Athari

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Athari is a traditionalist Sunni Islamic theological school that emphasizes strict adherence to the Quran and Hadith while avoiding speculative theology.

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Athari canonical 11

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic theology school
Sunni Islamic theological school
approachToScripture literalist tendencies
textualist
associatedWithScholar Ahmad ibn Hanbal
closelyAssociatedMadhhab Hanbali
linked to: Hanbali school
contrastedWith Ashari
Maturidi
Muʿtazili
linked to: Muʿtazila
emphasis Hadith
Quran
foundedInCentury 9th century
geographicalSpread Arabian Peninsula
Middle East
North Africa
South Asia
historicalOpponents Jahmiyya
Muʿtazila
historicalOriginRegion Iraq
influenced Hanbali jurisprudence
linked to: Hanbali school

Salafi movement
linked to: Wahhabism

traditionalist Sunni currents
language Arabic
methodology relianceOnEarlyMuslimGenerationsSalaf
primarySources Quran
Sahih Hadith
rejects kalam
speculative theology
religiousTradition Sunni Islam
selfDesignation Ahl al-Hadith
Ahl al-Sunnah
linked to: Sunni Islam
viewOnAllegoricalVerses affirmsTextWithoutDetailedModality
viewOnAttributesOfGod acceptsQuranicAndPropheticDescriptionsWithoutAllegoricalInterpretation
bilā kayf
viewOnConsensus acceptsConsensusOfCompanionsAndEarlyGenerations
viewOnGodsEssence deniesAnthropomorphismWhileAffirmingTexts
viewOnIman faithIncreasesAndDecreases
faithIsBeliefSpeechAndAction
viewOnInnovation opposesReligiousInnovationBidah
viewOnIntercession restrictsIntercessionToPropheticAndPermissibleForms
viewOnPhilosophy rejectsGreekPhilosophicalMethodsInTheology
viewOnPredestination affirmsQuranicDoctrineOfQadarWithoutDetailedSpeculation
viewOnProphetsCompanions emphasizesRespectForSahaba
viewOnQuran QuranIsUncreated
viewOnReason subordinatesReasonToRevelation
viewOnSainthood rejectsExaggerationInSaintVeneration
viewOnSects criticizesRationalistAndPhilosophicalSects
viewOnSeeingGod affirmsBelieversWillSeeGodInHereafterWithoutHow
viewOnSunna SunnaIsAuthoritativeSourceInTheology

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