An Introduction to the Hidden Treasures of Islam — Page 341
341 The best course and interpretation is the one which follows and shows deference to the respective positions of the three: Holy Quran , Sunnah and A ha d i th. It is not proper that one should entertain the belief like the Ahl-e- Ha d i th (those relying solely on hadith) that these enjoy supremacy over the Holy Quran and Sunnah and nor like ‘Abdull a h Chakrh a l a that A ha d i th enjoy no position and were absurd and useless. The best course is that the Holy Quran and the Sunnah should be taken to be a judge on hadith and these A ha d i th which did not go against the clear dictates of Holy Quran and Sunnah should be unquestionably accepted. Specimen of Writing This is the responsibility of my community that any hadith which does not go against the Holy Quran and the Sunnah , however trifle it may be, is worth acting upon. And this should always enjoy superiority over the man-made ruling. If there is some question which does not find an answer from A ha d i th , the Sunnah or the Holy Quran, then in such a situation one should follow the H anaf i School of Thought and accept the majority will. But if, for one reason or the other, one does not find an answer to his problem, even from the practices of H anaf i School of Thought, then the situation demands that the ulema of the time should adjudicate upon the issue exercising care, not like Maulav i ‘Abdull a h Chakrh a l a rejecting the answer provided by A ha d i th for no rhyme or reason. Wherever a hadith is found to be contradicted by the Holy Quran and the Sunnah, that hadith may be ignored. And one should not follow Maulav i Muhammad H ussain Bat a lv i blindly, who attaches great importance to the A ha d i th, irrespective of their veracity over the Holy Quran and Sunnah ( Review Bar Mub ah athah Bat a lv i Wa Chakrh a lv i , pp. 5-6, R uha n i Khaz a’ in vol. 19 pp. 212-213).