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Erasing the Accusation of Shirk

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The Ahl al-Sunnah always run to <strong>the</strong>ir hadiths and you claim that hadith<br />

should come first! And you just gave me a two hour lecture. When you say<br />

that such and such is not mentioned in <strong>the</strong> Qur’an you are wrong. You have<br />

to find <strong>the</strong> “golden thread” that links <strong>the</strong> verses <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Qur’an, when you<br />

make that link <strong>the</strong>n you will see. You claim that you cannot understand <strong>the</strong><br />

verses <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Qur’an without hadith, but it is simple: you just have to search<br />

for <strong>the</strong> linked verses! Please give me any verse and I will ask my shaykh and<br />

he will link it with ano<strong>the</strong>r verse to ensure you understand. Please give me<br />

any verse!<br />

Qadhi: You first mentioned somethinh about a “link” and now you are<br />

talking about a “golden thread.” Unless you clarify to me what <strong>the</strong>se mean, I<br />

don’t what you are talking about. If you think we can understand <strong>the</strong> Qur’an<br />

without hadith you are gravely mistaken. We have to believe in <strong>the</strong> hadith to<br />

understand <strong>the</strong> verses <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Qur’an. Your shaykh cannot claim to ‘link’ this<br />

with that. I will present you with some verses and please ask your shaykh to<br />

‘magically link’ <strong>the</strong>se and explain <strong>the</strong>m.<br />

1. 008.007 And when Allah promised you one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> two bands (<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

enemy) that it should be yours, and ye longed that o<strong>the</strong>r than <strong>the</strong><br />

armed one might be yours. And Allah willed that He should cause <strong>the</strong><br />

Truth to triumph by His words, and cut <strong>the</strong> root <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> disbelievers;<br />

In this verse Allah Almighty is saying that He has promised that one band<br />

will be in <strong>the</strong> Muslims hands. Remember that <strong>the</strong> verse talks in <strong>the</strong> past<br />

tense, that Allah has already promised <strong>the</strong>m that <strong>the</strong>y will be victorious over<br />

one band. The question is; where has Allah Almighty already promised <strong>the</strong>m<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir victory and secondly, who were <strong>the</strong> two bands which Allah<br />

Almighty discusses? Nei<strong>the</strong>r <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ses are mentioned in <strong>the</strong> Qur’an. We<br />

thank Allah for <strong>the</strong> hadith, as <strong>the</strong>y provide us with <strong>the</strong> necessary information<br />

to answer <strong>the</strong>se questions. The hadiths inform us that <strong>the</strong> two bands are<br />

indeed <strong>the</strong> two groups approaching <strong>the</strong> wells <strong>of</strong> Badr; <strong>the</strong> army <strong>of</strong> Quraysh<br />

coming from Makkah and <strong>the</strong> caravan <strong>of</strong> Abu Sufyan. Allah Almighty must<br />

have promised Rasulullah ( may Allah bless him and grant him peace) <strong>the</strong><br />

victory through ano<strong>the</strong>r form <strong>of</strong> revelation o<strong>the</strong>r than <strong>the</strong> Qur’an and <strong>the</strong>n<br />

mentioned it in <strong>the</strong> above verse as a reminder <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> previous promise.<br />

2. 008.042 When ye were on <strong>the</strong> near bank (<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> valley) and <strong>the</strong>y were on<br />

<strong>the</strong> yonder bank, and <strong>the</strong> caravan was below you (on <strong>the</strong> coast plain). And<br />

had ye trysted to meet one ano<strong>the</strong>r ye surely would have failed to keep <strong>the</strong><br />

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