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Preface
Conclusion
We have seen in the preceding chapters that the Qur’an is a complete
and detailed Book of guidance for all times and all places. It is the
Book, which guided the conduct of the best of Allah’s creation, our
beloved Prophet Muhammad. He used to call the Qur’an his only
standing miracle – and a miracle it is for it contains not only the
guidelines for our conduct, but it also contains the wisdom behind it.
The Book explains itself, and in addition, it has preserved the “Best
Example” of not only the Prophet Muhammad, but of all the other
Messengers of Allah.
To hide this Book – this miracle –
under the dust of tradition and Hadith is to deny ourselves of its
promised miraculous blessings – the blessings that have the power to
transform human souls and change the course of nations. Today, if the
Muslims clear off the dust from this Book and follow the true Sunnah of
the Prophet Muhammad by making the Qur’an the only
criterion for right and wrong, the world can still see the miraculous
rise of a nation from the darkness as was witnessed fourteen hundred
years ago.
Finally, I would like to assert that my
purpose behind writing this book is not to insult any true scholars and
seekers of the truth. Rather, the purpose is to take the Muslim nation
back to the basics. For indeed, the books of Hadith may have a
historical value, and they may contain certain truthful reports. As such
they should be valued and studied just like the Christian Bible should
be valued and studied or like the alleged sayings of the other wise
people of the past. However, when it comes to religious laws and
judgments and guidance, it is only the Qur’an that
should be sought, as was the practice of the Messenger himself.
Appendix (under
construction)
Alleged verses that are not in the
Qur'an:
Muslim: Book 8, Number 3421:
Narrated Aisha: It had been revealed in the Qur'an that ten clear
sucklings make the marriage unlawful, then it was abrogated (and
substituted) by five sucklings and Allah's Apostle (peace_be_upon_him)
died and it was before that time (found) in the Qur'an (and recited by
the Muslims).
Muslim: Book 8, Number 3427:
Narrated Aisha: Umm Salamah said to Aisha: A young boy who is at the
threshold of puberty comes to you. I, however, do not like that he
should come to me, whereupon Aisha said: Don't you see in Allah's
Messenger (peace_be_upon_him) a model for you?
She also said: The wife of AbuHudhayfah
said: Messenger of Allah, Salim comes to me and now he is a (grown-up)
person, and there is something that (rankles) in the mind of
AbuHudhayfah about him, whereupon Allah's Messenger (peace_be_upon_him)
said: Suckle him (so that he may become your foster-child), and thus he
may be able to come to you (freely).
Malik’s Muwatta: Book 41, Number
41.1.8:
Malik related to me from Ibn Shihab from Ubaydullah ibn Abdullah ibn
Utba ibn Masud that Abdullah ibn Abbas said, "I heard Umar ibn al-Khattab
say, 'Stoning is in the Book of Allah for those who commit adultery, men
or women when they are muhsan and when there is clear proof of pregnancy
or a confession.'"
Malik’s Muwatta: Book 41, Number
41.1.10:
Malik related to me that Yahya ibn Said heard Said ibn al-Musayyab say,
"When Umar ibn al-Khattab came from Mina, he made his camel kneel
at al-Abtah, and then he gathered a pile of small stones and cast his
cloak over them and dropped to the ground. Then he raised his hands to
the sky and said, 'O Allah! I have become old and my strength has
weakened. My flock is scattered. Take me to You with nothing missed out
and without having neglected anything.' Then he went to Madina and
addressed the people. He said, 'People! Sunan have been laid down for
you. Obligations have been placed upon you. You have been left with a
clear way unless you lead people astray right and left.' He struck one
of his hands on the other and then said, 'Take care lest you destroy the
ayat of stoning so that one will say, "We do not find two hadds in
the Book of Allah." The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, stoned, so we have stoned. By He in Whose Hand my self
is, had it not been that people would say that Umar ibn al-Khattab has
added to the Book of Allah ta-ala, we would have written it, "The
full-grown man and the full-grown woman, stone them absolutely." We
have certainly recited that.'"
