Why the Majority Doesn’t Define Truth | Sahil Adeem Podcast
Episode 11 min 46s

Why the Majority Doesn’t Define Truth | Sahil Adeem Podcast

(0:00) Intro: Scholars vs. the Sahaba, Who Should Muslims Follow?

(0:15) Why Majority Opinion Does Not Always Determine the Truth

(1:08) A Question About Surah Al-Kahf and Arabic Tafsir

(1:41) Tafsir of Fakhr al-Din al-Razi

(1:49) Group Bias and Closed-Minded Thinking

(3:00) Is It Forbidden to Ask Questions About the Quran?

(3:54) The Problem With Saying “Most People Believe This”

(4:38) Umar ibn Al-Khattab’s View on Dhul-Qarnayn

(4:50) Ali ibn Abi Talib on Dhul-Qarnayn Traveling Through the Clouds

(5:23) The Sahaba on One Side and Most Scholars on the Other

(6:03) Surah At-Takwir, Al-Kahf, Al-Fatihah, and Al-Falaq

(6:53) “I Follow the Companions, Not My Own Opinion”

(7:30) Why Numbers Do Not Prove What Is True

(7:54) Islam Began With a Small Number of Believers

(8:13) Prophets Who Had Very Few Followers

(8:49) Ali ibn Abi Talib, the Door of Knowledge

(9:49) The Quran and the Prophet ﷺ as the Standard of Truth

(10:25) The Meaning of Saba and the Path to the Heavens

(11:01) Having the Courage to Stand Alone for the Truth

(11:24) The Majority vs. the Prophet ﷺ on Judgment Day


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