are you advocating that people be self-teaching?
If one can read and write Urdu or English, one app (IslamOne) contains all translations done in these two languages. Each Aya, all translations including literal translation word by word. All Hadith books stored in the app too with Urdu and English translation.
Quran is made easy for Guidance - repeated 4 times in Surah Al-Qamar.
are you advocating ditching mazhahib, specificaly hanfi and Jafaari?
Yes, ditch all. I do not differentiate between sects and madhab. Same. In their books written by their dead ulema of past, they all label each other Kafir. All rejected. Quran is clear that those who divide in groups over matters of Deen have nothing to do with Prophet PBUH (Quran 6:159). Muslim is the name given to us, and we should only be Muslim, not Hanafi, Hanblm Salafi, SHafi, Maliki, Brelvi etc etc etc - Sufis, another fraud claiming to do things that even Prophets (PBUT) couldn't.
No, they are Ahle-Hadith and offshoot of Hanbali (if you had known and read that in my earlier post, you wouldn't have asked this question). That's another madhab/sect that I would say are munkar-e-Hadith ironically, rejected. All these groups pick and choose half Hadith whilst ignoring others, to fit their narrative - they do that with Quran as well - it's so blatant but they are getting exposed with time as more and more people have quick and free access to translations and hadith books.
which Quranic interpretation (translations are rare) are you recommending (every group is interpreting it differently)?
Tafseer is where all madhab etc make up stories to differentiate themselves to stick to the narrative of madhab/sect etc created by their so-called ulema. These groups are all about money and power. Tafseer of Quran is Hadith, as Hadith is a record of history as well.
Reading multiple translations is the way forward and as above they are all available in one place under each Aya. Context is the same if all translations are read, but everything changes in Tafseer written by the ulema of sects.
which hadees books do you recommend? do you know the origins of hadees compilers?
Yes. Sahih Hadith by Imam Bukhari and Imam Muslim would be a good start for anyone. Sahih Muslim is easier to follow. There is that argument of Muhaditheen being students of the 4 Imams thus making them their followers. Them being followers is rejected as they wouldn't have recorded Hadith that goes against their teachers' teachings - such as Imam Bukhari's Juz Raful Yadain that clearly demolishes Fiqh Hanafi's rejection of Raful Yadain.
