QURANIC VERSES AGAINST THE HADITH

 CAN THE HADITH BE USED AS ISLAMIC LAW?

Many Muslims believe that the hadith of the Prophet Muhammad can be used as Islamic law. However, God says in the Quran that following any law besides the Quran is forbidden.

أَفَغَيْرَ اللَّهِ أَبْتَغِي حَكَمًا وَهُوَ الَّذِي أَنزَلَ إِلَيْكُمُ الْكِتَابَ مُفَصَّلًا

Then is it other than Allah I should seek as judge while it is He who has revealed to you the Book explained in detail? … (6:114 part)

تِلْكَ آيَاتُ اللَّهِ نَتْلُوهَا عَلَيْكَ بِالْحَقِّ ۖ فَبِأَيِّ حَدِيثٍ بَعْدَ اللَّهِ وَآيَاتِهِ يُؤْمِنُونَ

These are the verses of Allah which We recite to you in truth. Then in what statement (hadith) after Allah and His verses will they believe? (45:6)

فَبِأَيِّ حَدِيثٍ بَعْدَهُ يُؤْمِنُونَ

Then in what statement after it (the Qur’an) will they believe? (77:50)

مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ أَمْ لَكُمْ كِتَابٌ فِيهِ تَدْرُسُونَ إِنَّ لَكُمْ فِيهِ لَمَا تَخَيَّرُونَ

What is [the matter] with you? How do you judge? Or do you have a book / scripture in which you learn that indeed for you in it is whatever you choose? (68:36–38)

CONCLUSION 

These verses make it very clear that the only source by which to judge according to Islam is the Quran and nothing else. God even specifically questions why people would believe in any hadith after the Quran has been revealed.

The BEST HADITH is ALLAH HADITH 

Many Muslims believe this hadith or that hadith of the Prophet Muhammad is the best hadith. However, God says in the Quran that God’s own hadith (the Quran) is the best.

اللَّهُ نَزَّلَ أَحْسَنَ الْحَدِيثِ كِتَابًا مُّتَشَابِهًا مَّثَانِيَ …

Allah has sent down the BEST STATMENT (AHSAN HADITH): a CONSISTENT BOOK WHEREIN is REITERATION. … (39:23 part)

CONCLUSION 

This verse makes it VERY CLEAR that the Quran, which is the WORD (STATEMENT / SAYING) of ALLAH, is the BEST HADITH that is consistent and WITHOUT CONTRADICTION. 

As such, WHY WOULD ANYONE CHOOSE to FOLLOW an INFERIOR SAYING (hadith) such as the HADITH COMPILED by BUKHARI, MUSLIM, and OTHERS, MANY of WHICH CONTAIN CONTRADICTIONS?

IS THE QURAN INCOMPLETE SUCH THAT WE NEED THE HADITH?

MANY MUSLIMS BELIEVE that the HADITH of the PROPHET MUHAMMAD is NECESSARY to COMPLETE the QURAN.

 However, ALLAH says in the QURAN that the QURAN is COMPLETE (6:115, 6:38).

وَتَمَّتْ كَلِمَتُ رَبِّكَ صِدْقًا وَعَدْلًا ۚ لَّا مُبَدِّلَ لِكَلِمَاتِهِ ۚ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ

And the word of your RABB has been FULFILLED / COMPLETED in TRUTH and in JUSTICE. NONE CAN ALTER HIS WORDS, and He is the Hearing, the Knowing. (6:115)

وَمَا مِن دَابَّةٍ فِي الْأَرْضِ وَلَا طَائِرٍ يَطِيرُ بِجَنَاحَيْهِ إِلَّا أُمَمٌ أَمْثَالُكُم ۚ مَّا فَرَّطْنَا فِي الْكِتَابِ مِن شَيْءٍ ۚ ثُمَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ يُحْشَرُونَ

And there is no creature on [or within] the earth or bird that flies with its wings EXCEPT [that they are] COMMUNITIES like you. WE HAVE NOT NEGLECTED in the BOOK (Quran) a thing. Then unto their RABB THEY will be GATHERED. (6:38)

CONCLUSION 

These VERSES make it VERY CLEAR that the QURAN is COMPLETE. ALLAH even specifically says that He DID NOT NEGLECT ANYTHING FROM THE QUR'AN. 

