Response to the Rejectors of Hadeeth (الرد على منكري الحديث) Taken from r/lighthouseoftruth)
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
All praise is due to Allaah. We praise him, we seek His help, we seek His forgiveness, and we seek refuge in Allaah from the evil within ourselves and our evil deeds. Whoever Allaah guides, there is none to misguide him. Whoever Allaah leads astray, there is none to guide him. I testify there is no deity worthy of being worshipped other than Allaah, without any partners, and that Muhammad, our master, our prophet, is His servant and His messenger. Peace of Allaah the Most High be upon him, his family, his companions and the community
The Sunnah ( سنة ) which is an Arabic word, literally means "path" or "way". In Islam, this refers to the sayings (teachings) and actions of the Prophet of Allaah ﷺ. We have seen the rise of people calling themselves "Quraniyoon" with this new kind of thinking where they think the Sunnah, reported to us in the ahadeeth are all invalid and that they must all stick to the Quran ONLY. Obviously since these people are emerged in this century well after the Quran, either they're misguided or Islam was incomplete up until these people showed up which contradicts the Quran, where it states (5:3):
ٱلْيَوْمَ أَكْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ دِينَكُمْ وَأَتْمَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعْمَتِى وَرَضِيتُ لَكُمُ ٱلْإِسْلَـٰمَ دِينًۭا ۚ
This day I have perfected for you your religion and completed My favor upon you and have approved for you Islām as religion
Obviously Islam is not false so it is indeed these individuals who are misguided so it is up to us to answer their ridiculous claims.
Firstly, I'd like to show a hadeeth for those who accept the Sunnah, which shows the status of these rejectors.
عَنِ الْمِقْدَامِ بْنِ مَعْدِيكَرِبَ الْكِنْدِيِّ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ " يُوشِكُ الرَّجُلُ مُتَّكِئًا عَلَى أَرِيكَتِهِ يُحَدَّثُ بِحَدِيثٍ مِنْ حَدِيثِي فَيَقُولُ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكُمْ كِتَابُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَمَا وَجَدْنَا فِيهِ مِنْ حَلاَلٍ اسْتَحْلَلْنَاهُ وَمَا وَجَدْنَا فِيهِ مِنْ حَرَامٍ حَرَّمْنَاهُ . أَلاَ وَإِنَّ مَا حَرَّمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ مِثْلُ مَا حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ " .
Miqdam bin Ma'dikarib Al-Kindi narrated that the Messenger of Allaah (ﷺ) said: "Soon there will come a time that a man will be reclining on his pillow, and when one of my Ahadeeth is narrated he will say: 'The Book of Allaah is (sufficient) between us and you. Whatever it states is permissible, we will take as permissible, and whatever it states is forbidden, we will take as forbidden.' Verily, whatever the Messenger of Allaah (ﷺ) has forbidden is like that which Allaah has forbidden."
The Arguments by the "Quraniyoon"
These arguments are what I have encountered in the wild because since these people have no central argument as all of them interpret the Quran differently to the other so we get no consistent coherent arguments which is proof itself of their misguidance. So here is the refutation of their arguments were you to meet them in the wild
Refutation of Rashad Khalifa and his followers
This is the man who -May Allaah curse him- was deceived by Shaytaan and was led astray. He said that Allaah sent the Quran only and that "Hadeeth" are all false and should be discarded and that one should only follow the Quran. His greatest mistake came when He claimed to be a Messenger of Allaah, may Allaah curse him. Thus refuting him and his followers is as simple as reciting this ayaah of the Quraan:
- Al-Ahzab 33:40
مَّا كَانَ مُحَمَّدٌ أَبَآ أَحَدٍۢ مِّن رِّجَالِكُمْ وَلَـٰكِن رَّسُولَ ٱللَّهِ وَخَاتَمَ ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ ۗ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَلِيمًۭا ٤٠
Muḥammad is not the father of [any] one of your men, but [he is] the Messenger of Allāh and seal [i.e., last] of the prophets. And ever is Allāh, of all things, Knowing.
Verily "khatam" means seal, bring something to an end, coming to an end and the prophethood has came to an end with his death. They then try to oppose this by saying: "Every prophet is a messenger but not every messenger is a prophet. 33:40 shows Muhammad was the final prophet, but not the final messenger." By this claim, they attempt to say Rashad was a Messenger but not a prophet. The Quraan itself refutes the false attempt to switch the actual belief which is: every messenger is a prophet but not every prophet is a messenger. Allaah says:
- Al-Mai'dah 5:44
إِنَّآ أَنزَلْنَا ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةَ فِيهَا هُدًۭى وَنُورٌۭ ۚ يَحْكُمُ بِهَا ٱلنَّبِيُّونَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَسْلَمُوا۟ لِلَّذِينَ هَادُوا۟
Indeed, We sent down the Torah, in which was guidance and light. The prophets who submitted [to Allāh] judged by it for the Jews
It say clearly that PROPHETS submitted to the Taurah which was revealed on Musa عليه السلام who was both a Messenger and a Prophet as said in the Quraan:
- Maryam 51
وَٱذْكُرْ فِى ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ مُوسَىٰٓ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ مُخْلَصًۭا وَكَانَ رَسُولًۭا نَّبِيًّۭا
And mention in the Book, Musa. Indeed, he was chosen, and he was a messenger and a prophet.
