Proof that Hikmah is Right Inside the Quran

The idea that hikmah is a separate revelation from the Quran was introduced by Shafi. He made one mistake. In his book/debate, he left no solid evidence to prove how he figured out the meaning. On the top of that whatever he mentioned was nothing more than appeal to unknown authority. You will find this in his quote below. Believe it or not, his explanation was contested by some sectarian scholars like Aisha Musa. But it all fell in deaf ear. Many among us who follow Quran only know that hikmah is right inside the Quran. One of us has done a detailed analysis of the word. This should clarify why hikmah is not separate revelation. His post is given below.

Argument One: `Sunna is Revelation’

It means the Qur’an and Hadith are both  Divine Revelation. And any kind of division between these two is not admissible. That is why a hadith was later on crafted, according to which the Holy Messenger told his disciples that ‘I get revelations of Qur'an and Masla Ma'a’ (along with it similar and something else). This led to the concept of two kinds of Hadith: “Wahee-i-Jali” – Handwritten Revelation (Qur’an) and “Wahee-i-Khafi” – Hidden Revelation (the Hadith). The Wahee-i-Jali is also called “Wahee-i-Matlau” – Revelation-to-be-recited- and “Wahee-i-Khafi” is also called “Wahee-i-Ghair Matlau” - Revelation-not-to-be-recited. It may be known that there is no mention of these two types of revelations anywhere in the Qur’an. Actually, this idea of two revelations belonged to the Jews. The Hadith writers have borrowed it from the Jews who believed in a revelation that could be written and the other that is not written (which means it was transferred through traditions).

According to the Qur'an any revelation, which claims to originate from God, must meet basically the criteria of perfect preservation and no contradictions in any form.

‘Behold, it is We Ourselves who have bestowed from on high, step by step, this reminder (the Qur'an) and behold, it is We who shall truly guard it [from all corruption]. - (Ch.15: Ver.9)

‘Will they not, then, try to understand this Qur'an? Had it issued from any but Allah, they would surely have found in it many an inner contradiction!’ - (Ch. 4: Ver. 82)

Evidently the Hadith books lack both the above Criteria. The important question arises at this point is that, if the Qur'an and the Hadith both were revelations, why the responsibility of preserving the Hadith was not taken up either by the prophet or his immediate companions? Why so much favoritism, care, and protection of one and no care at all for the other revelation? Anyhow, the Traditionalists bring forth the following Qur'anic verses in support of their theory. We will study the verses in detail and find that their claim is false.

“Allah did confer a great favour on the believers when He sent among them a Messenger from among themselves, reciting to them the Ayat of Allah, purifying them, and teaching them the Book and the Wisdom, while before that they were in manifest error” - (Ch.3: Ver.164)

“By the Star when it goes down, your companion is neither astray nor being misled. Nor does he say (aught) of (his own) desire. It is no less than inspiration sent down to him: He was taught by one Mighty in Power” - (Ch.53: Ver.1-5)

We will look at the first verse first.

The famous classical jurist, Imam Shafi'i, basically the creator of the theory of classical jurisprudence, interpreted the Arabic word hikmah (wisdom) in first verse and in similar verses as meaning `Sunna' or `Hadith.' In his major work, al-Risalah, he stated:

“God mentions His scripture, that is the Qur'an, and wisdom, and I have heard from those who are knowledgeable in the Qur'an — those whom I agree with — say that wisdom is the traditions of the Prophet. This is the same as the Word [of God Himself]; but God knows better! Because the Qur'an is mentioned followed by Wisdom; then God mentions His blessing to mankind by teaching the Qur'an and wisdom. So, it is not possible that wisdom means other things than the traditions of the Prophet...”

Imam Shafi'i's interpretation of the word hikmah as meaning the Prophet's tradition cannot but give rise to grave doubts. Was he justified in doing so? He did not produce any support from the Qur'an for such an interpretation. He merely reported the view of "experts" whom he concurred with. Who these "experts" were and what their reasons for advancing such a view Imam Shafi'i did not say. According to the laws of logic, we can question any view put forward by anybody but we cannot question certainty. In the quotation above, we notice that Imam Shafi'i jumped from a statement of the status of probability to a statement of the status of certainty without giving proper proofs to enable the probable view to achieve the status of certainty. This is unacceptable in any scientific discourse.

God Himself states in the Qur'an that it is He Who explains the Qur'an. This means that the Qur'an explains itself. Taking this clue and examining the use of the word hikmah, occurring twenty times in the Qur'an, it is obvious that hikmah is an attribute of the Qur'an. We will use the methodology of "Tasreef ul Ayah" to determine the meaning of the word "Al-Hikmah". Allah tells us: “See how We repeat the verses that they may understand.” - (Ch.6: Ver.65)

We understand that the revelations of Allah have many attributes. Allah has not just assigned "names" for His revelations - rather the "names" mentioned are actually attributes that signify different characteristics of His revelations. The word "Al-Qur'an" itself is not a name but an attribute. It means 'The Recital", or "The-Recitation", specifying the attribute of recitation of Allah's revelations. There are many attributes of Allah's revelations. For example, "Al-Zikr", meaning "The-Reminder" as Allah's revelations are supposed to REMIND us; "Al-Huda", meaning "The-Guidance" as the revelations are supposed to GUIDE us; "Al-Kitaab", meaning the "The-Book" or "Written Record" as Allah's revelations are in the form of a Book, a written record; "Al-Furqaan", meaning 'The Criterion" as Allah's revelations are supposed to be the CRITERION for us to judge between right and wrong. Similarly, "Al-Hikmah" is also an attribute of Allah's revelations as it is supposed to teach us WISDOM behind the written words in 'Al-Kitaab".

