Notis: Det följande är en reproduktion av artikeln "Questions about the symbolic stoning of Satan during Hajj"

We received some questions about why the stoning of Satan is part of Hajj when it is not particularly mentioned by name in the Quran. We chose one of these questions that were repeated by some of our readers and included the reply to them.

<< Why do you count stoning as part of Hajj when it is not mentioned in the Quran per se! >>

Signed, Concerned A.H.

Dear Concerned A.H.;

Yes, stoning is NOT mentioned in the Quran. All the rituals of Islam (Submission) were given to Abraham and he passed them down from one generation to the next generation. Only the details of whatever needs to be corrected, modified or emphasised are mentioned in the Quran. As you realize from reading the Quran, stoning is not mentioned, neither is the number of Rakaat in every salat, neither the percentage of Zakat, neither is the form and manner of performing the Friday prayer, neither the number of prostration in each rakat in each salat, neither the Quranic sura to read during our salat, neither the name of the months during which Hajj is permitted, neither the small details of performing Hajj....etc

All these rituals were protected by God since He is the One who decided to pass them down in this manner. God's messengers will then have the responsibility to confirm or not these rituals. The rituals themselves are mentioned by name in the Quran leaving the small details for the generations to inherit them from their previous generation. The messenger of the covenant confirmed stoning as a valid part of the practice of Hajj.

The same messenger of the covenant showed us from the Quran that all Islamic rituals were given to Abraham and then were passed down from one generation to another. Quran therefore did not go into the details of all these rituals but ordered the believers to obey and follow the messenger. Muhammed confirmed to his generation what is correct from these rituals and so did the messenger of the covenant. The believers never consider the Quran incomplete because they understand that fact and that the rituals were delivered to us several generations before the Quran.

If you refuse the stoning of satan during Hajj although the messenger confirmed it, then you should reject as well the number of rakat in the salat, the percentage of Charity in Zakat, the form and manner of performing the Friday prayers, the recitation of Fatiha in Salat and the specific months of Hajj...etc. None of these are mentioned in the Quran but confirmed by the messenger of the covenant as correct.

Following Quran alone does not mean to reject what the messenger confirmed. He did not add anything to any rituals in Islam but he removed what needed to be removed and confirmed the rest to be correct. It is our duty to pass these information from our generation to the next one just like we received the same information from the generation before us, corrected and confirmed by the messenger of the covenant.

We do not agree with the traditional sunni Muslims because they did not follow Muhammed, and not because they did. Had they followed the messenger they would not have corrupted Islam.

While Quran talks about the four sacred months, it does not name them. While Quran mentions the mountain of Arafat, it does not mention what to do with it. The reason is that God knows these practices are already passed down to us. With the messenger of the covenant confirming the practice of stoning, we have to accept it since it does not violate any rules in the Quran. God commanded us to seek refuge in Him from Satan whenever we read the Quran which can be every day and several times /day. This is not to remember Satan instead of GOd. Stoning Satan is another reminder of who is trying to deceive us in this life and is not a way to remember Satan instead of God as some naive people suggested.

In 2:128 we see Abraham and Ismail implore God to teach them "THE RELIGIOUS PRACTICES OF ISLAM"

"As Abraham raised the foundation of Kaaba, together with Ismail, they prayed,'Our Lord, accept this work from us; You are the Hearer, the Omniscient. Our Lord, and make us Muslims (Submitters) to You and from our descendants let there be a nation of Muslims (Submitters) to you; AND TEACH US HOW TO PRACTICE OUR RELIGIOUS DUTIES, and redeem us; You are the Redeemer, the Merciful'" 2:127-128

Yes, we uphold Quran alone and follow the correction of the rituals that were confirmed by the messenger of God, as we accepted his other confirmation of our salat and Zakat.

We will not fall into idol-worship of the messenger, if we understand his duties, but we can easily fall into idol-worship by following those good friends' opinion even when they think they got it from the Quran.

God gave us several examples of good friends who thought they would follow the Quran alone and question the teaching of the rituals by the messenger of God. On that basis they already, corrupted the salat and Zakat as confirmed by the messenger of the covenant. We will not accept a change from another good friend to corrupt the Hajj rituals after God sent a messenger with hundreds of proofs, to confirm for us what to keep and what to discard.

We learned from the Quran ALONE to accept and trust the messenger and to worry about all these good friends who are sprouting everyday since the messenger died who think they were chosen to correct the mistakes that the messenger made.

NOT A SINGLE time does God mention in the Quran the story of a messenger leaving his people a corrupted message. Never did God say He sent another Messenger (not a good friend) to correct the mistakes of a previous messenger.

Moses did not corrupt Judaism, but the people who came after him corrupted it by changing what Moses told them to do.

Jesus did not corrupt Christianity, but those who came after him (many good friends) did corrupt it by refusing to do what Jesus told them to do.

Muhammed did not corrupt Islam, but all those good friends who came after him (with their good intentions) corrupted Islam, by not doing what Muhammed did and told them to do.

Why should we believe that the messenger of the covenant will be a unique case. We already have some (good friends) who spread many corruptions already. And all of them by the way, sing, Quran alone.

If we cannot appreciate the MERCY of God in sending a messenger to us to purify us, clear things for us and teach us what we did not know, 3:164 then we do not deserve him.