Our stupidity today (2016)
Funny story today happened at the mosque after prayers. An old man came to me telling me how important it is to do sunna prayers (extra prayers that aren't compulsory) and how important to cover the hair is for men when praying. And that the situation of the Muslims is bad because we stopped caring about such small issues. And he mentioned that this is also why muslims lost Spain. The strange thing is that many muslims, especially elderly ones, believe this. This is the sad reality and reflects how shallow our thinking and depth of understanding of Islam is. It was not easy to reply back to him. He was so convinced. The main point i wanted to give back to him is that it's fine if he believes this. I don't mind. But don't try to impose your view on others just because you are so convinced. The problem is that there is a major issue that many of us are grossly ignorant of I believe. And this is that it's ok if other Muslims disagree with you. Others don...