One major criticism of Islam is that it is a very violent religion. Critics claim that Islam allows the use of violence to force people to convert to Islam and force Muslims to remain Muslims. The Qur’an, however, totally refutes these accusations in numerous verses.
Yet these very accusations are supported by fabricated ḥadīths that blatantly contradict the Qur’an. Scholars of various sects have not only given such ḥadīths the same authority as the Qur’an’s teachings, but they have also used them as the ultimate source in issuing various rulings. In effect, all that critics of the Qur’an do is simply quote fabricated ḥadīths and mainstream opinions of scholars who have treated those ḥadīths as authentic.
In this video, I discuss this specific scholars-led cultural coup by ḥadīths against the Qur’an. The analysis focuses specifically on the ḥadīths that permit, and even command, the following innovations (bidʿas):
- Forcing people to enter Islam
- Killing apostates from Islam
- Killing Muslims who abandon prayer
- Killing Muslims who say the intention of prayer aloud
Understandably, most Muslims defend Islam against these accusations, but many, if not most, are unaware of deliberately stopping short of acknowledging the implications of this rebuttal for the sources of ḥadīths and consensus of juristic schools.
This video explains the issues, highlights the challenging questions, and answers them honestly and bravely.
