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| Does Allah Negate Prayers Before They Begin? |
My dear Muslim,
What do you think of a god, who never once teaches you how
to pray in his scriptures? Yet, the method of praying to this god exists within its claimed god's laws. These laws are the only place you can find how to pray. It is here that
this god reveals that many of his believers pray in vain. But there is a
problem with this. Most of this god’s followers have not read his law and are
not told they should read it!
I am a Christian, I met with an Imam in Ohio, who came out
of the mosque after Jummah prayers and we began to talk. He had a friend with
him listening. I said, “do you know that you Muslims never pray?”
The Imam said, “we just finished Friday prayers.”
“Allow me to explain,” I pleaded.
The Imam nodded.
“Prayer is between your heart. Your very soul and God. It is
a deeply personal communication. You speak to Him. He listens and responds.”
They nodded. “But, what you do according to your prophet Jesus, is vain and repetitious.”
The friend with the Imam said, “what we do is repetitious but
not vain.”
I responded, “you insult your prophet Jesus.” The man walked
away.
The Imam immediately tried to change the topic.
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Shariah teaches that there is an exact way to pray, exact
words to say. There exact things that must be done to prepare for prayer also.
Wudu, the use of water to “cleanse” a person from impurities on his/her person,
has to be done in an exact order and with certain thoughts. There is an
allowance if there is no water, to use “clean dirt,” which is referred to as
Tayumum. This method also is an exact process that must be followed, and if not
done, invalidates/negates a person’s prayer.
If a man is touched by a female, or a dog after doing this
process, he can wash himself with “good dirt” to purify himself. This method
and statement, are a claim that all females are too dirty for their god to ever
listen to their prayers. After all, how can they wash the woman off themselves?
As we delve deeper into the method of prayer, we learn
Muslims must recite the first Surah, what they refer to as Al Fatiha. This
being the first chapter in their Quran. Repeating this passage, and claiming
that it is a prayer poses problems for this god that is supposed to receive
their prayers. Muslims claim that the Quran is the word of Allah. If Al Fatiha
is a prayer and is the word of Allah, it must be asked who is Allah praying to?
It becomes more problematic when authors of Tasfirs insist that Al Fathiha is
not part of the Quran. As shariah insists that Muslims must use passages in the
Quran for prayer. This would invalidate all 5 prayers a day given by faithful Muslims.
This causes many problems to surface.
Invalidation of prayers in shariah, for praying and some
part of your person touching filth is quite a statement. If prayer is between
what is in your heart, and God, how can something outside your body effect it?
(f4.0-f4.2)
People pray when they are scared, when they are hurting, and
more. Yet, these 5 required prayers ignore these most important things. f4.6
invalidates prayers if pus coming from the body has a smell.
F4.7 allows you to pretend not to notice if an impurity is on
your person. Just pretend you do not notice right? But, if god does see it, and
knows you do … Toss that time set aside to pray as worthless.
F4.9 states you have to repeat your prayers, if you are praying in a place of impurity. In other words, the god of Islam does not care to listen to them because you were in a place he does not like. If we take shariah as Allah’s law, it can be understood that you cannot pray touching your wife or female children.
F4.11 tells the Muslim that their clothes can negate their
prayers! If they are not clean enough Allah just says no to your prayers.
F4.14 tells Muslims that some places prayer should not be performed, but they are not forbidden, they are called offensive. This label offensive, calls into question many practices of Islam in respect to praying in streets. Which again calls into question the concept of praying where filth is as possibly negating a prayer.
F4.15 tells Muslims they cannot pray in clothing unlawfully taken. This is of interest, because it hints at something stolen, but property belonging to apostates (h1.2) is defined as Islamic communal property elsewhere in shariah. This law also states that you cannot pray on land unlawfully taken. Which means that if jihad won the land it is lawfully taken.
F5.1 says Allah negates the prayers of those who are not covering their nakedness. When you read this part you learn Allah is ok with topless women praying when they are alone.
F5.2 has Allah concerned about holes in your clothing more than listening to your prayers. With all these things you have to wonder if a homeless person could ever have Allah listen to his prayers.
F5.3 redefines what nakedness is, for being in public. A woman is now considered naked if she reveals anything but her face and hands.
When we get to f5.8 we learn that a poor man possessing no clothing is allowed to pray naked. Keep in mind that this is now talking about prayer not in private, but in public. This makes you wonder why a man alone must clothe his private areas, but a man in public may be naked when he prays. But even that prayer is negated if he refuses clothing that is offered to him.
Now that you are washed/cleaned with “good dirt” and clothed, we learn that Muslims who do not face Mecca while praying do not have their prayers answered (f6.1). This open a whole range of problems, such as what if you are lightly off in the direction you face? Worse, what if a qibla in a mosque has been wrong?
Dear Muslim,
Is this god not to small for you? Are your prayers of so
little value, that they are judged invalid before you even begin?
Consider these words, then choose whether Allah is worthy of
your worship. If you leave Islam, yes it is at the risk of your life. But is
worshipping something not worthy of your time worth losing out on knowing the
one God who loved you first?
