective. I'd 100% recommend this channel if someone ask me about the history of Islamic movements.
thanks for educating us
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Splendid Overview. Thank you
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your channel is easily one of the best on UA-cam. Thank you very much for all this amazing, informative and entertaining content!
Thank you for this great video! I really wish people 20 years ago could have seen this (and your other videos) to show how generalizing all forms of Islam as the same is the wrong answer.
They have goat beard. They are followers of goat. say ton.
❤ALHAMDULILAH
A more nuznced understanding of any religion is always better. At the same time, it is notable that some of the criticisms of Islam that have emerged in the past twenty years do apply to all the largest sects and varieties of islam.
Salafism is certainly the origin of quite a few recent historical phenomena in "radical Islam "; However, if you listen to ex-muslim critics of Sunni and Twelver Shia Islam, they often do not come from a Salafi background. It's worth listening to their perspective. At its core, their criticisls of Islam point out the ways Islamic modernism has made Islam even less compatible with the conditions of modernity.
I suspect you have to look to the Ibadi, Ismaili, and secularized Western Muslims to find an alternative. I'm not certain.
Excellent video, Phillip. I learned a lot.
Since you covered Salafism, can you now cover the other schools of fiqh? I’d particularly like to see you cover the Hanafi madhab, which is not only the largest madhab, but also the one considered the most “flexible.”
Hanafi and Maliki are not well known in modern internet, oh and Islam in East Asia like China, Uyghur, and in Africa, we only know Egypt, as there's Al Azhar there.....
It might bee too much for Philip to cover all of those, but hopefully he cover it
@@Peanuts76 "not well-known" is highly subjective. The Hanafi madhab is the biggest in Central Asia, Turkey, Arab countries like Egypt and Syria, and Afghanistan and Pakistan. This madhab has been extremely influential in the formation of "mainstream" Islam. Just because the name itself isn't well-known doesn't mean it's irrelevant. The whole point of channels like these is to illuminate less well-known aspects of religion. He's covered plenty of philosophers, Sufi Shaikhs, and religious schools of thought. I don't think it'd be too hard of a task to make a video educating people about the Sunni madhabs.
@@t-kazan4405 yeah, you were right, especially from people long distance here in South, Indonesia, idk bro, all i know from country you mentioned is always being reported on conflict and war maybe that was all on the news reporter here, it's always bad news and conflicts....
@@t-kazan4405 i only know about egypt with Al Azhar, and Turkey on those Rumi's whirling dervish.....
Syria, Afghan and Pakistan always had something goin on, war, conflict, Isis Al Qaeda, city of ruins, it's all i know from the news man....
O neo-salafis of today. Do you really think following your reviver Mohammed Ibn Abdul Wahab wil take you to Jannah? Have you forgotten the "Hadith about Najd" ? Read on. If you can "see" with the eyes of your heart and you are not brain dead, then the following is a wakeup call for you to repent from todays "neo Salafism" :
1.
"Narrated Ibn `Umar:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "O Allah! Bestow Your blessings on our Sham! O Allah! Bestow Your blessings on our Yemen." The People said, "And also on our Najd." He said, "O Allah! Bestow Your blessings on our Sham (north)! O Allah! Bestow Your blessings on our Yemen." The people said, "O Allah's Apostle! And also on our Najd." I think the third time the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "There (in Najd) is the place of earthquakes and afflictions and from there comes out the side of the head of Satan."" : sunnah.com/bukhari:7094
Now the interesting part here is that the Sahabah who said: "And also on our Najd." were Sahabah from the Najd area of Arabia at that time. Reason is that though many of todays "neo salafis" claim it's najd of Iraq, Iraq was not even Muslim country at that time ,so the Sahabah was from Najd of Arabia. To back this point up you need to look at Hadith about Miqat points for Haj, and it is clearly mentioned that Iraq was not Muslim at that time,so there were no Sahabah from Iraq asking for blessing for their " iraq najd"(as claimed by neo salafis) , but they were asking for blessing for the Najd of Arabia.
