 بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله وبالعالمين الصلاة والسلام على سيدنا ونبينا وحبيب قلوبنا بالقاس المصطفى محمد وعلى أهل بيته الطيبين الطاهرين المقصومين المتجبين والصفوة المخلصة من أصحابه الميامين ومن تبعهم بإحسان وإيمان إلى يوم الدين وبشرح لي صدري ويسد لي أمري وحل الأقدة من لساني يفقه قولي قال تعالى في كتاب الكريم بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم وأنزلنا إليك الذكرة لتبين للناس ما نزل إليهم ولعلهم يتفكرون صدق الله العلي العظم هناك سؤال مهم من الناس who ask that if we have this book the Holy Quran and it is the revelation of God to Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم then why do we need the Hadith? Why is the Hadith? Why should we hold fast to the Hadith and narrate the Hadith and treat the Hadith as something sacred something important We have the Quran and Allah says about the Quran تبيانا لكل شيء تبيان it means to elicitate to explain everything Thoroughly as been explained in the Quran So why do we really need the Hadith? Because in the Hadith when we come to the Hadith there are many fabrications, falsifications the Hadith which is not true and reliable you know this or that So why do we need the Hadith? And there is a lot of people who say this and not only now you hear this now more often but this used to be the cliche from the beginning of Islam actually from the time of the Prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم he had people who objected to the Hadith The son of the second caliph Abdullah the son of Umar رب الخطى he said whenever the Prophet says something I will get a pen and paper and write it down everything the Prophet says So Quraysh told me and this Hadith is narrated by many important books in the Sunni tradition Sunan Abu Dawood Sunan Al-Darimi Musnad Al-Imam Ahmadi Bin Hamal and many others they narrate this story So Quraysh it means the people in Madinah the people in Madinah he refers to them as Quraysh the Sahaba the companions of the Prophet who came with him from Makkah to Madinah they said to him Abdullah why do you write everything the Prophet says because the Prophet is a human being and sometimes he makes mistakes so don't try everything the Prophet says he is a human being so he says I was really worried I came to the Prophet I said يا رسول الله those people they tell me don't write everything the Prophet says because you are a human being they make mistakes and errors so the Prophet said to him صلى الله عليه وسلم اكتب اكتب don't worry about what they say اكتب فَوَلَّذِ نَفْسِ بِيَدِهِ مَا خَرَجَ مِنْهُ إِلَّا حَقْ by the Lord who controls my life nothing comes out of my mouth but truth so don't worry yes I am a human being but Allah SWT says in the Holy Quran وَالْنَجْمِ إِذَا هَوَا مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمْ وَمَا غَوَا وَمَا يَمْتِقُ عَنِ الْهَوَا إِنْهُ وَإِلَّا وَحْيٌ يُحَى مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمْ الله says to Quraish to the Arabs in Makkah in Madinah this is in Makkah مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمْ your leader Prophet Muhammad SAW did not go wrong مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُ فَنْ ضَلَالَهَ he did not go wrong he was not misguided he knows what he is talking about مَا ضَلَّ صَاحِبُكُمْ وَمَا غَوَا غَوَا فَمْ غِيْوَا يَوْحَى which is deviation he never deviated from the truth from the straight path إِنْهُ وَإِلَّا وَحْيٌ يُوحَى things that he is telling you are revelations revealed to him إِنْهُ وَإِلَّا وَحْيٌ يُوحَى وَمَا يَمْتِقُ عَنِ الْهَوَى إِنْهُ وَإِلَّا وَحْيٌ يُوحَى even when he gets angry how a means desire emotion sometimes you see ourselves when we get angry sometimes we say things that we regret five minutes later we regret because we were angry we could not control our speech we say things something bad to people who are around us and then after that what did I say? that's not good the prophet does not do that even if he gets angry he does not say something bad or wrong or unjust وَمَا يَمْتِقُ عَنِ الْهَوَى every speech he does is revelation now you may ask me how if he speaks to his wife at home he says to her sweetie I love you is this revelation too? no this is not revelation we are speaking we are talking about the speech that the prophet presents to his community in his capacity as a prophet not as a husband with his wife in privacy sometimes he tells his wife things but these are not revelations he is a husband we say when he says something in public in the masjid when he gives a speech or when he is teaching في مقام التعليم when he is teaching or someone comes to him and he asks him a question and he answers him here he does not do any mistake this is revelation the prophet has two types of discourses one when he is a prophet he speaks as a prophet no mistake but sometimes you may ask me everything that he tells is revelation norm because sometimes he says something private to his wife at home in bed this is not revelation this is a husband talking to his wife what we are concerned about when he speaks in public when he speaks in public when he speaks in the capacity as the messenger of God that's very important he does not do mistake other traditions not shea traditions they believe that the prophet could do mistake sometimes he forgets sometimes he gives wrong answers sometimes he has wrong assumptions sometimes he has doubts sometimes when he was praying he made a mistake he made a wrong he said something wrong in his recitation a mistake in his recitation but we in the shea islam in the tradition the school of ahl al-bayt we believe that the prophet has immunity protection like diplomatic immunity