

Why Muslims kiss the Blackstone?




What is the Black Stone? Black Stone (al-Hajr al-Aswad) is a Sacred Stone placed in the Sacred Ka'ba.


What is it for?When Muslims go for pilgrimage to Makkah this acts as starting point for circumambulating the Sacred Ka'ba and has some symbolic significance.





Why kiss it? And we Muslims kiss it just because of Sacred Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) did it.


عَنْ عَابِسِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ عَنْ عُمَرَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ


(Sahih Al Bukhari Hadith 1494)



Is Kaba a direction? Ka’ba is the Qibla i.e. the direction Muslims face during their prayers. It is important to note that though Muslims face the Ka’ba during prayers, they do not worship the Ka’ba. Muslims worship and bow to none but Allah.


At the time of the Prophet, people even stood on the Ka’ba and gave the ‘adhaan’ or the call to prayer. The cover of Ka’ba is changed by standing on it. One may ask those who allege that Muslims worship the Ka’ba; which idol worshipper stands on the idol he worships?


Muslim Blood more Sacred than the Sacred Ka`ba

Abd Allah ibn `Amr ibn al-`As (Allah be well pleased with him) that he said: “I saw the Messenger of Allah (saw) performing tawaf around the Sacred Ka`ba saying to it: ‘how pure and good you are! how pure and good your fragrance is! how great and exalted you are! and how great and exalted your sanctity is! But by Him in Whose hand is Muhammad’s soul, the sanctity of a believer’s blood and property in the sight of Allah is greater than your sanctity!’” Sunan Ibn Majah- Silsilah as Saheehah: hadith #3420and Targhib wa’ l-Tarhib3/276(2441)

No Muslims, even the layman of them has any such belief about the Black Stone or the Sacred Ka'ba.




Correct us and Correct yourself
Mohammadarif s Shaikh Dear Brother,

1/29/14 2:57 PM

Mohammadarif s Shaikh Dear Brother,

1/29/14 2:57 PM

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