Abdallahjei

¤ "To The Lovers of 'Hadith' : What's the interpretation of this 'Hadith' and Who are the Strangers mentioned?!" ¤ =>The Prophet , informed us that Islam began as a strange religion, and it will return to being strange just as it began. He, gave glad tidings to such strangers that they would enter Paradise! ¤

~ 1- The Quran contains clear commands for all Muslims to follow the Quran Alone, and reject all hadith. The Arabic word hadith in general means all human sayings, narrations, talk, stories., etc. In a more specific sense, the word 'hadith' refers to the personal sayings of the prophet Muhammad, and is regarded by the majority of scholars to be the second source of law after the Quran. This is despite the clear command given in the Quran to follow the Quran alone and reject all hadith. The following are examples:
- "These are God's revelations (Quran) that We recite to you truthfully. In which hadith other than God and His revelations (Quran) do they believe?" 45:6
- "Shall I seek other than God as a source of law , when He has revealed to you this bookfully detailed?" 6:114
- " This scripture (Quran) has been revealed to you - you shall not harbour doubt about it in your heart - that you may warn with it, and to provide a reminder for the believers. You shall all follow what is revealed to you from your Lord; do not follow any idols besides Him. Rarely do you take heed." 7:2-3
- "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 (Quran) are recited to 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
2- The word 'sunna' which is used in the Quran, means the way of doing things or methodology. Millions of Muslims today have been brought up to believe that all Muslims should follow the Quran and also the sunna of the prophet Muhammad.
However, the Quran confirms that the only sunna is the sunna of God. No where in the Quran is there any mention of a sunna for Muhammad!
"You will find that the sunna of Allah is the only sunna" (33:62..35:43...48:23)
3- The Quran confirms that the only duty of Muhammad (or of any messenger) is to deliver God's message. Messengers are not sent to advocate their own personal teachings. They are called messengers of God because they deliver a message from God.
"The only duty of the messenger is to deliver God'smessage" 5:99
The same message is found in 5:92, 16:35, 16:82, 24:54, 29:18, 42:48 and 64:12.
4- God commands the believers to obey God and obey the messenger, but God also makes sure that the obedience to the messenger is linked to obeying the message he delivered and nothing else. Obeying the messenger does not mean that the messenger issued additional teachings outside of the Quran.
The confirmation that the obedience of the messenger is linked to obeying the message he delivered (the Quran) is confirmed in the following verse:
"Obey God and obey the messenger. If you shall turn away then the sole duty of the messenger is to deliver the message (the Quran)" 64:12
Note how the obedience to the messenger and the deliverance of the Quran are linked in the same verse.
5- We never read any where in the Quran words like 'Obey God and obey Muhammad' or obey Jesus, or Moses. The words always say "the messenger". This is to emphasise that what is to be obeyed is the message of the messenger and not his personal words.
6- The Quran also confirms that Muhammad was commanded not to teach any other teachings, otherwise he would incur severe punishment from God:
"It (the Quran) is a revelation from the Lord of the universe. Had he (Muhammad) uttered any other teachings, We would have grabbed him by the right, and We would have severed his Wateen (Major artery of the heart), none of you could have helped him." 69:43-47
7- Muhammad was made to swear that the only revelation he received from God was the Quran. This exposes all the allegations which claim that Muhammad received revelations from God independent of the Quran, and which is referred to as 'Hadith Al-Qudsy' (sacred hadith).
"Say (O Muhammad) what is of the greatest testimony? Say: God is the witness between me and you, and this Quran has been inspired to me, that I may warn you and whomever it reaches" 6:19
If the 'Hadith Al-Qudsy' was truly a revelation received by Muhammad from God (as is falsely claimed) we would expect the Quran, being fully detailed, to include such confirmation. Needless to say, nowhere in the Quran is there any indication that Muhammad received anything from God other than the Quran.
8- Prophet Muhammad himself commanded his people not to write his hadith, this is documented in the collection of 'Muslim' and other books:
"Do not write down anything from me except the Quran. Whoever writes other than that should delete it" (Ahmed Ibn Hanbal, Vol. 1, page 171 also Sahih Muslim, Book 42, Number 7147) -[Source: Quran-islam]. ¤

