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Why I Reject Hadith

  • 00:24 Hadith, a large body of hearsay.
  • 00:39 Hadith, written down 100-200 years after the revelation of the Qur’an.
  • 00:41 Hadith, part of the faith of Sunni Islam.
  • 00:51 Qur’an claims to be complete and perfect.
  • 01:00 Sunni Islam claims the need for something else or, instead of.
  • 01:10 The religion of Islam is based entirely on Hadith.
  • 01:26 The corpus of Sunni Islam rests on 5 so called pillars.
  • 01:35 Nowhere does the Qur’an mention any pillar as related to a religion.
  • 01:42 It (pillars) comes from Hadith.
  • 01:49 The initiation (or declaration) known as the shahada is found nowhere in the Qur’an.
  • 02:18 The basis for this religion called Islam, is the Hadith literature.
  • 02:36 They pore over it (Qur’an), but not to understand it.
  • 02:55 They believe it (Qur’an) could only be understood by referencing the Hadith literature.
  • 03:15 Why I don’t believe in this ‘library of stuff’. 1) the Qur’an itself claims to be from God, 2) the Qur’an claims to be complete. - if true, no good reason to follow anything else. - if not true, no good reason to follow Qur’an.
  • 03:39 Not interested in a cultural narrative called Islam.
  • 04:00 Only interested in the truth (in this life, and the life to come).
  • 04:11 Read the Qur’an and realized that it is perfect, it is true, and it is from God.
  • 04:15 Only rejected the religion called Islam, after thorough investigation.
  • 04:30 Why? Because It is nonsense.
  • 05:21 The compilers of Hadiths were all Persian.
  • 06:00 They regarded the Arabs as inferior.
  • 06:27 They had mastered the art of real politic.
  • 06:52 What changed? A revelation from God (Qur’an) had disciplined the Arabs.
  • 07:02 How do you attack that? Corrupt the text if you can, not possible.
  • 07:28 What they did was co-opt (divert), like what Paul did with Christianity.
  • 07:46 Own it and you lead it where you want it to go, using leverage.
  • 08:14 Not accepting the Hadiths, is equated with disregard of prophet Muhammad (the intended leverage).
  • 8:34 I have done my homework.
  • 08:46 By definition it’s hearsay (Hadith), to them it’s acceptable.
  • 09:48 We’re expected to entrust our eternal souls to this literature, I won’t do it.
  • 10:00 The Jews made the same mistake.
  • 11:17 If it is not the evidence, we reject it.
  • 11:43 The different bodies of Hadiths (Shi’a and Sunni).
  • 12:24 Character of Muhammad in Qur’an vs. Hadith (completely different).
  • 12:39 In the Hadiths, Muhammad has (all) the answers.
  • 12:55 In the Qur’an, it’s a completely different narrative.
  • 13:12 If you want people to become passive you need a saviour. Nowhere in the Qur’an is there mention of a Mahdi.
  • 13:40 Limited number of laws in the Qur’an.
  • 13:55 Wrong to make haram (illegal), what God does not make haram (illegal).
  • 14:55 Example where the Qur’an is at complete odds with the Hadiths.
  • - Qur’an written down by faithful scribes on pure pages (paper), a book protected.
  • - Hadith allows doubt (burning books, verses questioned).
  • 15:48 Brand Islam requires you to have both (Hadith and Qur’an).
  • 16:21 You’re forced into cognitive dissonance (accepting conflicting narratives).
  • 16:43 Commonalities between Islam and Western democracy (doublethink).
  • 17:40 Muslims who cites small parts of the Qur’an completely out of context. (Eg. what the messenger gives you take, what he forbids you, leave.)
  • 18:39 In the Qur’an, it’s God who guides, and the Qur’an (God’s word) is guidance.
  • 18:59 You should warn with this Qur’an.
  • 19:33 He (Muhammad) would say on the Day of Judgment, they have abandoned it.
  • 19:56 When was the last time you tried (understanding the Qur’an on its own merits)?
  • 20:20 They are following in their father’s footsteps.
  • 21:10 What has the Religion of Islam achieved in the last 1000 years?
  • 21:33 There are decent people who believe all kinds of things, it doesn’t mean what they believe in is correct.
  • 22:05 The Qur’an does not describe a religion called Islam.
  • 22:46 Don’t care if I’m the only person in the world that doesn’t accept it.
  • 22:50 It’s foolishness, and obvious foolishness, because it detracts from the book of God.
  • 23:16 It’s a tragedy.

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Why the Qur'anists are the Solution

  • There is no hadith you must believe in except for the Quran
  • We reject idolazing any human being. No pilgram to Madinath. The prophet will be judged in the hereafter. He is not the master of the prophets.
  • We pray,fast, make pilgramage to Kabe.
  • We understand Islam as religion of peace, justince, tolerance. Unlimited freedom of religion.
  • We don't idolaize Ebu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, Ali. They made a big mistake invading other lands.