Muslims: Why Do Many of You Believe in Hadiths?

Question

Hello,
To the many Muslims in this world, why do you believe in hadiths?

Hadiths have clearly contradicted the Quran... such as the Quran says flog the adulterer, yet hadiths say to stone them.

Why do you believe that the Quran is wrong? Why do you believe that the Quran will misguide you if you follow it alone?

Don't ask me how do you do this and that becuase most of it is innovation in the first place, the Quran left it as is.

So tell me, why do you believe in something that needs MEN, who are not declared prophets or messengers of God, to confirm the authenticity of what the messenger said?

Why do you believe in something where every sect has thier own version?.... Sunnis have thier own hadiths and Shia's have thier own hadiths as well.

Why?

Basically, if hadiths contradict the Quran--- WHICH THEY DO, why would you believe in it?

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Answer 1

At least it's better than the Bible contradicting itself.

The Hadith created by compiling what scholars say that Muhammad said, to it's usually better to follow the Qur'an.

Answer 2

well first off youre a bit misguided in what you have said but for the most part you are right. muslims do believe the quran is right, the hadith is used as a means to further explain the quran that does not mean that if you follow the quran you will be lost. and furthermore the hadith is the same as the sunna(the way of the prophet or his lifestyle which compliments the quran because he lived the quran) and there is something important to remember that not all the hadiths are correct there is a great portion of them that are speculations of different scholars, for example a scholar may be doing his studies and misinterpert something and then make it a hadith. And islam does not NEED MEN to confirm what the messenger said it is just their input. And about different sects having their own version of the hadith i am not sure about that i have never heard that from what i know the only differences are political not like in christianity where the sects are completly different. look at the different sects of christianity they have almost different bibles. but anywya to conclude every single hadith i have seen and i have seen quite a bit like try thousands....not a single one has contradicted the quran...now that one that you mentioned could just be a scholar one which can be accepted or rejected depending on the person....so i think your sources may be wrong

Answer 3

I read the Quran and I read the Hadith. But I will always compare the Hadith and the Quran and when it differ, I will follow the Quran. I do not have the right to say which Hadith is right and which Hadith is wrong. So I go back to the basic, The AL-Quran.

Answer 4

oh
you are completely misunderstanding
there are two cases of punishment for adulterer

first: If the adulterer is single (never married) so he/she is flogged 100 times

second: If the adulterer is married or was married then he/she is stoned to death

another thing is that ALLAH told us that what the prophet says is from ALLAH
in the Holy Qur'an ALLAH says about the prophet (PBUH) what means : He never spoke out of his own desire ,, It is nothing but Pure revelation revealed by God .

to confirm the Hadith of the prophet it must be narrated by someone who can be trusted ... trustable people are well known and any Hadith Narrated by them is usually said by the prophet (PBUH)

For what you say about Sunni and Shia's
Shia's usually take some Hadith's that are not Narrated by the prophet ( Weak Hadiths ) this doesn't mean that they are not Muslims ..... they are Muslims but having some wrong beliefs


So the conclusion is :
1- Hadiths don't contradict with Qur'an
2- The words of the prophet (PBUH) is just a revelation from God .
3-True Hadiths must be Narrated by some trustable people of the Prophet's friends
4-Sunni and Shia don't have different Hadiths ... there are only some Hadiths that's not true and taken by shia

Answer 5

hadiths do not contradict to the quran. the quran says the adulterer has to be stoned as well. the flogging for the fornicator.
The woman and the man guilty of illegal sexual intercourse, flog each of them with a hundred stripes. Let not pity withhold you in their case, in a punishment prescribed by Allâh, if you believe in Allâh and the Last Day. And let a party of the believers witness their punishment. (This punishment is for unmarried persons guilty of the above crime but if married persons commit it, the punishment is to stone them to death, according to Allâh's Law). (An-Nur 24:2)


and hadiths explain the quran verses as well.and you are clearly misguided. may i ask are you a convert?

and you clearly have a problem with men.

