Sixteenth Doubt: The Hadith Regarding Presenting Hadith Before the Quran
The deniers have relied on this narration to reject hadith, which the scholars of Usul al-Fiqh have mentioned in their books, that the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, said:
إذا روي عني حديث فأعرضوه على كتاب الله فإن وافقه فاقبلوه وإن خالفه فردوه
“When a hadith is narrated to me, compare it with the Book of Allah; if it agrees with it, accept it, and if it contradicts it, reject it.”
From this, it is established that when a hadith is in accordance with the Holy Quran, it is acceptable.
Answer:
Keep the following points in mind regarding this matter:
➊ The condition for deducing a ruling from a hadith is that the hadith must be authentic, whereas the mentioned hadith is not authentic. Imam Khattabi has narrated in Ma’alim al-Sunan about this hadith: “This hadith was fabricated by heretics.” Similarly, it is written in the margin of Noor al-Anwar, and Ferozabadi, San’ani, and others have stated that no hadith in this chapter is authentic. Maulana Abdul Hay Lakhnawi has also narrated such details.
Imam Suyuti has also refuted this narration.
➋ There are two meanings of conformity. One is that there is no difference in the content of the Quran and the hadith; in such a case, what need remains for the hadith?
The second case is that the hadith is not contrary to the Quran. In this case, our position is that a sound and accepted hadith can never be against the Quran. The apparent differences and contradictions between the Quran and hadith have been resolved by the scholars of deep knowledge; therefore, there is no contradiction between the Quran and authentic hadith.
