Intro
The Sunni-version of Islam is as follows, Hadith+Sunnah+the Quran=Islam. It is common sense that the Quran without the hadith/sunnah is incomplete. The Quranists had faded away into the annals of Islamic thought by 1800. However, Sir Syed revived this theory of Islam in the 1870’s. Some of his admirers were Noorudin, Abdul Kareem, MGA and Mufti Sadiq. Sir Syed had even wrote that Esa (as) was never returning (1882) and he denied all concepts of the Mahdi.
In 1895, (See Arya Dharam, RK-10, pp. 86-87), MGA alleged that Sahih of Bukhari ranks as the first after the Quran in terms of authenticity. All its Ahadith which are not opposed to the Holy Qur’an are in MGA’s view authoritative. Next comes Sahih Muslim. MGA accepted its authority subject to the condition that it should not be opposed to the Holy Qur’an and Sahih Bukhari. Next to them are the compilations of Tirmidhi, Ibn-e-Majah, Muattah of Imam Malik, Nassa’i, Abu Da’ud and Dar Qutni, which we regard as authoritative so long as they are not opposed to the Holy Qur’an and Bukhari and Muslim. These are our religious books and these are the conditions under which we accept them..
In 1900, MGA says that he only can judge which hadith are right or wrong (See Malfuzat-2, page 25, Urdu edition, Online English Edition of Malfuzat-3, pages 28-31 and via Bro Imtiaz herein).
In 1900, (while beefing with Pir Mehr Ali Shah), MGA began claiming that only he knew the authenticity of any given hadith. MGA also claimed that he believed in his own wahi that same way that he believes in the Torah, the Gospel and the Holy Quran (See “Arba’in, online English edition, page 159). Thus, MGA was declaring repeatedly that his God had sent him as the Promised Messiah and has informed him which particular hadith is authentic and which hadith is not, and He has bestowed on him the correct understanding of the Holy Quran, then why should he engage with these people? Check out Bro Imtiaz’s video on this too.
In the 1900-1902 era, MGA alleged that God Almighty has informed me that all these ahadith which are cited [by my opponents] suffer from perversion of meaning or text or have been entirely fabricated. And he who has been commissioned as the Arbiter has the authority to select, on the basis of knowledge bestowed by the Divine, out of the corpus of ahadith those that he deems authentic and reject the others, based on the knowledge bestowed by the Divine [Appendix Tohfah Golarhviyyah, p. 10 footnote, Ruhani Khaza’in vol. 17 p. 51 footnote](See Also, the 2009 online english edition of Tadhkirah).
In 1903, via Mawahibur-Rahman (page 117), MGA and his team of writers argued that if an Ayah (verse of the Quran) has dual implication, the meaning presented by MGA is worthier of acceptance. Anything opposed to this is transgression/falsehood and imposture. MGA also said something similar about hadith, since he was Hakam and Adl, only MGA could choose which hadith were authentic or not.
In 1909, (Nuzulul-Masih, RK, v18, page 424 and via Bro Imtiaz, MGA says he is not Hanafi, not Shafi, not Maliki, not Hanbali, not Ja’fari (shia), not Muqallid and not Ahl-e-Hadith. MGA says that why should he listen to these people and their grading of hadith?
In 1924 (Jul-4)(See Khutbatay Mahmoud, V-8, (page 457), and via Bro Imtiaz herein), in a Friday sermon, the 2nd Qadiani-Ahmadi Khalifa, Mirza Basheer uddin Mahmud Ahmad alleged that Now there is NO Quran, other than that which was presented by MGA, there is NO hadith, other than that which you see and understand in the light from MGA (Maseeh-e-Maud). Now there is NO prophet, except one who can be seen via the light of Maseeh-e-Maud (MGA), and a buruz of Muhammad (saw), they must go through MGA. If anyone thinks that they can get the light without MGA, they will see nothing. Maseeh maoud (Mirza qadyani) used to say that ahadees is a work of a juggler, and juggler brings out from the box whatever he wants.

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