Politics portal. Salafi Muslims oppose bid'a religious innovation and support the implementation of sharia Islamic law. The origins of Salafism are disputed, with some historians like Louis Massignon tracing its origin to the intellectual movement in the second half of the nineteenth century that opposed Westernization emanating from European imperialism led by Al-Afghani , Muhammad Abduh , and Rashid Rida. Rida eventually became a champion of the Wahhabi movement and would influence another strand of conservative Salafis.
Conservative Salafis regard Syrian scholars like Rashid Rida d. These ideas would be popularised by Rida and his disciples, immensely influencing numerous Salafi organisations in the Arab world.
The term Salafi as a proper noun and adjective had been used during the classical era to refer to the theological school of the early Ahl al-Hadith movement.
H , which played the most significant role in formalizing the creedal, social and political positions of Ahl al-Hadith ; constitute the most widely referred classical works in Salafi seminaries.
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It is only in modern times that the label Salafi has been applied to a distinct movement and theological creed. Both modernists as well as traditionalists could apply the term. Both movements might have opposite approaches but advocate a belief that Islam has been altered and is in need of a return to a previous form of Islam allegedly practised by the Salafiyya.