Narrated `Abdullah bin Dinar:
Ibn `Umar said, "The Prophet (ﷺ) fixed Qarn as the Miqat (for assuming the Ihram) for the people of Najd, and Al-Juhfa for the people of Sham, and Dhul-Hulaifa for the people of Medina." Ibn `Umar added, "I heard this from the Prophet, and I have been informed that the Prophet (ﷺ) said, 'The Miqat for the Yemenites is Yalamlam.' "When Iraq was mentioned, he said, "At that time it was not a Muslim country." sunnah.com/bukhari:7344
2.
Imam Bukhari even wrote a whole chapter called : "(16)Chapter: “Al-Fitnah will appear from the EAST.” : sunnah.com/bukhari/92
Several Hadith mentions that the fitna will appear from the EAST. Only Najd of Arabia lies to the East of Medina ( Hijaz) :
Narrated Salim's father:
The Prophet (ﷺ) stood up beside the pulpit (and pointed with his finger towards the East) and said, "Afflictions are there! Afflictions are there, from where the side of the head of Satan comes out," or said, "..the side of the sun.."sunnah.com/bukhari:7092
Narrated Ibn `Umar:
I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) while he was facing the East, saying, "Verily! Afflictions are there, from where the side of the head of Satan comes out."
sunnah.com/bukhari:7093
Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah(s.a.w) said:
"Faith is Yemeni, and disbelief is from the direction of the EAST. Tranquility is for the people of sheep, and wickedness and Riya is in those who boast among the people of horses and the people of camels....sunnah.com/tirmidhi:2243
Now tell me who in the EAST boast among the people of horses and the people of camels? People from Najd in arabia!
3. In the first Hadith mentioned above قَرْنُ الشَّيْطَانِ ". " ( QARN-usheitan ) is mentioned. Interestingly Syyedina Mohammed (pbuh) said that Miqat point for Najd in Saudi is QARN :
Narrated Salim bin `Abdullah from his father:
I heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saying, "The Miqat for the people of Medina is Dhul-Hulaifa; for the people of Sham is Mahita; (i.e. Al-Juhfa); and for the people of Najd is QARN. And said Ibn `Umar, "They claim, but I did not hear personally, that the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The Miqat for the people of Yemen is Yalamlam."
sunnah.com/bukhari:1528
4. Now look at this google map. Najd of Saud lies to EAST of Madinah, and Iraq is NORTH-EAST : aalequtub.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/13912697_1218930288140440_5976180288688380779_n.jpg
Conclusion: The Hadith of Najd speaks about najd of Arabia and none other najd anywhere else.So anyone who wants to save their akhirah,should repent from wahabism and come over to Sufism and join true Ahlus Sunnah Wal Jamah aqeedah: www.ahlus-sunna.com
FABULOUS presentation. You do a magnificent job of describing all the very subtle nuances of the different branches & offshoots of Islam in ways that a common lay person such as myself can easily understand. Thank you very much.
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only auto-generated captions unfortunately, but your diction is so clear it almost doesn't matter, which is a nice surprise. great video
Very good narrative. As you said as neutral observer, your narrative is so extensive and acceptable.
Appreciate your work.
He is just reading their promotional pamphlets. But tell us what they do. Know them by their fruits. And their fruits ain't so nice. They are coo far.
Many religions seem to have sub-sects that are either more spiritual such as Sufism or legalistic and fundamentalist such as Salafism. Is there a sociological reason why at different periods either the spiritualist or legalistic versions of a religion become more or less popular? I'm not asking solely about Islam, but about all religions in general.
From my understanding there are such a variety of reasons that one group becomes more or less possible and that anyone who tries to give a one size fits all explanation is just throwing out data that doesn't fit their thesis. Then when you try to attribute reasons of why a particular religion at a particular time followed a certain direction you often are just HARKing (hypothesizing after the results are known).
Furthermore I would suggest that spiritual isn't the opposite of legalistic and fundamentalist. The Mysticism vs Rationalism axis isn't always corelated with antinomianism.
I would also point out that legalistic and fundamentalist don't go together always either. Many fundamentalist Christians use the term legalism pejoratively for example.
