There Can Be Muslims Within Every Religion

Salaamun alaykum, dear readers!

This article is about one of the revelations received from God by Rashad Khalifa.

As it was established in one of this masjid’s foundational articles, the Quran stated in verse 3:81 that the prophets all took a covenant to support a messenger who will come after them, confirming their scriptures beyond a doubt. Verse 33:7 stated that the prophet Muhammad himself took this covenant, thus providing double-confirmation that this messenger is to come after Muhammad.

You can read about him in this article here: Quran Declares: New Messenger After Prophet Muhammad – Masjid at-Tajdeed

Purification and Consolidation of All Religions

In 1989, he received a proclamation to convey, that people of all religions must purify, unify, and consolidate their religions into one. The way they are supposed to do so is to forget the idols in their religions, and instead devote their worship to God alone.

Rashad himself calls this message “universal unity”. He wrote three consecutive newsletters in his “Muslim Perspective” newsletter talking about it (the July, August, and September 1989 editions)

Now, even before 1989, Rashad has for a long time advocated the principle of universal unity as a reason to end wars and be united. He believed that because many religions already have one common factor (the worship of God Himself), thus, there’s no reason for conflicts and wars between people of different religions when they share God as the common denominator.

But the message from God that he received in 1989 was about a different form of “universal unity”. He was told to tell all people to come together and purify their religions, unify them, and consolidate them into Islam.

In short, one does not have to follow or believe in the Quran to be considered a Muslim. The bare minimum criteria for being saved from the Hellfire are:

(1) belief, worship, and devotion to God alone,

(2) belief in Judgement Day and the Hereafter,

(3) doing good deeds,

That means if one is a Hindu for example, they don’t necessarily have to follow or believe in the Quran. The way they “purify” their faith is that instead of worshipping multiple gods and goddesses, all of their Hindu rituals and worship practices must be dedicated to the one, almighty God alone and they must lead a righteous life by doing good deeds.

It’s the same thing for Native Americans or people who follow other indigenous religions: they can continue all of their religious practices and worship rituals and ceremonies, but to purify their faith, those rituals and ceremonies must be dedicated to one God whom they will meet on Judgement Day, and they must forget their belief in other divine gods and goddesses.

For Christians, they must reject the divinity of Jesus and dedicate their worship rituals (such as the Eucharist for example) to God alone. Instead of thinking of the Eucharist as eating the “body and blood of Christ”, a Christian must think of the Eucharist as an expression of gratitude for God’s provisions, for example, and dedicate the Eucharist to God alone rather than Jesus. If they want to celebrate Christmas, they must stop thinking of it as celebrating the “birth of God the Son” and just think of it as a day of festivity and increased worship, gratitude, and remembrance of God alone.

For Catholics, they must stop praying to saints as intermediaries, and stop believing in the divinity of Jesus, and instead pray to and worship God alone. The religious practices and rituals can remain unchanged, but the object of devotion or dedication must be switched from other deities and idols to God alone, in order for the religion to be “purified”.

When the religion is purified, it automatically gets consolidated under the banner of Islam. That’s because Islam is the Arabic term for submission to God one. And if a Christian, Buddhist, or Hindu purifies their faith in this manner, they become Muslim (which in Arabic means one who submits, or a submitter) regardless of what they call themselves, because they are devoting themselves to God alone and submitting to the command of God to purify their existing faiths (which is mentioned in the Quran and was also delivered through Rashad Khalifa).

There would no need to be divided any longer as they are our brothers in religion just like those who believe in and follow the Quran. They won’t technically be “Mu’min” (believer, which is a higher category than Muslim) but God will still count them as Muslim because they have purified and consolidated their faiths under Islam by dedicating all acts of worship and devotion to God alone.

So there can be Christian Muslims, Jewish Muslims, Hindu Muslims, Sikh Muslims, and more, as long as they purify their current system of belief by switching their object of worship, veneration, and devotion to God alone, and believe in Judgement Day. This is what Rashad was sent with from God.

Of course, following the Quran alone is the easiest, most straightforward path to salvation and with the highest reward, but the Quran allows for multiple paths to salvation, all of which depend on worshipping God alone and doing good deeds.

