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Mr. Samina from Wisconsin, she says that she has heard a lot about the Salafi and Ashadi ideologies or Theologies and she's asking can I explain the difference between

these two theologies or ideologies

Wama

a a rusal namin kah be kabenika I ill a d'er jalan no

he ila ihim fas aloon a hala dikirim kun to mla tum la t'u moor

to moor a moo This question is actually a very common one and anybody who is in any way fashion or form linked with the d'awa scene or with the online debates and issues or even with Islamic scholarship

they're very well aware of these two strands within mainstream Sundism. At the same time those that are not

involved with the online d'Aawas seen, those that are not involved with Islamic academics,

they are blissfully al-Ham-Dulah unaware and these two names might not even be known to them.

And so we have to really take a step back and understand that the religion of Islam of course since

the very of of the of the death of the prophet of Allah al-Aahiliu is

Islam the Muslim community has attempted to interpret various issues

and controversies in different ways. We are all aware of the Sunni

Shia divide, which again goes back to very, very early Islam. What a lot of people are vaguely aware of is that even within

the Sunna or Sunism there are a number of interpretations or trends and

these two terms that are being asked about today, they apply to two different interpretations

or two slightly different theologies within mainstream Sunnism.

Now of course the term Sunni, I've talked about this in other lectures.

The term Suni comes from Ahalish Sunna Wajamaa. This is a term that first was in

vogue we can say definitely within the first 50 years of the death of the

Prophet so Allah al-A-I was

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