Quran alone

wa aleykum salam wr wb


I pray the same way most muslims pray. you see, there is nothing wrong with using the kind of prayer associated with your culture. its the prayer, the establishing of link to God that is important, and that its at certain times, as outlined in Quran. I would never translate sol'aat into ritual prayer, because it isnt. Its establishing link/connection/contact. The ritual itself is not important. Besides there are several clue in Quran as how others did THEIR ritual, in the storys of the prophets. In Abrahams case we can learn that he stood up in the beginning of his sol'aat. we learn that another prophet was sitting on his knees in sol'aat when people spoke to him, and asked if his sol'aat prevents them from using their money a they please. Why would they ask him if his sol'aat forbids them to spend their money, if sol'aat is ritual prayer?
So in short, naturally im using the prayer im familar with, as would anyone, and as did the arabs at the time of mohammad. bowing and prostrating was in no way unique to the moslems, they just refused to do it to stones and carvings.

Think about it, isnt it funny that something God puts this much emphasis on isnt better explained in his "book that has ALL details" "contains all things" etc.. If it isnt because we have to look at purpose of the action (use reason), and that the purpose is what is important, not the shape of it, and then as Islam is for all mankind, all times, and all cultures. People can take this perfect system and implement into their own, without converting to arabs. Islam is genious, its a shame that people insist on limiting it like it is being done.

Faste is to be in the schorching month, and as the Quran clearly states that the year is a full solar/lunar 365 day year, i think we are doing it wrong atm. And at the wrong time. However. Islam is about unity, so i fast with all my sunni and shiah freinds when the normal ramadan is there. I would however argue that it should be somewhere in june, where its the hottest. or schorching ,sp i usually take some 10 days in a row there aswell...Again we need to see the puporse of what we are doing, and not just turn things into numb minded rituals.

Calculate my zakat. we dont have the same understanding of what zakat is i think. Somewhere down the line zadaquat was converted into meaning zakat in the minds of people. Zakat is purifying, and the word is used very broad in Quran. How can i calculate purifying? I can however do as Quran tells me, and give out of what i have in excess, or what i do not NEED myself. its not hard at all. If i walk down the street and someone stops me and asks for food, and i know that i have more money than i need, i would wrong my soul by not giving him food. I have implementet this thinking into my life, and at the end of the day, im giving out way more than 2.5% on a yearly basis. However, i never miss the money, as they where in excess anyway.
This way i know what the money is used for, and that they are used as intended, not to finance military or rogue groups.

Salaam




Edited by Noah

Noah wrote: "A group from the Ureyneh and Uqayleh tribes came to the prophet and the prophet advised them to drink urine of camels. Later on, when they killed the prophet's shepherd, the prophet seized them, gouged out their eyes, cut their hands and legs, and left them thirsty in the desert" (Bukhary 56/152, Hanbel 3/107,163).

I am confused about the camel-urine hadith too. How could the prophet recommend the drinking of camel�s urine, considering the importance that the Koran gives to hygiene?

Also Muhammad (PBUH) was a mercy to mankind; why will he militate the people of the tribe? ; The Shepard was killed; so the right thing would have been killing the murderer.

Is This hadith true? or its fabricated? whats the wisdom behind it ?