(September 17, 2013 at 5:55 am)Simsim Wrote: Some Muslims, but still minority compared with the rest, believe there is no stoning punishment in Islam. They say it was invented by Muslims. They deny the hadiths (sayings) of Mohammed which state this punishment saying that the only punishment stated in Qur'an for adulterers is just whipping. Sarcastically, those who are more fundamental say that this punishment was already stated in Qur'an but the verse was deleted or cancelled by Allah but, they say, only the text was cancelled but the legislation of the verse is still in effect.
Anyway, Putting stupid restrictions on the relationship between males and females in the Islamic world and considering that the greatest side of virtue is sexual, doing that made Arabs and Muslims live in inhibition and suppression. The Muslim youth want to love and to make love but there is no opportunity for them. This is why some of them resort to jihad and martyrdom.
Well from my years of studying Islam and practicing it, I'm well acquainted with what are known as Quranists (rejecting the Ahadith and living by the Qur'an only as their source for religion)...
I looked into their theories and wanted to believe in what they were saying at the time, because I had many problems with ahadith myself, but the fact remained that Islam and Muhammad and the rest of the historical figures in Islam have absolutely no ground to stand on without the assistance of ahadith.
If you throw all of the hadith out then you're really left with confusion and so much room for interpretation that it feels incomplete.
“Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones.” - Marcus Aurelius
