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.....what's the difference between Sunnis and Salafis?.........[/quote]

[blue]According to my understanding sunnis are the Ahlus Sunnah as opposed to the Shias.

Among the ahlussunnah are those who strictly adhere to the fiqh of a particular imaam as well as those who are prepared to ignore anything in the fiqh of his imam which contradicts the sunnah clearly transmitted to them. The latter among the ahlussunnah are known as salafis.

I would like to further clarify at this point that the imams strove to work out the rulings that they thought were closest to the Qur'aan and Sunnah and there is nothing wrong with the Muslim following one of these madhhabs, but that is on the condition that if it becomes clear to him that the Sunnah of the Prophet is something other than what he has learned from his madhhab, then what he is required to do is to ignore the view of the madhhab and follow the Sunnah. This is the advice of these imams, as Imam al-Shaafa’i (may Allah be pleased with him) and others said: If the hadeeth is saheeh, then that is my madhhab.[/blue][/quote]

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