Quranic Evidence

Now if you think this is crazy, or nonsense, or you believe that Rashad Khalifa is a madman, then know that the Quran itself already said this 1400 years before Rashad Khalifa existed.

Verses 2:62 and 5:69 plainly says that whether one is a Jew, Christian, or convert, any person whatsoever who believes in God and the Last Day, and does righteous deeds, those will be saved, and they will not have any reason to be afraid or grieve. So these verses are quite self-explanatory.

So if Hindus purify their religion by rejecting all other gods/goddesses and directing all of their belief, attention, and worship to Brahman (the Hindu word for God) alone, does good deeds, and believes they will meet God on Judgement Day and be held to account, they will be saved. They can continue all of their Hindu rituals and holidays, but those must be dedicated to God alone. It’s the same thing for a Jew, Christian, or any other religion, without exceptions.

[2:62] Indeed, the ones who have believed, and the ones who have been Jews, Christians, and converts, whoever believed in God and the Last Day, and did righteous deeds, their reward with their Lord is thus for them; no fear will be upon them, nor will they grieve.

Now some might say, “But verse 2:62 and 5:69 says only those who believe in God will be saved, so don’t you need to believe and follow the Quran to believe in God?”

Not necessarily, because the Quran says that the majority of those who believe in God are mushrikeen (people who make partners with God). A polytheist who believes in God (such as Hindu) is still considered someone who “believes in God” according to the Quran, but their faith is tainted with the act of “shirk” (partnering other idols and deities with God).

Verse 2:62 and 5:69 thus refers only to those who “believe in God” and whose belief is untainted or uncorrupted by belief in other idols and deities, whether Jew, Christian, Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh, or whatever belief system they practice; only those will be saved.

[12:106] But most of them do not believe in God, except while they are “mushrikoon”. (those who partner others with God)

Therefore, if you believe and regularly worship one benevolent and almighty God alone without other deities, believe in a judgement day and heaven/hell, and live your life as a good person doing good deeds, then congratulations, you are a Muslim (one who submits himself or herself to God) even if you didn’t realize it all this time, and regardless of whatever label you choose to go by or whatever belief system you are following.

Here is a sample list of those who are Muslims, despite having belief systems outside the Quran:

Unitarian Christians
- They believe Jesus is human and devote themselves to God alone and are Muslims as a result. They have purified their faith from trinitarianism, believe in Judgement Day, and (hopefully) live a life full of good deeds.
Zoroastrians
Mandaeans
Practicing Jews (if they believe in the afterlife and Judgement Day)

Now there is a difference between being a Muslim (submitter) and being a Mu’min (believer) in the Quran. As you saw in verse 12:106, simply believing in God does not qualify one to be a believer. Many believe in God, but worship other idols or deities besides Him.

Likewise, verse 2:62 says that not only the believers, but any person who believes in God alone and the Last Day, and does good deeds, will be saved on Judgement Day, whether they are believers (mu’min), Jews, Christians, converts, or whatever else.

God rewards people according to what they do. Therefore, a person who worships God alone and does righteous deeds will be saved from Hell, but if they do not follow, believe in, or practice the Quran, their reward would be smaller than someone who believes and follows the Quran.

But to qualify as a believer (and thus receive the most rewards from God), one must believe in all of God’s scriptures (including the Quran), His messengers, His angels, and have such high level of trust that they have no problem doing whatever God commands them unquestioningly.

[2:285] The messenger has believed in what was brought down to him from his Lord, as well as the believers. All have believed in God, His angels, His Books, and His messengers: “We do not separate between any of His messengers.” And they said, “We heard, and we obeyed. Forgive us, our Lord, and to you is the destination.”

[49:14] The Bedouins said, “We have believed.” Say, “You have not believed, but instead say, ‘We have submitted (aslam),’ while faith has not entered into your hearts.”

Believers Among the Jews and Christians

Another Quranic truth is that there can be believers among the Jews and Christians.

Therefore, it is possible only for the “People of the Book” or followers of the past scriptures to be upgraded from Muslim (submitter) to Mumin (believer) while still following the Torah and Gospel, under very specific circumstances.

