[1] Early usage of the term appears in the book Al-Ansab by Abu Sa'd Abd al-Kareem al-Sama'ni, who died in the year 1166 (562 of the Islamic calendar).
Under the entry for the ascription al-Salafi he stated, "This is an ascription to the salaf, or the predecessors, and the adoptation of their school of thought based upon what I have heard." He then mentions an example or more of people who were utilizing this ascription in his time.[2] However, an even earlier ascription of the term Salaf was used by Muhammad who noted, "I am the best Salaf for you."[3]
Salafis view the first three generations of Muslims, who are Muhammad's companions, and the two succeeding generations after them, the Tabi‘in and the Taba‘ at-Tabi‘in, as examples of how Islam should be practiced.
This principle is derived from the following Sunni hadith by
Muhammad:
“The people of my generation are the best, then those who follow them, and then those who follow the latter (i.e. the first three generations of Muslims).[4]”
- The principal tenet of Salafism is that Islam was perfect and complete during the days of Muhammad and his companions, but that undesirable innovations have been added over the later centuries due to materialist and cultural influences.
- Salafism seeks to revive a practice of Islam that more closely resembles the religion during the time of Muhammad.[5]
- Salafism has also been described as a simplified version of Islam, in which adherents follow a few commands and practices.[6]
- Salafism is often used interchangeably with "Wahhabism". Adherents usually reject this term because it is considered derogatory and because they believe that Muhammad ibn Abd-al-Wahhab did not establish a new school of thought nor self-describe themselves as such.[citation needed]
- Typically, adherents used terms like "Muwahidoon," "Ahle Hadith,"[7] or "Ahl at-Tawheed."[8]
This fundamental view of Islam is the belief system which promotes the doctrine of the external Jihad, which in its final stages, supports Muslims at war to bring non-adherents into the Umma (Muslim multi-national state, roughly meaning "the people").
Those who hold this belief system have been sending "missionaries" (this is not an islamic term) around the world for generations.
It is from this religious conviction that Islamists around the world believe that war with any non-islamic state (including secular states where Muslims dominate) is eventually neccessary.
Those who believe their own state should be Islamic may choose Jihad, going to war, to bring their own country into submission to God. These may be called Islamists.
When their war goes beyond their country, they may plug into a network of multi-national Jihadists called "al Qaeda" or "the Network"
My purpose here is track information about Salafism in America, since some have decided since they know theyt are Muslims first, and though they are themselves American, they are already at war with America.
The concept of the this blog was inspired by the Shimron Letters, a blog that seems to mostly post information about Jihad in Africa.
-Ahmed Haenni
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