Are Ahadith As Authentic As Quran?
السلام علیکم You are right about the paradox, in my opinion, to which many scholars adhere. However, the Quran is not at all to be understood in the “light” of Ahadith. That is just plain wrong. Rather, the Ahadith are to be accepted and understood or rejected in the light of the Quran as Ghamidi Sahab has explained time and time again. The Quran does not need Ahadith. Ahadith need the Quran. In the instances where the Quran refered to an event, however, (for example a battle) we may refer to the sources of history, which include Ahadith, to understand what it is referring to.