Hadith gives totally WRONG interpretations of the Quraan
Zainab_M:
Salaam Alaikum and thank you my brother. Yes, Hadith has completely taken people away from the Faith that Allah wants us to follow. I too take inspiration from ones like yourself because you're so correctly focused on the right aspect of Islam. As I have perceived much, both online and offline, there maybe more Muslims than we think who feel the same way as us about the interpolations en masse, but are unwilling to speak for fear of a fallout with their folks on grounds of misunderstandings. In fact, misunderstanding gets the better of many of them which makes them turn away. For that reason, I try my best to clarify one of the very important aspects that our critisizm of Hadith is NOT a critisizm of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), rather it's to protect him from the falsehoods and negative creativity of the human mind. This is an inherently stubborn characteristic of the human temperament that whenever a famous person passes away, the influential ones of the coming generations start making stories in the name of that well-known person to serve their own interest. I just pray that some day those brothers and sisters of ours who are more rational will grasp this aspect. Once this begins to happen, they will InshAllah, also grasp the courage to speak up for the truth. This is the only way they can return to the Glorious Quraan, when they realize that the only Hadith of the Prophet is the Glorious Quraan and none else. Even though the Prophet (pbuh) was known to be a man with immense humility and patience, yet I can imagine his furious reaction if anyone told him in his lifetime about keeping a man-written book alongside the Quraan some 200 years down the future.
I have put up many posts here detailing this concept. But there's one post on this subject written by Kassim Ahmed, a Malaysian academic, which is quite a masterpiece and which I advise everyone to read. It's the 5th and last chapter of his book "Hadith: A Re-evaluation" and this 5th chapter is titled "Return to Prophet Muhammad's Original Teachings." I've also put up the same in the Islamic Issues board by separating it into sections of Parts 1, 2, 3 and 4. If you get the time to go through it in your own good time, I think you'll love it.
I've also realized that if we want to call people to the Quraan, we have to face the matter squarely. Since Hadith has been instrumental is deviating people from the Quraan, therefore downplaying this obstacle won't help us to bring back the Quraan into the limelight.
AceOfHearts:
Quote from: Zeynab on December 25, 2008, 12:49:04 am
Salaam Alaikum and thank you my brother. Yes, Hadith has completely taken people away from the Faith that Allah wants us to follow. I too take inspiration from ones like yourself because you're so correctly focused on the right aspect of Islam. As I have perceived much, both online and offline, there maybe more Muslims than we think who feel the same way as us about the interpolations en masse, but are unwilling to speak for fear of a fallout with their folks on grounds of misunderstandings. In fact, misunderstanding gets the better of many of them which makes them turn away.
Thank you for your response sister. Yes, there are people who remain indifferent. However, as you will agree, this is only due to a lack of sincerity. Because if they had true sincerity, they would have gone beyond their current state and discovered Allah's guidance. Sometimes people like the idea of Qur'an alone because life seems easier and they dont like the nasty bits in Hadith. However, this approach is not entirely sincere as the primary reason to follow the Qur'an alone has to be one's desire to be a due servent of Allah and out of love for Allah, and ofcourse the other reasons fall in place.
I think I read part of the book much earlier. But for some reason, I cant seem to recall what the bits Ive read in the thread...so I will read it inshaAllah when I find some time. It certainly does look very interesting. If I am correct in my recalling, his book is banned in Malaysia.
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I've also realized that if we want to call people to the Quraan, we have to face the matter squarely. Since Hadith has been instrumental is deviating people from the Quraan, therefore downplaying this obstacle won't help us to bring back the Quraan into the limelight.
I agree with what you are sayinig. It is very important to address this obstacle. When I try to explain to a traditionalist religious concept however, I always try to start with something that we can agree on which is from the Qur'an. The approach I take is that the intention is to obey Allah better, it is not to simply reject hadith (they are as you know, very scared of being an outcast). Therefore, when the hadith issue comes up as it inevetible will, we are not accepting it because our duty is to serve Allah correctly who is commanding us in the Qur'an. The goal is find the most effective way to communicate the message of the Qur'an. However the lack of role of hadith in following the Qur'an will have to be grasped sooner or later to become a true believer who has Allah's approval and mercy.
