User:Merbabu/Traditional Islam

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Traditionalist Islam is a term most often used to describe orthodox Sunni Islam, and distinguish it from Salafism and Islamism.

The main point of contention with the Salafists is that the traditionalists espouse taqlid: blind adherence to one of the four traditional schools of Sunni jurisprudence (maddhab). More generally, the traditionalists believe in the continuation of traditional religious institutions which were developed and formalized after the establishment of Islam, such as the four legal schools (madhhab). Though Salafis acknowledge the great contribution madhhabs have provided to Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence), they dispute that Muslims should blindly adhere to one madhhab in isolation to other forms of legitimate scholarship that are in accordance with the Quran and sunnah.

For traditionalists, importance is placed on studying at traditional religious institutions (madrasah), such as Al-Azhar University, and especially on the specific teachers. The master-disciple relationship is given the utmost importance. Teachers provide apt students with an ijazah, a certificate authorizing them to teach. Traditionalists are also practitioners of Sufism (mysticism) and kalam (theology).

The traditionalists are also supporters of the practice of mawlid, the celebration of the birth of the Prophet Muhammad. Most of the traditionalists also support tawassul.

The traditionalists adhere to either the Ash'ari or Maturidi school of Kalam.

The traditionalists differ from the Islamists in that that they have a neutral or ambiguous approach towards politics.

The term "traditional Islam" is especially used by some traditionalist Muslims in the West to identify and distinguish themselves from Salafists. In the United States, muslim scholars such as Hamza Yusuf and Nuh Ha Mim Keller are the most well-known promoters of traditional Islam.

The most prominent traditionalist Islamic scholar in Saudi Arabia was the late Muhammad Alawi al-Maliki.

In South Asia, the Barelwi and Deobandi movements are considered to traditionalist movements, while the Ahl-e-Hadeeth is regarded as a Salafist movement.

In Indonesia, the most prominent traditionalist group is the Nahdatul Ulama.

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