HADITH
The Quran versus Hadith and Sunnah |
19 Questions were put forward at the Muslim Scholars at an international conference in Chicago, Illinois, USA, on 7-8th Oct 1989. - Expecting Your comments from readers. |
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Q1. Which Hadith Do You Believe Besides The Quran? (45:6)
"The Prophet never urinated in standing position" (Hanbel 6/136,192,213).
"The prophet urinated in standing position" (Bukhary 4/60,62).
"A group
from the Ureyneh and Uqayleh tribes came to the prophet and the prophet
advised them to drink urine of camels. Later on, when they killed the
prophet's shepherd, the prophet seized them, gouged out their eyes, cut
their hands and legs, and left them thirsty in the desert" (Bukhary 56/152,
Hanbel 3/107,163). "Moses was scared by the angel of death, thus Moses
slapped him and blinded one of his eyes". "I am the most honorable
messenger, on the day of the judgment only I will think of my people"
(Bukhary 97/36).
"Do not make any distinction among the messengers; I am
not even better than Jonah" (Bukhary 65/4,5; Hanbel 1/205,242,440).
"Bad
luck is in the woman, the horse, and the home" (Bukhary 76/53). "If a
monkey, a black dog or a woman passes in front of a praying person, his
prayer is nullified." (Bukhary 8/102; Hanbel 4/86).
"The prophet gave
permission to kill children and women in war" (Bukhari, Jihad/146; Ebu
Davud 113).
"The earth is carried on a giant bull; when it shakes its head
an earthquake occurs" (Ibni Kathir 2/29; 50/1).
"Leaders have to be from
the Quraish tribe" (Bukhary 3/129,183; 4/121; 86/31).
"You shall kill all
black dogs; because they are devils" (Hanbel 4/85; 5/54).
"God is the time"
(Muwatta 56/3).
"To prove His identity, God opened his legs and showed the
prophet His thigh." (Bukhary 97/24, 10/129 and the comment on the Sura 68.)
"The parchment that the verse about stoning to death for adultery was
written on was eaten and abrogated by a goat." (Ibni Majah 36/1944; Ibni
Hanbal 3/61; 5/131,132,183; 6/269).
"A tribe of monkeys arrested an
adulterous monkey and stoned it to death, and I helped them" (Bukhary
63/27).
"When the prophet died his armor had been pawned to a Jew for
several pounds of barley." (Bukhari 34/14,33,88; Hanbal 1/ 300;
6/42,160,230).
"The punishment for cutting the fingers of a woman is to pay
her: 10 camels for one finger, 20 camels for two fingers, 30 camels for
three fingers, and 20 (twenty) camels for four fingers" (Hanbel 2/182;
Muvatta 43/11).
"The prophet had been bewitched by a Jew, and for several
days he did not know what he was doing" (Bukhari 59/11; 76/47; Hanbel 6/57;
4/367).
"Muhammad possessed sexual power of 30 men" (Bukhary).
"Do not eat
and drink with your left hand, because Satan eats and drinks with the left
hand" (Hanbel 2/8,33).
"The prophet said:'Do not write anything from me
except the Quran. Whoever wrote, must destroy it" (Muslim, Zuhd 72; Hanbel
3/12,21,39).
"The prophet ordered Amr Ibn As to write everything that he
speaks" (Hanbel 2/162). "Omar said: Quran is enough for us, do not write
anything from the prophet" (Bukhary, Jihad 176, Gizya 6, Ilim 49, Marza 17,
Megazi 83, Itisam 26; Muslim, Vasiyya 20,21,22). |
How the Referance given:
If you want to check the references presented above, please note that,
after the name of each hadith collection the first number is the number of
the book (chapter), and second number is the number of hadith. For
instance, 152nd hadith in the 56th book of Bukhary is expressed as: Bukhary
56/152. In few references, however, we gave the name of the book (chapter),
instead of its number, such as: Bukhary, Jihad 176).
These are only a minute sample of hadiths which Muslim scholars accept as
their second religious source and they accuse the people who do not accept
these teachings of being diverted from the truth. The above hadiths are
their truth. Now let's see what is the Quranic truth.
