muslims praying 5 times a day was a idea that was copied from zorastrianism. zorastrians call it the 5 gahs (prayers)
what makes muslims say that zorastrians copied it from islam when the zorastrian holy book VENDIDAD was written hundreds of years before mohomed even existed?
2007-01-06 23:28:40 · 8 answers · asked by I WAS SET FREE 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Praying 5 times a day was ordained by Allah. In fact it would have been a lot more than just 5 times a day but because Muhammad(saws) interceded for everyone when he made the Night Journey we only have to do the 5 instead of a lot more. Perhaps you should go and read the history before making false accusations.
2007-01-06 23:40:23 · answer #1 · answered by aali_and_harith 5 · 3⤊ 2⤋
I see why you left Islam, whomever was teaching you had a messed up, incorrect interpretation. Prophets were sent down to various nations throughout the ages and the message never changes: Worship God alone and do good deeds to have a happy afterlife. Some Muslims refer to Zorastrians as "People of the Book."
2007-01-06 23:51:43 · answer #2 · answered by Muse 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Christians copied the concept of satan from the Zoroasters.
The Trinity was copied from the concept of Hercules as God.
The flood of the world is copied by the Epic of Iris.
Muhammad never met even a single zoroaster in his pre-Islamic life.
2007-01-06 23:46:13 · answer #3 · answered by Green Lantern 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Islam didn't steal anything. Islam was revealed to the prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) by Almighty God. If God gave the 5 daily prayers to the zorastians, then He gave it to the Muslims, too.
Actually, God ordered Muslims to pray 50 times a day, but through the intercession of Moses (peace be upon him) and Muhammad (peace be upon him), God eventually reduced the number to 5 times a day.
2007-01-06 23:33:26 · answer #4 · answered by Mustafa 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Mohammed took the following: the Torah, the New Testament, the teachings of Zoroaster and the tribal folklore of Beduoin culture, melded it together with some political ideas and gave birth to the Q'uran.
His original goal was to weld the various Arabic tribes together in a cohesive political unit in order to strengthen them all against outsiders moving in and taking them over. Politicking didn't work. But he had a brilliant idea. Religion DID work. It unified the tribes, set them on the conquest trail and look where they are today. Not bad for a failed politician, huh?
Those Muslims who dispute the inclusion of other writings into the Q'ran simply have no idea of the timelines involved.
And to say the Mohammed himself was functionally illiterate and could not have written the Q'ran is to shame his wife, the widow of a successful trader, who took her new husband under her wing and taught him to read, write and cipher. SHAME on any follower of the Prophet who fails to give credit where it is due, just because it belongs to a female!
2007-01-06 23:38:58 · answer #5 · answered by Granny Annie 6 · 2⤊ 3⤋
'Prophets message in his final sermon. 'O people, no prophet or apostle will come after me and no new faith would be born. reason properly, subsequently, O people, and comprehend words which I convey to you. I go away at the back of me 2 issues, the QURAN and my occasion, the SUNNAH and in case you persist with those you will never go off purpose.' what's our source for attending to be attentive to the 'sunnah' if its not for the hadith collections?
2016-12-15 17:53:21 · answer #6 · answered by andie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think islam copied it. muhammed copied many religion, then develop it into islam.
2007-01-06 23:41:15 · answer #7 · answered by epsilon 1 · 1⤊ 3⤋
what is that zorastakafarianko brabaraaba ??? holy????? have a reference please???????????
2007-01-06 23:34:21 · answer #8 · answered by ToukHi 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