The following verses clearly explain to us that Wisdom is an attribute of the Qur'an:

“Alif Laam Ra; these are the Verses of the Book of Wisdom [Kitaab al-Hakeem]” -- (Ch.10: Ver.1)

“Alif Lam Mim; these are the Verses of the Book of Wisdom” (Ch.31: Ver.1-2)

“Ta Sin. By the Qur'an full of Wisdom” (Ch.36: Ver.1-2)

“We have made it a Qur'an in Arabic, so that you may use your Aqal. And verily it is in the Mother of The Book, in Our Presence, High, Full of Wisdom” (Ch.43: Ver.3-4)

These are of the Wisdom [al-Hikmah], which your Lord has revealed to you. Take not, with Allah, another object of Worship, lest you should be thrown into hell, blameworthy and rejected (Ch.17: Ver.39).

These above verses make it evident that Wisdom is an attribute of the Qur'an. Thus when the Qur'an is revealed to the Prophet, its Hikmah is also revealed to him by default.

Again, we look at the Qur'an and see how "Hikmah" is defined:

“This is what We rehearse [natluhu] to you of the Ayat and the Reminder of Wisdom [al-Dhikr al-Hakeem]” - (Ch.3: Ver.58)

Here the “Reminder of Wisdom” is to be recited [Natluhu]. The only thing that the Muslims recite is the Qur'an. No one ever recites Hadith. Thus the Hikmah is the Qur'an.

We now look at another evidence that al-Hikmah is something that is to be recited. We see that Allah commanded the wives of the Messenger to recite al-Hikmah:

"And bear in mind that which is recited in your houses of the Ayat of Allah AND al-Hikmah. Lo! Allah is Subtle, Aware." (Ch.33: Ver.34)

Here we notice that the wives of the Prophet were instructed to RECITE the Verses of Allah AND the Wisdom. The only thing that is RECITED is the Qur'an. However, some people say that Yutla does not necessarily mean to recite but could also mean to read from memory. They insist that in this Ayah, the Hadith of the Prophet are included and his wives are instructed to read the verses of the Qur'an as well as the Hadith of the Prophet. This claim is not only baseless but quite hollow. First of all, the Qur'an uses the words tilawa, yatlu, tatlu, etc. explicitly for RECITATION of the VERSES of the Qur'an. In addition, the reading of the Hadith for the wives would create a very comical situation. It would be interesting for the wives of the Prophet to be reciting that if a house fly falls in the drink of anyone of you, he should dip it (in the drink), for one of its wings has a disease and the other has the cure for the disease, that the Messenger poked out the eyes of some people and cut their hands and feet and put them up on the wall to die, and that Messenger urinated in the standing position, etc. We hope the proponents of Hadith see the ridiculousness of their concocted explanation.

However, some people still insist WITHOUT PROOF that Hikmah is a separate revelation from the Qur'an. Allah disposes off such claims when He tells us:

“Ha Meem. And the Book of Clarity [Kitaab al-Mubeen]. We sent it down during a blessed night: for We wish to warn. In that is made distinct EVERY affair of WISDOM” (Ch.44: Ver.1-4)

Here Allah ties the descending of the Book with all wisdom. Now, in addition to the evidence above that attests that Wisdom is an attribute of the Qur'an, there is NO evidence to suggest that Wisdom [al-Hikmah] is the Hadith of the Messenger that will be recorded after his death. Therefore, just by using the "tasreef ul Ayat' we notice two major flaws in the reasoning of the Traditionalists - one, they ignore that Hikmah is tied with the Qur'an elsewhere in the Book; and two, they fail to produce evidence where Hikmah is tied to the Hadith of the Messenger recorded by people several years after his death.

It is therefore abundantly clear that Hikmah is an attribute of the Qur'an, and is to be recited. Qur'an is not just a Kitaab or Book of Legal rulings. It also contains the Wisdom behind those rulings and laws. Thus The Book and the Wisdom means the laws and the wisdom behind those laws. This is the Miracle of Allah’s Revelations - they contain His laws as well as the Wisdom behind those laws.

When the above arguments are presented to the Traditionalists, some of them get very emotional and shout that "there is no 'WAU ATFA' in the rest of the 'Hikmah' usage and therefore that 'Hikm' is different from the one used in 3:164". They fail to see the logical implications of this stubborn and emotional argument. We will analyse some other Verses of the Qur'an in the light of this argument.

