Denying the Sunnah is Denying the Qur’an And whatever the Messenger has given you take it, and whatever he has forbidden for you refrain from it. Fear Allah. Indeed Allah is severe in His punishment . (59:7) We have revealed the message to you in order to clarify for them what has been revealed. That they may reflect upon it. (16:44) It is trendy today to dismiss the Sunnah, and the entire body of hadith which has been passed down to us through the ages as unreliable and irrelevant. To divorce it from the Qur’an. However the Sunnah is an integral part of Islam. It is not just relevant, it is the basis from which we understand how to live in accordance with the Qur’an.  Qur’an and Sunnah In these two verses Allah Almighty is confirming the fact that the Prophet (peace be on him) is the one who explains the Qur’an and disseminates the message. On one hand we have the text which is the Qur’an itself and on the other we have the explanation of the Qur’an which is the Sunnah. There is a big difference between the two. Nevertheless, the Sunnah explains the Qur’an. Attacks on the Sunnah These days unfortunately we have severe attacks on the Sunnah of the Prophet (peace be on him). This is not new, but every now and then, people pop up here and there and in parrot fashion repeat what they have been taught. However it is very dangerous to attack the Sunnah. Those who deny the Sunnah, because they feel it is full of doubtful elements and insist they will only follow the Book of Allah are effectively denying two thirds or even more of the deen. And for the doubts, there are specialists in the sciences of the Sunnah who … Continue reading Why can’t we deny the Sunnah