Brothers and sisters,What is the black stones' story in Islam??

Question

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Answer 1

The Black Stone (called الحجر الأسود al-Hajar-ul-Aswad in Arabic) is a Muslim object of reverence, said by some to date back to the time of Adam and Eve. It is the eastern cornerstone of the Kaaba, the ancient stone building towards which all Muslims pray, in the center of Masjid al-Haram, the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.[1] The Stone is roughly 30 cm (12 in.) in diameter, and 1.5 meters above the ground.[2]

When pilgrims circle the Kaaba as part of the Tawaf ritual of the Hajj, many of them try, if possible, to stop and kiss the Black Stone, emulating the kiss that it received from Muhammad.[3] If they cannot reach it, they are to point to it on each of their seven circuits around the Kaaba.[4]

The Stone is in pieces, from damage which was inflicted during the Middle Ages. It is now held together by a silver frame, which is fastened by silver nails to the Stone.

Many Muslims believe that the Stone fell from Heaven during the time of Adam and Eve, and that it was once a pure and dazzling white, but has turned black because of the sins it has absorbed over the years.[2]

Some say that the Stone was found by Abraham (Ibrahim) and his son Ishmael (Ismail)[5] when they were searching for stones with which to build the Kaaba, around 1700-2000 B.C.[6] They recognized its worth and made it one of the building's cornerstones. It was also said that the stone was given to (Ibrahim) Abraham by the Archangel Gabriel.[7]

Origin of the Black Stone
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Shaykh Abdul-Azeez ibn Baaz

Reference: Fawaa.id min Duroos Samaahatish-Shaykh 'Abdul-'Azeez ibn Baaz - Kitaab al-Mutafarriqaat, Page 94

Category: General

It has been narrated that al-Hajar al-Aswad(1) descended from Paradise white, then it became black due to the sins of Ahlush-Shirk(2); And it has (also) been narrated that Ibraaheem ('alayhis-salaam) brought the Stone from the mountain of Abu Qubays(3), however, the first (narration) is stronger.


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Footnotes

1) The Black Stone affixed to the corner of the Ka'bah from where the Muslims begin their tawaaf - circumambulation of the Ka'bah;

2) Literally, the People of Shirk, i.e. those who associate partners in worship with Allaah;

3) Just behind the mount of as-Safaa from where the Muslims begin their sa'ee.

Translator: Mohammed Akhtar Chaudhry, Abu Abdullaah

Date Published: Tuesday, 15 May 2007

Answer 2

Muhammad came with no supernatural proofs of his divine commission. Time and again his critics complained of this and repeatedly he told them that his work was not that of producing signs but merely to preach, and that his lack of signs was for the purpose of testing their faith. But what is faith without proof? Anyone could claim to be sent of God. Moses and Christ proved it by the performance of many miracles, but where were Muhammad’s miracles? He confessed in the Quran to having none. (See Suras 2:118; 10:38; 11:13; 6:109, Ali)

Yet many Moslems claim he did perform miracles. Repeatedly the claim is made by them that he split the moon, for which they cite as proof Sura 54:1. However, first of all this text does not state that Muhammad split the moon. And Muslim commentators on this verse, which speaks of the moon’s having been cleft asunder, state that it may have appeared as such to Muhammad and his believers in the valley of Mecca; that it is to be taken allegorically or that it may still be fulfilled in the future. (See Ali.) The Bible’s account of creation as well as of the Flood is amply attested in the record found in rocks, by the science of geology, but where is there any proof that the moon was ever split?

Others insist that Muhammad did perform many miracles and that these were recorded in the Alhadith or Hadis, the record of Muhammadan tradition, which was systematized in the third century of the Muhammadan era. Among the miracles that Muhammad was said to have performed, as handed down by tradition, are: “The trees and rocks and mountains used to greet him near Mecca. Once when the people were very thirsty Mohammed filled all their jugs by having water gush forth from between his fingers. A tree was called to testify to Mohammed’s divine commission. The tree came, tearing the ground until it stood in his presence. Three times it testified to Mohammed’s being the prophet of God.” According to Sir William Muir, some half million of such traditions have been handed down.

However, here we find the same difficulty in tradition contradicting the written record as we find in Judaism and in professed Christianity. The Quran simply does not allow for any miracles. Plainly it quotes God as saying, “We refrain from sending Signs, only because men of former years treated them as false.” (Sura 17:59, Ali) That explicitly does not allow for any signs. If Muhammad had performed signs, why rebuke his hearers for asking for them; why should they complain because of their being none? Yet that is what the Quran does. The written word is ever more reliable than the tradition handed down orally, and we are further compelled to that conclusion by the very fantastic nature of these purported miracles.

Not too sure on the "black stones".

Answer 3

Sorry Moe, there is no mention of them before the 5th century CE, Mecca was built in the 2 to 3rd centuries but it had no religious significance until the 5th.

Answer 4

There are 5 stones. If they are brought together they will begin to glow. However, there is an evil man who runs a child labor camp deep underground looking for these lost stones. If you aren't careful, he can pull your heart out by chanting "hum num shee bum" over and over. But don't worry, Indiana got them back.

Answer 5

its a meteorite nothing more nothing less

and there is no mention of it before he second century A.D

EDIT i read the kabba was mentioned by a second century roman historian he mentioned that it was just a pagan temple