03-19-2005, 12:22 PM
Asalaamu alikum,
I met a woman last fall who was Bahai. It was the first time I ever heard of these people. They are not a branch of Islam at all, but they consider themselves kind of like an extension of it. They believe in all of the Prophets from Adam through Muhammad peace be upon them. They claim that very shortly after the death of Prophet Muhammad another man claiming to be Prophet showed up I believe she said in Iran, and this is the man they follow and the founder of the Bahai faith.
But we know of course there is no Prophet after Muhammad.
They follow a calander different than ours. They have a month they call Ramadan and they fast but much different than we do, they have some sort of book they read and in it has a bunch oif similiar phrases said by various Prophets.
They believe in Allah but in what sense Im not sure.
Asalaamu alikum