Jesus condemns Hadith

Jesus condemning Hadith in the Gospels:

Mark 7:

6 And he said to them, “Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written,

‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me; 7 in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the precepts of men.’ 8 You leave the commandment of God, and hold fast the tradition of men.”

9 And he said to them, “You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God, in order to keep your tradition! 10 For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him surely die’; 11 but you say, ‘If a man tells his father or his mother, What you would have gained from me is Corban’ (what is dedicated to God)— 12 then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother, 13 thus making void the word of God through your tradition which you hand on. And many such things you do.”

Note: Jesus criticizes the Pharisees for their practice of declaring something as "Corban," which means "dedicated to God." According to this practice, a person could declare their possessions as Corban, dedicating those possessions to God and thus making them unavailable for any other use, including supporting their own parents. Essentially, they were using this declaration as a loophole to avoid the responsibility of caring for their parents while appearing to be pious by dedicating their resources to God.

Jesus condemns this because it nullifies the commandment to honor one's parents for the sake of tradition. He is pointing out the hypocrisy of the Pharisees, who outwardly appear to be following religious law but are actually using it to evade their moral responsibilities. The broader message here is one of condemning legalistic behavior that prioritizes ritualistic law over genuine moral obligations and the intended spirit of the law.

Acts 6:

13 and set up false witnesses who said, “This man never ceases to speak words against this holy place and the law; 14 for we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place, and will change the customs which Moses delivered to us.”

Acts 7:

51 “You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so do you. 52 Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, whom you have now betrayed and murdered, 53 you who received the law as delivered by angels and did not keep it.”