In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful
Sheikh Feiz : 6. The Quranists - The Importance of The Path of Rasulullah (refuted)
by Kidr Amari
Honestly, Sunni and Shite Muslims are notorious for controlling information that their followers receive rather than foster independent thinking to acquire EVIDENCE/PROOF/FACTS/TRUTH as Allah in the Qur'aan advocates.
I listen to the other side of the argument all the time and he does the same with others who follow Hadith and Sunnah books. He brings the same arguments:
1) He says no devout Muslim would ever go against the Sunnatu Rasoolillah.
2) Then brings out a premise of now these days there are Muslims saying that the Qur'an is sufficient, calling us Ahlul Qur'an or Quranist basically saying that those calling to Qur'an Alone are idiots then making an assumption that this call to Qur'an alone is new. Yet, it's not new there are Hadith they call authentic that says the Prophet was against his own Hadith, Umar ibn Al Khattab, Abu Bakr, Uthman and Ali. All of the four caliphs according to their own Hadith were anti Hadith. Yet, this call to Qur'an is new. For him to be arrogant calling others idiot exposing his true beliefs because Allah says in Qur'an:
"Be modest in thy bearing and subdue thy voice. Lo! the harshest of all voices is the voice of the ass." Surah 31:19
3) Of course the Qur'an alone prohibits any outside books called Hadith.
4) He claims the Qur'an cannot be understood without the 'Sunnah' yet The Qur’an hasn’t left anything out.
Allah says
“…There is none beside Him as Lord and Master, and He never permits any partners to share in His kingship. You shall recite what is revealed to you of your Lord’s scripture. Nothing shall abrogate His words, and you shall not find any other source beside it. (18:26-27).”
“You shall recite what is revealed to you of your Lord’s scripture. Nothing shall abrogate His words, and you shall not find any other source beside it. (18:27).”
“Is it not enough of a miracle that we sent down to you this book, being recited to them?... (29:51).”
“Is it not enough of a miracle that we sent down to you this book, being recited to them? This is indeed a mercy and a reminder for people who believe. (29:51).”
“Whatever argument they come up with, we provide you with the truth, and a better understanding. (25:33).”
So the best understanding of the Qur’an is in the Qur’an.
"And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth?" Surah 54:17
"And in truth We have made the Qur'an easy to remember; but is there any that remembereth?" Surah 54:22
“…We did not leave anything out of this book… (6:38),”
and
“…We have revealed to you this book to provide explanations for everything… (16:89),”
and
“…This is not fabricated Hadith; this (Qur’an) confirms all previous scriptures [and] provides the details of everything… (12:111).”
“…We have revealed to you this book to provide explanations for everything… (16:89),”
“We have given them a scripture that is fully detailed, with knowledge, guidance, and mercy for the people who believe. (7:52)"
5) He says, "any one who denies one transmission (Hadith) that is sound, authentic, confirmed REJECTS THE QUR'AN IN TOTALITY!!!!!!!
This is a insane, ridiculous and ignorant premise he makes to say that the Qur'an which is a STANDALONE BOOK without needing man's assistance (Hadith/Sunnah) book he's making the Qur'an deficient.
Yet, Allah says, clearly:
“… We thus explain the revelations for people who know. (7:32),”
and
“…We thus explain the revelations for people who reflect. (10:24),”
and
“…We thus explain the revelations for people who understand.
(30:28).”
He also says
“A scripture whose verses provide the complete details, in an Arabic Qur’an, for people who know. (41:3)”.
As for those like Sheikh Feiz and so many other Muslims making the Qur'an deficient who don’t know, they are the ones who challenge the Qur’an’s assertions, disbelieving its clarity and not believing that it details everything; they say:
‘Where is the number of units of prayer mentioned in the Qur’an?’
or, ‘Where is the method for prayer mentioned in the Qur’an?’
or, ‘How should we perform the pilgrimage?’ Some of them mock and say ‘Where are the days of the week mentioned in the Qur’an?’
The Almighty says
“As for those who constantly challenge our revelations, they have incurred a retribution of painful humiliation. (34:5).”
Allah refers to them in this ayat in the past tense, so what of the present? He says:
“As for those who consistently challenge our revelations, they will abide in retribution. (34:38)”.
