Are there any religions or cults that you just do not understand? With in reason.

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huaxiong90 said:

Cirio said:

Yeah I was going to add the clothing part, but I felt it was unnecessary for what that guy was asking. But stoning is not said or implied in the Quran; isn't the Hadith the words of the prophet and Aisha? Muslims don't have to follow everything said in the Hadith. And i know Dubai and Abu Dhabi are part of the same country (I've been there) but they're both different states with their own leaders and they have different economies too. I always get confused about the UAE, but whatever >_>

Well, I assume he's also asking about tight clothing, which exposes the figure of a woman, so I thought I'd clarify on that. As for the Hadith, for the most part that's true (it's Sunnism/practicing the Sunnah mainly that's not mandatory).

A question about Hadith: How can you be sure that all of it is true? including "saheeh al-bokhari" books.

I just don't get why Muslims (Sunnis) put it right next to Quran. For believers, Allah promised that the Quran is immune to any "tahreef" but there is no similar immunity to any other book.

One of the rules that bokhari followed in writing his book:

اختارها الإمام البخاري من بين ستمائة ألف حديث كانت تحت يديه؛ لأنه كان مدقِّقًا في قبول الرواية، واشترط شروطًا خاصة في رواية راوي الحديث، وهي أن يكون معاصرًا لمن يروي عنه، وأن يسمع الحديث منه، أي أنه اشترط الرؤية والسماع معًا، هذا إلى جانب الثقة والعدالة والضبط والإتقان والعلم والورع.

The book sounds like a retrospective study with unavoidable bisas. He just included people who he thought they were very good Muslims and excluded the ones who weren't, according to him and to the people he asked ofcourse.

I have lived enough to know that judging people by how long and how many times they pray can never be a valid measure of character. You can be with someone for years and never really know who he/she is. I am sure you understand what I mean.

I am not suggesting the whole book is invalid but being 100% certain that everything is written in it is true just doesn't make sense to me. Muslims these days are taking it further and following "current" Ulama words as if they were the new words of god.

 

"Now as far as religions/cults that I don't understand: I can't say I understand the non-Sunni sects of Islam."

The problem is that in general people don't read or even try to think for themselves. Most of the Muslims these days wouldn't be Muslims if they were born in a different part of the world and Sunnis would be shi'a if they were born in Iran and vice versa. The amount of hate that's spread by the leaders of these sects make communitcation and discussions between their people impossible.

 

OT: I don't think anyone really "gets" anything completely. Religious people answer lots of questions with "becuz god sayz zo!" and it doesn't matter if god is being unfair or completely irrational. Athiests are eager to what science may reveal in the future and I am tired of typing so whatever.