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10 Years ago I was a Madkhali Wahabi Salafi Mujtahid Alhamdulillah now I am a Muslim who aspires to follow the Qur'an and Sunnah upon the understanding of the pios predecessors

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I remember when I was first introduced to Madkhalism back when I was around 15 (my family isn't Madkhali).. I was desperately looking for something to be upon, I wanted to practice and learn Islam and I just wanted to feel high spirituality (I wanted to get closer to Allah)

The first Madkhali caller was Abu Khadeejah and then I started listening to Bin Baaz, Ibn Uthaymeen, Rabī' Al Madkhali, Hadi Al-Muqbil Zulfiqar Memon and many others.

What I was attracted to was the outset of Madkhalism. The way they look strong upon their Manhaj and they looked like they loved Allah, His Messenger ﷺ, the Sahabah and Ahlul Bayt immensely.

They then taught me how Ash'aris 'rejected' the Book and the Sunnah and how they disregarded the Salaf and they would only focus on their intellect alone.

They taught me that Ash'aris were rejectors, philosphers and were upon the same methodology as Jahmiyyah hence why from 15-18 I would warn against Ash'aris.

I would call them Jahmis without actually realising that they were the ones who refuted Jahmi ideologies which doesn't make sense at all.

I then sensed when I started reading the books of these Madkhalis Salafis and when I later saw them saying in 'To say Ya Muhammad' and that generally 'calling upon other than Allah is shirk' (without actually understand the difference between specific and general Hukm)

and many other blizzare things that they used to say about the great Shaykh Taqi ad-Din as-Subki Al-Ashari really shocking.. I had to ask myself.. "How can I take from people who literally misuse verses and declare the believers mushrikoon?" "How can I take from Innovators?"

So then I was just remaining silent about it and one day a brother invited me to a masjid in Azhar. I used to go there every Friday and after going there for a couple of months I really and truly saw that they do not reject anything from Allah, His Messenger and companions.

I haven't seen anyone defend the Qur'ān and Sunnah like Ash'aris do, his they wanted to keep orthodox and stick to what the prophet ﷺ said, with the understanding of the Sahabah and their students..

I was shocked at how many of the sayings of the Madkhalis Salafis were lies about the Ashairs and totally misconceptions and manipulation.

Then I started getting into the Aqeedah of the Ash'aris and one thing I noticed is how they didn't explain things in accordance to their emotions or their desires, everything was referenced from Qur'ān, Sunnah and common sense, explained by the Salaf.

Also the claims that the Ash'aris support Jahmi Aqidah was all lies, funniest thing was the biggest Ashari scholars Shaykh Zahid Al-Kawthari and Shaykh Saeed Fodeh were refuting the likes of Mutazilites and Philosphers and the likes of them even till this day the

Ashari scholars OPENLY refute Philosphers and Mutazilites, scholars such as: Shaykh Saeed Fodeh, Shaykh Hamzah Al-Bakri and Shaykh Ali Al-Omari etc

Learning so much about the life of the prophet ﷺ, the companions, the scholars of the Salaf and learning from their books and what they taught really made me change the mindset I was once upon and has benefitted a lot Alhamdulillah...

Hence why I identify myself as a Muslim, Orthodox Sunni/Ash'ari

Maybe this is all subjective to me but I thought I would share my experience with you guys. A lot more can be said but I'll save it for another time InshaAllah

Written by Abu Yusuf Al-Hanafi on the 23.3.2022

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