Salafism can be plenty spiritual for the individual. Remember, Salafism claims to offer a direct means of understanding God through his works without the aid of scholars. What Salafism most definitely is not is pluralistic. Likewise, while Sufism can be legalistic (remember, many judges and scholars historically were Sufis), it is also very much pluralistic.
We do actually see sociological reasons why societies become more or less pluralistic. A society that perceives itself under threat will begin to put up walls and narrowly define itself in a bid of self-preservation. Meanwhile, a society that views itself as dominant or ascendant will more readily tolerate deviance as a product of growth.
And, indeed, we see this with Salafism and Sufism. Figures like Abd al-Wahhab and Ibn Taymiyyah arose in reaction to periods of mass upheaval and crisis (colonialism and Mongol conquest, respectively). In contrast, Sufism spread during the long marked periods were Islam was dominant in its region.
I have two responses to your question. One, if you take even a cursory look at history you'll notice, any change in the social order, especially due to external reasons, like colonialism, results in internal reflection to explain the fall of the old order, and more importantly, offer a new way forward, given the new reality. This then results in a new religion, different from the older one. The difference could be a minor one, as in a call to rid the religion of innovations; or a major one, as in the complete abandonment of the old religion and the adoption of an entirely new one.
Second response is more philosophical in nature. In the philosophy of Hegel, systems of ideas, like religion, have inherent contradictions which after sometime lead to the questioning of the validity of those ideas. Therefore to resolve these contradictions, a new set of ideas are proposed that resolve those inherent contradictions. We would see this as a new version of the religion. This process, however, is never ending. Every new proposition (aka religion) will go through this dialectical process, as it is called.
Change, as they say, is the only constant in life.
Judaism's Sect
Pharisees, Mainstream
Saducees, Fundamentalist
Essenes, Spiritualist
@@stevesmith4901 The Hegelian dialectic is a self-fulfilling prophecy, not philosophy.
You are the best. You do such a good job at explaining religion and I thank you.
Great channel, learning alot , thanks.
Hi! Great channel! I think your arabic pronunciation is really good for someone who (I assume) is not a native speaker. Displaying the name of concepts transcribed in latin is a great idea, but could you also include the actual arabic spelling alongside the latin transcription. It could be useful for some who wants to do a precise research (and we all know that latin transcriptions are not perfect). Have a nice day either way!
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Excellent summary. Great work.
He is just reading their PR pamphlets. But know them by their fruit. And they destroy the tombs of the prophets, hurt Muslims mainly, and hunt the saints. And make Quran unrecognizable with their wild interpretations. Which they call reform. But it is eradication. They are coo far. Followers of the goat. Which is why they style their beard like goats.
Great video!
Excellent video as usual! It’s refreshing to see the religious elements of Salafism covered in-depth, rather than just the political aspects we tend to emphasize in the west because of debates over immigration and extremism.
They are followers of goat. Coo far.
Sheikh Albani he's from my country Albania ,he originates from the city of Shkodër (Albania) but he has an important history in the Islamic world
Your dictatorial and anti Islam government forced him and his family to make Hijra out of Albania 🇦🇱 🙄
I’ve been watching your videos for the past month. I’m enjoying them immensely I find them very informative. I love that you have references that you are unbiased as a practicing Sufi Muslim. I also find them very enriching. They help me find my own path based on history and the interpretation of different schools of thought that you are presenting, I want to thank you very much for all your effort truly inspiring
Excellent very informative video really dissected the concept well and explained it in simple terms
Hi , Great videos. Can I request you to do a video on the historical event of Mihna during the rule of Caliph Al-Mamun. And could you do a separate video on Caliph Harun Al Rashid biography plus his ruling as Caliph. Thank you
I was already satisfied with your cover on Ibn Taimiyah, but then you surprise us with a much deeper topic, covering the whole Salafism! Great job on this subject, Philip!
Ibn taymiyah was a sufi
@@fahadsiddiqui85 ok, but he was concerned about the people who were not aware of Islam in sufism and the most important thing is the way of salafism and after the process of developing as a human being maybe it is a good opportunity to study sufism. This is the way I understand that. isn't it?
*The ETERNAL GOD would do anything for you!!*
Even out of love for you he went to the cross as a human!!
