Sadullah Khan – Holier than the Kabah

As we continue our theme for this Ramadan,

Profound lessons from the life of the Prophet

sallallahu alaihi wa sallam.

We are becoming increasingly informed

of the prophet's care

and his concern for fellow human beings.

But also for the environment,

for the creation as a whole.

And we certainly realize

that he emphasizes on numerous occasions

the special relationship

between the believers among themselves in particular.

In fact, as the Quran says, believers are

supposed to

be loving,

caring,

and compassionate

towards one another.

The Prophet salallahu alaihi wasallam

even linked the relationship between believers

to the notion of taqwa.

And taqwa is the very objective of our

fasting.

The objective of fasting is to attain taqwa.

And Allah and Rasulullah in Hadith documented in

the Sahih of Imam Muslim

said,

a Muslim is a brother of another Muslim.

He neither oppresses him,

nor does he lie to him, nor does

he betray him, nor does he look down

upon him, nor does he humiliate him. And

And then in speaking about the relationship between

believers,

he said,

is in the heart. And he'd said that

3 times pointing to the chest.

Then he said,

He said it's considered evil for a Muslim

to humiliate his fellow Muslims. And all things

of a Muslim is sacred to another Muslim.

His blood,

his property,

and his honor.

And such is the delicate nature

of this bond between Muslims.

Don't forget we are part of a larger

human family. We are all part of the

creation of the Rabbula'alamin,

the facilitator of development of all levels of

existence. But But then we're also part of

the human family. Within the human family we

are part of a a bond of brotherhood,

a band of brotherhood,

and of believers and of people of faith.

And such is the delicate nature of the

bond between this

fraternity, between the Muslims that the prophet sallallahu

alaihi wa sallam. Mean hadith documented Bablal Abimbun

Barak. He said,

But the wisdom in it is, it is

not permissible

for a Muslim to even look at another

Muslim with a look that the other brother

may find displeasing.

What to speak bad of him, what to

backbite him, what to cheat him, what to

backstab him, what to lie to him, what

to undermine him, what to humiliate him. Just

a look that he might find displeasing is

not permissible.

Considering this topic,

there was a moment in the prophet's life

which I want to reflect upon. A moment

when he was in a pensive mood,

Making tawaf around the holy Kaaba.

Reflecting on the relationship.

Making tawaf of the holy Kaaba.

But reflecting on the relationship

between believers. And Abdullah ibn Umar, radiAllahu anhumah,

says,

I saw the Rasulullah

alaihi wa sallam making tawaf around the Kaaba.

And as he was making tawaf around the

Kaaba, he looked at the Kaaba and then

Rasool said this,

He said Prophet sallallahu alaihi wa sallam said,

I saw the messenger Allah performing the tawaf

looking at the kaaba and saying the following

words. How pure and how good you are,

o kaaba.

How pure and good is even your fragrance,

o Kaaba.

How great and exalted you are, o Kaaba.

And how great and exalted is your sacredness

and your sanctity, oh Kaaba.

But,

by Allah, who has the life of Muhammad

in his hand, I swear the sanctity of

a believers blood and property in the sight

of Allah is greater and more sanctified than

yours.

The flesh,

the blood,

the dignity,

and the honor of a Muslim brother or

sister

is far more sacred than the stones and

the mortar of the holy Kaaba.

We honor the black stone in the Kaaba.

We say it's the heart of the Kaaba,

so we say,

we honor the black stone in the Kaaba

by kissing

it. When we make tawaf, if you can,

how much more care should we not show

and reflect

and exercise

in dealing with the heart and the lives

of fellow believers?