RITUALS AND CONTACT PRAYER NAMAZ طنا في الكتاب من شيء) ا فر (6:36م

[Quran 6:38] We did not leave anything out of this book

 ورضيت نعمتي  عليكم واتممت دينكم لكم اكملت اليوم(5:3 ) دينا االسالم لكم

Today, I have completed your religion, perfected My blessing upon you, and have chosen for you Islam as your religion. [Quran5:3]

"And We made the Qur'an easy to learn. Do any of you wish to learn?" (54:17)

Since the Qur'an does not explicitly say anything about praying 5 times a day, it may be considered less important from the Quranic prospective and it could be a deviation from the prescribed way of life (Deen-e-Islam) and from the guidance of Allah that was revealed in the Quran. The Qur'an does not specifically state the amount of prayers (Namaz) and its units that people should pray but at the same time Allah Says that the Quran is a complete guidance without any doubt i.e. it contains full and complete directions/guidance for the firm believers. (2:2)

(2:2ذلك الكتاب ال ريب فيه هدى للمتقين)

To make us understand Allah questioned us in the verse of the Quran 6:19, "Whose testimony is the greatest?" and in the same verse of the Quran Allah Himself replied, "Say, "God's”. This means that Allah does not testify/recognise/prescribe any other books/sources/traditions/saying /practices except what is written in His Book (The Quran).

Furthermore, in the verse 7:52 of the Quran Allah said, We have given them a scripture that is fully detailed, with knowledge, guidance, and mercy for the people who believe.

Verse 6:115 says,” The Word of your Lord is complete, in truth and justice. Nothing shall abrogate His words. He is the Hearer, the Omniscient”

Allah proclaims again and again that the Quran is complete, perfect, and fully detailed. Verses 6:114-115 explain that the Quran is fully detailed for the practice/regulations of religion (Deen) and complete in truth and justice.

“Shall I seek other than God as a source of practice/regulations, when He has revealed to you this book fully detailed? Those who received the scripture recognise that it has been revealed from your Lord, truthfully. You shall not harbor any doubt.( Quran 6:114)

Verse 6:114 clarifies what God means when He states that the Quran details everything and is fully detailed. The verse clarifies that the Quran is fully detailed for the practice of the religion. The fully detailed Quran clarifies that religious duties/ practices were given to Prophet Ibrahim (pbuh) and we are to follow in his footsteps (generation to generation) to practice Islam. It clarifies with other verses that messengers and prophets including Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) carried out religious practices given to Ibrahim (pbuh) (16:123).

Obeying and practicing outside sources and what is not revealed / mentioned in the Quran from Allah means that we do not actually believe that the Quran is complete (6:115), we do not believe that our religion (Deen) is complete (5:3) and also we do not believe what Allah has said in 6:36 and many other verses of the Quran;” We did not leave anything out of the Quran”. Hence, if we practice and follow the sources other than the Quran we become nonbelievers because we are not following Allah’s clear guidance that was revealed in the Quran.

"This is a blessed Book, which We have sent down – follow it and be conscious of your Lord, so that you may receive mercy – lest you say, ‘Books were sent to two communities before us: we were not aware of what they studied’, or ‘if only the Book had been sent down to us, we would have been better guided than them.’ Now your Lord has brought you clear evidence, guidance, and mercy. Who could be more wrong than someone who rejects Allah’s Revelations and turns away from them? We shall repay those who turn away from our verses with a painful punishment." (Qur’an 6:155-157)

Allah knew that Ahadith are made up and fabricated this is the reason why it is said about the Quran, “This is not fabricated Hadith; this (Quran) confirms all previous scriptures, provides the details of everything, and is a beacon and mercy for those who believe” (Quran 12:111) and the Quran is the only authorised source by Allah.

This Quran is not authorised by other than God. It confirms all previous messages, and provides a fully detailed scripture. It is infallible, for it comes from the Lord of the universe (10:37).

The concept of worship in Islam is different from other religions. Islam urges us to obey Allah’s commandments and regularly practice them for the welfare of others instead of practicing useless rituals in the name of prayer (Namaz) like other religions practice their worship in different shapes and styles. Also the rituals like Namaz are not compulsory to be Muslims because all Prophets declared that they were Muslims but no one ever prayed ritual Namaz like we do. Prophet Ibrahim (pbuh) declared himself a Muslim and the Quran duly urges us to follow the religion (Deen/path) of Ibrahim.

