Quran Only- What The Hadith Acceptors Misunderstand- The Myths

unknownuser

peace, i will let the quran do the talking

Say, "If the ocean were ink for the words of my Lord, the ocean would run out, before the words of my Lord run out, even if we double the ink supply."

If all the trees on earth were made into pens, and the ocean supplied the ink, augmented by seven more oceans, the words of GOD would not run out. GOD is Almighty, Most Wise.

You shall recite what is revealed to you of your Lord's scripture. Nothing shall abrogate His words, and you shall not find any other source beside it.

unknownuser

peace "ike" brother,

You shall recite what is revealed to you of your Lord's scripture. Nothing shall abrogate His words, and you shall not find any other source beside it.

what i don't understand is that "the scripture"? what words did allah use in the quran to describe scripture? is it the theoratical quran only(my viewpoint concerning al furqaan which is it contains a brief introduction of all life's laws while we discover them) or real life application? do you know?

peace, rifat

unknownuser

peace

the word used for 'the scripture' is al-kitab (also true to my best knowledge of the free-minds/progressive translation)

scripture is anything delived to a prohpet by God. That's what makes a prophet different than a messenger, a prophet brings a scripture.

unknownuser

peace

the word used for 'the scripture' is al-kitab (also true to my best knowledge of the free-minds/progressive translation)

scripture is anything delived to a prohpet by God. That's what makes a prophet different than a messenger, a prophet brings a scripture.

Peace bro

can you please explain to me when a prophet that is also a messenger, how it works?

Salam

bmbmm

As Salaam Alaikum,

I would like for this thread to be a general clarification of what "Quran Only" people believe. hopefully you all could add on to it.

Myth- Muslims Who Follow Quran Only Don't Belieive in Obeying The Messenger

Those who follow the Quran only do believe in obeying the Messenger! For goodness sakes, in the Quran it say to obey the Messenger! But we don't obey the Prophet through hadiths though. Instead we obey the Prophet Muhammad through what we read in the Quran.

For instance, if you read the Quran you would see that Allah did not directly tell people a number of things. Such as he did not directly tell women to cover themselves, he did not directly tell people to abstain from alchohol, and he also did not tell people to say certain things during salaat, INSTEAD he told the Prophet Muhammad to tell people these things. These are the things that many of us follow, therefore we ARE obeying the Messenger.

Myth- "Quran Only" means you seek no help or advice from anyone else concerning religious doctrine

WRONG.

"Quran only" is not about not seaking help or adivce from other people concerning religious doctrine. What it means is that the Quran is the ONLY religious authority.

We do NOT beleive that hadiths are meant to be followed because we do not believe that the Quran mandates them, therefore we do not follow them! Those of you who accept hadiths believe that they are, but we do not!

We do not accept "religious rules" when these rules cannot be found in the Quran, or when there is no logical reasoning to support a "rule" in the Quran.

ok that's all that I can think of for now.lol

salaam

Salam,

The job of the messenger is "just to deliever the clear message". Now the question is what is the message? What we know is that the message is protected by Allah. The message was completed before the Prophed died. The message is the book/Quran. We obey the messenger by following the Quran and thats all. Although he was a leader as well for his community and its OK for people to listen to him at that time. Today we have leaders as well, whether they are Muslims or not. The Quran inform us to follow those who are in authority.

Me myself was a little confused about the hadith as well. I suggest you read all of it, refer it to the Message (Quran), and hopefully you will reject his corruption. I had to reject it, as what happen is God send the message to the Jew and the Christians, but they corrupted it and likewise the Muslims have been doing the same damn thing. I am glad the Quran can not be changed. The only problem is that the understanding of the Arabic words have been corrupted or been frozen in the past by the understanding of primitive-desert Arabs. Translations are another problem.

Peace

bmbmm

just a small clarification, al quran doesn't say to obey prophet Muhammad, it says to obey the messenger. this clearly emphasises the role.

Salam

Very good point Wakas!

bmbmm

peace

You made some good points Noprogressive. I would like to add something to those two things

All "Hadith rejecters" accept Rashad Khalifa's doctrine.
they dont.

sorry for such a long explanation.

Well, I don't! Sorry for such a shot reply o

bmbmm

Peace sister

Good thread.

I'll add on a few

Those who reject hadith only do so cause they are lazy and don't want to perform (insert random ritual/rule here)

I've found that most of us who do reject hadith only do so after years of reflection and sincere research/study to find the true deen. Not because we want to duck out of our duties but rather because we genuinely want to know what God wants of us. Far from taking the easy way out, this journey takes far more time/study/thought/reflection. Further, since we don't blindly imitate the scholars of the past, we have to "start fresh" for lack of a better phrase. For most of us, this takes a large paradigmatic shift in worldview and is anything but easy. We take nothing for granted and question everything. Again, none of this is easy or "lazy."

Those who reject hadith hate/disrespect the Prophet

You hear this quite often. If you reject hadith which are attributed to the Prophet, you hate him. You don't only hear it with the Prophet; they'll say things like, "Aisha related this hadith, do you hate Aisha too? Do you think Aisha was lying?" This is all besides the point. Quite simply, we say that these accounts were later created and attributed to the Prophet. This is simple history. This is human nature. Far from disrespecting the Prophet, we believe we are bringing the deen back to the way Muhammad/Abraham/Moses/Jesus/etc. practiced it. We believe following these man-made accounts that were related in his name is what disrespects the Prophet and paints him in a negative light.

