The Ruling on Denying the Qur’an in the Light of Hadith
Source: Fatāwā Ameenpuri by Shaykh Ghulam Mustafa Zaheer Ameenpuri
❖ Question:
What is the ruling regarding one who denies the Qur’an?
❖ Answer:
The Qur’an is the revealed Book of Allah ﷻ, sent down through Jibrīl عليه السلام to Muhammad ﷺ. From beginning to end, it has been transmitted through tawātur (continuous mass transmission). Muslims in every era have preserved it in their hearts.
To deny that the Qur’an is the Word of Allah ﷻ constitutes disbelief (kufr).
✿ Scholarly Statements
✔ Imām Sajzī رحمه الله (444H) said:
منكر القرآن العربي وأنه كلام الله كافر بإجماع الفقهاء
“Whoever denies the Arabic Qur’an and its being the Word of Allah is a disbeliever — by consensus of the jurists.”
(Risālah al-Sajzī, p. 155)
✔ Abū Saʿīd Khalaf ibn ʿUmar al-Mālikī رحمه الله (371H) said:
من رد حرفا منه، فقد كفر بإجماع
“Whoever rejects even a single letter of the Qur’an has committed disbelief — by consensus.”
(Tartīb al-Madārik by Qāḍī ʿIyāḍ: 6/212)
