Do we not need Hadith?

 

By Hadhrat Shaykh Ul Islam Imam Muhammad Anwarullah Farooqui

 

“All the rules and regulations are mentioned in detail in the Holy Quran, that’s why we don’t need Hadith.”

 

It is true that all the rules are mentioned in the Holy Quran, but deducing and extracting the rules is not everybody’s task.  It was the task of the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) Himself.  At the time of this writing, a Maulvi from the sect of “Ahle Quran” sent a pamphlet to me in there was a question that if any person commits sodomy with his wife, then as per the Holy Quran, what is that person’s punishment?  The Ahle Quran replied that as per the verses of the Holy Quran those who do this should be hanged and the punishment of married adulterers is death.

 

See, as per the “detailed rules” of the Holy Quran, it has been proved that if a secluded person masturbates with the intention that he should not end up committing adultery, then that person should be hanged and those who kill people, loot them, destroy peace, only their hands and feet should be amputated and this is as per the Holy Quran.  Will any sane person accept that the Holy Quran gives such rules?  If the person who wastes his seed (i.e. semen) should be hanged, then it is also obvious that a person should remain with everyone that whenever the person remains away from his wife or has a wet dream, then it is the responsibility of the police that they should hang that person and this should be done urgently as there should be no delay in enforcing the punishment of the Shariah?

 

Will any sane person accept that Allah Ta’ala has given this rule?  Now tell me, is it within the power of every person to extract the rules of the Holy Quran?  Never.  Unless Allah Ta’ala Himself educates that person, no one can make this claim.  This is the task of that person about whom Allah Ta’ala has said:

 

And He is the One Who (raised up) the overturned towns (of the people of Lut [Lot]) and smashed them down.  Surah Najm (53:53)

 

The One who does not say anything on His own, whatever He (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) says is religious instruction, everything is a revelation (Wahi) of Allah Ta’ala.  This high station has been given only to the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam), as the Holy Quran says:

 

Likewise, We have sent to you (Our) Messenger from among yourselves who recites to you Our Revelations and purifies and sanctifies (your hearts and ill-commanding selves) and teaches you the Book and inculcates in you logic and wisdom and enlightens you (on the mysteries of spiritual gnosis and divine truth) which you did not know.  Surah Baqarah (2:151)

 

Now see, this verse of the Holy Quran shows that rules are not known from the Holy Quran, though they are there, but that the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) has to teach them. 

 

Muslims should understand that whatever rules the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) has described, all of them are a kind of revelation (Wahi), which the above mentioned verse of Surah Najm makes it obvious.  That is why the scholars and Hadith-Experts (Muhadditheen) have safeguarded and secured Hadith.  The way the Holy Quran is a revelation, in the same way, Hadith is also a revelation.  The way, Hadith are the sayings of the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam), in the same way, the Holy Quran is also a saying of the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam).  This is because no one has seen Jibrail (peace be upon him) recite the Holy Quran to the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam).  whatever verse was revealed to the Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam), people would listen to it from His blessed tongue itself.  The Holy Prophet (Sallallahu alaihi wa sallam) Himself would say that this is the Holy Quran.