Erasing the Accusation of Shirk
Erasing the Accusation of Shirk
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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