Editing Musaylima (section)

== Dabestan-e Mazaheb ==
The [[Dabestan-e Mazaheb]], a 17th century work on the religious beliefs in India during the time claims a religion called the Sadakiyya who followed Musaylima existed then.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |author=David Shea |url=https://archive.org/details/dabistnorschoo03shea/page/n9/mode/2up |title=The Dabistán, or School of manners, translated from the original Persian |date=1843 |volume=3 |chapter=VII Of The Religion Of The Sádakíahs}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=DABESTĀN-E MAḎĀHEB |url=https://iranicaonline.org/articles/dabestan-e-madaheb |website=iranicaonline.org}}</ref> The work chronicles the alleged teachings of Musaylima according to an informant belonging to the group.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> At the Mughal ruler [[Akbar]]'s council of religions, a discussion on Sadakiyya also took place with the help of its priests.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />

In the account of Musaylima in the Dabestan-e Mazaheb,<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> he taught 3 daily prayers to God, facing any direction.<ref name=":1" />  He criticized Muslims for selecting the [[Ka'aba]] as the direction of prayers, arguing that God is not limited to one direction. Musaylima declared that the Ka'aba was not the house of God, because an all-powerful God has no need for a house.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> Musaylima said fasting should be at night instead of daytime during [[Ramadan]], he prohibited [[circumcision]], he believed in [[Equality feminism|equal rights]] for men and women, he allowed [[premarital sex]], he prohibited [[polygamy]] and [[cousin marriage]], he declared that any slave who converted to his religion would become free, he stated that [[Iblis]] did not exist, because a fair and merciful God would not allow a being like Iblis to throw people into error, and he also said it was wrong to include his name or any prophet’s name in worship to God.<ref name=":2" />