Muslims’ Idolatrous Worship of a Pagan Cuboid
According to the Holy Bible, God chose to place his divine presence in a real, unique manner within the tabernacle/temple:
“Now it happened that when the priests came out of the holy place, the cloud filled the house of Yahweh, so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of Yahweh filled the house of Yahweh. Then Solomon said, ‘Yahweh has said that He would dwell in the cloud of dense gloom. I have surely built You a lofty house, A place for Your dwelling forever.’” 1 Kings 8:10-13
“Then Solomon said, ‘Yahweh has said that He would dwell in the cloud of dense gloom. Now I have built You a lofty house, And a place for Your dwelling forever.’” 2 Chronicles 6:1-2
“Now when Solomon had finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of Yahweh filled the house. And the priests could not enter into the house of Yahweh because the glory of Yahweh filled the house of Yahweh. And all the sons of Israel, seeing the fire come down and the glory of Yahweh upon the house, bowed down on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and gave praise to Yahweh, saying, ‘For He is good, for His lovingkindness endures forever.’...
“Then Yahweh appeared to Solomon at night and said to him, ‘I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice. If I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or if I command the grasshopper to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among My people, and My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their evil ways, then I will listen from heaven, I will forgive their sin, and I will heal their land. Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place. So now I have chosen and set this house apart as holy that My name may be there forever, and My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually. As for you, if you will walk before Me as your father David walked, even to do according to all that I have commanded you, and will keep My statutes and My judgments, then I will establish your royal throne as I cut a covenant with your father David, saying, “You shall not have a man cut off as ruler in Israel.”
“‘But if you turn away and forsake My statutes and My commandments which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them, then I will uproot you from My land which I have given you, and this house which I have set apart as holy for My name I will cast out of My presence and I will make it a proverb and a byword among all peoples. As for this house, which was exalted, everyone who passes by it will feel desolate and say, “Why has Yahweh done thus to this land and to this house?” And they will say, “Because they forsook Yahweh, the God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt and took hold of other gods and worshiped them and served them, therefore He has brought all this calamity on them.”’” 2 Chronicles 7:1-3, 12-22
“I shall wash my hands in innocence, So I will go around Your altar, O Yahweh, In order to proclaim with the voice of thanksgiving And to recount all Your wondrous deeds. O Yahweh, I love the habitation of Your house And the place where Your glory dwells.” Psalm 26:6-8
“For Yahweh has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His habitation. ‘This is My resting place forever; Here I will inhabit, for I have desired it.’” Psalm 132:13-14
“Then he led me to the gate, the gate facing toward the east; and behold, the glory of the God of Israel was coming from the way of the east. And His voice was like the sound of many waters; and the earth shone with His glory. And it was like the appearance of the vision which I saw, like the vision which I saw when He came to bring the city to ruin. And the visions were like the vision which I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell on my face. And the glory of Yahweh came into the house by the way of the gate facing toward the east. And the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court; and behold, the glory of Yahweh filled the house.
“Then I heard one speaking to me from the house, while a man was standing beside me. He said to me, ‘Son of man, this is the place of My throne and the place of the soles of My feet, where I will dwell among the sons of Israel forever. And the house of Israel will not again defile My holy name, neither they nor their kings, by their harlotry and by the corpses of their kings when they die, by putting their threshold by My threshold and their door post beside My door post, with only the wall between Me and them. And they have defiled My holy name by their abominations which they have done. So I have consumed them in My anger. Now let them put away their harlotry and the corpses of their kings far from Me; and I will dwell among them forever.’” Ezekiel 43:1-9
“And whoever swears by the sanctuary, swears both by the sanctuary and by Him who dwells within it.” Matthew 23:21
This is why the Israelites would go up to it or face it when they would pray to God.
Muslims, on the other hand, bow down towards the Kaaba in Mecca five times a day even though they do not believe that their god dwells there in any sense whatsoever. This means they are worshiping an idol, thinking they are actually honoring the true God.
To make matters worse, Muslims are required to touch and kiss the black stone whenever they perform a pilgrimage to their pagan shrine:
Narrated ‘Abis bin Rabia:
‘Umar came near the Black Stone and kissed it and said “No doubt, I know that you are a stone and can neither benefit anyone nor harm anyone. Had I not seen Allah’s Apostle kissing you I would not have kissed you.” (Sahih al-Bukhari, Volume 2, Book 26, Number 667: https://www.searchtruth.com/book_display.php?book=26&translator=1&start=0&number=667)
And:
It is Sunnah to perform certain acts in tawaf as given below:
Facing the Black Stone at the start of the tawaf while uttering a takbir (Allahu-Akbar), and a tahlil (La ilaha illahlah), and raising one’s hands as they are raised in prayers, and if possible touching it with both hands and kissing it quietly, or placing one’s cheek on it. Otherwise, one may touch it with one’s hand and kiss the hand, or touch it with something, and then kiss it, or if even that is not possible, one may just point to it with a stick, etc. as is mentioned in some of the ahadith given below.
