Baqarah 125
125- AND AS WE MADE THE HOUSE A PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO ASSEMBLE AND A PLACE OF PEACE AND SAFETY. AND TAKE THE PLACE WHERE IBRAHIM USED TO STAND AS A PLACE FOR PRAYING. AND WE ENTRUSTED IBRAHIM AND ISMAEL TO CLEANSE AND PURIFY MY HOUSE FOR THOSE WHO COMPASS IT, THOSE WHO RETREAT IN IT, THOSE WHO BOW AND THOSE WHO PROSTRATE.
The Kabba is the first house of worshipping Allah the Highest ever built. It was destroyed by time and floods, but Ibrahim and Ismail rebuilt it. Then Allah the Highest ordered them to cleanse and purify the house ready for the worshippers to worship.
Allah the Highest commanded Ibrahim to call upon people to go to the Kabba for Hajj (Pilgrimage). “AND CALL UPON PEOPLE TO COME FOR HAJJ, THEY WILL COME TO YOU ON FOOT AND ON EVERY LEAN ANIMAL (from long travelling) THEY SHALL COME FROM EVERY DISTANT PLACE”. (S: 22 A: 27)
Allah the Highest made the Kabba a place for peace and safety, for human beings and for animals and all creatures. Only harmful or poisonous animals or insects, or snakes could be killed there. This is part of honoring the Kabba, for Allah the Highest said: “THE FIRST HOUSE OF WORSHIP THAT WAS EVER APPOINTED TO MANKIND IS THE ONE IN MEKKAH, IT IS BLESSED, AND IT IS GUIDANCE TO MANKIND * THERE ARE CLEAR SIGNS THEREIN, THE PLACE WHERE IBRAHIM STOOD, WHOEVER ENTERS IT IS SAFE, AND ALLAH MAKES IT A DUTY UPON PEOPLE TO GO ON HAJJ TO THE HOUSE, FOR THOSE WHO CAN MANAGE THE WAY, AS FOR THOSE WHO DISBELIEVE, ALLAH IS NOT IN NEED OF ANY ONE”. (S: 3 A: 96-97)
Indeed, the day Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him entered Makah with the Muslim army, he told Abu Sofian to tell the people of Makah, that: “Whoever stays in his own house will be safe, whoever stays in the sacred mosque will be safe and whoever go to Abu Sofian house will be safe”. (Ibn Is, haq)
Because of the most honorable status of the Kabba, Makah the town which houses the Kabba have a very special and honorable status. It is a sacred town and what applies to the Kabba and the sacred mosque, applies to the Kabba.
Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him said: “But Makah was made sacred by Allah, not by man. It is not permitted to a man who believes in Allah and His messenger to shed blood in it or cut its trees. If someone thought of permitting it as Allah’s messenger fought in it, tell him that Allah permitted his messenger and did not permit you. But I was permitted this for an hour in a day, and it turned back today as sacred as it was yesterday. Let those present inform those who are absent”. (B: Hajj, 132 & M: Hajj; 446 & T: Hajj; 1 & N: Hajj; 111)
Allah the Highest protected Makah over the years from aggression and from invaders, answering the Dawaa of Ibrahim peace be upon him “MY LORD, LET THIS TOWN BE SECURE AND PROVIDE IT’S PEOPLE OF ALL FRUIT, THOSE OF THEM WHO BELIEVE IN ALLAH AND THE LAST DAY”. (S: 2 A: 123)
This protection was known to the Arabs for thousands of years before Mohamed prayer and peace upon him. The incident of the army of Abraha who marched on Makah with an army containing elephants to destroy the Kabba, but Allah the Highest destroyed the whole army, sending them birds throwing the army with destructive stones. This happened the year Mohamed peace upon him was born. At the time the chief of Makah was Mohamed’s grandfather Abd El-Motaleb. Allah the Highest recorded this event in this Sorah “DID YOU NOT SEE WHAT YOUR LORD DID TO THE COMPANY OF THE ELEPHANT * DID HE NOT LET THEIR PLOTTING GO ASTRY * AND SENT UPON THEM BIRDS IN FLOKES * THROWING THEM WITH STONES OF BAKED CLAY * TURNING THEM INTO THE LIKE OF BROKING DRY PLANTS”. (S: 105 A: 1-5)
The sacred mosque should not be a place for the criminals and evil doers to hide from the reach of the law. Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him said: “The Haram does not protect a sinful person, a person running away because of a crime or running away because of a blood crime”. (B: Seed; 8 & M: Hajj; 446 & T: Hajj; 1)
Praying at the site where Ibrahim stood:
This is the site where Ibrahim stood building the Kabba. Of course Ibrahim did not stand in one place, this is not possible, but there must be something special we do not know about this place.
It is reported that before this Ayah was sent down, Omar Ibn El Khatab asked Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him if the Muslims should use this site for praying.
Cleansing and Purifying the Sacred Mosque:
Allah the Highest commanded Ibrahim and Ismail to cleanse and purify that place ready for people to go for worship, in any form. It could be Tawaf, praying or Zekr. The place should be cleansed or dirt and Idolatry, as the House of Prayer. This responsibility should be carried out by all who are in charge of this Mosque.
Cleansing from Idols and Idolatry practices is as important, or may be more important than physical cleaning. These Idols and the practices are what lead people go gradually astray after Ibrahim and Ismail, peace upon them until by the time of Mohamed prayer and peace upon him there was 365 idols in the Kabba.
Therefore, not even idol worshippers are allowed in Makah. Allah the Highest said: “YOU WHO BELIEVE, THE IDOLATORS ARE NOT CLEAN, SO THEY ARE NOT TO APPROACH THE SACRED MOSQUE AFTER THIS YEAR, AND IF YOU FEAR POVERTY, ALLAH SHALL PROVIDE FOR YOU FROM HIS BOUNTY, IF HE WILLS, FOR ALLAH KNOWS ALL THINGS AND IS ALL WISE”. (S: 9 A: 28)
Purification should be complete, dirt, idols, idolatry practices, and idle worshippers. This is the responsibility of those looking after the Sacred Mosque in Makah.
B: Bukhari M: Muslim Mal: Malek A: Ahmed D: Abu Dawood
Da: Daremy Ma: Ibn Magah N: Nesae T: Termezi
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