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Chapter 12
Islamic Rituals Voodoo
Islam is incomplete without its endless, incoherent, and superstitious rituals. The Islamic ritual starts in the dawn, before the sunrise, with the cacophony of prayer call. True Muslims must wake up, do ablution, and walk to the nearest mosque to start the day with prayer. The day ends with the night prayer. This offering of five daily prayers is the minimum a Muslim must do to smell the fragrance of Islamic Paradise. There is severe Islamic penalty for missing a prayer. It is true that other religions do have many rituals. The difference between Islamic rituals and other religions is that, while for other religions their rituals are voluntary, in Islam, rituals are forced imposition upon Muslims. For example, if a Christian does not attend Church assemblies, he does not undergo any punitive measures. Attending Sunday Church is a choice a Christian makes. In Islam, it is compulsory for a Muslim to attend a mosque to offer his oblation. If he does not, Sharia law stipulates dreadful punishment. As an example, in a hadis in Sahih Bukhari (1.11.617), Muhammad asked his devout followers to burn the houses of those Muslims who do not present themselves for the Islamic prayers. Besides the temporal punishment, Allah decrees excruciating torment in the next world for the Muslims who neglect their prayers. With such draconian measures, it is no wonder that whenever Islam invades an infidel land, the first act in the process of creeping Islamisation is to construct mosques. Fear, greed, intimidation, and terror are the life‑forces by which Islam rules a Muslims life.
Here are a few Islamic rituals and their modality of operation.
Prayer, Recitation (Quran), and Ablution/Bath
In Islam, it is compulsory to do ablution before offering a prayer. Sahih Muslim (2.0435) writes that Allah will not accept any prayers without ablution. The rules on Islamic ablution are quite elaborate, sometimes queer, and mind‑boggling. A devotee will wash with water his/her hands, face, feet; pour water inside nostrils, then gush it out, gurgle water and pass wet hands around his/her neck to complete the ritual of ablution. There are strict rules on the number of times each limb should be washed, and how many times water is to be gurgled. We shall review, very briefly, a few features of Islamic ablution.
The most important reward from ablution is that it is a cleansing processnot for the body itself, for, even after ablution plenty of dirt and pollution might stay in the body, but from all sins. In reality, a Muslim can commit any number of sins, and just by performing ablution all the sins committed prior to ablution will be expiated. Sahih Muslim (2.0476) writes that if you perform ablution all sins will come out of your body even from your nails. To entice the Muslims to the complete surrender to this endless daily ritual, Sahih Bukhari (1.4.161) writes that if a Muslim performs perfect ablution Allah forgives his sins committed between two prayers. In Sahih Muslim (2.0475) we read that during ablution Allah forgives all sins (committed by eyes) for washing eyes. Ditto for hands, and other parts of the body.
The above few sentences will explain why many Muslim students/residents in non‑Muslim countries such as Australia, USA, Canada and so on demand exclusive ablution facilities in campuses and in other public toilets. They want to do perfect ablution so that whatever sins they commit in infidel lands, such as doing sex with boy friend (infidel), girl friend (infidel), visiting brothels, watching pornography, drinking wine, eating non‑halal food, joining disco dancing, enjoying infidel parties. Having committed such sins, all they need is to perform a perfect ablution within twenty‑four hours to absolve themselves from the contrition. Then they can start all over again.
Mind you, the ritual of ablution does not always end with prayer. In Sunaan Abu Dawud (1.1.0220) we read that one must perform ablution between two sexual intercourses.
Here are a few more rewards Allah has reserved for those Muslims who value the extraordinary purgatory power of Islamic ablution.
And here are Allahs punishments for not doing a standard ablution:
However, Islamic bathing (ghusl) is compulsory under certain cases. These are:
Ghazali (p.1.145) writes that when you stand for prayer your head should perspire, your limbs should tremble and your face should change. He also writes (ibid, p.1.152) that Allah
and His angels bless those who wear turban on juma days. This explains why most diehard Islamists we watch on televisions wear turbans. A turban is an Arabs pride. So is it with Islam, since Islam is nothing but Arabism. A turban‑clad Islamist is the perfect embodiment of Islam (Arab); it is the symbol, a guarantee of his perfect observance of Islamic prayers.