Definition of “People of the Book”

To know what those circumstances are, it helps to understand what the title “People of the Book” refers to. Those refer to followers of the Torah (known as Taurat in the Quran) and Injeel. The Quran states that subsequent prophets after Moses ruled in accordance with the Torah (even if they had their own books as well). So the Torah was the common book of the Israelites (known as the Children of Israel), and even Jesus in the Quran (who came with his own scripture, the Injeel) was also sent under the law of the Torah.

[5:44] Indeed, We have brought down the Taurat, in which is guidance and light. The prophets who have submitted, as well as the rabbis and the scholars, judge by it—by what they were made to guard of God’s Book while they were witnesses upon it—for the ones who were Jews. So do not fear the people, but fear Me…

[3:48] And He teaches him (Jesus) the Book, the wisdom, the Taurat and the Injeel.

[5:110] When God said, “O Jesus, the son of Mary, remember My goodwill upon you and your mother when I supported you with the Holy Spirit. You speak to the people in the cradle, and in maturity. And when I taught you the Book, the wisdom, the Taurat, and the Injeel…”

But He (Jesus) answered and said, “I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” (Matthew 15:24)

And the Quran stated that only the Children of Israel were made to inherit “the Book”, hence it may seem as if the title of “People of the Book” applies only to the Jews. After Abraham and Ismael, all future Books and prophets seemed to have been sent only to the Jews. After Abraham and before Muhammad, we Gentile (non-Jew) Muslims and Christians had no Book or prophet sent to us, so it really does seem at first as if the epithet “People of the Book” only refer to the biological Jews.

[40:53] And certainly, We definitely gave Moses the guidance, and made the Children of Israel inherit the Book.

But early Christians did something interesting. After Jesus’s time was up, a gentleman named Paul claimed to be a divinely-appointed messenger of one of the “three parts” of God, the Son Jesus. He took the message of Jesus and universalized it. Half of the New Testament was authored by Paul. He attempted to universalize the teachings and practices that Jesus brought for the Jews as the last Israelite prophet.

So while the original recipients of the Injeel was intended as the Jews as per the Quran and the Bible itself, God in the Quran seems to have broadened the recipients in the future as a favor to the sheer number of people dedicated to following a Jewish prophet whose message wasn’t even directed to them in the first place.

In other words, the Bible was supposed to be only for the Jews, not Gentiles. Jesus was supposed to be a messenger to the Israelites and the Jewish Messiah, not the whole world. So why does God consider Christians considered among the “People of the Book” alongside Jews when the “Book” (Torah and Injeel) was intended only for the Jews?

The answer is likely that as a favor and mercy to the Gentile (non-Jew) Christians who dedicated themselves to a book and a prophet that wasn’t even intended for them, God in the future (which means during the revelation of the Quran) decided to include those Gentiles who chose to be Christian as among the “People of the Book”.

It is like if there is Group A, and there is Group B, but someone from Group B keeps insisting and begging to be a part of Group A, so the team leader of Group A has pity and decides to include that person in Group A. It’s the same situation with regards to the Christians because the Jews to whom Jesus was sent rejected him completely, whereas Gentiles embraced him even though he wasn’t sent to the Gentiles in the first place, hence God probably deemed it appropriate to include them into the group “People of the Book”.

So rather than only the Jews as was initially intended, the new rule is that anyone (whether Gentile or Jew) who is a follower of the Injeel or Gospel would count as among the People of the Book.

[4:171] O People of the Book, do not overreach in your religion, and do not say upon God except the truth. The Messiah, Jesus, the son of Mary, is only a messenger of God, and His word which He cast towards Mary, as well as a Ruh from Him. So believe in God and His messengers, and do not say, “A trinity.” Desist. It is better for you. God is only a single god. The sublimity of Him, that there be for Him a son. For him is what is in the heavens and what is in the earth, and God has sufficed as Trustee.
[5:47] And let the people of the Injeel judge by what God has brought down therein. But whoever does not judge by what God has brought down, then those are the wicked.
[2:113] And the Jews said, “The Christians are not upon anything,” and the Christians said, “The Jews were not upon anything,” but they recite the Book…

Now this leads us to the Quran pointing out a very curious notion, that some among the People of the Book (in other words, Jews and Christians) are also Muslims and believers. This raises the question as to how that can be possible. This is a doctrine of Islam which I call “Choice of Law”.