So Musa عليه السلام is both a Messenger and a Prophet and 5:44 mentions prophet submitting to the Taurah which was revealed on a messenger so this is proof that a Messenger is a prophet but not every prophet is a messenger. Hence going back to the verse in Al-Ahzab, if the Prophet ﷺ is the last prophet, that also means he's the last messenger hence those who claim to be prophets after him or messengers are all false.
This is the end of the liar Khalifa and his followers
Hadeeth are written 300 years after the Prophet 's death
We see this claim almost all the time, "that hadeeth was written centuries after the Prophet of Allaah ﷺ passed away hence it's not reliable". This is the result of ignorance on their part. There were several documents that were at the time of the Messenger of Allaah ﷺ.
- Kitab As-Sadaqah (Book of Charity)
- Script of Amr ibn Hazm
- Script to Abu Huraira and Ala' ibn al-Hadrami
- Script to Mu'adh ibn Jabal and Malik ibn Murarah
- 3 Documents given to Wa'il ibn Hujr
- Document given to Munqidh ibn Hayyan from Abdul Qays
- Document to Banu Ghamid
- Document to Banu Khath'am
- Document to Banu Sumalah and Huddan
- Document to Banu Aslam
By the companions as well. Notably
- Scripts of Abu Hurairah
- Scripts of Abdullah ibn Amr
- Scripts of Anas ibn Malik
- Scripts of Ali ibn Abi Talib
- Scripts of Jabir ibn Abdullah
- Scripts of Abdullah ibn Abbas
[The sources of the above are taken from "The Authority of the Sunnah" (pg.100-110) by Mufti Muhammad Taqi al Uthmani (may Allaah preserve him)]
And here, you will see nearly 60 collections of ahadeeth before the Ameer of Hadeeth Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Ismail al Bukhari رحمه الله compiled Saheeh al Bukhari. (May Allaah reward the user who shared these on the discord server)
- Book of Khalid ibn Ma'dan (d. 104)
- Books of Abu Qilabah (d. 104). He bequeathed his books to his pupil, Ayyub Saktiyan (68-131 A.H.), who paid more than ten dirhams as a fare for them being loaded on a camel.
- The script of Hammam ibn Munabbi.
- Books of Hasan al-Basri (21-110 A.H.)
- Books of Muhammad al-Baqir (56-114 A.H.)
- Books of Makhul from Syria
- Book of Hakam ibn 'Utaibah
- Book of Bukair ibn 'Abdullah ibn al-Ashajj (d. 117)
- Book of Qais ibn Sa'd (d. 117).
- Book of Sulaiman al-Yashkuri
- Al-Abwab of Sha'bi
- Books of Ibn Shihab az-Zuhri
- Book of Abul-'Aliyah
- Book of Sa'eed ibn Jubair (d. 95)
- Books of 'Umar ibn 'Abdul Aziz (61-101 A.H.)
- Books of Mujahid ibn Jabr (d. 103)
- Book of Raja ibn Hywah (d. 112)
- Book of Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad
- Book of Bashir ibn Nahik.
- Book of 'Abdul Malik ibn Juraij (d. 150)
- Muwatta of Malik ibn Anas (93-179)
- Muwatta of Ibn Abi Zi'b (80-158)
- Maghâzi of Muhammad ibn Ishaq (d. 151)
- Musnad of Rabi' ibn Sabih (d. 160)
- Book of Sa'id ibn Abi 'Arubah (d. 156)
- Book of Hammad ibn Salmah (d. 167)
- Jami' Sufyan ath-Thawri (97-161)
- Jami' Ma'mar ibn Rashid (95-153)
- Book of 'Abdur-Rahman al-Awza'i (88-157)
- Kitab az-Zuhd by 'Abdullah ibn al-Mubârak (118-181)
- Book of Ibn Bashir (104-183)
- Book of Jareer ibn 'Abdul-Hamid (110-188)
- Book of 'Abdullâh ibn Wahb (125-197)
- Book of Yahya ibn Abi Kathîr (d. 129)
- Book of Muhammad ibn Suqah (d. 135)
- Tafsir of Zaid ibn Aslam (d. 136)
- Book of Musa ibn 'Uqbah (d. 141)
- Book of Ash'ath ibn 'Abdul-Malik (d. 142)
- Book of Aqil ibn Khalid (d. 142)
- Book of Yahya ibn Sa'eed Ansari (d. 143)
- Book of Awf ibn Abi Jamilah (d. 146)
- Books of Jafar ibn Muhammad al-Sadiq (d. 148)
- Books of Yunus ibn Yazid (d. 152)
- Book of 'Abdur-Rahman al-Mas'udi (d. 160)
- Books of Zaidah ibn Qudamah (d. 161)
- Books of Ibrahim al-Tahman (d. 163)
- Books of Abu Hamzah al-Sukri (d. 167)
- Al-Gharâib by Shu'bah ibn al-Hajjaj (d. 160)
- Books of 'Abdul-Aziz ibn 'Abdullâh al-Majishun (d. 164)
- Books of 'Abdullâh ibn 'Abdullâh ibn Abi Uwais (d. 169)
- Books of Sulaiman ibn Bilal (d. 172)
- Books of 'Abdullâh ibn Lahi'ah (d. 147)
- Jami' Sufyan ibn 'Uyaynah (d. 198)
- Kitab-ul-Athar by Abu Hanîfah (by his two students) (d. 150)
- Maghazi of Mu'tamir ibn Sulaiman (d. 187)
- Musannaf of Waki' ibn Jarrah (d. 196)
- Musannaf of 'Abdur-Razzaq ibn Hammam (136-221)
- Musnad of Zaid ibn 'Ali (76-122)
- Books of Imam Shafi'i (150-204)
- Musannaf of Ibn Abi Shaybah (d. 235)
- Musnad of Imam Ahmad (d. 241)
This list refutes this entire notion that "hadeeth were written 300 after the prophet" as is shown here. The hadeeth just like the Quraan was spread orally as well and the sciences of hadeeth and rijaal testify to the truthfulness of the hadeeth by authenticating the narrators. The fact everything about narrators was known, their way of life, teachers, students, what they narrated, how pious they were, how was their memorization and to do that all across the islamic world from Al-Andalus to Al-Hind is absolutely mind-boggling and it is a work which cannot be overlooked. Just for the sake of demonstrating, let us do ilm al-rijaal on the hadeeth I shared originally regarding the people who only take Quraan and discard the Sunnah, it is from Sunan Ibn Majah, Hadeeth 12.
