You are NOT answering the main question to you and
are now avoiding it altogether.
Sorry broth
but i didn't see this post till now.
Where is your foundation
for the belief in the return of Jesus PBUH?
There are allusions to his return in the Quran:
among them:
{And He (the son of Mary) shall most certainly be a sign of the Last Hour. Have no doubt about it!} (43:61).
{There is not one of the People of the Scripture but will believe in him before his death, and on the Day of Resurrection he will be a witness against them} (4:159).
And the hadith elaborates on it.
Does sopmething have to be absolutely lcear in the Quran br in order for any Sunnah evidence to be accepted regarding it? this infact is not the case at all and to the contrary, there dont even need to be a mention in the Quran for Allah to reveal something of the Deen via the Sunnah as the following evidence shows:
The Prophet [saw] ahs the authority to make laws:
...those who follow the Messenger, the unlettered Prophet whom they find written down in the Torah and the Injîl, and who bids them to the Fair and forbids them the Unfair, and makes lawful for them the good things, and makes unlawful for them the impure things, and relieves them of their burdens and of the shackles that were upon them. So, those who believe in him, and honour him, and help him, and follow the light that has been sent down with him- they are the ones who acquire success. (7:156-157)... (7:156-157)
In the above verse we can see that Allah relates that a function of the Prophet [saw] is to 'makes lawful for them the good things, and makes unlawful for them the impure things', this is different and distinct from the 'bids them to the Fair and forbids them the Unfair' for the latter refers to something that ahs allready been made fair and unfair and the former is 'making' laws that are not established yet, thus from this verse there is a verry strong indication that the Prophet [saw] not only was authorised to establish laws revealed in the Quran, but to make laws himself that are not revealed in the Quran, and ofcourse the laws he himself makes is ultimately revealed by Allah too in the 'unrecited verses'.
The verse goes on to say "...So, those who believe in him...", indicating that it is essential to bleeive not only the allready established laws [the Quran], but what the Prophet [saw] 'makes' as well.
The verse also says '...and follow the light that has been sent down with him...' so here instead of Allah saying 'follow the Quran', Allah says, 'follow the light', thus indicating here that we are to follow the complete guidance sent to Him, iether through the recited verses [the Holy Quran] or the unrecited verses [the Sunnah]
Fight those who do not believe in Allâh and the Hereafter and do not hold unlawful what Allâh and His Messenger have made unlawful. (9:29)
The above verse makes claer that the authority to make something lawfull and unlawfull does not rest with Allah alone, but with the Prophet [saw] too for Allah says,
do not hold unlawful what Allâh AND HIS MESSENGER have made unlawful.
So this verse obligates us to follow/obey what comes from Allah [the Quran] and from the messenger [saw] [the Sunnah]...
No believer, neither man nor woman, has a right, when Allâh and His Messenger decide a matter, to have a choice in their matter in issue. And whoever disobeys Allâh and His Messenger has gone astray into manifest error. (33:36)
'Decisions' are not exclusive to Allah, but also extend to the Prophet [saw] too, as the above verse shows...
Whatever the Messenger gives you, take it; and whatever he forbids you, refrain from it. (59:7)
The abvoe verse is general in it's meaning, thus it is not only restricted to the Holy Quran, and this obligates us to obey/follow the Sunnah too; wether any thing of the Sunnah ahs a direct rererence to it in the Quran, or just allusions, or no mention at all, yet every part of the Sunnah is indirectly related to this verse, thus the basis of adhering to nay part of the Sunnah ahs a basis in the Quran; the following hadith clarifies this further:
A woman from the tribe of Asad came to ‘Abdullah ibn Mas’ûd (
) and said, “I have come to know that you hold such and such things as prohibited. I have gone through the whole Book of Allâh, but never found any such prohibition in it.”
‘Abdullah ibn Mas’ûd (
) replied, “Had you read the Book you would have found it. Allâh Almighty says: “Whatever the Messenger gives you, take it; and whatever he forbids you, refrain from it.” (59:7).
(Ibn Mâjah)
But no, by your Lord, they shall not be (deemed to be) believers unless they accept you as judge in their disputes, then find in their hearts no adverse feeling against what you decided, but surrender to it in complete submission. (4:65)
the above verse is self explanatory; the 'Sunnah' context is reffered to here too ofcourse.