from Allah SWT Allah is guarding him protecting him against error because if he if the prophet if we believe that the prophet makes a mistake can he trust him after that it's difficult to trust him someone would come and argue that maybe he was he didn't know what he was talking about so Allah protects him to give his speech credibility and value so you believe in what he is telling you beside the Quran says this is a very clear cut answer in the Holy Quran the ayah that I am going to recite Allah SWT says in the Quran ما أتاكم الرسول فخدوب everything this man Muhammad SAW says to you take it take it don't argue with it do not have doubt in your mind that is he speaking the truth or falsehood is he right or wrong is he know what he is talking about or not don't say this خدوب take it ما أتاكم عنه when he says don't do these things فانتاو don't do listen to it this means that God is giving him protection immunity against not only against sins but against errors خطأ he does not do mistakes yes he is a human being but when he speaks he knows what he is talking about because this is the direction and the instructions of Allah SWT so some of the Sahaba also they said يا رسول الله إنا نسمع منك أشياء فلكتوبها we hear things from you immediately everything you say we put it down we write it down فلكتوبها is there something wrong with that the answer of the Prophet was أكتبو ولا حرج write down everything I tell you and don't worry ولا حرج means don't worry there is nothing wrong in that I am not going to say something wrong so don't worry everything I am telling you is right أكتبو ولا حرج but unfortunately there was a very bitter incident that took place three days before the departure of the Prophet SAW when he was on death bed and he said إتوني بدواتن وقرطاس bring me pen and paper so I write a directive إي أكتب لكم كتابا لن تضلو بعده this book if you hold fast to this directive to this will to this وصية that I am giving you to this advice you would never be misguided in your life one of them did not like what the Prophet was going to write and he said this very famous quotation 1400 years ago while the Prophet was still alive three days before his death he said حسبنا كتاب الله enough for us this book this book suffices us we don't need what Muhammad is telling us حسبنا كتاب الله has means enough enough for me this book I don't need the sayings and this sentence reverberated among some circles of the Sahaba and they kept saying this until today until today we have people in our communities most of the communities who says we don't need the Hadith Quran is enough for us but that's not right that's not right why it's not right why do we need the Hadith do we really need the Hadith yes we do where is it in the Quran the Quran says to the Prophet the B verse 44 we have sent down this book this is thick one of the names of this book is thick why it is thick what's the meaning of thick thick to remind to remind this book is a reminder الله says when you were born you know about all the good things I installed a chip inside you that you know all the good things and the bad things however sometimes you forget الله put here a software when you were born each and every newborn was installed with a software to teach him the good and the bad but then why people do bad things is the software corrupt no it's not corrupt it's not corrupt because they forget they forget we do forget so Allah says we sent the book to remind you الله وإلا ذكر للعالمين a reminder so Allah says to the Prophet when we were born we sent this upon you why just to read it and memorise it no need to be him to translate for people what God wants from them now if this book was enough why should we have a Prophet let me ask you my friend still God has sent the book why do we need a Prophet Muhammad why do we need one why do we need one trustmaker أحسنت Prophet Muhammad is the one who does Tab'een in recitation توليح explanation تفسير translation interpretation of this book how does he do that through hadith therefore both the wording of the Quran and the wording of the Prophet are sacred both are sacred and they both come from Allah even the hadith comes from Allah but on the tongue of the Prophet through the Prophet the Prophet is the vehicle that he carries the wahi so the hadith is not less sacred than this book is not less sacred the hadith is also the wording of Allah but it goes indirectly to you through the Prophet therefore we need the hadith and many ulama they say Quran without hadith does not work not only Shi'a's callers even Sunni's callers one of them is حزم الاندوليسي one of the polymic polymic means he was anti-shi'a حزم الاندوليسي was one of the anti-shi'a callers in his book الأحكام الإحكام في أصول الأحكام he has a book he says لو أن مرئا قال a person says لا نأخذ إلا ما وجدنا في القرآن لكان كافران بإجماع الهوم I don't accept I don't accept anything except what is here in this book then that person is a non-Muslim because he is rejecting the hadith and the hadith is part and parcel one of the fundamentals is rejecting the hadith therefore he is not he is not a Muslim this is even حزم الاندوليسي and notice he says لكان كافران so that those guys they started the business of تكفير easy for them to say a person is kafر one of the people who put the foundations of تكفير today as communicating the Muslims from Islam it was him those who started this business business of تكفير as soon as you disagree with him كافر which led into the emergence of ISIS today very easy for them to say to the people who are kafر you know what they did recently in Mosul in Mosul they are dominating the city