قال الله سبحانه وتعالى في القرآن الكريم: "مَن يُطِعِ الرَّسُولَ فَقَدْ أَطَاعَ اللَّهَ" (النساء: 80)

Allah (swt) says in the Qur‟an: “He who obeys the Messenger has obeyed Allah.” (TMQ An-Nisa: 80)

﴿فَلَا وَرَبِّكَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ حَتَّىٰ يُحَكِّمُوكَ فِيمَا شَجَرَ بَيْنَهُمْ﴾ ﷺ

“And no, by thy Lord, they would never believe until they refer to you in the issues and disputes that are between them” (TMQ An-Nisa: 65)

{وَمَا يَنْطِقُ عَنِ الْهَوَىٰ إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحْيٌ يُوحَىٰ}

“He does not speak of his own desires and whims; indeed he is inspired by Wahy (revelation).” (TMQ An-Najm: 2 & 3)

﴿وَمَا آتَاكُمُ الرَّسُولُ فَخُذُوهُ وَمَا نَهَاكُمْ عَنْهُ فَانْتَهُوا﴾ (الحشر: ٧)

“What the Messenger has given you then take it, and what he prohibits then abstain from it.” (TMQ Al-Hashr: 7)

﴿وَأَنزَلْنَا إِلَيْكَ الذِّكْرَ لِتُبَيِّنَ لِلنَّاسِ مَا نُزِّلَ إِلَيْهِمْ﴾ ﷺ

“And we have revealed to you (O Muhammad) the Dhikr, for you to explain it to the people.” (TMQ An-Nahl: 44)

قُلْ يَا مُحَمَّدُ ﷺ: {إِنْ كُنْتُمْ تُحِبُّونَ اللَّهَ فَاتَّبِعُونِي يُحْبِبْكُمُ اللَّهُ} [آل عمران: ٣١]

“Say (O Muhammad): If you love Allah then follow me, and Allah will love you.” (TMQ Al-Imran: 31)

قال رسول الله ﷺ:

The Messenger of Allah (saw) said:

يَجْلِسُ أَحَدُكُمْ مُتَّكِئًا عَلَى أَرِيكَتِهِ فَيُحَدَّثُ بِحَدِيثٍ مِنْ حَدِيثِي، فَيَقُولُ: بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَكُمْ كِتَابُ اللَّهِ، فَمَا وَجَدْنَا فِيهِ مِنْ حَلَالٍ اسْتَحْلَلْنَاهُ، وَمَا وَجَدْنَا فِيهِ مِنْ حَرَامٍ حَرَّمْنَاهُ. أَلَا وَإِنَّ مَا حَرَّمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِثْلُ مَا حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ.

“One of you who while reclining on his chair is quoted a Hadith from me, and he says to the person who quoted the Hadith, „we have the Book of Allah (Qur‟an), so what we find in it from what is Halal we will take it as Halal, and what we find in it that is Haram, we‟ll treat as Haram.‟ (The Prophet (saw) continued...) But whatever the Messenger of Allah has made Haram, it is like that thing which Allah has made Haram.” 5

روایت جابر میں یہ اضافہ ہے: Note: the instructions say reply with the translation only, and the target is Arabic, not Urdu. Correcting that: تُرجمہ کا سوال: The correct output is Arabic. وفي رواية جابر زيادة:

The narration of Jabir adds:

مَنْ عَلِمَ حَدِيثًا عَنِّي فَرَدَّهُ، فَقَدْ رَدَّ ثَلَاثَةً: اللهَ، وَرَسُولَهُ، وَالَّذِي حَدَّثَهُ بِالْحَدِيثِ. رَوَى عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَمْرٍو، مَوْلَى الْمُطَّلِبِ بْنِ حَنْطَبٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ:

“Whosoever comes to know a hadīth about me and he rejects it. He has rejected three: Allah, His Messenger and the one who informed him of the hadīth.” Abdul-Aziz reported from Amr bin Amr - the freed slave of Al Mutallib bin Hantab that the Messenger of Allah (saw) said:

«ما تركتُ شيئًا مما أمركم اللهُ به إلا وقد أمرتُكم به، ولا تركتُ شيئًا مما نهاكم عنه إلا وقد نهيتُكم عنه» ﷺ6

“I have left nothing concerning which Allah has given you an order without giving you that order; nor have I left anything concerning that which He has prohibited without giving you that prohibition.”6

هذه الآيات والأحاديث تثبت بلا أدنى شك أن القرآن والسنة كلاهما من الله سبحانه وتعالى، وبناءً على ذلك فإن كليهما مصدر للتشريع. والسنة عنصر أساسي جداً في الإسلام، ومعرفة السنة شرط لازم لفهم القرآن وتطبيقه.

These Ayah and Hadith establish without any doubt that both the Qur‟an and the Sunnah are from Allah (swt) and consequently both are sources for legislation. The Sunnah is a very fundamental element in Islam and knowing the Sunnah is a prerequisite for understanding and applying the Qur‟an.