THE QUR’AN AND SUNNAH ARE EQUAL AS SOURCES OF LEGISLATION Here, let us start off with an important point and that is an important point regarding obedience to the Messenger. That when there is an authentic Hadith in the context of proving something, belief, basically matters of legislation, it is at the same level as the Qur’an. If I tell you authentic Hadith as proof, and when we talk we talk about only authentic Hadith, about something, then that is just as if you found it in the Qur’an. No difference. In matters of Halaal, Haraam, do or do not, it is same. يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَه... Anfaal:20 وَأَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُوا الرَّسُول...َ al-Maedah:92 It never said, obey, and then, Thumma ( ث). It says Wa ( َو), Wa means and. Thumma means, and then, it always uses Wa. Some use the supposed Hadith, that it is rare to open a book of Usool, of the old books, and find this Hadith not in there. And it is when the Prophet sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam supposedly sent Mu’adh to Yemen, which he did, but this portion of the Hadith is correct. The other portion, he asked him, what are you going to judge by? He said, by the Qur’an. He said, if you do not find it in the Qur’an? He said, I will go to the Sunnah. He said, what if you do not find it in the Sunnah? You go the Ijmaa’. The latter portion of the Hadith is what we are talking about here. The saying gives preference to the Qur’an in matters we mentioned, and that would have been a strong proof opposing what I just said. The only problem is that it is not attributed to the Prophet sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam in the fact that both its Sanad (سند) and its Matn (متن) are Munkar (منكر) The chain and the Hadith itself are classified as Munkar. Matters of legislation, Haraam and Halaal in both the Qur’an and the Sunnah, are equal. Applying matters of belief found in the Qur’an and the Sunnah, is equal. Applying matters of worship found in the Qur’an and the Sunnah are equal. Applying matters dealing with others, matters that pertain to rules and regulations when dealing with others found in the Qur’an and the Sunnah, are the same. What is in the authentic Sunnah, when you do it and you are told to do it, is no different than when it is in the Qur’an telling you to do it. No difference. Meaning, when Allah says do, do not, and the Prophet sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam says do and do not, it is the same. Why? Because both the Qur’an and the Sunnah came to us on the tongue of the Prophet Muhammad sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam. We got it through the tongue of the Prophet Muhammad sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam. The meaning of both revelation, the Qur’an and the Sunnah, is from Allah. You are obligated to do what you are told in both the Qur’an and the Sunnah. Of course, the authentic Sunnah. And to both the Qur’an and the Sunnah, you say I hear and I adhere. إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحْيٌ يُوحَىٰ Najim:4 He is nothing but a revelation, the Prophet sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam. To be continued...
Posted on: Wed, 03 Sep 2014 05:38:16 +0000
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