...exactly Jesus Christ and his? followers observed in their prayers to the Lord God, and not kneeling and raising hands only?
And when a Muslim meets a fellow Muslim, or Muslims, the greeting normally said, in short if not in full, is ‘Assalaamu Alaikum’ meaning ‘Peace be with you’.
“And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone,..”(Mark 11v25)(Standing posture in worship).
‘Again the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendour. “All this I will give you,” he said, “if you will bow down and worship me.”(Matthew 4 v 8,9) [Bowing down in worship)
‘When all the Israelites saw the fire coming down and the Glory of the Lord above the temple, they knelt on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshipped and gave thanks to the Lord….’(2 Chronicles 7v3) (Kneeling and prostrating simultaneously in worship).
‘Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, ‘My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken away from me. Yet not as I will, but as You will”. (Matthew 26 v 39 ) (Prostration)
‘When all the people saw this, they fell prostrate and cried, “The Lord- He is God, The Lord- He is God”(1 King 18,19) (Prostration)
“…Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you !”. (John 20v26) (Greetings to one another or to all in a gathering)
The 5 times a day prayers a Muslim does, and the different postures observed, the words of greetings to one another, thus denotes that Islam and its teachings are in agreement with the practices of all prophets, and all prophets, and people who truly followed them were indeed Muslims in the sense, they all preached and practiced the Oneness of Allah (God), and submitted to the will of Allah.
And when a Muslim meets a fellow Muslim, or Muslims, the greeting normally said, in short if not in full, is ‘Assalaamu Alaikum’ meaning ‘Peace be with you’.
“And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone,..”(Mark 11v25)(Standing posture in worship).
‘Again the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendour. “All this I will give you,” he said, “if you will bow down and worship me.”(Matthew 4 v 8,9) [Bowing down in worship)
‘When all the Israelites saw the fire coming down and the Glory of the Lord above the temple, they knelt on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshipped and gave thanks to the Lord….’(2 Chronicles 7v3) (Kneeling and prostrating simultaneously in worship).
‘Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, ‘My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken away from me. Yet not as I will, but as You will”. (Matthew 26 v 39 ) (Prostration)
‘When all the people saw this, they fell prostrate and cried, “The Lord- He is God, The Lord- He is God”(1 King 18,19) (Prostration)
“…Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you !”. (John 20v26) (Greetings to one another or to all in a gathering)
The 5 times a day prayers a Muslim does, and the different postures observed, the words of greetings to one another, thus denotes that Islam and its teachings are in agreement with the practices of all prophets, and all prophets, and people who truly followed them were indeed Muslims in the sense, they all preached and practiced the Oneness of Allah (God), and submitted to the will of Allah.