this isn't really a question, actually it's my way of telling you that muslims DONT worship that black rock.they worship GOD (the creater of everything).the rock is just a means which god used to unify the direction of worshippers worldwide.so that all muslims will be performing their ritual in the same direction.you know, so people won't get confused where to point at while performing it.
2006-08-14 06:17:03 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Well, damn me. Learn something new every day. Thanks, toots.
2006-08-14 06:20:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I always assumed that something of great significance happened in Mecca. I don't know what. I also have always thought that Muslims worship God giving Him the name Allah... The bowing to face Mecca
for prayer I don't understand either. My god can hear me even if I am not on my knees. A great Apostle of Jesus named Paul told me to pray without ceasing. I try to do that in my life but that would be hard to do if I had to be on my knees the whole time.. Jim
2006-08-14 13:53:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I had never heard that.
So do you believe me when I tell you that Catholics don't worship Statues or Mary?
Or that we don't pay priests to forgive our sins? Or that we do worship ONE God?
There are a lot of miss-conceptions by lots of people, I do believe that you don't worship a Rock, and that you worship God.
I just think you are following the wrong messenger!
Peace!
2006-08-14 13:24:57 · answer #3 · answered by C 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Muslims believe God or ‘Allah’ to be ‘Roohani Rooh’ (Supreme Soul) who is ‘Noor’ (light). In Mecca, where Muslims go for ‘Haj’ (pilgrimage), there is a holy stone called ‘Sang-e-Aswad’ kept at ‘Khana-e-kaba’. This stone is kissed from a distance by every pilgrim before he starts the ‘Haj’. It is noteworthy that ‘Sang-e-Aswad’ has striking resemblance with "Shiva-linga". Christians believe that Moses had a vision of God in the form of a flame of light. They call him ‘Jehovah’. Christ as well as Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism, both said that God is one and He is light.
2006-08-14 13:36:04 · answer #4 · answered by krish 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The rock you refer to is not what is being worshiped. What is being prayed to and revered is the act that occured there between Abraham and Ishamel. This is similar to the dome of the rock where: according to Abrahamic faiths...yours included...it is believed to be the site where Abraham prepared to sacrifice his son Isaac.
2006-08-14 17:30:16 · answer #5 · answered by tharedhead ((debajo del ombú)) 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Ka`bah is the first and the most ancient house of worship ever built for all of humankind and dedicated to the worship of One God. So by facing toward the Ka`bah in our Prayers, we are stressing the unity of humankind under the Lordship of the One and Only God. Allah says in the Qur’an, “The first sanctuary ever built for mankind was that at Bakkah (Makkah), a blessed place, a guidance to the peoples.” (Al `Imran: 96). Thus, by ordering us to face towards the Ka`bah, we are taken back to our Adamic roots.
“Muslims worship the One and Only God, besides Whom there is no other god. We don’t worship idols or statues or images of any kind; nor do we take anyone as intermediary or propitiate anyone, whether a human being or idol or statue or anything whatsoever for that matter.
How could you equate turning in the direction of Ka`bah as idolatory? Idolatory is to consider anything other than Allah as an object of worship to seek favors or blessings or entreat. No Muslim ever worships the Ka`bah; nor does he seek favors or address petitions or entreaties to it. We address all our prayers and entreaties only to Allah and Allah alone, and we also place our ultimate trust in Him alone.
We turn towards the Ka`bah not for reasons of worship or reverence. We do so only for the reasons that the Qur’an has stated: it is the first house of worship built for mankind. Since Islam is a universal message intended to unite all of humanity into a single fraternity transcending all barriers of race, ethnicity, and language, we are ordered to face towards the Ka`bah, the most ancient house, in our Prayers. We are also told that the Ka`bah was first built by Adam, the father of humankind. So by turning towards the Ka`bah, we are going back to our Adamic roots.
While turning towards the Ka`bah in our Prayers, we firmly believe that the Ka`bah possesses no divine powers. It has no power either to benefit or harm anyone, as such powers, according to the categorical and unequivocal teachings of the Qur’an, rest with Allah and Allah alone, Who alone is the Creator, Sustainer and Lord of all beings.”
Excerpted, with slight modifications, from: www.muslims.ca
2006-08-14 13:22:03 · answer #6 · answered by Renee M 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No they used to worship the rock before Mohamed converted them. Once he was allowed to return to mecca they took up the old tradition of turning to the rock while they pray.
2006-08-14 13:22:01 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
YES---but not the rock I worship.
The Rock of Ages. Jesus Christ.
Don't they have the dome of the rock over in Israel?
And it's over a rock, that mosque.
I could go on, but I won't.
2006-08-14 13:26:02 · answer #8 · answered by chris p 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Oh, I see, just like the statues in a Catholic church are a reminder of the Apostles.
2006-08-14 13:22:32 · answer #9 · answered by BigPappa 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Lovely out there
how come hundreds perish in Tent-fires ,
Stampedes etc. ? akbar/hallelujah .....
2006-08-14 13:57:08 · answer #10 · answered by Moonlite gambler 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hey: you're trying to interject reason into this group...
Don't go telling people what Islam is really all about, or they won't be able to indulge in mindless fear and paranoid invasions anymore.
2006-08-14 13:20:33 · answer #11 · answered by Blackacre 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