Philippians 2:5-8
Glad to hear it!
@@fahadsiddiqui85 No.
Your videos are always the best 📈
great vid !
Thoroughly enjoy your channel. You're brave to cover this topic my friend 😅
What's anyone gonna do? Leave negative comments?
That would probably be good for his algorithmic interaction
@@chompythebeast Nobody is going to do anything now. However, he could have gotten in trouble a decade ago.
the only abusers u can expect is Sunni (Ahle Sunnah) and Shias
i am from Ahle Sunnah but learning about salafism
our knowledge isnt perfect lets learn instead of abusing each other and call names like quburis and wahabis@@chompythebeast
Another amazing video
This clarified a lot. Thank you Filip.
Very comprehensive and perceptive presentations of Salafism. Would love to see how different schools of Islam treated Ijtihad, Tauhid, Salat, other pillars of Islam etc. based on different sets of expressive ontological and socio-political understandings. Also, another wish is you guys covering the importance of Master Disciple (Murshid-Murid) in Sufi thoughts and why that remains common in almost all Sufi orders, if I am not wrong.
Thank you for the amazing videos.
It will not enough in an hour of a youtube video. You need to learn ushul fiqh and tarbeeyah in at least 4 semesters of an Islamic foundational course. 😁
This is exceptionally great work. I closely know some active believers in Salafist and Wahhabi ideas and this helps me get a better understanding of them. Tough subject to work with. Keep up the great content.
They style themselves like goat. They are followers of goat. ab lease.
bro really said wahhabi ideas
@@coffe2270 Yep.
@@certifiedbot9710 I don't understand. Being called Salafist or Wahhabi is offensive? Maybe I need to rewatch the video.
@@fahdhussein6760 watch a video on salafism by a MUSLIM
Just so perfect how you explained it
Wow Subhanallah very good explanation- keep up the good work
Great scholarly work as usual....How about making a video on the history of The Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist ( Wilayat al Faqih ) as an ideology, the basis of the political regime in Iran today?
So admitted that you're an ISIS sympathizer lol
@@worldofmix6766 😋
Excellent especially regarding the dominance on the internet and how it is portrayed as the only interpretation of Islam. An issue which make me a target, despite agreeing with some of the docterine.
Hello my country men
@@guineesspirit7640
What’s your view on Muslims who believe that jahannam isn’t eternal and Allah will save the nonbelievers because he’s the most merciful ?
@@Some_Deist People should be very careful not to confuse human opinions with their understanding of God. If it is not mentioned in the Quran or by the prophet (or via other means directly from God) then it is unknown. Either way God is the most wise and most just so it doesn’t really matter what we think because we humans are in no place to judge anyone (including disbelievers) or guess what God’s judgment could be since such things are beyond our existence.
Humans barely know how gravity works let alone have any insight about God that hasn’t been given too us by God.
What exactly makes you a target? What about salafiyah that you disagree with?
@@huskee7684 Sounds like a provocative comment, what exactly is your purpose in asking?
Great job!
It seems like these people worship their religion and not Allah proper. It’s kind of a “have it my way” Islam where by “my” they mean their way or the highway. Good thing Allah (swt) is more accepting than that!
Upholding The Quran And Sunnah Of Rasulullah SAW is Worshipping Allah SWT. Dedication To His SWT Religion means to Worship Him SWT Alone. An Objective Look At Islam will Lead To The Salafi is Correct.
@_ none of what you cite is in the Quran, the indisputable truth, your religion is therefore more rightly called “Mohammedanism” not Islam. You sir have fallen under the thrall of your religious leadership…
@@SaidAhmadare you okay in the coconut? Allah says in the Quran
And whatever the Messenger has given you - take; and what he has forbidden you - refrain from. And fear Allah; indeed, Allah is severe in penalty.