"And if they reject you, so did their predecessors to whom came their messengers with clarity AND [Wal] Scripture AND [Wal] the Book of clarity” - (Ch.35: Ver.25)

Now in this Ayah the same "wau atfa" is used for the revelation brought by the past messengers. According to the logic posed by the Traditionalists, the above Ayah would mean that the past Messengers came with THREE DISTINCT revelations - "Clarity", "Scripture", and "The Book of Clarity". According to their logic, we should not consider all three of the above to be different attributes of Allah's revelations. However, we MUST consider them THREE distinct revelations. This creates a problem - If the "Scripture", and the "Book of Clarity' are DISTINCT, where is the SCRIPTURE of those people (for even if they show us their BOOKS - written records, we cannot accept that as scripture as it MUST be DISTINCT from the BOOK).

Let us look at a few more "Wau Atfa" Ayat. In the following Ayah, Allah is talking to Jesus. He says:

“I taught you the Book [wal]AND THE [hikmah] Wisdom [wal] AND The-Law [Torah] AND The-Gospel [Injeel]” - (Ch.5: Ver.110)

So according to the logic used by the Traditionalists, Allah taught Jesus FOUR DISTINCT revelations named as "The Book", "The Wisdom", "The Torah", and "The Injeel". This would mean that The Book is DISTINCT from Torah and Injeel. Thus according to the Traditionalist’s interpretation, during that time, there were four revelations making the rounds!

We may look again at a few more Ayat:

"Even as We have sent among you a Messenger from among you who recites to you Our Ayat and purifies you and teaches you the Book AND [wal] the wisdom AND [wal] teaches you that which you did not know." (Ch.2: Ver.151)

Now, we see another "wau Atfa". Here the Messenger teaches us "The-Book" AND "The-Hikmah", AND teaches us "that which we did not know". Thus according to the logic of the Traditionalists the presence of the "wau atfa" would mean that he is teaching us THREE DISTINCT things. Now, the Traditionalists have established that "Al-Kitaab" is the Qur'an, and "Al-Hikmah" is the "Hadith and Sunna". Now in addition to this we would like to know what is this NEW KNOWLEDGE that the Messenger is teaching…mind you because of the "wau atfa" the "new knowledge" MUST be DISTINCT from "Al-Kitaab", and "Al-Hikmah". Where this NEW KNOWLEDGE would be found? It cannot be in the Qur'an, or even in the Hadith.

We are sure that anyone with a grain of reason in his mind can see the logical error committed by the Traditionalists.

Now look closer at the second verse in question:

By the Star when it goes down, your companion is neither astray nor being misled. Nor does he say (aught) of (his own) desire. It is no less than inspiration sent down to him: He was taught by one Mighty in Power, Endued with Wisdom: for he appeared (in stately form); While he was in the highest part of the horizon: Then he approached and came closer, And was at a distance of but two bow-lengths or (even) nearer; So did (Allah) convey the inspiration to His Servant- (conveyed) what He (meant) to convey. (Ch.53: Ver.1-10)

People quote the above verse from the Qur'an without reference to the rest of the Qur'an to imply that everything that the Prophet said was Wahi from Allah. The above verses clearly describe the process of revelation to the Prophet Muhammad. They refer to especially inspired state, not to the ordinary state of the Prophet Muhammad’s human existence. What should alert Muslims is the very close resemblance of this theory to the much earlier Jewish theory of written and oral revelations. This historical testimony is self-explanatory. The theory of two revelations that the Traditionalists had propagated is Jewish in origin and had its beginning in the teaching of scholar-priest Ezra, idolized by the Jews as the son of God, and his followers.

From a linguistic point of view, we note that God says 'In Huwa ila wahe yuha' 53:4, this literally translates to ‘It is nothing but inspiration being inspired’. The word 'Huwa' is very indicative in this verse, it literally means 'it', but that is not all. The word 'it' in English does not give a gender, 'it' could refer to a masculine or a feminine equally. However, in Arabic the word 'Huwa' refers to the masculine (as opposed to the word Hiya which refers to the feminine). The word 'Huwa' here refers to the Qur'an which is masculine. What all this means is that in this verse, God is SPECIFICALLY speaking about the inspiration of the Qur'an to Muhammad. God is NOT speaking about every word uttered by Muhammad!

The Qur'an explains it very clearly that the speech of the Prophet that is by Wahi is nothing else but the Qur'an. Allah has made clear distinction between the Prophet’s ordinary human speech and the Wahi that he is reciting. We see that Allah admonishes the Prophet in the Qur'an at several places. Here are a few examples:

“Allah pardons you! Why did you give them leave until those who spoke the truth had become manifest to you and you had known the liars?” - (Ch.9: Ver.43)

In the above Ayah, the messenger of God is admonished as to why he had given permission to the Hypocrites until the truthful people were made distinct from the liars. Had everything spoken by him been a revelation from God, then the above Qur'anic revelation would not have opposed the speech of the messenger in which he had given the permission to the Hypocrites for non-participation in Jihad. This makes it clear that NOT everything that the Messenger did or said was by Wahi.

Then we further see in the Qur'an that Allah says to the Prophet:

O Nabi! Why do you forbid (yourself) that which Allah has made lawful for you; you seek to please your wives; and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful? - (Ch.66: Ver.1)

Here Allah admonishes the Prophet for forbidding something for himself that Allah DID NOT forbid. This verse again establishes that the Prophet often acted on his own initiative as a human being WITHOUT the revelation of Allah. If the things he did or said was by Wahi, he would NOT be admonished by Allah in the Qur'an for saying something that Allah did not want him to say.

