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[quote]Dear usmani790,

I think the Qur'an is enough for guidance. Ofcourse if you want more guidance, you can use scholars, jurists and authentic hadith that you check yourself - but all that is extra. For a layman, just following the Quran is enough.

For example
2.43: And be steadfast in prayer; practise regular charity; and bow down your heads with those who bow down (in worship).

Anyone who does not know how to offer prayer, all he needs to do is go to others who are bowing down in worship or offering their salat, and follow their lead. I never needed a hadith to learn my salat, I learnt it by watching others pray.

Same rules can be applied for almost any form of religious duty, like Zakat, Hajj, Fasting, etc. This way there is more flexibility, you have more ways of performing an obligation. What is more important is your intention (niyyat).

There are so many sects each with their own ways, eg sunni way of fasting is different from shia way, same for salat. It is not important which way you follow (if it was important, then Allah would have told us in the Quran). Both sects will swear that the prophet did it their way.

What is important is that we do not do shirk, we only worship Allah. If you go to offer your salat with some people, and you learn they are worshipping Muhammad or Ali or Hassan or Hussain along with Allah, then reject that salat and move elsewhere. Otherwise what harm is there in praying alongside of true believers whatever their sect is?

I asked you earlier what hadith you will follow, there are so many schools. You replied you prefer sunni version of hadith because it appeals to you more. Well, other people find shia and other versions more appealing. ONe must not take something just because he likes it, one must consider it without bias, and you seemed biased towards sunni hadith.

If hadith were that important, then Allah would have preserved them like He preserved the Quran. But Allah made no such promise for hadith, so we cannot assume they are authentic without proper research.

There is enough Sunnah of the prophet within the Quran for us to follow, and that is reliable authentic source of Sunnah.[/quote]

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