Tarikh Islam

Contemporary Salafism consists of various types, including traditional, jihadi, scientific, and reformist, which have differences among themselves. Among all the contemporary Salafi sects, a new type has emerged that places great emphasis on the agreements of the Ahl al-Bayt (pbut) with the caliphs. To prove their claim, Salafis have adopted conventions such as naming the children of the Ahl al-Bayt (pbut) after the caliphs, marrying the caliphs to the daughters of the Ahl al-Bayt (pbut), marrying the children of the caliphs to the Ahl al-Bayt (pbut), and mutually praising the Ahl al-Bayt (pbut) and the caliphs. The goal of contemporary Salafism in making this claim is to prove the good relations between the Ahl al-Bayt (pbut) and the caliphs and to deny any differences between them. The aforementioned movement also accuses the Imamy Shiites of being responsible for the division of the Islamic world and of lying about the usurpation of the caliphate by the three caliphs and the differences after the death of the Prophet (pbuh&hh). Using a "historical and critical" method, this article criticizes the contemporary Salafi ideology of consensus.