Eid milad un nabi is biddat - Saudi mufti

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Re: Eid milad un nabi is biddat - Saudi mufti

@MangoMan

So if it is that easy to refute arguments in religion, why is it that there are so many sects in a single religion. Leave people like me aside, I am talking about differences in the opinions of the so called ‘learned religious scholars’. It it is that straight forward to refute arguments, why don’t they agree on ‘one’ Islam and discard all the other versions based on the undeniably convincing arguments for or against certain beliefs? Why is it that nobody in the world disputes claims about Amir Khan’s height but ‘learned religious scholars’ do not agree on things like Milaad? When the instruments required for validating arguments are not there, why argue? Where will you end up, if not in getting BPs high?

Peace MangoMan

Islam and living one’s life is not the same as measuring the height of a person. Islam is more like a system in calibration. Difference of opinion is actually a blessing. If there were no differences then the path would be a tight rope, but difference allows the path to be wide and walked on without fear of falling out of the boundaries. Of course there are boundaries but what you ask for - Just one interpretation - will actually be a noose for most Muslims and they will not be able to cope with the rigour of it.

Difference of opinion is however abused by the people who think there should only be one way … they all want it to be their way and they create discord. But just as much discord is present to say that they are all wrong …

In religion there is often no right or wrong answer, but good things to do and bad things to do and better things and worse things. I can’t think of any example where measuring the height of a person can be seen as being good or bad, better or worse - it is simply a fact. Religion is not a set of facts … It is a under-pinned by sincerity and there are facts present, then there are wisdoms, acceptable limits and displays of excellence.

There are people who reject hadith except a few and there are those who do not reject them - their criteria for choosing as they choose should be based on some valid basis - but that basis may not be the basis for someone else … because the interpretation is being undertaken through the prism of a different mind.

It is important to have authority to make and follow interpretations … otherwise it is required to follow one of the available interpretations that have been made by people in authority …

Difference of opinion also exists in seemingly discrete black and white sciences too … and for sure philosophy has many differences and each viewpoint can provide something useful … We are in need maturation to work with differences we are not in need of making religion a computational one-to-one relationship of text to understanding.