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Quran, the whole Quran, and nothing but Quran :
God revealed the Quran to Muhammad, His messenger and last prophet (27:6).
The only book that the messenger delivered to the world is the Quran
(6:19).
The sole mission of the messenger is to deliver the message
(16:35).
We must obey God's messengers (3:31-32; 24:56). Anyone who
disobeys God and His messenger is a disbeliever (72:23).
We have been
commanded to follow the Quran alone (7:2-3; 17:46).
The Quran contains
everything that we need for guidance (16:89). God did not leave anything
out of the Quran (6:38).
Wisdom (hikmah) is in God's Quran; not necessarily
in men's hadith (17:39; 36:2).
Anything that is not commanded in the Quran,
God left it up to our minds and intelligence to decide (5:101).
The Prophet
Abraham was the founder of Islam and a good example for us (22:78; 2:135;
60:4).
Muhammad was the follower of Abraham (3:68; 16:123).
All religious
practices; daily prayers, obligatory charity, fasting, and pilgrimage come
through Abraham (21:73; 2:43,127-128; 2:183; 3:43; 19:31-59; 20:14).
We
should not follow any hadith besides the Quran as the source of God's
religion (45:6).
There are those who use vain hadith to mislead people,
without knowledge (31:6).
We do not need fabricated hadith, because the
Quran is fully detailed (12:111). The best hadith is the Quran (39:23).
The only sunnah (law) is God's sunnah (33:38,62; 35:43). Those who decree
religious laws never authorized by God, and their followers, are idol
worshipers (42:21). The Quran is fully detailed, not vague (30:28; 41:3).
Quran has been explained and detailed by God Himself (11:1; 75:19).
God is
the teacher of the Quran (55:1). The Quran is easy to understand for
believers; while it is impossible for idol worshipers (54:17,22,32,40;
17:46; 18:57).
The Prophet Muhammad, as a good example, did not accept and
follow any other source besides the Quran (5:48-49; 6:114; 10:15).
God
guaranteed the preservation of the Quran, not the hadith (15:9; 36:69;
38:87; 41:42; 43:4; 56:78).
God's word is perfect (6:115). Those who follow
conjecture are diverted (6:112). God does not forget (19:64). God does not
run out of words (18:109). Those who are not certain about the hereafter,
are not satisfied with the Quran, they want to amend it with other books
(10:15).
Those who divide their religion into sects are not followers of
Muhammad (6:159). The complaint of the messenger in the hereafter will be
about the desertion of the Quran, not hadith (25:30).
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The same mistake :
The Jews had received the Torah which was complete and fully detailed like
the Quran (6:154; 7:145). However, they were not satisfied with the word of
God, and asked irrelevant questions. When they could not find answers to
their petty questions, they started to invent. This satanic attitude led
them to produce Mishnah (oral) and Gemarah (traditions).
Just like the Jews, the Muslims fabricated many lies and attributed them to
the prophet. It is significant that they called their fabrications Hadith
(oral) and Sunna (traditions), similar to Jews. The ignorant people asked
many irrelevant and absurd questions which have been criticized in the
Quran (2:67-70; 5:101).
Foolish Questions:
For instance, which hand shall we use while eating?
Which side shall we lay while sleeping?
Which foot shall we enter with into
the bathroom?
Which hand shall we start to wash for ablution?
How long
shall we grow our beards?
Which sequence shall we follow when we cut our
nails?
Which vegetables are most holy?
These foolish questions encouraged
many hypocrites to fabricate hadiths and attribute them to the prophet
(6:112-116). It is significant that the most reliable books, for instance
that of Bukhary, was written at least two centuries after the prophet died.
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The Quranic prophecy about 'hadith' and 'sunnah':
The Quran prophesied that enemies of the prophet Muhammad would fabricate
lies and attribute them to him(6:112-116). The Quran has named these
fabrications "hadith" while naming the Quran "ahsanal hadith" (best hadith)
(39:23).
Obviously, God knew that the idol worshipers would call those
fabrications "Hadith". It is interesting that they did not call their lies "Aqwal = sayings", "Akhbar = narrations", "Hikam = Aphorisms", or any other
word from the rich Arabic language. They unwittingly termed their
inventions "Hadith.".
