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Yasir Qadhi

Ask Shaykh YQ #14

Yasir Qadhi

Muslim Central

Islam, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2019

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Is Using The Term ‘Sunni Islam’ Divisive

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0:05.0

Wama

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Larijana, I Larijan anorhiy him. Vassal

0:17.0

Aglath the Kriya K Pahtum la Tla'Alma,

0:21.0

al-A. O' Smila Rahma Rahim al-Hibil al-Amin.

0:25.8

O'Sala said the Muhammad in O'Alah Ali or Sahibizrainama Bād, as usual on Tuesdays we have an open

0:30.8

Q&A.

0:32.4

The first question that we have an open Q&A. The first question that we have, somebody

0:34.9

emailed and said that you have used this term Sunni Islam for many times in

0:40.6

your lectures. Don't you think this term is divisive?

0:44.0

Why don't we just say Islam or Muslims?

0:46.4

Why do you use the term Sunni?

0:48.9

And this is a very valid question.

0:51.0

A lot of people ask this question often and they are in

0:55.0

shawl a very well intention they want to bring about unity in the UMA and

0:58.9

they feel why do we have to have all of these divisions?

1:02.8

And we say, I say, I sympathize with your sentiment,

1:07.1

but whether I use the term or not these divisions

1:10.1

exist in the UMA.

1:11.7

And my usage or non-useage will not change the fact that different Muslims

1:16.5

have different understandings of Islam. So we are not using the term Sunni as a proper noun. We're using it as an adjective.

1:26.1

We have one proper noun.

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