~ There is a prevalent culture among Muslims where they only view the Qur'an as a way of gaining reward for reciting out loud the Arabic words correctly. Such people think that they hold the Qur'an in high esteem, but this only keeps them away from studying the Qur'an as they should. Parents teach their children how to pronounce the Arabic words and send their children to evening schools to learn to recite the Qur'an correctly. Such people do not deny the importance of the Qur'an, but their idea of the role of the Qur'an is extremely mistaken and shallow. It is merely to either gain reward for each letter recited or to validate Salah by reciting some short chapters. Members of this majority group may even enjoy listening to recitations of the Qur'an, not because of the message in the Verses, but to appreciate the melody, or for relaxation purposes!
What Islam is, is merely everything else they hear outside of the Qur'an. Such people consider themselves highly religious, while they hold such an ignorant approach to the Qur'an. They recite the Qur'an frequently, but the recitation does not have any bearing on them. Then, they take all their religious guidance from outside the Qur'an - they think those practices amount to fulfilling their duty to the Qur'an. Many of such ignorant people's ideas and practices are even against what the Qur'an has to say, while they are not aware of it - or are aware of it but deliberately ignore thinking about it, laying excuses such as 'I am not knowledgeable enough' or 'I am a laymen, more knowledgeable people have said this, who are you and me to question?'
The real purpose of the Qur'an is to give guidance to the individual human being who has been created to worship Allah. The Qur'an's guidance is in its meanings, not in the pronunciations of its Arabic letters. The guidance of the Qur'an is a mercy, cure and light for the true believers as it reveals many unknown secrets such as Allah's power, reasons to happening of events around us, and the true nature of Allah's religion. The Qur'an has been necessarily made easy to understand. But this majority have been bereft from this blessing, all while they are deceived into thinking they are following religion perfectly as they are fulfilling their own idea of what the purpose of the Qur'an is.
"We have sent down to you a Book containing your message. Do you not understand?" (Qur’an 21:10)
Thinking one is fulfilling their obligations toward the Qur'an by simply carrying out rituals such as prayer and fasting, without making the effort to find out what the Qur'an actually says about religion is a great deception. This is because the Qur'an is a Book to reflect upon, to learn from and to gain the necessary insight and wisdom it gives to be a real believer, this is a duty upon anyone who wants to be a Muslim. One cannot possibly be a true Muslim without having necessary knowledge and understanding of the Qur'an. If one only learns about the Qur’an from books written about the Qur’an, written by people, and does not feel the necessity to learn from theQur’an directly himself, he is only deceiving himself. Allah mentions this ignorant approach in the words, “Or do you have another book which you study?” (Qur’an 68:39).
Worship based on make-believing that Qur'an is being followed in the flow of the majority and under blind trust of leaders without a personal attachment to the Qur'an and knowledge of the Qur'an, holds little or no value in Allah's sight.
Let us ask ourselves: how much do we know about the Qur'an? Not superficial knowledge like the number of chapters or verses, or which city a chapter was revealed in, but the message in its Verses and their many intricacies and secrets. How much wisdom have you gained from the Qur'an? Have you read the entire Qur'an even once in your own language? How many times a day do you refer to the Verses of the Qur'an as you lead your day to day life? Are you sure whether any of your outlooks are from the Qur'an, or is your religion muddled?
“The words of your Lord are complete in its truth and justice. Nothing can change His Words – He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing. ''If you obeyed most of those on earth, they would lead you away from the path of Allah. They follow nothing but speculation – they are merely guessing.” (Qur’an 6:115-116)
"This too, is a blessed Book which We have sent down – follow it, and be conscious of your Lord, so that you may receive mercy – lest you say, ‘Books were sent to two communities before us: we were not aware of what they studied’, or ‘if only the Book had been sent down to us, we would have been better guided than them.’ Now your Lord has brought you clear evidence, guidance, and mercy. Who could be more wrong than someone who rejects Allah’s Revelations and turns away from them? We shall repay those who turn away with a painful punishment." (Qur’an 6:155-157) -[Source: Quranic-Path]. ¤

~ When we look back at our past, everything seems to be like a single moment. Years spent doing something seems to appear as one moment in time. For example, the many days you went to school, the thoughts that passed through your head as you waited for the bus. Or the many things you thought and felt as you washed the dishes over the years.
All the things you did in your life from this point on till the beginning of your life, does not seem representative of the effort it took to live through each moment of them. When you lived through those moments, you felt the stress, strain and anxiety of the mental and physical demands each situation posed on you. Yet, it all seems like it never happened now because it has come to pass and become a single point in memory, as if it all never happened.
The most interesting thing is that even when all of your history is but just one point in imagination, each and every single moment of life that you had to live through will be judged with scrutiny by Allah. Ultimately, did you do what you did in those moments trying to seek Allah's pleasure?
The following Verses of the Qur'an draws our attention to the above:
"By (the passing of) time! The human being is indeed in loss. Except those who believe, do good works, support one another with the truth, and support one another with perseverance." [Qur'an, Surah 103, Al-'Asr]
Points to note are that, Allah starts by saying 'By Time!', drawing our attention to how time passes as we noted above. All of what a person does in the time allocated to him in this life is 'indeed in loss'. However, the only exception is if the person was a believer who sincerely sought to earn Allah's pleasure in this world in every single moment of his life. The true believer kept in mind that these moments will come to pass very quickly, and only his sincere intentions and good works done in those very moments will be valued by Allah.
Therefore, what people should do is spend every moment being conscious of Allah. Orientating all deeds such as, kindness, justice, charity, humbleness, love, worship, purely to seek the pleasure of Allah. Otherwise, the individual will find nothing at the end of his life to show Allah, and will be as the Verse indicates, one of those in loss by the passing of time. -[Source: Quranist-Path]. ¤