Now we look at the Qur'anic evidence that the REVELATION that was being sent down to the Messenger was nothing else but the Qur'an. Allah explains what is being revealed to the Prophet:

Ha Mim: A REVELATION from the Beneficent, the Merciful Allah: A BOOK, whereof the Ayat are explained in detail; - a QUR'AN in Arabic, for people who understand - (Qur'an, Ch.41: Ver.1-3).

The Messenger himself is made to confirm that the Wahi he is receiving is the Qur'an:

‘And this Qur'an has been revealed to me [uhiya ilayya ha_zal Qur'an] that with it I may warn you and whomsoever it reaches?’ (Ch.6: Ver.19)

Allah Challenges people to produce something similar to the Revelation being sent down to the Messenger. Let us read these challenges:

‘And if ye are in doubt concerning that which We reveal unto Our slave (Muhammad), then bring a Surah similar to it, and call your witnesses beside Allah if ye are truthful?’ (Ch.2: Ver.23)

Here we notice that as a challenge to WHAT ALLAH REVEALS to His slave, the people are told to bring a Surah. Here, Allah’s challenge to ‘bring a Surah similar to it’ against ‘that which We reveal unto Our slave’, establishes that What Allah is revealing to His slave is composed of Surahs, i.e. it is the Qur'an.

Then we see that the hypocrites were afraid that a Surah might be revealed to show their hypocrisy. The Prophet’s ordinary speech was always present, but the Qur'an tells us that it was a Surah that they were afraid would reveal their hypocrisy:

‘The hypocrites fear lest a Surah (chapter of the Qur'an) should be sent down to them telling them plainly of what is in their hearts. Say: Go on mocking, surely Allah will bring forth what you fear?’ - (Ch. 9: Ver. 64)

Not only the hypocrites but the believers also used to wait for SURAHS to see Allah’s commandment. If everything that the Messenger was saying was Wahi, then they did not have to wait for a Surah:

‘And those who believe say: Why has not a Surah (chapter of the Qur'an) been revealed? But when a decisive chapter is revealed and fighting is mentioned therein you see those in whose hearts is a disease look to you with the look of one fainting because of death. Woe to them then!’ (Ch.47: Ver.20)

Then Allah forbids people from asking unnecessary questions when the Qur'an is revealed.

‘O you who believe! Do not put questions about things which if declared to you may trouble you, and if you question about them when the Qur'an is being revealed, they shall be declared to you; Allah pardons this, and Allah is Forgiving, Forbearing.’ -(Ch.5: Ver.101)

The above restriction would have been meaningless if Prophet Muhammad had received other revelations besides the Qur'an. This proves that there were no other revelations besides the Qur'an.

In addition to the Qur'anic evidence, even the books of Hadith also refute this baseless claim that the Messenger was receiving other revelations besides the Qur'an:

Bukhari: Volume 4, Book 52, Number 283: Narrated Abu Juhaifa: I asked Ali, Do you have the knowledge of any Divine Inspiration besides what is in Allah's Book?" 'Ali replied, "No, by Him who splits the grain of corn and creates the soul. I don't think we have such knowledge, but we have the ability of understanding which Allah may endow a person with, so that he may understand the Qur'an, and we have what is written in this paper as well. I asked, what is written in this paper? He replied, (The regulations of) blood-money, the freeing of captives, and the judgment that no Muslim should be killed for killing an infidel.

Therefore the idea that the Sunna is also revelation has no support either from Qur'an or from Hadith books.

How A Terrorist is Made in Sunni and Shia Sects

After every terrorist attack and news about ISIS, the sectarians report that the terrorists do not represent Islam and that they are not Muslim. Although this is true when we analyze how the mainstream Islam is designed we have to conclude that the majority of the sectarians are indeed responsible for the creation of terrorists and other criminals.

1. Hadith Buffet Restaurant: Sayings of the Prophets which happen to be rumors and gossips collected about him after 250 years of his death. Hadiths are like buffet carrying both positive and negative corruptions. Some are extremely brutal. The buffet system helps mainstream Muslims cherry pick their religious duties and views.

Demo:
Sunni #1: You should kill the exMuslims. It is instructed in a hadith.
Sunni #2: You should not kill the exMuslims. It is instructed in a hadith.

2. Abrogation of Quran verses. Yes, in sectarian Islam, it is fully okay to cancel Quran verses. This is how they can ignore the fact that God allows only defensive war in the Quran and even in that strict rules are to be applied.

3. Power in the hands of mullas. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.

4. The idea that one should not approach Quran all by himself. The mullas keep singing that Quran is extremely difficult to understand and that it should not be read without the hadiths. Anyone who wishes to leave the sect to follow Quran alone is to be treated like exmuslims and/or killed. In short, independent thought process in the religion is forbidden.

5. Majority of the sectarian Muslims are illiterate about Islam.They don't go beyond the 5 pillows like prayer, fasting, pilgrimage, and so on. This has created a crisis in faith. Parents don't know how to answer their kids about the religion. The ultimate cure ends up being the mullas, the satan worshipers.

