Zakir Naik – Is Bowing to the Kaabah the Same as Idol Worship
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The speaker discusses the importance of the Kaaba in Islam, stating that it is the qibla at the direction of the prayer. They also explain that Islam is not a casual worship and that the Kaaba is the only direction for individuals to face. The speaker concludes that no one should ever worship the Kaaba, citing the statement of the second Khalifa of Islam, Hazrat responder, which states that only the qibla at the direction of the prayer is the only thing to face.
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Thank you. Do you have any other question?
You said you have 2 question. Yes. But
then if the organizer Okay. Has enough time?
No. Because we allowed the other, I would
give the same thing to you, brother. Bro.
Okay.
So this is just a short question. So
I'm so sorry. Earlier on you were talking
about,
Muslim,
should not pray towards an idol or object
or anything, because God is formless and He
is beyond our comprehension.
So, from my understanding, from just what I've
observed,
I probably believe it's wrong. But
when the Muslims performed their pilgrimage at Makkah,
the direction of prayers are facing towards a
stone pillar in the center.
So, what is,
isn't this contradicting to what Very good question.
Earlier? The brother asked a very good question
that if Islam is against idol worship, I
did not say God is formless. I said
God is imageless. The difference between formless and
imageless.
If you interpret your way, there'll be a
big
big blunder.
I said, God is images. I know that
God is formless. There's a difference between formless
and images.
Coming to your main question, that if Islam
is against idol worship and you go to
pilgrimage
and you bow on toward the Taaba, isn't
it same as idol worship? And this is
then my book, the most common question. It
is number 9.
The 9th most common question asked by non
Muslims about Islam is, if Islam is again
idol worship, why do you bow onto the
Kaaba when you pray?
And the answer is, no Muslim ever worship
the Kaaba. The Kaaba is our qibla at
the direction.
Because we Muslim believe in unity. For example,
today, all the Muslim want to offer salah
on the prayer. Some may say, let's face
north. Some may say south. Some may say
east. Some may say west. There'll be disunity.
So for unity, wherever you are, you face
towards the Kaaba. This is the verse of
the Quran of Surah Baqarah chapter number 2,
verse 1 44. We say
that when you pray, face towards the Kaaba.
So Kaaba is the qibla. It is not
we worship it. Furthermore, Muslim were the first
people who do the world map. And
in 11/54
was the first human being who drew the
world map. When the Muslim drew the world
map, South Pole was on top, North Pole
down, Kaaba was in the center.
The western cartographers came and they turned the
map upside down.
North pole top, south pole down, 8 Kaaba
is in the center.
So if you stay in the north, you
face towards the south. If you stay in
the south, you face towards the north. If
you stay in the west, you face towards
the east. If you stay in the east,
you face towards the west. Kaaba is the
center of the world.
When people go for umrah, when Muslims go
for umrah,
or we go for Hajj, we circle around
the Kaaba.
What is the reason we circle because it's
a commandment of almighty God. But logically, what
I can think that every circle has got
one center. When we circle on the Kaaba,
we are testifying that there's only one god.
And the statement of the second Khalifa of
Islam, Hazrat Umar. He said it's mentioned, Sahib
Bukhari, 1 number 2, in the book of
Hajj, chapter number 56. Hadith number 675.
Hadith,
be pleased with him. The second of Islam,
he said that this black stone
can neither benefit me, can neither harm me.
I'm kissing it only because I've seen the
prophet kiss it. This statement that the black
stone can neither benefit nor neither harm me
is sufficient to prove that Muslim don't worship
the Kaaba.
And lastly,
at the time of the prophet, there was
who stood on the Kaaba and gave the.
No idol worshiper will ever stand on the
idol he or she worships.
So this proves that no Muslim ever worship
the Kaaba. The Kaaba is the Qiblites only
a direction. Hope that answers the question.
Okay. Thank you very much for your time.
Thank you.