Peace to ALL.
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I have been a muslim fro 15 yrs and it has been a journey from one end to the other. I have been always in search of spirituallity and Islam was the truth and a complete one at that. Im not to philisophical but more on the spiritual side. I too have sat in the masjid time after time and been filled with the do's and dont's that I have followed. Trying to find my place and have failed becasue of the continous guilt trips caught up in the outward hadith practice of Islam. Ive went from full face veil to not practice at all. I always knew Islam to be the truth for me but the application was the question. To honsetly admit I was an adherant hadith follower never even reading Quran fully. Spiritually dead but hey my hijab was looking good. So here Iam, funny how it all happened becasue I wanted to start reading and studying Quran and got on a study group and come to find out they leave hadith out of it. Last nite as I read this forum and the home page I felt completly free for the first time. Islam started to make sense and answer those questions that had me chained up into a very rigid muslim. Alhumdullilah. When ever I didnt want to adhere to hadith I sperated myself as a muslim and now I can cross the bridge and validate my muslim status within the Quran alone. Its scary right now becasue I will sperate myself from a lot of "hadithies"( new word). And will probably isolate myself more so. But I must answer to ALLAH alone and to the answers that ALLAH has already put in my heart. Im very grateful for the support of everyone. May ALLAH be pleased with us Ameen.
Salam Kate