Daraba as Beating Wife Violates Verse 4:19

Blind faith in men is dangerous. Nothing but the twisted meanings of the Quran verses are an example of this. Apparently, it is religiously claimed that verse 4:34 tells husbands to beat their wives. This corruption stems from the hadiths. Here is one example:

Lo! My last recommendation to you is that you should treat women well. Truly they are your helpmates, and you have no right over them beyond that - EXCEPT IF THEY COMMIT A MANIFEST INDECENCY. If they do, then refuse to share their beds and HIT THEM WITHOUT INDECENT VIOLENCE . Then, if they obey you, do not show them hostility any longer. Lo! you have a right over your women and they have a right over you. Your right over your women is that they not allow whom you hate to enter your bed nor your house. While their right over them is that you treat them excellently in their garb and provision

Plenty of women have already become victims of physical assault because of this ugly corruption. The criticism raised against it has forced some of the scholars to lurk around the following tafseer:

Men are the support of women as God gives some more means than others, and because they spend of their wealth (to provide for them). So women who are virtuous are obedient to God and guard the hidden as God has guarded it. As for women who are averse in behavior, talk to them persuasively, leave them alone in bed and tap them (like a doctor would tap a patient - lightly), if they open out to you, do not seek an excuse for blaming them. Surely God is sublime and great.

This does not do justice either. Daraba still means hitting. What we need to remember is that Quran does not contradict. This is the formula to knowing what Allah tells us to do. The truth is that daraba's meaning as beating ferociously violates the following verse:

4:19 O you who have believed, it is not lawful for you to inherit women by compulsion. And do not make difficulties for them in order to take [back] part of what you gave them unless they commit a clear immorality. And live with them in kindness. For if you dislike them - perhaps you dislike a thing and Allah makes therein much good.

Notice how Allah forbids the use of force on women. But whether decent beating or tapping, they all directly tell the husbands to make wives obedient through force, violating 4:19. Those who stick to the idea that daraba means separating are, therefore, right. Do remember that even in the case of "clear immorality" Allah does not instruct the men to beat their wives. 

Same History of Talmud and Hadiths: You be the Judge

Talmud

Hadiths of Bukhari and Friends

1. It is a foundation of our faith to believe that God gave Moses an oral explanation of the Torah along with the written text. source 2. G‑d told Moses that he will give him "the Torah and the commandments." Why did G‑d add the word "commandments?" Are there any commandments which are not included in the Torah? This verse (amongst others) is a clear inference to the existence of the Oral Torah. source 3. Without an oral tradition, some of the Torah's laws would be incomprehensible. In the Shema's first paragraph, the Bible instructs: "And these words which I command you this day shall be upon your heart. And you shall teach them diligently to your children, and you shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk on the road, when you lie down and when you rise up. And you shall bind them for a sign upon your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes." "Bind them for a sign upon your hand," the last verse instructs. Bind what? The Torah doesn't say. "And they shall be for frontlets between your eyes." What are frontlets? The Hebrew word for frontlets, totafot is used three times in the Torah — always in this context (Exodus 13:16; Deuteronomy 6:8, 11:18) — and is as obscure as is the English. Only in the Oral Law do we learn that what a Jewish male should bind upon his hand and between his eyes are tefillin (phylacteries). source 4. Originally the Oral Law was not transcribed. Instead it was transmitted from father to son and from teacher to disciple (thus the name "Oral" Law) source. 5. Although much of the work may have already been done by previous generations of rabbis, the monumental task of editing, explaining and organizing this vast amount of material was left to Rabbi Yehudah. The end result of this massive undertaking was a definitive, yet cryptic (the basic principles were all there yet a teacher was still required to elucidate the material) version of the entire Oral Law source 6. Defining Mishna: A noun formed from the verb "shanah," which has the same meaning as the Aramaic "matnita," derived from "teni" or "tena." The verb "shanah," which originally meant "to repeat," acquired in post-Biblical Hebrew the special force of "to teach" and "to learn" that which was not transmitted in writing but only orally; the development of connotation being due to the fact that the retention of teachings handed down by word of mouth was possible only by frequent recitation. source 7. The Mishnah is sometimes called Shas (an acronym for Shisha Sedarim – the "six orders"), though that term is more often used for the Talmud as a whole. The six orders are: Zera'im ("Seeds"), dealing with prayer and blessings, tithes and agricultural laws (11 tractates) Mo'ed ("Festival"), pertaining to the laws of the Sabbath and the Festivals (12 tractates) Nashim ("Women"), concerning marriage and divorce, some forms of oaths and the laws of the nazirite (7 tractates) Nezikin ("Damages"), dealing with civil and criminal law, the functioning of the courts and oaths (10 tractates) Kodashim ("Holy things"), regarding sacrificial rites, the Temple, and the dietary laws (11 tractates) and Tohorot ("Purities"), pertaining to the laws of purity and impurity, including the impurity of the dead, the laws of food purity and bodily purity (12 tractates).

