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Subject: SALAT
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Email with question:
Alsalem alaykum.
I have been a submitter now for one year, ALHAMDU LILAHI RABI AL ALAMEEN
for the gift of guidance he gave me. I was a follower of the sunni faith. I was searching
on the internet to buy Abdul baset recitation of the quran when I stumbled to
submission.org by God's leave.
The rest is history.
I perform 5 daily prayers, I read your article about the 3 salat which I found to be
interesting.
I agree with you on the 3 names of salat mentioned in the Quran, and for me to go and
change how I am praying right now will be silly until I understood these verses without
any outside influence. The two things that puzzle me though are.
1) All these new site on the internet talking about following the Quran ALONE and
therefore changing the way we perform salat which is O.K. Now to me these people
WERE ALL FOLLOWERS OF SUNNI OR SHIA OR MUHAMMEDIAN etc. If it
were not for GOD sending us his messenger of the covenant to lead us from darkness
to the right path we would have ALL GONE ASTRAY now here is the verse that sticks
in my head."Ironically,they broke up into sects ONLY AFTER the knowledge had come
to them.."42:14
ARE WE DOING THE SAME THING AS THE SUNNIS SHIA'S ....DID? NOW
THAT THE MESSENGER IS NOT WITH US.
2) My second point, we were in darkness for 1400 years until GOD's guidance came to
us.
My question is since God went thru the trouble to send us a messenger AFTER this
long, wouldn't GOD have corrected to us the contact prayer thru the messenger of the
covenant if we were performing it wrong (5 instead of 3), because he pointed out to us
other things that were wrong in performing our salat, such as not MENTIONING ANY
NAMES IN OUR PRAYER BESIDE GOD,TONE OF OUR VOICE, ABLUTION etc.
Also during the prophet Muhammad's time one of the first verses revealed talked about
performing SALAT, without going in detail on how to perform it WHY? Is it because
God forgot?or is it because the people were already performing SALAT which they
inherited from Abraham.
Why don't we all be brothers and sisters and sit down together and discuss these issues
and with GOD's help will come up with the right answer to all our questions.After all we
all are after the same thing (I HOPE) which is returning to GOD'S Kingdom.
Please do not get me wrong. I am a submitter looking for the truth and searching for
more details before committing my self to this change after the major change we ALL
WENT THRU.
I hope you would be able to get back with me Inshallah.
Alsalamu alaykum
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Reply
Salaam brother
Thank you for your inquiry,
Ok, starightaway I tell you that it is not the correct approach for your search to start
your questions with "if" and "but" ... you will not arrive at the correct verdict
if you do
so.
What I am referring to here are your questions like:
"if God wanted to correct our rituals would not God do so and so ..."
and
"if the messenger was to take us from the darkness to the light ... etc "
lots of IFS ... will NOT arrive you at the truth.
The ONLY way to arrive at the truth is to follow the Quran and NOTHING else.
No IFS and BUTS!
The message of the messenger is the QURAN .... Rashad wrote quite extensively about
that when he wrote about Muhammad ... i.e. when he told the sunni's that we should
only follow the message of Muhammad (Quran) and not the personal interpretations of
Muhammad ... etc.
Why should this be different for Rashad .... why should we follow the interpretation of
Rashad. Note that any words or teachings from any human being (messenger or not)
that are not specifically authorised in the Quran are by definition regarded as hadith.
Is there one rule for Muhammad and another for Rashad?
Yes, as you say, people will always split into sects ... but let us be aware of WHY do
they split top sects?
The answer to this question is given to us in the Quran, they do so because each group
will be happy in upholding other sources besides the Quran (30:32) ...
The pure ones who are NOT a sect are the ones who follow the Quran and NOTHING
else. Quran alone means QURAN ALONE. it does NOT mean Quran plus Bukhari nor
does it mean Quran plus appendix!
God gave Rashad a message of "Quran Alone" and Rashad delivered it to many of us
and indeed we were guided to the light.
However, Rashad is not immune from error, he is a human like you and me.
Please remember the following clear cut facts:
FACT ONE
If Rashad (or any human being, messenger or not) advocates ANYTHING that is not
authorised in the Quran then that messenger is at fault and his interpretation must be
discarded, there is no ifs and buts about this matter.
This truth is made clear in the Quran and also in the words of Rashad himself when he
wrote:
<<<The Quran proclaims that the Quran is complete, perfect, and fully detailed (6:19,
38, 114, 115; 50:45), and that religious regulations not specifically instituted in the
Quran constitute a religion other than Islam>>>>> appendix 18
FACT TWO
Anyone who follows rules or practices authorised by their idols when they are NOT
authorised clearly by God in the Quran , then they immediately become idol worship:
"They follow idols who decree for them religious laws never authorized by God.