The Isnad
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ، عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ صَالِحٍ، حَدَّثَنِي الْحَسَنُ بْنُ جَابِرٍ، عَنِ الْمِقْدَامِ بْنِ مَعْدِيكَرِبَ الْكِنْدِيِّ
Narrated Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah, who narrated from Zayd ibn Hubbab from Muawiyah ibn Saleh who narrated from al-Hasan ibn Jabir from Al-Miqdam ibn Ma'dikarib al Kindi.
The Grades
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Al-Miqdam ibn Ma'dikarib al Kindi: Sahabi (companion). All companions are upright and have good integrity
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Hasan ibn Jabir: Abu'l Hasan ibn Qattan said: "Good (in) Hadeeth". Al Hakim al-Naysaburi said: "Authentic (in) Hadeeth". Ibn Hajar al Asqalani said: "Accepted"
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Muawiyah ibn Saleh: Abu Hatim al-Razi said: "Righteous, good (in) hadeeth, writes the hadeeth." Ibn Hibban mentions in him 'Al-Thiqat (The Trustworthy)'. Abu Zurah, Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Ahmad ibn Shu'ayb al-Nasa'i said: "Trustworthy". Ibn Hajar al Asqalani said: "Truthful"
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Zayd ibn Hubbab: Abu Hatim al-Razi said: "Truthful, righteous". Ahmad ibn Hanbal said: "He is truthful" Al-Daratuqni said: "Trustworthy." Ibn Hajar says: "Truthful, mistake in hadeeth from Thawri (i.e made mistakes when narrating from Sufyan ath thawri)"
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Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah: Author of Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah, Ahmad ibn Hanbal said: "Truthful", Ibn Abi Hatim al Razi said: "Trustworthy and a Hafidh of Hadeeth." Ibn Hajar said: "Trustworthy Hafidh (Memorizer)", Adh-Dhahabi: "Sayyid (master) al-Hafidh"
With this isnad, this hadeeth becomes Saheeh as graded by Shaykh Al-Albani in 'Saheeh Ibn Majah (12) and this is what is narrated in Jami' Tirmidhi, Sunan Abi Dawood, Musnad Imam Ahmad and Sunan Darimi.
This is similar to the following example: you missed one day of school and a trustworthy friend tells you there's a class test on Monday. You also ask some other classmates and they all tell you he's telling the truth so you're 100% sure that the original friend told you the truth because everyone is calling him truthful. If you now reject that there's a test on monday, that would be on you, it would be your stupidity to dismiss the trustworthy friend. Obviously the people who attested to your friend's truthfulness did not just speak without evidence, they had evidence, and because of that they called your friend truthful so it makes no sense to dismiss him.
As for Mutawatir, it is absolutely stupid to deny them and here is why. A mutawatir is massly transmitted narration meaning, so many people narrate it that it's impossible for all of them to lie. The capital of Iraq is Baghdad, this is mutawatir information. It's widely known and widely told and it's impossible that all of them are lying. The one who says they are lying has some kind of mental illness, to which I advise them to contact a physician.
Similar is with hadeeth, when they have been authenticated and evidence has been established of it being Saheeh (authentic) till the Messenger of Allaah (صلى الله عليه وسلم), you cannot dismiss it. The Quraan was transmitted by these same people, if they all are liars, untrustworthy and fools, then even the integrity of the Quraan is challenged as well. You can't claim that it's uncorrupted because Quraan says so, this would be circular reasoning. (Note: Ofcourse as Muslims, we accept that the Quraan is uncorrupted, the argument is for sake of argument) So it's definitely not the narrators or period of compilation of hadeeth you have a problem with, it's something else and that something is the next thing we will address
Some Quraanic verses which seem to 'dismiss' hadeeth
They also present the following verses to try and dismiss Ahadeeth.
