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Athari ((al-Athariyya), the textualists, from the word Athar, "report") is the smallest of the four schools of Sunni Islamic theology. Their disciples are called the Atharis in the English language. Sunni Islam (Arabic سنّة) is the largest denomination of Islam. ... Islam â–¶(?) (Arabic: الإسلام al-islām) the submission to God is a monotheistic faith, one of the Abrahamic religions and the worlds second largest religion. ... Theology is reasoned discourse concerning God (Greek θεος, theos, God, + λογος, logos, word or reason). It also refers to the study of other religious topics. ...


The methodology of the Atharis is to avoid delving into extensive theological speculation, and to avoid entering into purely rational discussions of matters related to beliefs. Rather, their discussion and presentation of beliefs revolved around the primary texts of the Qur'an and Sunna. Template:Islêm The ϞŭRÊN ({{lang- ar|أَلْقُرآن}} al- qurān literally the recitation; also called Al QŭRÊN Al Karīm or The Noble ϞŭRÊN; or transliterated QŭRÊN, Koran, and less commonly Alcoran) is the [[Sacred text|holy book]] of Islêm. ... Sunna redirects to here, which can also refer to Sunne or Frau Sonne, a Scandinavian sun goddess, also known as Sol. ...


The emphasis of the Hanbali school on textualism leads to opinions that Hanbali are al-Athariyya. Hambali is the nom de guerre of Indonesian terrorist Riduan Isamuddin. ...


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Athariyyah (meaning Textualist) or Hanbali, no specific founder, but Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal played a key historic role in keeping this school alive.
The Athariyyah still believe that God does not resemble His creation in any way, as this is also found in the texts.
The Athariyyah say that the "yad" (hand) of God is "unlike any other yad" (since God does not resemble His creation in any way) and prohibit imagining what God would like, even though this attribute of a "yad" is still affirmed.
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