Fatwa: # 17948
Category: Misc. Fiqh
Country: United Kingdom
Date: 18th May 2009

Title

Unanswered

Question

Why we need Hadith, if ALLAH says Quran is the only perfect Book ?

We believe that the Quran is "The book of ALLAH, The words of ALLAH, The Order of ALLAH"

Following are different verses of Quran, where ALLAH says

1. This is the only book which is the perfect (La-raib) has not doubts. Mean (which i think) ALLAH is saying every other book is doubtful.
2. We (ALLAH) have explained the verses of quran. So that one can understand.
3. This is the muffasil booking. Mean it contains all the details.
4. Yas-sarna ... we(ALLAH) have made the quran easily understandable.
5. This is a book of guidance, for those who need the guidance.
6. This is our (ALLAH) Book, our words and we ourself protect this.

and many more

NOW ALLAH told this to everybody to read the quran to get the guidance and ever other thing is doubtful. ALLAH made this book for everyone and not for a single person OR group of person. The order and words of ALLAH has every priority over words of any human.

Muhammad SAW asked Suhaba to remember Quran OR write but never asked to write hadith. Nowhere in Quran ever mention to get guidance for hadith but only from within Quran.

None of the early Hadith writer were Arab. Shafi and Bukhari are from east and they have started this process of writing hadith AFTER more than 100 years.

Question: So if everything is avaible in Quran (which ALLAH is saying not at all doubtful) then why do we need the hadith ?

This also mean every thing which we are doing outside of Quran is doubtful as well.

Kindly be polite, rational and to the point. I definately know other verses like "wa-atee-ullah wa-atee-ur-rasool" and many more. But i came here for a healthy debate and better understand with good logic as well.

Thank you.

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