Ibn ‘Umar said: “Allah’s Messenger faced the Black Stone, touched it, and then placed his lips on it and wept for a long time.” ‘Umar also wept for a long time. The Prophet said: ‘O ‘Umar, this is the place where one should shed tears.”
Reported by Al-Hakim, who considers it a sound hadith with a sound chain of authorities
It is reported by Ibn ‘Abbas that ‘Umar bent down towards the Black Stone and said: “By Allah! I know that you are A MERE STONE, and if I had not seen my beloved Prophet kissing you and touching you I would have never done so.” The Qur’an says: “You have indeed in the Messenger of Allah a beautiful pattern (of conduct).”‘ (Qur’an 33.3 2) This was reported by Ahmad and others in slightly different words.
Nafi’ said, “I have seen Ibn ‘Umar touching the Black Stone with his hand, and then kissing his hand and saying: ‘Ever since I saw the Prophet doing this, I have never failed to do that.”’
Reported by Bukhari and Muslim
Sowayd bin Ghaflah said: “I have seen ‘Umar kissing the Black Stone and touching it.” He further said: “I know that the Prophet was especially very particular about it.”
Muslim
Ibn ‘Umar reported that Allah’s Messenger used to come to Ka’bah, touch the Black Stone and then say: Bismillahi wallahu akbar (In the name of Allah, Allah is the Greatest.) (Ahmad)
Muslim has reported on the authority of Abu Tufail that he said: “I have seen the Prophet making tawaf around the Ka’bah and touching it with a stick and then kissing the stick.”
Bukhari, Muslim and Abu Daw’ud reported that ‘Umar approached the Black Stone and kissed it. Then he said: “I know that you are A MERE STONE that can neither harm nor do any good. If I had not seen the Prophet kissing you, I would have never kissed you.”
Al-Khatabi said: “This shows that abiding by the Sunnah of the Prophet is binding, regardless of whether or not we understand its reason or the wisdom behind it.”
Such information devolves obligation on all those whom it reaches, even if they may not fully comprehend its significance. It is known, however, that kissing the Black Stone signifies respect for it, recognition of our obligation toward it, and using it as A MEANS of seeking Allah’s blessings. Indeed Allah has preferred some stones over others, as He preferred some countries and cities, days and nights, and months over others. The underlying spirit of all this is unquestioning submission to Allah.
In some ahadith which say that “the Black Stone is Allah’s right hand on earth, ” we do find, however, a plausible rationale and justification for this statement. In other words whosoever touches the Black Stone he pledges allegiance to Allah, as it were, by giving his hand into the hand of Allah, just as some followers do pledge their fealty to their kings and masters, by kissing and shaking hands with them.
Al-Muhallib said: “The hadith of ‘Umar refutes the assertions of those who say that ‘The Black Stone is Allah’s right hand on earth wherewith He shakes the hands of His slaves.’” God forbid that we should ascribe any physical organs to Allah [sic]. The commandment to kiss the Black Stone is meant to test and to demonstrate palpably as to who obeys and submits. It may be compared with the command to Iblis to bow to Adam.
We have no definite evidence, however, to believe that any of the stones used in building the Ka’bah originally (by Ibrahim and Isma’il), is still in existence today excepting the Black Stone. (Fiqh-Us-Sunnah, Volume 5, Number 74b: http://www.alim.org/library/hadith/fiq/FQS/5/74; bold and capital emphasis mine)
Muhammad went so far as to teach that the stone was white but turned black from the sins of the people who would venerate it. This is because the stone is able to erase sins!
It was narrated from Abdullah bin Ubaid bin Umair that a man said:
“O Abu abdur-Rahman, why do I only see you touching these two corners?” He said: “I heard the Messenger of Allah say: ‘Touching them ERASES SINS.’ And I head him say: ‘whoever circumambulates seven times, it is like freeing a slave.'”
Grade: Hasan (Darussalam)
Reference: Sunan an-Nasa’i 2919
In-book reference: Book 24, Hadith 0
English translation: Vol. 3, Book 24, Hadith 2922 (sunnah.com: https://sunnah.com/urn/1080860; capital and underline emphasis mine)
9 The Book on Hajj
(49) Chapter: What Has Been Related About The Virtues Of The Black Stone, Its Corner, And The Maqam
Ibn Abbas narrated that: The Messenger of Allah said: “The Black Stone descended from the Paradise, and it was more white than milk, then it was blackened by the sins of the children of Adam.”
