Sura 2, the longest sura, contains the orders of prayer, fasting, Zakat, and pilgrimage, and its title, the Heifer, symbolizes people who are with the messenger but are rebels.1, 2, 3
Religious practices began with Abraham, who asked God to teach him and his descendants how to practice their religious duties.1, 2
God is in no need of us; His commandments such as prayer, fasting, and charity are given to develop our souls for our own benefit.1, 2, 3, 4
God commands the five contact prayers, and they are the minimum a believer must do; doing them straightens out everything in your life.1, 2, 3, 4
The contact prayers existed before the prophet Muhammad, as verse 9:54 shows people who rejected him still doing their five contact prayers.1, 2, 3
The month of Ramadan existed before Muhammad was born.1
God's prescribed practices such as Salat, Zakat, and fasting have reasons behind them, and we do them hoping they will cleanse us.1, 2, 3
People who adhere to God's commandments prove that they believe in God, and these obligations are for our benefit, not for God's benefit.1, 2, 3
Noah did not command the Contact Prayer or Ramadan fasting; his people were primitive, and simply believing in God was sufficient to save them.1, 2, 3, 4
The contact prayers came through Abraham and were practiced before Muhammad, and their universal acceptance shows the number of units is correct.1, 2
The laws and practices of Submission go back to Abraham, not to the Mosaic law or teachings attributed to Jesus.1, 2, 3
The Quran in 17:110 commands that Salat not be said silently nor too loudly but in an intermediate tone, so the noon and afternoon prayers should be audible.1, 2, 3, 4
Abraham is the father of Islam and contributed its religious practices, while the Prophet Muhammad contributed the Quran, which came through his mouth.1, 2, 3, 4
All the religious practices of Islam, including Contact Prayer, Zakat, fasting, and Hajj, came to us through Abraham.1, 2, 3
The initial fasting decree forbade sexual intercourse throughout Ramadan, day and night, and it was later modified to allow intercourse during the nights of Ramadan.1, 2
God prescribed the five prayers, fasting, and charity to develop our souls for our own benefit, since God is in no need and gains nothing from our worship.1, 2, 3, 4
Verse 9:54 shows that the contact prayers existed before Muhammad, since the disbelievers who rejected him were already observing them.1, 2, 3, 4
The religious practices are not chores, duties, or obligations but gifts from God, given to those who deserve them.1, 2, 3
Abraham is the founder and father of Islam, and all its religious practices, including the contact prayers, zakat, fasting, and Hajj, came through him, not through Muhammad.1, 2, 3, 4
Asking where the number of prayer units is in the Quran overlooks that all duties came through Abraham, so no one should be tricked into thinking the Quran is incomplete.1, 2, 3, 4
Abraham contributed all the practices of Islam, including contact prayer, zakat, Ramadan fasting, and Hajj, while the Prophet Muhammad contributed the Quran.1, 2, 3, 4
The contact prayers originated with Abraham, the founder of Islam; the Quran does not mention them before Abraham.1, 2, 3
The details of the contact prayers, such as the number of units, are not in the Quran because the prayers already existed when it was revealed, though the Quran is complete and fully detailed.1, 2, 3, 4
The fasting of Ramadan was slightly modified in the Quran in verse 2:187.1
The Prophet Muhammad followed the ways of Abraham, and the contact prayers were practiced before Muhammad; he did not break these practices.1, 2, 3
Abraham was the original messenger of Islam who brought its practices, such as fasting, zakat, and pilgrimage, while Muhammad brought the Quran.1, 2
The numbers of Fatihas, bowings, prostrations, and Tashahhuds in the five prayers form a multiple of 19, which pins down how many bowings and prostrations each prayer has.1, 2
The numbers of units of the five daily prayers, written in sequence as two, four, four, three, and four, form a multiple of 19, and the sequence and numbers have to be this way.1, 2