1. The Qur’an is the message, and the Hadith is the explanation of the message by the Messenger himself source .In this article, I will prove, using verses from the Quran, that Prophet Muhammed (p) did indeed receive other revelation besides the Quran source. 2. Recall how Shafi Shafi popularized the rumor that hikma means sunnah by using the verse in which Allah says he gave the Prophet the Book and wisdom. 3. If anyone's interpretation of the Qur'an was to be accepted and there was no hadiths at all, then we would not know why certain things were mentioned in the Qur'an source. Much of Islam will remain mere abstract concepts without Hadith. We would never know how to pray, fast, pay zakah, or make pilgrimage without the illustration found in Hadith, for these acts of worship remain as abstract imperatives in the Qur’an source. 4. A hadith was originally an oral tradition about the actions and customs and opinions of the  Muhammad source. 5.Before Imam Bukhari (R.A) had started to collect ahaadeeth there had actually been quite a few published books of ahaadeeth in which Imam Bukhari (R.A) found ahaadeeth of both weak and strong testimonials, which gave him the idea to compile such a kitaab containing ahaadeeth of only strong testimonials. Ishaaq Ibn Rahway (R.A) agreed to this idea which strengthened Imam Bukhari’s (R.A) decision.  source 6. Defining Musnad: Al-Hakim defines a Musnad ("supported") hadith as follows: "A hadith which a traditionalist reports from his shaikh from whom he is known to have heard (ahadith) at a time of life suitable for learning, and similarly in turn for each shaikh, until the isnad reaches a well- known Companion, who in turn reports from the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace). source 7. Six Major Hadith books Sahih Bukhari, collected by Imam Bukhari (d. 870), includes 7000+ ahadith Sahih Muslim, collected by Muslim b. al-Hajjaj (d. 875), includes 9000+ ahadith Sunan al-Nasa'i, collected by al-Nasa'i (d. 915) Sunan Abu Dawood, collected by Abu Dawood (d. 888) Jami al-Tirmidhi, collected by al-Tirmidhi (d. 892) Sunan ibn Majah, collected by Ibn Majah (d. 887)

Ruqya Exposed: The Pagan Ritual

In the world of sectarian Muslims, Ruqya is a treatment done to get rid of black magic, jinn, etc. It has lots of die hard blind fans. Paranormal activities and blackmagic do exist and yes, the ones who perform ruqya admit that such things attack mainly those who are prone to sinning and are spiritually weak. They also say that ruqya does not work on those who continue being so. That is quite an insurance for the mullahs. If their ruqya is not working on you it is because you are a sinner or you are just not going to the right person. There is no other alternative. Do you want to research what they are feeding you? They won't let you do it.

Mullas are notorious for discouraging Muslims from knowing the foreign. They'll just call the research shirk. They know how to create a situation to keep the average sectarians away from knowledge. Just look at how Quran followers are treated on sectarian sites. They have been doing the same about ruqya. But do remember this verse:

And do not pursue that of which you have no knowledge. Indeed, the hearing, the sight and the heart - about all those [one] will be questioned.17:36

Truth is that ruqya is pretty much a pagan thing. Majority of the things used in the ritual are still very much part of the wicca even today. We will look into that shortly. But first let's look at how these hadiths are never mentioned by those who misguide people about ruqya.

Malik :: Book 50 : Hadith 50.4.11
Yahya related to me from Malik from Yahya ibn Said from Amra bint Abd ar-Rahman that Abu Bakr as-Siddiq visited A'isha while she had a [health] complaint and a jewish woman was making incantation (ruqya) for her. Abu Bakr said, "Do it (incantation) with the Book of Allah." 

“I heard the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) say, ‘Spells (ruqyah), amulets and love-charms are shirk.” I said, “Why do you say this? By Allaah, my eye was weeping with a discharge and I kept going to So and so, the Jew, who did a spell for me. When he did the spell, it calmed down.” ‘Abd-Allaah said: “That was just the work of the Shaytaan who was picking it with his hand, and when (the Jew) uttered the spell, he stopped. All you needed to do was to say as the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) used to say: ‘Adhhib il-ba’s Rabb al-naas ishfi anta al-Shaafi laa shifaa’a illa shifaa’uka shifaa’an laa yughaadiru saqaman (Remove the harm, O Lord of mankind, and heal, You are the Healer. There is no healing but Your healing, a healing which leaves no disease behind.’ 

(Narrated by Abu Dawood, 3883; Ibn Maajah, 3530) This hadeeth was classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in al-Silsilat al-Saheehah, 331 and 2972.
Auf b. Malik Ashja'i reported We practiced incantation in the pre-Islamic days and we said: Allah's Messenger. what is your opinion about it? He said: Let me know your incantation and said: There is no harm in the incantation which does not smack of polytheism.

We reject hadiths. But here they are mentioned just to show you how they are satanic. Notice that the first one is saying that ruqya can be done using Allah's Book which happens to be the Quran. Without a doubt, Surahs are highly powerful and they continue to work for the good heart. The next hadith says it is shirk and that just telling Allah to heal is enough. But then why use olive oil, blowing in the bottle, incense sticks, senna leaves and so on? Of course, there is a reason behind this. To understand why, read the hadith given below.

Ibn Al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) said:

That is because these people will enter Paradise without being called to account because of the perfection of their Tawheed, therefore he described them as people who did not ask others to perform ruqyah for them. Hence he said “and they put their trust in their Lord.” Because of their complete trust in their Lord, their contentment with Him, their faith in Him, their being pleased with Him and their seeking their needs from Him, they do not ask people for anything, be it ruqyah or anything else, and they are not influenced by omens and superstitions that could prevent them from doing what they want to do, because superstition detracts from and weakens Tawheed.

