Sunni Islam is built on Hadiths, Sunnah, Tafsir, and later jurisprudential rulings

The majority of Sunni Islam is built on Hadiths, Sunnah, Tafsir, and later jurisprudential rulings—rather than the Quran alone. This is a massive problem because:

1. The Hadiths were compiled 200+ years after Muhammad’s death.

   • No eyewitnesses.
   • No original manuscripts.
   • Reliance on oral transmission (hearsay).
   • Chain of narrators (isnad) is unreliable.

2. The Hadiths contain contradictions.

   • One Hadith says one thing, another Hadith says the opposite.
   • Example: Did Muhammad forbid writing down Hadiths or not?
     • Yes: "Do not write anything from me except the Quran." (Sahih Muslim 3004)
     • No: Some companions wrote Hadiths anyway.

3. The Hadiths contradict the Quran.

   • The Quran says: "This is a fully detailed Book" (6:114), but Hadiths claim the Quran is incomplete without them.
   • The Quran says: "There is no compulsion in religion" (2:256), but Hadiths allow forced conversions and killing apostates.

4. The Hadiths introduce massive Bid’ah (innovations).

   • Sunni Shahada (with Muhammad's name).
   • Stoning adulterers (Rajm) – not in the Quran.
   • Five daily prayers (Quran only mentions three times).
   • Eating with the right hand, drinking while sitting, wiping over socks, etc.

5. Hadiths were politically motivated.

   • Umayyads and Abbasids used Hadiths to justify their rule.
   • Certain Hadiths favor rulers, oppress dissenters, and limit freedom.

6. Muhammad’s companions (Sahaba) disagreed about Hadiths.

   • Abu Bakr burned Hadiths.
   • Umar rejected Hadiths and punished Hadith narrators.
   • Aisha contradicted other narrators like Abu Huraira.

7. Hadiths portray Muhammad in an unflattering way.

   • Sahih Bukhari 5134: Muhammad married Aisha at 6 and consummated at 9.
   • Sahih Muslim 3371: Muhammad allowed the killing of critics (Ka’b ibn Ashraf).
   • Sahih Bukhari 6922: Muhammad said: "I have been made victorious with terror."

8. Sunnis elevate Hadiths over the Quran.

   • Sharia law is based more on Hadiths than the Quran.
   • Fatwas are derived from Hadiths, not the Quran.
   • Blasphemy and apostasy laws are from Hadiths, not the Quran.

Conclusion: Sunni Islam is not really “Quranic Islam” – It’s Hadith Islam

✔ If Islam is "submission to Allah," then the Quran should be enough.
✔ But Sunni Islam is submission to Hadiths, scholars, and sects.
✔ The Quran-only (Quranist) position is actually more Islamic than Sunni or Shia Islam.

🔴 Sunni Islam is Hadith-based, not Quran-based.
🔴 The Hadiths have corrupted Islam with Bid’ah, contradictions, and man-made laws.
🔴 If Muhammad were alive today, would he recognize Sunni Islam? Probably not.