Shia Response #2 to Quran Challenge
"There are certain verses but you need to look at the Hadith to understand their true meaning because we are advised to learn the Quran from the Prophet (صلّى الله عليه وآله وسلّم), and Hadith are his teachings. "
"There are certain verses but you need to look at the Hadith to understand their true meaning because we are advised to learn the Quran from the Prophet (صلّى الله عليه وآله وسلّم), and Hadith are his teachings. "
The fundamentals of faith are all mentioned in the Quran, and their details are in the Hadith. It is unthinkable that the Hadith would go against the Quran, or expound an entire invisible arm of faith that is completely absent in the Quran. In fact, such a “Hadith” which has no basis in the Quran has to be thrown out as unauthentic, even according to the Infallible Imams of the Shia: “If you come across two Hadiths narrated from us [Imams] then compare them with the Book of Allah; what is in concordance then take it and what is in disagreement then reject it.” (Al-Istibsar, Volume 1, p.190) And again: “Whatever comes to you related from us [Imams] then compare it with the Book of Allah; whatever is in concordance with it then accept it and whatever contradicts it then reject it.” (Al-Istibsar, Volume 3, p.158)
Why is it that only when it comes to Imamah, we suddenly need Hadith to help us? We certainly do not need Hadith to understand from the Quran that Salat, Hajj, fasting, and Jihad are obligatory on Muslims. We do not need Hadith to understand from the Quran that a Muslim needs to believe in the Oneness of God; even the Prophets, Angels, and the Hereafter are mentioned in the Quran, but not a single time is Imamah mentioned. None of the other fundamentals of faith are completely absent from the Quran!
All of a sudden, when it comes to Imamah, Hadith becomes a vital tool to understand the Quran?
How can this be when the Shia Hadith itself says that a person should reject those Hadith which do not conform to the Quran?
It is true that the Prophet (صلّى الله عليه وآله وسلّم) explains certain verses of the Quran, but explaining is different from interpreting and changing the very meaning of the verse. The Quran is the clear guide to the truth; how could Allah (عز و جل) expect people of our time to use Hadith to understand the meaning of the Quran?
Which Hadith should a person follow?
Which Hadith should a person follow?
There are dozens of Shia sects, each with their own sets of Hadith.
Surely, Allah (عز و جل) did not expect people to become Hadith scientists and analyze all of these.
Instead, Allah (عز و جل) said that the Quran is the guide to the truth, so the fundamental of faith should be found from it.
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