Atharism

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Atharism is a traditional Sunni Islamic theological school that emphasizes strict adherence to the Quran and Hadith while rejecting speculative theology and metaphorical interpretation of God's attributes.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Athari creed 4
Atharism canonical 2
Athari theology 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic theology ⓘ
Sunni Islamic theological school ⓘ
aimsToPreserve original beliefs of the first Muslim generations ⓘ
approachToScripture textualist ⓘ
associatedWith traditionalist Sunni scholars ⓘ
contrastsWith Asharism ⓘ
Maturidism ⓘ
linked to: Māturīdism

Mu'tazilism ⓘ
denies allegorical reinterpretation (ta'wil) of divine attributes ⓘ
doctrinalStance rejection of anthropomorphic likening (tashbih) while affirming attributes ⓘ
emphasizes strict adherence to the Hadith ⓘ
strict adherence to the Quran ⓘ
epistemology reliance on transmitted texts (naql) ⓘ
geographicalContext Islamic world ⓘ
goal preserve purity of Islamic creed based on texts ⓘ
historicalOrigin early centuries of Islam ⓘ
influenced Hanbali school of jurisprudence ⓘ
linked to: Hanbali school
influencedBy early hadith scholars ⓘ
languageOfDiscourse Arabic ⓘ
methodology literal affirmation of revealed texts ⓘ
normativeModel beliefs of the companions of Muhammad ⓘ
beliefs of the early generations (Salaf al-Salih) ⓘ
opposes extensive rational speculation in creed ⓘ
regardsAsPrimaryAuthority Prophetic traditions ⓘ
understanding of the Salaf ⓘ
rejects metaphorical interpretation of God's attributes ⓘ
overuse of rational analogy in creed ⓘ
philosophical kalam ⓘ
speculative theology ⓘ
relatedConcept Salafi theology ⓘ
religiousTradition Sunni Islam ⓘ
scripturalSources Hadith ⓘ
Quran ⓘ
selfDescription Ahl al-Hadith ⓘ
theologicalFocus God's transcendence ⓘ
divine attributes ⓘ
preservation of scriptural wording ⓘ
viewOnGodsAttributes affirmation without asking how (bila kayf) ⓘ
viewOnGodsNature affirms what God affirmed for Himself in revelation ⓘ
viewOnInnovation opposition to religious innovation in belief ⓘ
viewOnInterpretation acceptance of apparent meaning without delving into modality ⓘ
viewOnKalam unnecessary and potentially harmful ⓘ
viewOnReason subordinate to revelation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Athari creed → alsoKnownAs → Atharism ⓘ
Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali → movement → Athari creed ⓘ
linked to: Atharism
Sunni theology → includesSchool → Athari theology ⓘ
linked to: Atharism
Sunni theology → majorSchool → Atharism ⓘ
Muḥammad ibn Abī Bakr ibn Ayyūb ibn Saʿd al-Zurʿī → movement → Athari creed ⓘ
linked to: Atharism
Ṭarīq al-Hijratayn → hasPerspective → Athari creed ⓘ
linked to: Atharism
Aqidah → hasSunniSubtradition → Athari creed ⓘ
linked to: Atharism