and having the Islamic kill of it in Mosul children who are not valid yet children at the age of 8-10 if they don't fast they are going to persecute them children who do not fast so don't go to Mosul during the month of Ramadan they say every person has to fast including little children yeah but one good thing they did out of 10 million bad things they did one good thing they did in Mosul they said no صلاة التراويح صلاة التراويح is bid'a innovation the prophet did not do so there is no this isn't true that's the only good thing they did one out of 10 billion things that they did wrong one of them was right because صلاة التراويح صلاة الله عليه وسلم so let me ask you i want to ask you and pay attention to this in what verse in the Quran in what surah what chapter in the Quran Allah says the noon prayers is for what chapter in the Quran think about it where is it then as a prophet in the hadith no more in the Quran Allah says أقن الصلاة أقن الصلاة لدولوك الشمس الى غسق الليل وقرآنا الفجر but no more he says morning prayers are 2 noon 4 after noon 4 مدرد 3 أشاء no more this is in the sunnah of the prophet this is why we need the sunnah then how many rak'a are you going to do the floor how many and if you do it 4 why do you do it 4 because you say I don't accept the prophet I don't accept what he says as hadith I don't need it then why don't you do it 2 make it easy for you where is it in the Quran that we have the details of the Hajj no more in the Quran which verse in the Quran says you have to do 7 rounds or ساعي 7 rounds no more in the Quran Quran speaks about طلاف speaks about ساعي but does not prescribe the number of the rounds that you do where is it in the Quran that this much you have to pay zakat where is it it's all the hadith hadith goes into the details where are the rules of family and marriage and divorce in the Quran it speaks in very vague terms just headlines it does not give details the details are given by the hadith of prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم do you know that how many do you think how come we have religious injunction how many do you have how many do we have can you give me a figure things that are these things regarding Ibadat all the Ibadat beginning with with prayers with fasting with had with zakat and then after that after that business transactions then marriage divorce family inheritance this and that how many حكم we have if you collect them put them together how many pieces we have articles of war we have Islamic law how many do you think how many do we have in general in general over 50,000 if you put them together these articles they are over 50,000 how many of these 50,000 are found in the Quran how many حكم are found in the Quran how many حلال and حرام in this book 350 just 350 350 حكم شرعي religious injunction are found so where are the rest where they come from from the hadith 350 are not enough for me to show me the way so they are from the hadith and the Prophet ﷺ is the one who depends on the Quran on the revelation the wahi to explain what is حلال and what is حرام for me to explain the islamic شرع for me so this is important that we have hadith now some people say the reason we say we don't want hadith because of fabrication it is true yes unfortunately the hadith the hadith of the Prophet ﷺ has been fabricated and falsified and altered from day one from day one and the reason for that when it comes to this book الله says الله سبحانه وتعالى says إِنَّا نَحْمُنَ زَلْنَ الذِكْهَ وَإِنَّا نَهُنَ حَافِضًا we bought this book down we are going to maintain and protect and shield this book against any corruption no one can corrupt this book they tried over centuries many many many Muslims and non-Muslims they tried to make up some verses put them inside this book but you can discover them soon they tried to edit the Quran they would say these verses are good you know western friendly american friendly verses we keep them these are no anti this and anti that we have to drop them they could not الله says I saved God this book Allah promised He said I am going to protect this book from day one until the day of judgment no person can alter or change this book no person can even bring one verse similar to what I have here in this book no one they entire mankind they gather in a convention and the jinn supporting them to bring one verse similar to this they would not be able to do they would not be able to do so however when it comes to the hadith actually people can fabricate the hadith and the fabrication of hadith was a business and I tell you how because immediately after the death of the prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم the authority at that time the political authority after the prophet they banned the description of the hadith that we know the hadith writing down the hadith was completely banned on some pretext but these pretext were not a tool what they advanced what they said is that we don't want the hadith for people to get confused between the hadith and and what? and the Quran this is one pretext the second excuse is that if we allow people to write the hadith down and start reading it and then they going to abandon the Quran in favor of the hadith abandon the Quran why when people abandon the Quran I don't understand why actually if you read more hadith you going to get closer to the Quran and you going to love the Quran more and more because the hadith is about the Quran is about translating the Quran there is no conflict between the hadith and the Quran these were excuses what was what do you think was the real reason for banning the hadith can someone tell