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adnan

adnan

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Well, another fellow from Bosnia here.
I’m reading forum as a guest from the August and finally decided to register.

During most of my life I have not been one of those who practice all prescribed, and I was ‘ordinary muslim’.
Grew up in a Sunni society, so nothing was unknown to me. The reasons for visiting the mosque was sometimes Jumma and mostly Eid prayers. Regardless of everything, I can say for myself that my faith in the unity of God has never been questioned.

This status changed in my early thirties and I became someone who fulfilled all the obligations prescribed by the traditional interpretation of religion.

There are a few reasons for this change in life and the biggest being the loss of a close person and the need to get closer to Allah and finding peace, solace and obviously some answers. Looking into that path, I accepted a more extreme approach, even though many things were always contrary to my logic. I always had a problem with understanding the 'science' of hadith. It never clicked with me.

Long story short, I was indoctrinated and this awakening process took some time. It came gradually through research and reading primarily Quran and other various literature. It was not easy to go out of the box, but I think that Allah has honored me. It was and it is still a journey. I have more questions than answers but it’s okay. I feel grateful to Allah for giving me the opportunity to seek the right path, elhamdulillah.

My current status is that I have rejected everything and I’m trying to learn my duties only from the Quran.
For example, the current understanding of the term salat is 'duty' as brother Sam said, or elaborately I can say establishing the pursuit of Divine Commandments.
I don't have a final decision yet, as I said earlier it’s a journey, but the ritual form of prayer makes absolutely no sense to me right now. Some form of prayer probably-maybe, but to say salat is namaz does not make any sense. Of course, this is a subjective perception, which I cannot say will not change over time.

Peace
 
Welcome! I appreciate getting opportunity to learn about how Allah has been working in your life and that process for you. I appreciate your balance of considering others views but being careful weighing out what others say even if that means you have more questions than answers.

And this you said:

"It was not easy to go out of the box, but I think that Allah has honored me. It was and it is still a journey. I have more questions than answers but it’s okay. I feel grateful to Allah for giving me the opportunity to seek the right path, elhamdulillah."

The way you said this is beautiful! And even though our journeys are very different in the externals and in the details of our lives you expressed just how I feel and see things.
 
Incredible to see you here bro! Dobro došao!

I don't know if this is just me, but it seems like more and more individuals from this country are gravitating towards this way of thinking. Recently I talked to some friends and collegues about hadith and they usually say that they also think there is something wrong there... People who have zero knowledge of Sam's work.

Anyways, I too am exploring brother. But compared to traditionalist understanding this community is definetely way ahead in terms of logic and understanding than any traditionalist I've ever spoken to. I feel the same ad you and hope we can get all the answers we need as doon as possible.
 
DinaricZoomer said:
Incredible to see you here bro! Dobro došao!

I don't know if this is just me, but it seems like more and more individuals from this country are gravitating towards this way of thinking. Recently I talked to some friends and collegues about hadith and they usually say that they also think there is something wrong there... People who have zero knowledge of Sam's work.

Anyways, I too am exploring brother. But compared to traditionalist understanding this community is definetely way ahead in terms of logic and understanding than any traditionalist I've ever spoken to. I feel the same ad you and hope we can get all the answers we need as doon as possible.
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Bolje te našao 😄

I agree that something is happening, but I still don't see significant changes. I had the opportunity to talk to some people and some of them are aware that something is wrong with the current approach, but no one wants to get into the essence. When you tell them the only way is to study the Quran by the Quran, it usually ends there. It is easier for them to be part of the crowd regardless of hearing valid arguments
 
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