10-29-2004, 04:52 AM
Bismillah
as salam alykom rehmat of course u may go and see where u can serve best. And I prefer not to go into discussion with u regarding that our religion is Quran.
ronniv u never answered my point which I re posted here from another thread, I really care to hear your answer about it.
Regarding that Quran does not teach us to pray, look how Allah Commanded Maraim (Mary) to pray exactly the way we do, not sure if u have an idea on how we pray
"O Mary! "Submit yourself with obedience to your Lord (Allah, by worshipping none but Him Alone) and <b>prostrate yourself</b>, and <b>Irkaa'i (bow down </b>etc.) along with Ar-Raaki'oon (those who bow down etc.)." (Quran 3: 43)
The underlined parts of the Ayah are positions we take during prayer. If it means anything it means that the exact same manner of prayer was commaned and practiced throughout life of mankind including Mariam who worshiped Allah according to the dogma of Moases. Ibreheem prayed the same. See ronniv, as long as Allah Is One and He is the same Allah from the beginning of this life, how can Allah Command a way for worship different through eras? not logical.
If u go to the link u will lean more, but as for the excellent point u brought of someone else has to teach the new Muslim how to pray. Sobhan Allah, this manner actually brings bonds between new and old Muslims, it actually creates relations that are so special when someone teaches another how to connect with Allah for prayer is how we connect with Allah. In such cases the new Muslim is exposed to his/her brothers and sisters who spare no time to help him/her get closer to Allah.
Again I am waiting for an aswer about the point I made to u.