Islam’s Choice of Law doctrine states very clearly that a believer who wholeheartedly believes in all of God’s scriptures (Torah, Injeel, Quran) are free to choose whether to follow the Quran or follow the previous scriptures.

The primary evidence of the Choice of Law doctrine in Islam is that the Quran itself states multiple times that the believers are not just those who follow the Quran, they also include the People of the Book (both Jews and Christians), or people who follow the previous scriptures. Let us examine verses 3:113-115 and 3:199, which praises a group amongst the People of the Book (Jews and Christians) who believe in what was sent down to them and to Muhammad.

[3:199] And indeed, among the People of the Book (Jews and Christians) is definitely whoever believes in God, what was brought down upon you, and what was brought down upon them, as fearful ones for God. They do not purchase a cheap gain with God’s verses. For those, their reward is with their Lord. Indeed, God is Swift in Reckoning.

[3:113-115] They have not been equal. Among the People of the Book (Jews and Christians) is an upstanding community. They recite God’s verses during the hours of the night while they prostrate. They believe in God and the Last Day, command in accordance with the recognized, forbid from the disapproved, and hasten in the good; those are among the righteous. And whatever they do of good, then it may never be wiped out from them; God is Knowledgeable of the reverent.

According to the Quran, being a current member of the People of the Book requires that one follows the Torah or the Gospel. The People of the Book have nothing to stand upon if they don’t uphold the Torah or the Injeel and what God brought down to them therein according to verse 5:68. This means their claim of being among the “People of the Book” is baseless or has no support if they stop believing in the Old Testament and Gospel.

So if a Jew or Christian stops believing in the Bible and becomes a polytheist or an atheist, or becomes someone who follows only Quranic law, that person has no basis to claim himself as among the “People of the Book” anymore.

Thus, how can there be People of the Book who are believers of the Quran, if they are not following or upholding the law of their previous Books?

It’s like the inverse of Muslims who believe in the past scriptures but chooses to abide only by Quranic law. The believers among the People of the Book believe the future scripture (Quran) but still practices the past scripture while disregarding doctrines within them that contradict the Quran.

[5:68] Say, “O People of the Book, you have not been upon anything until you establish the Taurat, the Injeel, and what was brought down to you from your Lord.” But indeed, what was brought down to you from your Lord definitely increases many of them in transgression and disbelief, so do not grieve over the people of the disbelievers.

[5:42-43] They (the hypocrites and pretenders mentioned in the previous verse) are listeners to the lie, and consumers for the illicit gain. So if they came to you, then judge between them, or avert from them. And if you avert from them, then they will never harm you in anything. But if you have judged between them, then judge between them with justice. Indeed, God loves the just ones. But how will they make you judge while the Taurat is with them, wherein is God’s judgment? Then they will turn away after that, but those are not the believers.

[5:47] And let the people of the Injeel judge by what God has brought down therein. But whoever does not judge by what God has brought down, then those are the deviant.

So any person can choose to abide by the law of the past books, but they have to at least believe and accept the Quran first to be considered true believers, and reject doctrines in the previous scriptures that contradict the Quran (like the Trinity) and disregard such as human fabrication.

The Correct Way to Follow the Gospels

The Injeel (Gospel) is meant to be a supplement to the Old Testament laws. The modern Gospel explicitly states in Matthew 5:17 that Jesus never came to abolish Torah law in the first place, thus Torah law still applies to the Christians.

Torah law wouldn’t be binding on Christians anymore if it was abolished, cancelled, or nullified, because that’s what the literal definition of abolishment is; Jesus only came to fulfill the Torah law according to both the Gospels and the Quran by fulfilling its promise of a Jewish Messiah, as opposed to fulfillment by abolishment or cancellation.

Yet nearly all Christians treat Torah law as if it is abolished and no longer applies to them. This is not correct. If Jesus in the Bible says he didn’t come to abolish the Old Testament law, but to fulfill it, then it does not make sense to interpret fulfillment as abolishment. Fulfillment should mean anything but abolishment in this case because otherwise that assumes Jesus contradicted himself.

Rather, the Gospel reinterprets Torah laws in different ways, to highlight the importance of the spirit and intent of the law rather than following it so strictly that one misses the point of the law (to guide you towards being a righteous person).

