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Quranist (Quran-only)

Cited in 10 segments across 6 recordings · 2020 to 2025 · term/term:quranist

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18 Oct 2025MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth LatestHow the dialogue came about: a guest who waited two hours at the last meetup The guest waited two hours at the previous meetup, said his followers wanted a dialogue, and tonight Mufti Abu Layth wants to hear a Quranist make the case for the Quran-only position. AnnouncementBr Muhammad (MFG, MuhammadFromGod channel)Quranist (Quran-only) machine2 min 40 s4:52on YouTube
18 Oct 2025MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth LatestWhy does Mufti Abu Layth see the Quran-only movement as a reaction of anger? Mufti Abu Layth sees the Quran-only movement as a reaction of anger, sometimes justified, to hadith that are misused, such as the Bukhari report on Aisha's age, the report on killing apostates and reports used to justify abuse; the question is what Quranists actually mean by rejecting hadith. Lessonposition checkedBr Muhammad (MFG, MuhammadFromGod channel)Quranist (Quran-only)AishaSahih al-Bukhari machine3 min 12 s7:32on YouTube
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
20 Nov 2021video What does the Mufti think of Quran-only Muslims? Mufti Abu Layth commends Quranists' love for the Quran but feels they have misunderstood the living tradition. Most of the ummah, Hanafi and Maliki, were hadith relativists who put the sunnah before hadith. Lessonposition checkedQuranist (Quran-only)Shafi'i schoolHanafi schoolMaliki school machine2 min 02 s0:00on YouTube
25 Oct 2021video Will Allah judge someone who follows only the Quran by the Quran alone? Mufti Abu Layth will not speak on who is saved: he finds it arrogant for a human to presume where anyone ends up, since Allah's mercy encompasses everything. We should concern ourselves with our own path. Question from a callerposition checkedQuranist (Quran-only)sunnahSalafiShia machine4 min 30 s2:36on YouTube
25 Oct 2021video Did Muslims learn how to pray from hadith books? No: the practice of Islam reached us through the living tradition, taught from parent to child, not through hadith collections compiled two centuries later. Quranists are not one group, and many only doubt the accuracy of hadith. Lessonposition checkedQuranist (Quran-only)SunniSufiSalafi machine2 min 37 s4:30on YouTube
25 Oct 2021video Should I debate Quranists? No: arguing never changes anyone's mind and only breeds hatred, so give your view if asked and see Quranists with compassion. He finds their case weaker than they think, since fiqh was built on the living tradition, not on hadith. Lessonposition checkedQuranist (Quran-only)Imam Malikreport: the prophet stood for the funeral of a jewish woman and said is it not a soul (as told by the host; unresolved)Salafi machine5 min 45 s7:07on YouTube
13 Apr 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth More messages: a middle path between Salafism and Quranism, and 'God is not dumb' Supporters' messages describe finding a middle path between Salafism and Quranism and using the intellect in faith, and Mufti Abu Layth responds. OtherSalafiQuranist (Quran-only)Immanuel Kant machine3 min 58 s1:14:11on YouTube
28 Aug 2020video Does Edip Yuksel believe in praying five times a day? Mufti Abu Layth thinks Edip Yuksel accepts the five prayers but not as the primary objective. Mufti calls rejecting all hadith the opposite extreme to hadith dogmatism, since all we know of early Islam comes through the living tradition. Question from live chatposition checkedEdip YukselQuran-only (Quranist)report: killing geckos is rewarded (unresolved; cited as an example of hadith dogmatism)Aisha machine8 min 13 s0:01on YouTube
14 Jul 2020live stream Why follow hadith if the Quran is complete? Mufti Abu Layth follows hadith because some of the hadith and Sunnah are clearly accurate and the Prophet legislated in addition to the Quran. Question from live chatposition checkedQuranist (Quran-only)sunnah machine1 min 14 s1:44:49on YouTube