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[quote]Dear brothers

It may well be horses for courses. We want to travel from Glasgow to London, someone says I prefer the car, the other takes a train and a third catches a flight. The end result! we all want to reach London. We all think our choice is better then others.

My very limited understanding of religon states that religon is about three steps.

a) proper understanding of religon.b) its practical application in our lives.c) to teach others what we believe is right.

Number one is crucial, because 2 and 3 will depend upon what we understand from number 1.

In my humble opinion any one who is doing any work in the path of religon must be appreciated provided they are not undertaking or propogating un islamic activities.It is irrelevant whether I agree or not with their approach.

"The human mind is like a parachute, it works best when open"

One of the main dilemma's of islamic jammat's is that we are encouraged and expected to think and understand that if we join a particular jammat we have to accept everything they say and do and try to prove that every one else is wrong.

Religon is knowledge and awareness and is not one person's or one jammats property. We must be encouraged to use our mind, ask open questions and have an approach that accepts good things from different jammats or scholars, even different religons. We should be able to drink what we like from each fountain of knowledge.

This is more so because after the Prophet Muhammad pbuh , no one person or jammat can claim to know the entire truth, no prophet will come. Scholars are putting forward their understanding and intrpretations,but no one is perfect or without fault.

There is a well known saying that the tree that has the most fruit, bends the most towards the ground. Meaning the more you have knowledge , the more humble a person is because of your awareness and understanding.

What we find generally is that different jammats go out of the way to promote that they are right and point mistakes in others. When the aim should be support and appreciate all who are working in the path of religon provided they do not have any radical views or principles that are un islamic.

In answer to your question whether we do need a jammat or are we better to be individuals. Again my feeling is that it depends upon individuals, their knowledge, how strong they are and where they are located.

For most of us a jammat or surrounding, or group is very important . It provides us with a scenario like a petrol station where you regularly go to fill up on your iman and faith. Some of us may feel they are strong enough to continue alone or with contact with a web site.

For me what will be important if I was to join a jammat would be three things. a) how much encouragement do I get to clarify my problems or uncertainities about religon.b) how human the jammat is about themselves.do they encourage critisicm or believe  this is un islamic and points to being un islamic if you question any aspect of religon.
Lastly and most importantly, how did they reach their interpretation of religon? does it have a logical thought process supported by academic and research based thought process.

Yes! for me an open minded group, who are self critical and who have the ability to appreciate good points from others would be essential.
Kind regards[/quote]

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