The followers of al-Janabi in Bahrain, the party of Alamut, Sinan who was active in Syria, and others of their ilk do not consider the five daily prayers obligatory—nor almsgiving, the fast of Ramadan, the pilgrimage to the Ancient House, or the prohibition of what God and His Messenger have declared unlawful, such as wine, games of chance, fornication, and the like. Instead, they contend that these textual injunctions have