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[7:52] We have given them a scripture that is fully detailed, with knowledge, guidance, and mercy for the people who believe.
[4:82] Why do they not study the Quran carefully? If it were from other than GOD, they would have found in it numerous contradictions.
Who are these people and what are they following or advocating—the so-called Sharia laws? One thing is clear that they are transgressing against God’s laws. They are following other sources besides the Quran that are full of contradictions and conflict with the divine laws. These sources are not approved by God.
Sharia in Arabic means "way" or "path" and is considered the sacred law of traditional Islam. Sharia is derived from two primary sources of Islamic law: the divine revelations set forth in the Quran, and the sayings and deeds attributed to Prophet Muhammad collected in Hadith books. Islamic jurisprudence interprets and extends the application of Sharia to questions not directly addressed in the primary sources by including secondary sources. These secondary sources usually include the consensus of religious scholars based on their interpretation of the Quran and hadith.
The Muslim world differs as to what exactly Sharia entails. Modernists, traditionalists and fundamentalists all hold different views of Sharia, as do adherents to different schools of Islamic thought and scholarship. Different countries and cultures have varying interpretations of Sharia as well.
So we see that the source of all sects, divisions and conflicts in Islamic countries is based on the Sharia because it does not make use of the Quran alone.
Instead it heavily weighs on hadith where people can find loopholes to justify their decisions on the subject matter. On the other hand, God says that the Quran is clear, easy to understand and it has all the details we need for our religious guidance.
[12:111] In their history, there is a lesson for those who possess intelligence. This is not fabricated HADITH; this (Quran) confirms all previous scriptures, provides the details of everything, and is a beacon and mercy for those who believe.
Man-made laws that conflict with God’s revelations in the Quran cannot be Islamic. They are a burden on Muslims. They are a burden on Islam. They are divisive. They do not represent true Islam. They give Islam a bad name. They are the source of troubles, terrorism and backwardness in the so called Islamic countries. These laws are unjust and blasphemous against God and His messengers.
[31:6] Among the people, there are those who uphold baseless HADITH, and thus divert others from the path of GOD without knowledge, and take it in vain. These have incurred a shameful retribution.
[4:60] Have you noted those who claim that they believe in what was revealed to you, and in what was revealed before you, then uphold the unjust laws of their idols? They were commanded to reject such laws. Indeed, it is the devil's wish to lead them far astray.
When we reflect on Islamic history, this becomes more obvious. Consider this. For as long as the Muslims upheld the Quran, they led the world scientifically, technologically, culturally, socially, militarily, and economically. The borders of Islam extended from West Africa to China; into Spain and Eastern Europe.
With the collection of the attributed sayings and deeds of Muhammad into Hadith books some 200 years after Prophet Muhammad, a progressive deterioration of the religion of Islam ensued. Ironically, one can find in the hadith collections sayings of the prophet asking his followers not to record anything from him except the Quran!
Since the emergence and acceptance of these innovations as sources of guidance beside the Quran, the "Muslims" gradually became defeated, helpless and uneducated people. They went from the top to the bottom in a matter of a few centuries, and still cannot recover from this tragic situation.
The times of victory and pride can be brought back only if Muslims uphold God’s revelations, as exemplified by Prophet Muhammad. They must let go of the unjust Sharia laws that have no Quranic basis.
The Quran is the Final Testament. It is for all people, for all ages and for all times. Nothing can abrogate God’s words. Unlike the Hadith books, there is no contradiction or nonsense in the Quran. Upholding God’s revelations is the only way for the Muslims to get back on the “right track.” God promises happiness in this life as well as in the Hereafter. Therefore, heaven starts in this world if only we stay with God. It is time for the Muslims to re-examine themselves to see why they are in the situation they are, and what they can do to achieve God’s truthful promise.
[24:55] GOD promises those among you who believe and lead a righteous life, that He will make them sovereigns on earth, as He did for those before them, and will establish for them the religion He has chosen for them, and will substitute peace and security for them in place of fear. All this because they worship Me alone; they never set up any idols beside Me. Those who disbelieve after this are the truly wicked.
It is time for the God-fearing, silent majority of Muslims to speak up against the injustice done to true Islam, Submission to God’s will—the religion of strict monotheism: The religion of Abraham, Moses, Jesus, Muhammad and all messengers and believers.
It is time to let God’s light shine on us to guide us in His straight path. Let us turn to God Alone and His laws.
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