Re: Muslim Blood - Cheap Commodity by Yvonne Ridley
Quran was sent down through oral traditions too. Try proving that false, it could have been rolling around in there too.
Weakest argument ever used. Both have sciences, both can be sound. Those who cannot be, are not accepted. Simple.
Sorry, that's a weak argument. Fristly The Quran was mostly compiled before the prophet's death, the parts that weren't were validated with the oral testimony of at least two companions. That is a far cry from collecting scattered sayings from scattered people 200 years later. Imagine today, trying to verify oral histories from 1807 that were written down by who knows? In 1807 people were much more literate and educated than in the 600's, and it still would be an imposible task to verify with certainty.
Secondly, the Quran is protected by God - which by objective standards is the only possible way one can believe that the words that were recorded on parchment, stone, wood, leather, leaves and bones are 100% accurate. The hadith have no such protection.