In Defence of Hadith (4)

Response to comments from "Anonymous" on "In Defence of Hadith (3)"

Anonymous said: "You keep repeating the word 'post man' for the Prophet and attribute the term to those who question the autheticity of the hadith. This is silly and unresponsible. You are the ones who use this term in the beginning."


The word ‘Post man’ is never a word to describe our beloved Messenger and Prophet of Allah. I was referring to your statement:

“the Messenger that his duty is ONLY TO DELIVER THE KORAN.”

Try replacing the word “Messenger” with “Postman” and the word “Koran” with “Letters”, and read :

“the Postman that his duty is ONLY TO DELIVER THE LETTERS.”

What I’m saying is that your statement implies this! Whereas the prophet’s duties are many, and deliver the Quran is one of them! Read the Quran..

Anonymous said:“We have shown you many,many ayats in the Kor'an where Allah diffrenciate the terms of Prophet and Messenger to Muhammad. All scholars of the Kor'an should know that when Allah use the term Prophet to the Messenger of God it is always when he is alive not when he is dead.”

No scholar has mentioned this difference between the term “prophet” and “messenger”. Even IF, for the sake of argument, the scholars say so, all scholars say that hadith is a source of Islamic law.

Anonymous said:“There are ayats in the Kor'an where Allah tells Muhammad to obey the Messenger. Muhammad himself must obey the Messenger means to obey the laws that are revealed to Muhammad the Messenger.”

Please don’t take verses of Quran in exclusion of other verses of the Quran.

Quran says: “Obey Allah”
Quran also says: “Obey the Messenger.”
Quran also says: “Obeying the Messenger is like obeying Allah”
Quran also says: “He does not speak out of his own desire, rather it is revelation revealed (to him)”

What does that sound like? It sounds like the Messenger has messages not detailed in the Quran to convey to the people and instruct them with. So, how did these messages arrive to us?

Anonymous said:“If at any time God communicate with Muhammad in regards with other things which are not related to the Kor'an then that is His Wisdom to do so. But as far as we are concerned we must believe Allah when He says that you must follow only the Kor'an.”

Here is where you fail to realise that prophet Muhammad receives guidance in other than the form of the Quran, HENCE we are obliged to learn from his actions, words and approvals! If you deny that this form of revelation and guidance have reached us intact, we are basically saying there are guidance that have been lost and unpreserved! Quran requires explanation, example and details that have been explained through the prophet’s actions, words and approval. That is why scholars of the past, starting from the companions memorised these actions, words and approval and convey to the next generation, until they were compiled in books.

Anonymous said: “I have no problem with the hadiths which do not contradict the Kor'an but the problem is that thousands of them does so!!!! So how do you go about this?? You keep saying about the 'science of hadiths' like that only people with proper knowledge will understand this. This is so laughable. This is precicely what is wrong the Muslims today. They are so confused that they fail to see the blatant contradictions found in the hadiths. Then you go to say that not all hadiths are authentics and we must know how to 'select' the true ones!!”


Did I not mention the conditions of a hadith to be authentic? Generally, there are FOUR! Condition no. 3 is that “the hadith does not contradict the Quran or other more authentic narrations”! The science of hadith actually has stricter conditions compared to yours! Did you realise that?!

However, the science also details the method to understand the hadiths, especially when seemingly contradictory narrations are concerned. That is why we need to respect the scholars for explaining the Quran and Hadith, especially when Allah orders the laymen to refer to scholars in matters they don’t know! Why don’t you?

You say “laughable” because you read the hadith with the wrong attitude. Try reading the Quran with similar attitude and you will find “laughable” verses too! But in fact, it is only lack of objectiveness on your part.

I give you an example:

Quran says: “And seek help with patience and salat!” [2:45]
Quran says: “Woe be to those who perform salat!” [107:4]

Of course, we can explain this because the 2nd verse is referring to those who are not sincere.

But why don’t you apply the same attitude with hadiths? After all, the authentic hadiths have been meticulously checked for faults in CHAIN OF NARRATION and TEXT!

Anonymous said: “Why don't you just believe Muhammad the Messenger of Allah when he brought the Kor'an to the human race? You keep repeating that we must have hadiths inorder to understand the Kor'an. This understanding or believe is contradictory to the teachings of our Prophet, because he asked us to follow only the Kor'an and nothing else as a source of law. Kor'an is the Words of God revealed through Muhammad the Messenger of God (In na hu kow la rasul karim).”