- Al-Jathiyah 45:6
تِلْكَ ءَايَـٰتُ ٱللَّهِ نَتْلُوهَا عَلَيْكَ بِٱلْحَقِّ ۖ فَبِأَىِّ حَدِيثٍۭ بَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ وَءَايَـٰتِهِۦ يُؤْمِنُونَ
These are the verses of Allāh which We recite to you in truth. Then in what hadeeth after Allāh and His verses will they believe?
- Luqman 31:6
وَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَن يَشْتَرِى لَهْوَ ٱلْحَدِيثِ لِيُضِلَّ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍۢ وَيَتَّخِذَهَا هُزُوًا ۚ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌۭ مُّهِينٌۭ
And of the people is he who buys amusement of hadeeth to mislead [others] from the way of Allāh without knowledge and who takes it [i.e., His way] in ridicule. Those will have a humiliating punishment.
They claim these verses dismiss hadeeth and hence they are falsehood. However it is clear that this is a poor attempt to utilize the arabic word of hadeeth (حديث) as meaning prophetic hadeeth. If we translate every word as such, then how can they explain the following verse?
1.) An-Nisa 4:140
وَقَدْ نَزَّلَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِى ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ أَنْ إِذَا سَمِعْتُمْ ءَايَـٰتِ ٱللَّهِ يُكْفَرُ بِهَا وَيُسْتَهْزَأُ بِهَا فَلَا تَقْعُدُوا۟ مَعَهُمْ حَتَّىٰ يَخُوضُوا۟ فِى حَدِيثٍ غَيْرِهِۦٓ ۚ إِنَّكُمْ إِذًۭا مِّثْلُهُمْ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ جَامِعُ ٱلْمُنَـٰفِقِينَ وَٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ فِى جَهَنَّمَ جَمِيعًا
And it has already come down to you in the Book [i.e., the Qur’ān] that when you hear the verses of Allāh [recited], they are denied [by them] and ridiculed; so do not sit with them until they enter into hadeeth other than that. Indeed, you would then be like them. Indeed, Allāh will gather the hypocrites and disbelievers in Hell all together.
So here Allaah is apparently allowing the believers sit with people who discuss hadeeth? but why? If it's baatil, why allow people to listen to it? Or does the context of the verse explain that 'hadeeth' here obviously means it's actual dictionary meaning which is tale, narration, speech, statement. If this is so, then this means every word 'hadeeth' used is just that, it's dictionary meaning rather than it meaning prophetic hadeeth. Picking what means when according to your own whims is against the Quraan itself which we will see in the next sections.
Obedience to the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) is only for a particular time period
Some "quraaniyoon" accept that the obedience of the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) is in the Quraan, but this authority is limited to only his people and not on the later generations. This is clearly against the Quraan in multiple verses where Allaah tells us that Muhammad (صلى الله عليه وسلم) is sent for ALL mankind.
- Al-A'raf 7:158
قُلْ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ إِنِّى رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ إِلَيْكُمْ جَمِيعًا
Say, [O Muḥammad], "O mankind, indeed I am the Messenger of Allāh to you all
- Saba 34:28
وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَـٰكَ إِلَّا كَآفَّةًۭ لِّلنَّاسِ بَشِيرًۭا وَنَذِيرًۭا وَلَـٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
And We have not sent you except comprehensively to mankind as a bringer of good tidings and a warner. But most of the people do not know.
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Al-Anbiya 21:107 وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَـٰكَ إِلَّا رَحْمَةًۭ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
And We have not sent you, [O Muḥammad], except as a mercy to the worlds.
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Al-Furqan 25:1
تَبَارَكَ ٱلَّذِى نَزَّلَ ٱلْفُرْقَانَ عَلَىٰ عَبْدِهِۦ لِيَكُونَ لِلْعَـٰلَمِينَ نَذِيرًا
Blessed is He who sent down the Criterion upon His Servant that he may be to the worlds a warner
- An-Nisa 4:79
وَأَرْسَلْنَـٰكَ لِلنَّاسِ رَسُولًۭا ۚ وَكَفَىٰ بِٱللَّهِ شَهِيدًۭا
And We have sent you, [O Muḥammad], to the people as a messenger, and sufficient is Allāh as Witness
- An-Nisa 4:170
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ قَدْ جَآءَكُمُ ٱلرَّسُولُ بِٱلْحَقِّ مِن رَّبِّكُمْ فَـَٔامِنُوا۟ خَيْرًۭا لَّكُمْ ۚ وَإِن تَكْفُرُوا۟ فَإِنَّ لِلَّهِ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمًۭا
O mankind, the Messenger has come to you with the truth from your Lord, so believe; it is better for you. But if you disbelieve - then indeed, to Allāh belongs whatever is in the heavens and earth. And ever is Allāh Knowing and Wise.
The Messenger of Allaah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) is the last prophet and messenger, no one will come after him and his message is for all of humanity.