~ One of the arguments one will put forth is that one has to know hadith books before understanding the Qur'an to help clarify the verses or elaborate on areas where he thinks the Qur'an is unclear. As stated, by this way, he enters into a world of secondary sources littered with un-Quranic teachings and outlook to religion. Allah states that the interpretation of the Qur'an, is in the Qur'an it self. In other words, the Qur'an explains its own self:
"We have brought them a Scripture - We have explained it on the basis of knowledge - as guidance and mercy for those who believe." (Qur’an 7:52)
“This is how We explain Our revelations in various ways” (Qur’an 6:105)
"See how We explain the revelations, perhaps they may comprehend." (Qur'an 6:65)
"It is such that We clarify the revelations to a people who think." (Qur’an 10:24)
That is, Allah has explained the Qur'an as He says, "We have explained it", not the Prophet or the people around him and that these explanations are clear for a people who ponder over the verses, "to a people who think." .
Such a person actually has not truly believed nor surrendered to Allah to the standard required by the Qur'an as he has not developed himself with Quranic lessons. This relationship of 'attitude to the Qur'an' with 'devotion to Allah' is revealed within the above verse, 7:52, where it is stated that Allah Himself explains the verses, and He makes it guidance and mercy only to those who believe in Him.
The Qur'an contains all the correct information about religion and is a guide for individuals.
Most people however, do not know much about the Qur'an.
"We have sent down The Reminder and We will guard it" (Qur'an 15:9)
Ofcourse, it follows: what is the purpose of protecting the Qur'an from corruption, if its meanings can only be reached through corruptible sources, such as hadith works developed between 200 to 700 years after the Prophet's death? There would be no point as the purpose would be defeated. Therefore, it only adds more sense to why Allah has contained the Qur'an's interpretation within the Qur'an itself, just as Allah states in the verses.
"Alif Lam Ra. These are the signs of the Scripture, and a clear Qur'an." (Qur’an 15:1)
Allah has rebuked those who have nothing better to do than to write and follow more books beyond what He has revealed:
"Should We treat the ones who have surrendered the same as those who are criminals? What is wrong with you, how do you judge? Or do you have another book which you study? In it do you find whatever you wish to find?" (Qur’an 68:36-38)
There are no orders in the Qur'an to follow any book other than the Qur'an. Ofcourse, we have practices such as Salah and Hajj. It does not justify nor accept contradictory teachings to the Qur'an, or taking up an attitude where one does not research the Qur'an directly himself. Salah and Hajj are living practices for believers. The believer must take the Qur'an as a guide and disregard un-Quranic elements, should any arise. Some people make questions such as where in the Qur'an are these practices taught. These practices are living practices among us, just as we learn practices such as cooking, driving a car etc. As a general rule, all practices are valid so long as they conform with the values, ethics and principles of the Qur'an. Though most people will agree with this statement, this is not the case in practice - since much of people's practice and thinking violates Allah'sBook. How can one have this Quranic criterion of judgement if he or she does not study the Qur'an directly? One first has to understand the Qur'an in order to judge everything he sees. But, if the person maintains that understanding the Qur'an must involve going through and accepting the other sources via so-called learned-men and ignores the Quran's statement that it explains itself, then he has already accepted the very thing the Qur'an should judge over and will have an extremely clouded and preconceived view of the Qur'an. One must develop true faith in Allah through an understanding of the Qur'an before doing anything else.
"Believers, if you have mindfulness of Allah, He will give you a criterion, and will cleanse you of your sins and forgive you. Allah’s favour is indeed immense." (Qur'an 8:29)
Those who wish to remove people away from the Book revealed by Allah have the only tactic to take verses and twist them to their liking. Their twists are strikingly obvious to the genuine follower of the Qur'an - the truth is no match for falsehood.
“The words of your Lord are complete in its truth and justice. Nothing can change His words – He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing. If you obeyed most of those on earth, they would lead you away from the path of Allah. They follow nothing but speculation – they are merely guessing.” (Qur’an 6:115-116). :[Source: Quranist-Path] ¤