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by Jawaid Ahmed (Author)
The Qur'anic Hadith and Sunnah is an in-depth look at the position of the reported sayings and practices of the Last Messenger of Allah, Muhammad, from the perspective of the Qur'an. We will look at what the Qur'an says about what is and what is not allowed to be followed in terms of religious obligations, beliefs and practices. Detailed, in context verses will be quoted extensively to show overwhelmingly that looking to the writings of the hadith authors and Imam school of thoughts, shirk sectarianism in normal parlance, for guidance is rejected by Allah and His Best Hadith, the Qur'an. It was a sunnah of the Messenger to follow the Qur'an alone and any and all speech, hadith, was based upon revealing the Qur'anic verses to his contemporaries who only used this to improve their lives beyond measure. The following sums this up in 4 verses:5:44 ...And whoever fails to judge or rule by what God has revealed, such are wrongdoers ('Zalimoon'). 5:47 ...And whoever fails to judge or rule by what God has revealed, are drifters from the right path ('Faasiqoon').5:48 (O Messenger) We have sent to you this Divine Writ, setting forth the truth. It confirms the remaining truth in the earlier Scriptures since it is a Watcher over them. So, judge between them by what God has revealed, and do not follow their desires diverging from the truth that has come to you. For each community among you We have appointed certain evolving trends and a traced-out way. If God had willed, He could have made you all one single community. But He decided to let you test yourselves by what (potentials) He has granted you. So, outdo one another in doing good to the society. To God you will all return, and He will then make you understand wherein you differed. [2:101, 2:148, 3:78, 21:92-93, 23:52. 'Muhaimin' = Watcher. 'Shari'ah' = Evolving trends of a community = Rites. 'Minhaaj' = A traced-out way = A set of laws. 'min-al-kitab' = From or remaining from the Scripture].5:49 So judge between them by what God has revealed. And do not follow their vain desires. Beware of them, lest they divert you from some of what God has revealed to you. If they turn away from the truth, be assured that God has decided to chastise them for some of their crimes. A great many people drift away from the right path. And this quote as an appetizer for the main course, rejecting the hadith requirement for rule making:2:168 (Declaring things permissible or forbidden is trying to 'rival' God.) O Mankind! Partake and enjoy the lawful, good and wholesome things of the earth, and do not follow the footsteps of the Satan. Indeed, he is an open enemy to you. [Satan, the rebellious desires, and satanic people lead people into transgressing. Mubeen = Open = Obvious = Known. ]2:169 He teaches you to create inequities in the society, lewdness and stinginess amounting to shame, and that you should say about God what you do not know. ['Fahasha' = Lewdness = Stinginess to the point of shame = Indecent acts. The satans in the society set up rules contrary to the Divine revelation. They make their own lists of permissible and forbidden and teach people that accumulation of wealth is perfectly alright. Nay, spend on God's servants all that is beyond your needs. ]2:170 When it is said to them, "Follow what God has revealed", they say, "Nay! We will follow the ways of our ancestors." What! Even though their ancestors (and the ancient Imams) were lacking in understanding and were not rightly guided? 2:171 The likeness of such blind followers is that (of a herd of sheep) which hear the shepherd's call, but hear in it nothing more than a sound and a shout. Deaf, dumb, blind, for they do not use their reason. [This is subhuman level of existence 7:179. 'Unq = Shepherd's call. Shepherd here pertains to religious leaders who have learned some meaningless words or tenets, and a herd of sheep is the masses that blindly follow them.]
