The Voice What is Obligatory & Forbidden to have a successful life here & in the hereafter. NONE involve abandoning your culture and dressing like an Arab! Compiled by: A.Muhammad The Holy Quran provides a recipe for salvation and redemption by God as well as a comprehensive manual detailing how to lead a righteous way of life, a detailed Code of Conduct by which we can purify our 'self' and attain nearness to God. Obligations to God 1- Believe in the One God, His angels, His Scripture and His messengers (2:285) 2- Worship God alone (17:23) 3- Devote the religion purely to God alone (39:11) 4- Strive in the cause of God (9:20) 5- Revere and obey God (64:16) Do not do's Obligations to God 1- Do not commit shirk (associate anyone with God) (4:36) 2- Do not worship the devil (36:60-61)  3- Do not love anyone as the love of God (2:165) 4- Do not use God's name in vain oaths (2:224) 5- Do not fabricate lies about God (6:21) 6- Do not prohibit what God did not prohibit (16:116, 66:1) Religious Obligations 7- Do not accept or follow any hadith other than the Quran (45:6)