me other than this hadji here someone else can tell me why they banned the hadith for 143 years they did not allow people to write the hadith they will burn the books they will burn them some written hadith they take it from him they burn it down it was bad and they said people should not congregate and discuss the hadith they should not do that only speak about Quran until 143 years hijri during the time of what caliph no 143 years he was killed in 41 in year 40 this is 100 years after Imam Ali during what caliph no even Omar bin Abdulaziz who came from 99 hijri until 101 hijri for 2 years he could not restore the hadith although he was the caliph so until what time what caliph's time that the hadith was okay I know the Abbasis but what particular caliph Abu Jaqfar Al-Mansour before Imam Ali Abu Jaqfar Al-Mansour here 143 hijri he said now we really need to sit and encourage the scholars and muhaditheen the transmitters of hadith to write the hadith down because we are losing the hadith what's the pretext the pretext was we don't want people to get confused with the Quran we don't want people to turn away from the Quran for the hadith but what was Adam the real reason what was the real reason the real reason was political reason why political because they did not want people to know who is the caliph after Rasulullah صلى الله عليه و سلم they did not want the muslim ummah to hear the numerous hadiths of the prophets صلى الله عليه و سلم regarding successorship caliph and imam after they wanted people to stay away from that don't speak about that that was the real reason as a result of that we witness this waves waves not just one waves of falsification and fabrication and alteration in hadith which is called الوضع في الحديث وضع to lie to bring about the hadith as an example i told an example imam muslim comes after Bukhari imam muslim in his book has 4000 hadiths Bukhari has 3700 and something imam muslim says the hadith that i have in my book the 4000 i filtered them down filtered i made filtration from you know how many hadiths he had originally 30,000 he dropped 26,000 and he said only these 4000 are correct after him came imam أحمد بن حمبل أحمد بن حمبل in his muslim his book is called أحمد in his muslim he has 30,000 hadith 30,000 you know how many originally he collected and he filtered them 30,000 you know what was the original number more than 60,000 more than 100 more than 300 more than 500 less than million 700,000 700,000 you will get a bottle of water 700,000 he collected 700,000 and then he said all these imagine 670,000 are bad false fabrications only these three 30,000 hadith are good imagine when they banned description of the hadith from day one that was the result a business flourished business that business was called or falsification of hadith it became like a business just to get it close to your mind like today journalism today if you go to most muslim countries in particular arab countries the journalist has a nickname nickname they don't call him صحفي or journalist they call him that job that job because 99% of what he reports what he writes are not writes he writes only to appease the government because he is on a payroll 3 days ago there were a licky weeks leak did you hear about them Saudi Arabia they paid thousands of journalists around the world they paid them multi-million they were on payroll not only journalists politicians in Iraq you know the speaker of parliament in Iraq not this one the one before him he received a check for 575 500,075 million dollars from the Saudi the head of the Saudi intelligence they gave him a check 5 100 and 75 million dollars more than half a billion dollars to one person his name is Osama Nujafi and unfortunately now he is the vice president ironically still in power the vice president of Iraq he received this check and he was told we want you to unsettle the government of Nuri Maliki and this is exactly what they did this is one example they gave money generously the money of the people of Saudi Arabia the Muslims the believers the money where they supposed to build schools and hospitals and give to the Muslims and give to the Yemenis that they are bombing they would give it to mercenaries many of them are journalists these channels that you see Jazeera,Arabia and others they were on the people still today they speak they attack all regimes except the regime of Saudi Arabia معصوم الحمدلله معصومين they have no sin this is exactly what the policy of Mu'awiya and Erysofya the enemies of a little age they paid money to some people to fabricate hadith against Ahlulbayt two types of hadith one type was directed to attack Ahlulbayt to put them down the other type of hadith is to praise the Sahaba who are anti Ahlulbayt to praise them and get them close to Allah that was a business a flourished business this is why we have something called حديث today we have to filter the hadith so at the end I want to say we should not say that hadith is bad only Quran is enough for us this is not good Quran alone is not enough Allah says you need a prophet Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم to explain this book for you but on the other hand not any hadith is acceptable the hadith has to go through a process of filtration very detailed the process to filter the hadith make it pure authentic then we can accept it الله مغفر المؤمنين والمؤمنات والمسلمين والمسلمات الأحياء منهم والأموات تعرف أنهم بيننا وبينهم بالخيرات أنك مجيب الدعوات أننا صلاتنا وصيامنا ودعاءنا في هذا الشهر العظيم وعدجل في فرج سيدنا ومولانا صاحب العصب والزمان وإلا أواح المؤمنين والمؤمنات دواب الفاتح مع الصلاة على محمد مغال محمد