Islam requires both Qur'an and Hadiths

Important components for an argument

1. The résumé of academic scholar Chibi Mallat who makes the claim:

   [Note: Much more may be found online demonstrating Mallat’s academic cred]

2. The citation: From Islamic to Middle Eastern Law a Restatement of the Field (Part I), by Chibli Mallat, The American Journal of Comparative Law, Vol. 51, No. 4 (Autumn, 2003), pp. 699-750—https://www.jstor.org/stable/3649129?read-now=1&seq=26#page_scan_tab_contents

3. “…the hadith represents the most important part of the sunna…” ( p. 720)

4. “…none would disagree with the statement attributed to the Syrian jurist Awza’i [died 774] that the Book is in greater need of the sunnah than the sunnah is of the Book.” (p. 724) [Note: “the Book” means the Qur’an]