We pray Allah Almighty that we do not be of those who challenge His revelations!
For any one to say that the Qur'an is in NEED of MAN'S ASSISTANCE pray that we never ever get that way.
Rejecting Hadith that is outside of the Qur'an is not rejecting Al Qur'an. The Qur'an itself rejects Hadith outside of it.
Allah Almighty has described the Quran as hadith, and He challenged the polytheists to bring a hadith like it, Allah says,
“Do they say, “He made it all up?” Instead, they are simply disbelievers. Let them produce a Hadith like this, if they are truthful. (52:33-34)”.
He described the Qur’an as the best hadith
“God has revealed herein the best Hadith; a book that is consistent, and points out both ways (to Heaven and Hell). The skins of those who reverence their Lord cringe there from, then their skins and their hearts soften up for God’s message. Such is God’s guidance; He bestows it upon whoever wills (to be guided)… (39:23)”.
So, if Allah has honoured us with the best hadith, then why should we take other hadith in its place and to say that hadith books outside of the Qur'an goes hand and hand with the Qur'an and to reject these man made books written and created by man is to reject the Divine Book, the Qur'an is Shirk.
Hence, Allah has made it clear that all truth is [found] in the hadith of Allah, i.e. the Qur’an Alone:
“…Whose hadith is more truthful than God’s? (4:87).”
Allah Almighty has threatened those who lie about His hadith in the Qur’an,
“Therefore, let Me deal with those who reject this Hadith; we will lead them on whence they never perceive. (68:44)”.
Our Lord has confirmed that faith is not to be placed in anything other than His hadith, i.e. the Qur’an,
Allah tells us at the end of Surah 77,
“Which Hadith, other than this, do they uphold? (77:50).”
The same meaning was repeated when Allah said:
“Have they not looked at the dominion of the heavens and the earth, and all the things God has created? Does it ever occur to them that the end of their life may be near? Which Hadith, beside this, do they believe in? (7:185).”
This is an open invitation for us to reflect before the inevitable appointed time comes to pass. Indeed, Allah Almighty has made faith in the Qur’an alone equal to believing in Him alone. Just as one should not believe except in the hadith of the Qur’an alone, then, so too, one should not believe except in Allah alone. And just as the believer suffices in Allah alone, then, using our Aql (reasoning) will tell us clearly to believe in the hadith of the Qur’an as sufficient as the only hadith.
“These are Allah’s revelations that we recite to you truthfully. In which Hadith other than Allah and His revelations do they believe? Woe to every fabricator, guilty. The one who hears God’s revelations recited to him, then insists arrogantly on his way, as if he never heard them. Promise him a painful retribution. (45:6-8).”
This refers to he who turns away from Allah’s verses, and instead holds fast to hadith of Sahih Bukhari, Muslim from the Sunnis or Shites in what they cling to as authentic hadith other than the Qur’an, which the Qur’an [itself has] called ‘baseless hadith’,
Allah says
“Among the people, there are those who uphold baseless Hadith, and thus divert others from the path of God without knowledge, and take it in vain. These have incurred a shameful retribution. And when our revelations are recited to the one of them, he turns away in arrogance as if he never heard them, as if his ears are deaf. Promise him a painful retribution. (31:6-7).”
Hence, we have to pay special attention:
When Allah says “Among the people,” Allah is establishing that the fact that this ayat is applicable to any community past or present, in any time past or present, and at any place ESPECIALLY NOW IN 2011.
Sheikh Feiz also said the Prophet Muhammad was aware of 1,400 years ago about people who would come in the ----> future and call to Qur'an alone and make a prophecy that this call to Qur'an alone is:NEW, SOMETHING INNOVATED and presenting an impression that this wasn't something that was going on 1,400 years AGO.
Now is this trickery let's go their own sources 1,400 years AGO to see if this was a not happening during the time of the Prophet Muhammad and his companions according to what, their own Hadith.
There are several hadiths that say Prophet Muhammad forbade his sayings from being recorded.
