Almost there? (former Sunni?) from Toronto, Canada
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Salam all,
I have been lurking these forums for a while now; and I must say, quite the eye opener!
I always felt the Islam I was learning through childhood was somewhat out of ?sync?. What always stood out to me the most were gender inequalities from the hidiths. I remember being taught not to ?question? our Prophet; his words were God?s word (ie. Sunnah) and just follow it. We are not as wise as our Lord and cannot comprehend his infinite wisdom; thus follow with faith, again don?t question it. (Blind ignorant faith???)
Long story short, similar to the stories of many other in these forums, I did question, seek knowledge, and concluded the so called hadiths compiled by Bhukari to be riddled with contradiction and error.
So as it stands down, I am starting my journey towards the true Islam. The one authorized by our Lord. But unfortunately I have run into another barrier. I am having a hard time finding consistency in the ?Quran Only? school of thought. I frequent other sites such as submission.org, but am finding some contrast in reference to subject such as salat and hajj for example.
God willing I pray I find the right path?
Unfortunately my Arabic is non-existent; I have to rely on translated work, which inherently will never be 100% accurate to the original source, the glorious Quran.
Any help in directing me to good information source will be much appreciated! yay
- Rishu
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welcome
Well, it is hard to give up on the nitty gritty of salat and hajj if you are still considering the five pillars (which aren't there in the Quran), but if you are thinking along the lines of the Straight Path, there is very little, if any, 'contradiction'
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So as it stands down, I am starting my journey towards the true Islam. The one authorized by our Lord. But unfortunately I have run into another barrier. I am having a hard time finding consistency in the ?Quran Only? school of thought. I frequent other sites such as submission.org, but am finding some contrast in reference to subject such as salat and hajj for example.
Salam Rishu,
Welcome to this forum. I can relate to what you are going through. Many a time, I have questioned myself on the issue of consistency. I think this particularly becomes important when we try to reconcile what we know of 'our previous beliefs' to current Quranic beliefs. And whenever I am faced with these questions, I remind myself of these verses-
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?Those who listen to what is said, and they follow the best of it. These are the ones whom GOD has guided; these are the ones who possess intelligence." (391
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"Allah will judge between you on the Day of Judgment concerning the matters in which ye differ." (2269)
To me, what the above verses say is that (and this is part onwards is purely my own interpolation of the verses), God acknowledges that we are all different. God knows that our individual interpretation of the verses are shaped primarily by our experiences, culture, upbringing and understanding of the world/language/syntax, hence there will be times that we will interpret things differently. He knows that. Hence why, he sets up amongst many others, the above two guidelines, follow the best and in the end He will judge in what we differ. I think that?s beautiful, dont you?
Again it shows why He is our Creator. He knows that human beings make mistakes. And no matter how sincere at times we may think we are, our egoes sometimes do tend to get into the way of logic. To avoid all that, He is saying that He will judge in the end. Not anyone else.
That?s just my perspective, but there are many more experienced forumners here, who can perhaps shed more light on this.
Hope you find what you are looking for, all the best.
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