They say, “we believe in Allâh and the Messenger, and we obey.” Then, after that, a group of them turn away. And they are not believers. And when they are called to Allâh and His Messenger that he may judge between them, suddenly a group of them turn back. But if they had a right, they come to him submissively! Is it that there is sickness in their hearts? Or are they in doubt? Or do they fear that Allâh may be unjust towards them, and His Messenger? Nay, but they are the unjust. All that the believers say when they are called to Allâh and His Messenger that he (the Messenger) may judge between them, is that they say, “We hear and we obey.” And they are those who acquire success. And whoever obeys Allâh and His Messenger and fears Allâh and observes His Awe, such are those who are the winners. (24:47-52)
Again [taking the Quran and Sunnah context into consideration] self explanatory]
So borther, there is overwhelimng and decivie proof that we are to obey the Prophet [saw] as well as Allah [and obeying the prophet saw is obeying Allah too] and that our Deen [religion] consists of not only the Quran, but the Sunnah too, wether it has any direct reference to any part of it, or just allusions, or even just indirectly conected to the above mentioned verse [59:7]; here are more of the Sunnah that has no reference in the Quran at all apart from verse 59:7...:
The Holy Qur’ân says:
And We did not appoint the Qiblah on which you were earlier, but that We might know the people who follow the Messenger as distinct from those who turn back on their heels. (2:143)
the order to follow the earlier Qiblah [Jeruselem] is nowhere to be found in the Quran and in the above verse Allah makes it clear that He appointed the earlier Qiblah; so there we see evidence of unrecited [that which does not form part of the Quran] verses being revealed to the Prophet [saw] with guidance for the religion; also Allah makes it clear that He appointed that qiblah in an unrecited verse, to see who will follow the messenger and who will turn their back saying things like, "we dont see that in the Quran", thus here we see a wisdom of Sunnah that has no reference in the Quran other than indirectly being related to verse 59:7, or in just allusions...
Allâh has certainly helped you at Badr while you were weak. So, fear Allâh so that you may be grateful. When you (O Prophet) were saying to the believers, ‘Shall it not suffice you that your Lord shall aid you with three thousand angels being sent down? Why not? If you observe patience and fear Allâh and they come to you in this their heat, your Lord shall aid you with five thousand angels having distinct marks?’ And Allâh did not make it but a good news for you so that your hearts might be satisfied. And there is no help except from Allâh, the All-Mighty, the All-Wise. (3:123-126)
in the above verse we can see that the 'good news' of the help of the angles at the time of Badr, was attributed to Allah, but this news is nowhere to be found in the Quran; in other words, no such verse was revealed in the Quran at the time of the battle of Badr giving tidings that angels are going to assist in the battle..., so this is further evidence of 'unrecited verses' revealed to the Prophet [saw]
And when Allâh promised you that one of the two groups shall be for you. (8:7)
In the above verse we can see that Allah promised the victory of muslims over iether the commerical van led by Abu Jalh [this is the contextual interpretation], or the army of makkan desbeleivers; the muslims won over the latter; this promise of Allah is nowhere to be found in the Quran; this promise was given by the Prophet [saw] without any reference to any Quranic verses [no such verses had been revealed at that time; thus here is more evidence of 'unrecited verses'.
Move not your tongue with it in order to hasten it. It is on Us to gather it (in your heart) and to recite it. So, when We read it, follow its reading. Then it is on Us to explain it. (75:16-19)
the above verse makes it absolutely clear that other then just the recitation of the Quran, there is an explanation of it as well and after Allah had revealed the Quranic verses, THEN He explained them to the Prophet [saw].
And Allâh has revealed upon you the Book and the wisdom, and has taught you what you did not know and the grace of Allâh upon you has been great. (4:113)
in that verse the 'wisdom' has been mentioned as seperate from the 'Book' [the Quran], thus here is further evidence that an external meaning of the Quran was taught to the prophet [saw] too.
there are more examples in following link:
The Authority of Sunnah - Chapter 1
. It can not be considered an article of faith.
Well I dont know about 'article of faith br, for we know that as the six articles dotn we?, i.e, Belief in Allah, the angles, the revealed Books, the Messengers, the Hereafter/resurrection/day of Judgement, predestination, that all good and bad is by Allah's decree.
I think Aqeedah may be elaborations of the third and fourfth aritcles of faith, i.e, beleif in Allah's book the hoyl Quran, and beleif in the prophet [saw] and his authority, the Sunnah.
Aqeedah are the essential beliefs of faith, if one rejects them then they dont neccassarily turn kuffar but they do turn ahlul biddah; certain points of the Aqeedah however may or will put one outside the folds of Islam such as rejection of the point that Allah [this one obviously will] is one without partners, or something that is based on a verry clear and decicive verse of the Quran [and which there is an absolute consensus on] or points that are based on mutawatir hadiths...
In the last point of the Aqeedah it says:
105. This is our religion and it is what we believe in, both inwardly and outwardly, and we renounce any connection, before Allah, with anyone who goes against what we have said and made clear. We ask Allah to make us firm in our belief and seal our lives with it and to protect us from variant ideas, scattering opinions and evil schools of view such as those of the Mushabbiha, the Mu`tazila, the Jahmiyya, the Jabriyya, the Qadariyya, and others like them who go against the Sunna and Jama`a and have allied themselves with error. We renounce any connection with them and in our opinion they are in error and on the path of destruction. We ask Allah to protect us from all falsehood and we ask His Grace and Favour to do all good.
the word 'Jama`a' above means, 'mainstream'
Salam
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