Shubuhat al-Quraniyyin

Shubuhat al-Quraniyyin (Doubts of the Quranists) is a theological and polemical treatise by Uthman bin Shaykh Ali (also cited as Uthman bin Mu'allim Mahmud bin Shaykh Ali) dedicated to defending the authority of the Prophetic Sunnah and refuting the arguments of the modern Quranist tendency Fatawa Yasalunak+1.

Background and Purpose

The treatise was published by the King Fahd Complex for the Printing of the Holy Quran in Medina al-Muaaradat al-Fikriyya …. In the opening of the work, the author outlines the emergence of the Quranist faction during the first quarter of the 14th century AH in the Indian subcontinent, attributing its formation to figures influenced by Western thought who completely rejected the legal authority of the Sunnah without distinguishing between mutawatir reports and other narrations Shubuhat al-Quraniyyin. The author notes that earlier Muslim scholars had actively combated this movement, citing a fatwa issued by Abd al-Aziz bin Baz concerning the Lahore-based leader Ghulam Ahmad Parwez (d. 1985 CE), and framed the treatise as an effort to caution Muslims against their polemics Shubuhat al-Quraniyyin+1.

Structure and Content

The work is organized into an introduction and two main chapters Shubuhat al-Quraniyyin:

• Chapter One: Divided into three sections:
  1. The necessity of relying on the Sunnah for a sound understanding of the Quran (darurat i'timad al-sunnah li-salamat fahm al-qur'an).
  2. Highlighting aspects of the scholarly defense of the Sunnah (ibraz shay' min difa' ahl al-'ilm 'an al-sunnah).
  3. The legal ruling regarding one who rejects the Sunnah (hukm munkir al-sunnah) Shubuhat al-Quraniyyin.
• Chapter Two: Directly addresses and refutes eight specific doubts (thamani shubah) raised by the Quranist group from the Indian subcontinent against the Sunnah Shubuhat al-Quraniyyin+1.

Method and Sources

The author relied on the monograph al-Quraniyyun wa-Shubuhatuhum hawla al-Sunnah by Khadim Husayn Ilahi Bakhsh as his direct source for transcribing the doubts and arguments of the Quranists, committing to quote them without additions or alterations Shubuhat al-Quraniyyin+1. For his refutations, he drew primarily upon the Quran, the Sunnah, and classical works of Islamic scholarship and exegesis Shubuhat al-Quraniyyin+1. Later contemporary writers addressing the subject have cited the treatise among notable works written in defense of the Prophetic traditions against Quranist claims Fatawa Yasalunak+1.