Jesus Never Prayed Like A Muslim

Muslims claim that Jesus prayed like they do.  They claim to follow Jesus better than Christians do.  I hear this from them all the time.  They often use this one particular Bible verse to prove their point:

Matthew 26:39
Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, "My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will."

Ok, so Jesus fell to His face!

Hmm...is that what Muslims really do?  NO!

 First of all, Muslims go through a set routine before and during prayer that is not mentioned in this Bible verse at all.  Muslims have to perform ablution, ritual cleansing, before prayer.  No mention of Jesus doing that before He fell to His face.  Muslims use a prayer rug.  Jesus must have forgot His rug this time, lol.
They place the rug so they are facing Mecca.  Jesus never prayed to the Kaaba and a black stone, as Muslims are required to do 5 times a day.  Muslims call out Allahu Akbar, but Jesus said, "My Father".  Again, not the same and allah would burn them for calling him father, something he repeated denies being in  the Quran.  One example is:

Quran 9:30  The Jews call 'Uzair a son of God, and the Christians call Christ the son of God. That is a saying from their mouth; (in this) they but imitate what the unbelievers of old used to say. God's curse be on them: how they are deluded away from the Truth!

Muslims stand, raise arms, fold arms, bow, prostate, kneel, stand, recite Quran, etc., but Jesus did not!

Here's an example of how Muslims pray and it's not walking, falling on your face and praying to our Father!

Step One: Takbiirah
The prayers begin with a 'takbiirah' to announce that the prayers has started.
The person says: "Allahu Akbar" and raises his hands behind his ears to announce the prayers has started.

Step Two: Doing a rak3ah
A rak3ah is a unit of prayers. Depending on the prayer of the day, you will perform a different number of rak3ah.

What is a rak3ah?
A rak3ah is a unit in prayers that is composed of the following:
1. Reading al-fati7ah
2. Reading a surah after the fati7ah (only in the first 2 rak3ah of all prayers)
3. Kneeling and saying: 'sub7aana rabiyya-al-3a6'iim' 3 times
4. Standing upright again and saying: 'sami3a Allahu liman 7amida'
5. Bending down to prostrate and saying: 'Allahu akbar'
5. Prostrating and saying: 'sub7aana rabiyya-al-a3laa' 3 times
6. Raising the head and saying: 'Allahu akbar'
7. Prostrating and saying: 'sub7aana rabiyya-al-a3laa' 3 times

http://islam.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ&zTi=1&sdn=islam&cdn=religion&tm=12&f=00&su=p284.13.342.ip_&tt=2&bt=0&bts=7&zu=http%3A//www.arabacademy.com/en/downloads/learn-how-to-pray

Notice the ritualistic repetition throughout the prayer.  This is not how Jesus prayed either.  As a matter of fact, Jesus told us not to use vain repetition:

Matthew 6

5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. 6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. 7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

I think it's pretty clear that Muslims don't have a clue how Jesus prayed.  If they did, and if they followed Him, the wouldn't be praying the Islamic way.