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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I read about a new, water-permeable nail polish that is taking the Muslim world by storm. But I do think God is concerned about other things than whether a woman is wearing nail polish.[/quote]
Well, what you think is irrelevant unless God Himself told you that, which I doubt  :idea: [/quote]

That was unecessary, dear poster. I'm not Muslim like you, so I don't need to accept the ritual pillars in the Qu'ran (Haj, ritual washing, fasting, others) as God's commandments to me.

I'm religious but I agree that religious people need to focus more on how we treat others (the poor, trying not to hate people who are different from us, and that's just a start) and less on checking off boxes about what we eat, how we wash, and other rituals. I can see how people believe these ritual aspects bring God into their daily lives, and that's important. But there's a risk of thinking that checking these ritual boxes makes you a "better" person, especially relative to other people you start to look down on because they are eating the wrong thing or something, and I think the nail polish issue is a case in point.

In any case, I have read the Qu'ran and there's nothing in there about nail polish, obviously, so I'm not clear why the permeable nail polish can't be worn all day.[/quote]

I am the poster you are quoting and I am sorry if I offended you, that was not my intention. However, just like you said you are not muslim so don't accept the rituals of islam, at the same time, you can't speak for GOD. He has his own voice, and unless He specifically revealed something to you that is unknown to us, what you are saying remains just that, your opinion. For us Muslims, the Quran is the WORD of God, directly speaking to us, and we believe that what was revealed to the prophet (saw) is what God said to him directly, so if he says " Before praying, you have to purify yourself". well to us that's God's wanting us to purify ourselves before praying. By you saying "God doesn't care about x, y z," while clearly , he mentioned it in the book that we (muslims) believe is from Him is contradictory, because had he not cared, he would not have mentioned it, given that He just doesn't mention things for sports. Everything in Islam has a purpose and a meaning and is relevant to us. Now, I agree with you that yes we should focus on how we treat each other, but that is not our ONLY focus in Islam, our main focus is our relationship with the Creator and of course when your heart is pure then you start treating people better. Oh, and you can wear nail polish it is not forbidden, but when ure doing wudu u have to take if off if its not permeable. If it is permeable, then yes of course you can wear it all day as your wudu is still valid with it on. One more thing, you said oyu've read the entire Quran but have not seen nail polish there, muslims go by the Quran and the Sunnah ( what the prophet saw taught us). So, it is not just the Quran, and it the Quran an the teachings in the form of Hadiths (narrations) from teh Prophet saw, for that reason, you won't find a description of how muslims are supposed to pray in the Quran, but Muslims pray the same way as it was taught in the Hadiths, same thing about wudu, it is in the Hadiths. 
i apologized if i offended you in my speech or offended anyone else, please forgive me, it is not my intention.[/quote]

There are several articulate, humble, informative, and less preachy Muslims on DCUM. I wish they would pop in this forum once in a while. PP comes off as hostile.

- (apparently DCUM-religion's resident ex-Muslim)[/quote]

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