How do you know the teachings of the Prophet when you only refer to the Quran? Where do you know that the Prophet “asked us to follow only the Koran”. If you accept a hadith, you have to accept the science of hadith, and stick to it, not choose as you wish!

Take the verse: “When you intend to perform salat then wash your face, your hands to the elbows, wipe your heads and (wash) your feet.” [5:6]

Did you know that this verse have been memorised over the centuries in two ways of recitation, hence one recitation means “(wash) your feet” while another recitation means “(wipe) your feet.” So, how to understand this verse with two recitations that seemingly contradict one another? Only through the hadith we know that “wiping” refers to performing wudhu while wearing socks or shoes! This is the teaching of the prophet, which does not contradict the Quran!

Anonymous said: “One of the main reasons why the Muslims Ummah today are so backward is because we have 'deserted the Kor'an'25:30. We are following the law of men instead of the law of God (Kor'an). Not only that they are wrong but they were made more than a thousand years ago by people who were half literate!!”

I agree with you, that Muslim Ummah has deserted the Quran. And this includes those who desert the correct understanding of the Quran, not just the Quran! And Quran tells you:

“He it is Who sent among the unlettered ones a Messenger from among themselves, reciting to them His Verses, purifying them, and teaching them the Book and Al-Hikmah. And verily, they had been before in manifest error” [62:2]

The Messenger (Muhammad) had several mission objectives:
1. Recite the verses of Quran – as you said: “to deliver the Quran”
2. Purify them from polytheism and sins
3. TEACH the BOOK – explain the verses of Quran
4. TEACH the HIKMAH – explain the....

What do you think? Quran? No, because that’s unnecessary repetition, but rather it means the Sunnah, ie. His Way to Allah! And the Sunnah has been conveyed to us in the form of narrations of his actions, words, description and approval! And these narrations are called “Hadith”.

So, deny point no. 4 and you have, in essence, deserted the Quran!

Anonymous said: “When our Prophet left us he did not leave any other book but only the Kor'an. There was no other book like 'an explaination of the Kor'an' or somehthing like that! And he even said that 'should any one write anything about me you must erase it'--hadith sahih. And again you might say that why do I believe this hadith? It is not me who believe or not but it is you that have the problems with your own believe!!”

Did I mention any other book? I never said hadith was another Holy Book revealed to the prophet as explanation to the Quran?! The reason why it was prohibited initially because he didn’t want the companions to get mixed up between his words and the Quran!

Notice, that the hadith did not say: “Why are you writing my words? My words mean nothing!” Rather the prophet just prohibited writing his words to avoid mix up. In fact, the prophet ordered the companions to write his speech at the Farewell Pilgrimage (Hajj) for Abu Shah, and that is permission to write his words! And that speech was done in front of thousands of muslims! This is an example of a narration called “Hadith”.

Anonymous said: “'We have permitted the enemies of every prophet-human and jinn devils-to inspire in each other FANCY WORDS,in order of deceive. Had your Lord willed, they would not have done it. You shall disregard them and their fabrications. This is to let the mind of those who do not believe in the Hereafter listen to such fabrications and accept them, and thus expose their real convictions. Shall I seek other than God as a source of Law (Kor'an), when He has revealed to you this book (Kor'an) fully detailed? Those who received the scripture recognize that it has been revealed from your Lord, truthfully. You shall not harbour any doubt. The word of your Lord is complete, in truth and justice. Nothing shall abrogate His words. He is the Hearer, the Omniscient. If you obey the majority of people on earth, they will divert you from the path of God. They follow only conjecture; they only guess. Your Lord is fully of those who stray off His path, and He is fully aware of those who are guided'.(Kor'an 6:112-117).”

Funny, I would you these verses against you and your false arguments. And fully detailed in Quran itself? Or through the example of Muhammad and his detailed explanations? How to pray? How to pay zakat? How to make Hajj? And the list goes on....

Anonymous said: “'These are God's revelations that we recite to you truthfully. In which Hadiths other than God and His revelations do they believe? Woe to every fabricator, guilty'.(Kor'an 45:6-7).”

This verse and similar verses cannot be used to refer to the “Hadith”. IF yes, then the prophet should say nothing, just be a “postman”.

Please understand this properly:
We do not say hadith is another scripture like the Quran.
We do not say hadith is infallible because the transmissions are through fallible humans from generation to generation.

