[seatlyled]

As salaamu aleykum, I was wondering if anyone could provide me with information about Ibadi Islam, particularly the details of their salat. From what I can tell, here are some interesting practices:

-EDIT: I originally stated that the Ibadis reject stoning to death for married zanis and advocate 100 lashes (per 24:2) for married and unmarried adulterers, based on what I had read from another website, however, it seem that they do indeed stone married adulterers and lash unmarried ones, in accordance with the Sunnah. You can download a free book about them here:

http://www.lulu.com/browse/book_view...684&fBuyItem=3

It is published by the Government of Oman The Center for Admonition and Islamic Research in the Ministry of Justice, Awqaf and Islamic Affairs and entitled "Ibadhism — A Moderate Sect of Islam" by Sheikh Ali Yahya Muammar. The scholar states that Ibadhis are often confused with the Khawarij, who did not advocate stoning, however, he claims Ibadhis are different.

-They pray with their arms at their sides, and as far as I have been able to tell, do not raise them at all, even for the opening takbir.

-No ameen after al-Fatihah.

-During silent prayers (Dhuhr, Asr, and the ones during Maghrib and Isha), they only recite al-Fatihah.

-They say "hayya ala khairil amal" during adhan and don't say, "As-salat khairun minan naum," during the fajr adhan.

-They consider Musnad Ar-Rabii ibn Habib to be the most sahih collection of hadiths, written in the second century A.H. You can download it from http://istiqama.net/.

Some aqeedah:

http://www.angelfire.com/ok5/ibadhiyah/ibadhisunni.html

Some more: http://www.islamfact.com/books-htm/a...ismstudies.htm

If anyone knows anything else about them, I would love to know. Thanks a lot. As salaamu aleykum.