The Sharing Group Discussion on Qur'an-Only “Islam”
بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ The following was posted by Brother Abdur Rab, a “Quranist”, on The Sharing Group, on the 07 th June 2015. He wrote, “The following is an excerpt from my book ‘Rediscovering Genuine Islam: The Case for a Qur’an-Only Islam’, 2014. Sorry about the long quote. I have tried to give an in-depth look at the question. The so-called criteria used to authenticate ahadits are inherently flawed and simply inadequate to the massive task. They rather mask or camouflage the real character of the ahadits and thus mislead unsuspecting Muslims. This is elaborated below. The ahadits believers boast of certain criteria that were used by the compilers to screen out fake ahadits and select authentic ahadits , listed in annex to this chapter. These criteria are euphemistically labelled as ‘the science of the ahadits ’, ‘ilm al-ahadits ; or the science of accepting and rejecting narrations, ‘ilm al-jarh wa at-ta’dil . However, on close scruti