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

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Podcast: [Sahil Adeem Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/sahil-adeem-podcast-6560829)
Published: 2026-07-30T01:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/sahil-adeem-podcast/episodes/why-the-majority-doesnt-define-truth-sahil-adeem-podcast
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## Resource

(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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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