@@Allahuma.sali.ala.muhammad. Salaamu Alaikum! Brother, you have misunderstood the context of Sura Al Hashr verses 7-8. The context is the conflict between the burgeoning Muslim community in Medina and the Jewish tribe of the Banu Nadir. Shortly after his and his followers exodus from Mecca to Medina, the prophet, concluded a treaty with the banu Nadir according to which they pledged themselves to neutrality in the hostility between the Muslims and the pagan Quraysh. After the Muslim victory in the battle of Badr the leaders of that Jewish tribe declared that Mohammed was, indeed the prophet that had been predicted in the Torah, but one year later, after the near defeat of the Muslims at Uhud the banu Nadir treacherously, broke their compact with the prophet and entered into an alliance with the Meccan Quraysh. Because of this, the prophet placed before them, two alternatives, either war or departure from Medina with all of their possessions. The banu Nadir choose war. When they lost the conflict, they were banished from Medina. Ayats number 5-8 references the booty that the Muslim community came into possession of as a result of this banishment and informs that community that only the prophet would be allowed to make the decision as to what was to be done with the former Jewish properties left behind. The full English translation from Yusuf Ali is as follows: “What Allah has bestowed on his messenger, and taken away from the people of the township, belongs to Allah, to his messenger to kindred and orphans, the needy and the wayfarer; in order that it may not merely make a circuit between the wealthy among you. So take what the messenger assigned to you and deny yourselves that which he withholds from you and fear, Allah, for Allah is strict in punishment.” Please read Quran with care. Do not depend on religious leadership to tell you what our blesséd Lord and Benefactor says when we know the our Lord speaks in plain language that obviates the need for “scholars”, muftis, shaikhs, mullahs or any other high holy muckuty mucks to explain to us His holy words.
Please do more videos on west african sufism and marabout histories 😀
Tijaniyyah, and Samaniyyah, both Sufism influence West Africa
Fantastic video
always enjoy and appreciate your knowledge. I am better informed.
This might be the clearest way someone has explained Salafism I have ever saw thank you for your hard work
Agreed. ALHAMDULILAH
God reward you with the best!
Very informative
Great work
This was very useful. Thank you. My primary contact with Salafism has been seeing the masses of Salafists in the comment sections of Sufis on social media.
I've also noticed that young, white, male reverts in Western countries tend towards Salafism/Wahabism. Do you have any thoughts on why that might be?
It's probably because salafi dawah is very active in west and salafi types is who they got taught about Islam primarily, it's probably also got something to do with the authoritative manner in which they talk about religion that is attractive as opposed to more softer, sophisticated and less direct type dawah from nonsalafi missionaries.
It could also to do with how soft Christianity is and how strict Salafis are, so going from one extreme to another is very typical.
It’s because these reverts did their homework and learned from the primary texts of Islam (Quran & Hadith) and read the tafaseer and the opinions of the early scholars on such matters.
As a long(ish) time follower, this is without doubt one of your best written and most interesting pieces. Thank you.
Thank you very much! I really enjoyed your explanation and would appreciate if you also give some enlightments about the four islamic schools of jurisprudence.
All the best.
Thank you, very interesting
As a Muslim, I am really very impressionned about your neutrality to expose information about this religion. Respect!
My 8 incher defitnely agrees
Any time you give a large group of people the power to excommunicate based on subjective opinion, it automatically leads to a lot of infighting and hatred. For this reason, Salafism is not my "favorite" branch of Islam, especially because many of them tend to look down their noses at people who think differently. This is also part of the criticism that I have towards certain sects of Christianity, particularly evangelicalism, since they tend to revert to Biblical literalism (however misguided it might be). The human experience is simply not that cut-and-dry!
There are two points that need to be pointed out.
1. Religion in this case Islam must be based on their sources or there will be nothing to tie each other or centrality in time.
2. People are people. They are human beings. They will Era and will keep doing mistakes and big or small.
If one were to talk about Islam, they better have Authentic Sources or else, they have literally nothing, merely opinions of people.
Islam per origin, by scripture is a legalistic, textural religion with faith and intention being the center or core.
Yes but who exactly decides what’s an authentic source?
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If you are talking about Quran, the evidence for its Authenticity is there in the Quran itself.
There are challenges, predictions, scientific facts not known at the time, logical reasoning, etc.
If you are talking about Hadith, there are standards set to know what is Authentic and what is not Authentic. All this also covered and kept in check by Quran .