But, the hadith is the narrations of
1. trustworthy humans
2. with good memory
3. from generation to generation
regarding what the companions heard or saw about the prophet.

Who is your father? Who is your grandfather? Who is your great grandfather? And so on? Do you believe the answers given to you by your parents? You have no choice! You have to trust and believe them.

You may say "These does not matter, since it is not religion."

My reply is: It is not as important as religion, but it has something to do with religion. When your father passed away, don't you inherit from your father? If your father has another wife and a daughter with different mother, and you fall in love with her, marriage is prohibited by religion, and the list goes on.

If you have to trust your parents in this matter with religious significance, trust in trustworthy scholars and narrators is more significant and required! This is why hadith narrations are trusted and considered authentic when the chain of narrators consists of trustworthy scholars and narrators with unbroken chain, and with good memory! After the chains have been verified to be authentic, then the text will be scrutinised for contradictions. It is a proper and consistent method of verification.

Hadith narrations have gone through compilation (like books of Sunan, Musnad, etc.) and filtration (like Sahih Bukhari and Muslim). Humans are required to do the best they can to filter the narrations, hence the science of hadith! Rest assured that the conditions to accept hadith are far more stringent than anything you can imagine. There is no way anyone can learn this science in one sitting, not even in 2-3 years or more, but it requires dedication and hard work.... That’s why scholars who follow the methodology of the companions must be referred to for the correct understanding.

Anonymous said: “Our Prophet was told in the Kor'an that he cannot guides, only Allah does any guidance. I pray that whoever reads this will come into the Grace of Allah and strictly follow the teachings of our beloved Prophet (Kor'an) and thus escape from the clutches of Satan.”

This is an example of taking a verse in exclusion of another. What do you say about this verse:

“And verily, you (O Muhammad SAW) are indeed guiding (mankind) to the Straight Path” [42:52]

Contradiction?

No, but many hadith you “claim” to be blatantly contradictory are similar to this situation.

Lastly, I say again.

Did the companions of the prophet understand that we must only take from the Quran and leave everything else? If yes, then I will follow their understanding since the Quran was revealed in their time and addressed to them, and they were taught by the prophet himself!

Rather, the hadiths originated from their narrations! Hence, they must have thought there is significance in narrating what they heard, seen or know. If these people, whom Allah has confirmed in the Quran to be believers and Allah is pleased with them, started these narrations, surely in these narrations there are great good, in fact, guidance!

May Allah guide us all to the straight path.

They ridicule the Hadith...

I have come to know that the anti-hadith proponents are picking out many hadiths to ridicule and create doubt concerning the hadith collections.

Briefly, I would like to stress the importance of correct attitude when reading the translations of Quran and Hadith. Yes, I mean both al-Quran and Hadith. What they do with the hadith, they can also do with the Quran if they apply the same attitude.

Their sickness, as I’ve mentioned in previous articles, is that they reject hadith as a source of guidance. With this, they look at hadith with contempt and ridicule, without opening up their minds and thoughts to understand the wisdom behind the hadiths.

If a non-muslim looks at Quran with similar attitude, he will also find verses that can be ridiculed!

Let’s look at some hadiths from Sahih al-Bukhari that have been ridiculed by them:

Narrated Jabir:
I was with Allah's Apostle in a Ghazwa, and when we returned, I wanted to hurry, while riding a slow camel. A rider came behind me. I looked back and saw that the rider was Allah's Apostle . He said (to me), "What makes you in such a hurry?" I replied, "I am newly married." He said, "Did you marry a virgin or a matron?" I replied, "(Not a virgin but) a matron." He said, "Why didn't you marry a young girl with whom you could play and who could play with you?" Then when we approached (Medina) and were going to enter (it), the Prophet said, "Wait till you enter (your homes) at night (in the first part of the night) so that the ladies with unkempt hair may comb their hair, and those whose husbands have been absent (for a long time) may shave their pubic hair." (The sub-narrator, Hashim said: A reliable narrator told me that the Prophet added in this Hadith: "(Seek to beget) children! Children, O Jabir!")

Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah:
The Prophet said, "If you enter (your town) at night (after coming from a journey), do not enter upon your family till the woman whose husband was absent (from the house) shaves her pubic hair and the woman with unkempt hair, combs her hair" Allah's Apostle further said, "(O Jabir!) Seek to have offspring, seek to have offspring!"