To ARGUE that the QURAN ISN'T ’t COMPLETE because, for example, it DOESN'T ’t DETAIL HOW to PRAY the WAY MUSLIMS CURRENTLY PRAY is no DIFFERENT than saying that MUSLIMS DONT ’t BELIEVE EVERYTHING that ALLAH SAYS in the QURAN. (Below, it will be proven that the details of prayer were given to Abraham and passed down thru the generations . Praying did not begin with Muhammad). Since Muslims must believe everything in the Quran, Muslims therefore must genuinely believe and accept the fact that the Quran is complete. Furthermore, since God is Perfect, it would make no sense to believe that the Quran is incomplete as if God was too busy to finish authoring it.

IS THE QURAN NOT FULLY DETAILED SUCH THAT WE NEED THE HADITH?

Many Muslims believe that the hadith of the Prophet Muhammad is necessary to provide details that are missing from the Quran. However, God says in the Quran that the Quran is fully detailed of all things.

أَفَغَيْرَ اللَّهِ أَبْتَغِي حَكَمًا وَهُوَ الَّذِي أَنزَلَ إِلَيْكُمُ الْكِتَابَ مُفَصَّلًا

Then is it OTHER THAN ALLAH I SHOULD SEEK as JUDGE while it is He WHO HAS REVEALED to you the BOOK EXPLAINED in DETAIL? … (6:114 part)

لَقَدْ كَانَ فِي قَصَصِهِمْ عِبْرَةٌ لِّأُولِي الْأَلْبَابِ ۗ مَا كَانَ حَدِيثًا يُفْتَرَىٰ وَلَٰكِن تَصْدِيقَ الَّذِي بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَتَفْصِيلَ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةً لِّقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ

There was certainly in their STORIES a LESSON for THOSE of UNDERSTANDING. NEVER was the QURAN ’AN a NARRATION INVENTED, but a CONFIRMATION of WHAT WAS BEFORE it and a DETAILED EXPLANATION of all THINGS and GUIDANCE and MERCY for a PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE. (12:111)

كِتَابٌ فُصِّلَتْ آيَاتُهُ قُرْآنًا عَرَبِيًّا لِّقَوْمٍ يَعْلَمُونَ

A Book WHOSE VERSES have been DETAILED, an ARABIC QURAN ’an for a PEOPLE WHO KNOW, (41:3)

الر ۚ كِتَابٌ أُحْكِمَتْ آيَاتُهُ ثُمَّ فُصِّلَتْ مِن لَّدُنْ حَكِيمٍ خَبِيرٍ

Alif, Lam, Ra. [This is] a BOOK WHOSE VERSES are PERFECTED and then PRESENTED in DETAIL FROM [one who is] WISE and ACQUAINTED. (11:1)

CONCLUSION 

These verses make it very clear that the QURAN is DETAILED. ALLAH even specifically says that it is “a DETAILED EXPLANATION of ALL THINGS.”

 TO ARGUE that the QURAN ISN'T  DETAILED BECAUSE,

 for example, 

IT DOESN'T ’t DETAIL HOW TO PRAY the WAY MUSLIMS CURRENTLY PRAY is NO DIFFERENT THAN SAYING that MUSLIMS DON'T ’ BELIEVE EVERYTHING that ALLAH SAYS IN THE QURAN.

 SINCE MUSLIMS MUST BELIEVE EVERYTHING in the QURAN, MUSLIMS THEREFORE MUST GENUINELY BELIEVE and ACCEPT the FACT THAT the QURAN IS DETAILED.