One example is in Matthew 12, where the disciples on Sabbath were picking from the grain field out of hunger, and Jews complained they were violating the Sabbath since Jews are supposed to rest and not work during the Sabbath. Jesus responds by citing Old Testament examples of priests during Sabbath being innocent despite seemingly desecrating the Sabbath, implying the priests did it for good reason.

Jesus also (in Matthew 12) cited David in the Old Testament let his hungry companions eat the consecrated bread when that was only allowed for the Temple priests, thus implying that the Sabbath was not intended to place undue hardship on Jews and that mercy and love and compassion take precedence over strict adherence to law, which is something reiterated in the Quran when it states that no person is assigned any responsibility except its capacity, and in more specific cases absolves people from blame when they commit certain sins (like eating forbidden food or pretending to be disbelievers or being prostituted against one’s will) out of necessity and not personal desire.

Or in the case of murder, Jesus in the Gospel discusses the importance of fixing internal attitudes like controlling anger, rather than just external compliance.

And with regards to Jewish dietary law, while Jesus does not directly repeal them, he states that nothing which enters the mouth defiles a person, but what defiles a person more so than what goes into the mouth is what comes out of it. People believe this to mean Jesus declared all foods clean, but this is just a declaration that inner purity is more than just avoiding certain foods.

Thus, the Gospels were never meant to be separated from the Old Testament, but was intended as a supplement to it.

“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” (John 13:34-35)
“You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, ‘You shall not murder, and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.’ But I tell you that anyone who is angry with a brother or sister will be subject to judgment.” (Matthew 5:21-22)
“What goes into someone’s mouth does not defile them, but what comes out of their mouth, that is what defiles them.” (Matthew 15:11)
“‘Are you so dull?’ he asked. ‘Don’t you see that nothing that enters a person from the outside can defile them? For it doesn’t go into their heart but into their stomach, and then out of the body.’” (Mark 7:18-19)

So you can either choose to follow the Old Testament alone, or Old Testament plus Gospels (for those who want to be Christian believers) or the Quran alone, while believing in all 3 as coming from God.

And remember, this ONLY applies to anything in the New Testament or Old Testament that doesn’t contradict the Quran (such as Jesus’s divinity, him dying for the sins of mankind, or the idea that Ishmael was a bad person, or that prophet Lot’s daughters got him drunk and committed incest with him, etc.

The original Injeel (which I will discuss soon) according to the Quran should be the teachings of Jesus as written down by his disciples, and only the four gospels most closely resemble this. The rest (the letters of Paul, the Book of Revelation, and the general epistles) are the words of other than Jesus.

So the Jews and Christians who believe in the Quran but wish to follow the Gospels should still adhere to the old Torah law (such as the Sabbath) but take into consideration the reinterpretations by Jesus set therein, and make sure to adhere to the Salat and give Zakat as that was part of the original covenant of the Jews according to the Quran.

The Five Pillars in the Bible for Jews and Christians

The first commandment of every scripture is that there is no god except God. The worship of God alone is the defining characteristic of a Christian or Jewish believer.

The next pillar is the Sabbath, so even Christian believers must do it because it is Torah law and the Gospels does not abolish Torah law.

The Zakat in the Bible is 10% of all income given to the poor and needy “at the end of every 3 years” according to Deuteronomy 14. Back then, people bartered with crops and livestock rather than currency, so income for them was crops and livestock, hence the specific mention of crops and livestock. However, today our income is currency. So today’s Biblical Zakat would be 10% of the total income that is earned over the past 3 years, and any more than that is charity.

There is an annual tithe as well for the people serving at the Temple, but the Temple has been destroyed so this ruling doesn’t apply anymore.

And regardless of whether they follow Torah law, Gospel law, or Quranic law, they should engage in regular prayer, reflection, and remembrance of God, and follow other moral guidelines in the scriptures they chose.

Fasting is also a Biblical act of worship, though fasting during Ramadan is specifically part of Quranic law and thus not for the believers who choose to adhere to the Gospel.

According to the Quran, the original Salat given to the past prophets involved standing in prayer, and bowing and prostrating while reciting the scripture, which is the Quranic Salat. The Biblical Salat is done three times a day (morning, noon, and evening/sunset).