Abu Saeed al-Khudri said, “We exerted our best to get the Messenger of Allah to allow us to write his hadith but he refused.” Recorded by Al-Baghdadi in Taqyid al-Ilm
Narrated Zayd ibn Thabit:
Al-Muttalib ibn Abdullah ibn Hantab said:
Zayd ibn Thabit entered upon Mu'awiyah and asked him about a tradition. He ordered a man to write it. Zayd said:
The Apostle of Allah ordered us not to write any of his traditions. So he erased it. [Sunan of Abu-Dawood Book 25, Number 3640:]
The reason most often given by Hadith followers as to why it was forbidden is formulated by Ramhurmuzi (d. 360 A.H.) as follows:
“Apparently the prohibition was in the beginning to make their attention to the Qur’an only and to distinguish the recording of the Qur’an from the sunnah (traditions) of the Prophet and to keep things safe from any kind of mixture or confusion.”
Muslims claim that in order for one to be a Muslim, one must uphold both the Quran and the Sunnah (Hadith) of Muhammad. Yet at the same time they claim that the Sunnah was not written down to prevent it from mixing with the Quran.
It seems to me that for the followers of the hadiths, Quran and Sunnah (Hadith) are one in the same. Any difference seems to be merely lip service. In reality, there is no distinction drawn, since both are equally binding according to them.
However, in reality, as per the laws of Allah, it is only the Quran that is binding.
Some more hadith narrations which itself confirm the illegality of the Hadith institution, by confirming that the Prophet gave orders not to write anything except the Quraan.
1) Ibn Saeed Al-Khudry reported that the messenger of God had said,
"Do not write anything from me EXCEPT QURAN. Anyone who wrote anything other than the Quran shall erase it."
The following is reported to have happened 30 years after the death of the Prophet Muhammadand shows that the Prophet never allowed anyone to write anything except the Quraan till the end.
Those hadiths that claim or indicate that the Prophet later changed his mind and allowed the companions to write his sayings are considered fabricated or weak by the hadith scholars themselves.
But the following which was narrated 30 years after the passing away of the Prophet (pbuh) is enough to conclude the Prophet Muhammed never authorized the writing of the hadiths since the time he told his followers not to write anything except the Quran.
(2) From Ibn Hanbal:
Zayd Ibn Thabit (The Prophet's closest revelation writer) visited the Khalifa Mu'aawiyah (more than 30 years after the Prophet's death), and told him a story about the Prophet. Mu'aawiyah liked the story and ordered someone to write it down. But Zayd said. " the messenger of God ordered us NEVER to write anything of his hadith,"
(3) The famous book, "Ulum Al-Hadith" by Ibn Al-Salah, reports a hadith by Abu Hurayra in which Abu Hurayra said the messenger of God came out to us while we were writing his hadiths and said; "What are you writing?" We said, "Hadiths that we hear from you, messenger of God."
He said, "A book other than the book of God ?!" We said, "Should we talk about you?" He said, Talk about me, that would be fine, but those who will lie will go to Hell. Abu Hurayra said, we collected what we wrote of Hadiths and burned them in fire.
(4) In the famous book, "Taq-yeed Al-Ilm", Abu Hurayra said, the messenger of God was informed that some people are writing his hadiths. He took to the pulpit of the mosque and said, "What are these books that I heard you wrote? I am just a human being. Anyone who has any of these writings should bring it here. Abu Hurayra said we collected all these and burned them in fire.
(5) Ibn Hanbal in his Musnad book, narrates a hadith in which Abdullah Ibn Omar said, "the messenger of God one day came out to us as if he was going to depart us soon and said, "When I depart you (die), hold to the book of God, prohibit what it prohibits and accept as halal what it makes halal."
No mention of the Sunnah.
(6) Again, in the book "Taq-yeed Al-Ilm", Abu Saeed Al-Khudry said, " I asked the messenger of God a permission to write his hadiths, but he refused to give me a permission."
(7) The farewell Pilgrimage of the Prophet Muhammad is a corner stone in the Muslim history. The Final Sermon given by the Prophet during this pilgrimage was witnessed by tens of thousands of Muslims. Yet there are THREE versions of this sermon in the Hadith books. This by itself reflects the degree of corruption of the Hadith books as this is the most witnessed speech of the prophet Muhammad.
Prominent figure who was a rejector of Hadith
Abu Bakr at one point was not sure whether to keep what he knows of hadiths or not. He had collected 500 Hadiths during very long companionship of the Prophet Muhammed, but he could not sleep the night until he burned them.
