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Ialwaysgotothemosquenow,anditisamosqueofAhlalHadeeth.Thepeopleinmy
area say that they are more Ahl alHadeeth than Muslims, and the Prophet (blessings
and peace of Allah be upon him) said that the group of his ummah who will enter
ParadiseisthegroupthatfollowstheQuranandSunnah.Iwouldliketoknowmore
aboutthem.
PraisebetoAllah.
There follows a brief glimpse at Jamaaat Ahl alHadeeth in India, so that you may
become more keen to stay close to them. It says in alMawsooah alMuyassarah lil
AdyaanwalMadhaahibwalAhzaabalMuaasirah:
JamaaatAhlalHadeethistheoldestIslamicmovementintheIndiansubcontinent.It
isbasedoncallingpeopletofollowtheQuranandSunnah,andtounderstandthemin
thelightoftheunderstandingoftherighteousearlygenerations,namelytheSahaabah
andTaabieen,andthosewhofollowedtheminrighteousness.Theygiveprecedenceto
them(theQuranandSunnah)overanyotheropinionorpractice,whetherthathasto
do with beliefs, acts of worship, interactions with others, morals and manners, or
politicsandsocialissues,inaccordancewiththewayofthescholarswhocombinedthe
knowledgeoffiqhandhadeeth.Theyarealsoopposedtopracticesandbeliefsofshirk
andinnovation,andmythsofallkinds.Endquote.
ThentheysaiddiscussingtheideasandbeliefsofJamaaatAhlalHadeeth:

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ThebeliefofAhlalHadeethisthesameasthebeliefoftherighteousearlygenerations,
based on the Quran and Sunnah. The academic and methodological principles of
JamaaatAhlalHadeetharebasedon:
1.
Tawheed(affirmationoftheOnenessofAllah).AhlalHadeethbelievethatTawheedis
thefoundationofIslam.Theygiveprecedenceintheirdawaheffortstospreadingthe
messageofpureTawheedandinstillingitinpeopleshearts,whilstexplainingthethree
typesofTawheed,especiallyTawheedalUloohiyyah(Onenessofdivinity),concerning
which many people make mistakes. They also believe in Tawheed arRuboobiyyah
(oneness of the divine Lordship) and what it implies, that shareeah should rule the
lives of the Muslims. They are not content only to affirm and implement the Islamic
political system rather they believe that the rules and regulations ordained by Allah,
mayHebeglorifiedandexalted,shouldshapetheindividualsattitude,conductandall
hisworldlyaffairs,includinglegislationandpromulgationoflaws.
2.
Following the Sunnah. Ahl alHadeeth focus on following that which is narrated in
saheehreportsfromtheProphet(blessingsandpeaceofAllahbeuponhim)inthelight
oftheunderstandingoftherighteousearlygenerations.Hencetheydonotbelievein
rigid imitation that calls for adhering to a particular fiqhi madhhab without asking
abouttheevidence.Rathertheycallforopeningthegateofijtihaadtoeveryonewho
fulfilstheconditionsofijtihaad,andtheycallforrespecttothemujtahidscholarswho
followinthefootstepsoftheMessengerofAllah(blessingsandpeaceofAllahbeupon
him)inparticular.
3.
They give precedence to reports over reason, as they give precedence to shareeah,
then they subject reasoning to it, because they believe that sound reasoning is in
harmonywiththesaheehIslamictexts,henceitisnotvalidtoopposeshareeahonthe
basisofreasoningortogivereasoningprecedenceoverit.
4.

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Tazkiyyah shariyyah, i.e., purification of the soul in the manner prescribed in Islam,
using all the means mentioned in the Quran and Sunnah. They object to innovated
meansofpurification,whethertheyareadvocatedbytheSufisorothers.
5.
Warningagainstinnovation,becausetheythinkthatinnovationisinfacttryingtomake
up what Allah omitted and introducing practices on the basis of ones opinion and
reason. Hence they advocate adhering to the Sunnah and avoiding all types of
innovation.
6.
Warningagainstweakandfabricatedhadeeths,becausethesekindsofhadeethposea
great danger to the ummah hence it is essential to examine the hadeeths that are
attributed to the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him), especially with
regardtomattersofbeliefandrulings.Endquote.
See: alMawsooah alMuyassarah lilAdyaan walmadhaahib walAhzaab al
Muaasirah,p.173185
AndAllahknowsbest.
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