@@HajjiJesus Specifically in regards to the Hadith, yes there are standards set but those standards differ substantially depending on who you are asking. I think investigating these differences and really trying to understand what is written in both Hadith and the Quran is not something that should be frowned upon like it is by more literalist schools of thought. The standards of Hadith interpretation and authenticity (in my opinion) should be constantly scrutinised and challenged and not just accepted at face value.
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For Hadith, we do. You will not get any better than the efforts done by Muslim scholars 1000 years ago. It is opened for scholars though. We have books that help anyone who would want to try their luck.
For Quran, it is different story because it come in not as Hadith but as scripture, memorized and written down by as early as the people who Prophet Mohamed SAW recommended to learn Quran from. In addition, it has no defect either in chain wise or written form.
That is not all. Even God says multiple times in the Quran for us to try our luck and bring something like it if we think it is fake.
*No body, Muslim or Non-Muslim could for the last 1400 years.*
Hadith, we have tens of thousand fake ones. *Known fake ones, fabrications.*
Very interesting. Thank you!
Yeah
I like the music you put it takes me to Islam golden age Thank you 😊
Honestly it is very interesting to see very clear parallels between Salafism's rise and perceived dominance in online and public spaces and that of the general rise of Restorationist movements in Christianity, which, frankly I am much more familiar with. Though obvious this is more a literal textual interpretation rather than the literal translation issue that plagues American Protestantism, but the similarity to approach in the onslaught of Capitalism is interesting.
Why are some American evangelicals so aggressive?
@@saadanis6820 Secular politics, mostly. There's a huge focus in secular politics to sway religious votes and present EVERYTHING you hear in American Christian circles through extreme languages. I.E. You look at actual, say pro-life majority movements and the polls internally in those things, and they generally agree with most of what pro-choice people believe in, pretty much across the board as far as regulations.
But the coverage of a law that's relatively mundane (I.E. permitting a doctor to order an abortion of a baby in a case when the a stillbirth will kill a mother without the mother's permission, due to her being incapacitated) Will be covered in Christian circles, due to decades of internal lobbying, politicking, and political isolation, will be covered via a 'doctors are now permitted to kill children' and some interview with fake/fringe doctors/conspiracy theorists will be presented via a mini documentary about this being done to force population shifts. (Despite what people think, this is often framed within Christian commentaries as anti-Native, Black or Hispanic eugenics programs, as said communities are overwhelmingly Christian in the USA)
The Major Dispute Between Salafis and Other Sects (I made it in Plural because all Sects were affected by Ahlul-Kalam including Mu'tazila, Maturidi, Ash'arites, Shias, Sufism etc). The dispute is there willingness to reject Hadiths if the statement in the Hadiths doesn't allign with their Creed View as well distort the Arabic meaning in the Quran that doesn't allign with their Creed View.
Second Dispute is "who sets the limits of God's attributes".
These are the most important two subjects:
1- Do we have the authority to reject authentic Hadiths if it doesn't fit our own view?
2- Who has the authority to set limits on God's attributes? For example: Mu'tazila sect went forward to disable all God's attributes to meet the Kalam view while Maturidi said we should have limits. Ash'arites said also we should have limits and not disable all God's attributes. Salafis said "who has the authority to set these limits"? No one! So, we shouldn't involve in this matter and leave it to God and His messenger.
Very well made video.
Very Informative
They removed the thinking and use of intellect from Islam
You follow taqlid which demands complete obedience to faqih and absolute rejection of reasoning. Not us.
@@Xaviergonzalez85 U followed Muhammed Ibn Abdul Wahhab a non Scholar a failure all his Teachers where Sufis like his father and brother ;) Suleyman Ibn Abdul Wahhab (his brother and a real scholar) wrote a great book The Divine Lightning u should read it ;)
My respect for you had been growing anyway as I went through your videos - and then you share your experience of going to West Africa as part of your Masters study. You care more about understanding Islam than the vast majority of Muslims I know personally.