This is a fulfillment of the Quranic projection:
"This is not a fabricated Hadith. It is a confirmation of previous
scriptures, detailing everything, and a guide and mercy for those who
believe." (12:111)
They claim that the Quran is not fully detailed!! They thus reject God's
repeated assertion that the Quran is "complete, perfect, and fully
detailed" (6:19,38,114), and justify the creation of 60 volumes of Hadith,
and thousands of nonsensical teachings that are supposed to complete the
Quran. By reflecting on 12:111 above, one can see God's answer to those
fabrications.
God informs us that we do not need fabricated hadith; that the Quran is all
we need. Almighty God rejects both "Hadith" and the basic excuse for
accepting it as a source of Islam. No excuse is accepted from the followers
of hadith in this world, nor on the Day of Judgment. God asks them: In which hadith, besides God and His revelations do they believe? (45:6)
They reply: "We believe in Bukhary, Muslim, Tirmizy, Ibn Hanbal, Kafi,
Nahjul Balaga, and more besides God's revelations."
God challenges the idol worshipers:
"Let them produce a hadith' like this, if they are truthful." (52:34)
As a response, they slander the prophet in one of their holy hadith books
(Abu Dawood): "The prophet, peace be upon him, said, 'I was given the Quran
and a hadith like it'." According to the Quran, there is only one valid sunna (law): God's law
(Sunnatullah) (33:38,62; 35:43; 40:85; 48:23).
Unlimited hadith books besides the Quran :
In both Sunni and Shiah sects the exact number of accepted hadith books is
not known. However, Sunnis generally agree on six hadith books which are
called "Kutubi Sitteh" (Six Books). These are Bukhary, Muslim, Tirmizy,
Ibni Majah, Nesaiy and Abu Dawud. Additionally, they respect Muwatta,
Darimy and Ibn Hanbal. Muslim scholars in many cases preferred Bukhary to
the Quran. So much so that Hanafi scholars claimed publicly that hadith can
abrogate Quranic verses. For example, according to them, 2:180 and 4:24
have been invalidated by hadith. In fact, all other sects also do not
accept the judgement of these verses but they are not so frank.
a) What is your opinion on the hadiths I presented in the beginning? How
many of them are correct?
b) How many centuries after the prophet's death was your most holy hadith
book, Bukhary, written?
c) In how many correct hadiths do you believe?
d) If hadith is one of the most important sources of Islam, then why did
not God preserve it like the Quran?
e) In which hadith do you believe besides words of God?
f) Why does not Bukhary narrate a single hadith through Abu Hanifah, but
narrates from Marwan b. Hakam, a notorious murderer and drunkard who
destroyed the original copy of the Quran?
g) Is the Quran perfect, clear, complete, and fully detailed?
h) Is the Quran easy or difficult to understand?
i) Why do you change the place of the word "alone" in 17:46: "... and when
you preach your Lord, using the Quran alone, they run away in aversion"?
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The scholars who participated in the conference were:
From India:
Maulahum Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi
Maulahum Hameeduddin Aqil
Maulahum Yousuf Islahi
Maulahum Mohammad Nayeem
Maulahum Syed Hamid Ali |
From Pakistan:
Maulahum Khan Mohammad Khan
Maulahum Mohammad Taqi Usmani
Maulahum M. Yousuf Ludhyani
Maulahum Mufti Ahmed-ur-Rahman
Maulahum Aziz-ur-Rahman
Maulahum Ghazi Mohammad Ahmad |
From Saudi Arabia:
Imam Haram Makkah
Secretary General Rabita Islami
Dr. Abdullah Turki
Dr. Mustafa Azmi |
From U.S.A:
Imam Warith Deen Mohammad
Imam Siraj Wahaj
Dr. Muzamil Siddiqi
Dr. Jamal Badawi
Dr. Ahmad Zaki Hammad
Dr. Fathi Usman
Dr. Ahmad H. Sakr |
From Jordan:
Sheikh Nasiruddin Alabani |
From Egypt:
Sheikh-ul-Azhar |
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