Term

Ahl al-Ra'y

Cited in 3 segments across 3 recordings · 2020 to 2025 · term/term:ahl-al-ray

Citing segments

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18 Oct 2025MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth LatestIs the Quran-only position an argument from epistemology or from principle? The guest says the Quran-only position rests on principle, since God refers earlier communities only to their books, and is confirmed by epistemology, since hadith are contradictory and insulting; Quranists reject the religious authority of hadith, not history or narrations as such. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechBr Muhammad (MFG, MuhammadFromGod channel)Quranist (Quran-only)ahl al-ra'y (people of opinion) machine6 min 51 s18:31on YouTube

10 Dec 2022video How did Abu Hanifa become a scholar after starting out as a merchant? Encouraged by al-Sha'bi to join the circles of knowledge, the merchant Abu Hanifa studied with Hammad ibn Abi Sulayman, succeeded him as the central figure of Kufa and became the voice of the school of reason. Lessonposition checkedAbu Hanifaal-Sha'biHammad ibn Abi Sulayman [?]Sufyan al-Thawri machine6 min 29 s6:36on YouTube

22 Apr 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Why do Muslims treat reason as the enemy of tradition? Historically the Ahl al-Hadith defeated the Ahl al-Ra'y, which preserved the tradition but left reason demonised; today reason and tradition must work together. Mufti Abu Layth says asking whether one prefers reason to revelation is a false framing, since the real choice is between one understanding of the Quran and another. Discussionguest speechDr Shabir Ally (guest)aql (intellect)naql (transmitted tradition)Ahl al-Hadith machine5 min 16 s28:36on YouTube