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1.
Qur’an is the Best Hadith
God is more truthful in hadith and has revealed the best hadith.
This means all other man-made hadith are by definition less
truthful and of
lesser quality. How can the inferior be used to supplement or
complete the
superior?
2. Not
All Prophetic Speech Was
Divine Guidance
Qur’an 33:53 shows that some of the Prophet’s words were private
and not divine
instruction. Therefore, not everything the Prophet said was
revelation.
3.
God’s Word Choice Matters
If Hadith were meant to be followed, God would not have used the
word *hadith*
in ways that cast doubt or rejection on it. To believe otherwise
is to claim
God deliberately sowed confusion, which is theologically
untenable.
4. No
Method to Distinguish
Divine from Personal
Neither the Qur’an nor the Prophet left any method to identify
which of his
sayings were divine guidance and which were personal. This would
mean God/Prophet
left the community in confusion, again theologically untenable.
5. The
Prophet Was Fallible
The Qur’an
shows the Prophet was corrected, proving not everything he did
was divinely
guided. Since he was no innovator among messengers (46:9), we
face a forced
choice:
* If he innovated a secondary source of law, this contradicts
the Qur’an.
* If he did not innovate, this refutes the authority of hadith
as independent
law.
6.
Prophet Could Not Legislate
Qur’an 66:1 shows the Prophet could not even prohibit things for
himself. It is
therefore logically and theologically untenable that he could
legislate for the
entire community outside the Qur’an.
7.
Contradictions Disqualify
Hadith
One of God’s standards for divine revelation is
non-contradiction (4:82). No
matter how rigorous human systems of hadith verification are,
they cannot rival
God’s standard. Since hadith are riddled with
inaccuracies/contradictions, they
fail the Qur’an’s own test for truth.
8.
Form of Revelation is Only
Qur’an
The Qur’an defines revelation (wahi) as coming only in the form
of ayat and
surahs. Since prophetic hadith are not in this form, they cannot
be revelation.
9.
Trading the Better for the
Lesser
The Qur’an condemns exchanging God’s superior guidance for
lesser substitutes.
Replacing or supplementing the Qur’an with hadith is precisely
such an exchange
— which the Qur’an itself criticizes.
10.
God’s Guidance Unites,
Man-made Words Divide
The Qur’an emphasizes that divine guidance brings unity, while
false guidance
creates division. History shows the Qur’an unites while hadith
aids sectarian
splits — proof that hadith is man-made misguidance.
11.
Authority Is One, Not Two
The Qur’an’s phrase “obey God and the messenger” is undeniably a
single
obedience through one source. To interpret it as two separate
authorities
produces absurdities: two jihads, two migrations, two treaties.
The only
coherent reading is unity of obedience.
12.
One Source of Law
The Qur’an establishes that unconditional authority lies solely
with the rasūl
in his role as the conveyor of divine revelation, while a nabi’s
actions may be
morally instructive but not legally binding in the same way. As
a result, the
dual-source premise underlying the hadith-based legal system
collapses, and even
perfectly preserved nabi reports cannot constitute an
independent, binding
source of divine law.
13.
Reality Check Test
The Qur’an instructs believers to test truth against reality
(41:53). The
Qur’an passes this test; hadith does not. Therefore, hadith
fails one of the
Qur’an’s verification mechanisms.
14.
Prophet Admits He Cannot
Guide
The Prophet himself admitted he cannot harm or guide. Serving or
obeying such
is condemned in the Qur’an. By extension, making his alleged
hadith an
authority is condemned at its very core.
15.
God Guides Directly
God, who needs no guidance and is the sole guide, is more worthy
of following
than a fallible human who himself needs guidance. Thus, the
Qur’an condemns
reliance on hadith as a secondary source of guidance. Hadith is
zann/speculation, which is condemned.
16.
Qur’an Declares Itself
Complete
The Qur’an repeatedly affirms it is clear, complete, detailed
and contains
every necessary example. To claim it needs supplementation by
hadith
contradicts the Qur’an directly and undermines its authority.