Does the Qur'an certify Hadith as a Primary Source of Islam?

Question:
What do you make of the following verses of the Qur'an? Do they not sanction the hadith as a primary source of Islam?

1) "Whatever the prophet gives you take it, and whatever the prophet forbids you leave it.";
2) "By your Lord, none of you truly believes until they make you (Muhammad) judge between them, and find in their hearts no resistance but submit with a full submission.";
3)"Oh you who believe, obey Allah, and obey the messenger....", "Say if you love Allah then follow me, Allah will love you and forgive you your sins."

Response:
1) "Whatever the prophet gives you take it, and whatever the prophet forbids you leave it"

Verse 7 of surah al-Hashr (59) has been incorrectly translated in your message. The verb used is "aataakum", which is in the past tense and thus, can only mean "what he gave you". What it is emphasizing is that at the instance of distributing the wealth of 'fay, people shouldn't have doubts when the prophet, alaihissalaam, was distributing the wealth; they should be content with what they had or had not been given by him, because in either case, he was doing it in accordance with Allah's instructions, which have also been clearly mentioned in the Qur'an. The verse is not mentioning any general principle.

2) "By your Lord, none of you truly believes until they make you (Muhammad) judge between them, and find in their hearts no resistance but submit with a full submission."

This verse 65 of surah Nisaa is requiring Muslims to get their legal disputes decided by the prophet. It has got nothing to do with the question of interpreting Qur'an through hadith.

3) "Oh you who believe, obey Allah, and obey the messenger....", "Say if you love Allah then follow me, Allah will love you and forgive you your sins."

Obedience to Allah and His messenger are most certainly the requirements of faith. But what has this requirement got to do with making sure that ahadith should be followed even when the Qur'an is saying something different from their message. For such a requirement, the Almighty should have said something clearly in support of Sahih Bukhari, Muslim etc.

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