Just using Quran, no hadith : A Fallacy

I came across this interesting quote from the ansswer to the question Alcohol NOT declared haraam in the Quran?

And yes, we will quote some of these narrations even for those who 'JUST' want to use the Quran because using the narrations is using the Quran, whether they like it or not. Allah, Almighty and Exalted says:



"…Whatsoever the Messenger gives you, take it and whatsoever he forbids you from, refrain [from it]." [Hashr:7]

"Say: If you love Allah then follow me, Allah will love you and will forgive you your sins. Allah is Forgiving, Merciful. Say: Obey Allah and the Messenger. If they turn away, then Allah indeed does not love those who disbelieve." [Imran:30-31]



It is very important that this point be clear – we should never answer someone on the premises of "using the Quran alone" because it is an absurd fallacy. The Quran would never have reached us were it not for the Messenger, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, so if someone doesn't want to use what the Messenger (peace and blessings be forever upon him), brought – he can't use the Quran either. Yes, the narrations in the sunnah have different levels of authenticity, from authentic to weak. Nonetheless, there are narrations that have the same level of authenticity as the Quran – the mutawatir (as mentioned above) – such that anyone who denies a narration that is mutawatir is like denying a verse in the Quran – it is disbelief. Likewise, denying that the Sunnah is a source of legislation is disbelief because it is direct denial of the verses quoted above.