Do you see how hadith writers are admitting that ruqya is equal to not trusting Allah? Why? Because ruqya asks its user to seek help from other sources and they happen to be directly associated with wicca. As you saw above, ruquya generally means spell. The hadith they made up about Prophet Muhammad giving permission to others about ruqya should explain why we reject hadiths. People like us who follow just the Quran know that that is a big lie attributed to him. Quran clears up who God is. He is powerful, but frequently responds to a humble mind. That's why he tells us to be humble so many times in the Quran. It is not all about being a reward of the afterlife. Allah is not joking in this verse:

And when My servants ask you, [O Muhammad], concerning Me - indeed I am near. I respond to the invocation of the supplicant when he calls upon Me. So let them respond to Me [by obedience] and believe in Me that they may be [rightly] guided.2:186

Yes, it is that simple and it should be crystal clear to the Prophet who received the revelations and followed it.

According to wicca, there are all sorts of spells out there and they require different recipes. Yet if you go over the ingredients of rukya you will see that they are all essential to wicca rituals. Here is a little intro about it. 

Ritual Witchcraft Oils: 

Leaves from the Spiritual Spells Book of Shadows

Spiritual Oils, whether they be hand-crafted herbal oils, ritual oils, condition oils, aromatherapy oils, or just pretty-smelling essential oils, are one of the largest and most varied of the ceremonial tools used in Witchcraft and Paganism. They come in all sorts of flavors, colors, and kinds and it can often seem a daunting task to know which oil to pick and how to use it in casting a spell.
Witchcraft and Paganism is full of ceremonies, rituals and events celebrating times of change on the wheel of the year, changes in our lives, as well as specific working rituals. These rites and rituals more than often use specific items and tools such as candles, magical herbs, spiritual incense, and, of course, oils. All of these types of tools possess symbolic aspects that enhance the event or the desired results sought in the magical spell or ritual ceremony. Spiritual Oils are associated with the hidden fifth element of Spirit and help us reach out into the unseen ether and summon from it the forces we wish to communicate with or use in our rites and rituals.

Now let's see the ingredients of ruqya and how they are connected to witchcraft/spells of wicca.

1. For Senna leaves this is what the blogger wrote:

"When it starts to boil, reduce the fire and pour 1 spoon of leaves in the pan. Leave it so 10 minutes then drink it. After drinking it, do not drink or ear for 20 minutes so that the leaves can have its effects."

What wicca says:Senna: "Use for all matters of lust and love. Enhances tact & diplomacy."

My comment: Note that daily taking of senna leaves makes one addicted to it. But do notice that the leaves have "magical" purpose in wicca. 

2. The blogger about Olive oil: 

"The oil: Rub the painful parts of your body with the oil while reciting the Fatiha."

My comment: Allah does not require the smell of oil to do his job. Only those who never come to know who Allah is will fall for this scam. Sure olive oil is good for skin and massage, but it is dumb to think it will enter the body to do its healing stuff.  In wicca, however, it is believed to provide "blessing". See below:

What wicca says: 
a. "Athene Oil

 The olive is sacred to Athene, so use pure olive oil as an  anointing oil in particular, rub between the palms of your hands and anoint your feet, forehead and lips." 

b. Once again from Spiritual Spells Book of Shadows: "Olive Oil has an ancient history of being used as a Carrier Oil and is often seen used in oils meant to help in blessing and anointing".

c. FINGER PAINTING SEX MAGIC
You will need your lover, one ounce of olive oil, nine drops of vanilla scented oil, and three drops of jasmine-scented oil.

Just before you make love, take a warm bath with your beloved. Decide what you both want to direct your sexual and orgasmic energy toward. Keep it simple and be specific. Next, mix the oils together, and paint words of endearment on your lover’s naked skin. Finger-paint one word on your lover’s skin, then ask your lover to paint a word of love on your skin. After you paint each word, use your fingers and your imagination to rub the oil gently and sensuously into your lover’s skin. See how many words you spell before you fall passionately into the throws of lovemaking. Direct your lovemaking energies toward a shared goal or dream.

3. The blogger about Incense sticks:

Wear a jellaba with no underwear, burn the tip on the incense cone, put it on the floor and stand over it so that the smoke is trapped under the jellaba. Remain so until the incense cone burns away.

My comment: According to cultural anthropology, similar step was done by ancient Indian concubines before their nightly tasks.

What wicca says:
"Incense has smoldered on magicians' altars for at least 5,000 years. It was burned in antiquity to mask the odors of sacrificial animals, to carry prayers to the Gods, and to create a pleasing environment for humans to meet with Deity.

Today, when the age of animal sacrifices among most Western magicians is long past, the reasons for incense use are varied. It is burned during magic to promote ritual consciousness, the state of mind necessary to rouse and direct personal energy. This is also achieved through the use of magical tools, by standing before the candle-bewitched altar, and by intoning chants and symbolic words."