Malik said, "Yahya ibn Said said
Said ibn al-Musayyab said, 'Dhu'l-Hijja had not passed before Umar was
murdered, may Allah have mercy on him.' "
Yahya said that he had heard Malik say,
"As for his words 'The full-grown man and the full-grown woman' he
meant, 'The man and the woman who have been married, stone them
absolutely.' "
(Jalal al Din `Abdul Rahman b. abi Bakr
al Suyuti, "al Itqan fi `ulum al Qur'an", Halabi, Cairo,
1935/1354, pt 1, p. 60) :
ibn `Abbas asked `Uthman what possessed him to place surat al Anfal, one
of the mathani, with Bara'a, one of the mi'in, join them with no
bismillah between them and place them among the seven lengthy suras. `Uthman
replied that often the Prophet received quite long revelations. He would
call for one of the scribes and say, 'Put these verses in the sura in
which so-and-so occurs.' Anfal was among the first of the Medina
revelations and Bara'a among the last. Since its contents resembled
those of Anfal, `Uthman took it to belong with it, for the Prophet had
died without explaining that it was part of it.
(Jalal al Din `Abdul Rahman b. abi Bakr al Suyuti, "al Itqan fi `ulum
al Qur'an", Halabi, Cairo, 1935/1354, pt 1, p. 65)
Malik had a shorter explanation for the absence of this bismillah. The
beginning of Bara'a fell out and its bismillah fell out with it.
(Burhan al Din al Baji, "Jawab",
MS Dar al Kutub, Taimur "majami`", no. 207, f. 14)
`Ali reported that the stoning verse had been revealed but those who
bore it together with other verses in their memories perished in the
Yemama.
Prophet’s Strange Behavior:
Bukhari:Volume 1, Book 5, Number 282:
Narrated Anas bin Malik: The Prophet used to visit all his wives in one
night and he had nine wives at that time.
Bukhari:Volume 1, Book 5, Number 268:
Narrated Qatada: Anas bin Malik said, "The Prophet used to visit
all his wives in a round, during the day and night and they were eleven
in number." I asked Anas, "Had the Prophet the strength for
it?" Anas replied, "We used to say that the Prophet was given
the strength of thirty (men)." And Sa'id said on the authority of
Qatada that Anas had told him about nine wives only (not eleven).
Bukhari: Volume 1, Book 4, Number 225:
Narrated Hudhaifa': The Prophet and I walked till we reached the dumps
of some people. He stood, as any one of you stands, behind a wall and
urinated. I went away, but he beckoned me to come. So I approached him
and stood near his back till he finished.
Bukhari: Volume 1, Book 4, Number 224:
Narrated Hudhaifa: Once the Prophet went to the dumps of some people and
passed urine while standing. He then asked for water and so I brought it
to him and he performed ablution.
Bukhari: Volume 1, Book 4, Number 147:
Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Umar: People say, "Whenever you sit for
answering the call of nature, you should not face the Qibla or Bait-ulMaqdis
(Jerusalem)." I told them. "Once I went up the roof of our
house and I saw Allah's Apostle answering the call of nature while
sitting on two bricks facing Bait-ul-Maqdis (Jerusalem) (but there was a
screen covering him. ' (FatehAl-Bari, Page 258, Vol. 1).
Bukhari: Volume 1, Book 4, Number 234:
Narrated Abu Qilaba: Anas said, "Some people of 'Ukl or 'Uraina
tribe came to Medina and its climate did not suit them. So the Prophet
ordered them to go to the herd of (Milch) camels and to drink their milk
and urine (as a medicine). So they went as directed and after they
became healthy, they killed the shepherd of the Prophet and drove away
all the camels. The news reached the Prophet early in the morning and he
sent (men) in their pursuit and they were captured and brought at noon.
He then ordered to cut their hands and feet (and it was done), and their
eyes were branded with heated pieces of iron, They were put in 'Al-Harra'
and when they asked for water, no water was given to them." Abu
Qilaba said, "Those people committed theft and murder, became
infidels after embracing Islam and fought against Allah and His Apostle
."
Abu Dawood:Book 38, Number 4357:
Narrated AbuzZinad: When the Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) cut
off (the hands and feet of) those who had stolen his camels and he had
their eyes put out by fire (heated nails), Allah reprimanded him on that
(action), and Allah, the Exalted, revealed: "The punishment of
those who wage war against Allah and His Apostle and strive with might
and main for mischief through the land is execution or
crucifixion."
Abu Dawood: Book 38, Number 4359:
Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas: The verse "The punishment of those who
wage war against Allah and His Apostle, and strive with might and main
for mischief through the land is execution, or crucifixion, or the
cutting off of hands and feet from opposite side or exile from the
land...most merciful" was revealed about polytheists. If any of
them repents before they are arrested, it does not prevent from
inflicting on him the prescribed punishment which he deserves.
