Are you renegading from Hadith Thaqalayn?
You can try to freestyle your way through this dilemma but according to your madhhab, Imams (ra) are Divinely Appointed and are infallible, therefore, Divinely Guided. Hence, they do not give their opinion. Now that the statement "Allah has declared it.....(till the end of the hadith)" is not found in the Qur'an, you've to concede that the Imam (ra) lied, naudhubillah! Or you can swallow your pride and admit that Khalid (ra) was not wrong in meting out the punishment.
At the very least, in line with your previous response in which you deemed it illogical for a person to write off Qur'anic injunctions (for example, five pillars, etc) while calling himself or herself a Muslim, admit that Malik became an apostate (for refusing to pay Zakat and urging his tribe to do the same).
Why do you want me to accept such a notion when you have already given almost every attribute of Allah (swt) to your Imams (ra)? You and I know that in your madhhab "other sources are just as reliable and authentic and should be acceptable on behalf of Allah", namely the Imams (ra). So instead of asking me an irrelevant question, why don't you explain your disobedience towards Imam Jafar As-Sadiq (ra)? Is it not enough for you that he declared those who refuse to pay Zakat to be apostates and has demanded for them to be beheaded?
By the way, the following two statements are dichotomous:
"Qur'an is the scale and the chart for check and balance".
"apart from the Qur'an other sources are just as reliable and authentic and should be acceptable on behalf of Allah".
"Are you renegading from Hadith Thaqalayn"
No, just getting you to accept the fact that it's not necessary that everything has to be in the Qur'an.
We're not talking about my Madhab, we're talking about hadith and narrations, do you accept and reject on the basis of what suits your desire because you've already made your mind up and have an ideology that you go by or do you have check and balance?
"Now that the statement "Allah has declared it.....(till the end of the hadith)" is not found in the Qur'an,"
FINALLY, THANK THE LORD. Was that too difficult. You could have said that in the first place and saved a lot of time.
"you've to concede that the Imam (ra) lied, naudhubillah!"
No, there is no need for that. I've got a better idea, why don't you put aside your arrogance and accept that it's not necessary that everything has to be in and from the Qur'an just as this example.
"Or you can swallow your pride and admit that Khalid (ra) was not wrong in meting out the punishment"
First you need to get the story right. Did men from Khalid’s convoy complain to Abu Bakr that Khalid acted hastily, they saw Malik and men from his tribe pray. And Abu Bakr decided to interrogate Khalid and once he did he decided that Khalid had made a grave mistake by acting without looking into something thoroughly and properly.
Then Abu Bakr gave blood money (Qisas) as compensation to Malik's brother Mutammim. Get the story right first. Malik was accused of becoming an apostate but when you look into the matter with an open mind and thoroughly then the evidence of a Companion suddenly becoming an apostate is extremely weak. And I thought you were defenders and protectors of the Sahaba.
Once a Sahabi always a Sahabi and then they can't get anything wrong. And here you accuse a Sahabi of apostasy. And if Shias do the same by looking into history and criticise and condemn certain Companions for their actions then you start jumping up and down?
"Is it not enough for you that he declared those who refuse to pay Zakat to be apostates and has demanded for them to be beheaded"
He didn't declare, it has been said that 'Allah declared', there is a difference.
"By the way, the following two statements are dichotomous:
"Qur'an is the scale and the chart for check and balance".
"apart from the Qur'an other sources are just as reliable and authentic and should be acceptable on behalf of Allah".
How?