It is perfectly right for a man to marry the divorced wife of his adopted son, yet Muhammad hesitated because it went against Arabian tradition and he feared the people.1, 2, 3
People insist on following conjecture even when guidance has come to them from their Lord.1
The boyfriend and girlfriend dating practices of this country break God's law, and those who follow them pay dearly with miserable lives with their spouses.1, 2, 3
It takes killing the ego and courage to admit being wrong and give up practices taught by one's parents.1, 2
Disbelievers reject the truth because they never heard it from the religion of their fathers, so one needs an open mind and free reason rather than blindly following parents.1, 2, 3
Easily going along with the masses is the common path, and those who stand against the crowd for God are very special.1
Many who were raised to say they believe do not truly believe in the Hereafter in their hearts, and they set up other gods besides God without knowing it.1, 2, 3
Those who grow up in non-Muslim homes and accept the Quran receive double the reward, because overcoming what their parents taught them is a more difficult task.1, 2, 3, 4
True belief must come from one's own conviction, not from following the crowd, and reverencing God when alone in privacy is the real test.1, 2, 3
Worship done only because one's father said so earns no credit; credit comes from reaching the decision through one's own conscious conviction.1, 2
Some pilgrims get carried away and throw their shoes because their guides tell them they are throwing stones at Satan himself.1, 2
A person cannot excuse idol worship by blaming the parents who taught it, because each person is an independent individual.1, 2
Most people resist the message of God alone, and the overwhelming majority cannot break away from inherited traditions and customs.1, 2, 3
Discussing the issues is enlightening, and those who refuse to debate want to stay in the dark for fear of seeing the light.1, 2, 3, 4
Blindly following one's parents is a human tragedy and the biggest problem, and the ego is behind it.1, 2, 3
The Jews follow their own Hadith and Sunna, the Mishnah and Gemara, rather than the Torah.1, 2, 3
Even if one delivers the message diplomatically and nicely, people may still become upset when told their first pillar is wrong.1, 2
If you follow a scholar, imam, priest, or rabbi who says something different from what God said, you are worshiping that person instead of God.1, 2, 3
We grew up taught idolatry, the new generation is cleaner, and those who do not fight us may someday be better than we are.1, 2, 3
Following a religious leader who says exactly what God says is not worshiping him, but following one who says something different from God makes him a god besides God.1, 2, 3
Following idol worship taught by one's parents is not an acceptable excuse on the Day of Resurrection.1, 2, 3, 4
You must not accept anything until you are positive it is correct, verifying what you hear from anyone, including parents, scholars, or spouses, because your own salvation depends on it.1, 2, 3, 4
As soon as you find out what God is saying, you must drop whatever your parents taught you, as God emphasizes in Suras 2 and 31.1, 2, 3, 4
Our parents taught us to commemorate Muhammad and Abraham in the prayer, but the Quran shows no name is commemorated except God's, so that must be dropped without hesitation.1, 2, 3, 4
The Quran describes people who found their parents astray and blindly followed their footsteps, and this is what the majority of Muslims do.1, 2, 3
People reject God's revelation because they follow their parents' religion; one needs an open mind because too much is at stake.1, 2, 3, 4
Most Muslims do everything according to what scholars or older generations say, and they never open the Quran and study it themselves.1, 2
Out of ignorance, the Muslim masses mix the Quran with hadith and other sources of jurisprudence and take them as religious guidance without checking the Quran.1, 2, 3
The world is mostly oblivious to God, and many believers are swept along with the crowd, doing the same as others.1, 2, 3
A submitter by definition believes whatever God says, while a non-submitter follows what his or her parents taught.1, 2, 3
Submitters do not follow Rashad Khalifa, Muhammad, Jesus, or any human being; they follow only God and the word of God, and his personal opinion should not be followed.1, 2, 3, 4
The Quran is the criterion: whatever is not in the Quran should not be believed or followed, no matter who says it, even if it may be correct.1, 2, 3, 4
Submitters follow no person, not even Dr. Khalifa, but the word of God alone, and should alert him if he ever says anything contradicting the Quran.1, 2, 3, 4