Salafi theology

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Salafi theology is a conservative Sunni Islamic doctrine that emphasizes strict adherence to the Quran and Hadith as understood by the earliest generations of Muslims, rejecting later theological innovations.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Salafism 9
Salafi 5
Salafi theology canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic theology ⓘ
Sunni theology ⓘ
conservative religious doctrine ⓘ
associatedConcept Ahl al-Hadith ⓘ
Athari creed ⓘ
Hanbali traditionalism ⓘ
linked to: Hanbali school
associatedWithMovement Wahhabi movement (overlapping but not identical) ⓘ
linked to: Wahhabism

modern Salafi movement ⓘ
associatedWithRegion Arabian Peninsula (modern Saudi Arabia) ⓘ
linked to: Arabian Peninsula
coreConcept affirmation of God’s attributes without metaphorical reinterpretation ⓘ
emphasis on tawhid (monotheism) ⓘ
literalist approach to scriptural texts ⓘ
opposition to grave visitation practices seen as excessive ⓘ
opposition to intercession through the dead ⓘ
opposition to saint veneration ⓘ
rejection of religious innovations (bid'ah) ⓘ
rejection of speculative theology (kalam) ⓘ
return to the practices of the earliest Muslim generations ⓘ
denominationalFamily Sunni Islam ⓘ
emphasis following the understanding of the Salaf ⓘ
strict adherence to the Hadith ⓘ
strict adherence to the Quran ⓘ
historicalReferenceGroup Salaf (pious predecessors) ⓘ
historicalReferencePeriod first three generations of Muslims ⓘ
languageOfDiscourse Arabic ⓘ
methodologicalPrinciple prioritization of textual evidence over rational speculation ⓘ
rejection of later theological schools ⓘ
understanding texts according to the Salaf ⓘ
normativeGoal purification of Islamic belief and practice from innovations ⓘ
religiousTradition Islam ⓘ
scripturalSource Hadith ⓘ
Quran ⓘ
selfDescription claim to represent pure Islam of the early generations ⓘ
viewOnAsharism critical of Ash'ari theology ⓘ
viewOnAuthority gives primacy to Quran and authentic Hadith over later scholars ⓘ
viewOnCreedTexts values early Sunni creedal texts ⓘ
viewOnGodAttributes affirms divine attributes as they appear in texts without asking how (bila kayf) ⓘ
viewOnIjtihad encourages qualified ijtihad based on texts ⓘ
viewOnInnovation considers religious innovations as misguidance ⓘ
rejects newly introduced beliefs and rituals in religion ⓘ
viewOnKalam rejects speculative theological methods ⓘ
viewOnMadhhabs respects classical Sunni legal schools but opposes blind following (taqlid) ⓘ
viewOnMaturidism critical of Maturidi theology ⓘ
viewOnMetaphor restricts metaphorical interpretation of scripture ⓘ
viewOnPhilosophy suspicious of Greek-influenced Islamic philosophy ⓘ
viewOnPolitics often emphasizes obedience to Muslim rulers in public order matters ⓘ
viewOnReason accepts reason subordinated to revelation ⓘ
viewOnShiism rejects Shi'a theological doctrines ⓘ
viewOnSufism critical of many Sufi practices ⓘ
rejects Sufi practices seen as innovations ⓘ
viewOnTaqlid discourages blind imitation of scholars ⓘ

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Referenced by (18)

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

Islam in Egypt → hasTheologicalTradition → Salafi theology ⓘ
Salafi al-Nour Party → ideology → Salafism ⓘ
linked to: Salafi theology
Wahhabism → theologicalOrientation → Salafi ⓘ
linked to: Salafi theology
Islamism → influencedBy → Salafism ⓘ
linked to: Salafi theology
Salafi jihadism → basedOnDoctrine → Salafism ⓘ
linked to: Salafi theology
Atharism → relatedConcept → Salafi theology ⓘ
Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat → ideology → Salafism ⓘ
linked to: Salafi theology
Jaish al-Islam → ideology → Salafism ⓘ
linked to: Salafi theology
Emirate of Diriyah → ideology → Salafism ⓘ
linked to: Salafi theology
Saudi-Wahhabi forces → ideology → Salafi Islam ⓘ
linked to: Salafi theology
Al Jiluwi family → religiousTradition → Salafism ⓘ
linked to: Salafi theology
Usul al-Thalatha → authorMovement → Salafi ⓘ
linked to: Salafi theology
Usul al-Thalatha → movementContext → Salafism ⓘ
linked to: Salafi theology
Al-Qawaʿid al-Arbaʿ → theologicalSchool → Salafi ⓘ
linked to: Salafi theology
Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz → religiousMovement → Salafism ⓘ
linked to: Salafi theology
Abdullah ibn Muhammad Al ash-Sheikh → religiousDenomination → Salafi ⓘ
linked to: Salafi theology
vision of Allah → affirmedBy → Salafi scholars ⓘ
linked to: Salafi theology
Ahl-i Hadith movement → theologicalOrientation → Salafi ⓘ
linked to: Salafi theology