When the Prophet salAllahu 'alaiyhi wasallam was alive then he taught his companions certian affairs. Any Muslim agrees that the Prophet salAllahu 'alaiyhi wasallam in his lifetime should be obeyed. When he taught the Companions certain affairs, for example how to recite the Qur'aan, how to pray, the specifications of certain punisments etc, then they followed him salAllahu 'alaiyhi wasallam. Now when the Prophet salAllahu 'alaiyhi wasallam died his Companions taught this to those who never met him.
And what evidence is there that any of this actually happened? Better yet, where does it tell us in the Koran (Quran) that this is what actually happened, or prophesy it would happen in the future? Surely if Mohammad (peace be upon him) was meant to be the central figure of yet another, organized religion, it would tell us that in the Koran, would it not?
Further,
WHERE DOES IT TELL US IN THE KORAN THAT MOHAMMAD WAS A PROPHET, i.e. someone who
PROPHESIES?
THE KORAN CONTAINS NO NEW PROPHECIES, but was sent down as a
WARNING to all who are “true in faith” to
CONFIRM The Law (Torah, Books of Moses, found only in the Old Covenant) and the Gospel of Jesus (found only in the New Covenant) that came before it, as it says repeatedly throughout the Koran.
Sura 46:9-11
46:9. Say: "I am no bringer of new-fangled doctrine among the Apostles, nor do I know what will be done with me or with you. I
follow only that which is revealed to me by inspiration;
I am only a Warner open and clear."
46:10. Say: "See ye? If (this teaching) be from "I AM", and ye reject it,
and a Witness (Rev. 1:5; Sura 43:61)
from among the Children of Israel testifies to its HARMONY (
with EARLIER Scripture - JAH), and has believed while ye are arrogant, (how unjust ye are!) truly, "I AM" guides not a people unjust."
46:11. The Unbelievers say of those who believe: "If (this Message) were a good thing, (such men) would not have gone to it first, before us!" And seeing that they guide not themselves thereby, they will say, "This is an (old,) old falsehood!"
46:12. And
BEFORE this, was the Book of Moses (The Torah - The Law) as a guide and a mercy: and
this Book CONFIRMS (it - The Torah) in the Arabic tongue; to warn the unjust, and as Good New to those who do right.
See also:
Sura 2:97-98,
3:1-3,
4:47,
5:51,
6:92-94,
6:154-157,
10:37,
12:111,
22:52,
35:31, and
61:6-7.
And with regard to prayer, shouldn't we simply
DO what Allah and His Prophets have
COMMANDED us to do rather than what men make up in direct contradiction to Allah's
COMMANDS? How could doing the opposite of what Allah
COMMANDS be considered submitting to His Will?
Are you saying it was wrong for them to teach what they learned?
Are you saying it is right for men to teach that which Allah didn't send down? Do you believe that Allah is the author of confusion (
1 Cor. 14:33)? We ought to obey God (Allah, the “I AM”) rather than men (
Acts 5:29), wouldn't you agree?
If so, why? The Companions who lived in different areas would accept narrations(hadeeth) from other companions even though they did not hear it themselves.
To keep their “oral traditions” (made-up fables, fantasies and stories found nowhere in Scripture) going, thereby making the
Commandments of God of no effect.
Allah said "if a fasiq comes to you with news verify it". This means if a trustworthy person comes we accept it. The Companions were trustworthy because Allah said "he is pleased with them and they are pleased with Him".
Where did Allah say
ANY of that in the Old Covenant, New Covenant and/or in the Koran? So-called “Islamic law” is
CONDEMNED as
TREASON against Allah by Allah Himself, in
HIS LAW (
Deut. 4:2,
12:8,
12:32), found only in the first five books of the Bible, namely
Genesis,
Exodus,
Leviticus,
Numbers and
Deuteronomy.
Those students of the companions likewise taught their students. Most hadeeths have around 3 to 5 narrators. If those indiviudals are trustworthy and known to be of those with strong memory etc, then we take what they report.
And who determines who or what is considered “trustworthy”? Wouldn't God's Word from one of His Prophets or Messengers
ALL need to agree/harmonize with
everything that was sent down
BEFORE it, as God (Allah) says?
