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Fear in Rejecting the Whole Ahadith Corpus
« on: August 23, 2014, 02:43:47 AM »
Salam Brother Joseph

I have been to your website many times and I really enjoy the articles that you wrote. I do uphold the Qur'an as the final source of judgement, but sometimes my brother and I wonder what if there is things such as punishment in the grave despite it not being in the Qur'an. Ultimately what I'm saying is we wonder if some Hadith's even if they have no basis in the Qur'an are true due to fear and I fear we might be putting the Hadith authority over the Qur'an. We don't want to do this but our fear is holding us back from disregarding them completely.

Is there anyway to overcome this fear and judge by the Qur'an as you do because I admire your complete faith in it and I want to have the same, but as I said before fear.

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Re: Fear in Rejecting the Whole Ahadith Corpus
« Reply #1 on: August 23, 2014, 02:53:39 AM »
Wa alaikum assalam
 
Please do not feel that my approach advocates one to abandon a whole secondary corpus completely (in toto). The approach that I humbly advocate (Quran-centric) simply maintains that the Quran remains the final criterion for believers to judge from and does not permit any other source as a ’Divine authority’ or a ‘Divine religious source’ compulsory for believers to follow.
 
Islamic secondary sources are in the main, reports and opinions canonised decades if not centuries after the death of the Prophet by fallible men, who were arguably responding to the sectarian, social and political needs of the period that they inhabited. These are neither ‘revelations’ in the same manner as the Quran nor are they contemporaneous to the Prophet’s ministry.
 
I hope the following posts of mine provide some context as to how to engage with traditions.
 
 
[1] Quran-centric - a powerful position indeed!
https://www.facebook.com/joseph.a.islam/posts/330796700390797
[2] My Humble Advice
https://www.facebook.com/joseph.a.islam/posts/213495468787588
[3] Following Traditions:
https://www.facebook.com/joseph.a.islam/posts/309845362485931
[4] Culture and Traditions Should Be Understood and Not Simply Dismissed
https://www.facebook.com/joseph.a.islam/posts/147131372090665
[5] Is Hearsay Unquranic?
https://www.facebook.com/joseph.a.islam/posts/363674833769650
[6] Reassessing Your Traditions in Light of the Quran - A Case in Point (To God We Belong)
https://www.facebook.com/joseph.a.islam/posts/165697170232249
 

‘Fear’ in the context you have shared should not be deemed as a weakness but rather, a true concern that one does not transgress one’s duties whilst striving in the way of God. Therefore it is understandable. I can only encourage believers to continually and consistently read the Quran in a language that they understand as the Quran’s verses have a powerful way to strengthen one’s heart. God willing, you will come across many verses which will allay these fears God willing.
 
006.155
"And this is a Book which We have revealed as a blessing: so follow it (Arabic: fa-ittabi'uhu) and fear (God) / be righteous so that you may receive mercy"
 
 
I hope this helps in some small way, iA

Regards,
Joseph
 
'During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act' 
George Orwell