Religion will Be Restored to Its Original State

Another news revealed by the Hadith literature regarding the End Times is that the original religion will no longer be misunderstood. In the Golden Age, all heretical misunderstandings that entered Islam after our Prophet (saas) will be eliminated, and the original religion will be restored: “Just as in the case of the Prophet, the requirements of the religion will be fulfilled.”23

After the death of our Prophet (saas) and his Companions, history records that unrelated heresies and forms of worship were introduced into the original religion, and that countless hadiths and judgments, most of which have survived to our day, were fabricated and attributed to our Prophet (saas). Despite the best efforts of true Muslims to eliminate these fabrications, many practices done in the name of Islam today are not based upon the Qur’an.

As the Qur’an is the only source that can distinguish between the correct and mistaken practices, only its guidance can expose and remove these fabricated heresies. This way, the true religion will resurface.

Today, many people embrace the understanding of Islam that they inherited from their ancestors as the true religion. Both some pious people and those who oppose Islam consider this understanding to be the true Islam. However, in many respects this understanding of religion contradicts with the Islam described in the Qur’an. This traditional understanding is comprised of baseless myths and countless bigoted beliefs and rituals. This religion’s adherents base their knowledge of religion on myths and stories, rather than on the Qur’an.

The fact that many people considered to be pious by the public are unaware of the Qur’an’s verses reveals this perversion. Rather than adopting the Qur’an as their guide, they adhere to the rituals of a particular tradition. As a result, they are far removed from such concerns as pondering the verses of the Qur'an and trying to understand their divine purposes. They drift further from the Qur’an and become suffocated in details. However, in an environment where the Qur’an is disregarded, no one can know and live by Islam in its true sense. Indeed, as the Qur’an informs us, on the Day of Judgment our Prophet (saas) will say that his people have treated the Qur’an as a forsaken thing:

Allah warns those who turn away from the Qur’an as follows:

The main reason why many people remain far from religion is the presentation of Islam in this perverted form. Most people notice that this religion, which is based on various traditions, harbors irrational elements and countless contradictions, and so wait for the facts to surface. In the End Times, Allah will restore the religion to its original state and make the Qur’an’s morality prevail. When this times comes, He will remove all deviations that hinder people from living by His religion, and will purify Islam from all heresies, false beliefs, and forms of worship. :

... He [the Mahdi] will practise the religion just as in the time of Our Prophet. He will eliminate the sects from the face of the earth. No sect except for the original true religion will remain..24

In our own time, Muslims fail to agree even on some fundamental issues. Contrary to this situation, Allah commands Muslims not to disagree about issues concerning their religion:

In the Qur’an, Allah says that Islam is an easy religion to live by and that its commands are clear and easy. The Qur’an lays down what is right and what is wrong, as well as what kind of attitudes and behaviors lead one to Paradise or Hell. The fact that the Qur’an contains the basic knowledge that people may need at any time is stressed in many verses:

Allah warns those who proclaim their own laws on behalf of religion as follows:

In another verse, Allah makes it clear that Islam is easy to live by:

The verses below reveal that one of the reasons why Prophet Muhammad (saas) was sent was to relieve people of their heavy loads and chains:

The true religion is truly easy. Our Prophet (saas) also stated many times that religion must not be presented as difficult:

We have only sent down the Book to you so that you can make clear to them the things about which they differ and as a guidance and a mercy to people who believe. (Surat an-Nahl: 64)