09-24-2003, 07:40 PM
How should I greet you ?
Don't go to too much bother.
What I am beginning to see (correct me if I am wrong) is that the Qu'ran is THE book of God it can't be added to and it can't modified in anyway. However, what seems to be happening is that various hadiths have in fact distorted some of the teachings in the Qu'ran. Because on the one hand I see (and I paraphrase here) "submit to Islam or pay a tax as a non muslim and go to hell" and on another hand I see Islam being tolerant of all other religions, respect other religions etc etc.
My resources are varied and conflicting to say the least but who/what is right ? Do the hadiths have any right to interpret the Qu'ran ?
Interestingly, I was reading earlier about the Hijab being a tradition rather than a religious thing. In other words, Allah did not specifically state that wearing of the Hijab by women (or anyone else) was something they had to do. Maybe I will take this up with SisterJennifer in another thread.