Re: Real Islam vs Mullahism
To understand Islam we have to understand principals of Sunnah and Ilmulnazool properly. Unfortunately our religion has become hostage to intolerant, illogical mullahs who have turned Islam in to Mullahism. ISLAM IS THE MOST LOGICAL RELIGION WITH MOST ILLOGICAL FOLLOWERS….
What is Ilmul nazool:
It is the context and circumstances under which the Koranic revelations took place. In order to understand a particular Surah or Ayah it is necessary to understand particular circumstances, and logic behind that particular revelation. Here our typical mullahs give simplistic explanations by abrogating the previous one with the latest one. I’ll try to prove with the principals of sunnah that this simplistic rule is not valid. Last but not least we have to see Ilmunazool in the light of principals of sunnah. After all the best way to understand Koran is to see the example of Holy prophet.
Principals of Sunnah:
Our Holy Prophet acted differently under different circumstances. However in order to understand his action we must define certain principals which he never deviated from in his life. Let’s define those principals of sunnah.
1. Actions taken for the betterment of Islam.
2. Actions taken to make his followers better human beings.
3. Actions taken in light of logic and common sense.
In light of above three principals if we study Quran it will make understanding much easier.
For example is growing beard sunnah? Not at all, because it was just fashion of the day and did not by any standard contributed to betterment of Islam, or uplifting of humanity. Even to think growing beard uplifts Islam is against common sense. On the contrary some religious beards (not all) develop certain religious arrogance and are against rule number two. In fact these beards are against sunnah. Similarly riding a camel, adopting certain way of dressing is not sunnah.
On the contrary is abolishing slavery sunnah? Yes it is, as it conforms to all the three principals of sunnah. Although it was not practiced by Holy Prophet during his life time due to circumstances prevailing at that time, but as it conforms with the principals of sunnah it is perfectly sunnah.
The Holy Prophet did not abolish slavery? the way islam and the Holy Prophet abolished slavery was far better than they way it was abolished in the west. Just saying you can't have slaves is not abolishing slavery. For example, slavery was abolished in US in the 1800s yet blacks were economic and political slaves until the 1960s and are still not seen as equal citizens. On the other hand, Islam provided so many ways for slaves to be freed and the Holy Prophet put so much emphasis on freeing slaves. And once someone was freed, they became part of the society just like everyone else and were free in the true sense of the word.
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Now let’s try to understand the message of Allah in the light of principals of Sunnah.
Prophetic life can be divided in to three distinct phases. In the first phase In Mecca fighting was prohibited. It was necessary to show the real and humane message of Islam. If you study the revelations of that time and see them in the light of principals of sunnah, these revelations conformed with all the three principals of sunnah. There was no need for fighting as muslims were not rulers of Mecca and whole of their concentration was on propagating the message of Islam.
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are you implying they would've fought had they been rulers of Mecca?
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The second phase of prophetic life started when Medina came under the rule of Holy Prophet. Fighting was permitted at that time against injustice and oppression. It was necessary to maintain the law and order. If you study the revelations of the time you perfectly understand them in the light of sunnah.
The third phase of prophetic life started when in Medina fighting was made obligatory. This phase was started for certain specific reasons. As the prophet had a mission to establish Islam as a major religion during his life time, in order to give an alternative religion to humankind for times to come. Also if you understand the political religious situation of the seventh century, religion used to be imposed by the rulers on people. Therefore through a divine decree prophet was asked to act aggressively and establish Islam as a major religion. If you study the revelations and actions of the prophet in light of principals of sunnah you will understand perfectly. Surah Tawbah and Al Ahzaab represent this period.
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i strongly object to this reasoning. you are dead wrong when you say the Prophet used fighting and aggressiveness to establish Islam. Any fighting in the life of the Prophet was done solely in defence or if the enemy violated an agreement.
compare the number of people who embraced Islam in the years before the agreement at Hudabiya (remember this period is of wars and persecution) with those who became muslims in the time between hudabiya and the fall of Mecca and you'll see that Islam spreads much more rapidly in time of peace and that is precisely the reason the Holy Prophet accepted the terms of the agreement of Hudabiya even though muslims in general considered this agreement to be insulting and showed the muslims as having a position of weakness. The reason Islam spread was beacuse of its logical and beautiful teachings which appealed to masses.
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Are we required to forget the rest of Quran and follow Surah Tawbah and Alahzaab, and go on a shooting spree, killing and slaying non muslims today. The answer lies in principals of Sunnah. The need of the hour is to understand the message of these surahs in the light of logic as these surahs were revealed to prepare muslims to achieve this specific mission. In modern era of media and news, if we slay people and show the video on internet, will it be for betterment of Islam. Is religion to be forced on people today where most of the governments give you freedom to follow any religion, should we act illogically when sunnah teaches us to be logical. Why in the first phase of prophetic life our Holy Prophet did not use force to establish Islam. He was following the 3rd rule of Sunnah.
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see the rest of the paragraph makes sense and is very logical, but then your logic takes you down the same path. The Holy Prophet NEVER EVER used force to establish Islam. No one in the world can provide a better example of tolerance towards non-religionists, when a perticular religion was the religion of the rulers, as was showing in the time of our Holy Prophet.
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Can Islam today spread with Klashinkov shariat. How many people will be attracted to the folds of Islam by showing this kind of face to the world???
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No it will not spread with Klashinkov but then again it never spread with force to start with. See this is the exact kind of reasoning that gives non-muslims ammunition to attack Islam. when the 'logical' and fundamentalist followers are both admitting to the use of force in spreading Islam, it being of no consequence that one uses the force presently and the other admits of its use in the past, then why should the enemies not say that Islam is a violent religion which was spread by force.
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When our Holy Prophet changed his strategy according to whatever was best for Islam, why we have denounced the use of logic and take the message of Islam without considering the principals of Sunnah….
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mind explaining where those principles came from?
