Atharis or Ahl al-Hadith are those who adhere to the creed of Athari theology, which originated in the 8th century CE from the Hanbali scholarly circles of Ahl al-Hadith. The name derives from "tradition" in its technical sense as a translation of the Arabic word "Athar". The Athari school is one of three schools of doctrine in Islam alongside the Ash'ari creed and the Maturidi creed. Atharis are against the usage of metaphorical interpretation such as regarding the revealed attributes of God, and they do not make attempts to conceptualize the meanings of the Quran in a rational manner.
The Atharis became affiliated with the Hanbalis throughout the years as their doctrine originated from there, but they are also affiliated with Wahhabism and the Salafi movement.
Hanbalis
Ahmad ibn HanbalH. Laoust, "Ahmad b. Hanbal," in Encyclopedia of Islam, Vol. I, pp. 272–77Holtzman, Livnat, "Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal", in: Encyclopaedia of Islam, Three, Edited by: Kate Fleet, Gudrun Krämer, Denis Matringe, John Nawas, Everett Rowson. Ibn Balban Ibn Qudama Abu Ya'la ibn al-Farra' Ibn TaymiyyaMakdisi, American Journal of Arabic Studies 1, part 1 (1973), pp. 118–28 Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya Ibn Rajab Abdullah Ansari Ibn Abd al-Hadi Mansur al-Buhuti Abu Dawud al-Sijistani Ibn Hamdan Aba Butayn Ibn Humayd al-Najdi
Shafi'is
Al-Darimi Ibn Kathir Al-Dhahabi Uthman ibn Sa'id al-Darimi Ibn Khuzaymah Abdallah ibn al-Zubayr al-Humaydi Jamal al-Din al-Qasimi Ahmad al-Hifzi Ibrahim al-Kurani
Malikis
Ibn 'Abd al-Barr Abubakar Gumi Hamad Al-Ansari
Hanafis
Ibn Abi al-Izz Mahmud Shukri al-Alusi Yunus Jaunpuri Khandaker Abdullah Jahangir
Zahiris
Dawud al-Zahiri Al-Maqrizi Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-HilaliDr. Abdul-Baqi al-Sayyid Abdul-Hadi, Biography of the Sheikh, Dr. Muhammad Taqi ud-Din al-Hilali. Alhady Alzahry, 2010.
Independent Abu Zu'ra al-Razi Abu Hatim al-Razi Ishaq ibn Rahwayh Abu Thawr Yahya ibn Ma'in Ali ibn al-Madini Ibn al-Mundhir Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab Al-ShawkaniAli, Mohamed Bin. "Salafis, salafism and modern salafism: what lies behind a term?." (2015). Ahmad ibn Idris al-Fasi Siddiq Hasan Khan Rashid Rida Sunan Kudus Hassan al-Banna Al-Albani
Athari leaders Al-Mutawakkil Mahmud Ghaznavi Muhammad ibn Sa'ud al-Muqrin Abd al-Aziz bin Muhammad al-Sa'ud Sa'ud II Turki ibn Abdullah al-Sa'ud
See also List of Ash'aris List of Maturidis Ash'ari theology Maturidi theology Ibn Kullab
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