Why some things are missing from Quran ?

hypnotix-2000 · October 5, 2010, 10:00pm

Re: Why some things are missing from Quran ?

Excellent summary… thank you.

from a purely logical POV- true, the argument can be used, the Quran however was memorized by many people in the prophets life, and it was compiled shortly afterwards. Hadeeth was not compiled for centuries. many were rejected, a number are listed as weak ahadeeth. but then from a logical POV also, it is an interesting thing that we say well because we believe quran is unaltered thus hadeeth is too, and if you think hadeeth is altered then the quran could be as well. I simply do not see the connection, two different things, collected at 2 different times. The question also is then if we think sahaba knew more than us, then why did they not compile all hadeeth during or soon after the prophets death, just like quran was compiled. Could it be that we are making the hadeeth and sunnah more than it was intended to be?

from a religious POV- I also do not ascribe to the belief that the protection of Quran extends to hadeeth, I dont consider the two as one and the same. I have the highest regard for hadeeth but I dont think they are infallible or always accurate.

Now does that mean that there are some potential gaps in our understanding of the faith, maybe..maybe not. I can see hadeeth as explaining something mentioned in quran, giving context etc but for it to have things that are simply not mentioned in quran to me is a little bit concerning and moreso, things that are counter to what is stated in quran.