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al-Khabaaith (i.e. all evil), he<br />
releases them from their<br />
heavy burdens (of Allah's<br />
Covenant), and from the fetters<br />
(bindings) that were upon them.<br />
So those who believe in him<br />
(Muhammad ),<br />
honor him, help him,<br />
and follow the light which has been sent down with<br />
him, it is they who will be successful."<br />
A number of religious injunction thus emanate from<br />
the Sunnah like the prohibition of the flesh of the donkeys,<br />
dogs, beasts with canine teeth and birds of prey. He <br />
made wearing gold and silk Halaal for the women and<br />
Haraam for the men, etc.<br />
[Soorah al-A'raf (7):157]<br />
v) Inadequacy of language alone to understand<br />
Qur'aan.<br />
There is no scope for anyone with all his Arabic<br />
scholarship to understand the glorious Qur'aan without<br />
Sunnah. The Sahabah were the most knowledgeable in the<br />
language in which the Qur'aan was revealed at a time<br />
when Arabic was not blemished by the incorrectness of the<br />
colloquial language or their grammatical mistakes. Yet,<br />
they erred in understanding the verses when they relied<br />
on language alone, and following are some examples…<br />
a) Allah says in the Qur'aan, "It is those who believe<br />
and confuse not their belief with Dhulm (wrongdoing), for<br />
them (only) there is security and they are the guided."<br />
[Soorah al-An'am (6): 82]<br />
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