The anti-hadith found these hadiths amusing because they do not read them with the correct attitude.

Actually, if you read the hadiths taking into consideration the context and that the prophet (sallallahu ‘alayhi wasallam) was a guide and good example, you can see that there are many benefits that can be learnt. The benefits are:

1. The importance of love between husband and wife, and that every detail that strengthens the bond and intimacy between husband and wife should be taken into account. This was in the case of someone who just got married (Jabir), so this is even more important for seasoned married couples to keep them together!
2. When anyone comes back from a long journey, then don’t approach the house at night unless you have informed the wife so that she can beautify herself for her husband. Imagine yourself coming back from a tiresome journey hoping to meet your loved ones and you find her in her pyjamas and in her worst possible state? Ponder on this and you will find the great wisdom in the prophet’s words of guidance.
3. The hadith alludes to the fact that muslim women do not beautify themselves in their husbands’ absence because this will create fitnah.
4. The hadith also hints to the importance of women maintaining their beauty in their husbands presence, because they will loosen their “guard” in their husbands’ absence.
5. The hadith shows the wisdom of the prophet who has given the right advice to the person who needs it. Being newly married, he will not know what to expect, hence the prophet advised what he saw fit.
6. The hadith also reaffirms the aspiration of the prophet that he wishes his nation to be the biggest nation compared to the other prophets. Of course, there are several reasons for that, namely:
   a. This is the fastest way to spread Islam, since all children of a muslim are muslims.
   b. So that the muslim nation will be the majority in the world.
   c. The offsprings are reasons that Allah will bestow more provision (rezeki) to the family
   So, you see, that the hadiths that can look to be something ridiculous to someone with the wrong frame of mind, are actually full of wisdom and benefits to the one with the right frame of mind.

Let’s look at another example:

Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostle said "The Prophet Abraham circumcised himself after he had passed the age of eighty years and he circumcised himself with/in al-Qaddum." [Sahih al-Bukhari]

Actually, I see nothing wrong this hadith although the anti-hadith ridicule it! Prophet Abraham was ordered to circumcise so he did it. And it so happened that he was ordered when he was 80 years old. The hadith mentions that he circumcised with/in al-Qaddum. The actual meaning of the word is not agreed by scholars. Some say it was the tool used, whereas others mentioned that it was the name of a place where he was circumcised.

The importance of this hadith is the fact that prophet Abraham circumcised, and in this, we follow his example as confirmed by prophet Muhammad (sallallahu ‘alayhi wasallam).

Finally, I would like to recommend that we learn the religion of Islam, from the Quran and Sunnah, seeking the correct understanding from the scholars who follow the methodology of the best of generations. This is the way to salvation in the Hereafter.

In defence of Hadith (3)

The following are my comments on the comments by “anonymous” to my previous article "In defense of Hadith":

“Regarding some verses in the Kor'an that tell us about the direction of the original kiblat (Jerusalem) it is true that the city is not mention in the Kor'an but this does not change anything regarding our akidah. You can say that this is an ayat Mutashabiha.”

This is a grave mistake! How can you say it is “ayat Mutashbiha” when the companions knew exactly what the verse means and refers to?

The main point of the verse is that there was another mode of revelation, which is through the prophet’s words hence Allah did not mention it.

“It does not make any difference to you but to know it is also very useful as a historical event, thus as you said the need for the hadith. Actually this is historical and there are many more historical things during the time of the Prophet and others before him are not mention in the hadiths.”

It is true that not all details of historical events are available, but the relevant and important details must have been preserved in hadith! Why? Because these details help muslims to understand Quran and Islam! Don’t you trust in Allah that He will do so?

“Again you said about the news that was given to our Prophet that was not mentioned in the Kor'an. This is just because Allah intentionally do not want us to know and maybe this is not important to our akidah or amal or our salvation to Allah, again it does not change a thing. But if you subtitute the ayat in the Kor'an or try to understand them through the light of other than Kor'an itself then you might easily get duped by Satan who 'Inspire fancy words inorder to deceive'-(Kor'an).”

This is your assumption. Knowledge of fine details will help in understand the teachings of Islam, hence in Aqidah and/or Amal. If you notice, there are many verses in the Quran giving the impression it is in response to an event, and the event is not mentioned in the Quran. How can you understand these verses without knowing the events behind the revelation of the verses?

