# What is Mufti Abu Layth's own position on hadith compared with the Quran-only view?

*Mufti Abu Layth's own position: a Sunni critical of parts of hadith who does not outcast Quran-only Muslims*

- URL: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zmirskjob4o/s/25/
- Date: 2020-06-26 · Kind: question · Transcript tier: machine · Recording: Prof. Edip Yuksel | Rejecting Hadith, Rashad Khalifa & Realizing '19' | MindTrap with Mufti #27 (2:20:30–2:21:49)
- Status: general teaching
- Watch from the start of the segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmIrskjob4o&t=8430s
- Recording page: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zmirskjob4o/

**Topics:** The Mufti and the channel; Quran-only movement; Sects, sectarianism and takfir

**Question as asked:** Some people have asked about my position: where do I stand in relation to the guest's rejection of hadith?

**Summary (not a quotation; machine-made, unchecked):** Mufti Abu Layth is a Sunni who is critical of parts of the hadith literature without rejecting it wholesale, and he opposes labelling Quran-only Muslims as deviants or misguided.

## Longer summary

The guest finishes by saying that the messengers and their followers always debated in public squares, so his opponents should come and face him. Since people have asked about his own position, Mufti Abu Layth clarifies that he is a Sunni and that his difference from the guest is that, although critical of several parts of the hadith literature, he does not reject the whole of it; at the same time he is not about calling people who choose to stick to the Quran alone deviants or misguided, since in the end it is what makes sense to people, and he is personally against the clerical approach of outcasting people, which he says is about power and position.

## Sources and names cited

- Sunni
- hadith

## Transcript (machine tier, 2:20:30–2:21:49)

[2:19:54] naik or newman what is Newman's name when 911 yeah Newman Ali Khan was I they because these people are misleading the people because they talk very well they are very slick unfortunately they promote hadees and sunnah all these lies they keep them in darkness and in ignorance and therefore I challenge them let's discuss if you would like to discuss again is someone who believes in Quran alone as a source

[2:20:29] of Islam or system God's system come we will discuss and I will will have chance to face-to-face but would be amazing if they do take you up on that I would love to you they should they should because they talk behind us they talk they they promote the idea or have assumed that they say those who follows runnable they are misguided well I am one of those the leaders of this movement we started with Prophet Mohammed and therefore come

[2:21:07] against me if you are honest look at the Quran all the messengers and their friends they always on the streets and is a public square they discuss they debated with people it is one of the and I just like to clarify as well for people some people had asked about my position now I am Sunni and my distinction I suppose difference is although I am critical of several parts of the hadith literature I don't reject the whole thing but I don't I'm not about calling people who choose let's say to only stick to the Quran as as

[2:21:46] deviants or misguided at the end of the day it's what makes sense to people and this kind of clerical approach about out casting people I'm personally against that that's not I mean that's just all about powers of position and things like that so just because somebody had asked a deep a question here you know the Quran the different recitations what are your thoughts on that is it only have some awesome this rewire that we have are you feeling that all of them are equally kind of valid or do you not have much thoughts on them well on the street

## Cite

Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment ZmIrskjob4o/s/25. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/zmirskjob4o/s/25/

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