If it were not for the predetermined decision, they would have been judged immediately.
Indeed, the transgressors have incurred a painful retribution." 42:21
FACT THREE
It is God's system to test the believers ALL the time to know who are the genuine ones
and who are the hypocrites (29:2-3)
It is God's intention without any doubt to test the followers of Rashad as He tests all
other believers.
God sends His messenger with a clear message: Follow the Quran alone and do not
follow ANYTHING else no matter how right it seems .... note Rashad's own words when
he wrote:
<<<<The moment they seek guidance from ANYTHING besides the Quran, no matter
how "right" it seems, they fall into Satan's trap.>>>> appendix 19
Along the way, Rashad being human interprets many things in the Quran, many of his
interpretaions have solid authorisation in the Quran (e.g. the age of 40, the rightous go
to heaven, Abraham's dream, ... etc).
However, some other interpretations do NOT have Quranic authorisation (e.g. the 5
salat, the 24434 format, the 2.5% zakat, the stoning in hajj ... etc) ....
What will the genuine believer do? and what will the hypocrites do?
It is obvious, the genuine believers will use 42:21 as a guide and reject what has no
Quranic authorisation, and the hypocrites who have made an idol of Rashad will follow
everything spoken by Rashad whether it has Quranic authorisation or not.
As a result, and by doing so, the Quran becomes NOT sufficient for them, without the
appendix of Rashad they believe they cannot follow true Islam!!!
As a result, their Islam has two sources, the Quran PLUS the appendix ....
This is God's test my brother.
Yes, God sends His messengers with guidance, but God also sends His messengers as
potential figures of idolisation by the hypocrites who cannot curb their natural tendency
for idol worship.
It is in accordance to God's will that Rashad would make few errors of authorising non-quranic rules,
at the time I am sure Rashad thought he was doing the correct thing
according to his own understanding, he did not do these
errors in order to misguide us.
This is God's will and God's test for all the followers of Rashad.
FACT FOUR
You asked : Would God not correct our salat since He sent His messenger to guide us
to the correct Islam? Yes, and God DID correct our salat through Rashad when Rashad
reminded us of the Quranic command to follow what is in the Quran and NOTHING
else, this yardstick is sufficient to correct the salat and all other practices. By following
the Quran alone we are able to correct all our practices and not only the salat, what is in
the Quran we follow and what is NOT in the Quran we discard.
FACT FIVE
Others have also asked "would God send His messenger to confuse us" (this is one of
the favorite questions by the worshippers of Rashad) and the reply to this question is a
very clear NO.
Rashad has not confused ANY person who is content with the Quran alone, Rashad has
only confused those who are intent on making an idol out of him! Rashad proclaimed
that the message is "Quran alone" and not the personal interpretations of the
messenger (Rashad included) .... Rashad also stressed the fact to the worshippers of
Muhammad that Muhammad is NOT infalible and has done mistakes, we should follow
the message he delivered (Quran) and nothing else,
In one of the recorded interviews of Rashad he said:
"If I tell you to do anything that is not in the Quran DO NOT DO IT"
I cannot understand how after this very clear command how some still ask "Did God
send a messenger to confuse us"!!!!
It is very clear that there is no confusion whatsoever to any genuine believer, follow the
Quran alone with no ifs or buts.
I speak for myself here and I am sure for many others when I say that I have never
been confused by Rashad, in fact I accepted the message of truth through him with
God's will, and now I follow the Quran alone, no confusion whatsoever.
Do not let Satan dupe you like he is doing to many others!
Follow the Quran alone for your salvation .... Obey the message of the messenger
(Quran alone) and not the person of Rashad with his personal interpretations.
Rashad wrote:
Quran: All You Need For Salvation
I would like you to think of the following 2 scenarios:
1- What will you say to God on Judgement Day, when He asks you why did you follow
practices not authorised in the Quran? will you say because Rashad told me so? God
will tell you did you not read 42:21? what will you say? will you say, yes I read it but I
put Rashad above the Quran?
2- On the other hand if you follow the Quran alone, and let us suppose God will ask you
why did you not follow what the messsenger preached? you will say because it was not
in the Quran and YOU told us God that we should not follow ANYTHING not in the
Quran nor uphold ANY source of law besides the Quran (6:114, 45:6).
What will your judgment be?
I pray that you will be among the pure and that you will reject Satan and accept the
Quran as your ONLY law and guidance,
salaam.
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