Typology of Doctrinal and Theological Conflicts between Neo-Salafists and Traditional Salafism.

Salafism as a school is based on a particular conception of foundations and methods of kalām. It was founded by Ibn Taymiyya al-Ḥarrānī. In our time, the advent of neo-Salafism has presented profound challenges to certain traditional Salafi beliefs. Neo-Salafists have adopted different strategies as a consequence of their encounters with traditional Salafi theology and the requirements of the modern world. Some of these strategies include: interpreting away the transmitted attributes as far as attribute-monotheism is concerned (Sayyid Qutb); taking the traditional Salafi reflection on attributes as fruitless; negligence of attribute monotheism on part of prominent traditional Salafists such as Muhammad Qutb and al-‘Awda; rejection of the tripartite division of monotheism to which traditional Salafists generally adhered; providing a reinterpretation of lordly and divine monotheism; replacing inner beliefs and inner permissivism with bodily actions (neo-Salafists such as Sayyid Qutb and Mas‘ari); pervasiveness of excommunications in their interpretations and explanations of certain religious concepts, such as the definition of faith and disbelief as well as some problems of monotheism, government, and legislation; propounding the permissibility of rise against the ruler or legitimacy of peaceful protests by people such as al-‘Awda and al-Qarani; permitting the practice of ijtihad and disputes over the reliability of khabar al-wāḥid (a hadith transmitted by one person).