(2:135ن)قل بل ملة إبراهيم حنيفا وما كان من المشركي Say, "By no

means! We follow the religion of Abraham, the upright one; and he was not a pagan (idol worshiper)."

(2:128ربنا واجعلنا مسلمين) Ibrahim (AS) and Ismaeel (AS) prayed,”Our Lord make us Muslims”.

إذ حضر يعقوب الموت إذ قال لبنيه ما تعبدون من بعدي قالوا نعبد إلـهك وإلـه آبائك إبراهيم وإسماعيل وإسحق إلـها واحدا ونحن

(2:133مسلمون ) له

When death approached Jacob, when he said to his sons, "Whom will you worship after my death?" They said, "We will worship your God and the God of your fathers, Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac one God. And we are Muslims (2:133)

لكم الدين ووصى بها إبراهيم بنيه ويعقوب يا بني إن الله اصطفى وأنتم مسلمون ) (2:132فال تموتن إال

Moreover, Abraham directed his children to do the same, and so did Jacob: "O my children, Allah has pointed out the religion (Deen) for you; do not die except as Muslim."

وإسماعيل قولوا آمنا بالله ومآ أنزل إلينا وما أنزل إلى إبراهيم وعيسى وما أوتي وإسحق ويعقوب واألسباط وما أوتي موسى

ق بين أحد بهم ال نفر نهم ونحن له مسلمون ) النبيون من ر م2:136)

Say: "We believe in Allah, and the revelation given to us, and to Abraham, Isma'il, Isaac, Jacob, and the Tribes, and that given to Moses and Jesus, and that given to prophets from their Lord: We make no difference between one and another of them: And for this, we are Muslims." (2:136)

In the light of the above verses of the Quran we are not the first Muslims in the world but all prophets and their true followers were also Muslims. If Namaz was compulsory to become Muslim then it should have been mentioned in the books revealed to these Prophets and it should have been in practice of their nations and followers. In fact like the Quran Namaz is not mentioned in any of the earlier scriptures, which means that this ritual prayer is not from Allah and just made up by Persian Imams who wrote the books of fabricated Ahadith and spread them among the Muslims due to a conspiracy against Islam. It does not make sense that the Quran was revealed in classical Arabic language but bukhari, muslim, tabari, ibn daoud, tirmidhi and so on are Persians, who added their rituals in the Islam and the words of Allah!

In the year 773 AD, Al-Khayzuran bint Atta عطاء بنت the الخيزرانzoroastrian mother of both Abbasids Caliphs Al-Hadi, and Harun al-Rashid الرشيد blended 5 Zoroastrian Namaz rituals in Islam and هارونvalidated that forgery by forging hadith of Mi'raaj and the 50 rituals/per day absurdity! The Persian Imams of the time got strong support from Khaizraan who was, in turn, vehemently helped by Harun's Zoroastrian viziers, the BARAMIKA. So, she's the one who "canonised" NAMAZ in 153 A.H. (773 CE). Her main agent was Imam Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad Tabrezi, the first ever writer of Arabic to Persian dictionary, AL-'AIN and he translated the Quran as well and spread it to misguide the Muslim. Since then everyone copied his misleading translation and published with their names. Nobody ever bothered to look at the actual text of the Quran and compare it with the conventional translations.

The following daily five contact prayers have been taken from Zoroastrianism and incorporated into Islam and they even kept the same timings for all five daily Namaz!

1- Dawn prayer: Havaan = Fajr

2- Noon prayer: Rapithwan = Dhuhr

3- Afternoon prayer: Uziren = A'ssr

4- Evening prayer: Aiwisuthrem = Maghrib

5- Night prayer: Ushaen = Ishae

KHAIZRAAN spent a fortune on her project and distributed one million gold coins and 165 million coins of pure silver among her subjects to propagate the 'canonised' NAMAZ.

No doubt the Western researchers and historians did a good job and told us the true history which we do not believe because we think that they are KAFIRS and anti Islam. So I am giving you some of the relevant references about "Khaizran", the "Baramikah", the "Imams" and the contriving of today's NAMAZ from the following books.

