Editing Sunni Islam (section)

===Ahle Sunnat Barelvi===
The [[Ahle Sunnat Barelvi]], also known as '''Ahl al-Sunnah wa'l-Jamaah''' (People of the Prophet's Way and the Community) is a Sunni revivalist movement following the Hanafi and Shafi'i schools of jurisprudence, and Maturidi and Ashʿari schools of theology with hundreds of millions of followers.<ref name="Esposito2003">{{cite encyclopedia |author-link= |editor-last=Esposito |editor-first=John L. |editor-link= John Esposito |encyclopedia=The Oxford Dictionary of Islam |title=Ahl al-Sunnah wa'l-Jamaah |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780195125580.001.0001/acref-9780195125580-e-76?rskey=uPHzDO&result=1 |url-access=subscription |year=2003 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-512558-0}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pRR6DQAAQBAJ&q=Barelvi+ahle+sunnat+wal+jamaat&pg=PT125|title=Indentured Muslims in the Diaspora: Identity and Belonging of Minority Groups in Plural Societies|last1=Hassankhan|first1=Maurits S.|last2=Vahed|first2=Goolam|last3=Roopnarine|first3=Lomarsh|year=2016|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-351-98686-1|language=en|access-date=11 July 2021|archive-date=7 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210807184907/https://books.google.com/books?id=pRR6DQAAQBAJ&q=Barelvi+ahle+sunnat+wal+jamaat&pg=PT125|url-status=live}}</ref> 
The movement is moderate form of Islam that Muslims in South Asia have followed for centuries<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/15/islam-pakistan-barelvi-saudi-wahhabi | title=The saints go marching out as the face of Islam hardens in Pakistan | newspaper=The Guardian | date=15 January 2014 | last1=Boone | first1=Jon }}</ref> and it encompasses a variety of [[Sufi orders]], including the [[Chisti]]s, [[Qadiri]]s, [[Suhrawardiyya|Suhrawardi]]s and [[Naqshbandi]]s as well as many other orders and sub-orders of Sufism. They consider themselves to be the continuation of [[Sunni Islamic]] orthodoxy before the rise of [[Salafism]] and [[Deobandi]] Movement.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pewforum.org/2010/09/15/muslim-networks-and-movements-in-western-europe-sufi-orders/|title=Sufi Orders|work=Pew Research Center|date=15 September 2010|access-date=28 May 2021|archive-date=24 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210524080541/https://www.pewforum.org/2010/09/15/muslim-networks-and-movements-in-western-europe-sufi-orders/|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
Ahle Sunnat Barelvi movement is spread across the globe with millions of followers, thousands of mosques, institutions and organizations in [[India]], [[Pakistan]], [[Bangladesh]], [[Afghanistan]], [[Sri Lanka]], [[United Kingdom]], [[South Africa]]  and other parts of Africa, [[Europe]], the Caribbean, and the United States<ref>{{cite news |title=Noted Sufi heads denounce fatwa issued by Barelvis |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/noted-sufi-heads-denounce-fatwa-issued-by-barelvis/articleshow/51608463.cms |work=The Times of India}}</ref> The movement now has over 200 million followers globally.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780192800947.001.0001/acref-9780192800947-e-908 | isbn=978-0-19-280094-7 | title=The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions | chapter=Barelvi | date=January 2003 | publisher=Oxford University Press }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/document/obo-9780195390155/obo-9780195390155-0288.xml | title=The Barelvī School of Thought }}</ref>

The movement claim to revive the Sunnah as embodied in the Qur’an and literature of traditions (Hadith), as the people had lapsed from the Prophetic traditions. Consequently, scholars took the duty of reminding Muslims go back to the 'ideal' way of Islam.<ref>(Sanyal 1996)</ref><ref>{{cite thesis|author=Ayesha Khan |title=Sufisticated:Exploring post-Tariqa Sufi expression amongst young British Muslims |url=https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/135196/ |location=Cardiff University |degree=PhD |year=2020}}</ref> The movement drew inspiration from the Sunni [[doctrine]]s of [[Shah Abdur Rahim]] (1644–1719) founder of [[Madrasah-i Rahimiyah]] and one of the compiler of [[Fatawa-e-Alamgiri]]. Shah Abdur Rahim is father of [[Shah Waliullah Dehlawi]]. The movement also drew inspiration from [[Shah Abdul Aziz Muhaddith Dehlavi]] (1746 –1824) and [[Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi]] (1796–1861) founder of the Khairabad School.<ref>Introduction of Ahle Sunnat wal Jama'at (Sawad E Azam Ahl E Sunnat Wal Jama'at Aqaed W Mamulat) by [[Yaseen Akhtar Misbahi]], published by Darul Qalam, Delhi 2014</ref> 
Fazle Haq Khairabadi Islamic scholar and leader of [[1857 rebellion]] issued ''fatwas'' against Wahabi [[Shah Ismail Dehlvi|Ismail Dehlvi]] for his doctrine of God's alleged ability to lie (Imkan-e-Kizb) from Delhi in 1825.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Khair Abadi|first=Fazl e Haq|title=''Taḥqīqulfatvá fī ibt̤āl al-t̤ug̲h̲vá''|publisher=[['Abd al-Haqq al-Dehlawi|Shah Abd al-Haqq Muhaddith e -Dehlawi]] Academy|year=1825}}</ref> Ismail is considered as an intellectual ancestor of Deobandis.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Jamal|first=Malik|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/759884386|title=Madrasas in South Asia : teaching terror?|date=2008|publisher=Routhledge|isbn=978-0-415-44247-3|oclc=759884386}}</ref>

The movement emphasizes personal devotion to and oneness of God i.e. [[Tawheed]] and the finality of prophethood, adherence to [[Sharia]] and in [[Fiqh]] following the four schools, following the [[Ilm al-Kalam]] and Sufi practices such as veneration of [[saints in Islam|saints]] among other things associated with Sufism.<ref name="Esposito2003" /> They are also called Sunni Sufis.{{fact|date=May 2024}} The movement defines itself as the most authentic representative of what is known as Sunnī Islam and thus adopts the generic moniker, Ahl-i-Sunnat wa-al-Jamāʿat (The people who adhere to the Prophetic Tradition and preserve the unity of the community).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/document/obo-9780195390155/obo-9780195390155-0288.xml |title=The Barelvī School of Thought}}</ref>