Fariq Naik – The Religious and Geographical Position of Kabah

			And the Muslims were the first who drew
		

			the world map.
		

			Al-Idrussi in 1154 he drew the world
		

			map and the north pole was down and
		

			the south pole was on top and the
		

			Kaaba was in the center.
		

			Later on the western cartographers came and they
		

			turned the map upside down.
		

			North pole top, south pole down.
		

			Yet the Kaaba, Alhamdulillah, it is in the
		

			center.
		

			And as I said earlier, Kaaba, it is
		

			only our Qibla that's the direction.
		

			And the statement of Umar that is mentioned
		

			in Sahih Bukhari.
		

			Hadith number 1597 in the book of Hajj.
		

			Umar r.a, he said, while pointing and
		

			looking at the black stone and he said,
		

			اِنِّي أَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ حَجَرٌ لَا تَنْفَعُ وَلَا تَضُرُ
		

			لَوْ لَأَنِّي رَأَيْتُ الرَّسُولُ صَلَى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَامُ
		

			يُقَبِّلُكُ مَا قَبَّلْتُ Umar r.a, he rightly
		

			says, while pointing at the black stone, that
		

			I know that you are a black stone
		

			and can neither benefit me nor harm me.
		

			Had I not seen the Prophet, peace be
		

			upon him, kiss you or touch you, I
		

			would have not done so.
		

			From this we understand, it is sufficient to
		

			prove that we Muslims, we do not worship
		

			the Kaaba.