No problem, we will continue our discussions based only on the Quran. So please answer my questions again (without referring to hadiths):
1. I am commanded by G-d to pray in mosques so why can’t I?
There is a verse in the Quran isn't there, which says that women should stay in their homes and not go out...indicating that women shouldn't go out except in neccessity...A Quranic verse, although it may be adressed to specific people, or pertain to a specific reason, yet it give's way to a general meaning/implication, so this verse regards all women, and not just the Prophet [saw's] wives.
Ikrimah said: "Whoever disagrees with me that it was revealed solely concerning the wives of the Prophet, I am prepared to meet with him and pray and invoke the curse of Allah upon those who are lying.'' So they alone were the reason for revelation, but others may be included by way of generalization.
Tafsir.com Tafsir Ibn Kathir
And the following verses:
Say: Obey Allâh and the Messenger, but if they turn their backs, Allâh loves not the disbelievers. (3:32)
And obey Allâh and the Messenger so that you may be blessed. (3:132)
O those who believe, obey Allâh and obey the Messenger and those in authority among you. (4:59)
So fear Allâh and set things right between you, and obey Allâh and His Messenger if you are believers. (8:1) [and there are many more verses like it]
Makes it absolutely clear that we are to obey the prophet [saw] and 'obey' is in the matter of orders and sayings emanating from him.
And the following verses:
Say, if you love Allâh, follow me and Allâh will love you and forgive you your sins. (3:31)
Those who follow the Messenger, the unlettered Prophet, whom they find written down with them in the Torah and the Injeel… (7:157)
Believe, then, in Allâh and His Messenger, the unlettered Prophet, who believes in Allâh and His words, and follow him so that you may be on the right path. (7:158)
Allâh has surely relented towards the Prophet and the Emigrants and the Helpers who followed him in an hour of difficulty. (9:117) [and there are many more like it]
establishes that we are to follow [the acts and practices] of the prophet [saw].
The following verses:
And My mercy embraces all things. So I shall prescribe it for those who fear Allâh and pay zakâh (obligatory alms) and those who have faith in Our signs; those who follow the Messenger, the unlettered Prophet whom they find written down in the Torah and the Injîl, and who bids them to the Fair and forbids them the Unfair, and makes lawful for them the good things, and makes unlawful for them the impure things, and relieves them of their burdens and of the shackles that were upon them. So, those who believe in him, and honour him, and help him, and follow the light that has been sent down with him- they are the ones who acquire success. (7:156-157)
Establishes that the prophet [saw] makes laws [concerning the halaal and the haraam], other then waht Allah ahs revealed in the Quran, for what Allah has revealed in the Quran is allready established, therefore Allah says "and who bids then to the fair and forbids them the unfair" [of waht has been allready established, and then Allah says that the prophet [saw] "AND [in addition to the bidding to the fair and forbidding the unfair] makes [himself, by the leave of Allah] lawful for them the good things, and makes unlawful for them the impure things", and that indicates that the prophet [saw] made laws of other then what Allah revealed in the Quran [by Allah's leave and command] [there are other verses too that establishes this meaning]
And the following verse:
Whatever the Messenger gives you, take it; and whatever he forbids you, refrain from it. (59:7)
is general in it's meaning. It is not only restricted to the verses of the Quran.
I have shown you verses before which clearly establishes that some of the prophet [saw's] functions were to interpret the Quran, and set a practical example of the Quran, and that we can only be righlty guided if we are lead by the Prophetic interpretation/example.
So now from the Quran itself, I have shown you that Allah commands us to follow/obey the Sunnah [words, actions and implicit consent of the prophet saw], and it can be seen from this evidence that the guidance of Islam consists of the Quran AND THE SUNNAH, and that the religion is not conmplete without either of them.
Therefore, it is not enough just to stick to the verses of the Quran and try to figure out a meaning for them from our own personal reasoning.
We have to refer to the Sunnah as well, for the sources of the Islamic Law, rules and regulations, is the Quran, and the Sunnah, for the Sunnah compounds on, interprets, explains, and puts in it's correct context, the meaning of the text of the Quran for us, therefore we have to refer to the Sunnah as well.
Now you may say "The Sunnah has been corrupted". This is nonsense, as the Sunnah is the meaning of the Quran, and it goes against the Divine Wisdom of Allah just to protect the text of the Quran and not it's meaning, thus to say that the meaning of the Quran has not been protected, is to negate the Divine Wisdom of Allah [swt]
There are many hadiths which establishes that the view that women are prohibbited from the Mosque...is valid.
The punishment for adultery is lashes, so why do the schools say it is stoning?
