An Investigation of Foundations of Quran’s Reference Status in Critique of Hadiths Based on Seerah of the Infallible (AS)

The main criteria recommended by the Infallibles (AS) to ensure the authenticity of Hadiths is Quran-based critique or comparing Hadith to the Quran. This study, using the descriptive-analytical method, after assessing the status of Quran-based critique of Hadith, enumerates the main roots of a lack of benefiting from the Quran in critique of Hadith. They include “resorting to pretexts and justifications for not accepting the authenticity of this criteria”, “a belief by some Muslims that the Companions (of the Prophet) were just (and trustworthy) which, consequently, leads to the belief that some Hadiths in certain available sources must be correct”, “a wrong assumption about the independent status of Hadith beside the Quran”, “a wrong understanding of the status of attributed Hadith and definite Sunnah”, and “the fear that the credibility of some Hadiths in the available sources may be undermined”. As for the foundations of the Quran’s reference status in critique of Hadiths, the study found, based on examples of comparing Hadiths to the Quran by the Shia Imams (AS), that the majority of the studies conducted on Quran-based critique of Hadiths have lacked a Hadith view and been based on personal views and other sciences.