Peace TheNabi
I would visit various Mosques of different school of thoughts and hear what the sisters, brothers, imams, speakers etc.. taught and even did. I remember attending one Mosque where we the sisters were shield behind a room divider..Scarey...I'm looking for a Mosque to attend that doesn't promote any school of thought other than Quran. God Willing.
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Peace TheNabi
Sorry for the late reply....To answer your questions, yes I was a convert to traditional Islam ( Sunnism). I was given the Quran/reading translated by Yusif Ali. Every now and then I would read but for the most part I listened and observed. It was somewhat new to me. My background was Christianity.
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Thank U for the welcome peacefulmuslim
Salaam All
To my understanding of these verses, it seems to me that there was only one location of the Qiblah as mentioned in verse 2143
"And We appointed the Qiblah to which thou was used, only to test those who followed The Messenger from those who would turn on thier heels."
As we read further in verse 2144 " We see the turning of thy face to the HEAVENS now shall we turn thee to a Qiblah that shall please thee. Turn then thy face in the direction of the Sacred Mosque."
This tells me that the Sacred Mosque was already established. When the momentous change was made they were facing the HEAVENS and not another location of a Mosque. So I guess my question is where is The Sacred Mosque?
Excuse the extractions I'm just trying to get my point across.
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Salaam All
It didn't take much for me at all to know that something wasn't right about hadiths. The very first time I heard of it, I questioned it asking if it was authorised by the Prophet (PBUH). Of course the answers were evasive but the bottom line was No. At that moment I became partial to what was presented. Although my belief in God never swayed. I held tight to the Quran and began to read it for the first time after 5 years. Instead of going by what I was told and/or shown. It was definately an eye opener!! At least I'm able to identify Islam from tradition and culture. However, there's much to learn, this is only the beginning. God willing we all will find the truth... There's two sides to a story and then there's the Truth.....
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