Abraham in the Quran mentioned standing, bowing, and prostration in that order, indicating that this is the universal order for Salat. The only difference is that the Quranic Salat faces Mecca while Biblical Salat involves facing Jerusalem where the Temple Mount is.

Here are the Quranic verses saying the Jews and Christians before Muhammad were instructed by God to uphold the Salat and Zakat.

[5:12] And certainly, God has definitely taken the covenant of the Children of Israel, and We raised up among them twelve chieftains. And God said, “Indeed, I am definitely with you, if you have established the Salat, given the Zakat, believed in My messengers and dignified them, and lent God a good loan. I will definitely wipe out from you your evils, and admit you in Gardens from beneath which the rivers flow. So whoever among you disbelieved after that, then certainly he has strayed from the even way.”

[4:154] And We raised the mount above them regarding their covenant, and We said to them, “Enter the gate as prostrators.” And We said to them, “Do not violate in the Sabbath.” And We took from them a stern covenant.

[2:83] And when We took the Children of Israel’s covenant: “Worship not but God, and good-doing regarding the parents, as well as the relative, the orphans, and the needy, and speak good to the people, and establish the Salat and give the Zakat.” Then you turned away, except a few of you, and you were averters.

[3:39] So the angels called out to him (Zachariah) while he was one who stands, doing Salat in the upper chamber, “Indeed, God gives you good news of John, a confirmer of a word from God, a master, one with restraint, and a prophet among the righteous.”

[10:87] And We revealed to Moses and his brother: “Settle your people in houses of Egypt, make your houses Qiblahs, establish the Salat, and give the believers good news.”

[19:30-34] He (Jesus) said, “I am God’s servant. He has given me the Book, and made me a prophet. And He made me blessed wherever I have been, and instructed me with the Salat and the Zakat as long as I am alive, as well as piety regarding my mother, and He does not make me a miserable tyrant. Peace upon me the day I was begotten, the day I die, and the day I am resurrected alive.” That is Jesus, the son of Mary, the word of truth, the one in which they skepticize.

[3:113] They have not been equal. Among the People of the Book is an upstanding community. They recite God’s verses during the hours of the night, and they prostrate.

[3:42-43] The angels said, “O Mary, God has chosen you and cleansed you, and He has chosen you over the women of the worlds. O Mary, be devout to your Lord, prostrate, and bow with the ones who bow.”

Here’s the Salat from Bible verses:

At this, Abram fell face down on the ground. Then God said to him…(Genesis 17:3)
Moses and Aaron turned away from the people and went to the entrance of the Tabernacle, where they fell face down on the ground. Then the glorious presence of the LORD appeared to them. (Numbers 20:6)
Then King Jehoshaphat bowed low with his face to the ground. And all the people of Judah and Jerusalem did the same, worshiping the LORD. (2 Chronicles 20:18)
So Ahab went to eat and drink. But Elijah climbed to the top of Mount Carmel and bowed low to the ground and prayed with his face between his knees. (1 Kings 18:42)
He (Jesus) went on a little farther and bowed with his face to the ground, praying, “My Father! If it is possible, let this cup of suffering be taken away from me. Yet I want your will to be done, not mine.” (Matthew 26:39)
“As for me, I will call upon God; and the Lord shall save me. Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice” (Psalms 55:16-17).
Come, let us bow down in worship. Let us kneel before the Lord our Maker (Psalms 95:6)
I bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to your name for your steadfast love and your faithfulness, for you have exalted above all things your name and your word. (Psalms 138:2)
“Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime” (Daniel 6:10)
- Daniel was doing Salat three times a day facing Jerusalem. In addition to bowing and prostration, the old Salat involved kneeling to God as well.
“They must wash with water whenever they go into the Tabernacle to appear before the LORD and when they approach the altar to burn up their special gifts to the LORD—or they will die! They must always wash their hands and feet, or they will die. This is a permanent law for Aaron and his descendants, to be observed from generation to generation.” (Exodus 3:20-21)
They were also to stand every morning to thank and praise the Lord. They were to do the same in the eveningand whenever burnt offerings were presented to the Lord on the Sabbaths, at the New Moon feasts and at the appointed festivals. They were to serve before the Lord regularly in the proper number and in the way prescribed for them. (1 Chronicles 23:30-31)