So far we have from their very OWN HADITH 1,400 years ago that their prominent figures rejecting Hadith such as:
1) the Prophet Muhammad himself
2) Zayd Ibn Thabit (The Prophet's closest revelation writer)
3) Abu Bakr
4) Umar ibn al-Khattab
The Tabaqat is not the only third-century source that portrays Umar as objecting to extra-Qur’anic materials. Several Hadith collections, both canonical and noncanonical, report Umar’s concern about extra-Qur’anic materials from the Prophet.
The collections of Hadith that eventually became canonized are not the earliest collections of Hadith that have come down to us.
An important earlier work is the Musannaf of Abd al-Razzaq al-San4ani (d. 211/827). Abd al-Razzaq reports both Umar’s decision not to commit the Sunna to writing for fear that it will lead to a book to which people turn and leave the Book of God, and also a story in which Umar gives this order to those he is sending out to govern.
According to their OWN conjecture about Umar's fear that these Muslims who loves Hadith/Sunnah love to quote Hadith after Hadith after Hadith, and not the Qur’an which Allah instructs the Prophet Muhammad to say of a prophecy that has taken place that the Prophet's poeple will have DESERTED/ABANDONED the Qur’an:
Qur’aan 25:30
وَقَالَ الرَّسُولُ يَا رَبِّ إِنَّ قَوْمِي اتَّخَذُوا هَذَا الْقُرْآنَ مَهْجُورًا
The Messenger said, “My Lord, my people have deserted this Qur’aan.
Who are his people, this is prophecy right in the Qur'aan being fulfilled.
“By God, we have sent (messengers) to communities before you, but the devil adorned their works in their eyes. Consequently, he is now their lord, and they have incurred a painful retribution. We have revealed this scripture to you, to point out for them what they dispute… (16:63-64)”.
The details of the former story are nearly identical withminor but notable additions.
However, the details of the latter differ more dramatically between the version reported by Abd al-Razzaq and the version reported some two decades later by Ibn Sad. The story about Umar abandoning the idea of committing the Sunna to writing recorded by Abd al-Razzaq adds the statement that Umar consulted the Prophet’s companions on the issue and that they encouraged him to do so.
Abd al-Razzaq’s version also ends with a dramatic statement attributed to Umar. After recalling a previous people who wrote a book to which they dedicated themselves and for which they “left the Book of God,”
Umar is reported as saying, “wa-inni wallahi la ulabbis Kitab Allah bi-shayy’in abadan” (By God! I will never clothe the Qur’an with anything).
Looking back at the entry in Lisan al-Arab noted earlier in the discussion of the story related in the Tabaqat, Ibn Mannur specifies that jarridu al-Qur’an means not to clothe it with anything (la tulabbisu bihi shayyan). This addition suggests that the Hadith will not only cause people to desert the Qur’an, but that they may also somehow conceal it from them.
The details differ even more in the stories in which Umar is quoted as ordering his provincial governors to “bare the Qur’an.”
First, Ibn Sad’s version:
We were headed toward Kufa and Umar accompanied us as far as Sirar. Then he made ablutions, washing twice, and said:
“Do you know why I have accompanied you?” We said: “Yes, we arecompanions of God’s messenger.”
Then, he said:
“You will be coming to the people of a town for whom the buzzing of the Qur’an is as the buzzing of bees. Therefore, do not distract them with the Hadiths, and thus engage them. Bare the Qur’an and spare the narration from God’s Messenger! Go and I am your partner.”
The earlier story related by Abd al-Razzaq is somewhat longer than the later story, containing a broad variety of orders. It is a list of commands and prohibitions that includes the command to
“bare the Qur’an and spare the narration from God’s Messenger.”
However, the later story recorded by Ibn Sad does not contain any of the other orders found in the early version. Instead, it focuses on this particular order and includes detailed reasoning, in lyrical wording, on Umar’s part:
“You will be coming to the people of a town for whom the buzzing of the Qur’an is as the buzzing of bees. Therefore, do not distract them with the Hadith . . .”
When the third caliph, Uthman, prepared his official version of the Quran for dissemination throughout the length and breadth of Islam, he based it on this version. Thus, the Quran fully satisfies the requirements of a well-corroborated text.
