Combating Islam

Muhammadism

Manufactured by Hadith

How Post-Qur’anic Literature Hijacked a Monotheistic Faith

“These are fabricated sayings, and what they invent will only lead them astray.” — Qur’an 6:112

⚠️ Introduction: A Second “Revelation”?

Islam was meant to be a religion of tawheed—absolute devotion to one God, through His final, preserved revelation: the Qur’an.

But within two centuries after Muhammad’s death, a parallel revelation emerged. Not from God. Not even from the Prophet. But from anonymous narrators, political factions, and religious institutions that needed control, power, and obedience.

This literature became known as the Hadith corpus—and it reconstructed the Prophet from God’s servant to Islam’s center of gravity.

The result? Muhammadism.

Let’s pull this distortion apart piece by piece.

📚 Part I: What Are Hadith?

Hadiths are oral reports, allegedly passed down from person to person, eventually written centuries after the Prophet's death. Each hadith contains:

A matn (text of the statement)
An isnad (chain of narrators)

The earliest canonical collections appeared over 200 years after Muhammad died:

Muwatta (Imam Malik): ~150 years after.
Sahih Bukhari: ~220 years after.
Sahih Muslim, Tirmidhi, Abu Dawud, Ibn Majah, Nasa’i: 250+ years after.

Thousands of conflicting reports. Politically charged. Theologically weaponized. Often unverifiable. And yet—taken as religious law.

This was not "tradition." It was an invention. And it rewrote the religion.

🔨 Part II: What Hadith Did That the Qur’an Didn’t

Let’s be crystal clear. The hadith literature does not supplement the Qur’an—it supplants it.

✅ The Qur’an says:

“Say: I am only a human like you…” — 18:110
“Muhammad is only a messenger…” — 3:144
“The Qur’an is a clarification of everything…” — 16:89
“Obey God and the messenger…” — (when messenger speaks Qur’an)
“Do not divide between messengers.” — 4:150–152

❌ The Hadith says:

Muhammad is the best of creation.
He was created before the universe (lawlaka lawlaka).
His intercession saves sinners from hell.
He is infallible and free from error (Ismah).
Prayers must be sent to him daily.
He hears prayers from his grave.
The Sunnah overrides the Qur’an in many rulings.
Obedience to hadith = obedience to God.

See the shift?

From God-centered monotheism to prophet-centered ritualism.

🧬 Part III: The Cult Mechanics Built Into Hadith

Hadith didn't just reinterpret the Prophet—it reprogrammed the religion around him.

Here’s how:

1. Personality Cult Construction

“None of you truly believes until I am more beloved to him than his father, son, and all of mankind.” — Sahih Bukhari 15

This is the foundation of every cult: total loyalty to a leader, emotional dependency, and obedience above reason.

2. Infallibility (Ismah)

The Qur’an shows Muhammad erring, being corrected, and warned repeatedly:

Abasa 80:1–11 – He frowns at a blind man.
66:1 – He forbids what God permits.
9:43 – God reproaches him.

But hadith reversed this. Suddenly, Muhammad was sinless, all-wise, and beyond criticism. This justified making his every action law.

3. Grave-based Intercession

“Send abundant blessings upon me, for your blessings are presented to me.” — Sunan Abu Dawud 2041

“Whoever visits my grave, I shall intercede for him.” — Al-Daraqutni, weakly authenticated

The Prophet becomes a spiritual middleman—exactly the role the Qur’an forbids anyone from having.

“On that Day, intercession will not benefit except he to whom God permits.” — 20:109

4. Legal Supremacy of Hadith over Qur’an

The Qur’an says nothing about stoning adulterers.
Hadith commands it.
Islamic law obeys the hadith.
The Qur’an forbids compulsion in religion (2:256).
Hadith justifies execution for apostasy.
Islamic law follows hadith.

The result: Muhammad’s reported words override God’s literal words.

🏛️ Part IV: Why Hadith Was Invented

Hadith didn’t arise in a vacuum. It was a tool of empire.

1. Political Control

Rulers needed religious authority. Invented hadiths like:

“Obey the ruler, even if he flogs your back.” — Sahih Muslim 1839
“Whoever dies without a pledge of allegiance dies a death of ignorance.”

This silenced dissent and sacralized the state.

2. Religious Gatekeeping

Theologians and jurists became indispensable interpreters of “the Sunnah.” Only they could navigate the hadith labyrinth.

Result: an elite clergy emerged—despite Islam claiming to have no priesthood.

3. Sectarian Control

Sunni and Shi’a hadiths reflect opposing power narratives:

Sunnis elevate Abu Bakr, Umar.
Shi’a elevate Ali, Fatimah.

Each side fabricates hadiths to fortify its lineage, imams, and legitimacy. Scripture becomes a weapon, not a guide.

🧨 Part V: The Hadith Catastrophe

By the 10th century CE, Islam had changed.

Qur’an: Complete revelation from God.
Hadith: Thousands of sayings, many contradictory, used to rewrite doctrine.

The religion became hadithic, not Qur’anic.

Even today:

Sermons quote hadiths more than Qur’an.
Legal rulings are mostly from hadith.
Qur’an-only Muslims are branded heretics or “Quraniyoon.”
Prophetic traditions are considered divine inspiration (waḥy ghayr matluw)—despite zero Qur’anic support for that idea.

God said: “Shall I seek a judge other than God? While it is He who has sent down to you the Book, explained in detail?” — 6:114

But Muslims say: “The Book is not enough. We need volumes of hadith to understand it.”

That’s not reverence. That’s rejection of divine sufficiency.

📌 Conclusion: Hadith Made Muhammad Divine

Let’s call it what it is:

Muhammadism is not Islam.

It is a post-Qur’anic religion where:

Muhammad replaces the Qur’an as ultimate authority.

Devotion to him overrides devotion to God.

Obedience to hadith cancels Qur’anic principles.

Intercession, infallibility, and sainthood create a prophet-centric idol system.

The Qur’an came to liberate humanity from intermediaries.

Hadith turned around and gave us one more.

❗Final Mic Drop

“On the Day We summon every people with their messenger… And the Messenger will say: ‘My people have abandoned this Qur’an.’” — Qur’an 25:30

He didn’t say they abandoned the Sunnah.
He didn’t say they abandoned his hadiths.
He said: the Qur’an.

The abandonment is real. And the proof?
The rise of Muhammadism.