Honestly, I agree with you. Allah ordered us to follow Qur'an, nothing more.
O you who believe! obey Allah and obey the Apostle [Surah Nisa Ayah 59]
In fact, don't forget that nothing of a word from our prophet Mohammed (S.A.V.) was written down during his lifetime. He did not want it to happen.
Please read this
Preservation of Hadith
A. During the Lifetime of the Prophet (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam).
The Prophet (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) encouraged his Companions (Radhiallaahu Ánhum) to acquire and teach his Hadith/Sunnah to others. This resulted in their taking a keen interest in the life of the Prophet (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) and thus they memorized everything that they heard from him and saw him do.
The course of study which the Prophet (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) prescribed for the Ashab al-Suffah (Companions of the Platform) included, inter alia, the study of the Qur'an, his Sunnah and the art of writing. The Prophet when appointing officials gave preference to those who were learned in the Qur'an as well as the Hadith.
The Companions (Radhiallaahu Ánhum) did not only commit many of the Ahadith to memory, but, some of them went a step further and recorded them in writing them on stone-tablets, skin, bones and on some form of paper as well. Each of these written documents came to be known as a Sahifah.
The Prophet's (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) written documents in the form of letters inviting the chieftains and Kings to Islam, the treaties and agreements he concluded with the different Arabian tribes, Jews and Christians in Arabia; and the letters addressed to the Muslim governors detailing the rules for Zakaat and other legal matters, all fall under the category of the teaching of his Sunnah through the written medium. Some of the Companions (Radhiallaahu Ánhum) had written down the Ahadith. The scribes of the Prophet (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) for example, Abd Rafi'i, 'Abd Allah ibn 'Amr ibn Al-'Aas and Zayd ibn Thabit were entrusted with the writing down of the Ahadith, treatises of the Prophet (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam), laws, and letters etc. After the demise of the Prophet (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) the importance of Hadith increased even further.
B. After The Demise of The Prophet (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam)
From the very beginning Muslims were interested in what the Prophet (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) said and did. After the demise of the Prophet (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) his Ahadith began to be disseminated along with the spread of Islam beyond the confines of Arabia. Newcomers to the fold of Islam were anxious to bear and learn about him. The Sahabah (Radhiallaahu Ánhu) were given an eager hearing as they spoke about the Prophet (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam). In this way a great number of Ahadith came to be disseminated.
At this juncture it should be noted that the Ahadith were constantly being memorised and repeatedly reported by the Companions (Radhiallaahu Ánhu). In this domain the Ashab al-Suffah (Radhiallaahu Ánhu) played a vital role. The most famous amongst them was Abu Hurayrah (Radhiallaahu Ánhu) who chose to remain with the Prophet (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) in order to learn everything that the Prophet did or said. However, he did not write down the Ahadith but is noted to have transmitted the largest number of Ahadith.
It should be pointed out here that the writing down of the Ahadith was not encouraged lest the Companions (Radhiallaahu Ánhu) confuse the Hadith with the Qur'anic text. However, despite the reluctance on the part of some Companions (Radhiallaahu Ánhu) to take part in the process of writing down the Ahadith, there were some who wrote them down, even during the lifetime of the Prophet (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam). For example, 'Abd Allah ibn 'Amr (Radhiallaahu Ánhu) complained to the Prophet (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) that he had a problem in memorising what he beard from him, so the Prophet (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) told him that he should seek the assistance of his right hand i.e. suggesting he should write them down. He called his collection al-Sahifah al-Sadiqah (The Truthful Tract).
Abu Hurayrah (Radhiallaahu Ánhu), who did not write down the Ahadith but nevertheless chose 138 Hadith dealing with al-Akhlaq (Ethics and Morality) from the vast number of Ahadith he had memorised and dictated them to his student Hammam ibn Munabbih. Abu Hurayrah (Radhiallaahu Ánhu) entitled this collection al-Sahifah al-Sahihah (The Correct Tract). This Sahifah has been edited by Dr Muhammad Hamidullah of Paris.
C. After the Companions (Radhiallaahu Ánhu)
In the year 101/719 the Caliph 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz (61101/680-719), fearing the loss of Ahadith, appointed learned scholars like Imaam Muhammad ibn Muslim ibn Shibab al-Zuhri (d.124/742) to compile Hadith literature. Al-Zuhri was a renown authority on Hadith. It is stated by Ibn Sa'd that al-Zuhri had collected a considerable number of Ahaadith with the result "that after his death several riding beasts were needed to transport his manuscripts.
'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz also wrote letters to scholars of Hadith all over the then Islamic world and appealed to them to embark upon the task of compiling the Ahadith that were then available in the form of books. Thus, through his initiative, the Ahadith that were scattered throughout the Muslim domain came to be systematically collected and preserved.
However, the first comprehensive and systematic compilation of Hadith was undertaken by Imam Malik ibn Anas (d.179/795). His compilation is entitled Al-Muwatta' (The Trodden Path), and contains Ahadith dealing with different legal topics. Thereafter other compilations of Hadith came into existence either in the form of Musnad or Musannaf collections.
In my life, many times I witnessed how people convey someone's saying after a few weeks. What about 200 years after our prophet passed away?? After three generations? How can we conduct our behaviors and our way of life with regard to hadiths? Especially if it has no reference in noble Qur'an?
Please read the Quran throughly before making accusations against it.
...and whatever the Apostle gives you, accept it, and from whatever he forbids you, keep back, and be careful of (your duty to) Allah; surely Allah is severe in retributing (evil): [Surah Hashr Ayah 7]
Certainly you have in the Apostle of Allah an excellent exemplar for him who hopes in Allah and the latter day and remembers Allah much.
[Surah Ahzab Ayah 21]
I think we must be returning to Qur'an, the one and only untouched reference Allah ordered us to follow. Otherwise, we do nothing but create new boundaries to our lives, and face the threat of degenerating our pure religion. In fact we keep on making that for hundreds of years.
I agree with you, yet we should also understand the sunnah of the prophet salahu alyhi wassalam.
Remeber his statement.
Certainly I have come with The Qur'an and its like (meaning the Sunnah). He said They are never separated until they come to the Basin (ie Judgement Day)
And
I leave behind me two things. You will never go astray if you hold fast to them: The Qur'an and my Sunnah.
And I urge you to re-read what brother Ansar Al 'Adl wrote previous in this thread. JazzakumulAllah Khairan
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