One more interesting feature of Islamic ritual is the recitation of the Qur'an before and after the prayer, or at any other convenient time, though early morning is the best time to indulge in this ritual. Reciting the Qur'an before and after the prayer earns special benefit points.
So, what is special about the Qur'an recitation?
The important point is that to earn the maximum score, the Qur'an reciter must weep during recitation. Ghazali (p.2.176) writes that the true believers weep when they recite the Quran, and if they cannot weep then they must pretend to do so (ibid, p.1.213).
If you are not careful in reciting the Qur'an in a proper manner, it can bring you disaster. Here is what Ghazali (p.2.176) writes about the devastating power of the Qur'an:
Once Muhammad recited a verse from the Quran and at once fell down senseless. Once Umar heard a man reciting a verse on punishment, He (Umar) immediately raised a loud shriek and fell down senseless. He was brought to the house but suffered for a month. Abu Dharr listened to the recitation of the Quran by Saleh Mari; raised a loud shriek and died on the spot. Imam Shafei once fell unconscious when he listened to the recitation of the Quran by a Qazi.
Farting is problematic in Islam. During prayer, a worshipper must not fart. Sahih Bukhari (1.4.137) writes that Allah will not accept a Muslims prayer if he/she passes wind during the ritual. The exception occurs if the worshipper farts silently, or the fart does not smell. In such a case, he/she may continue with the prayer (ibid, 1.4.139).
Sunaan Nasai (1.162) writes that if you fart during a prayer you must redo ablution. Sahih Bukhari (9.86.86) says that for a farter Allah will not accept his/her prayer until he/she performs another ablution.
Islamic prayers do not end with five rituals a day. Even when doing sexual intercourse a Muslim must pray so that Satan does not harm the child (Sahih Bukhari, 8.75.397). Sahih Muslim (3.0597, 0598) recommends that after the sexual intercourse, do ablution then go to sleep. Another hadis recommends that after finishing the night prayer do sex with your wife; Muhammad did likewise (Sahih Muslim, 4.1612), so it is Sunna to copy Muhammad's actions.
More on:
http://www.islam-watch.org/AbulKasem/IslamicVoodoos/Part11.htm
Islamic Rituals Voodoo
Islam is incomplete without its endless, incoherent, and superstitious rituals. The Islamic ritual starts in the dawn, before the sunrise, with the cacophony of prayer call. True Muslims must wake up, do ablution, and walk to the nearest mosque to start the day with prayer. The day ends with the night prayer. This offering of five daily prayers is the minimum a Muslim must do to smell the fragrance of Islamic Paradise. There is severe Islamic penalty for missing a prayer. It is true that other religions do have many rituals. The difference between Islamic rituals and other religions is that, while for other religions their rituals are voluntary, in Islam, rituals are forced imposition upon Muslims. For example, if a Christian does not attend Church assemblies, he does not undergo any punitive measures. Attending Sunday Church is a choice a Christian makes. In Islam, it is compulsory for a Muslim to attend a mosque to offer his oblation. If he does not, Sharia law stipulates dreadful punishment. As an example, in a hadis in Sahih Bukhari (1.11.617), Muhammad asked his devout followers to burn the houses of those Muslims who do not present themselves for the Islamic prayers. Besides the temporal punishment, Allah decrees excruciating torment in the next world for the Muslims who neglect their prayers. With such draconian measures, it is no wonder that whenever Islam invades an infidel land, the first act in the process of creeping Islamisation is to construct mosques. Fear, greed, intimidation, and terror are the life‑forces by which Islam rules a Muslims life.
Here are a few Islamic rituals and their modality of operation.
Prayer, Recitation (Quran), and Ablution/Bath
The above few sentences will explain why many Muslim students/residents in non‑Muslim countries such as Australia, USA, Canada and so on demand exclusive ablution facilities in campuses and in other public toilets. They want to do perfect ablution so that whatever sins they commit in infidel lands, such as doing sex with boy friend (infidel), girl friend (infidel), visiting brothels, watching pornography, drinking wine, eating non‑halal food, joining disco dancing, enjoying infidel parties. Having committed such sins, all they need is to perform a perfect ablution within twenty‑four hours to absolve themselves from the contrition. Then they can start all over again.
