Quranism

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 , exclusively.

Quranism ( Qur'aniyyat ) is an Islamic denomination that holds the Qur'an to be the only authentic source of Islamic faith. Quranists generally reject the religious authority and authenticity of hadith , sunnah , clergy , madhhabs , and traditional sharia law, considering them lies; it permits the consumption of alcohol and prohibits circumcision . In contrast, the Sunni , Shia and Ibadi doctrines consider the sunnah and hadith necessary for the Islamic faith. Unlike other Muslims, Quranists pray three times a day.

Quranists believe that God's message in the Quran is clear and complete as it is, and that it can therefore be fully understood without referencing the hadith. In matters of faith, jurisprudence, and legislation, Quranists differ from ahl al-Hadith , which today comprises the Sunnis , and to some limited extent, the Ibadis and Shias , and which first emerged during the 2nd/3rd Islamic centuries of the Islamic era (late 8th and 9th century CE) as a movement of Hadith scholars who considered the Quran and Hadith to be the only legislative authority in matters of law and creed. It is a minority viewpoint in Islam. Quranism is similar to movements in Abrahamic religions such as the Karaite movement in Judaism and the Sola scriptura view of Protestant Christianity . The Oxford Dictionary of Islam . Islamic Modernism in India and Pakistan 1857–1964 .

Islamic view Quranism or Qur'anism ( ) is a movement within Islam . It holds the belief that divine law should be derived solely from the Quran . As a result, in matters of faith, jurisprudence, and legislation, Quranists differ from Sunnis , who consider the hadith , scholarly opinions, opinions attributed to the sahaba , ijma and qiyas , and Islam's legislative authority in matters of law and creed in addition to the Quran. Each hadith-espousing sect of Islam has its own distinct collection of hadith upon which its followers rely, the differences in which are rejected by other sects despite these collections overlapping for the most part, while the Quranists, who criticise the hadiths , reject all of the differing collections of hadith and have none of their own. This methodological difference has led to considerable divergence between Quranists, and both Sunnis and Shia (the two largest sects in Islam) in matters of theology and law as well as the understanding of the Quran. The Oxford Dictionary of Islam . Bizim hadis kaynaklarımızla onlarınki çok büyük farklılıklar gösteriyor; neden böyle farklılıklar var?. » Sorularla İslamiyet" . Sorularla İslamiyet (in Turkish). 17 February 2007 .

Islamic view holding the Quran as the sole source of faith Quranism ( Arabic : القرآنية , romanized : al-Qurʾāniyya ) is an Islamic movement that holds the belief that the Quran is the only valid source of religious belief, guidance, and law in Islam . Quranist Muslims believe that the Quran is clear, complete, and that it can be fully understood without recourse to external sources. Quranist Muslims are often divided into two main branches: those who believe the Quran is the primary source and consider external sources such as the hadith , sunnah , and tradition as secondary and dependant, and those who accept no texts other than the Quran and disregard tradition altogether. The extent to which Quranists reject the authenticity of the sunnah varies, though the most established groups of Quranism have thoroughly criticised the hadith , the most prevalent being the Quranist claim that the hadith is not mentioned in the Quran as a source of Islamic theology or practise, was not recorded in written form until two centuries after the death of the Islamic prophet Muhammad , and contain perceived errors and contradictions. In matters of faith, jurisprudence, and legislation, Quranist Muslims differ from Sunnis , who consider the hadith ( Kutub al-Sittah ) and ijma in addition to the Quran. Hadith-espousing sects of Islam differ with one another over which hadith they view as reliable, but their hadith collections are mostly overlapping. In contrast, Quranists do not advance another corpus of assertedly authoritative hadith. Whereas hadith-followers believe that obedience to Muhammad entails obedience to hadiths, Quranists believe that obedience to Muhammad means obedience to the Qur'an. In addition, several extra-Qur'anic traditions upheld by Sunnis are regarded as idolatry ( shirk ) by Quranists. This methodological difference has led to considerable divergence between Quranists, and both Sunnis and Shias in matters of theology and law as well as the understanding of the Quran. Quranist Muslims date their beliefs back to the time of Muhammad, who they claim prohibited the writing of hadiths. As they believe that hadith, while not being reliable sources of religion, can serve as historical records, Quranists cite some early Islamic writings in support of their positions, including those attributed to caliph Umar (r. 634–644) and materials dating to the Umayyad and Abbasid caliphates. Modern scholarship holds that controversy over the sufficiency of the Qur'an as the only source of Islamic law and doctrine dates back to the early centuries of Islam, where some scholars introduced followers of the Quran alone as Mu'tazilites or Kharijites . Though the Quran-only view waned during the classical Islamic period , it re-emerged and thrived with the modernist thinkers of the 19th century in Egypt and the Indian subcontinent . Quranism has since taken on political , reformist, and militant dimensions in various countries. Ahmed Sayeed - Google Books" . books.google.co.uk . The Oxford Dictionary of Islam . Bizim hadis kaynaklarımızla onlarınki çok büyük farklılıklar gösteriyor; neden böyle farklılıklar var?. » Sorularla İslamiyet" . Sorularla İslamiyet (in Turkish). 17 February 2007 . "Secularization of Islam in Post-Revolutionary Iran - Mahmoud Pargoo - Google Books" . books.google.co.uk .