Re: Very disturbing
I have spoken to some Muslims who don't follow hadith because mainstream Islam now treats hadith as divine revelation with perfect preservation. Everyone has to acknowledge that isn't true. There have been too many hadith proven false. There wasn't any guidance from God to follow another set of writings and certainly no promise from God to protect any other religious texts as he did the Quran.
They interpret "obey the messenger" as upholding Quran, the whole Quran, and nothing but Quran. They obey what Muhammad said as a messenger of God, and not what he said as a man. In his job as messenger, he narrated the Quran. Period. That was the message. Those were the only words from God. The other words (if Muhammad even uttered them) were his words as a man.
God said the Quran is complete and perfect amd should be the only source for religious guidance so following the supposition of hadith amounts to the deification of Muhammad. They believe the true love and respect for Muhammad is to recognize him as a human and follow his teachings, i.e., upholding the Quran and nothing but the Quran.
Thank You.