I would say there is an illusion that Muslims are slaves to God.
To obey God, they must obey Mohammad. So they have two masters now, God and Mohammad. But that's ok, because Mohammad is sent by God and is his Vicegerent on earth.
But to obey Mohammad, they have to follow hadiths which is trasmitted by people. And to know which hadiths to follow, they have to follow scholars that tell you what hadith is right or wrong. But that's not enough, for comes understanding of Quran and hadiths, all with each other, which takes years and years of study.
Thus Muslims end up submitting and enslaving themselves to Scholars.
This would not be so bad if the scholars all taught the same thing, but they are divided and teach different interpretations of Islam and hadiths. They go against one another. Some call others Mushriks, etc...
Then to make matters worse, all people not enslaved to the correct scholars (the true sect) will be in hell per hadiths. Only one saved sect of Islam makes it.
Reality shows they are slaves to scholars. This is reality.
Islam is submission to scholars.
To obey God, they must obey Mohammad. So they have two masters now, God and Mohammad. But that's ok, because Mohammad is sent by God and is his Vicegerent on earth.
But to obey Mohammad, they have to follow hadiths which is trasmitted by people. And to know which hadiths to follow, they have to follow scholars that tell you what hadith is right or wrong. But that's not enough, for comes understanding of Quran and hadiths, all with each other, which takes years and years of study.
Thus Muslims end up submitting and enslaving themselves to Scholars.
This would not be so bad if the scholars all taught the same thing, but they are divided and teach different interpretations of Islam and hadiths. They go against one another. Some call others Mushriks, etc...
Then to make matters worse, all people not enslaved to the correct scholars (the true sect) will be in hell per hadiths. Only one saved sect of Islam makes it.
Reality shows they are slaves to scholars. This is reality.
Islam is submission to scholars.