I came across the following information as the origin of Sunni name. I asked 100′s of sunni scholars but nobody knew the origin of Sunni name then I researched myself from sunni books and found the following reason. 1- Umer bin Khatab appointed a small council from his death bed to appoint his successor with the condition that his successor has to follow the sunnah of his predessors (AbuBaker and Umer) and if the nominee does not accept this condition his head should be cut off. The council offered Khilafat to Ali (as) with this condition but Ali (as) said . ““I shall act according to the Book of God, and the Sunna of His Apostle. As for following the precedents of Abu Bakr and Umar, I have a judgment of my own, and I am going to use it.” The council did not cut his head. Uthman accepted that condition and became Khalifa. After the death of Uthman, Ali (as) became Khalifa and Muaweeya became against him. Muaweeya needed something against Ali (as) so he told his followers that Ali (as) rejects the sunnah of AbuBaker and Umer but Muaweeya accepts the sunnah of AbuBaker and Umer. Muaweeya called his followers AHLE-SUNNAH. There were no newspapers, TV, Radio, good transportation at that time. Ruler’s orders were the only news. If anybody was against the ruler, they used to cut his head off. Many people joined Muaweeya and were known as Ahle-Sunnah. Muaweeya fought with Ali (as) and made a fraudulent pact with Ali (as). Muaweeya realized that he could not fool Muslims forever so he declared that he had treaty with Ali (as). NOW WE ARE UNITED AS ONE UMMAH. He added WA JAMAIT to show unity among all Muslims. Ahle-Sunnah wal Jamait became the religion of rulers. It fitted well for them. Every ruler after Muweeya protected this Ahle-Sunnah wal Jamait because it accepted them Khalifa. THIS IS ALL IN SUNNI BOOKS. Uthman empire started as SULTAN not Khalifa but then they realized the political benefits of Ahle-Sunnah wal Jamait. They became Ahle-Sunnah wal Jamait and declared themselves KHALIFA. This is the origin of Ahle-sunnah wal Jamait (SUNNI).
Posted on: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 14:47:17 +0000
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