The Unifying Idea
The Qur’an is the highest reference against which the Sunna and hadith are to be measured, not the other way around. Human reports remain conjectural, whereas the Book remains the governing text.
The Theses Included in the Axis
- The Sunna is not a parallel source to revelation.
- Hadith heritage is a human, conjectural production.
- The Book alone is a text free from doubt.
The Axis’s Support from the Atoms
- The Sunna Is Not a Second Revelation
- The Qur’an Is the Messenger’s Only Miracle
- The hadith heritage is human and conjectural
- The Book is the text free from doubt
Reading Method
The axis is read as a principle for ordering sources: what accords with the Qur’an is accepted within its limits, and what contradicts it is not made into a governing principle. Here, priority belongs to the revealed text, not to inherited tradition.