4. The blogger about water and bottle: 

Then you write these verses with delible ink (ink slates Koran or the rosewater or orange flower with food coloring or saffron) on a sheet preferably transparent. You need a traditional reed pen, ink or modern, at worst you can use a toothpick. You will dilute this sheet in its water treatment: if it is a container of 20l, just dip the paper into the container and let the processing time, if they are bottles of 1.5 liters, it will clear all bottles in a large bowl and leave at least one hour with the sheet until the majority of the ink is diluted. In this case, you can also write on a tablet or a plate because it will be easier to concentrate. For those who have trouble writing, you can trace the verses by placing the transparent sheet on top of the sheet with the verses. For dilution of the verses, they are written without dots, without vowels, as was the writing and the time of the Prophet, prayer and peace upon him, and the vowel points were added later. Once verses diluted in water, the washing is done in exactly the same way as for witchcraft in the general case.

According to sectarians, here the saliva is at work.

 If a person blows with saliva after reciting Qur’aan, such as al-Faatihah – which is a kind of ruqyah and is the greatest kind of ruqyah that may be recited over a sick person – so he recites al-Faatihah then blows into the water – there is nothing wrong with this. 

What wicca says:
Blessing the water is easy. Put one hand over the water, and repeat the following prayer to the God and Goddess:
Divine Father, Mother Goddess,
Purify this water with your Divine powers,
Bless it with your light.
You can also add a little bit of salt to the water while blessing it – salt is good for purification of any object. Or you might want to insert a pentacle, or a blessed athame inside the chalice of water. Although the blessed water is often just placed on the altar in a chalice or cup to represent the water element, it can have many other uses. You can use blessed water to prepare potions, to purify objects before enchanting them.  Blessed water is also a good tool for protection against demons and negative entities. As a sign of respect for the God and Goddess invoked to bless the water, don’t throw the blessed water down the drain when you need to replace it.  Instead, use it as an offering at the foot of a tree, or to water an indoor plant.

5. Saffron ink for writing the Surahs (refer to #4):
My comment: Saffron ink goes by the title of butterfly ink in wicca.

What wicca says:
Use the Magical Butterfly Ink:
* Spells of Summoning Spirits, Elves, Fairies and Elementals (especially of Air)
* Invocations of Higher Forces, God(s) / Goddess(es), Angels!
* To inscribe sigils and symbols on your Talismans and Charms!
* In Love Spells
* In Air Magic Spells

This is what the ruqya blogger wrote about witchcraft:

The symbolic witchcraft
Witchcraft often use symbols. It takes an object that symbolizes the patient: his hair, his photo, writing a habit, not a trace of her, his writing, even a handkerchief or towel he used or sanitary napkins for women . Then he will recite incantations over by various things such as knots, close a lock, throw a doll mix of products, etc.. Then it will often try to put it in an inaccessible location or repugnant and representing something negative, such as the cemetery, in a well, in a body of water, sewer, etc..

My comment: So basically to fight witchcraft you need to perform witchcraft? Why not just ask Allah for help and choose the path of the righteous?

Why Quranism or Quranist is Not a Sect?

Some Quranists fell in the trap of sectarian deception known as Quranist sect. This post should help you understand why that thing is a misconception.

A person who supports hadiths is called a hadither. Does that mean hadither is a sect? No, it is not. There are people who call themselves progressive Muslims. Is that a sect? No, it is not. In the same way, Quranist is someone who supports the use of Quran only in Islam. There is nothing more than that.

Secondly, sect is nicely defined in the Quran. It does not match what we do. Let's look at the evidence.

And they did not become divided until after knowledge had come to them - out of jealous animosity between themselves. And if not for a word that preceded from your Lord [postponing the penalty] until a specified time, it would have been concluded between them. And indeed, those who were granted inheritance of the Scripture after them are, concerning it, in disquieting doubt. 42:14

Criteria #1: Having doubt about  God's scripture.

But the people divided their religion among them into sects - each faction, in what it has, rejoicing.So leave them in their confusion for a time.23:51-54

Criteria #2: Confusion about the original religion.

Say, "He is the [one] Able to send upon you affliction from above you or from beneath your feet or to confuse you [so you become] sects and make you taste the violence of one another." Look how We diversify the signs that they might understand.But your people have denied it while it is the truth. Say, "I am not over you a manager." 6:65-66

Criteria #3: Not accepting the truth of Allah.

What we get from these verses is that people become sectarian because they doubt the scripture. The opposite is true about those who follow Quran only. They do not doubt it. The second point we get is that sectarians do not adhere to original religion. Sectarians have a need for hadiths. They cannot imagine Islam without it. The truth is that hadiths have changed the original Islam. Lastly, sectarians use violence on one another. This is the result of not adhering to truth of Allah.

Democracy in Quran

Humans are all equal
And those who have responded to their lord and established prayer and whose affair is [determined by] consultation among themselves, and from what We have provided them, they spend. 42:38
You can't force laws on others without their consent

O you who have believed, be persistently standing firm in justice, witnesses for Allah , even if it be against yourselves or parents and relatives. Whether one is rich or poor, Allah is more worthy of both. So follow not inclination, lest you not be just. And if you distort or refuse, then indeed Allah is ever, with what you do, Acquainted.4:135

And O my people, give full measure and weight in justice and do not deprive the people of their due and do not commit abuse on the earth, spreading corruption.11:85