Example:

“And they asked you concerning menstruation? Say: It is harm so stay away from women during menstruation. And don’t go near to them until they are become pure. So when they purify themselves so approach them from whence Allah has commanded. Verily Allah loves those who are repentant and purifies themselves.” [2:222]

What does this verse means? When the women have menstruation, stay away from them? Or it means one of them has to move out of the house for a while? Or it means don’t have sexual intercourse with them only? If you specify it to sexual intercourse, someone might tell you that you have specified a general verse of the Quran, and specifying it requires proof!

“First of all you must trust in Allah. Allah loves those who trust Him. When He says through His Messenger that this Kor'an is 'fully datailed' that just means so!! it must be fully detailed. But many people question the Words of Allah. Ofcourse you do not find many many things in the Kor'an but when Allah says that it is fully detailed that means regarding our amal and our salvation. They are fully detailed and you do not need someone to add anything any more.”

Trust in Allah we do, but I do not trust your understanding! The Quran is fully detailed because it considers the example of the prophet and his instructions as part of the details for Quran! Think about it!

Allah says “Quran is fully detailed”.

Allah says: “Obey Allah.”

Allah also says: “Obeying the Prophet is like obeying Allah.”

Allah also says: “Verily in the Messenger is a good example…”

Allah also says: “Those who follow the Messenger, the illiterate Prophet whom they find written in the Taurat and Injil he commands them to the good and forbids them from the evil, he MAKES LAWFUL the good (food and others) and MAKES UNLAWFUL the evil (food and others), he releases them from their heavy burdens and bindings that were upon them. So those who believe in him, honour him, help him, and follow the light (Quran) which has been sent down with him, it is they who will be successful.” [7:157]

"Just like that the rituals of the salat are not mentioned in the Kor'an in detailed but they are mentioned in general like ,standing, bowing, postrating. But also you cannot find the same in the hadith book!! In the hadith you can find something like someone comes to the Prophet and asked him how to pray and the Prophet asked him to 'pray like I pray'."

Anyone in a right frame of mind will realize that the Quranic verses that mention standing, bowing and prostrating just to mention certain characteristics of salat, and not to detail the act of worship called “salat”.

The reader will expect an explanation of how its done, and sure enough it can be found in the books of hadith!

Try reading the book “Prophet’s prayer described from takbir to taslim” (Sifat Salat an-Nabi) by Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani and you will find details for every movement, position and order taken from all the books of hadith, AND VERIFIED as authentic by this leading scholar of hadith.

“But how? Infact the Kor'an tells us that Islam is the religion Ibrahim 'millat Ibrahim' and that Muhammad was the follower of Ibrahim and that when Ibrahim together with Ismail set the foundation of the Kaabah they prayed to God to 'teach us the rituals of our religion'. Thus Ibrahim taught his children and other believers regarding the practice of the religion of Islam.”

Here, in fact, you are arguing to confirm that hadith is true! This is precisely what the companions of the prophet did! They learnt the details, some by observation, some by the statements of the prophet, some by the corrections done by the prophet, etc. These trustworthy companions then taught their students through quoting, describing, or other means, just like how the prophet did it! Then these trustworthy students of the companions taught their students from the next generation. And this continued generation after generation. Allah, in fulfilling His promise, inspired some brilliantly intelligent muslims to gather these narrations as they heard them, and recorded the hadiths in their compilation of hadith. Some decided to only record authentic narrations, while others simply collected and compiled. No doubt many narrations can be fabricated or mistaken, as humans, so Allah inspired some of these intelligent scholars on how to differentiate between them. The result is the science of hadith!

'Abdullah b. al-Mubarak (d. 181 AH), one of the illustrious teachers of Imam al-Bukhari, said:
"The isnad (chain of narration) is part of the religion: had it not been for the isnad, whoever wished to would have said whatever he liked." [Sahih Muslim]

Example: “Hadith Sahih” has four conditions:

1. Narrated by trustworthy narrators all throughout the chain of narrations
2. Narrated by narrators with strong memory all throughout the chain of narrations
3. Does not contradict the Quran or other more authentic narrations
4. There is no hidden defect

And there are numerous books containing the status of all narrators of hadith. If anyone unknown is found in a hadith, it will be considered weak.

Anyone known to be a liar, then the hadith will be considered fabricated. And so on.

And this science is one of the most difficult science of Islamic knowledge! And it is, by far, more stringent then the books of history, sirah and anything in this world, past and present! One who goes deep into this knowledge will realize that this is one of the miracles of Islam.

