Talk:Al-Wala' wal-Bara'

Further sources
Interesting topic. Sheikh Qahtani is ok, but another source would be fine. 79.251.84.115 (talk) 16:48, 4 December 2011 (UTC)

Salafi POV apparent
the current article is not well-written and lacks a description of the origins and context of the idea. It seems to have been written from a salafi point of view with no discussion of other views on the topic. --Medizinball (talk) 16:03, 2 January 2017 (UTC)

Al Wala wal bara is multi dimensional
There are multiple dimensions to this term

Personal - this is about personal relations with non Muslims and greeting Muslims and non Muslims differently, differentiating clothing. While that sounds like they must avoid is there are caveats, the salafi methodology encourages humility and politeness to everyone. Political - this took on a political dimension when the us sited an airbase in Saudi

Militant - Jihadis use this concept to form an in-group and an out group,"you must only show our group loyalty and you must disassociate from other groups, your family, your previous religious community. You answer to us and us alone".

I'll find some links and modify the post — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.164.146.3 (talk) 22:10, 9 April 2017 (UTC)

Confusing
Sigh. Omg!! This is the same thing as Tawalla & Tabarra. These are not just for Shia. I am so amazed by the amount of confusion in Wikipedia.--SharabSalam (talk) 02:43, 6 October 2019 (UTC)

Clarifying perspective
There is a bit of politicized, factional battle going on here. It appears the article started out with a heavy Salafi influence, and has been edited to reflect a more critical approach to the issue, but the goal here is neutrality and clarity.

I looked up the reference from Ahmad ibn Hanbal, and he is not speaking about al wala wal bara verbatim, rather he is talking about walaya and bara in reference to specific individuals. It's not entirely accurate to say that he was talking about this concept, because this concept had not really been codified at that time. He's more likely talking about a specific practice which was present among Shia during his lifetime, rather than this concept, which really only became widespread in its present form in the 19th century onward. Chagropango (talk) 11:04, 21 November 2022 (UTC)

Quote taken out of context.
Ahmad ibn Hanbal stated that what he meant by it being an innovation, is that the practise the Shi'a had of believing so and so from the companions to be disbelievers, while others to be Muslim, and testifying that they are in hellfire. (as Sunnah by al Khallal) AbdulQadirAlmani (talk) 10:39, 4 April 2024 (UTC)