Abu Dawud: Book 16, Number 2839:
Narrated Abdullah ibn Mughaffal: The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said:
Were dogs not a species of creature I should command that they all be
killed; but kill every pure black one.
Abu Dawud: Book 16, Number 2840:
Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah: The Prophet of Allah (peace_be_upon_him)
ordered to kill dogs, and we were even killing a dog which a woman
brought with her from the desert. Afterwards he forbade to kill them,
saying: Confine yourselves to the type which is black.
“Explanations” of the Qur'an:
Bukhari:Volume 6, Book 60, Number 80:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Verse:--"You (true Muslims) are the best
of peoples ever raised up for mankind." means, the best of peoples
for the people, as you bring them with chains on their necks till they
embrace Islam.
Hanbal: Vol 1, page 177:
Abi Said al Khudri reported that the Prophet said, "Do not write
down anything from me except the Quran. Whoever writes down anything
other than the Quran must erase it."
Muslim: Book 41, Number 7147:
Narrated AbuSa'id al-Khudri: Allah's Apostle (peace_be_upon_him) said:
Do not take down anything from me, and he who took down anything from me
except the Qur'an, he should efface that and narrate from me, for there
is no harm in it and he who attributed any falsehood to me (this part in
italics seems an obvious addition to the hadith – it makes no sense
that first the Messenger forbids the writing of his hadeeth and then in
the same sentence he says there is no harm in it) - and Hammam said: I
think he also said: "deliberately" - he should in fact find
his abode in the Hell-Fire.
Abu Dawud: Book 25, Number 3640:
Al-Muttalib ibn Abdullah ibn Hantab said: Zayd ibn Thabit entered upon
Mu'awiyah and asked him about a tradition. He ordered a man to write it.
Zayd said: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) ordered us not to
write any of his hadith. So he erased it.
Bukhari: Volume 6, Book 60, Number 14:
Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri:
Allah's Apostle said, "Noah will be called on the Day of
Resurrection and he will say, 'Labbaik and Sa'daik, O my Lord!' Allah
will say, 'Did you convey the Message?' Noah will say, 'Yes.' His nation
will then be asked, 'Did he convey the Message to you?' They will say,
'No Warner came to us.' Then Allah will say (to Noah), 'Who will bear
witness in your favor?' He will say, 'Muhammad and his followers. So
they (i.e. Muslims) will testify that he conveyed the Message. And the
Apostle (Muhammad) will be a witness over yourselves, and that is what
is meant by the Statement of Allah "Thus We have made of you a just
and the best nation that you may be witnesses over mankind and the
Apostle (Muhammad) will be a witness over yourselves." (2.143)
Bukhari: Volume 6, Book 60, Number 32:
Narrated 'Ata:
That he heard Ibn 'Abbas reciting the Divine Verse:-- "And for
those who can fast they had a choice either fast, or feed a poor for
every day.." (2.184) Ibn 'Abbas said, "This Verse is not
abrogated, but it is meant for old men and old women who have no
strength to fast, so they should feed one poor person for each day of
fasting (instead of fasting)."
Bukhari: Volume 6, Book 60, Number 33:
Narrated Nafi:
Ibn 'Umar recited: "They had a choice, either fast or feed a poor
for every day.." and added, "This Verse is abrogated."
Bukhari: Volume 6, Book 60, Number 34:
Narrated Salama:
When the Divine Revelation: "For those who can fast, they had a
choice either fast, or feed a poor for every day," (2.184) was
revealed, it was permissible for one to give a ransom and give up
fasting, till the Verse succeeding it was revealed and abrogated it.
Bukhari: Volume 6, Book 60, Number 36:
Narrated Ash-Sha'bi:
'Adi took a white rope (or thread) and a black one, and when some part
of the night had passed, he looked at them but he could not distinguish
one from the other. The next morning he said, "O Allah's Apostle! I
put (a white thread and a black thread) underneath my pillow." The
Prophet said, "Then your pillow is too wide if the white thread (of
dawn) and the black thread (of the night) are underneath your pillow!
"
Bukhari: Volume 6, Book 60, Number 38:
Narrated Sahl bin Sad: The Verse:--
"And eat and drink until the white thread appears to you distinct
from the black thread." was revealed, but: '... of dawn' was not
revealed (along with it) so some men, when intending to fast, used to
tie their legs, one with white thread and the other with black thread
and would keep on eating till they could distinguish one thread from the
other. Then Allah revealed' ... of dawn,' whereupon they understood that
meant the night and the day.
