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AlGhrnati
Peace All,
Many Muslims are in the bad habit of declaring this Halaal and evn more frequently that Haraam. Now as far as I know Declaring Haraam or halal is the prerogative of Allah only. Not even the prophet was allowed to do that:
"This (Quran) is the utterance of an honourable messenger. It is not the utterance of a poet; rarely do you believe. Nor is it the utterance of a soothsayer; rarely do you take heed. A revelation from the Lord of the universe. HAD HE EVER UTTERED ANY OTHER RELIGIOUS UTTERANCES (attributed to us), we would have punished him severely, then we would have stopped the revelation to him. None of you could have protected him against us." (69:40-47)
What do you guys think?imsad
Assalaamu Alaikum,
Yes when the Prophet (pbuh) said halal it was a revelation from Allaah and when he said haram it was a revelation from Allaah. So everything the Prophet said regarding the deen (Islaam) was a revelation from Allaah. Thus there are two revelations the Quran and the Sunnah. The prove for this is in suraah Najm verse 3 and 4
"Nor does he speak out of desire. It is naught but revelation that is revealed, " These two verses are what the scholrs use as prove that whatever the Prophet said regarding Islaam is a type of relveation from Allah. Therefore the authentic sunnah is a revelation. That’s why in the Quran whenever Allah speaks about obedience He states
Allah and His Messenger.
Therefore, although Allaah is the law maker the Prophet was sent as a guide to explain the Qur'an. His sunnah explains the Qur'an and also the Qur'an explains the Sunnah. Many fundamental matters in Islaam have not being explained thoroughly in the Qur'an. E.g. There is no detailed descriptions of how to give Zakat in the Qur'an, example what percentage?, who has to give it, who is exempted from it etc Also with regards to cutting the hand of the theft- which hand should be cut? From where should the hand be cut? Also is there certain amount of value that the item must possess in order for the punishment to be established? etc
All of this detail is given in the Sunnah. You many aruge that there are many inauthentic hadeeth but the fact that the sunnah explains the Qur'an it necessities that Allaah will also protects the Sunnah and He promised to protect the Qur'an.
Therefore whatever is necessary form the Sunnah to explain the Quran and for a general guidance of the Ummah will be preserved by Allah. I recommend you to read this article:
http://www.al-ibaanah.com/cms/pdf_files/48.pdf