Quranism
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Quranism is an Islamic reform movement whose followers accept the Quran as the sole authoritative source of religious guidance, rejecting the binding religious authority of hadith literature.
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic reform movement
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religious movement ⓘ |
| associatedConcept |
Quran-centric theology
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Quran-only Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ Quranist Islam ⓘ |
| coreText | Quran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticizedBy |
many Shia scholars
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many Sunni scholars ⓘ |
| criticizedFor |
allegedly deviating from classical Sunni and Shia orthodoxy
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allegedly undermining hadith-based jurisprudence ⓘ |
| defendedAs |
a reformist response to perceived hadith misuse
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a return to the original message of the Quran ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
direct engagement with the Quran
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individual interpretation of the Quran ⓘ scripturalism ⓘ |
| hasFollowersCalled |
Quranists
NERFINISHED
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Quranites NERFINISHED ⓘ Quraniyoon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableCentersOfActivity |
Middle East
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South Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ Southeast Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ Western diaspora communities ⓘ |
| historicalRoots | minority currents in Islamic history that prioritized the Quran over hadith ⓘ |
| languageOfPrimaryText | Classical Arabic ⓘ |
| modernDevelopment | gained clearer identity in the 19th and 20th centuries ⓘ |
| positionOnCreed | bases creed primarily on explicit Quranic statements ⓘ |
| positionOnPropheticAuthority | accepts Muhammad as prophet but limits religious authority to the Quran he delivered ⓘ |
| positionOnRitualPractice | seeks to derive rituals such as prayer and fasting from the Quran ⓘ |
| positionOnSecondarySources | treats tafsir, fiqh, and hadith as fallible human efforts ⓘ |
| positionOnSunnah | may accept a general concept of prophetic example only when supported by the Quran ⓘ |
| positionOnTradition | critical of post-Quranic religious accretions ⓘ |
| recognizesAsSoleAuthoritativeSourceOfReligiousGuidance | Quran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rejectsBindingReligiousAuthorityOf |
Sunnah as codified in hadith collections
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hadith literature ⓘ |
| relatedDebate |
authority of hadith in Islamic law
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scope of prophetic Sunnah ⓘ sources of Islamic jurisprudence (usul al-fiqh) ⓘ |
| relatedMovement |
Islamic modernism
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Islamic reformism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| selfDescriptionByAdherents |
Quran-based Islam
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pure monotheism based on the Quran alone ⓘ |
| usesMethod | direct reading of the Quran in translation for non-Arabic speakers ⓘ |
| viewOnHadith |
may accept some hadith historically or contextually but not as binding sources of law
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rejects hadith as necessary for understanding core beliefs and basic practices ⓘ |
| viewOnIjtihad | encourages renewed ijtihad based on the Quran ⓘ |
| viewOnSchoolsOfLaw | does not consider classical madhhabs binding ⓘ |
| viewOnSharia | derives law primarily or exclusively from the Quran ⓘ |
| viewOnShiaHadithCollections | does not accept Shia canonical hadith collections as doctrinally binding ⓘ |
| viewOnSunniHadithCollections | does not accept Sunni canonical hadith collections as doctrinally binding ⓘ |
| viewOnTaqlid | generally discourages blind following of scholars ⓘ |
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