Sects and Their Beliefs

Chart Of The Different Sects and Their Beliefs

Name of Sect

Wahabis 2

 

Deobandi /

Tableeghi Jammat

Ahl-e-Sunnah

Belief In:

   

The Imams of Aqidah: Imam Ashari & Imam Maturidi

Reject

Believe

Believe

Anthropomorphist (Believing in bodily parts for Allah

(The Exalted)

Believe

Reject

Reject

Allah (The Exalted) is established over the Throne

Believe

Reject

Reject

Dhikr / Tasbih

Reject

Believe

Believe

Sending Durood / Salaam

Reject

Some Believe

Believe

Standing when sending Salaam

Reject

Reject

Believe

Those sects that have not been mentioned in this table have other beliefs that have taken them out of the folds of Islam. This chart is to show the similarities in the sects that are mentioned as they are all offshoots of the Wahabi sect.

Names of other offshoots with same/similar Beliefs but with different primary objectives: Salafi / Ahle Hadith / Ghair Muqalid / Hizb-ut-Tahrir / Khilafah / Al- Muhajiroon. They follow people like Ibn Taymiyya, Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahab Najdi, And most latest scholars ‘Abdul Rahman Abdul Khaliq, Muhammad Ahmad Abdul Salam, Bakr ibn Abdullah Abu Zayd, Nasir Al-Din Albani, Abdul Rahman Dimashqiyya. Muhammad Khalil Harras, Abdul Aziz ibn Baaz, Abu Bakr Al Jaza’iri, Mahmud Al Madhkhali, Muhammad al-Qahtani, Mashhur Hasan Salman, Muhammad al-Shuqayri, Hamd al-Tuwayjiri, Muhammad Salih al-‘Uthaymin, Muqbil al-Qadi’i, Muhammad Jamil Zaynu, Salih al-Fawzan and Dr Zakir Naik, the list is not exhausted so beware! (Those who come on Islam Channel and Peace TV too.)

Reciting Naat/Nasheed: praising the Prophet3

Reject

Some Believe

Believe

Istighata: asking the Prophet4 or a Awliya for help

Reject

Reject

Believe

Nabi5 as Light

Reject

Reject

Believe

Prophet6 & Awliya can benefit

Reject

Reject

Believe

Prophet’s7 Parents are Muslims

Reject

 

Believe

Milaad un Nabi

Reject

Reject8

Believe

Saying: Ya Rasool-Allah

Reject

Some Believe

Believe

Traveling to visit Madinah

Reject

Some Believe

Believe

Knowledge of Unseen

Reject

Reject

Believe

 

3 May Allah bless him and grant him peace.

4 May Allah bless him and grant him peace.

5 May Allah bless him and grant him peace.

6 May Allah bless him and grant him peace.

7 May Allah bless him and grant him peace.

8 It has been seen that some of the Deobandis have started to hold ‘Seerah Conferences’ in the days of Milaad, however, reject that Milaad must not be celebrated. The Milaad gatherings consists of the recitation of the Qur’aan, reciting Naats, talking about the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) etc. which is not against the Shari’ah making these gatherings permissible. However, those gatherings where evil things take place in the name of Milaad such as Music, dancing, jumping, mixing with women etc. are forbidden, hence it is forbidden to attend these gatherings and these people must be boycotted and people must be made aware of their misguidance as these are the people who are giving Ahle Sunnah a bad name to the extent people have called this Barelwisim. This is showing that Ala Hazrat Imam Ahmad Raza Khan invented all these bidah, in fact, if you take a look at the works of Imam Ahmad raza Khan he has forbidden all that which is against the Shari’ah. For further information read Fataw-e-Razwiyya etc.

Saints knowledge of Unseen

Reject

Some Believe

Believe

Tasawwuf/Tazkiya: Self Purification

Reject

Believe

Believe

Prophet9 being Hazir & Nazir

Reject

Believe

Believe

Prophet a normal Human

Believe

Believe

Reject

Intercession

Reject

Some Believe

Believe

Tawassul: Means of Approach to Allah

(The Exalted)

Reject

Some Believe

Believe

Tabarruk: Seeking blessings from the Prophet’s10 relics.

Reject

Some Believe

Believe

Taqlid: Following one of the Four Imams11

Reject

Believe

Believe

Praying the absent funeral prayer

Believe

Reject

Reject

Isal-e-Sawaab: donating reward to the deceased be it the 3rd, 10th, 40th day or annually.12

Reject

Some Believe

Believe

Fasting & Voltentry worship in Rajab & Sha’ban

Reject

Some Believe

Believe

Commemorating Me’raaj: 27th Rajab

Reject

Reject

Believe

9 May Allah bless him and grant him peace.

10 May Allah bless him and grant him peace.

11 Imam Aazam Abu Hanifa, Imam Malik, Imam Shafi’i, Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal (may Allah be pleased with them all). They do not follow any of these Imams but go direct to the Hadith.

12 Yet what Sunnah is it to go on Jamaat for 3, 10, 40 days or 4 months, Subhan-Allah!

Shab-e-Baraat: Mid Sha’baan

Reject

Reject

Believe

Amulets (Taweez)

Reject

Some Believe13

Believe

Wearing Shoes in Salaah

Believe

Reject

Reject

Wiping over socks instead of washing the feet.

Believe

Reject

Reject

Removing hair from the checks and trimming the beard after fist length.

Believe

Reject

Reject

Kissing Hands of Scholars etc.

Reject

Some Believe

Believe

Reciting intention allowed before Salaah

Reject

Believe

Believe

Rafa Yadayn:

Rising the hands after Ruku etc.

Believe

Reject

Reject

Reciting Surah Fatiha even behind the Imam

Believe

Reject

Reject

Raising hands after Salaah for supplication

Reject

Believe

Believe

Fatiha

Reject

Some Believe

Believe

Dua after Funeral Prayer

Reject

Some Believe

Believe

I use to visit a Deobandi website whilst studying at University, after leaving Uni I did not look at this website for until 7 years later and they started to use Tawwez as well as taking Bayat with a Shaykh. There was a time when these people use to call it shirk and bidat, however, there scholars have used to do it but wrote in their books that this is not permissible but know they have started to do it again. May Allah (The Exalted) save us from those people who misguide, Aameen.

Constructing Domes on grave

Reject

Reject

Believe

Placing Ghilaafs/flowers on graves of Awliya

Reject

Reject

Believe

Azaan at the grave

Reject

Reject

Believe

Urs of Awliya

Reject

Reject

Believe

Ziyarat of the graves of Awliya

Reject

Reject

Believe

Looking after animals on the names of Awliya

Reject

Reject

Believe

Keeping names such as Abdun-Nabi etc.

Reject

Reject

Believe

Kissing Thumbs on the name of the Prophet14

Reject

Reject

Believe

Reciting Kalima whilst taking the funeral

Reject

Reject

Believe

Prophets are unable to sin (Ma’sum)

Reject

Reject

Believe

Tarawih consists of 20 cycles

Reject15

Believe

Believe

Giving 3 Talaqs as one

Believe

Reject

Reject

First creation: Light of Prophet16

Reject

Reject

Believe

Ikhtiyaar: Do has Prophet17 wills

Respecting the Prophet as a normal man only

Believe

Believe

Reject

14 May Allah bless him and grant him peace.

15 They believe it to be only 8 cycles.

16 May Allah bless him and grant him peace.

17 May Allah bless him and grant him peace.

This list is not exhausted, however, I feel this should at least recognise the Ahle Sunnah from the Wahabis / Deobandis / Tableeghi Jamaat etc.

 

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