Answer 6

Islam not a religion but a way of life
muslim one who submits his/her will to god
Quran the holy book which means to read aloud is what we follow.
sunnah example of the life of the beloved prophet peace be upon him
hadiths sayings and teachings of the prophet peace be upon him
And read deeper it does not contradict itself. i will give you an example hmm
lets say the bible comes out and says drugs are bad
the next year its updated and says smoking and drugs are bad
the following year drugs, smoking and alcohol is bad.
while the quran never been changed although translated will say INTOXICATION is bad. now tell me does that need editing. read deeper. i dont agree nor disagree with you. i just wish you pursue it yourself and i commend you for asking best wishes.

Answer 7

who said the quran will misguide you if you follow it alone, it is good to use the quran it is also good to use hadiths to.....

Answer 8

1) A Prophet is the most obedient person to God, and he is sent with a mission to inspire and establish righteous way of life. It is not that his task is limited to conveying God's revelations to the people around him and as soon as that part is done, he can go about doing his business according to his own whims and desires. God sends prophets to establish how a man should lead his life and He provides them constant guidance and protects them accordingly. Therefore, belief in a prophet is made an integral part of Iman (Faith) itself, which means that a believer has to accept him and trust him as one whose examples are to be followed.

2) The Qur'an does not provide detail instruction about how to live as a Muslim, much less as a brother, sister, father, hunsband, wife, neighbour, businessman, politician, warrior, stateman, and so on. That can never be outlined in a book. Instead, the Qur'an deals with the basic principles and guidelines, giving details only when that is felt necessary. As for how to implement those principles and broad guidelines, that can only be established, explained, and exemplified by a prophet who acts as the vehicle of God's message. Without this prophetic example, a Muslim simply would not be able to know how to live as a Muslim. To give an example, God asks us to make salat in the Qur'an. If you want to know how to make it, you will not find it in the Qur'an. For this, one will have to look in the example of the Prophet to see how salat ought to be made. Similarly, God asks us to make the pilgrimage and give zakat. But to know the details, we have to turn to the prophet's sayings and actions. This is what belief in Hadith means.
It should be clear by now why following a prophet's directives has been made part of the faith. This is true not just for Prophet Muhammad, but for all other prophets and messengers as well. Whenever God sends a prophet, the believers are required to accept him as the communicator of God's message and as the model human being, and therefore are required to follow his directives. This is a fundamental principle, and is so important for the believers to understand that Allah (swt) makes it clear in many places of the Qur'an. For example -
Say: "Obey Allah and obey the Messenger ... If ye obey him ye shall be on right guidance." (24:54)

O ye who believe! Obey Allah and obey the Messenger and make not vain your deeds! (47:33)

Aaron had ... said to them: "O my people! Ye are being tested in this, for verily your Lord is Most Gracious. So follow me and obey my command." (20:90)

Behold! Their brother Noah said to them: "Will ye not fear (Allah)? I am to you an apostle worthy of all trust. So fear Allah and obey me." (26: 106-110)

O ye who believe! Obey Allah and obey the Messenger and those charged with authority among you. If ye differ in anything among yourselves refer it to Allah and His Messenger if ye do believe in Allah and the Last Day. That is best and most suitable for final determination. (4:59)

O ye who believe! Obey Allah and his Messenger and turn not away from him when ye hear (him speak). (8:20)

Behold! Their brother Lot said to them: "Will ye not fear (Allah)? I am to you an apostle worthy of all trust. So fear Allah and obey me." (26:161-163)

These are just a few of many verses in the Qur'an where this fundamental principle has been unambiguously established so that the believers fully understand that faith in Islam requires following a prophet's directives. It would, of course, be naive to think that these directives are only given to the followers who were with the prophet at that time. Islam is the universal religion for all time and these directives are meant for all believers.

Now, where do we find these directives? These are contained in the Hadith literature, which is painstakingly compiled, sorted, graded, and authenticated by the early scholars of Islam using such a rigorous scale as has never been applied against the sayings of any other man in history.