02-23-2010, 04:24 AM
This reminds me of an old Indian song " Duniya bananey waley kiya terey maan mein samai.. kahey ko duniya banai...."
There is no such ban on raising questions in islam but this is the dilemma of our society that we are not encouraged to ask questions specially related to our religion. The reason is very simple we prefer to live in what our elders has told us and are afraid to explore this glorious religion of Allah (SWT). I remember when ever i raised any questions on islam my elders used to say it is like it is and do not argue just accept what you are told )
I second Rabiaâs suggestion and will like to add that do read Islamic history and work of great historians cum scholars like Ibn-e-Kathir , Ibn-e-Tammiya etc. The best source for me todate remains Tafseer Ibn-e-Kathir where meaning of quranic verses in the light of hadees is given in the most rational way.You might not get the answer to your question but you will definitely gain and discover how we have been fooled on certain issues by our ulemas for years
There is no such ban on raising questions in islam but this is the dilemma of our society that we are not encouraged to ask questions specially related to our religion. The reason is very simple we prefer to live in what our elders has told us and are afraid to explore this glorious religion of Allah (SWT). I remember when ever i raised any questions on islam my elders used to say it is like it is and do not argue just accept what you are told )
I second Rabiaâs suggestion and will like to add that do read Islamic history and work of great historians cum scholars like Ibn-e-Kathir , Ibn-e-Tammiya etc. The best source for me todate remains Tafseer Ibn-e-Kathir where meaning of quranic verses in the light of hadees is given in the most rational way.You might not get the answer to your question but you will definitely gain and discover how we have been fooled on certain issues by our ulemas for years
