Then they prayed toward the East, believing in orienting toward him, because the Jews had turned his face toward the West when they crucified him [the appearance of him], so the Christians faced the East. Furthermore, he [Jesus] did not impose upon them any [formal] obligation, except that his companions commanded [such] obligations. That is because he said to them: "Whatever you permit is permitted, and whatever you forbid is forbidden." So he commanded his companions regarding the Offering, Bread, and Wine. Then he [Jesus] manifested weakness, so the Jews took him, killed him, and crucified him. But God declared them liars through the Quran of Muhammad (PBUH), as the Most Exalted said:
{And they did not kill him, nor did they crucify him; but [another] was made to resemble him to them.} (An-Nisā’: 157).
Then Muhammad came with the opposite of this [Christian] law and abrogated it; he commanded them to face the Kaaba, to perform Jihad, to fast and venerate the month of Ramadan, and he forbade the flesh of swine and other things, abrogating [previous laws].
God is too Great, Majestic, and Generous to command something in which He places His obedience, and then command its change and alteration. [He is too Great] to send a prophet and command him to order the creation to do something containing His pleasure and obedience and forbid them from what contains His wrath and opposition, only to then send [another] with the exact opposite of what




