Is The Sunnah Divinely Protected Like Quran, And How Does It Differ From Hadith?
Your claims are contradictory to Quran on many levels. They are based on conjectures and speculation. Let us differentiate key issues involved here one by one: First, Zikr (Remembrance) refers to Quran only, not Sunnah. How can a purported “sunnah” such as circumcision would act as a reminder? And reminder to what? Verses 38:1 and 20:113 amply clarify that Zikr refers to Quran alone, and verses 38:8, 74:31, 21:2, 21:10, 21:50, 26:5, 7:2 and dozens of other verses further corroborate this fact beyond any shadow of doubt. In fact, Sunnah of Prophet is not a concept that has been mentioned in Quran even once, let alone endorsed or commanded. Moreover, God instructed the Prophet to “remind” through Quran alone, not through Sunnah or anything else, which makes Quran the only Zikr. There are numerous verses that establish this, for instance: 16:44, 50:45. Second, only Quran is divinely protected. Not Sunnah, Hadith, or any other source. There are verses other than 15:9 also that establish this: 22:52, 41:42, 56:78, etc. Verse 41:42 needs a special mention: 41:42 No falsehood could enter it, presently or afterwards; a revelation from a Most Wise, Praiseworthy. Show us the evidence that you can claim the same about Sunnah, or that falsehood cannot enter it? Third , Prophet did not “issue” any Sunnah, in addition to Quran. This is a claim which was first concocted by Imam Shafii, and later generations upheld it. Even after Shafii, it took about 100 years for the masses to accept it as the new religious doctrine. There is ample historical evidence that earlier Muslims practiced Quran alone, not anything else along with it. In the first two centuries, the term Sunnah was used in its generic sense, such as a living tradition/Sunnah, or Sunnah of Mr. XYZ. After Shafii (and his lifelong aggressive and belligerent campaign for adding Sunnah in Islam), the term gained popularity and its meaning was associated exclusively for Sunnah of Prophet. Ironically, even the hadith books mention that Prophet left only the Quran for his nation, and nothing else. Fourth , Quran insofar as contents of religion are concerned, covers 100% of it (even details such as ‘how to pray’, or how to fast). Claiming otherwise would tantamount to rejecting the claim of Quran that it is a Book ‘fully detailed’, contains ‘details of everything’, ‘explains everything in detail’, its verses are ‘detailed’ and ‘elucidate in detail’. See 12:111, 6:114-116, 7:52, 10:37, 16:89 etc.