Another prominent figure according to the rejectors of Hadith is Ali Ibn Abu Talib, the fourth Khalifa
Ali Ibn Abu Talib, in one of his speeches said,
"I urge all those who have writing taken from the messenger of God to go home and erase it. The people before you were annihilated because they followed theHadiths of their scholars and left the book of their Lord." (Sunan Al-Daramy)
Some people claim that the "Hadith & Sunnah" are divine revelations.
Obviously, they are not aware that the criterion of divine revelations is PERFECT PRESERVATION.
Since the so-called Hadith & Sunnah of the Prophet have been vastly corrupted, they can never meet the criterion of divine revelation. It is an acknowledged fact that the vast majority of Hadiths are false fabrications.
Millions of Muslims thought, that obeying the God is obeying the Qur'an and obeying the Prophet Muhammad is obeying the Hadiths & Sunnah, but what God says about it?
5) Ali Ibn Abu Talib
During the second caliph Abu Bakr's administration, Abu Bakr himself ordered the Prophet's secretary, Zaid ibn Thabit, to compile the Quran into book form, taking care that all its contents were corroborated by two or more witnesses. When the third caliph, Uthman, prepared his official version of the Quran for dissemination throughout the length and breadth of Islam, he based it on this version.
We also have later historical sources from their OWN ahadith which say that the Caliph Abu Bakr burnt his notes of hadith (said to be 500 in all) for fear that they might be false, and that Caliph Umar ibn Khattab cancelled his plan to compile the hadith because he did not want to divert the attention of the Muslims from the Quran to the hadith.
There are plenty of other evidence I could have produced that refutes Sheikh Feiz claim that the call to the Qur'an alone is something new. So you be the judge. Did the companions of the Prophet reject the Prophet's own Hadith? Sheikh Fiez is spinning words around pretending that the call to Qur'an alone is new when its' in their own Hadith going back 1,400 years ago that the Qur'an alone is sufficient.
Sheikh Feiz then uses the fallacy of
"..So take what the Apostle assigns to you and deny yourselves that which he withholds from you.." Surah 59:7
This is what he's inferring means 'Sunnah'. Of course there is nothing in this ayat that says 'Hadith' or 'Sunnah'.
From the above verses it is clear that the statement:
i.e. "So take what the Apostle assigns to you and deny yourselves that which he withholds from you."
Does not refer to the teachings that the messenger is propagating among his people that the infer is 'Hadith' or 'Sunnah', but the booty or spoils that are to be assigned by him to the needy.
Secondly, even if this was to be accepted for the sake of argument that this phrase which has beentaken out of context refers to the general teachings that the messenger is to convey to the people, even then the Qur’an is very clear as to what consists of the divine teachings conveyed by the messenger and what is it that he forbids people from.
He is giving only the Qur’an as divine teaching:
"We know best what they say, and you are not one to compel them; therefore remind him by means of the Quran who fears My Promise." (50:45)
And,
"Shall I then seek a Ruler other than Allah? When He it is Who has revealed to you the Book (which is) distinctly elucidated;" (6:114)
"And this Quran has been revealed to me that with it I may warn you and whomsoever it reaches" (6:19)
As ordered by Allah:
"And this is a Book We have revealed, blessed; therefore follow it and guard (against evil) that mercy may be shown to you." (6:155)
While it is the Qur’an that the messenger is giving to the people as divine teaching, he forbids us from accepting any other Book as God’s guidance other than the divine revelation in Qur’an:
"Say: Then bring some (other) book from Allah which is a better guide than both of them, (that) I may follow it, if you are truthful." (28:49)
And,
"A Book revealed to you-- so let there be no straitness in your breast on account of it-- that you may warn thereby, and a reminder close to the believers. Follow what has been revealed to you from your Sustainer and do not follow guardians besides Him (His Laws), how little do you mind." (7:2-3)
"And We have not given them any books which they study, nor did We send to them before you a warner." (34:44)
"But nay, by thy lord, they will not believe (in truth) until they make thee judge of what is in dispute between them and find within themselves no dislike of that which thou decidest, and submit with full submission." (4:65)
In the above ayat it is mentioned that people are to make the messenger a judge between their disputes, and accept his decisions with the fullest conviction. How did the messenger judge among the people? Was he to govern by his own mind? The Qur’an provides us the answer to this question when it states:
"So judge between them by that which Allah hath revealed, and follow not their desires, but beware of them lest they seduce thee from some part of that which Allah hath revealed unto thee. And if they turn away, then know that Allah's will is to smite them for some sin of theirs. Lo! many of mankind are evil-livers." (5:49)
The messenger was a judge among the people, but his judgements and decisions were not by his own self, but he governed by the Book of Allah.
