A Review of the Debate between Batalavi and Chakrhalavi — Page 3
3 3 HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMAD be rejected absolutely. In his unmindfulness of the demands of etiquette, he has placed the hadith on a pedestal so lofty that is perforce an affront to the Holy Quran and one is forced to reject its truth. He gives little thought to whether the position he has endorsed puts him at odds with the Holy Quran; for he has given precedence to the narrations of the hadith over the clear accounts of Allah’s Book and believes that these narratives are superior to the Word of Allah. Allah Almighty says in the Holy Quran: 1 That is, what word will they believe in after [rejecting] the word of Allah and His signs. In this verse, the word hadith is used in the singular and generic form to establish that any type of tradition or discourse which contradicts and opposes the Holy Quran and cannot be reconciled with its teachings ought to be rejected. The verse is also a prophecy for it alludes to the future fate of the ummah, amongst whom some would neglect the Holy Quran in favour of conflicting hadith. Thus, the Ahl-e-Hadith tilt towards an extreme position in emphasizing the hadith over the testimony of the Holy Quran. If they had remained just and God-fearing, they could have easily reconciled the hadith with the Holy Quran. Instead, they have come to gladly reject and discard the abso- lute and infallible Word of God, but cannot bring themselves to either deny those hadith which contradict it or seek to understand 1. S u rah al-J a thiyah, 45:7 [Publisher]