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Originally Posted by Sohel NR
Thank you Rifat. I've always appreciated your good faith ability to engage in civil conversation with those who do not agree with you on certain matters. Some of the Takfiri fanatics, zealots and terrorism apologists with monumental egos in this forum, guys who've made themselves and their gurus virtual partners with GOD by being absolute masters of GOD's truth, have a lot to learn from you when it comes to real Taqwa and Adab.
That being said, the Quran being the fully detailed, divine revelation is totally unambiguous*. The Quran describes itself as the final revelation in a series of revelations. Those earlier revelations are at once confirmed and superseded by the Quran. Superseded when certain parts of those earlier revelations specifically abrogated when they are in the Quran. The Hadith and subsequent scholarship, as important and valuable as they may be on many occasions, are not a part of divine revelation, period. To say that is to directly contradict the Speech of GOD our Lord. GOD calls on His true believers to make sure not to fall in the trap of idol-worship by following the words of some scholars instead of the Speech of GOD. See Quran 9:31
*See Quran 6:114, 7:52, 11:1, 41:3, 10:37 and 12:111. Also see Quran 18:109.
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again JazakAllah khairan(may Allah reward you with good) for your kind words.
yes, The Hadith is not divine revelation. Qur'an is and always has been(and will be) the primary source of knowledge and guidance in Islam.
and I also agree that many Scholars(well known and well-respected) many times give questionable fatwa, we should respect them for their scholarship but their words will never ever be taken as absolute truth or to that level like the Qur'an. They are human too...
In my opinion, one of the problems in this ummah is that sometimes certain opinions of certain scholars are taken as absolute truth while the central message of Qur'an is put on the side....but this is another topic!
with that being said, The Historical Context of the ahadith cannot be neglected when it comes to understanding Qur'an. understanding the Life of the Messenger(may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) and his righteous companions(may Allah's peace be upon them) helps us understand the development of Islam and how Allah guided the believers from being the weakest -> Strongest through patience, sacrifice and heavy trials. Those of us who respect the Ahadith(Sayings of the Prophet Mohammad(SalAllahu A'laihe wasallam), respect the messenger to the level of emulating his noble character and his message, never claimed to equate it with The Qur'an or anything close to it,
we just entirely disagree with the notion they are to be rejected altogether or it has absolutely no role in Islam. That's the KEY difference!