It is by , i.e. what Allah has revealed, or His Book, that the messenger was to govern among mankind. In Surah Al-Nahl further elucidation is given about this aspect:
"And We have not revealed to you the Book except that you may make clear to them that about which they differ, and (as) a guidance and a mercy for a people who believe." (16:64)
Again we have Allah saying:
"Surely the ‘HUKM’ (Law and Rule) is for none but Allah." (12:40)
"He does not make any one His associate in His ‘HUKM’ (Laws and Ruling)." (18:26)
So it says clearly that "He (Allah) does not associate anyone in His Laws." (18:26)
This ayat makes it quite clear that obedience and rule is only for the Law of Allah and no other law. Even a messenger of Allah does not have the authority to make anyone subservient to his personal commands, but obedience and subservience is only for the law of Allah, as the following verse declares:
"It is not meet for a Human Being that Allah should give him the Book and Government and 'Nabuwah' (Direct reception of Divine Messages), then he should say to people: Be subservient to me rather than Allah; but on the contrary (he would say): Become sustenance providers (to mankind) because of your teaching the Book and your studying (it yourselves)." (3:79)
Thus it is clear from the above that the messenger passed judgement among the people by the Book of Allah and the differences and disputes were resolved by Allah’s Book, and not any other book outside of the Qur'an called Hadith or Sunnah books or needing an fatwaa or opinion.
Another thing Sheikh Reiz brings to argument is that the Prophet doesn't speak from his own desire. One is the "wahy al Matlu" which is the recited revelation contained in Qur’an, while the other type of "wahy" is "wahy al ghayr al matlu" which is that revelation that is not recited and is outside of the Quran, and is to be found in the books of traditions.
It is only the Qur’an which is the revelation and is "Matlu", i.e. recited. The following verses confute the claim that "wahy" or revelation is of two types, i.e. recited revelation and un recited revelation, and confirm that revelation is only of the recited type:
In Surah Ar-Ra’d it is stated that the purpose of Allah’s sending His messenger is that he may "recite" all that has been revealed on him, thus signifying that revelation is only of the recited type:
"Thus We send thee (O Muhammad) unto a nation, before whom other nations have passed away, that thou mayst recite unto them that which We have inspired in thee, while they are disbelievers in the Beneficent. Say: He is my Lord; there is no God save Him. In Him do I put my trust and unto Him is my recourse." (13:30)
In the above verse it is clearly evident that revelation is only "wahy al matlu", i.e. recited revelation as confirmed by the phrase:
"..that thou mayst recite unto them that which We have inspired in thee.."
In Surah Fatir, it is said that the "wahy" or inspiration/revelation is that which is present in the Book of Allah, and that is what consists of sure reality:
As for that which We inspire in thee of the Book, it is the Truth confirming that which was (revealed) before it. Lo! Allah is indeed Observer, Seer of his slaves." (35:31)
It is this "wahy" that the messenger was ordered to recite to people:
"And recite that which hath been revealed unto thee of the Book of thy Sustainer. There is none who can change His words, and thou wilt find no refuge beside Him." (18:27)
The messenger himself confirmed that the revelation he received was none less but the Book of Allah:
"..And this Quran has been revealed to me.." (6:19)
And it was this "wahy" contained in the Book of Allah, with which he admonished mankind:
"Say: I warn you only by ‘wahy’. But the deaf hear not the call when they are warned." (21:45)
Thus the Qur’an has clearly stated that "wahy" or divine revelation is only of the recited type and it does not acknowledge the view which states that "wahy" is of two types, i.e. recited and un recited revelation.
Sheikh Feiz said the evidence is overwhelming in the Qur'an on why we should follow the 'Hadith' and 'Sunnah' but am I truly missing something. I haven't seen one ayat with the name telling us to follow'Hadith' or 'Sunnah'. If the evidence are overwhelming then why isn't the evidence provided?