Our Arguments
The orders of Muhammad (صلى الله عليه وسلم) are Wahy (revelation) therefore it is protected
The evidence is Allaah's saying:
- An-Najm 53:2-4
مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمْ وَمَا غَوَىٰ ٢ وَمَا يَنطِقُ عَنِ ٱلْهَوَىٰٓ ٣ إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحْىٌۭ يُوحَىٰ٤
Your companion [i.e., Muḥammad] has not strayed, nor has he erred. Nor does he speak from [his own] inclination. *It is not but a revelation revealed.***
Therefore it is established that whatever the Prophet of Allaah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) says is a revelation. By going off of another verse,
- Al-Hijr 15:9
إِنَّا نَحْنُ نَزَّلْنَا ٱلذِّكْرَ وَإِنَّا لَهُۥ لَحَٰفِظُونَ
Indeed, it is We who sent down the rememberance [i.e. Quraan], and indeed, We will be its guardian.
Therefore Allaah has not only promised to secure the Quraan (which is revelation) from corruption, but also whatever the Prophet of Allaah says (صلى الله عليه وسلم) (since that is also revelation). More info expanding on this is in the next sections.
Messengers are sent to convey what they have been revealed and sent to obeyed.
The evidence is Allaah's saying:
- An-Nisa 4:64
وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا لِيُطَاعَ بِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ إِذ ظَّلَمُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ جَآءُوكَ فَٱسْتَغْفَرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱسْتَغْفَرَ لَهُمُ ٱلرَّسُولُ لَوَجَدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ تَوَّابًۭا رَّحِيمًۭا
**And We did not send any messenger except to be obeyed by permission of Allāh. And if, when they wronged themselves, they had come to you, [O Muḥammad], and asked forgiveness of Allāh and the Messenger had asked forgiveness for them, they would have found Allāh Accepting of Repentance and Merciful.
Nuh, Salih, Hud, Lut, Shu'ayb, Musa, Harun, Dawood, Suleiman, Eesa (and others) عليهم السلام were all sent to be obeyed by their people and whoever dared to disobey them were punished severely. Did they forget Aad, Thamud, Qawm Lut, Qawm Nuh? How Allaah destroyed them for failing to obey their messenger? How Allaah cursed the jews for rejecting Eesa عليه السلام? Disobeying the messengers is disobeying Allaah and there is severe punishment for such individuals in this Dunya and the next.
Next evidence is Allaah's saying:
- Al-Baqarah 2:143-144
وَكَذَٰلِكَ جَعَلْنَـٰكُمْ أُمَّةًۭ وَسَطًۭا لِّتَكُونُوا۟ شُهَدَآءَ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ وَيَكُونَ ٱلرَّسُولُ عَلَيْكُمْ شَهِيدًۭا ۗ وَمَا جَعَلْنَا ٱلْقِبْلَةَ ٱلَّتِى كُنتَ عَلَيْهَآ إِلَّا لِنَعْلَمَ مَن يَتَّبِعُ ٱلرَّسُولَ مِمَّن يَنقَلِبُ عَلَىٰ عَقِبَيْهِ ۚ ...... ١٤٣ قَدْ نَرَىٰ تَقَلُّبَ وَجْهِكَ فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ ۖ فَلَنُوَلِّيَنَّكَ قِبْلَةًۭ تَرْضَىٰهَا ۚ فَوَلِّ وَجْهَكَ شَطْرَ ٱلْمَسْجِدِ ٱلْحَرَامِ ۚ وَحَيْثُ مَا كُنتُمْ فَوَلُّوا۟ وُجُوهَكُمْ شَطْرَهُۥ ۗ وَإِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ لَيَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهُ ٱلْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّهِمْ ۗ وَمَا ٱللَّهُ بِغَـٰفِلٍ عَمَّا يَعْمَلُونَ ١٤٤
And thus We have made you a median [i.e., just] community that you will be witnesses over the people and the Messenger will be a witness over you. *And We did not make the qiblah which you used to face except that We might make evident who would follow the Messenger from who would turn back on his heels.*...... We have certainly seen the turning of your face, [O Muḥammad], toward the heaven, and We will surely turn you to a qiblah with which you will be pleased. So turn your face toward al-Masjid al-Ḥarām.1 And wherever you [believers] are, turn your faces toward it [in prayer]. Indeed, those who have been given the Scripture well know that it is the truth from their Lord. And Allāh is not unaware of what they do.
Here, Allaah ordered the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) to turn his face towards Masjid al-Haram (i.e Makkah) and Allaah appoints this as the qiblah. So there was a qiblah before, BUT the Quraan does not mention this qiblah anywhere. What was the previous qiblah? Whatever it was, it's command is not in the Quraan so how did the early muslims accept the 'other' qiblah? It's obvious that the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) commanded them to do so and Allaah too treated it as if though it's His own command!
Another example, Allaah says
- Al-Baqarah 2:187
أُحِلَّ لَكُمْ لَيْلَةَ ٱلصِّيَامِ ٱلرَّفَثُ إِلَىٰ نِسَآئِكُمْ ۚ هُنَّ لِبَاسٌۭ لَّكُمْ وَأَنتُمْ لِبَاسٌۭ لَّهُنَّ ۗ عَلِمَ ٱللَّهُ أَنَّكُمْ كُنتُمْ تَخْتَانُونَ أَنفُسَكُمْ فَتَابَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَعَفَا عَنكُمْ ۖ فَٱلْـَٔـٰنَ بَـٰشِرُوهُنَّ وَٱبْتَغُوا۟ مَا كَتَبَ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمْ ۚ وَكُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يَتَبَيَّنَ لَكُمُ ٱلْخَيْطُ ٱلْأَبْيَضُ مِنَ ٱلْخَيْطِ ٱلْأَسْوَدِ مِنَ ٱلْفَجْرِ ۖ ثُمَّ أَتِمُّوا۟ ٱلصِّيَامَ إِلَى ٱلَّيْلِ ۚ...
