Can the Qur'an contradict the Sunnah, and what is the ruling on the statement: "I do not accept what contradicts the Qur'an"?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: Can the Qur'an contradict the Sunnah? And the person says, "I do not accept what contradicts the Qur'an." Is this statement considered disbelief?
Answer:
Yes, the one who says this is not far from disbelief, because he denies the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and rejects his hadiths. There is a known sect called the Quranists who deny the Sunnah, and the first of them were the Khawarij. The Khawarij deny acting upon the Sunnah. This is not permissible. This speech is the Sunnah of the Messenger, which is a proof after the Qur'an. Allah the Exalted said:[Al-Hashr 59:7].
And He, Exalted and Majestic is He, said:[An-Nisa 4:80] He, the Exalted, said: [An-Nisa 4:59] And if you obey them, you will be guided. And He, the Exalted, said: And obey the Messenger, perhaps you will be shown mercy. So it is obligatory to obey the Messenger and act in accordance with his authentic hadiths, after the Noble Qur'an. The hadiths of the Messenger explain the Qur'an, clarify it, and point to it.
And they clarify its general meanings, for they are an explanation of the Qur'an, because Allah said: And We have revealed to you the Reminder that you may make clear to the people what it is by which you make it clear?
You make it clear by the Sunnah, the Sunnah of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Where did we take from that the midday prayer is four units, the afternoon and sunset prayers are three, and the dawn prayer is two? Where did we take that from? From the Qur'an? From the Sunnah? Where did we take the nisab for zakah, the shares of zakah, and the wealths in which zakah is obligatory? We took them from the Sunnah. So the Qur'an contains general meanings that the Sunnah clarifies. Does this speech say that? This is what is done with the Qur'an. If it were done with the Qur'an alone, one would act on His saying, the Exalted:[Al-Hashr 59:7] The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: And Allah, Exalted and Majestic is He, said: [An-Najm 53:3-4] So the Sunnah is revelation from Allah. Do you lie about the revelation? The matter is very serious.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: Can the Qur'an contradict the Sunnah? And the person says, "I do not accept what contradicts the Qur'an." Is this statement considered disbelief?
Answer:
Yes, the one who says this is not far from disbelief, because he denies the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and rejects his hadiths. There is a known sect called the Quranists who deny the Sunnah, and the first of them were the Khawarij. The Khawarij deny acting upon the Sunnah. This is not permissible. This speech is the Sunnah of the Messenger, which is a proof after the Qur'an. Allah the Exalted said:
And whatever the Messenger has given you - take; and what he has forbidden you - refrain from
وَمَا آتَاكُمُ الرَّسُولُ فَخُذُوهُ وَمَا نَهَاكُمْ عَنْهُ فَانتَهُواAnd He, Exalted and Majestic is He, said:
He who obeys the Messenger has obeyed Allah; but those who turn away - We have not sent you over them as a guardian.
مَّن يُطِعِ الرَّسُولَ فَقَدْ أَطَاعَ اللَّهَ وَمَن تَوَلَّىٰ فَمَا أَرْسَلْنَاكَ عَلَيْهِمْ حَفِيظًاO you who have believed, obey Allah and obey the Messenger
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَAnd they clarify its general meanings, for they are an explanation of the Qur'an, because Allah said: And We have revealed to you the Reminder that you may make clear to the people what it is by which you make it clear?
You make it clear by the Sunnah, the Sunnah of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him). Where did we take from that the midday prayer is four units, the afternoon and sunset prayers are three, and the dawn prayer is two? Where did we take that from? From the Qur'an? From the Sunnah? Where did we take the nisab for zakah, the shares of zakah, and the wealths in which zakah is obligatory? We took them from the Sunnah. So the Qur'an contains general meanings that the Sunnah clarifies. Does this speech say that? This is what is done with the Qur'an. If it were done with the Qur'an alone, one would act on His saying, the Exalted:
And whatever the Messenger has given you - take; and what he has forbidden you - refrain from
وَمَا آتَاكُمُ الرَّسُولُ فَخُذُوهُ وَمَا نَهَاكُمْ عَنْهُ فَانتَهُواVerily, I have been given the Qur'an and something similar to it with it.
ألا وإني أوتيت القرآن ومثله معه(3) Nor does he speak from [his own] inclination. (4) It is not but a revelation revealed,
وَمَا يَنطِقُ عَنِ الْهَوَىٰ إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحْيٌ يُوحَىٰ
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قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [824 -939] هل يمكن أن يتعارض القرآن مع السنة وما حكم قول القائل: لا آخذ ما يعارض القرآن؟ — youtube.com
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