Many thxxxxxx for your explanation
Great work Filip! This was a very good explanation of Salafism. Regarding the last part about who is attracted to Salafism, I'm particularly interested in western converts who practice it. I have spoken with some and my observation has been that many are unconsciously attracted to extremes. Their lives pre-conversion were often extreme - casual sex, drugs, clubbing, etc - and in converting they go to the other extreme. Even some people who were brought up Muslim but deviated from the path (usually during adolescence) often swing towards Salafism when they find their way back to the religion. Psychologically they may have developed an insecure attachment style and Salafism provides them with a strict set of rules, much like a safety net, which mainstream Islam does not.
interesting psychological perspective, thank you for sharing it.
From personal experience this is a major problem for young converts especially in the internet age. When you don't have a good social network of flesh and blood human friendships you look to the internet to answer your questions about Islam. Unfortunately, like he mentioned, Salafis dominate the internet space so you'll often receive rulings that have little to no application in a Western society like the US. It's often a foreign scholar who has no idea what it's like to be an American, but when you read it he provides no scope of interpretation, making you think that every Muslim around you is engaged in Bidah and sin. This effect compounds because no sane person like to be around someone who constantly corrects them for petty things that may or may not even be wrong in the first place. Thus, more isolation. Islam is meant to empower the individual not turn him into an armchair critic that just goes around looking for minor faults to point out.
@@bloggyhead4957 being incompatible with liberalism or secularism isnt 'extreme'
yup this is it, great catch.
@@therealdoy99 …Liberal Secular Weak Muslims who practice the American and Western version of Islam dominate the Internet and UA-cam. Allah’s Faithful Believers, Fundamentalists, Extremists and Jihadists are few even In the Islamic World, so no need to worry
Make two videos on Berelvi and Deobandi
very interesting always good to learn something new
Great Video
I didn't imagine one day I would learn an Islamic thing from a non-Muslim person!
That means you are really educated and well-informed!! Keep it up.
If only it wasn't half-truths and missing evidences lol
@@Halal_Dan explain?
@@Halal_Danexactly
@@madisonvava8342 He's trying hard to portray normal Islam as something extreme or different while pretending to be neutral. "Salafism" (following the Salaf) is literally what the Prophet ﷺ commanded us to do.
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Rafidhis call themselves followers of Imam Ali, yet they failed to follow Imam Ali.
You can call yourself a salafi(follower of salaf), but it doesnt matter at all if you failed to follow them
muhammad ibn abdul wahaab (رحيمه الله) died in 1792 and the first picture wasnt taken until 1827... the pic used when you mention him is often thrown around with his name attached but no actual picture of him exists.
A British dog Wahab trained specifically to destroy Ahl ul Sunnah.
Great Research
May Allah bless you for good efforts on TEACHING ISlam
Hello,
Well researched video, it’s great to see an academic portrayal of salafism. I thought a lot of the information presented explained salafism from the vantage point of how salafis see themselves, which is definitely important. I have some observations and thoughts of my own that I thought were noteworthy to share and highlight certain points from a more classical perspective.
The connection of Imam Ahmad (RA) to Ibn Taymiyyah (RA) to Imam Abd Wahab (RA) to modern day salafism is a connection made from the vantage point of salafism. Outside looking in, Salafis definitely draw inspiration from these figures and look up to them but there is little evidence to support that they grapple deeply with those figures’ intellectual heritage. This is true even for Imam Abd Wahab whose thought definitely was reflected in salafism as a movement but not so much in salafism as an order. Only two or three texts of his are taught in salafi seminaries. His spiritual manuals that which grapple with the 4 pillars of Islamic spirituality (hunger, silence, isolation, and wakefulness) are not known by even a representative well read salafi. These works reflect how he grappled constructively with Sufism from the madrasah insitution of his time.
As for Ibn Taymiyyah, a careful look at his thought shows a lot of incongruencies between his works and modern day salafi thought. His treatment of the eternity of hell is one well known example in academia. In addition, he was part of an institution that promotes Sufism. This particular institution is the tariqah. He also praised ibn Arabis Futuhat Makiyyah and his criticalness of Ibn Arabi mainly drawed from the Fusus hikam. Also, it is his father, Majd Ibn Taymiyyah, not himself that impacted modern day hanbali fiqh. Ibn Taymiyyah’s intellectual legacy is typically portrayed as the teacher of 3 important figures for modern day Sunni seminaries (ibn qayim, ibn hajar, and ibn kathir radiAllahu 3anhum) CORRECTION: Ibn Qayim, and Ibn Kathir radiAllahu 3anhuma (3/31/2023)
Imam Ahmad was known to be highly appreciative of Proto sufis of his time. He also has many traditions ascribed to him where he sought blessings.