So the real Salat for the Jews and Christian Muslims who follow the law of the previous scripture (as found in the Bible and Quran) is like this:

Wash their arms (up to elbows) and feet.
Then they need to come to the Salat facing Jerusalem.
Then while they are standing devoutly towards God, they should recite only actual scripture (Old Testament or Gospel).
After reciting scripture, they shall then bow to God, then do a prostration where they are supporting themselves with their knees like Muslims following Quranic law do (since this is both kneeling and prostration, two Biblical acts of worship, combined into one).
Then this is repeated as many times as preferred at whatever frequencies you like.
This Biblical Salat is done three times daily, one after sunrise, one in the afternoon, and one in the evening. Psalm 55 states to pray during the “boker” (early morning), which is similar to the Arabic word “bukrah” conveying the same meaning. Thus, the Jewish and Christian morning Salat starts after sunrise in early morning, while in the Quranic Fajr (dawn) Salat is before sunrise.

What Is the Real Injeel (Gospel)?

So as for the Injeel, what is the Injeel that was given to Jesus? It’s not contained in the letters of Paul in the New Testament, it was the scripture given to Jesus since he was a baby. Or rather, Jesus himself was the scripture of God (the Injeel) according to the Quran since in a couple of verses Jesus is referred to as a “word” of God, and a “spirit” from God. He embodied the scripture (Injeel) he was given, thus his teachings were binding on his people at the time. The Injeel thus lived and died with Jesus, in essence, and the only way one can access the Injeel in physical copy would be if Jesus’ disciples wrote his core teachings down.

[4:171] O People of the Book, do not overreach in your religion, and do not say about God except the truth. The Messiah, Jesus, the son of Mary, is only a messenger of God, and His word which He cast towards Mary, as well as a spirit from Him. So believe in God and His messengers, and do not say, “A trinity.”…

[19:29–34] So she (Mary) pointed to him. They said, “How can we speak to he who is in the cradle, a young child?” He said, “I am God’s servant. He has given me the Book, and made me a prophet. And He made me blessed wherever I have been, and instructed me with the Salat and the Zakat as long as I am alive. Peace upon me the day I was begotten, the day I die, and the day I am resurrected alive.” That is Jesus, the son of Mary, the word of truth, the one in which they skepticize.

The Injeel thus lived and died with Jesus, given that Jesus was a “word” of God like how the Quran is God’s word.

Some say that Jesus was a word of God because God willed him into existence with the command, “Be.” But God did that to everything, not just Jesus. We wouldn’t be existing here if God didn’t will us into existence with the word “Be”.

And Jesus had the Injeel within him since birth (19:29-34) indicating that he was a walking scripture of God. The New Testament at best should have been a man-made account of the Injeel, or Jesus’s life and teachings if all trinitarian language was taken out (since Jesus, and not the New Testament, was the scripture himself).

So when following the Gospel/Injeel, one should focus primarily on the four Gospels. The letters of Paul should be categorized as their own scripture rather than be mixed into the Bible because those letters are the letters of someone who claimed to be a divine messenger of Jesus (whom he believed to be God).

Conclusion

This concludes the article on Islam’s Choice of Law doctrine for the believers, which is mentioned in multiple verses of the Quran, alongside the purification and consolidation message that God sent to Rashad regarding the absolute minimum needed to be saved from Hellfire.

It is very interesting to note how merciful and flexible God is in Islam. There is the age of 40 threshold in the Quran where all who die before 40 years will not be held accountable for being disbelievers (found in verse 46:15 and revealed through the Messenger of the Covenant), God’s consolidation and purification proclamation delivered through the Messenger of the Covenant (and found in verses 2:62 and 5:69), and Islam’s Choice of Law doctrine for those who upgrade themselves to the title of believer but still wish to follow the law of the past scriptures.

After all of that, for those beyond the age of 40 who failed to meet the bare minimum and purify their system of faith, God will use one’s personal capacity to determine whether you should be held accountable for not meeting the minimum criteria for salvation (by taking into account your genetics, intelligence, environment, exposure to information, and other circumstances).

Wen taking all of this into account, God makes it very easy for the people to avoid Hell. Now the question is whether the people will take up this chance or not.