Again, what evidence do you have that
ANY of the “oral traditions” are true? According to Allah, the Bible is not only trustworthy, but we should
NOT BE IN DOUBT of it reaching us (
Sura 32:23). So what do the so-called imams – who teach from the Hadith – tell us: the
LIE that the Bible has been corrupted, and/or no longer exists.
The word “Satan” is Hebrew and means “the Opposer”. Anyone who says the exact opposite of what Allah says is a
LIAR (devil) and is obviously working for Satan/Iblis, and
NOTHING they say can be trusted.
Islam has a very detailed system for preserving these narrations unlike the Judaic system that has no way of identifying if narrators are trustworthy or not.
Neither Talmudic Judaism nor "Islam" have any evidence that
ANY of their “oral traditions” (Talmud and Hadith, respectively) are the truth from our Creator. In fact, according to the Koran -- and
THE Prophet Who is mentioned and emphasized above all others throughout the Koran – both the Talmud and Hadith originated from Satan, to make the Commandments of God of no effect.
Sura 3:55. Behold!
God said: "O Jesus! I will take thee and raise thee to Myself and clear thee (of the falsehoods) of those who blaspheme;
I will make those who follow thee SUPERIOR to those who reject faith, to The Day of Resurrection: then shall ye all return unto Me, and I will judge between you of the matters wherein ye dispute.
Matthew 15:3, 9
15:3 But he (Jesus) answered and said unto them,
Why do ye also transgress the COMMANDment of God by your Tradition?
15:9
But in vain they do worship Me, teaching [for] doctrines the commandments of men (man-made “laws”/legislation/organized religious doctrines, dogma, rites and rituals).
Allah preserved the Sunnah
Allah didn't have anything whatsoever to do with Satan's Sunnah/Hadith.
as He preserved the Qur'aan. How was the Qur'aan passed down?
Mohammad (peace be upon him) was visited by Gabriel in a cave on Mt. Hira in 610 A.D. at age 40. Mohammad, who could neither read nor write, dictated the vision he was given to those who were with him, so everything could be
written down. Mohammad then had them read it back to him, to check for mistakes.
Those
writings were then compiled c. 650 A.D., under Caliph Uthman bin Affan, who had all other remaining transcripts destroyed. This could explain the alterations made to the Koran.
Through the isnaad (chain of transmission). So if your going to reject the Sunnah because you say its like Chinese whispers or whatever other argument you may have then, cool. you should likewise reject the Qur'aan as it was transmitted in the same way!
As above please. The Koran was
written down
as it was given to Mohammad. Did some people memorize it? Apparently so. Was that the sole method of its transmission?
NO. Does the Koran tell us that the "oral traditions of men" will be later handed down in such a manner or that they should be heeded?
NO.
By contrast, the “oral traditions” known as the Sunnah/Hadith came
AFTER the Koran,
NOT before it. Over 200 years later, these alleged "oral tradiitions" were
allegedly written down over a period of at least 16 years, by people who had never met Mohammad (peace be upon him), nor any of his closest companions, all of whom had long since passed away. And then the Hadith underwent edits for decades after that.
According to Allah, the Koran was sent to
CONFIRM the Scriptures that came
BEFORE it, i.e. the Bible.
NOWHERE in the Koran does Allah tell us that He will be sending down “oral traditions” or some “newfangled doctrine” afterwards. And no, despite other baseless arguments, there is no need to distinguish between the “oral traditions” referred to as “Sunnah” and the “oral traditions” known as the rest of the Hadith, because both are the satanically-motivated “traditions of men”, same as the Babylonian Talmud is.
Sufyan ath-Thawri said "if it wasn't for the isnaad anyone could say as they want".
Which is exactly what has been done, teaching for doctrines the traditions of men in direct violation of The Law/Commandments of God.
Whenever God sends down His Word/Message to mankind, Lucifer/Satan/Iblis turns it into an organized religion, to further divide and conquer us. When will we ever learn?
Whoever rejects the Sunnah is a kaafir, period. Allahu yahdeek.
Whoever rejects the Old Covenant, New Covenant and Koran is an unbeliever/infidel who will
face The Fire on Judgment Day, exactly as we've been warned repeatedly (at least 300 times) throughout the Koran. That's why those who make the
false claim as you just have about the Sunnah cannot back their
false claim with Scripture.
May Father (God) bless you and guide you.