this is for school. what is the importance of frankincense and myrrh to islma/ muslims? Thankxyou.
2006-12-02 09:15:02 · 4 answers · asked by bludevil260_ya 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
I'm a Muslim.
In Islam, frankincense and myrrh has no importance whatsoever, religiously of course. Muslims don't need frankincense and myrrh to get a prayer going.
But ancient Muslims do use them to make the mosques smell nicer and pleasent as buildings during those times smell "clay"ish and "wood"ish.
Nowadays, mosques are perfumed by any perfumes that are pleasent. You can find some poor community mosques sometimes use baby powder, and rich community mosques sometimes use rose-smelling perfumes.
2006-12-05 09:58:00 · answer #1 · answered by farhansallehin 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The only significance of frankincense and myrrh I can think of is that much of it came from the Arabian Peninsula. The trade in these two commodities brought traders through Mecca, and took Muhammad to various places around the region while working as a merchant and trader with his wife, Khadijah.
2006-12-02 09:22:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm not a religious scholar but i can guess...
Jesus is seen as a prophet to followers of the Islamic faith and at his birth the wise men gave him gold, frankincense, and myrrh as gifts. Perhaps modern muslims give these gifts to thier prophets or preists as gifts out of wisdom.
You can try searching Islam and Frankincense on www.wikipedia.com
2006-12-02 09:20:00 · answer #3 · answered by Doug 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The best place I know where you could get that answer would be here http://www.beliefnet.com/index/index_10004.html
Good Luck!!!
2006-12-02 09:25:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