Page 45 - Islam Denounces Terrorism

THE QUR'ANIC VIEW OF

SHARIA, JIHAD AND WAR

here are two concepts widely exploited by radicals who perform
T terrorist acts supposedly in the name of the religion of Islam in
their bid to show Islam as a religion of violence: Sharia and jihad.

As God explicitly states in Qur'an, 12:111, the Qur'an is "a clarifi-
cation of everything," although the radical mindset that takes fabricat-

ed hadiths as its guide has never seen the Qur'an as entirely sufficient.
For that reason, throughout the course of history they have maintained
that some of the commandments of the Qur'an are "not sufficient"
(surely the Qur'an is beyond that). From that, they developed the erro-
neous idea that the Qur'an is incomprehensible and that it needs
hadiths (surely the Qur'an is beyond that). The truth is, however, that
God tells us that the Qur’an is clear and comprehensible.

The hadiths have come down to the present day as the words of
our Prophet (pbuh). While some are entirely trustworthy and accurate
quotations and practices, others have gradually been distorted and the

meanings of some have been changed entirely. There are two ways of
determining whether a hadith is really the words or the practice of our
Prophet (pbuh) and that is if it is in agreement with the Qur'an or if it