Re: Ismaili religious beliefs
Peace Basit
i.e. their mission as a people rather than their belief system.
There are a variety of forms of Salah that is true, but bro did you know that all of them have a basic set of Fard. If those Faraid are not met then that is not Salah. E.g All of the valid forms of Salah include Sajud. Anyone claiming to perform Salah without Sajud is not performing Salah, rather has denounced Salah, even after paying lip service to it.
This is a very good translated piece of Surah Al-Baqarah, but I was talking about Salah not righteousness. About the emboldened part I cannot say either way, they seem to be so secretive.
I dont know what you meant by "mission as people" where as I see them a peaceful nation, to make a difference and a world a better place through their Imam' s guidance and network .... I have worked very closely on Global International Projects ...
I was just talking to an Ismaili before posting this ... According to him, they ABSOLUTELY believe in ONE ALLAH and the SAJOOD is only to ALLAH ... There is no mixture of Sajuud and they Prostrate before ALLAH just like any Salaat ... He in fact, gave me a whole lecture about SAJOOD , where a person literally submits himself before ALLAH ... like a hakeer insaan in prayers etc ..
Also to mention to you ... Quran does not tell us that there is JUST one way of Salaat ... Salaat in general means call , pukarna , a call to ALLAH and Quran mentions many ways of Salaat ..
Just like Ismailies, there are many faiths within ISLAM that have different ways of performing the SALAAT ... BUT since you were talking about Ismailies their Salaat commence with Suraah Fatiha .. and they have several verses of Quran and their Sajood to ONLY ALLAH ...
I just wanted to share this info because there is a wrong perception in general about Ismailies and ppl generally dont know much and therefore they speculate ...
Please understand that NO One in the world can claim some one to be a non - muslim if they are reciting KALIMA / Shahada ... the Only requirement to be a MUSLIM is to say Shahada ..
The way people perform Namaz/ Salaat or the of times is all NOT the requirement to claim someone a non muslim ...
Anyway ... Salaam to all