Amica
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Salaam brother Abdullah,
You see, there is NOTHING to apologize about in regards to the Noble Qur'an and its language. Those who approach it with evil intention, will always "find" means to attack it. Those who wish to understand it, even when they "do not get it," will find understanding within it.
It is the Noble Qur'an that has been attracting non-Muslims to enter Islam. The hadiths usually come as a second place to further study and understand the religious practices, but certainly the hadiths DO NOT attract people to Islam. This is just the fact. At least, in regards to new Muslims that I have met or learned about. At least in the West. I am not sure about the Middle East, but many who have decided to read and study the Noble Qur'an among the Westerners have converted to Islam because of it. I am always reminded of the group of the jinn who, once they heard the Qur'anic reading, they accepted Islam as the true and went to call their tribes to the faith.
But, like I have said many times, there are hadiths that help us, teach us good things and explain how to conduct religious practices. Majority of the times, these are in accordance with the Qur'anic teachings.
Practices like the ones I mentioned earlier are not islamic and have been infiltrated into the Muslim community with NO Qur'anic backing. For example, stoning for adultery IS not in the Qur'an. Whether stoning was practiced by early Muslims prior to the commandments of punishment for adultery or not is besides the point. It is because if Allah SWT meant to change a commandment, He would have done it. And it is unlike our beloved Prophet pbuh, to change Allah's laws.
You see, there is NOTHING to apologize about in regards to the Noble Qur'an and its language. Those who approach it with evil intention, will always "find" means to attack it. Those who wish to understand it, even when they "do not get it," will find understanding within it.
It is the Noble Qur'an that has been attracting non-Muslims to enter Islam. The hadiths usually come as a second place to further study and understand the religious practices, but certainly the hadiths DO NOT attract people to Islam. This is just the fact. At least, in regards to new Muslims that I have met or learned about. At least in the West. I am not sure about the Middle East, but many who have decided to read and study the Noble Qur'an among the Westerners have converted to Islam because of it. I am always reminded of the group of the jinn who, once they heard the Qur'anic reading, they accepted Islam as the true and went to call their tribes to the faith.
But, like I have said many times, there are hadiths that help us, teach us good things and explain how to conduct religious practices. Majority of the times, these are in accordance with the Qur'anic teachings.
Practices like the ones I mentioned earlier are not islamic and have been infiltrated into the Muslim community with NO Qur'anic backing. For example, stoning for adultery IS not in the Qur'an. Whether stoning was practiced by early Muslims prior to the commandments of punishment for adultery or not is besides the point. It is because if Allah SWT meant to change a commandment, He would have done it. And it is unlike our beloved Prophet pbuh, to change Allah's laws.