“Infact during the space or gap between the time of our Prophet to the time of Muslim or Bukhari there were not written hadiths and how do the Muslims pray? The comapanions of the Prophet how did they pray? They must have followed the Prophet!! It does not need someone to tell us that the Prophet teach you how to pray in the hadiths!! There were no hadiths only the Kor'an at that time!! Then the 'falsifiers' will tell you that although there were not written but they were there somewhere!!”

On the contrary, what you just described is what’s called hadith. There existed many falsifiers of hadith, but all praises to Allah, He has raised in this ummah great scholars who were able to methodically filter the false hadiths. I admit, we have a problem of muslims who are stubborn and want to stick to the hadiths which have been proven to be false by the scholars. But, there are muslims who are aware of this problem, and have continuously, over the years, striven to educate the ummah regarding this problems.

“The trouble with most of the Muslims today is that we take the explanations of some ulamas as a source of law not the Kor'an. This the computer age and we can learn so much from the Kor'an. Offcourse to start with, you must have someone who 'knows' to show you the way forward and then you 'choose the best'(KOr'an).”

I agree with you about this problem. The scholars (ulama) are not the source of law! Source of Islamic law is the Quran and Sunnah, according to the correct understanding based on the best generations of muslims, and the scholars who follow their method!

"We all want Allah to admit us into His Paradise!! I believe that we are all sincere and striving for the TRUTH. But just when you 'deserted the Koran'25:30 then you will miss out from the Grace of Allah and if you fail to follow His Words and nourish your souls through worshipping Him alone with any shirik you fall out from His Kingdom just as Satan did."

No doubt, we are sincere! As I explained earlier, the reference to Quran includes its explanation, the hadith!

"The Kor'an teaches us that trusting other than the Words of Allah is a form of idol-worship."

Yes! But the assumption that hadith is also not to be trusted is also wrong, because to understand the Quran, prophet’s explanation, example must be preserved, ie. hadith!

"The trouble here is again you say that the words of the Prophet (other than the Kor'an) are also the words of God!! This is the greatest misunderstanding among the Muslim Ummah today."

Did I say words of the prophet as the words of God? Does anyone muslim say so? Words of the prophet and his actions are all based on revelation revealed to him. But the words are not words of God like the Quran. Prophet’s words are his own words but inspired by revelation, and not from his own desires. In other words, nothing false comes out of the prophet’s mouth, and his actions are in compliance with revelation or inspiration from Allah. If one denies this, then prophet has no duty except to “handover” the Quran to mankind, because any of his words and actions cannot be trusted. No, the prophet’s actions, words were inspired hence part of the guidance of the Quran, to demonstrate the Quran as well as to instruct details, even those not mentioned in the Quran!

"We see throughout the Kor'an that Allah tell the Messenger that his duty is ONLY TO DELIVER THE KORAN. This is not like a postman as you said. Muhammad was the Messenger of Allah...Allahu Akbar!!!"

I beg to differ with you! The duty of the Messenger is not only to deliver, because that is precisely the duty of a “postman”. Think about it! Rather, among the duties of the Messenger are to deliver the Quran, to explain the Quran through his words, actions and tacit approval, and he had the duty to lead the muslim nation as a leader, and also “he commands them to the good and forbids them from the evil, he MAKES LAWFUL the good (food and others) and MAKES UNLAWFUL the evil (food and others), he releases them from their heavy burdens and bindings that were upon them.” [7:157]

"Please use your own judgment and not others. If they fail the test it is not your responsibility. You are responsible for your own fate (Kor'an)."

I advise you to hear your own advice. You have misunderstood the Quran. You have understood the Quran not as it was revealed. You will not be able to understand the Quran without the authentic hadith and the understanding of the best of generations.

I’ll give you an final example:

“Verily Allah and His Angels perform salat upon the prophet. O you who believe! Perform Salat upon the prophet and send salams to him.” [33:56]

The word used in this verse is “Salat”. What is meant by salat in this verse? Does it mean the normal salat that muslims do 5 times a day? Does it mean the original Arabic word “salat” meaning making doa, hence the meaning will be Allah and Angel perform doa on the prophet? Does it mean saying the salutations like the prophet taught us (and you don’t know this because you don’t believe in hadith), even then how can Allah does that to the prophet? So, do you then say this verse is ayat mutashabiha? Then we have a book of guidance we can hardly understand, if we deny the role of hadith.