About

اَلسَلامُ عَلَيْكُم وَرَحْمَةُ اَللهِ وَبَرَكاتُهُ‎

All praise is due to Allāh, Lord of the worlds, and may the peace and blessing of Allāh be upon the Messenger, his family, his companions and followers till the Day of Resurrection.

We are a group of Muslims living in East London, United Kingdom, following the Qur’ān and the Sunnah upon the understanding of the Salaf-us-Saalih (the Pious Predecessors) – and they are the Companions of the Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ), and the two generations that came after them. As the Prophet (ﷺ) said in an authentic hadeeth:

Reported by Bukhaari and Muslim

Our aim is to call the people to the Salafi Da’wah, which is the Qur’ān and the Sunnah, pure and free from any additions, deletions and alterations just as those first three generations of Muslims understood and implemented it. And to connect the people to the Major Scholars and their students, based upon the statement of the Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ),

Reported by Imaam Ahmad and authenticated by Shaykh al-Albaani in Jaami’ As-Saheeh

Even before Athariyyah was chosen as a title, da’wah was taking root in East London. In the nineties classes were established in various locations, including the homes of our brothers. These classes quickly became filled with brothers and sisters keen to learn the Salafi belief, methodology and fiqh. As the demand increased the classes were moved to Durning Hall. Students of knowledge have taught the East London community since the nineties, brothers such as: Abu ‘Ubaidah Amar Bashir, Abu Khadeejah Abdul-Waahid, Hasan as-Somaalee, Abu Hakeem Bilaal Davis, Abu Idrees Muhammad, Sameer Debazzi, Uwais Taweel, Abu Umar Farooq amongst others. Athariyyah embraced this tradition and continue to organise Duroos and conferences attended by thousands.

With our newly invigorated push over the last several months, we plan to publish books, free leaflets and audios to further strength the da’wah.

We have an established weekly classes at Masjid Bin Baz in which people have been benefiting from for many years. Over the years we have been studying important books of ‘Aqeedah, methodology and fiqh which the scholars have recommended every Muslim to study.

Our Call

  1. We call first and foremost to the worship of Allāh alone, without any partners.
  2. We follow Allāh’s Messenger (ﷺ) in every affair that is authentically reported from him.
  3. We follow the Sunnah of Allāh’s Messenger (ﷺ) upon the understanding of the Companions, may Allah be pleased with them all.
  4. We love the Companions of the Messenger of Allāh, and we distance ourselves from those who speak against them. We believe that to speak ill of them is to speak ill of the Religion, because they are the ones who conveyed it to us. And we love the Family of the Prophet with love that is permitted by the Sharee’ah.
  5. We believe that Allāh is above the heavens, that the Qur’ān is the Speech of Allāh and it is not created and that Allāh will be seen in the Hereafter by the Believers.
  6. We believe in Allāh and His Names and Attributes, as they were mentioned in the Book of Allāh and in the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ), without tahreef (distortion), nor ta‘weel (figurative interpretation), nor tamtheel (making a likeness), nor tashbeeh (resemblance), nor ta’teel (denial).
  7. We despise ’ilmul-kalaam (knowledge of theological rhetoric), and we view it to be from amongst the greatest reasons for the division in the Ummah.
  8. We believe in the Divine Decree, that it is with Allāh’s knowledge, His writing in the Preserved Table, His will and His power. That Allāh is the creator of actions and man is the doer of his actions, and every soul is led, by the decree of Allāh, to that for which He is destined.
  9. We believe that Eemaan is belief, speech and action, it increases with obedience and decreases with disobedience and that a man can exit from Eemaan and Islam with a word, or a belief or an action.
  10. We strive to purify the various fields of knowledge (hadith, fiqh, tafseer, seerah) from that which is inauthentic and fabricated as that is a source of differing between the Muslims. We benefit from the discoveries of our Scholars and the jurists and other than them and hold that making ittibaa'(following upon evidence) of them is demanded in the Shariah, and taqleed (to blindly follow) them, when their saying is known with certainty to clash with the texts is prohibited.
  11. We do not write in our books, nor do we cover in our lessons, nor do we give sermons with anything except the Qur’ān, or the authentic and authoritative hadith, upon the understanding of the Sahaabah (radiyAllahu ‘anhum) and the aathaar (narrations) of the Salaf. We detest what emanates from many books and admonishers in terms of false stories and weak and fabricated ahaadeeth.
  12. We do not expel anyone from Islam due to any sin except open and clear Shirk (polytheism) with Allāh or what is unanimously agreed to comprise major kufr (disbelief). We seek refuge in Allāh from that.
  13. We hold that the obligation upon Muslims is to co-operate upon the methodology of the Book and the Sunnah, and what the Salaf of the Ummah were upon; in terms of calling to Allāh the Glorified, and being sincere in worship of Him, and warning from Shirk, innovations, and disobedience, and to advise all of the groups that oppose this.’ ‘So co-operating upon righteousness and piety (taqwaa) and mutual advising necessitates warning against evil and not co-operating with the wicked.’
  14. We do not deem it correct to revolt against the rulers, nor do we feel that revolutions bring about reconciliation. Rather, they corrupt the community.
  15. We hold that this multiplicity of present day parties is a reason for the division of the Muslims and their weakness. So therefore we set about ‘freeing the minds from the fetters of blind-following and the darkness of sectarianism and party spirit.’
  16. We take the truth from wherever it comes, however, we know that there are those who claim Salafiyyah, yet Salafiyyah is free from them as they do not act upon what it demands from them
  17. We believe that “politics” is a part of the Religion, and it is for the rulers and the scholars and is understood in light of the Madhhab of the Salaf. That which the jamaa’aat (groups) call “politics” today is not the shari’ah politics but ways taken from the non-Muslims.
  18. We believe that there will be no honour or victory for the Muslims until they return to the Book of Allāh and to the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ) and establish the Tawhid of Allāh and remove shirk from their lands and societies.
  19. We oppose those who divide the Religion into trivialities and important issues. And we know that this is a destructive da’wah.
  20. We oppose those who put down the knowledge of the Sunnah, and say that this is not the time for it. Likewise, we oppose those who put down acting upon the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allāh (ﷺ).
  21. Our Da’wah and our ’Aqeedah is more beloved to us than our own selves, our wealth and our offspring. So we are not prepared to part with it for gold nor silver. We say this so that no one may have hope in buying out our Da’wah, nor should he think that it is possible for him to purchase it from us for deenaar or dirham.
  22. We love the People of Hadith and all of the Salaf of the Ummah from Ahlus Sunnah. We love the present day Scholars of the Sunnah and hope to benefit from them and regret the passing away of many of them.
  23. We oppose and are at war with the past and modern day Kharijites and terrorists. We agree with the consensus of the people of the Sunnah that these extremists are evil people, enemies to Islam and the Sunnah.
  24. These are glimpses into our ’Aqeedah and our Da’wah. So if one has any objection to this, then we are prepared to accept advice if it is truthful, and to refute it if it is erroneous, and to avoid it if it is stubborn rejection. And Allāh knows best.

Shoorah of al-Maktabah al-Athariyyah: Ozan Ibn Bedir, Saeed Rehmat, Uways Taweel, Sameer Debazzi

Contact us: [email protected]