Why I Reject Hadith

So I don't have to spend more energy on this than is necessary, I've summarised the main reasons I reject Hadith in one place so I can concentrate on more interesting subjects.
00:24 Hadith, a large body of hearsay.
00:39 Hadith, written down 100-200 years after the revelation of the Qur’an.
00:41 Hadith, part of the faith of Sunni Islam.
00:51 Qur’an claims to be complete and perfect.
01:00 Sunni Islam claims the need for something else or, instead of.
01:10 The religion of Islam is based entirely on Hadith.
01:26 The corpus of Sunni Islam rests on 5 so called pillars.
01:35 Nowhere does the Qur’an mention any pillar as related to a religion.
01:42 It (pillars) comes from Hadith.
01:49 The initiation (or declaration) known as the shahada is found nowhere in the Qur’an.
02:18 The basis for this religion called Islam, is the Hadith literature.
02:36 They pore over it (Qur’an), but not to understand it.
02:55 They believe it (Qur’an) could only be understood by referencing the Hadith literature.
03:15 Why I don’t believe in this ‘library of stuff’.
1) the Qur’an itself claims to be from God,
2) the Qur’an claims to be complete.
if true, no good reason to follow anything else.
if not true, no good reason to follow Qur’an.
03:39 Not interested in a cultural narrative called Islam.
04:00 Only interested in the truth (in this life, and the life to come).
04:11 Read the Qur’an and realized that it is perfect, it is true, and it is from God.
04:15 Only rejected the religion called Islam, after thorough investigation.
04:30 Why? Because It is nonsense.
05:21 The compilers of Hadiths were all Persian.
06:00 They regarded the Arabs as inferior.
06:27 They had mastered the art of real politic.
06:52 What changed? A revelation from God (Qur’an) had disciplined the Arabs.
07:02 How do you attack that? Corrupt the text if you can, not possible.
07:28 What they did was co-opt (divert), like what Paul did with Christianity.
07:46 Own it and you lead it where you want it to go, using leverage.
08:14 Not accepting the Hadiths, is equated with disregard of prophet Muhammad (the intended leverage).
8:34 I have done my homework.
08:46 By definition it’s hearsay (Hadith), to them it’s acceptable.
09:48 We’re expected to entrust our eternal souls to this literature, I won’t do it.
10:00 The Jews made the same mistake.
11:17 If it is not the evidence, we reject it.
11:43 The different bodies of Hadiths (Shi’a and Sunni).
12:24 Character of Muhammad in Qur’an vs. Hadith (completely different).
12:39 In the Hadiths, Muhammad has (all) the answers.
12:55 In the Qur’an, it’s a completely different narrative.
13:12 If you want people to become passive you need a saviour. Nowhere in the Qur’an is there mention of a Mahdi.
13:40 Limited number of laws in the Qur’an.
13:55 Wrong to make haram (illegal), what God does not make haram (illegal).
14:55 Example where the Qur’an is at complete odds with the Hadiths.
Qur’an written down by faithful scribes on pure pages (paper), a book protected.
Hadith allows doubt (burning books, verses questioned).
15:48 Brand Islam requires you to have both (Hadith and Qur’an).
16:21 You’re forced into cognitive dissonance (accepting conflicting narratives).
16:43 Commonalities between Islam and Western democracy (doublethink).
17:40 Muslims who cites small parts of the Qur’an completely out of context. (Eg. what the messenger gives you take, what he forbids you, leave.)
18:39 In the Qur’an, it’s God who guides, and the Qur’an (God’s word) is guidance.
18:59 You should warn with this Qur’an.
19:33 He (Muhammad) would say on the Day of Judgment, they have abandoned it.
19:56 When was the last time you tried (understanding the Qur’an on its own merits)?
20:20 They are following in their father’s footsteps.
21:10 What has the Religion of Islam achieved in the last 1000 years?
21:33 There are decent people who believe all kinds of things, it doesn’t mean what they believe in is correct.
22:05 The Qur’an does not describe a religion called Islam.
22:46 Don’t care if I’m the only person in the world that doesn’t accept it.
22:50 It’s foolishness, and obvious foolishness, because it detracts from the book of God.
23:16 It’s a tragedy.
[Thanks to Azim Zahur for time codes]
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