the belief in the outward forms of these differing religious laws (Al-Shara'i'), is His—Glory be to Him—saying: {Say, "We have believed in Allah and in what was revealed to us and what was revealed to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, and the Descendants, and in what was given to Moses and Jesus and to the prophets from their Lord. We make no distinction between any of them, and we are Muslims [submitting] to Him."} (Al-Imran: 84).

Furthermore, what indicates that the outward prayer (Al-Salat al-Zahira) which the Prophet (PBUH) established and urged is not the prayer that Allah—Exalted be He—intends, just as the Ramadan He intends is not the Ramadan claimed by the Nawasib [antagonists of the Ahl al-Bayt], is His—Exalted be He—saying: {And do not recite [your prayer] too loudly or too quietly} (Al-Isra: 110). The proof for this is its manifestation and being recited aloud to the general creation, contrary to what He—Exalted be He—commanded; and the Prophet (PBUH) is far too exalted to oppose his Master—Exalted be He.

He—the Almighty—said, declaring clearly that there is no distinction between the messengers, by His saying:

{[We] make no distinction between any of His messengers} (Al-Baqarah: 285).

This statement must either be deemed false [outwardly] or the Outward (Al-Zahir) must be negated. This is because the distinction between the Messengers and their outward religious laws (Shara'i')