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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Shi'ah are the real Ahlul-Sunnah According to Shi`as, the Prophet's Sunnah does not Contradict the Qur'an Having researched the faith of both parties, i.e. that of the Shi`as as well as that of “Ahlul Sunnah wal Jama`a,” we found out that the Shi`as derive all their juristic injunctions only from the Holy Qur'an and the Prophet's Sunnah. Then they put the Holy Qur'an first and the Prophet's Sunnah second.

We mean, by saying so, that they submit the Sunnah to scrutiny, comparing it with the Book of Allah, the Exalted One. They accept it when it agrees with Allah's Book and they act accordingly while rejecting and disregarding it when it contradicts it. In doing so, Shi`as refer to what the Imams from Ahlul Bayt, peace be upon them, have sanctioned for them.

These Imams do so in accordance with the hadith they narrate from their grandfather the Messenger of Allah wherein he says, “If someone quotes one of my ahadith to you, compare it with the Book of Allah.

If it agrees with Allah's Book, act according to it, and if it disagrees with Allah's Book, discard it.”[^1] Imam Ja`far al-Sadiq, peace be upon him, has quite often said, “Any hadith which does not agree with the Qur'an is nothing but a trifling.” Usul al-Kafi indicates that the Prophet delivered a sermon once at Mina wherein he said, “O people!

Anything you hear about me which agrees with the Book of Allah is something which I said, and whatever you hear about me which contradicts the Book of Allah is something which I never said.” Upon such foundation have the Shi`as set up the foundations of their jurisprudence and creed. No matter how accurate the isnad of one hadith may be, they still weigh it thus, comparing it with the Book which no falsehood can approach from before it or from behind it.

And Imamite Shi`as are the only ones among the followers of Islamic sects who insist on such a prerequisite especially in a field wherein narrations and stories contradict one another. In his book Tasheeh al-I`tiqad , Shaykh al-Mufeed says, “The Book of Allah, the most Exalted One, is given preference over ahadith and narrations. It is the final judge in as far as the authenticity of narrations, or the lack thereof, is concerned.