It has been made permissible for you the night preceding fasting to go to your wives [for sexual relations]. They are a clothing for you and you are a clothing for them. Allāh knows that you used to deceive yourselves, so He accepted your repentance and forgave you. So now, have relations with them and seek that which Allāh has decreed for you [i.e., offspring]. And eat and drink until the white thread of dawn becomes distinct to you from the black thread [of night]. Then complete the fast until the night
This verse says that sexual intercourse in the nights of Ramadan are now lawful as the words "so now" indicate. HOWEVER nowhere in the Quraan do we find the verse prohibiting this act! Therefore once again, there's no information in the Quraan on that but the Quraan treats it like revelation. This is further indication that there is revelation which is not present in the Quraan.
The biggest evidence by far is Allaah's saying
- At-Tahrim 66:3
وَإِذْ أَسَرَّ ٱلنَّبِىُّ إِلَىٰ بَعْضِ أَزْوَٰجِهِۦ حَدِيثًۭا فَلَمَّا نَبَّأَتْ بِهِۦ وَأَظْهَرَهُ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ عَرَّفَ بَعْضَهُۥ وَأَعْرَضَ عَنۢ بَعْضٍۢ ۖ فَلَمَّا نَبَّأَهَا بِهِۦ قَالَتْ مَنْ أَنۢبَأَكَ هَـٰذَا ۖ قَالَ نَبَّأَنِىَ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ٱلْخَبِيرُ
And [remember] when the Prophet confided to one of his wives a statement; and when she informed [another] of it and *Allāh showed it to him, he made known part of it** and ignored a part. And when he informed her about it, she said, "Who told you this?" He said, "I was informed by the Knowing, the Aware."*
The bolded line confirms that Allaah revealed something to His Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) but it's not a part of the Quraan as it's nowhere in the Quraan! This confirms the fact that Allaah revealed to the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) unrecited revelation (i.e revelation which is not in the Quraan) and what is this revelation? it is is the Sunnah. It is a kind of revelation which is protected as Allaah has promised to protect adh-dhikr from corruption which means his revelations. That also means every kind of revelation is protected
The Obedience to the Messenger (صلى الله عليه وسلم) is distinct and different
This is repeated in over a hundred verses. Whenever the obedience to Allaah is mentioned, the obedience to the Messenger (صلى الله عليه وسلم) is also always mentioned, AND it is distinct to obedience to Allaah. They may say, "the job of Muhammad (صلى الله عليه وسلم) is to only deliver the Quraan", this contradicts 2:129 which states:
رَبَّنَا وَٱبْعَثْ فِيهِمْ رَسُولًۭا مِّنْهُمْ يَتْلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَـٰتِكَ وَيُعَلِّمُهُمُ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ وَٱلْحِكْمَةَ وَيُزَكِّيهِمْ ۚ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ
Our Lord, and send among them a messenger from themselves who will recite to them Your verses and teach them the Book and wisdom and purify them. Indeed, You are the Exalted in Might, the Wise." From the context of the verses, it is clear the 'messenger' here is our Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم).
His job is clear:
- Recite the verses
- Teach the book
- Teach wisdom
- Purify them
Thus the Quraan clearly shows the fact that the Messenger of Allaah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) is not supposed to merely recite the verses and then leave it to the people to interpret and apply them in whatever manner they like. Instead, he is sent to 'teach' the Book but teaching the book isn't enough, so he is also there to teach wisdom which is something additional to the "Book". But still, the Quraan deems this not enough and the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) is also sent to purify the people therefore whatever the Messenger (صلى الله عليه وسلم) has come with, He comes with those 4 points mentioned. All of these are part of the message and it cannot be corrupted. If any one pointer is lost, the Quraan is invalid and false. Therefore the Messenger (صلى الله عليه وسلم) is the authority on the Quraan, He has the final word in how to interpret the Quraan. He's the only one who can give the wisdom in order for us to follow divine guidance and he's also entrusted to practically train the people to bring teachings of the Quraan into practice, all of this combined is the Sunnah of the Messenger (صلى الله عليه وسلم)
The above mentioned must be preserved in some way, it's not possible that any one of the pointers is gone and not available to us because the verse is general and it applies for all generations so no "only meant for prophet" can be applied here. If there is no way to know what the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) taught about the book, or taught wisdom by acting on the Quraan and gave orders in order for us to be purified, then this verse of the Quraan is false (which is not possible).
TL:DR Following (Ittiba means to follow) and Obeying (Ita'ah means to obey) the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) is preserved and that is in his sunnah which is in ahadeeth. If it isn't preserved, then the Quraan is false.
