Salaam, my journey
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Salaam all, First of all FindingTheTruePath is not my real name (you may have guessed) but I wish to remain anonymous. Why? Having to find my own path (as I was never convinced by the explanations given by the Islamic clergy), I began to have serious doubts about the Hadith?. And having doubts about the Hadith from a Salafi background is tantamount to being an apostate.
My honest opinion is, some if not most, of the hadith is not even worth the paper it is written on (if it ever was written on paper in the first place). But I am still of the opinion that there was such a thing as ?sunnah? of the prophet ? that the prophet did not simply deliver the message, but also guided and set an example for people. Unfortunately, the hadith as collected by Bukhari and co has not added anything to preserving that ?sunnah?.
welcome here in this place - i'm sure you will quickly learn so much and find a lot of answers for your questions. I also think that sure the prophet was in his ministry the best example- but his example is lost and we will found maybe a rest in those Ahadith- but who can be sure from the "real' Sunna??
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So the best you follow the Quranic teachings and it's wisdom- it is more then enough )
peace sunI hope to learn a lot and find the true straight path, inshallah.
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Welcome...keep calm and worship ALLAH )
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Salaam, Thank you all for your words of encouragement. I certainly hope to see more of the light of Islam through the Quran, having removed the shackles of the Hadith.
I am currently looking into how historically the Hadith developed into the so called ?second source of law?. Rather worryingly, some of my brethren seem to take them as the ?first source of law? and will defend them quite vigorously.
From my own experience, I would rather now tackle these issues from a historical perspective, rather than a religious one. I have found that when religion is concerned, people can be very dogmatic. I think taking ?religion? out of the equation and then examining the historical facts may actually open some eyes.
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Salaam and welcome.
You are from my part of the world. Where in Yorkshire are you from?
Salaam.
Salaam,
West Yorkshire, in and around the Bradford area. Wish I could be more precise, but I wish to remain anonymous.
Peace, and look forward to reading yours and others posts. -
Salaam and welcome to the forum handshake
I believe you have found the true path, the only thing you have to do now is to keep walking on it till your last breath.
You will find many blinky exits while travelling this path but be aware none of those exits leads to salvation, the straight path is straight.Salaam and may Allah protect us from going in the wrong direction pr
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Salaam,
Welcome to this fellowship of believers in God alone.
May God lead our way.
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Salaam,
West Yorkshire, in and around the Bradford area. Wish I could be more precise, but I wish to remain anonymous.
Peace, and look forward to reading yours and others posts.Now, for the most important question that you will ever be asked Are you a Bradfordian? Or is that asking too much?
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Salafism is a bubble created for those who are more vulnerable. My aunt is a Salafi (a rathy hippy one if I may add). She has a rather bad life; bad kids, horrible mother etc but her salafi community is like her family. It's pretty much what's keeping her feet on the ground. On one hand it has made her not lose her head whilst on the her religious views are on a bizarre league (you can't vote being a recent debate when she came by).
Anyways, I shall stop diverting the thread xD
Welcome. I hope you gain a lot of knowledge here as the brothers and sisters are very passionate about what they say. There's usually no universal yes or no answer on nearly all topics, familiarise yourself with that and you'll be fine.May Allah make our Journey In life smooth )
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Salafism is a bubble created for those who are more vulnerable. My aunt is a Salafi (a rathy hippy one if I may add). She has a rather bad life; bad kids, horrible mother etc but her salafi community is like her family. It's pretty much what's keeping her feet on the ground. On one hand it has made her not lose her head whilst on the her religious views are on a bizarre league (you can't vote being a recent debate when she came by).
Anyways, I shall stop diverting the thread xD
Welcome. I hope you gain a lot of knowledge here as the brothers and sisters are very passionate about what they say. There's usually no universal yes or no answer on nearly all topics, familiarise yourself with that and you'll be fine.May Allah make our Journey In life smooth
Heh, you pretty much described my Aunt in a nutshell. Niqabi clad, jobless and she doesn't care as she lives on benefits, doesn't want to work anyway, lives with her parents with her four kids (!), married to a bearded religious man (who at the same time is extremely unorganised and lazy), does all the required Islamic rituals but however is a huge mess and an extremely unpleasant woman who shouts at the slightest thing, can never think for herself and only ever socialises with her Salafi circle online on Facebook, Gmail etc. Her kids happen to be very unmannered, courtesy of their parent's upbringing and they create a huge ruckus - she never should have had 4 kids, one would have been more than enough but hey, it's "Sunnah" to have lots of children and Allah shall provide.
Not to mention of her 4 kids, she has 3 very young daughters, all of whom wear headscarfs, the youngest being 2 years old, and she intends on getting an arranged marriage to all 3 by time they hit 18 to Devout Orthodox Sunni Muslims! I really do feel sorry for them. Word of warning - do not attempt to debate my Aunty lest you stab yourself multiple times out of frustration. Thats what religion does...stops people from thinking for themselves. ...Just felt like getting that out
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Salam and welcome to the forum and sorry for derailing...