Erasing the Accusation of Shirk

say about ‘Ruku’. The hadith can then further inform us with details
such as; you are to do one ruku and two sajuds in every rakah; you can
then accept this hadith because there is a link between the Qur’an and
hadith regarding the word ‘Ruku’. However, if this is the case, the
Qur’an only mentions the word ‘Ruku’ or ‘Sajud’, but it does not
mention that ruku should be applied in every rakah, after you have
recited Surat al-Fatihah and an additional surah. This information is
only given in hadith; therefore this is contradicting the Qur’an.
Furthermore, if you use this ‘form’ of linking then you have to apply
this form to all words mentioned in the Qur’an. This must mean that
because the word ‘grave’ ( Qabr) has come in the Qur’an, you must
agree with all the hadith discussing the grave. One hadith states that
when you arrive and leave the burial of a deceased Muslim, the
deceased Muslim hears your footsteps. If we apply the ‘linking’ here
you have to accept this hadith, however I am fully aware that you and
the rest of the khawarij reject this hadith! Moreover, even though the
word ‘wasila’ has been mentioned in the Qur’an, you deny and reject
all the hadith that explain and discus wasila in detail! In this manner
you are not using this ‘form’ of linking correctly, simply because you
do not want to accept some hadith and are forced to accept others,
therefore this explanation of ‘Link’ is also flawed.
3. A third meaning of your term ‘link’ could be that, even if a hadith
does not have a link with the Qur’an you will accept it as long it does
not contradict the Qur’an. If this is the case, then there would be no
specialty of accepting the sayings and actions of the Prophet (hadith)!
This could also mean that if anyone said or did something which did
not contradict the words of the Qur’an, you would blindly accept it
(simply because their sayings or actions do not contradict the Qur’an).
This means there is no difference between the words and actions of
the Prophet, and the words and actions of the ordinary man. For this
reason, this third possible meaning of the term, ‘link’ is also flawed.
Secondly, if any action or saying of the Prophet is to contradict the
Qur’an, then one cannot say that it was the Prophet contradicting the
Qur’an. One must understand that if there are any hadiths
contradicting the Qur’an then we must say the narrators who narrated
these very actions and sayings of the Prophets, may have committed
mistakes in hearing these hadiths, and as these hadiths are being
passed on from generation to generation, there can be a possibility that
in a rare hadith the narrator could have misheard the hadith and
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