Non-Muslims object to our kissing of the Hajar Aswad, saying that it is form of worship. What is the answer to this? |
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The Semblance of Worship in kissing the Hajar Aswad In a like manner, when the second Khalifah Hadhrat Umar RDI was making Tawaaf and was about to kiss the Hajar Aswad, he first addressed it with these words because there were several new Muslims present, "I know well that you are just a stone that can neither do harm nor good and I would never have kissed you had I not seen Rasulullaah SAW kiss you." Had the Muslims regarded the Hajar Aswad as a deity that fulfils their needs, why would they ever address it in this manner? The kiss is done out of love, just as a person would kiss his children or his wife. Can it be said that he worships his children and wife and regards them to be deities who can fulfil his needs? Not at all. Fatawa Rahimiyyah Vol.1 ?
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