Islam Imploding

When Hadiths Contradict the Quran

10 Cases That Break the Chain

Muslims are told the Hadiths explain the Quran. That Muhammad's actions — preserved in Sahih Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, and other canonical collections — provide the living example of what Allah meant.

But what happens when the Hadiths don’t clarify the Quran — they contradict it?

This post reveals 10 cases where the Sunnah undermines the Quran, either by introducing new rulings, reversing Quranic commands, or creating entire doctrines that have no Quranic basis.

🔟 1. Punishment for Apostasy

Quran: “Let there be no compulsion in religion.” (2:256)
“If anyone leaves his religion, to Allah is their return.” (3:85, 88:21–22)
Hadith:
“Whoever changes his religion, kill him.” — Sahih Bukhari 3017

📌 Contradiction: The Quran never prescribes a death penalty for apostasy. The Hadith does.

9️⃣ 2. Stoning for Adultery

Quran:
“The woman and man guilty of fornication — lash them 100 times.” (24:2)
Hadith:
“Stone the married adulterer to death.” — Sahih Muslim 1690a, Bukhari 6812

📌 Contradiction: The Quran gives one punishment. The Hadith overrides it with execution — not found in any Quranic verse.

8️⃣ 3. Inheritance Rules

Quran:
“For parents, a sixth share… if the deceased left children.” (4:11)
Hadith:
“We prophets do not leave inheritance; whatever we leave is charity.” — Sahih Bukhari 3092

📌 Contradiction: The Quran prescribes inheritance laws — even for prophets. The Hadith makes Muhammad an exception.

7️⃣ 4. Magic on the Prophet

Quran:
“You are under the care of Allah... they cannot harm you in any way.” (5:67, 15:95)
Hadith:
“The Prophet was bewitched so that he thought he had done a thing when he had not.” — Bukhari 5763

📌 Contradiction: The Quran declares divine protection. The Hadith says Muhammad fell under a magician’s spell.

6️⃣ 5. Prayer Times and Number

Quran:
Three daily prayers are indicated: dawn (24:58), sunset (30:18), and evening (11:114)
Hadith:
“Pray five times a day.” — Sahih Bukhari 528, Muslim 162

📌 Contradiction: Five daily prayers are absent from the Quran — derived only from Hadith.

5️⃣ 6. Male Guardianship Over Women

Quran:
“The believing men and women are allies of one another.” (9:71)
Hadith:
“No woman should travel without a mahram (male guardian).” — Bukhari 3006

📌 Contradiction: Quran grants equal spiritual status. Hadiths impose restrictions based on gender.

4️⃣ 7. Human Intercession

Quran:
“Intercession is with Allah alone.” (39:44)
Hadith:
“I will intercede for my people on the Day of Judgment.” — Muslim 194

📌 Contradiction: The Quran denies all intercession except by Allah’s permission. Hadith gives it to Muhammad directly.

3️⃣ 8. The Earth’s Shape

Quran:
“He made the earth like a bed (mahd) and spread it out (sataha).” — 88:20, 78:6
Hadith:
“The sun sets in a muddy spring.” — Abu Dawud 4002, Tirmidhi 3291

📌 Contradiction: Both present a flat earth cosmology, but the Hadith adds scientifically absurd imagery not found in the Quran.

2️⃣ 9. The Prophet’s Role

Quran:
“You are only a warner. You have no authority over them.” (88:21–22)
Hadith:
“I have been ordered to fight the people until they say: ‘There is no god but Allah.’” — Bukhari 25

📌 Contradiction: One says warn. The other says fight until conversion.

1️⃣ 10. The Quran Is Sufficient — Or Is It?

Quran:
“Nothing have We omitted from the Book.” (6:38)
“This Quran explains all things.” (16:89)
Hadith Culture:
“Without the Hadith, you cannot understand the Quran.”
“The Sunnah explains what the Quran left out.”

📌 Contradiction: The Quran says it’s complete and sufficient. Islamic tradition says it’s incomplete without Hadiths.

🧨 Final Verdict

If the Quran is the unchanged, perfect word of God, and if Hadiths are meant to explain that revelation — why do they so frequently oppose, override, or distort it?

Because Hadiths are not divine.
They’re post-prophetic inventions used to fill gaps, enforce control, and build theology the Quran doesn’t teach.

Islam’s two pillars — Quran and Hadith — don’t form a stable foundation.
They collide, contradict, and crumble under scrutiny.