Qur'an alone Muslims, Qur'anic Muslims or sometimes, anti-hadith Muslims are those Muslims who reject hadith, or recorded Islamic traditions, and follow the Qur'an, Islam's sacred text, without any further additions. However, Muslims who follow Quran alone say that they are simply "Muslims", and not "Qur'anites". They say their difference from Sunni and Shia Muslims is that they do not say they are "Sunni Muslims" or "Shia Muslims", but that they say they are simply "Muslims".

1 Qur'an Alone Groups
2 Opposing viewpoints
3 See also
4 References
5 Further reading
6 External links
- 6.1 Pro Qur'an Alone
- 6.2 Against Qur'an Alone

[edit] Qur'an Alone Groups

[edit] Abdullah Chakralawi and the Ahle Qur'an

"Ahle Qur’an", a group formed by Abdullah Chakralawi, rely entirely on the chapter and verse of the Qur’an. His position was that the Qur’an itself was the most perfect source of tradition and could be exclusively followed. According to him, the Prophet 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He argues that the Qur'an was the only record of divine wisdom, the only source of the Prophet’s teaching, and that it superseded the entire corpus of hadith <ref> Ahmad, Aziz, Islamic Modernism in India and Pakistan 1857-1964, Oxford University Press, 1967, pp 120-121</ref>.

[edit] Bazm-e-Tolu-e-Islam

Main article: Tolu-e-Islam

(English: Resurgence of Islam) is a Pakistani based organization whose followers can be found throughout the world. The movements was initiated by Ghulam Ahmed Pervez, a Qur'anic scholar. Focusing on Qur'anic teachings, he was willing to re-interpret Qur'anic verses and place little or no emphasis on hadiths. Unlike some other groups, Tolu-e-Islam followers do not reject all hadiths, however, they only accept hadiths who "are in accordance with the Holy Quran" and "do not blemish the personality of the Holy Prophet and / or his companions". The organization is loosely controlled, although it publishes books, pamphlets, and recordings of Pervez's speeches.

[edit] United Submitters International

Main article: United Submitters International

The term is closely associated with the late Rashad Khalifa, a member of the United Submitters International. While the USI do not refer to themselves as "Muslim" or claim to be "Islamic," they follow the Quran alone. The group popularized the phrase: the Qur'an, the whole Qur'an, and nothing but the Qur'an. After Khalifa declared himself a messenger of God, he was rejected as an apostate to Islam. He was assassinated in 1990. Beside following the Qur'an only philosophy they also believe that there is a mathematical structure in the Qur'an based on number 19.

[edit] Dissident Submitters

Edip Yuksel left the USI in the early 1990s and later presented a petition claiming that the Submitters had lost devotion to God [1].

[edit] Non-organised Qur'anic Muslims

Those are Muslims who believe that hadiths are unnecessary, and also do not believe in other new messengers. One such group of Muslims who have a web presence on the Internet can be found at their Free Minds website [2]. The majority of these group places main emphasis on Qur'an assuming that the Qur'an has no abrogations and has clear precedence over the Hadith. Certain groups or individuals (particularly those influenced by Tolu-e-Islam) do accept Hadiths to certain levels as long as they e.g. do not contradict the Qur'an.

These Muslims also reject the claim of Rashad Khalifa, who claimed that two verses of the Al-Quran were false (verses 9:128-9:129) and "abrogated" them in his teachings. They view this action of Rashad Khalifa and his other teachings, including his declaration of himself as "the messenger of the covenant", as blasphemous, heretical and false.

THE QURANIC SOCIETY The Quranic Society (qurasoc@yahoo.com.au)provides a 16-lesson correspondence course absolutely free of charge which explains in detail (quoting mostly Quranic verses and only a few Hadith) how a Muslim should lead a day-to-day life.

[edit] Opposing viewpoints

Sunni and Shi'a Muslims (who together comprise more than 95% of the world's Muslim population) have sometimes called Qur'an Alone Muslims Qur'aniyyin (قرآنيون), loosely translated as Qur'an people or Qur'anites. Sunni and Shi'a agree that hadith are an integral part of understanding and implementing Islamic teachings. They argue that the Qur'an itself says that both Allah and the messenger (Muhammad) are to be obeyed, as no less than a dozen verses in the Qur'an stress obedience to Allah and the messenger.

Qur'an Alone Muslims respond by claiming that there is no verse in the Qur'an obliging obedience to Muhammad, but only his message. Even if obedience to Muhammad was substantiated, they argue that the hadith are not a suitable means through which this can occur due to its alleged forgery. Their claim comes from the notice that nowhere in the Quran it is said "Obey God and obey Muhammad", but always, what is stated is "Obey God and obey the messenger".

Sunni clerics have directed several fatwas [3] [4] against Qur'an Alone Muslims.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

[edit] Further reading

Daniel Brown, Rethinking Tradition in Modern Islamic Thought ISBN 0-521-65394-0

[edit] External links

[edit] Pro Qur'an Alone

Freeminds - a site of Muslims, who follow the Quran alone, but reject the teachings of Rashad Khalifa and his sect "United Submitters International"
The Authority of Al-Qur'an
International Islamic Propagation Center
www.QuranAlone.com
www.toluislam.com
www.RationalReality.com
Article showing that hadith are plagiarized from previous corrupted religions
Submission.org - website of Rashad Khalifa
Submission.org's hadith and sunnah section
Downloadable source-based translation of the Qur'an
MANIFESTO FOR ISLAMIC REFORM
Progressive Muslims
Muslims Against Stoning
19.org
Edip Yuksel
City of Light

[edit] Against Qur'an Alone

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