Grade: Hasan (Darussalam)
Reference: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 877
In-book reference: Book 9, Hadith 70
English translation: Vol. 2, Book 4, Hadith 877 (sunnah.com: https://sunnah.com/tirmidhi/9/70; underline emphasis mine)
This suggests that the stone turned black because it absorbed the sins of all those who kissed/touched/caressed it.
Muhammad also took the Kaaba itself as a means of forgiving his sins:
It was narrated from Usmah bin Zaid that: he and the Messenger of Allah entered the House, and he told Bilal to shut the door. At that time the House was built on six pillars. He walked forward until, when he was between the two columns that are on the either side of the door of the Kabah, he sat down, praised Allah, asked of him, and prayed for forgiveness. Then he got up, and went to the back wall of the Kabah, placed his face and cheek against it and praised Allah, asked of Him, and prayed for forgiveness. Then he went to each corner of the Kabah and faced it, reciting the Takbir, the Tahlil and Tasbih, praising Allah, asking of Him and praying for forgiveness. Then he came out and prayed two Rakahs facing the front of the Kabah, then he moved away and said: “This is the Qiblah, this is the Qiblah.'”
Grade: Sahih (Darussalam)
Reference: Sunan an-Nasa’i 2914
In-book reference: Book 24, Hadith 0
English translation: Vol. 3, Book 24, Hadith 2917 (sunnah.com: https://sunnah.com/urn/1080810; underline emphasis mine)
If this wasn’t disturbing enough, Muhammad proclaimed that black stone will come to life on the last day to intercede for all those who idolized it, to make Allah accept them for venerating and honoring it!
2944. Sa’d b. Jubair is reported to have said, “I heard Ibn ‘Abbas saying that Allah’s Messenger said, “This Stone must come on the Day of Resurrection and it will have two eyes to see with and a tongue to talk with bearing witness for him who caressed it with Truth (Islam).”
Grade: Hasan (Darussalam) (Sunan Ibn-I-Majah (Imam Abu Abdullah Muhammad b. Yazid Ibn-I-Maja Al-Qazwini), English version by Muhammad Tufail Ansari [Kazi Publications, Lahore (Pakistan), 1st edition 1995], Volume IV, Chapter NO. XVII: Caressing The (Black) Stone (Fixed in a Wall of Ka’ba), pp. 244-245: https://sunnah.com/urn/1279740; bold and underline emphasis mine)
9 The Book on Hajj
(113) Chapter: What Has Been Related About The Black Stone
Ibn Abbas narrated that: The Messenger of Allah said about the (Black) Stone: “By Allah! Allah will raise it on the Day of Resurrection with two eyes by which it sees and a tongue that it speaks with, testifying to whoever touched it in truth.”
Grade: Hasan (Darussalam)
Reference: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 961
In-book reference: Book 9, Hadith 155
English translation: Vol. 2, Book 4, Hadith 961 (sunnah.com: https://sunnah.com/tirmidhi/9/155)
Ironically, the pagan Arabs worshiped stones and idols for the same reason, thinking that these objects would bring them closer to Allah:
Narrated Abu Raja Al-Utaridi: We used to worship stones, and when we found a better stone than the first one, we would throw the first one and take the latter, but if we could not get a stone then we would collect some earth (i.e. soil) and then bring a sheep and milk that sheep over it, and perform the Tawaf around it. When the month of Rajab came, we used (to stop the military actions), calling this month the iron remover, for we used to remove and throw away the iron parts of every spear and arrow in the month of Rajab. Abu Raja’ added: When the Prophet sent with (Allah’s) Message, I was a boy working as a shepherd of my family camels. When we heard the news about the appearance of the Prophet, we ran to the fire, i.e. to Musailima al-Kadhdhab. (Sahih al-Bukhari, Volume 5, Book 59, Number 661: https://www.searchtruth.com/book_display.php?book=59&translator=1&start=0&number=661)
Remember, it is to ALLAH alone that sincere obedience is due. And those who take as protectors others beside HIM, say, `We serve them only that they may bring us near to ALLAH in station.' Surely, ALLAH will judge between them concerning that wherein they differ. Surely, ALLAH guides not him who is an ungrateful liar. S. 39:3 Sher Ali
Note that the Quran labels these objects as the gods that the Arabs worshiped. This means that the Muslims have made the Kaaba and the black stone into gods, idols whom they look to for salvation.
This fact sufficiently proves that Islam is nothing more than regurgitated Arabian paganism, which Muhammad passed off as monotheism. Muslims are, therefore, guilty of doing the very thing that the Muslim scripture condemned the pagans for.
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