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For one thing, the Qur'an is full of [[Contradictions in the Quran|contradictory verses]] and commands; sometimes commanding believers to seek out and kill pagans ({{Quran|9|5}}), other times commanding Muslims to leave pagans to practice their polytheistic religions in peace ({{Quran|109|1-6}}). Without the Hadith there would be no [[Abrogation (Naskh)|Abrogation]], the Qur'an can then be interpreted in multiple ways. The pacifist can decide to take from it a peaceful message by deliberately ignoring or twisting violent verses whereas the sadist can easily interpret a violent message by focusing on such verses as are found in [[The_Ultimate_Message_of_the_Qur'an#Surah_9_(Repentence)|Surah 9]].  Both Muslims could be selectively justified by the Qur'an because of its contradictory messages from [[Chronological_Order_of_the_Qur'an|Muhammad-in-Mecca versus Muhammad-in-Medina]].

The often-leveled charge by the obscure Qur'an-only sects that "Sunni's and Shi'ite's are following a deviant form of Islam by introducing these man-made books," is laughable and the epitome of hypocrisy, considering most of the narrators of hadith are the very same people who passed down the Qur'an itself. The first Muslims ([[Sahabah]]- companions of Muhammad, which include all four [[Caliph|Rightly Guided Caliphs]]) who partook in the Hijra to [[Medina]], ''were not'' Qur'an-only Muslims. The generation of Muslims that followed the death of Muhammad (the [[Tabi'un]]) ''were not'' Qur'an-only Muslims. And the generation of Muslims that followed them ([[Tabi' al-Tabi'un]]) ''were not'' Qur'an-only Muslims. Recording and sorting through these narrations in written form was little more than codifying and clarifying already existing beliefs. To suggest that adhering to Muhammad's sunnah constitutes a deviation from pure Islam is ludicrous.

Strangely, the one pillar that is actually described in the Qur'an, is actually a borrowed [[Paganism|pagan]] ritual Qusayy invented pre-dating Muhammad's Islam. Qusayy's family took a cut on merchandise sold during the “truce of the gods” fairs of Ramadhan.

==Conclusion==

Islam without the Hadith and Sunnah of Muhammad is like Buddhism without the Buddha or Christianity without the Christ; it is not possible. Therefore, all of the controversial hadiths mentioned [[Qur'an, Hadith and Scholars|here]] have to be accepted by Muslims as a part of the history of Islam, just like the Qur'an. Moreover, even if this Qur'an-only approach were to be somehow accepted by the mainstream, we are still left with the problem that the Qur'an itself permits:

==See Also==

 

* [http://www.islamic-awareness.org/Hadith/ Issues Concerning Ḥadīth] ''- collection of articles dealing with hadith criticism, from the Muslim site Islamic Awareness''

* [http://www.themodernreligion.com/misc/cults/anti_muslim_hadithrejectors.html A Look at Hadith Rejecters' Claims] - ''from the Muslim site TheModernReligion, filed under "Pseudo-Islam Cults"''

* [http://answering-christianity.com/bassam_zawadi/combat_kit_for_muslims.htm Combat Kit To Use Against the "Quran Only" Muslims]'' (article by a Muslim)''

* [http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&cid=1158658489489&pagename=Zone-English-Living_Shariah%2FLSELayout The Importance of Hadith in Islam] ''- by Professor Shahul Hameed, consultant for IslamOnline.net''

* [http://www.abc.se/~m9783/n/vih_e.html Various Issues About Hadiths] - ''by Shaykh Gibril Fouad Haddad''

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