Bukhari: Volume 6, Book 60, Number 444:
Narrated Yahya bin Abi Kathir:
I asked Aba Salama bin 'Abdur-Rahman about the first Sura revealed of
the Qur'an. He replied "O you, wrapped-up (i.e. Al Muddaththir)."
I said, "They say it was, 'Read, in the Name of your Lord Who
created,' (i.e. Surat Al-'Alaq (the Clot)." On that, Abu Salama
said, "I asked Jabir bin 'Abdullah about that, saying the same as
you have said, whereupon he said, 'I will not tell you except what
Allah's Apostle had told us. Allah's Apostle said, "I was in
seclusion in the cave of Hiram', and after I completed the limited
period of my seclusion. I came down (from the cave) and heard a voice
calling me. I looked to my right, but saw nothing. Then I looked up and
saw something. So I went to Khadija (the Prophet's wife) and told her to
wrap me up and pour cold water on me. So they wrapped me up and poured
cold water on me." Then, 'O you, (Muhammad) wrapped up! Arise and
warn,' (Surat Al Muddaththir) was revealed." (74.1)
Bukhari: Volume 6, Book 60, Number 439:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
(regarding the Verse):-- 'Cruel after all that, base-born (of
illegitimate birth).' (68.13) It was revealed in connection with a man
from Quaraish who had a notable sign (Zanamah) similar to the notable
sign which usually-hung on the neck of a sheep (to recognize it).
Bukhari: Volume 6, Book 60, Number 329:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, "He who says that I am better than Jonah bin
Matta, tells a lie.'
Bukhari: Volume 6, Book 60, Number 328:
Narrated Abdullah:
Allah's Apostle said, "Nobody has the right to be better than
(Jonah) bin Matta."
Bukhari: Volume 6, Book 60, Number 326:
Narrated Abu Dharr:
Once I was with the Prophet in the mosque at the time of sunset. The
Prophet said, "O Abu Dharr! Do you know where the sun sets?" I
replied, "Allah and His Apostle know best." He said, "It
goes and prostrates underneath (Allah's) Throne; and that is Allah's
Statement:--
'And the sun runs on its fixed course for a term (decreed). And that is
the decree of All-Mighty, the All-Knowing....' (36.38)
Bukhari: Volume 6, Book 60, Number 307:
Narrated Zaid bin Thabit:
When we collected the fragramentary manuscripts of the Qur'an into
copies, I missed one of the Verses of Surat al-Ahzab which I used to
hear Allah's Apostle reading. Finally I did not find it with anybody
except Khuzaima Al-Ansari, whose witness was considered by Allah's
Apostle equal to the witness of two men. (And that Verse was:)
'Among the believers are men who have been true to their covenant with
Allah.'
Bukhari: Volume 9, Book 89, Number 257:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
The Prophet said, "If somebody sees his Muslim ruler doing
something he disapproves of, he should be patient, for whoever becomes
separate from the Muslim group even for a span and then dies, he will
die as those who died in the Pre-lslamic period of ignorance (as
rebellious sinners).
Bukhari: Volume 9, Book 89, Number 271:
Narrated Abu Musa:
A man embraced Islam and then reverted back to Judaism. Mu'adh bin Jabal
came and saw the man with Abu Musa. Mu'adh asked, "What is wrong
with this (man)?" Abu Musa replied, "He embraced Islam and
then reverted back to Judaism." Mu'adh said, "I will not sit
down unless you kill him (as it is) the verdict of Allah and His Apostle
Bukhari: Volume 9, Book 89, Number 281:
Narrated Um Salama:
Allah's Apostle said, "I am only a human being, and you people
(opponents) come to me with your cases; and it may be that one of you
can present his case eloquently in a more convincing way than the other,
and I give my verdict according to what I hear. So if ever I judge (by
error) and give the right of a brother to his other (brother) then he
(the latter) should not take it, for I am giving him only a piece of
Fire." (See Hadith No. 638, Vol. 3).
Bukhari: Volume 9, Book 84, Number 57:
Narrated 'Ikrima:
Some Zanadiqa (atheists) were brought to 'Ali and he burnt them. The
news of this event, reached Ibn 'Abbas who said, "If I had been in
his place, I would not have burnt them, as Allah's Apostle forbade it,
saying, 'Do not punish anybody with Allah's punishment (fire).' I would
have killed them according to the statement of Allah's Apostle, 'Whoever
changed his Islamic religion, then kill him.'"
