Surah 6 · Verse 143

[6:143-144] The triviality and complexity of cleric-made prohibitions is reminded by directing more detailed questions to the proponents of those prohibitions. The verse uses an excellent rhetorical device to debunk the claims of those who follow man-made fabrications based on their common excuse, "God's word is not detailed." God informs us that His word is sufficiently detailed, and there is no limit for details if one wishes to see more of them by asking further questions. Bring me any hadith or sectarian practice you claim to be detailed, I will find deficiency in their explanation by just asking a few more questions. For instance, you claim that you follow hadith books because they taught you how to hold your hands during prayers; well, what about how to breathe during prayers? From your nose or mouth, or both? What about the color of clothes you should wear during prayers? Red, green, yellow, blue, white, black or a particular combination? Thus, your very excuse (seeking more and more details) for following hearsay and manmade religions, will come back and haunt you. The moment you wish to rebuttal and come up with answers to the demands for further details, you have to start fabricating new rules; thereby proving the origins of your previous details: man-made fabrications. However, if you reject answering those questions by saying, "Your question will make prayers more difficult to fulfill. Hadith, sunna and sectarian jurisprudence provide us with sufficient details that we need. We are not held responsible for following further details." That would be the best answer. Now look at the mirror: when you demand more details from people who follow the Quran alone, they too would respond to you with exactly the same answer by just replacing the word hadith, sunna and sectarian jurisprudence with the Quran! "The Quran provides us with the sufficient details that we need. We are not held responsible for following further details. Your question will make prayers more difficult to fulfill."