May peace from Allah be on you,
I'm glad I have found this forum as my discontent with the Hadiths & Sunna has grown more and more over the years. I have to admit that my Dad has always pushed me to question and he himself refuted a lot of Hadiths as being "ridiculous" or not applicable.
After some research on Islam I discovered that these added man made books were written ~300 years after the Prophets death! When I started bringing up these issues, the scholars/imams would imperatively ask me to stop questioning and follow....! I am versed in all the Abrahamic religions and If my understanding is correct, Allah is seeking to free us from men made shackles. When one asks me to stop questioning and follow aren't you they against that? Moreover the trends of modifying the "truth" are seen in Judaism, Christianity and other traditions. A few decades after the messenger's death, an empire/group tries to codify the religion by either modifying it or adding books to it when they can't do it directly.
Moreover I was tired of the rhetoric by the Ulama and Imams about Arab/Muslim supremacy. It just felt divisive for our species in general and contrary to the unity that is found in the Quran and in faith in general.
Thirdly the exalting of Muhammad (PBUH) was too much. I mean he's human and he was a good person, but to go from there and start a idolizing just felt shackling to say the least. I also saw a lot of parallels with the Christian version of Jesus and how everything had to go "through" him ( the patterns the Quran was sent to break are indeed repeating themselves).
Of course I'm not refuting all the Hadiths but as all things, they must be brought to the test of logic and rationality.
I'm a stoic. I believe in Objectivity because everything is logical in the universe. Even if we think it's magic, Allah has superior logic; always. This also invigorates the thirst for knowledge and discovery of Allah infinite knowledge and masterpiece of existence.
So whenever something doesn't stand logic and objective truth, then I let it go. It's very simple and enforces staying present in order to pick up the data and sensory input of the Now.
Anyways there's a lot to talk about and hope to participate in this forum.
Allah Knows Muslims need to be freed from the Shackles of the Hadith & Sunna.
Although I don't have a problem with these books as "Historical books", they are enforced as "The Interpretations". This is very dangerous as it blocks any other form of interpretation.
Dangerous Hijacking of the Deen, which we see more and more the results with all the Fringe violent groups which are the result of the oil dollar fueling Wahabism/Salafist draconian exclusive perspectives on the truth.
Allah Knows Best.
The last issue I'm seeing is Muslims leaving Deen because they can't stand the shackles anymore. Even if they try the Quran, they'll read it literally and that in itself is a prison.
I hope our minds truly become free Inchallah!