- "Haroon wa Baramikatil Faras" (Arabic) by Sheikhul Ifta Salman bin Abu Qasim Baghdadi. Vol 1 pg 31-55

- "Meezan-il-Faris" (Persian) by Hujjatullah Abdul Qadir Ali Al-Moosvi pg 249-261

- "Takmilatil Lughatal 'Ain" 'Urfa (Arabic) by Al-Ustaz Jalaluddin Al-Ash'ari on Imam Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad Tabrezi vol 2 pg 3-5

- "Mujahid Al-Munafiq Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal" (Arabic) by Mullah Ali Al-Qari, pg 67-135

Namaz doesn't fit the overall message of the Qur'an because Deen of Allah is in the words of Allah and nowhere else. Islam is an old practice of all Prophets which has been transmitted to us by our Prophet (PBUH) and in the Quran, Allah does not ask for pointless things such as prostrating towards a cubic stone in a desert 5 times a day. Many people have written about five times Zoroastrian’s Namaz but if you do some research on the Arab pagans you will find that Arab Pagans also used to pray and prostrate to idols 5 times a day in the Kaaba and at home facing towards Kaaba, and prophet Muhammad (PBUH) has stopped this pagan pray. There is also a true historical fact that up until after 100 or more years of the death of Holy Prophet (PBUH) no one prayed facing towards Kaaba. However, when Zoroastrian canonised Namaz the Arabs, who used to pray and prostrate to idols 5 times a day before Islam came about, accepted the practice of Zoroastrian 5 time Namaz because pagans and hypocrites (Munafiq) were still around and wanted to keep Islam as well as their pagan rituals. The Arab pagans were well known for worshiping the “stones” and they used to pray and prostrate to

the cubic shaped stone called “Al-Lat” together with the moon god and other idols.

Ritual worship at the Kaaba and the kissing of the Black Stone are just the first of many practices adopted after Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and repackaged within monotheistic Islam.

The pagan gods of pre-Islamic Arabia were worshiped in the form of rectangular stones or rocks. For example, the pagan deity 'Al-Lat', mentioned in Qur'an 53:19, and believed by pre-Islamic pagans to be one of the daughters of Allah, was once venerated as a cubic rock at Ta'if in Saudi Arabia. An edifice was built over the rock to mark it apart as a house of worship.

Al-lat stood in al-Ta'if, and was more recent than Manah. She was a cubic rock beside which a certain Jew used to prepare his barley porridge (sawiq). Her custody was in the hands of the banu-'Attab ibn-Malik of the Thayif, who had built an edifice over her.She is the idol which God mentioned when He said, "Have you seen Al-lat and al-'Uzza (Surah 53:19).(Kitab Al-Asnam (The Book of Idols), p 14)

"A principal sacred object in Arabian religion was the stone, either a rock outcropping or a large boulder, often a rectangular or irregular black basaltic stone… of numerous baetyls, the best known is the Black-stone of the Ka’aba at Mecca which became the central shrine object in Islam".

(Encyclopedia Britannica - Arabian Religions, p1059, 1979)

There is no denying that the Black Stone was one among many stones and idols venerated at the Kaaba by the pre-Islamic pagans. The Black Stone was kissed during pre-Islamic pagan worship. This is the same stone (Hijr-e-Aswad) that Muslims kiss today when visiting Mecca.

Praying 5 Times Towards Mecca

Pagans prior to Islam would pray five times per day towards Mecca.

["Scholarly Pursuits: Joseph Lumbard, classical Islam professor". Brandeis. December 11, 2007]

Zoroastrians are also expected to recite their (kusti) prayers at least five times a day having first cleansed themselves by washing (ablution). So even today, this is not a practice unique to Islam.

[Donald E Gowan, The Westminster theological wordbook of the Bible, Westminster John Knox Press, 2003, p.168]

[Bowker, John, The Oxford Dictionary of World Religions, New York, Oxford University Press, 1997, pp. 763-764]

But, contrary to the Muslims, they pray in the direction of the Sun (at each time of the day) and/or of the Holy Fire (if they are in a Fire Temple). [Jack G Shaheen Arab and Muslim Stereotyping in American Popular Culture (1997) page=9]

[Joseph H. Peterson - GAHS (prayers for each period of the day) - Avesta Zoroastrian Archives, accessed May 27, 2011]

The Quran also mentions “Al-Lat” in the verse 53:19. If you read about “Al-Lat” you will find that it is a black cuboid shape female statue. If you look at the photograph of the Kaaba it is cuboid shaped having a black stone in the corner in the shape of the female private organ and this cuboid is covered with black covering, which relates to the planet Saturn Therefore, in reality Kaaba is itself an idol of “Al-Lat”. The statue of. (زحل)the moon god is also installed in the compound of Al-Masjid Al-Haraam, which is enclosed in the golden cage and presently known as “ Maqam-e-Ibrahim”. This is Also, known as the idol Hubal, which is still there together with many other stone gods.

