I have a respectful question about the Muslim religion and the Black rock, please?

Question

I watched a show on the History Channel about the Muslim religion, jotted down a few notes, but need some help with what is actually taught, please?

God gave Adam the Black Rock when he fell from grace, but it was originally white? Why did God give the rock--as a symbol of what?
Why did the rock turn black, and why do Muslims believe Adam fell from grace? (What was the original sin)
And what is the proper name for the Black Rock?
Thank you very much!

Answer 1

I think Ali G has answered the question but i'll just add some more, the rock is believed to be a part of heaven that came down to earth with Adam. It is revered for representing a part of heaven. It is not worshipped as incorrectly believed by some.

There is no original sin in Islam, although the story runs along similar lines. Adam and Eve were asked not to approach a particular tree in the Garden of Eden, but Satan tempted them from eating out of the tree. Whatever sin was committed by Adam and Eve, they asked God for forgiveness for it and were forgiven. Their descendants are not born with their sin, as in Islam, no body can carry the blame for somebody else's actions, so all people are born innocent and do not carry the original sin.

Answer 2

There ere are also varying traditions about the Black Stone, which Muslims on the Pilgrimage either kiss or touch. One legend, widely diffused, states that the Black Stone was a precious jewel taken out of Paradise by Adam and put into the corner of the Ka'bah when he made the first Pilgrimage. Another, noted by al-Azraqi, the oldest historian of Mecca, says that the stone was given to Ishmael by the Angel Gabriel.


Because of such stories. Westerners frequently misinterpret and overemphasize the significance of the stone. To quote Muhammad Asad again: "This Black Stone... has been the cause of much misunderstanding among non-Muslims, who believe it to be a fetish taken over by Muhammad as a concession to the pagan Meccans. Nothing could be further from the truth. Just as the Ka'bah is an object of reverence but not of worship, so too is the Black Stone. It is revered as the only remnant of Abraham's original building; and because the lips of Muhammad touched it on his Farewell Pilgrimage, all pilgrims have done the same ever since."


This misunderstanding is not new. In the year 929 the Carmathians, an heretical sect based in al-Hasa, in eastern Arabia, sacked Mecca and carried the stone off with them in hope of attracting pilgrims to al-Hasa rather than Mecca. But although they held the stone more than 20 years, the attempt failed, as orthodox Muslims attached little significance to the Black Stone itself. As the Caliph Omar said, "I know that you are a stone, incapable of doing good or harm. Had I not seen the Messenger of God kissing you, I would not have done so."


— P. L.

Answer 3

Adam's sin is that when God told him "do not come near this tree" he did not obey. God told him "you will not live in heaven anymore and descend to earth". Abraham was ordered to build a house around this rock, with his son Ishmael, so that Muslims can visit it once year (if they can afford to in their life time). The purpose is for us to gather around and feel equal. Imagine if the king stands next to the peasant in Mecca!! It is so wonderful to be humble. It was white but turned black due to sins of humans.
It was not given to Adam.

Answer 4

The name of the rock is Hajr-e-Aswad, It was white when sent fron Heaven but due to the sins of man it is now black,
There is a huge misconception that Muslims worship the rock, which is highly untrue. We consider it sacred as the Prophet Muhammed put it where it is now and Muslims from all over the world kiss the stone when visiting Makkah

Answer 5

it's name is the black rock,the reason for turning black is mankind sins,Adam and Eve fell from grace because they ate from the apple tree from which God warned them.

002.035 We said: "O Adam! dwell thou and thy wife in the Garden; and eat of the bountiful things therein as (where and when) ye will; but approach not this tree, or ye run into harm and transgression."


007.020 Then Satan whispered to them that he might manifest unto them that which was hidden from them of their shame, and he said: Your Lord forbade you from this tree only lest ye should become angels or become of the immortals.


007.022 Thus did he lead them on with guile. And when they tasted of the tree their shame was manifest to them and they began to hide (by heaping) on themselves some of the leaves of the Garden. And their Lord called them, (saying): Did I not forbid you from that tree and tell you: Lo! Satan is an open enemy to you?

(QURAN)