Combining Two Salah
The following assumes that the Farahi framework is correct: 1) I was not saying that the Quran declares 5 Salahs. I might have been unclear. The Quran does not initialize the Sunnah, as per the Farahi school. It just refers to it. Yes, there can be an error in our understanding of the Quran and Sunnah, but then we will return to the sources of the Quran and Sunnah, not Hadith. That would be circular reasoning. Because no Hadith contrary to the Quran and Sunnah can be accepted as per the laws of the Muhadditheen. If you are going to determine Quran or Sunnah through the reports, if the reports are going to inform your understanding of the Quran or Sunnah, then that would be circular reasoning. 2) Keep in mind that it was not Ibn Abbas officially documenting something in a book but some person in his audience who is narrating. Not even him, it might be the person who he didn’t even narrate to but just happened to have heard him who eventually ends up being recorded by Muslim. A misunderstanding can occur anywhere. 3) Abu Huraira has even greater chances of being mistaken and he has been recorded to be mistaken on at least one occasion (one is just the limit of my knowledge). He accepted Islam either after Khaybar or after Mecca, which gives him a maximum of around 5 years with the Prophet. With that said, can you please also provide a reference to said Hadith with the note that this is still not acceptable to the Farahi school as Hadith is not an accepted source of the Sunnah. 4) If you do not wish to delve into the scholarly works, at least know that things are not as easy as “this is Abu Huraira’s narration,” and this is “Ibn Abbas’s narration.” Even Muslim sources, which are by definition apologetic, are forced to admit that this is a “zanni” source. 👍