Muhammad Tawfiq Sidqi (Arabic: محمد توفيق صدقي, romanized: Muḥammad Tawfīq Ṣidqī; 1881–1920) was an Egyptian Islamic scholar who argued against the authenticity of hadith. He is remembered today for his argument "that nothing of the hadith was recorded until after enough time had elapsed to allow the infiltration of numerous absurd or corrupt traditions";[1] and that God had allowed this to happen because the Sunnah of Muhammad as a whole "was only ever meant for the Arabs of the Prophet's time",[2] as only the Quran was necessary for Islam,[3] (a position held by a small number of Muslims and known as Quranism). Sidqi recanted his position after Rashid Rida opposed his position.[4][5]
Sidqi was a hafiz who had memorized the Quran as a young boy, and "during the 1890s and early 1900s" had written articles in Egyptian journals defending Islam against Christian missionary criticisms of his religion.[2] He was an "associate" or "protege" of the well-known Islamic revivalist Rashid Rida.[6][2] He attended Qasr Al-Ayni Medical School,[2] and worked as a physician at the prison of Turra. He died of typhus in 1920.[7]
- ^ Sidqi, Muhammad Tawfiq, "al-Islam huwa al-Qur'an wahdahu," al-Manar 9 (1906), 515; cited in Brown, Daniel W. (1996). Rethinking tradition in modern Islamic thought. Cambridge University Press. pp. 88–89. ISBN 0521570778. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
- ^ a b c d J.A.C. Brown, Misquoting Muhammad, 2014: p.69
- ^ Brown, Rethinking tradition in modern Islamic thought, 1996: p.54
- ^ Brown, Rethinking tradition in modern Islamic thought, 1996: p.41
- ^ Juynboll, G. H. A. (1969). The Authenticity of the Tradition Literature: Discussions in Modern Egypt ... Brill Archive. p. 23. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
- ^ Brown, Rethinking tradition in modern Islamic thought, 1996: p.40
- ^ J.A.C. Brown, Misquoting Muhammad, 2014: p.70
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