So, now, just think about it, if we pray Namaz facing towards Kaaba what are we actually doing when Kaaba itself is a black statue of the female goddess “Al-Lat” and many more statues are still installed there? Aren’t we worshiping the idols in the name of Namaz? Thus, Namaz is a ritual of paganism and it is SHIRK that we commit 5 times a day.

The wrong interpretation of the Quran incorporated pagan rituals in Islam. Please see the following verse 5:2 of the Quran in which Allah clearly forbade us from performing rituals and animal sacrifice in Bait Al-Haram (Kaaba) but in the translation of the same verse 5:2 our scholars allowed all rituals and animal sacrifice.

هر الحرام وال الهدي يا أيها الذين آمنوا ال تحلوا شعآئر الله وال الشبهم ورضوانا ين البيت الحرام يبتغون فضال من ر )وال القآلئد وال آم

5:2)

ال تحلوا ,”means “No”, Do not ال .”means “Have” ,”permit”, “ allow تحلوا=Do not have

,”means “ state of the art”, “build” , “ creation”, “structure”, “rites شعآئر“rituals”, The actual proto root meaning of الحرام is the forbidden, the unlawful, the taboo, the illegal, the offence or the wicked. الحرام cannot be used as “sacred” as the opposite of حرام is حالل. So, throughout the Quran حرام with or without the definite article (ال) gives the meaning of its proto root ح ر م that is “forbidden, unlawful, illegal and protected. This proto root حرم does not give meaning of “sacred, grand or respectable” as wrongly taken by our scholars. In Saudi Arabia the word is frequently used for someone’s wife. I have lived in Arab society حرمہand observed them very closely. When they meet each other first they ask for themselves الحال then they ask for their wife and children and کیفsay ۔ بذورہ و حرمہ is used for one who is protected and forbidden حرمہ So . کیفfor others. Likewise محرم is used for those who are protected and forbidden and محروم is used who was made forbidden from something i.e. deprived of. The Arabic word حرمت is used for unlawful and forbidden but the same word حرمت in Persian is used for “respect, sacred and grand”. Unfortunately, instead of taking Arabic meaning of the Quranic word حرمت we took its Persian meaning in the translation of the Quran. Please see the right next verse 5:3of the above verse 5:2 in which the word حرمت is used as forbidden and unlawful.(5:3) مت عليكم الميتة والدم ولحم حر الخنزير

Forbidden to you the dead meat, blood, the flesh of swine (5:3)

.means “necklaces” , i.e القآلئد .the offering / the sacrifice الهدي Garland in the neck of animals as a sign to reserve for of sacrifice. ين آمmeans “trustee”, “protector”, “guardian”, “ care taker”, “ Legally bound”, “keeper”, “Master”, “ Manager”. البيت means “the house”, “ The home”

هر الحرام وال الهدي يا أيها الذين آمنوا ال تحلوا شعآئر الله وال الشبهم ورضوانا ين البيت الحرام يبتغون فضال من ر )وال القآلئد وال آم

5:2)

True translation of the above verse 5:2: “O believers do not have rituals for Allah, do not have forbidden month and do not offer/ sacrifice and do

not have sacrificial reservation necklaces and do not be a keeper/caretaker of the forbidden house.

In the above verse 5:2, Allah (SWT) actually forbade us from all traditional rituals including sacrificing animals and caretaking for the unlawful house, which is Kaaba the house of idols. Allah says further against the sacrifice:

(22:37لن ينال الله لحومها وال دماؤها)

“It is not their meat nor their blood, that reaches Allah”(22: 37).

فا والمروة من شعآئر الله فمن حج البيت أو اعتمر فال جناح إن الص(2:158)عليه أن يطوف بهما

Furthermore, in the above verse 2:158 Allah has said, “No doubt the Safa and the Marwa are just Allah’s state of the art/ Allah’s creation, whosever pilgrimage or visit the house must not incline/claim/stand in towards running around them.

