Can someone advise me about Sunni Muslims..

[Itqan Ullah]

Asslamaliekum warahmatullahi wabarakatu,
Sister we all welcome you to TTI forum and I wish you shall be benefited by material present over here.

Regarding Wahhabi's, Sister I very well understand you have been exposed to huge propaganda against Wahhabi's, but unfortunately the reality is other way round.
I am very thankful that you actually took an initiative to find out what truth is and I pray to allah to guide you to straight path, the path to tawheed.

Here is something about wahhabis that might get you a more clear picture:
http://islamqa.com/en/ref/36616/wahhabi

Urdu (In case you feel more comfortable with that, this is slightly different from above one coz it was a different question): http://islamqa.com/ur/ref/9243/wahhabi

http://www.islamnewsroom.com/news-we-need/1752-wahhabis-and-others#.Tt3p_T0nII0.facebook

Regarding going to graves:

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[kashif_nazeer]

Salaam everyone

I'm new to this website hope everyone is in good health insha'Allah.

OK here is my question basically I am a Sunni Muslim and follow Ahle Sunnat wa Jamaat and I believe in Milaad, Peer and doing Hatam's etc etc. However if someone does not believe in the gathering of a Milaad, Peer and doing Hatam's etc but only believe in the Quran and to follow the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammed (pbuh) does this mean that they are still a Sunni Muslim? I'm gettig confused and would appreciate it if someone can make this clear to me.

I hope to hear from your responses soon.

Thanks
Allah Hafiz x

Wa alaikumassalam warahmatullah,
Welcome to TTI.
I would like to advice you sister,not to follow anything blindly,look for evidences for them in Qur'an and authetic(Sahih) Hadith or saying of the prophet .
We have to follow the way of the prophet and his sahaba(may Allah be pleased with them),the two generations after him,Tabieen and Tab e tabieen.

Sahih Muslim [ Book 30, Number 6159] shows:
Narrated Aisha(radi allahu anha):
A person asked Allah's Apostle ( ) as to who amongst the people were the best. He said: Of the generation to which I belong, then of the second generation (generation adjacent to my generation), then of the third generation (generation adjacent to the second generation).

Awf bin Maalik (ra) narrated that The Messenger Muhammad (saw) said: "The jews were divided into 71 sects, 1 is in Jannah and 70 are in hellfire, the Christians were divided into 72 sects, 1 is in Jannah and 71 are in hellfire, by the one in whose hand is my soul, My Ummah will be divided into 73 sects, 72 are in hellfire." The Sahabah asked "who are the saved sect?" he (saw) said: "Al Jama'ah". [Sunan ibn Majah 3982, Kitab Al Fitan]

Look for evidences for anything like milad etc.There is none.Look for evidences against them as well,as it might be an innovation. As there is a hadith:
"… The most truthful speech is the Book of Allaah. The best way is the way of Muhammad. The worst of affairs are the novelties and every novelty is an innovation and every innovation is misguidance and every misguidance is in the Fire." [Saheeh according to Sheikh al-Albaanee in Saheeh Sunan in-Nasaa'ee (no. 1487)]

Hadith - Al-Tirmidhi #1306, Narrated AbuMusa al-Ash'ari , Transmitted by Ibn Majah.

Allah's Messenger said, Allah, the Exalted and Glorious looks down on the middle night of Sha'ban and forgives all His creation except a polytheist or one who is mushahin (innovator in religion and out of the main stream of the community).

Hadith - Muslim, Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah

When Allah's Messenger delivered the sermon, his eyes became red, his voice rose, and his anger increased so that he was like one giving a warning against the enemy and saying: "The enemy has made a morning attack on you and in the evening too." He would also say: "The last Hour and I have been sent like these two," and he would join his forefinger and middle finger. He would continue: "The best speech is that embodied in the Book of Allah, and the best guidance is the guidance given by Muhammad. The most evil affairs are their innovations; and every innovation is an error." He would add: "I am dearer to a Muslim than even his self. He who has left behind property, that is for his family, and he who dies in debt or leaves children (in helplessness), the responsibility (of paying his debt and bringing up his children) lies on me."