As for hanbali fiqh it is a bit of a misnomer to say it is the most strict of the four surviving schools of law. It is similar to shafi fiqh. The “strictness” of legal methodogies ultimately leads to more laxed legal verdicts on everyday matters. This is because of the legal axiom that on everyday matters the default status is ‘permissible’ until demonstrated by the Quran and Sunnah as ‘forbidden’. In addition, it is well attested that on issues of prayer the hanbali madhhab has a large scope. This is attributed in the tabaqat tradition of the hanabilah to the fact that Imam Ahmad would work to pay off his education instead of receiving some sort of patronage. Therefore, he knew the challenges of the everyday Muslim in performing prayer. An example of the Hanbali school having a large scope on issues of prayer would be the Hanbali legal verdict that the Friday congregation prayer can be prayed outside of the time of Zhuhur. His madhhab is the only madhhab to hold that as an official position. In addition, traditional events subscribed to “sufis” such as nisf-shaban are recognized in the official position of the madhhab.
All this information was brought to support the argument that these figures (and legal school) were part of the discourse of classical Islam. Meaning any critique they had with regards to certain excesses were internal critiques. This is not the case for modern day salafism which recognizes neither tasawwuf as an Islamic science nor any of its institutions as anything but harmful innovation.
There can also be a lot said for salafism. Examples of their discourse with regards to political theory and science include, but are not limited to, their discussions on the Khalifat in the modern day as well as their discussions on whether it is permissible or not to vote in a ‘non Muslim’ country. The last point I’ll bring is with regards to their ‘constructive project’. Ultimately, the possibility to re-deriving legal and theological verdicts requires an agreed upon corpus to draw upon. Traditionally, this is what made Albani central to salafism as his work on authenticating the Hadith corpus was needed for the reconstructive project. However, after his work was academically critiqued universally by contemporary hadith scholars, you see modern day salafis adopting many hanbali positions (although they will defer to well known positions of salafi scholars whenever there arises a difference of opinion, i.e. nisf-shaban.) and athari creed. Hope these points provoked some curiosity and was helpful in delving deeper into the discussion on salafism.
Wow amazing insight mashallah. Do you have a reference to where he praised ibn arabi futuhut Makiyya. Isn’t this the same book where he talked about wahdut al wajid. Would seem surprising
Ibn Hajar? Isn't he a shafi'i scholar just like the widely-known Imam An Nawawi? Hence the reason you could see some salafi love to read their books such as Riyadhus Shalihin and Bulughul Maram for the Syafi'i Fiqh
hi can you give us references?/recommendation for further read. thanks for the explanation!
"This is not the case for modern day salafism which recognizes neither tasawwuf as an Islamic science nor any of its institutions as anything but harmful innovation." Sufism has gone through many changes throughout history, so there is no one form of it, in its beginnings, Sufis used to be considered pious people and they didn't have all the innovations they have today. it was Sufism that changed not Salafism
@@teukufadel8293 That's a good point. I revised my statement. Ibn Hajar (RA) was born after Ibn Taymiyyah (RA) past away. I do think any person who loves to engage with ahadith and has a scholarly bent regardless of background would like bulugh maram and riyadSaliheen.
This movement reminds me of some movements within the Protestant Reformation as it also was an attempt to return to the faith's roots (in this case to the earliest generations of Jesus' followers), in particular I was reminded of Calvinism when you mentioned around 17:04 of how Muslims in these traditions are judged by their actions.
It's used by the West to divide muslims
I have similar thoughts, especially regarding sin. Don't see any difference in teachings, which is interesting cause the final thought came from total opposite books. Calvinism has more in common with Islam then Christianity.
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Great video, very informative