However, in the current translations our scholars have distorted the meaning of the phrase فال جناح of the above verse 2:158 and translated as “there is no sin on them who circulate between Safa and Marwa”. Actually throughout the Quran the meaning of this phrase فال in the beginning of any “ ف“ have been taken wrongly. The letter جناحword puts emphasis on the stated action at the highest level. So, “فال “ means “must not”. “ جناح “ is derived from the root of ج ن ح So, the actual meaning of the root word جنح are “to incline”, “ to claim”, “ to deputise”, “to stand in” and in legal terms it means “to make substitute of someone/something”. يطوف is a present tense of طوف which means moving or running. Likewise, the cruise control of the vehicle is also known as طوف which also shows the meaning of طوف as the movement, running and traffic. A delegation of people or group of visitors are also called ہطا�ف ئ , therefore the Quranic word طوف gives a meaning of ‘movement or to move’ and not ‘to circulate’.

Now, you can see the accurate translation of this verse:

فا والمروة من شعآئر الله فمن حج البيت أو اعتمر فال جناح إن الص(2:158)عليه أن يطوف بهما

“ In fact the Safa and the Marwah are just Allah’s creation (state of the art), whosever pilgrimage or visit the house must not incline/stand in/ make rituals upon running around them”. (2:158 true translation)

Doing Tawaf between Safa and Marwa was originally a pagan pre-Islamic practice. Circumambulation is to go in circles around a particular object. In the present Islam, worshippers and pilgrims do this around the Kaaba at Mecca. Pre-Islamic pagans used do it to please the moon god Hubal, the 360 deities. If this ritual came from Prophet Ibrahim (pbuh) then why this ritual is not seen in Judaism and Christianity (the religions of those who are considered People of the Book). They do not practice ritual of circumambulation to please God. However, the ritual of 7 circumambulation is seen in Hinduism exactly like we do and we also recite the religious phrases during the circumambulation like Hindus. Ihram was originally a pagan requirement for worshipping idols during pre-Islamic times, which was also adopted from Hinduism.

Therefore, the Arab pagans were actually the Hindus who used to circulate 7 times around their idols wearing unstitched piece of white cloth, in the end of their idol worship they used to cut their hair and sacrifice animals (Baliبلی). Hindus still perform the same rituals in their Terath Yatra and complete 7 circles around their idol god “Shiv”. They drink Ganga Jal like we drink Zam Zam. Hindus also claim that the Kaaba was the temple of their lord “Shiv”.

Crescent Moon Symbol came from moon god of Arab pagans

Hubal was the moon god worshiped at the Kaaba. The crescent moon was Hubal’s symbol. Muhammad's (pnuh) pagan grandfather Abd al-Muttalib almost slaughtered Muhammad's (pbuh) father Abdallah at the Ka’aba, to Hubal. From Ibn Hisham:

An arrow showed that it was 'Abdullah to be sacrificed. 'Abdul-Muttalib then took the boy to Al-Ka'bah with a razor to slaughter the boy. Quraish, his uncles from Makhzum tribe and his brother Abu Talib, however, tried to dissuade him. They suggested that he summon a she-diviner. She ordered that the divination arrows should be drawn with respect to 'Abdullah as well as ten camels. … the number of the camels (finally) amounted to one hundred. … They were all slaughtered to the satisfaction of Hubal.[Ibn Hisham 1/151-155; Rahmat-ul-lil'alameen 2/89,90]

The Ka’aba, Islam's holiest shrine, has been a place where such pagan human sacrifices and slaughters have taken place for Hubal. When Muhammad (pbuh) founded Islam, he discarded Hubal. At the Battle of Badr, his enemy Abu Sufyan praised the high position of moon god Hubal, saying "O Hubal, be high". Muhammad (pbuh) asked his followers to yell back, "Allah is higher".

Is moon-god Hubal no longer "higher"? Is Islam completely free of the 'moon' influence? Take a closer look at mosques all over the world, and you are likely to find Hubal’s symbol, the crescent moon, positioned at a high point of the mosque. As with the Cross for Christianity and the Star of David for Judaism, the Crescent moon is today a universal symbol for Islam. Is it not paganism and SHIRK praying Namaz in the mosques where the symbol of moon god is installed on the top of the dome or minaret?

It may not be a deliberate effort to worship Hubal. And yet, interestingly, through Namaz (the pagan prayer) under the symbol of moon god ‘the Crescent moon’ we follow Prophet Muhammad's (pbuh) enemy Abu Sufyan at Badr, who used to pray for Hubal, "O Hubal be high".

