Ahlus Sunnah is Ahlul Wasath

Ahlus Sunnah is Ahlul Wasath

Category: Book: Aqeedah (Sharh)

Ahl Sunnah wal Jama'ah are the Ahlul Wasath (Ummah amongthe mid-firqah firqah distorted). As Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'alahas made the umma (Islamic) as mid ummah (community fair andelected), among all mankind, as saying: "And so it has made ​​you(Muslims), ummah fair and choice, that ye may be witnesses of(the act) men and that the Apostle (Muhammad) a witness of (the act) you.

"They (Ahlus Sunnah) are among the mid-firqah firqah (factions)are misguided. According to the explanation of Imam 'AbdullahIbn al-Mubarak (d. th. 181 H) and Yusuf al-Asbath (d. th. 195 H)that the class is destroyed (lost) a lot of amount, but there are foursources perpecahannya firqah (classes), namely: Rafidhah .Khawarij. Qadariyyah. Murji'ah.

There are people who ask 'Abdullah Ibn al-Mubarak aboutJahmiyyah class, so he replied: "They were not the ummah of the Prophet Muhammad sallallaahu' alaihi wa sallam.". Jahmiyyah isa misguided and streams dikafirkan by the scholars. Appears at the end of the Umayyads. So called because the figuresassociated with the name of its founder, namely Abu Safwan binMahraz Jahm at-Tirmidhi who was assassinated in the year 128H.