Islam: If the rules are religious and an important part of Islam, shouldn't they be obeyed everywhere?

Question

Islam: If the rules are religious and an important part of Islam, shouldn't they be obeyed everywhere? Why do the Islam rules change from country to country?

Answer 1

Not all rules in Islam are static but some are variable .. also in Islam there is Aqida "faith" and Sharia "Laws" ..Aqida is constant for all Muslims and it is clear without differences from any person to another..but in Sharia there is a great variation in many aspects according to the Imams of Muslims and according to their understanding of Qur'an and Hadith..Among Sunni there are four major Imams who founded the four major schools in Sharia:
1.Malek
2.Abu Hanfia
3.Al Shafie
4.Ibn Hanbal

Beside other schools which didn't get the wide spread of those four..so in Saudi Arabia Ibn Hanbal's school is the dominant..in Egypt Al Shafie school is the dominant and so on..The differences are in the branches of Sharia not in the major parts..like the difference in how should we put our hands during praying or if music is halal "pirmetted" or not..is raising the beard is a must or only a good deed..and these minor details make the differences between an area or region with another.

Also Islamic Sharia puts in focusthe customs of the society as an indicator for the variation in its rules..like when an Imam who lived in Medina said that owning dogs is banned..and when he lived in Iraq he said that dogs can be owned for gaurding..so these minor details can be enfluence by the characterstics of every society.

Answer 2

With time and misinterpretation changes happen. Should the English we speak today be the same as the English spoken by the British two centuries ago?

Irony however is this. The Quran has not changed. Not a letter of a word of the Quran has changed over fourteen hundred years.

The core principles of Islam such as monotheism, love for our Prophet and the basic laws have no changed either.

Laws that are not central and are literally peripheral have changed. All Muslims believe in One God, in the ONE QURAN (we do not have different qurans for each sect or any reprints htat differ from each other). All Muslims believe in our Prophet MOhammad who is common to all Muslims. All Muslims believe in at least one Caliph or successor of the Prophet, which is Ali, his son-in-law. All Muslims do not consider drinking allowed. No Muslim who follows Islam considers dancing or fooling around with the opposite sex allowed. All Muslims pray five times a day. All Muslims fast for one month in Ramadan. All Muslims believe they must go to Hajj once in a life time. All Muslims believe in giving charity to the poor at various times during the year and when a need arises. All Muslims believe that one must honor their parents and love and respect their siblings, neighbors and care for the poor and the needy among any group.

So, where are the differences except in cursory things that are not central to the founding principles of Islam. There are cultural differences, and they are encouraged as it shows the beautiful variety that the Lord Almighty has allowed, such as clothings, skin color, customs and languages etc. which in no way conflict with the rulings of Islam

I hope this makes sense sister.

Answer 3

Because in Islam there is not standard by which the scriptures should be taught. Every head of Mosque interprets the Quran however he sees fit. What Mohammed wrote has not stayed the same since it has been "modified" and added to for many centuries.
In the Christian faith there is always a standard and ultimate authority which the Bible. There is also a body of theologians and scholars who research background information and prove the Bible to be accurate and true time and again. In Islam there is no such thing.
Mr. M on "Islam."

Answer 4

The basic and most fundamental rules don't change. The peripheral rules are usually a mixture of traditions and values of the culture of a specific country that change from place to place. As long as they don't violate the fundamental rules they are quite acceptable.

Example:

Fundamental Rule:
Everyone is supposed to pray five times a day.

Peripheral Rule (Traditions and Culture)
What kind of fashion in clothing is exceptable. (Arabic clothes in the Arab lands, jeans and shirt in the West.)

Answer 5

There is a fine line between culture and religion.


Maybe you should actually find out something about Islam and Muslim countries before you start feeding in everything the media tells you.

Answer 6

Because people mix heir culture with Islam. There is one legislation for all muslims, for all human beings. This is the Quran.

Answer 7

Same reason there are many differenct sects of Christians. Ask a Catholic, a Greek Orthodox, a Fundamentalist, and a Presbyterian to explain Christianity, and you will get different interpretations.

Answer 8

I did not know that they did but I could see where in certain places that for Christians that Romans 13 might become an issue that might need to be modified.

Answer 9

Due to the country's culture

Answer 10

see that's why you are sooooo mixed up between traditions and religion. you have no clue what Islam is, you look at what people do in Muslim countries and automatically think that they do it because their religion tells them to.