Assalamu alaikom,
I am really sorry everyone, but I still don't feel any of this in my heart. I still believe in God, and I believe his message was the Quran, and I also believe that Muhammad, peace be upon him, was his messenger. ( the messenger, who's job from God, was to bring to all of us, the Quran)
Perhaps it's because I am new to Islam, and because I have been lost in a wayward world for a long time, that I am having difficulty here. This seems to have upset a few of you. I have been saddened to hear on this thread, that I am going against Islam. I wish you didnt see it like that, but can see that I am new to this religion, and I have things that I am finding hard, so I am learning about them and asking questions.
I am also saddened that some of you think that I have a problem with believing the things that Muhammad, peace be upon him, has said. I don't have any doubt, that what Muhammad has said and done, is worthy of notice (and should be taken as guidance.) What I do have a problem with, is the fact that "other people" have been involved in this transfer of information. If I was reading an autobiography of Muhammad, I would no doubt be a believer, of anything that he instructed to do, as he is the messenger of God, so I believe he did live a very good life. But there is no autobiography.....there may be a few biographies, but they include somebody else's opinion and words, and those persons, were not chosen to be the messengers of GOD.(well not that I can see anyway)
I think this hadiths and sunnahs business is going to be the end of me posting at this forum. I am going to be told I don't know what i am saying and that I am going against Islam, etc etc, and this is not what I came here for.
Changing the subject slightly
I was asked to ponder some thoughts yesterday, by a brother on this thread. The first thought was directed on how we are to know how to pray, by the Quran alone.
It is possible.
The Quran talks about prayer. It tells you when to pray, what to say, and how to perform ablution. I cant find where it mentions the positions.....I wonder why that is not in there? (anyone that wants surahs and verse numbers, just pm me.)
The next thought that I was asked to consider is Zakah, and how are we to know how much to pay. Its true that it isnt in the Quran (that I can find anyway), something that can tell us exactly how much we are to pay. I am sure we know that in our hearts if we have given enough or not, from what we earn. If this is stuff that God wanted us to know, then why isnt it in the Quran?
Im sorry brothers and sisters, but I just dont get it. Can you understand that I find it hard to believe, that God, in all his glory strength and perfection, did not get the Quran right? Of course He got it right. He's God! He gave us how to pray in the Quran, he told us how to prepare for prayer (ablution), what to say, and how many times, and at what times of the day to say it. Why would he have left out bits that are important to the faith?
The same goes for the Zakah. If he wanted us to pay a certain amount of our wages, by a percentage, then why didnt he just say that, when he gave the message to Muhammad?
No doubt I will be evicted from this forum, for saying these things, but I do hope I will be able to stay, and that you all are able to see that it is my love for Allah, that makes me want to know as much as I can about this all.
Kylie
(I still have many more of the questions to ponder from the brother yesterday, and I havent forgotten)