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{{Islam}}'''Quran alone''' Muslims or '''Quranists''' are terms used to refer to Muslims who reject the [[Hadith]] and [[Sunnah]], libraries compiled by later scholars, cataloguing things [[Prophet Muhammad]] is reported to have said and done. Quranists follow the [[Qur'an]], the sacred text of [[Islam]], |
{{Islam}}'''Quran alone''' Muslims or '''Quranists''' are terms used to refer to Muslims who reject the [[Hadith]] and [[Sunnah]], libraries compiled by later scholars, cataloguing things [[Prophet Muhammad]] is reported to have said and done. Quranists follow the [[Qur'an]], the sacred text of [[Islam]], without reference to the Hadith. |
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Quran alone Muslims or Quranists are terms used to refer to Muslims who reject the Hadith and Sunnah, libraries compiled by later scholars, cataloguing things Prophet Muhammad is reported to have said and done. Quranists follow the Qur'an, the sacred text of Islam, without reference to the Hadith.
Etymology
Quranists may be referred to in various ways, for example quraniyoon (Arabic: قرآنيون) ahle Quran (Arabic: أهل القران), Quranites, inkār-e-ḥadīth and submitter, as well as by other terms.[1]
Doctrine
A Quranist would generally consider themselves to simply be a "Muslim". They do not usually think of themselves as belonging to a sect, like Sunni or Shia, though certain groups do exist that have a more organised approach. [2] Quranists do not necessarily reject the authenticity of all hadiths, however, they never accept the authority of such hadiths, asserting that the Quran is sufficient and as such should solely be used.[3]
Prevalence
As many Quranists have a very individualistic interpretation of the Quran, rejecting sectarianism and organised religion generally, it is not possible to know how many Quranists there are in the world today from a study of the Quranist organisations that exist.
Notable
Shabbir Ahmed is the author of “The Qur’an As It Explains Itself”, or QXP, a non-literal translation of the meaning of the Quran, in plain English. He uses a method known as tasreef, that is, interpreting the meaning of the words and phrases used by comparing them to other instances where they are used elsewhere in the Quran.[4]
Ahmed Subhy Mansour is a recognised Islamic scholar and cleric, with expertise in Islamic history, culture, theology, and politics.[5] He founded a small group of Quranists, but was exiled from Egypt and is now living in the United States as a political refugee.[6]
John Esposito, Joseph Schacht and Cyrus Hamlin have also criticised the Hadith.[7][8]
Quranist organisations and communities
The Ahle Qur'an
"Ahle Qur’an", an organisation formed by Abdullah Chakralawi,[citation needed] rely entirely on the chapters and verses of the Qur’an. Chakralawi's position was that the Qur’an itself was the most perfect source of tradition and could be exclusively followed. According to Chakralawi, Muhammad could receive only one form of revelation (wahy), and that was the Qur'an. He argues that the Qur'an was the only record of divine wisdom, the only source of Muhammad's teachings, and that it superseded the entire corpus of hadith, which came later.[9] Ahle Quran scholars may use tafsir when pursuing the interpretations of the Quran.[10]
Bazm-e-Tolu-e-Islam
Tolu-e-Islam ("Resurgence of Islam") is an organization based in Pakistan, with followers throughout the world.[11] The movement was initiated by Ghulam Ahmed Pervez, a Qur'anic scholar. In his writings and speeches, he re-interpreted Qur'anic verses with little or no emphasis on hadith.[citation needed] Tolu-e-Islam followers do not reject all hadiths; however, they only accept hadiths which "are in accordance with the Quran or do not stain the character of the Prophet or his companions".[11] The organization is loosely controlled. The organization publishes and distributes books, pamphlets, and recordings of Pervez's teachings.[11]
United Submitters International
The term is closely associated with the late Rashad Khalifa, founder of the United Submitters International. The group popularized the phrase: The Qur'an, the whole Qur'an, and nothing but the Qur'an.[12] After Khalifa declared himself the Messenger of the Covenant, he was rejected as an apostate of Islam. He was assassinated in 1990. His followers believe that there is a mathematical structure to the Qur'an, based on the number 19.[13]
Free-Minds
Free-Minds is a prominent, online, Quranist community and forum. It has no affiliation to any particular organisation and publishes opposing views. [14]
See also
- Ahmed Subhy Mansour#Quranists
- Liberal movements within Islam
- Qur'an and Sunnah
- Sola scriptura
- Karaism
- Bibliolatry
- Criticism of Hadith
References
- ^ http://www.scribd.com/doc/18027174/The-Quraniyoon-of-the-Twentieth-Century
- ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Submitters_International
- ^ http://free-minds.org/quran/
- ^ Dr. Shabbir Ahmed. "The Qur'an As It Explains Itself". OurBeacon.com.
- ^ "About Us". Ahl-alquran.com. Retrieved February 6, 2010.
- ^ "Muslims' Unheralded Messenger; Antiterrorism Group Founder Hopes To Rally a Crowd". Google.com. Retrieved February 6, 2010.
- ^ Hamlin, Cyrus. "Among the Turks", 1878. p. 82
- ^ Esposito, John (1998). Islam: The Straight Path. Oxford University Press. p. 67. ISBN 0-19-511234-2.
- ^ Ahmad, Aziz, Islamic Modernism in India and Pakistan 1857-1964, Oxford University Press, 1967, pp 120-121
- ^ http://www.quranists.com/pillars.html
- ^ a b c Bazm-e-Tolu-e-Islam
- ^ Hardy, Michael (1987). The Honorable Louis Farrakhan: A Minister for Progress. New York: New Alliance Publications. p. 44.
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Further reading
- Daniel Brown, Rethinking Tradition in Modern Islamic Thought ISBN 0-521-65394-0
- Aisha Y. Musa, Hadith as Scripture: Discussions on the Authority of Prophetic Traditions in Islam, New York: Palgrave, 2008 ISBN 0-230-60535-4
External links
- Submission Web Site (United Submitters International website)
- Free-Minds (Online, Quranist Community)
- QuranicPath (Quran Alone website with articles, audio Quran, relevant links etc.)
- AboutQuran.com (Collection of Quranist articles)
- FreeQuranOnline.org (Collection of Quranist articles)
- Quran Islam (Collection of Quranist articles)
- Quranic (Collection of Quranist articles)
- Quran alone (Website promoting the teachings of Dr. Khalifa)
- GodsMosque.org (Q & A website)
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