Re: Shaving The Beard:
^fraudia you are so exasperating!
there was a time in distant and far away past when such a thing as muslim ummah was alive and kicking. they had alims and faqih making laws and regulations according to islam to maintain an islamic society. now generally speaking when muslims are talking about religious matters they refer to the gold of that time, the four imams. this is very abstractly put.
however i have a general query. do you know a regular muslim can comit kufar due to lack of knowledge ? secondly you say it is sunnah, now what do you think a muslim is doing when he is delieberately making fun of sunnah?
besides what do you suggest muslims do, every one pick up the book and become an alim, not a feasible solution. think practically, there has to some source where you get the nitty gritty of religion from. Now you shun these imams what is the alternative according to you? i hope you realize in this way you are subcontracting islam yourself