When you are dead; your remains become an inanimate object
that will eventually succumb to the whims of nature. I disavow any form of
extremism except one; the oneness of God. I made many trips to Mecca in the
last 30 years that I am in the Kingdom but not once did I kiss the black stone
nor even attempted to do so for one reason only – I feel uncomfortable with the
mere thought of touching even more so with kissing any object for religious
reason. I feel that the act will make me no different from idolatrous
religions.
that will eventually succumb to the whims of nature. I disavow any form of
extremism except one; the oneness of God. I made many trips to Mecca in the
last 30 years that I am in the Kingdom but not once did I kiss the black stone
nor even attempted to do so for one reason only – I feel uncomfortable with the
mere thought of touching even more so with kissing any object for religious
reason. I feel that the act will make me no different from idolatrous
religions.
Shock is a strong word to use but that is how I felt when I
went to Medina for the first time and found the grave of the prophet inside the
Mosque with people praying around it. I knew that it is forbidden in Islam to
bury the dead inside a mosque so I later searched how the prophet’s grave
happened to be where it is.
went to Medina for the first time and found the grave of the prophet inside the
Mosque with people praying around it. I knew that it is forbidden in Islam to
bury the dead inside a mosque so I later searched how the prophet’s grave
happened to be where it is.
The story goes that when the Prophet Muhammad (s.a.w.)
passed away; his family and friends agreed after proper consultation to bury
him right where he breathed his last – inside his house. The house is close to
his mosque so that as time passes by and Islam evolved to where it is today so
did his mosque expanded that eventually encroached upon where he was buried
meaning it was not intentional that his grave happened to be inside the mosque.
Maybe now is the time to move it.
passed away; his family and friends agreed after proper consultation to bury
him right where he breathed his last – inside his house. The house is close to
his mosque so that as time passes by and Islam evolved to where it is today so
did his mosque expanded that eventually encroached upon where he was buried
meaning it was not intentional that his grave happened to be inside the mosque.
Maybe now is the time to move it.
Personally; moving the grave to an unmarked grave is the
right thing to do.
right thing to do.
One of Islam’s most revered holy sites – the tomb of the
Prophet Mohamed – could be destroyed and his body removed to an anonymous grave
under plans which threaten to spark discord across the Muslim world.
Prophet Mohamed – could be destroyed and his body removed to an anonymous grave
under plans which threaten to spark discord across the Muslim world.
The controversial proposals are part of a consultation
document by a leading Saudi academic which has been circulated among the
supervisors of al-Masjid al-Nabawi mosque in Medina, where the remains of the
Prophet are housed under the Green Dome, visited by millions of pilgrims and
venerated as Islam’s second-holiest site. The formal custodian of the mosque is
Saudi Arabia’s ageing monarch King Abdullah.
document by a leading Saudi academic which has been circulated among the
supervisors of al-Masjid al-Nabawi mosque in Medina, where the remains of the
Prophet are housed under the Green Dome, visited by millions of pilgrims and
venerated as Islam’s second-holiest site. The formal custodian of the mosque is
Saudi Arabia’s ageing monarch King Abdullah.
New as i am in Islam, i share the same thought with you as i too believe that doing so does not differ me from christian's belief of revering a wooden/stone idol. In shaa Allah we are not wrong in this line of thought.
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