It does not say in the Quran that punishment for adultery is lashes, it says that the punishment for zina is lashes, but there are two types of zina, one is fornication [when a person is unmarried] and another is adultery [when a married person commits zina] thus when we look into the Sunnah that compounds and interprets the Quran for us, we know that the punishment for a married person who commits zina is stoning, and punishment for umarried person who commits zina is a hundred lashes.
We will just start with those two because it may take you some time to answer them without referring to the hadiths.
Why should we not follow Allah's command in the Quran of obeying the Sunnah?
Or would you prefer to stay with quoting the hadiths and answer my other questions:
1. You have stated that you believe G-d has protected both the Quran and Sunnah, so how did a goat manage to eat some of the Quran?
There are three type of 'abrogation' verses of the Quran, abrogated in recitation but command established; abrogated in command but recitation established; abrogated in recitation and command.
The abrogation of recitation, does not fall under 'the verse has been corrupted", what such an abrogation means, is that Allah decided to abrogate it in recitation [it is no longer included in the Quran; Allah could will for it to be erased from the heart and mind and any material as well] but to establish it's ruling, and this could be bacause Allah wants to see who follows the Messenger [saw] and who turns their backs on him.
Take a look at the following verse:
And We did not appoint the Qiblah on which you were earlier, but that We might know the people who follow the Messenger as distinct from those who turn back on their heels. (2:143)
Now the Qiblah [direction of prayer] which the muslims 'were on earlier' [before the command came to face towards the Holy ka'aba], was Bayt Al Muquddus [Jeruselem], but no verse was revealed in the Quran to face towards Jeurselem, and Allah here says that Allah appointed [despite there being no Quranic verse revealed about it; this also goes to show that there were two kind of revelations; recited revelation [Quranic verses] and unrecited relvelation [Sunnah]] the previous Kiblah just to see who will follow the prophet [saw] and who will turn away [by saying "we dont want to accept that, it's not in the Quran"].
So you see sister, Allah [SWT] Sometimes wills for the Prophet [saw] to make laws that are not in the Quran, just to see who will follow him, and the 'abrogated in recitation but established in command' verses cuold just be to see who will follow/obey the prophet [saw] and who will turn away saying "it's not in the Quran".
And even without the verse not being in the Quran, there is still ample evidence that each and every saying/act of the Prophet [saw] regarding the Deen, is found in the Quran, in other words, it is indirectly connected to a verse of the Quran. I'll just post a hadith to show you what I mean:
Ibn Masud (Allah be pleased with him) narrated that a woman came to him and told him: "You who says: May Allah's curse be on Al-Namisat [a woman who plucks hers or others eye-brows - completely or to be a thin line] and Al-Motanamisat [a woman who asks others to do it for her] and those who tattoo." He said: "Yes." She said, "I read the Book of Allah (Al-Qur'an) from its beginning to its end, I did not find what you have said." He told her: "If you have read it, you would have found it. As for your reading what the Messanger teaches you, take it, and what he forbids you, avoid doing it." She said: "Certainly". He said: "I have heard the Messenger of Allah (salaallaahu `alayhi wa sallam) says: "May Allah's curse be on Al-Namisat." (Bukhari & Muslim)
If it was by the will of G-d then why do scholars insist we should follow the destroyed portion, when clearly G-d wanted it to be destroyed?
3. When the goat ate the verse how did everyone that knew the Quran by heart forget this verse?
As explained above
4.
Do you believe that the hadith “a group of monkeys ARRESTED a monkey for ADULTERY and stoned it to death” is authentic? If yes, please can you provide the scientific evidence that monkeys are monogamous and that they have a marriage ceremony in order for adultery to apply. If no, why do the scholars rely on it to support their argument for rajm?
I dont know about that hadith; what compilation it's from or it's classification, so I cannot comment on it, but one thing for sure is that the hadith evidences i have read for stoning, does not include that hadith, so the Scholars dont rely on it.
I didn’t say I blame the fiqu, I said I blame the scholars. They produce fiqu and then when they are told their fiqu is being misused they just shrug. If someone is going to take such an important position of authority it is incumbent upon them to ensure that their decisions are not misused.
If they become aware their fiqu is being misused then it is for the scholars to issue a fatwa stating this and correcting the misuse, not just sit back and shrug. If I was on another thread and said brother Abdullah believes we should eat pork I imagine you would have something to say about it and would wish to correct what I said. So why can’t the scholars do this?
There is nothing much the Scholars can do against state power [that runs the courts] for it's well known that the Muslim rulers are corrupt and they dont pay much heed to righteous Scholars.
The Scholars [the righteous one's] are the best of our community, they have knowledge, piety, and are engaging in dawah work and admonishing the community... we should ber gtratefull for them, and not blame on the problems and injustices of the world on them.