Rich wrote:Who says? It doesn't say that in the Koran. Did you get that idea from a Hadith? It is also not one of the five pillars of Sunni Islam. It is not one of the five principles of Shia Islam nor is it one of the seven pillars of Ismailis Islam.
The Quran is the bedrock of Islam. If the divine nature of the Quran isn't an accepted
a priori assumption for muslims, then Islam literally has no meaning. Also you have it the wrong way around - its not the 5 pillars that the Islamic religion stems from, its the Quran. The Quran is the basis of the 5 pillars - not the other way around.
Political Interest wrote:I am not being factually incorrect.
Actually I think you are when you state that the ahadith hold
equal authority to the Quran when deciding The Sharia. There probably are scholars who argue that they are, but since you are talking about consensus as the measure of "truth" in Islam, then I don't think there's much doubt that the consensus is that The Quran holds far more authority than the ahadith.
And yes, I am acutely aware that I am in the minority on these things. It doesn't mean that I'm not coming from a position of sound logic and rationality - compared to the consensus of scholars. Being mainstream doesn't always mean most accurate or most truthful. There have been plenty of times throughout history when mainstream scholarship has been wrong - laughably so. The sun revolving around the earth is one that jumps to mind. Especially on cultural/religious matters, "mainstream" is all too often a function of prevailing customs, cultures and prejudices.
I am actually pretty confident that sometime in the future the 'mainstream' muslims will have a radically different view of Islamic law than they do today.