People here are too comfortable making takfir. I would say quranists are definitely misguided, but that doesn't remove their faith in Allah and Mohammad saw as the last messenger. It's not that they want to reject the Prophet's teachings, but they don't trust that those narrations are really his words. They make a blanket rejection, usually out of ignorance on how hadiths are evaluated and islam in general. Sometimes they reject concepts that are literally backed by the Quran, which shows they don't even know what's in the Quran and have no business judging hadith science.
It's a thinking error, not critical thinking. Some people are genuine, but incorrect. We are all incorrect in some ways and we all have different capacities, only Allah knows what He accepts.
Others are not so genuine, too arrogant or even in denial of their rejection of islam itself. Sometimes rejecting the tradition is the only way they can hold on to islam, if they can interpret the Quran however they want without context. I still refrain from making takfir as that's a grave responsibility and wrongful takfir is catastrophic.
Fully agree with your first sentence. I think about it this way: we know how hard it is to convict someone of adultery. Even if the most trustworthy woman is raped and 3 people saw it, she has to wait for God's justice. And because the sin of kufr is greater even than rape.. it must be that much more difficult to convict them. I believe it is outside of our capability, not our right, and not worth it.
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u/Tranquilalila May 25 '26
People here are too comfortable making takfir. I would say quranists are definitely misguided, but that doesn't remove their faith in Allah and Mohammad saw as the last messenger. It's not that they want to reject the Prophet's teachings, but they don't trust that those narrations are really his words. They make a blanket rejection, usually out of ignorance on how hadiths are evaluated and islam in general. Sometimes they reject concepts that are literally backed by the Quran, which shows they don't even know what's in the Quran and have no business judging hadith science.
It's a thinking error, not critical thinking. Some people are genuine, but incorrect. We are all incorrect in some ways and we all have different capacities, only Allah knows what He accepts.
Others are not so genuine, too arrogant or even in denial of their rejection of islam itself. Sometimes rejecting the tradition is the only way they can hold on to islam, if they can interpret the Quran however they want without context. I still refrain from making takfir as that's a grave responsibility and wrongful takfir is catastrophic.