Can I follow the Torah too as a Muslim

I believe that both nation’s has many benefits. I am a follower of the Torah and I also believe a lot of the Muslim’s beliefs. So, as a follower of the Torah, how can I also follow the Qu’ran?

Oh my gosh, both Judaism and Islam can be pretty restrictive religions. Many things forbidden to me as a Jew, the Quran allows, and many things forbidden to you as a Muslim the Torah allows. If you were to try to combine both sets of restrictions, you would probably set yourself up for a difficult existence. If you were to try to combine what both allow but the other doesn’t for a more permissive religion, you’d be starting a new religion from either of them and miss a lot that is beautiful in the reasoning for what is restricted.

From another consideration, if you are Muslim I believe your faith considers the Quran the most up to date and most authoritative revelation from G-d, and as a Jew I believe the Torah and Oral Law to be His only revelation, so there is no need for either of us to try to be more restrictive and try to put them both together.

pick one side and stop straddling the fence. What is the fence? Manmade establishments and labels? Exactly what Quran tells us not to do. The Quran clears confusion. It exhorts jews and Christians alike, not to become Muslim, but to lay down the differences and follow the commonality of Truth. The belief in the True Living God alone, the last day, His books, and make prayer and give to the poor. Not to submit to scholarly rulings. But the rulings of Allah. Abraham did not straddle the fence, nor take sides. He enjoyed what was good and rejected bad. Evil is divisions brother. Stop dividing yourself from other believers and submit to Allah alone. You donnot need masjid or imam or scholars for that. Just the Word of God.

Shalom / Salam alaikoum,

I am Muslim and I practice also Judaic religion.

I like it very much.

I want to practice this both religions all my life.

For me there are any problem for that.

Eden B.

Shalom aleichem,

The 613 commandments of the Torah are generally considered to be for the children of Israel alone as a sign of obedience to their covenant. The Torah has 7 moral laws that apply to all humans, called the seven Noahide laws. These are;

The prohibition of idolatry.
The prohibition of murder.
The prohibition of theft.
The prohibition of sexual immorality.
The prohibition of blasphemy.
The prohibition of eating flesh taken from an animal while it is still alive.
The requirement of maintaining courts to provide legal recourse.

More info here: http://www.chabad.org/therebbe/article_cdo/aid/62221/jewish/Universal-Morality.htm

As a muslim, you already follow these and more. Many of Islam’s laws (circumcision, no pork) can be found in Judaism, though they are less restrictive (making observance much easier for a wider audience).

According to the Torah, muslims, as Sons of Noah, need to only follow the Noahide Laws. But of course they must also follow the laws of the Quran as they are muslims.

Following the 613 commandments is a big undertaking, and though it’s not technically proscribed as mandatory, a non-Jew observing all of the Law is considered to be very wise and honorable. Jews in the Second Temple Era called the Romans who followed Jewish laws “G-d fearers”.

613 commandments: http://www.jewfaq.org/613.htm

assalaamu 3alaykum,

From My perspective as Muslim (Alhamdulillah) who does consider the today’s text of the Miqra (Tora) authoritative, we don’t need to abide as Muslims to the commandments in the Tora. The reason is because unlike Judaism, in Islamic science of Law, we have the doctrine of naskh (abrogation). According to the four Islamic schools of law even within the quran there are ayas abrogated by other ayas. So what to say about holy books other than the quran?

As salamu alaykum
If you are a muslim you cant follow the torah. Quran says yahoodis have changed there scripture so how would u know what is the truth and what is falsehood? La akhi the Qur’an ia Al Firquan the criterion between the truth and falsehood. Also how would u practice both? For example jews cant eat shellfish but Allah has told us all the creatures of the sea are permissable to eat. Also camel meat, muslims are allowed to eat it and jews are forbidden to eat it. Also spoils of war are permissable for the muslim but not the jew. Muslim men can marry a jew or christian but jewish men must marry a jewish women. There holy day is saturday and ours is friday. So again how would you beable to follow both? Pick one side and stop straddling the fence. Ash hadu an la ilaha illallah wa muhammadir rasulallah
Wa salamu alaykum