I wonder why we human or Muslims like to make things hard on ourselves.
The rules and guidelines in the Quran, are stated simple, precise and easy enough to understand, but why we like to make things hard on ourselves? Many prefer to follow humanly opinions that are harder to practice, made more complicated and more detailed, and sometimes get a little too far from the Quran's explanations.
Why? Is it because they (the Quran's verses/explanations) are too simple? sound too general? too easy? that we Muslims don't feel satisfied with the Quran?
Number one rule of a sahih hadith is that it should never, ever, defer from the Quran. And the Quran should always comes first. So, why we worry too much on what the ulamak's assumption/assessment of what the Rasullah had said or thought, when the Quran is there to verify and clear most matters.
The Muslims community has become solely depended on the ulamak's opinions. We treat the ulamak kitab/books like law. We discourage other Muslims to read the Quran tafsir by themselves, afraid that they might form opinions that are different from the ulamaks.
We, the Muslims, can never thrive if we continue to be this way. The blooming development of knowledge and technology was made possible by the Muslims in the early years of Islam civilization because it was free from this kind of creativity 'barrier'. But when the Islamic community, the sunni namely, established the so called four main school of ulamak, the development of knowledge and technology showed a decrease and later on was taken by other civilizations. We Muslims had ever since become trapped by the schools' or the ulamaks' disposition.
Many might not agree with me. Some would think I am not qualified to write this and my opinion is merely an opinon of a 'jahil', a fool's fancy. Think whatever you like, if you ever THINK at all.
~ I declare that I am not an anti hadith ~
