Comparison of Sufism and Salafism in Islam

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................1

INTRODUCTION
Sufism and Salafism are the ways of Islam. The below report will focus on the origin of
Sufism and Salafism. How the terms came into existence, what were the problems that gave rise
to the origin of these terms and the end of both the concepts will be discussed in this report. The
report will aim at comparing both the practices of Islam. Further various varieties of both Sufism
and Salafism will be discussed.
MAIN BODY
Sufism is a kind of religion practice that is a part of Islam, it is also called as Tasawwuf.
In Sufism the main focus is over the devoutness, ritualism and self-discipline. There are various
definitions for the term Sufism. It is defined as Islamic Mysticism, a kind of faith in Islam
religion expressed mystically. Another definition of Sufism describes it as an Islamic inward
dimension. Further it is defined as a process of spirituality under Islam. More definitions for
Sufism define the term as a vital and centred crystallization of religiousness in Islam.
Salafism is a movement raised for bringing reform in Sunni Islam. The movement origin
traces back to the nineteenth century. The former three generations of Islam believed to practice
pure form of Islam.
The religious Islamic culture is traditionally divided into two mystical schools. These two
schools namely are Sufi – Asharism & Salafism. The term Salaf is used of refer to the three
generations of Islam. Initially when people had any issue or questions they used to simply go to
the prophet while seeking for solutions. After the era of Prophet Muhammad, people faced
problems in finding out the solutions for the problems they had. Not all questions were answered
in Islam. In response to this Imams tried to resolve the queries of people by masalas that are
created by them in accordance with the rules of Islam. Imams continued to solve the problems of
the people. Imams established their own schools for this purpose. Problem aroused when
different Imams had distinct thoughts regarding the rules in Islam (Umar, 2020). There were
various instances in the history where disputes arisen because of the differences in the opinions.
Umayyads did things that were against Islam are tried to use Islam are justifying their actions.
They shifted the burden of unfair things over predestination. In reaction of this Mutazilites raised
their voices with the argument that there is nothing related to predestination in Islam. The
wrongful actions of the people cannot be justified and are the results of this own will to do such
things. Mutazilites with their strong argument surpassed the wrong deeds of the Umayyads. The