So,follow nothing blindly without evidences.

It is upon us to learn about our aqeedah(creed) and to have a correct aqeedah.
What is aqeedah?>> http://http://islamqa.info/en/ref/951/aqeedah

 

[sachin4islam]

Assalamu Alaikum:

What is this word Sunni?. I never came across this in Quran and those Hadiths that I have so far known.

I am only a MUSLIM,an adherent of Quran and Sunnah and hence Ahlul Hadith.

Might be word Sunni is used to differentiate rest of the Muslims from S-H-I-T-E-S.

Can any one let me know is word ''Sunni" from Arabic?.

Regards.

 

[Ershad]

Assalamu Alaikum:

What is this word Sunni?. I never came across this in Quran and those Hadiths that I have so far known.

I am only a MUSLIM,an adherent of Quran and Sunnah and hence Ahlul Hadith.

Might be word Sunni is used to differentiate rest of the Muslims from S-H-I-T-E-S.

Can any one let me know is word ''Sunni" from Arabic?.

Regards.

:salam2:

"Sunni" was a term coined to denote the people who ascribe or attribute themselves as followers of Sunnah. Personally, I don't like coining words for myself as well. If people ask me what kind of muslim I am, I would rather give a big explanation as I am a muslim who follows the Qur'an and the Sunnah and the Salafiyyah. I don't contract the whole meaning of that as a term like "Sunni" or "Salafi" since that is not what Prophet SAW and their companions called themselves even though there were people of innovation and hypocrites at that time, like today.

and the word "shia" means "party" or "group" in arabic.

 

[sachin4islam]

:salam2:

"Sunni" was a term coined to denote the people who ascribe or attribute themselves as followers of Sunnah. Personally, I don't like coining words for myself as well. If people ask me what kind of muslim I am, I would rather give a big explanation as I am a muslim who follows the Qur'an and the Sunnah and the Salafiyyah. I don't contract the whole meaning of that as a term like "Sunni" or "Salafi" since that is not what Prophet SAW and their companions called themselves even though there were people of innovation and hypocrites at that time, like today.

Assalamu Alaikum: Ershad Bhai.

A Muslims naturally ought to be follower of Sunnah,what is the purpose of overlapping word Muslim by Sunni?.

Can any one be defined as a Muslim without being an adherent to Sunnah?.

Regards.

 

[Ershad]

Assalamu Alaikum: Ershad Bhai.

A Muslims naturally ought to be follower of Sunnah,what is the purpose of overlapping word Muslim by Sunni?.

Can any one be defined as a Muslim without being an adherent to Sunnah?.

Regards.

Walaikkum Assalam,

Yes, that is what we believe. But, there are some so called "Quranists" who bash the hadeeths and the followers of it and claim it is corrupted but still call themselves Muslims. Even, most shia, believe the hadeeth is corrupted. And all this deviant groups call themselves Muslims. And we cannot make any takfiri on them. Because, even among shia, some believe and some do not. There are many levels of deviance. So, it is difficult to make takfiri on each one of them. Some shia are not even sure what they believe..lol.

 

[Ershad]

Assalamu Alaikkum,

Calling names like "Wahabbi" and "Madhakali" are some of the tactics that people of innovation do when they have nothing else to prove their point and the innovated things they do. When we give them evidence from Qur'an and Sunnah, they don't take it and start calling names which stand for nothing.

May Allah Guide us.

 

[Ahsen]

The word sunni is just used to differentiate from other deviant groups who call themselves "muslim".For eg shias etc.

 

[Hard Rock Moslem]

Assalamu Alaikkum,

Calling names like "Wahabbi" and "Madhakali" are some of the tactics that people of innovation do when they have nothing else to prove their point and the innovated things they do. When we give them evidence from Qur'an and Sunnah, they don't take it and start calling names which stand for nothing.

May Allah Guide us.

Very true what you said. I do observe as well, those do a lot of bid'ah things always call others who oppose to them as "wahabbi" etc.