Ikram Sanaullah – Do Muslims worship idols
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The speaker discusses the misconception that Muslims only worship the house of Allah, as it is not the same as other houses. They also give an example of a woman who sat on the exceptionally high level of the house, but did not want to be stepping on it. The speaker suggests that Muslims face a direction to create unity and that step-ups are not seen as respectful of the exceptionally high level of the house.
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There is a house
that the Muslims worship because they go there,
they touch on to that house, they face
that house,
they perform their prayers towards that house. So,
Muslims are also worshiping
idols like others. That's the misconception
that is out there. Then let me give
you the answer. Muslims don't worship that house.
They face towards that house. They get a
sense of direction by facing towards that house.
Because if there was no direction,
then every Muslim would be performing prayers according
to his or her direction.
Someone would be performing towards the east, someone
towards the west, someone towards the south, someone
towards the north. In one Masjid you would
have seen 1 person facing this side, 1
person facing the other side. But
we face towards fiblah
in order to create unity.
Everyone
may it be an African,
may it be an Asian, may it be
rich, may it be poor, whoever it is.
May it be old, may it be young,
may it be weak, may it be strong.
Everyone is standing together,
facing towards one direction.
Not in order to worship that idol, or
in order to worship that house, but in
order to create unity.
Another
example to understand that we don't actually worship
that house, we just face towards it,
is that
have you ever seen someone
stepping
or climbing
onto the idol?
Something that you worship, you respect it. Right?
You don't climb on it. But there have
been incidents in the past
where at the time of prophet Muhammad,
the companions have actually climbed on top of
that house, the house of Allah,
and they have called out Avaan.
So if we were worshiping that house,
no one would go on top of it,
out of respect. Because you can't step on
it either, right?