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has already occurred. It is without doubt a grave slander to maintain
that words or practices that conflict with the Qur'an actually belong to
the Prophet (pbuh) because our Prophet abided by the Qur'an alone.
The flawed idea some Muslims put forth that we can’t understand
the Qur'an has wrought enormous harm on the Islamic world because
some Muslims thinking along those lines began to abide by fabricated
hadiths. They even even-
tually abandoned the
Qur'an altogether, taking
those hadiths alone as
the source of their reli-
gion. When fabricated
hadiths conflicted with
the Qur'an, some even
had the effrontery to say,
"This hadith overrules
the commandment of the
Qur'an." Hundreds of
fabricated hadiths gave
rise to different faiths,
and the result was differ-
ent schools that dis-
agreed with one another
on many areas within
Islam.
"Interior of a Mosque,
Afternoon Prayer", by John
Frederick Lewis, 1847. Oil
painting on wood panel,
private collection.
