And since Islam is the adherence to the law that is presently in force, once any part of that law is abrogated, the abrogated provision is no longer part of the religion, nor is following it an act of Islam. Facing Jerusalem in prayer, for example, was a religious duty and an element of Islam before it was revoked; after its abrogation it was neither religion nor Islam. In the same way, visiting graves was not religion or Islam when it was prohibited, but when it was later commanded it became religion and Islam.