One more thing Sheihk Feiz quotes a so called Hadith alleging the Prophet Muhammad saying he's been given the Qur'an and 'something similar' to the Qur'an.
Beneath is the Hadith that claims that the Prophet was given the Qur'an and it's 'Equal' or 'Something like it' along with a Scholar name Ibn Baz explaining that the Sunnah is the Second Revelation next to the Qur'an that explains the Qur'an in detail according to the Sunnis.
In this Hadith, Muhammad, Allah’s Prophet, explained Ayat 75:16-29, by saying:
"I was given the Quran and its equal with it (i.e., the Sunnah)" (A Sahih Hadith; Al-Hadithu ‘Hujjatun bi-Nafsihi [21]).
29. [Albani, Muhammad Nasir ad-Deen. Al-Hadithu ‘Hujjatun bi-Nafsihi fi-l-A‘hkami wa-l-‘Aqa-id (The Hadith is Proof Itself in Matters of Law and Creed) (Pg. 26-27)…] (Introduction to: Muhammad The Prophet of Mercy – Muhammad’s Role in Islam, by Jalal Abualrub, edited by Alaa Mencke [Madinah Publishers and Distributors, First Edition: June 2007], p. 34)
Narrated Al-Miqdam ibn Ma'dikarib:
The Prophet said:
"Beware! I have been given the Qur'an and something like it,"
yet the time is coming when a man replete on his couch will say: Keep to the Qur'an; what you find in it to be permissible treat as permissible, and what you find in it to be prohibited treat as prohibited. Beware! The domestic ass, beasts of prey with fangs, a find belonging to confederate, unless its owner does not want it, are not permissible to you If anyone comes to some people, they must entertain him, but if they do not, he has a right to mulct them to an amount equivalent to his entertainment. (Sunan Abu Dawud, Book 40, Number 4587)
Question to the Shayhk:
What is the meaning of the words of the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him):
"I have been given the Qur'aan and something like it along with it"?
Question:
What is the meaning of the words of the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him): "I have been given the Qur'aan and something like it along with it"?.
Answer:
Praise be to Allaah. This hadith is one of the sound hadiths that are proven to be from the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him). What is meant by the words
"and something like it along with it"
is that Allah has given him another revelation, which is the Sunnah which explains the Qur'aan and clarifies its meanings, as Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, says (interpretation of the meaning):
"And We have also sent down unto you (O Muhammad) the Dhikr [reminder and the advice (i.e. the Qur'aan)], that you may explain clearly to men what is sent down to them, and that they may give thought" [al-Nahl 16:44]
So Allah revealed the Qur'aan to him and also the Sunnah, which is the hadith which are proven to be from him (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him), which have to do with prayer, zakaah, fasting, Hajj and other religious and worldly matters.
The <span>Sunnah is a second revelation which Allah revealed to him to complete the message,</span> and he (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) expressed that in the hadiths which he explained to the ummah in word and in deed and by means of his approval, such as his saying:
"Deeds are but by intentions, and each man will have but that which he intended";
and
"The prayer of one of you will not be accepted if he breaks wind until he does wudoo'"
; and
"No prayer is accepted without purification, and no charity is excepted from wealth acquired by treacherous means"
; and
"The five daily prayers, one Ramadan to another, and one Jumu'ah to another, are expiation for the sins that come in between them, so long as you do not commit major sins."
And there are many other sahih hadiths which speak of everything that a person needs to know and which have to do with explanation of the Book of Allah. This revelation is a revelation that Allah revealed to him, of which the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) spoke and explained to the ummah. The meanings are revelation from Allah, and the words are from the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him), like the words quoted above:
"Actions are but by intention..."
and like his words:
"The two parties to a transaction have the option (of cancelling it) so long as they have not yet parted..."
The second revelation which was given to the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) also includes the sacred hadith (hadith qudsi) which the Messenger transmitted from his Lord, may He be glorified and exalted. They are revelation from Allah and are His words, but they do not come under the same ruling as the Qur'aan, such as what the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said, narrating it from his Lord:
"O My slaves, I have forbidden injustice to Myself, and I have made it forbidden among you, so do not wrong one another. O My slaves, all of you are misguided except those whom I guide, so ask Me for guidance, I will guide you..."
this is a lengthy hadith, which was narrated by Muslim in his Saheeh from Abu Dharr al-Ghifaari (may Allah be pleased with him). All of that is included in the words of Allah (interpretation of the meaning):
"By the star when it goes down (or vanishes).Your companion (Muhammad) has neither gone astray nor has erred.