The Sunnah is a tafseer (explanation) of the Quraan
The Sunnah as already established is a revelation from Allaah. The Sunnah explains the parts of the Quraan which need elaboration and need to be set clear but "Quraniyoon" claim that the Book of Allaah (i.e the Quraan) is sufficient for everything. Let us put that to the test.
Allaah has obligated some duties upon His servants like Salaah, Zakaat, Hajj and so on. HOWEVER not every detail is found in the Quraan! Let us take Salaah and Zakaat as our examples on which we will expand
There seems to be 3 times of prayer per the Quraan. They are as follows
- An-Nur 24:58
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لِيَسْتَـْٔذِنكُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَـٰنُكُمْ وَٱلَّذِينَ لَمْ يَبْلُغُوا۟ ٱلْحُلُمَ مِنكُمْ ثَلَـٰثَ مَرَّٰتٍۢ ۚ مِّن قَبْلِ صَلَوٰةِ ٱلْفَجْرِ وَحِينَ تَضَعُونَ ثِيَابَكُم مِّنَ ٱلظَّهِيرَةِ وَمِنۢ بَعْدِ صَلَوٰةِ ٱلْعِشَآءِ ۚ.....
O you who have believed, let those whom your right hands possess and those who have not [yet] reached puberty among you ask permission of you [before entering] at three times before the dawn prayer and when you put aside your clothing [for rest] at noon and after the night prayer
So the dawn prayer (Fajr) and the night prayer (Isha) are confirmed here. BUT the time accurately is not mentioned. The Fajr prayer, is it prayed before the sunrise? during it? or after it? In the Arabic language, Fajr means daybreak or when the light comes on the horizon and one could assert that this is the time HOWEVER remember that they intentionally leave the word 'hadeeth' as it is because if you see the arabic of the word, it goes against their implied meaning. So you get two options. Either you admit there's no time for Fajr mentioned because if you take it's meaning in arabic, you also need to take 'hadeeth' wherever mentioned in it's arabic meaning too and once you do, then your argument on hadeeth being condemned falls OR you admit that the time accurately is not mentioned. When you admit this, you have contradicted yourself that everything is present in the Quraan! Both is a lose-lose situation.
As for the night prayer, which part of the night does it refer to? the first part, the second part, the third part? where is it mentioned? Nowhere!
- Al-Baqarah 2:238
حَـٰفِظُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلصَّلَوَٰتِ وَٱلصَّلَوٰةِ ٱلْوُسْطَىٰ وَقُومُوا۟ لِلَّهِ قَـٰنِتِينَ ٢٣٨
Maintain with care the [obligatory] prayers and [in particular] the middle prayer and stand before Allāh, devoutly obedient.
Here the last prayer, the "middle prayer" is confirmed. It's time however is derived from another verse
- Al-Isra 17:78
أَقِمِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ لِدُلُوكِ ٱلشَّمْسِ إِلَىٰ غَسَقِ ٱلَّيْلِ وَقُرْءَانَ ٱلْفَجْرِ ۖ إِنَّ قُرْءَانَ ٱلْفَجْرِ كَانَ مَشْهُودًۭا ٧٨
Establish prayer at the decline of the sun [from its meridian] until the darkness of the night and [also] the Qur’ān [i.e., recitation] of dawn. Indeed, the recitation of dawn is ever witnessed.
So we now know that the middle prayer is after the sun starts to decline and it's somewhere till the Isha prayer. So it's time should start at the 'decline of the sun' because there's no other time mentioned.
If that is so, then is it during the decline, after it has declined or when it has set? what's the time for this prayer?
They do not even know the times of their prayers! let alone actually praying. If I ask 5 "Quraaniyoon" how to pray, all 5 give me a different answer on how to pray through far-stretched attempts to form a coherent answer. BUT for us, we do not have such issues because sunnah which is the unrecited revelation makes it clear to us the times of prayer including the fact prayer is actually obligatory on 5 times, rather than 3 and also make it known to us how to offer our salaah and ahkam (rules) related to it. The "Quraaniyoon" on the other side? completely blank.
Let's take a look at Zakaat now, Allaah said
- At-Tawbah 9:103
خُذْ مِنْ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ صَدَقَةًۭ تُطَهِّرُهُمْ وَتُزَكِّيهِم بِهَا وَصَلِّ عَلَيْهِمْ ۖ إِنَّ صَلَوٰتَكَ سَكَنٌۭ لَّهُمْ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ ١٠٣
Take, [O Muḥammad], from their wealth a charity by which you purify them and cause them increase, and invoke [Allāh's blessings] upon them. Indeed, your invocations are reassurance for them. And Allāh is Hearing and Knowing.
Allaah also mentions this again and again alongside salaah so zakaat is very important. How do I pay it? What do I pay? and when do I pay? No answer is given except the fact I know WHO to give (9:60) but I don't know anything else. Is the Quraan unclear hence wrong? or is the interpretation of these fools wrong? We all know the answer to that. It is yet again the Sunnah which explains Zakaat and it's rulings and everything related to it is known. When to pay it, how much to pay, what is payed, everything is explained.