Those who reject hadith simply don't know the real rules of Islam or have misunderstood what Islam is all about

I hear this a lot. Sunnis will assume those of us who reject hadith havent studied or simply speak from ignorance. They proudly show you verses like "Obey God and obey the Messenger" as if it's something we've never noticed.

Those who reject hadith are trying to imitate Western culture

This idea manifests itself in different ways and is a variation of the 1st point I made. They think you are trying to be lazy and take the easy way out, which they see as Western ideals. To them, its not possible that you may interpret the Qur'an differently after much study. To them, it MUST be that you're someone who is lazy and who is not pious/faithful enough to follow the myriad rules/rituals of the true Islam.

That's all for now. I know there are plenty more.

Salam brother,

I do not think they are lazy, I myself a Quran Only, work very hard doing research on Cancer so as to save lives. We work hard to balance the established harmony of Allah here. I see ritual as something from the Satan. Anyway what have the molvi and the beard guys have achieved in the mosques?

CavemanDoctor

Peace sister

Good thread.

I'll add on a few

Those who reject hadith only do so cause they are lazy and don't want to perform (insert random ritual/rule here)

I've found that most of us who do reject hadith only do so after years of reflection and sincere research/study to find the true deen. Not because we want to duck out of our duties but rather because we genuinely want to know what God wants of us. Far from taking the easy way out, this journey takes far more time/study/thought/reflection. Further, since we don't blindly imitate the scholars of the past, we have to "start fresh" for lack of a better phrase. For most of us, this takes a large paradigmatic shift in worldview and is anything but easy. We take nothing for granted and question everything. Again, none of this is easy or "lazy."

Those who reject hadith hate/disrespect the Prophet

You hear this quite often. If you reject hadith which are attributed to the Prophet, you hate him. You don't only hear it with the Prophet; they'll say things like, "Aisha related this hadith, do you hate Aisha too? Do you think Aisha was lying?" This is all besides the point. Quite simply, we say that these accounts were later created and attributed to the Prophet. This is simple history. This is human nature. Far from disrespecting the Prophet, we believe we are bringing the deen back to the way Muhammad/Abraham/Moses/Jesus/etc. practiced it. We believe following these man-made accounts that were related in his name is what disrespects the Prophet and paints him in a negative light.

Those who reject hadith simply don't know the real rules of Islam or have misunderstood what Islam is all about

I hear this a lot. Sunnis will assume those of us who reject hadith havent studied or simply speak from ignorance. They proudly show you verses like "Obey God and obey the Messenger" as if it's something we've never noticed.

Those who reject hadith are trying to imitate Western culture

This idea manifests itself in different ways and is a variation of the 1st point I made. They think you are trying to be lazy and take the easy way out, which they see as Western ideals. To them, its not possible that you may interpret the Qur'an differently after much study. To them, it MUST be that you're someone who is lazy and who is not pious/faithful enough to follow the myriad rules/rituals of the true Islam.

That's all for now. I know there are plenty more.

Salam brother,

I do not think they are lazy, I myself a Quran Only, work very hard doing research on Cancer so as to save lives. We work hard to balance the established harmony of Allah here. I see ritual as something from the Satan. Anyway what have the molvi and the beard guys have achieved in the mosques?

Peace bmbmm. I think you misunderstood my post; read it again. I'm saying there is a misconception that those who follow the Qur'an alone are lazy. I obviously disagree with that misconception.

bmbmm

Salam,

Sincere apologies to CavemanDoctor for my lack of attention to his post.

Navid

Peace

Awalam yanthuroo fee malakooti alssamawati waal-ardi wama khalaqa Allahu min shay-in waan AAasa an yakoona qadi iqtaraba ajaluhum fabi-ayyi hadeethin baAAdahu yu/minoona

Have they not looked at the dominion of the heavens and the earth, and all the things GOD has created? Does it ever occur to them that the end of their life may be near? Which Hadith, beside this, do they believe in?

Wamina alnnasi man yashtaree lahwa alhadeethi liyudilla AAan sabeeli Allahi bighayri AAilmin wayattakhithaha huzuwan ola-ika lahum AAathabun muheenun

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.

Allahu nazzala ahsana alhadeethi kitaban mutashabihan mathaniya taqshaAAirru minhu juloodu allatheena yakhshawna rabbahum thumma taleenu julooduhum waquloobuhum ila thikri Allahi thalika huda Allahi yahdee bihi man yashao waman yudlili Allahu fama lahu min hadin

GOD has revealed herein the best Hadith; a book that is consistent, and points out both ways (to Heaven and Hell). The skins of those who reverence their Lord cringe therefrom, then their skins and their hearts soften up for GOD's message. Such is GOD's guidance; He bestows it upon whoever wills (to be guided). As for those sent astray by GOD, nothing can guide them.

Tilka ayatu Allahi natlooha AAalayka bialhaqqi fabi-ayyi hadeethin baAAda Allahi waayatihi yu/minoona

These are GOD's revelations that we recite to you truthfully. In which Hadith other than GOD and His revelations do they believe?

Peace.

unknownuser