Take care :)
Zainab_M:
Quote from: AceOfHearts on December 25, 2008, 11:01:42 pm
Sometimes people like the idea of Qur'an alone because life seems easier and they dont like the nasty bits in Hadith. However, this approach is not entirely sincere as the primary reason to follow the Qur'an alone has to be one's desire to be a due servent of Allah and out of love for Allah, and ofcourse the other reasons fall in place.
Absolutely right ..
Quote from: AceOfHearts on December 25, 2008, 11:01:42 pm
If I am correct in my recalling, his book is banned in Malaysia.
Yes brother, I also heard it was banned. That could very well be true. Any writing that glorifies Allah Almighty and His final Message, defends His final Messenger from false defamations and upholds the Truth is seen as a violation by the new brand of so-called believers of today.
Quote from: AceOfHearts on December 25, 2008, 11:01:42 pm
I agree with what you are sayinig. It is very important to address this obstacle. When I try to explain to a traditionalist religious concept however, I always try to start with something that we can agree on which is from the Qur'an. The approach I take is that the intention is to obey Allah better, it is not to simply reject hadith (they are as you know, very scared of being an outcast).
That's a very correct approach brother. I've also tried precisely this method many a times. But what has invariably happened is that most of these people have never read the Quraan. They've only heard a few verses being quoted by the imams along with tons of Hadiths. Those few who've read the Quraan have probably raced through it like a parrot sometime in the past without understanding a word. So, they really know nothing about it. As a result, when I start talking to them about the importance of the Quraan, they have no other substance to present for supporting the importance of the Quraan other than tying it up with the Hadith. As a result of that, they keep babbling the Hadith theories one after another that have no connection with the Quraan. So, my talk on the Noble Quraan gets over-shadowed by the notorious Hadith. I feel I've been trapped and unable to dodge the very thing I intended to bush aside. That's the reason I felt that if I want to promote the Quraan, I have to be politely upfront and clarify before I proceed that Hadith is NOT my piece of cake. Of course, this makes me an 'outcast' in their eyes from the start .. but, so be it. I'm helpless to change that :(
Quote from: AceOfHearts on December 25, 2008, 11:01:42 pm
Therefore, when the hadith issue comes up as it inevetible will, we are not accepting it because our duty is to serve Allah correctly who is commanding us in the Qur'an. The goal is find the most effective way to communicate the message of the Qur'an.
Yes, I totally agree. I've always maintained two prime reasons for eradicating the culture of Hadith - (1) Allah Almighty has told us not to consult any other book for guidance except the Noble Quraan and for this reason the Prophet (pbuh) confiscated and destroyed many hadiths during his lifetime, and whatever remained were similarly destroyed by Abu Bakr and Umar bin Khattab. (2) Since about 80% of Hadiths starkly contradict the Noble Quraan, therefore such Hadiths cannot even be accepted as a part of Arabic literature. That's because no piece of writing that contradicts the Quraan can ever be considered acceptable by a Muslim. Moreover, what makes it even worse, these contradictions are falsely dumped on the Prophet.
In my conversations with Hadithers, I've found that they don't have a problem admitting that the Quraan comes first (even though they know nothing about the Quraan). But what they stubbornly refuse to accept is no matter how bad or contradictory a Hadith is, they will not admit its obnoxious contents and they refuse to acknowledge that such an act is a mockery of the Quraan and the Prophet. It is on the basis of this view that they've constantly twisted my writings and equated rejection of Hadith with rejection of the Prophet. Nothing could be further from the truth. Needless to say, my intent is just the opposite. After accepting and upholding the Noble Quraan as the sole Book of guidance, rejecting the contradictions in the Hadith becomes necessary for defending the truth of the Quraan and the honesty of the Prophet.
Quote from: AceOfHearts on December 25, 2008, 11:01:42 pm
However the lack of role of hadith in following the Qur'an will have to be grasped sooner or later to become a true believer who has Allah's approval and mercy.
Exactly brother. Unless the scourge of Hadith is not erased, the Religion of Allah, as He has sent to us in the Noble Quraan, will not be revived. It seems to me that Allah Almighty will continue testing the people of this planet for sometime (which to us would seem a long time) and then bring the final Doom, when all His messengers and all His original Scriptures, particularly the Great Quraan which will remain original till the Last Day, will be witnesses against each such individual who flouted His Message in preference to human dictates.
May Allah continue to grant us insight and brighten our path with His Light so that we stay away from the ignorant who've paved their own path towards the final Doom.
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