Let's take some other examples
- Al-Masad 111
تَبَّتْ يَدَآ أَبِى لَهَبٍۢ وَتَبَّ ١ مَآ أَغْنَىٰ عَنْهُ مَالُهُۥ وَمَا كَسَبَ ٢ سَيَصْلَىٰ نَارًۭا ذَاتَ لَهَبٍۢ ٣ وَٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ حَمَّالَةَ ٱلْحَطَبِ ٤ فِى جِيدِهَا حَبْلٌۭ مِّن مَّسَدٍۭ ٥
May the hands of Abū Lahab be ruined, and ruined is he. His wealth will not avail him or that which he gained. He will [enter to] burn in a Fire of [blazing] flame. And his wife [as well] - the carrier of firewood. Around her neck is a rope of [twisted] fiber.
So who is Abu Lahab and who is his wife? What did they do? No answer from the "quraaniyoon"
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At-Tawbah 9:25
لَقَدْ نَصَرَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ فِى مَوَاطِنَ كَثِيرَةٍۢ ۙ وَيَوْمَ حُنَيْنٍ ۙ إِذْ أَعْجَبَتْكُمْ كَثْرَتُكُمْ فَلَمْ تُغْنِ عَنكُمْ شَيْـًۭٔا وَضَاقَتْ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضُ بِمَا رَحُبَتْ ثُمَّ وَلَّيْتُم مُّدْبِرِينَ ٢٥
Allāh has already given you victory in many regions and [even] on the day of Ḥunayn, when your great number pleased you, but it did not avail you at all, and the earth was confining for you with [i.e., in spite of] its vastness; then you turned back, fleeing.
So I get Hunayn is a battle, and the Muslims won. When was it? who is it against? What happened? No answer.
- An-Nisa 4:34
ٱلرِّجَالُ قَوَّٰمُونَ عَلَى ٱلنِّسَآءِ بِمَا فَضَّلَ ٱللَّهُ بَعْضَهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍۢ وَبِمَآ أَنفَقُوا۟ مِنْ أَمْوَٰلِهِمْ ۚ فَٱلصَّـٰلِحَـٰتُ قَـٰنِتَـٰتٌ حَـٰفِظَـٰتٌۭ لِّلْغَيْبِ بِمَا حَفِظَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ وَٱلَّـٰتِى تَخَافُونَ نُشُوزَهُنَّ فَعِظُوهُنَّ وَٱهْجُرُوهُنَّ فِى ٱلْمَضَاجِعِ وَٱضْرِبُوهُنَّ ۖ فَإِنْ أَطَعْنَكُمْ فَلَا تَبْغُوا۟ عَلَيْهِنَّ سَبِيلًا ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ عَلِيًّۭا كَبِيرًۭا ٣٤
Men are in charge of women by what Allāh has given one over the other and what they spend [for maintenance] from their wealth. So righteous women are devoutly obedient, guarding in [the husband's] absence what Allāh would have them guard. But those from whom you fear arrogance - advise them; forsake them in bed; and, strike them. But if they obey you [once more], seek no means against them. Indeed, Allāh is ever Exalted and Grand.
So according to the Quraan ONLY, I can beat my wife. How hard? can I break her bones? or should I just break 2? Obviously no answer is available to this hence the "quraanist" must accept the fact that he can break his wife's bones as per the Quraan. The Sunnah however explains how 'hard' it should be. Ibn Abbas (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: "A light strike from a miswak." (A miswak is a small stick). In the Sunnah, we find that it should not be violent, nor on the face, nor should it leave a mark. Therefore it goes in line with Quraanic teachings. Let's take another interesting example, Allaah says
- Al-Baqarah 2:154
وَلَا تَقُولُوا۟ لِمَن يُقْتَلُ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ أَمْوَٰتٌۢ ۚ بَلْ أَحْيَآءٌۭ وَلَـٰكِن لَّا تَشْعُرُونَ ١٥٤
And do not say about those who are killed in the way of Allāh, "They are dead." Rather, they are alive, but you perceive [it] not.
and He says
- Aal 'Imran 3:169
وَلَا تَحْسَبَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ قُتِلُوا۟ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ أَمْوَٰتًۢا ۚ بَلْ أَحْيَآءٌ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ يُرْزَقُونَ ١٦٩
And never think of those who have been killed in the cause of Allāh as dead. Rather, they are alive with their Lord, receiving provision,
So the martyr who is killed in the way of Allaah (Fi Sabeel illah) is not dead and we cannot even think of them as dead. So this means they are alive. So what happens to the wealth of the man? What happens to his wife? what about his children? The man isn't dead, so therefore there is no inheritance to be done since the man is alive. His wife cannot marry again because she is still in his nikkah (since the man is not dead). The Sunnah explains what happens. He is alive in the life of Barzakh (but not worldly life) which is nothing like this life so as per the rules, the inheritance will be done, the woman can marry after her Iddah and that is how the Sunnah explains this matter, but the Quraan only? It doesn't therefore the "Quraanist" interpretation of verses that "everything is perfectly explained" is wrong!
Conclusion
This post was inspired to detail out the "Quraaniyoon" sect and show the ridiculousness of their arguments and sect and finish them in one single post which I believe (All praise is due to Allaah), I have accomplished. Similar detailed refutations of similar sects will be posted in due time, In'sha Allaah.
And Allaah is the source of all strength
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