Nor does he speak of (his own) desire. It is only a Revelation revealed" [al-Najm 53:1-4]
>>Majmoo' Fataawa Ibn Baaz (25/58-61).
The Sunnites (Sunnis) accept these Ahadith set as authentic:
1. Bukhari
2. Tirmidhi
3. Muslim
4. Ibn Majah
5. Anas
6. An Nasa’i
7. A. Darimi
8. Al Kulini Just to name a few.
Shi’ite accept these Ahadith set as authentic:
1. Kafi of Abu Ja'fa Muhammad
2. Man la Yastuhdirahul Fiqah of Shaikh Ali
3. Tahdhib of Shaikh abu Jafar Muhammad
4. Najhu’l Balaghah of Sayyid Radi
They say Muslims don't reject Hadith yet these two Sects Sunni/Shite all claim to have the authentic Ahadith yet they both reject each other's claim of authenticity not to include the very fact that the Sunni/Shites Muslims have CHALLENGED The Sovereign of all the Boundless Universes (aalamin) and produced their Ahadith.
Allah knew the enemies of Islaam was going to produce books and call them hadith and attribute them to Rasuwl Allah (Prophet Muhammad) and this is why Allah specifically used the word “hadith”in the verses below where He (The Creator, Allah) has condemned them by name [hadith]. Allah has specifically used the word “hadith” to condemn those books (BEFORE) they were created/fabricated by the hands of the enemy.
God Almighty has described the Quran as hadith, and He challenged the polytheists to bring a hadith like it, The Almighty says
“Do they say, “He made it all up?” Instead, they are simply disbelievers. Let them produce a Hadith like this, if they are truthful. (52:33-34)”.
He described the Qur’an as the best hadith
“God has revealed herein the best Hadith; a book that is consistent, and points out both ways (to Heaven and Hell). The skins of those who reverence their Lord cringe there from, then their skins and their hearts soften up for God’s message. Such is God’s guidance; He bestows it upon whoever wills (to be guided)… (39:23)”.
So, if God Almighty has honoured us with the best hadith, then why should we take other hadith in its place?
Our Lord has made it clear that all truth is [found] in the hadith of God, i.e. the Qur’an,
“…Whose hadith is more truthful than God’s? (4:87).”
God Almighty has threatened those who lie about His hadith in the Qur’an,
“Therefore, let Me deal with those who reject this Hadith; we will lead them on whence they never perceive. (68:44)”.
Our Lord has confirmed that faith is not to be placed in anything other than His hadith, i.e. the Qur’an, He says at the end of chapter 77,
“Which Hadith, other than this, do they uphold? (77:50).”
The same meaning was repeated when He said
“Have they not looked at the dominion of the heavens and the earth, and all the things God has created? Does it ever occur to them that the end of their life may be near? Which Hadith, beside this, do they believe in? (7:185).”
The Almighty says about His Self,
“…There is nothing that equals Him. He is the Hearer, the Seer. (42:11).”
And He says about His Book
“Say, “If all the humans and all the jinns banded together in order to produce a Qur’an like this, they could never produce anything like it…” (17:88)”
therefore, there is no equal to the Qur’an, just as there is no equal to God!
God is one in His Self and in His attributes, and there is no one like Him from among His creations,
“Proclaim, “He is the One and only God. The Absolute God. Never did He beget. Nor was He begotten. None equals Him.” (112:1-4).”
It isn’t within the capability of any creation to create one chapter like a Qur’anic chapter,
“…then produce one sura like these… (2:23),”
and
“…then produce one sura like these… (10:38).”
There is no equal to the Qur’an, and there is no chapter which is equal to any chapter of the Qur’an. In spite of this, they claim that God revealed to the prophet the Qur’an
‘and its equal alongside it’, so where is this
‘equal’ thing if God Almighty has
denied its
existence?
References:
'Hadith as Scripture by Aisha Musa
HADITH: A RE-EVALUATION By Kassim Ahmad