Mind you, the ritual of ablution does not always end with prayer. In Sunaan Abu Dawud (1.1.0220) we read that one must perform ablution between two sexual intercourses.
Here are a few more rewards Allah has reserved for those Muslims who value the extraordinary purgatory power of Islamic ablution.
- When you gurgle during ablution, all sins go out of your mouth (Sunaan Nasai, 1.104)
- For performing perfect ablution there will be white blaze on your forehead and white blaze on your feet (Sahih Muslim, 2.0480, 0481)
- Allah obliterates sins for performing a thorough ablution, walking to the mosque, and waiting for the next prayer (Sahih Muslim, 2.0485)
- Ablution removes the sins of the face, mouth, and the nostrils (Sahih Muslim, 4.1812)
- If you do a perfect ablution, your face, hands, and feet will be brighter on the day of resurrection (Sahih Muslim, 2.0479, 0481)
- If you do not wash your feet during ablution, your feet will burn in hell fire (Sahih Bukhari, 1.3.57)
- Your feet will taste hell fire if you do not wash them during ablution (Sahih Muslim, 2.0464)
- Perform ablution after eating cheese; otherwise fire will touch you (Sahih Muslim, 3.0687)
However, Islamic bathing (ghusl) is compulsory under certain cases. These are:
- Convert to Islam, must take a bath (Sunaan Nasai, 1.190, 191)
- Bury a polytheist, must take a bath (Sunaan Nasai, 1.192)
- After doing sexual intercourse, and if you ejaculate (Sahih Muslim, 3.0670)
Ghazali (p.1.145) writes that when you stand for prayer your head should perspire, your limbs should tremble and your face should change. He also writes (ibid, p.1.152) that Allah
and His angels bless those who wear turban on juma days. This explains why most diehard Islamists we watch on televisions wear turbans. A turban is an Arabs pride. So is it with Islam, since Islam is nothing but Arabism. A turban‑clad Islamist is the perfect embodiment of Islam (Arab); it is the symbol, a guarantee of his perfect observance of Islamic prayers.
One more interesting feature of Islamic ritual is the recitation of the Qur'an before and after the prayer, or at any other convenient time, though early morning is the best time to indulge in this ritual. Reciting the Qur'an before and after the prayer earns special benefit points.
So, what is special about the Qur'an recitation?
The important point is that to earn the maximum score, the Qur'an reciter must weep during recitation. Ghazali (p.2.176) writes that the true believers weep when they recite the Quran, and if they cannot weep then they must pretend to do so (ibid, p.1.213).
If you are not careful in reciting the Qur'an in a proper manner, it can bring you disaster. Here is what Ghazali (p.2.176) writes about the devastating power of the Qur'an:
Once Muhammad recited a verse from the Quran and at once fell down senseless. Once Umar heard a man reciting a verse on punishment, He (Umar) immediately raised a loud shriek and fell down senseless. He was brought to the house but suffered for a month. Abu Dharr listened to the recitation of the Quran by Saleh Mari; raised a loud shriek and died on the spot. Imam Shafei once fell unconscious when he listened to the recitation of the Quran by a Qazi.
Farting is problematic in Islam. During prayer, a worshipper must not fart. Sahih Bukhari (1.4.137) writes that Allah will not accept a Muslims prayer if he/she passes wind during the ritual. The exception occurs if the worshipper farts silently, or the fart does not smell. In such a case, he/she may continue with the prayer (ibid, 1.4.139).
Sunaan Nasai (1.162) writes that if you fart during a prayer you must redo ablution. Sahih Bukhari (9.86.86) says that for a farter Allah will not accept his/her prayer until he/she performs another ablution.
Islamic prayers do not end with five rituals a day. Even when doing sexual intercourse a Muslim must pray so that Satan does not harm the child (Sahih Bukhari, 8.75.397). Sahih Muslim (3.0597, 0598) recommends that after the sexual intercourse, do ablution then go to sleep. Another hadis recommends that after finishing the night prayer do sex with your wife; Muhammad did likewise (Sahih Muslim, 4.1612), so it is Sunna to copy Muhammad's actions.
More on:
http://www.islam-watch.org/AbulKasem/IslamicVoodoos/Part11.htm
