Ahl-i Hadith

Ahl al-Hadith (Arabic: أَهْلُ الْحَدِيثِ, 'The People of Hadith') is a school of Sunni Islam that emerged during the 2nd and 3rd centuries of the Islamic era (late 8th and 9th century CE) as a movement of hadith scholars who considered the Qur'an and hadith to be the only authority in matters of law and creed. Followers of Ahl al-Hadith are known as Hadithists.

Early Hadithists were mainly concerned with the narrations and traditions related to the responsibilities of the ruler. Under the Abbasid caliph Al-Ma'mun (r. 813-833 CE) and his two successors, supporters of hadith were persecuted.

The term Ahl al-Hadith is sometimes used in a more general sense to denote a particularly enthusiastic commitment to hadith and to the reported views and way of life of the Muhammad's contemporaries and the early generations of believers.

See also

• Hadith rejectors
• Kalam
• Islamic theology

Ahl-i Hadith Media

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  An early photo of the Grand Mosque of Riyadh circa. 1922.

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  Jamia Masjid Ahl-e-Hadith, an Ahl-i Hadith mosque in Halifax, West Yorkshire.