Ikram Sanaullah – Do Muslims worship idols

Ikram Sanaullah
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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

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that the Muslims worship because they go there,

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they touch on to that house, they face

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that house,

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they perform their prayers towards that house. So,

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Muslims are also worshiping

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idols like others. That's the misconception

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that is out there. Then let me give

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you the answer. Muslims don't worship that house.

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They face towards that house. They get a

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sense of direction by facing towards that house.

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Because if there was no direction,

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then every Muslim would be performing prayers according

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to his or her direction.

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Someone would be performing towards the east, someone

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towards the west, someone towards the south, someone

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towards the north. In one Masjid you would

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have seen 1 person facing this side, 1

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person facing the other side. But

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we face towards fiblah

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in order to create unity.

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Everyone

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may it be an African,

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may it be an Asian, may it be

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rich, may it be poor, whoever it is.

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May it be old, may it be young,

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may it be weak, may it be strong.

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Everyone is standing together,

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facing towards one direction.

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Not in order to worship that idol, or

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in order to worship that house, but in

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order to create unity.

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Another

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example to understand that we don't actually worship

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that house, we just face towards it,

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is that

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have you ever seen someone

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stepping

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or climbing

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onto the idol?

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Something that you worship, you respect it. Right?

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You don't climb on it. But there have

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been incidents in the past

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where at the time of prophet Muhammad,

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the companions have actually climbed on top of

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that house, the house of Allah,

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and they have called out Avaan.

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So if we were worshiping that house,

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no one would go on top of it,

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out of respect. Because you can't step on

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it either, right?

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