Bukhari: Volume 8, Book 81, Number 766:
Narrated' Uqba bin Al-Harith:
An-Nu'man or the son of An-Nu'man was brought to the Prophet in a state
of intoxication. The Prophet felt it hard (was angry) and ordered all
those who were present in the house, to beat him. And they beat him,
using palm-leaf stalks and shoes, and I was among those who beat him.
Bukhari: Volume 8, Book 81, Number 769:
Narrated 'Ali bin Abi Talib:
I would not feel sorry for one who dies because of receiving a legal
punishment, except the drunk, for if he should die (when being
punished), I would give blood money to his family because no fixed
punishment has been ordered by Allah's Apostle for the drunk.
Bukhari: Volume 6, Book 60, Number 253:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Apostle said, "On the Day of Resurrection, a huge fat man
will come who will not weigh, the weight of the wing of a mosquito in
Allah's Sight." and then the Prophet added, 'We shall not give them
any weight on the Day of Resurrection ' (18.105)
Bukhari: Volume 4, Book 55, Number 547:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, "But for the Israelis, meat would not decay and
but for Eve, wives would never betray their husbands."
Bukhari: Volume 4, Book 55, Number 552:
Narrated Abdullah:
Allah's Apostle said, "Whenever a person is murdered unjustly,
there is a share from the burden of the crime on the first son of Adam
for he was the first to start the tradition of murdering."
Bukhari: Book 14, Number 2526:
Narrated Anas ibn Malik:
The Prophet (peace_be_upon_him) said: Three things are the roots of
faith: to refrain from (killing) a person who utters, "There is no
god but Allah" and not to declare him unbeliever whatever sin he
commits, and not to excommunicate him from Islam for his any action; and
jihad will be performed continuously since the day Allah sent me as a
prophet until the day the last member of my community will fight with
the Dajjal (Antichrist). The tyranny of any tyrant and the justice of
any just (ruler) will not invalidate it. One must have faith in Divine
decree.
Abu Dawud: Book 38, Number 4396:
Narrated Jabir ibn Abdullah:
A thief was brought to the Prophet (peace_be_upon_him). He said: Kill
him. The people said: He has committed theft, Apostle of Allah! Then he
said: Cut off his hand. So his (right) hand was cut off. He was brought
a second time and he said: Kill him. The people said: He has committed
theft, Apostle of Allah! Then he said: Cut off his foot.
So his (left) foot was cut off.
He was brought a third time and he said: Kill him.
The people said: He has committed theft, Apostle of Allah!
So he said: Cut off his hand. (So his (left) hand was cut off.)
He was brought a fourth time and he said: Kill him.
The people said: He has committed theft, Apostle of Allah!
So he said: Cut off his foot. So his (right) foot was cut off.
He was brought a fifth time and he said: Kill him.
So we took him away and killed him. We then dragged him and cast him
into a well and threw stones over him.
Bukhari: Volume 9, Book 83, Number 17:
Narrated 'Abdullah:
Allah's Apostle said, "The blood of a Muslim who confesses that
none has the right to be worshipped but Allah and that I am His Apostle,
cannot be shed except in three cases: In Qisas for murder, a married
person who commits illegal sexual intercourse and the one who reverts
from Islam (apostate) and leaves the Muslims."
Bukhari: Volume 9, Book 83, Number 26:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
That he heard Allah's Apostle saying, "We (Muslims) are the last
(to come) but (will be) the foremost (on the Day of Resurrection)."
And added, "If someone is peeping (looking secretly) into your
house without your permission, and you throw a stone at him and destroy
his eyes, there will be no blame on you."
Bukhari: Volume 9, Book 83, Number 27:
Narrated Yahya:
Humaid said, "A man peeped into the house of the Prophet and the
Prophet aimed an arrow head at him to hit him." I asked, "Who
told you that?" He said, "Anas bin Malik" (See Hadith No.
258 and 259, Vol. 8)
Bukhari: Volume 9, Book 83, Number 38a:
Narrated Anas:
A man peeped into one of the dwelling places of the Prophet. The Prophet
got up and aimed a sharp-edged arrow head (or wooden stick) at him to
poke him stealthily.
Bukhari: Volume 9, Book 83, Number 51:
Narrated Abu Said:
The Prophet said, "Do not prefer some prophets to others."
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