This is the reason why the Quran has clearly mentioned Kaaba as a place of unlawful prostration i.e. Al-Masjid Al-Haram and always differentiates between Allah’s House and the house of unlawful prostration, which was and still is filled with polytheistic statues.

Would you like to make your home in the red light area? Obviously not. Then how can we say that Allah had nowhere to make His house except for a place where idols were worshiped five times a day? .For sure Allah did not make His House in Makkah ! The following verse of the Quran 3:96 tells us that the very first house of Allah was made in Bakkah.

The Ka’aba has nothing to do with Prophet Ibrahim or Ismael. It has a wholly pagan heritage. Egyptian Professor and foremost authority on Arabic literature, Dr. Taha Husayn, said the following:

The case for this episode is very obvious because it is of recent date and came into vogue just before the rise of Islam. Islam exploited it for religious reasons.[ As quoted in Mizan al-Islam by Anwar al-Jundi, p. 170]

We traditionally believe that the Kaaba was the original sanctuary of Prophet Ibrahim (pbuh) and was built at Makkah (Mecca). The Quran

declares however, that the first house of worship that Prophet Ibrahim (pbuh) built with his son Ishmael (pbuh) was that at a place called 'Bakkah' (Baca).

ة مباركا وهدى (3:96) إن أول بيت وضع للناس للذي ببك

“The first House ever to be built for people was that at Bakkah (Baca) blessed and a guidance for the worlds.” (3:96)

It is asserted by the majority of Muslims that both Bakkah and Makkah are a reference to the same place. This argument is difficult to accept as there is no proof that this is the case from a Quranic scrutiny. The Quran is fully conversant with the term 'Makkah' as a place and refers to it. There is no support for the claim in the Quran that 'Bakkah' is an old name for 'Makkah' or another name for it. Makkah was always known as ‘Makkah’.

Makkah is mentioned in the verse 48:24 of the Quran which means that the Quran separates “Bakkah” from “Makkah” and talks about two different places. However, our traditionally wrong translations mislead us by describing Bakkah as Makkah whereas there is no historical evidence available in the support of those Muslim scholars who have invented the lie that Bakkah was the old name of Makkah.

(48:24ببطن مكة ) وهو الذي كف أيديهم عنكم وأيديكم عنهم

"And He it is Who has withheld men's hands from you, and has withheld your hands from them, in the valley of Makkah, after He had made you victors over them. God is seer of what you do" (48:24)

A very significant question is quite appropriate here:

The Quran makes use of the word 'Makkah'. So why wasn’t it use in verse 3.96?

It is important to note that the mention of 'Bakkah' as the original sanctuary is being confirmed during a dialogue with the People of the Book who would have had recourse to their own scriptures. Let us note the dialogue.

Quran 3:93-100

All food was lawful to the Children of Israel, except what Israel Made unlawful for itself, before the Law (of Musa) was revealed. Say: "Bring ye the Law and study it, if ye be men of truth." If any, after this, invent a lie and attribute it to God, they are indeed unjust wrong-doers. Say: "God speaks the Truth: follow the religion of Ibrahim, the upright in faith; he was not of the polytheists." The first House appointed for men was that at Bakkah: Full of blessing and of guidance for all kinds of beings: In it are Signs Manifest; (for example), the Station of Abraham; whoever enters it attains security; Pilgrimage to is a duty men owe to God,- those who can afford the journey; but if any deny faith, God stands not in need of any of His creatures. Say: "O People of the Book! Why do you reject the Signs of God, when God is Himself witness to all you do?" Say: "O ye People of the Book! Why do you obstruct those who believe from the path of God seeking to make it crooked, while you were yourselves witnesses (to God's Covenant)? but God is not unmindful of all that you do." O ye who believe! If you listen to a faction among the People of the Book, they would (indeed) render you disbelievers after ye have believed!"

The Arabic verb bakka ( !ك means to crowd “ک “ with TASHDEED on ,(بlike in a bazaar and without TASHDEED on “ ک“ the Arabic verb baka (ك%ى كب ) is the past participle of yabki (ك%ي ب) ك* ), means to cry.

'Bakkah' (or Baca) was a place known to the People of the Book as is evidenced from their scriptures and in the dialogue captured above. What is meant by 'Baca' in the Hebrew text (i.e. weeping etc) does not deter from the point that this valley (Hebrew: emeq {ay-mek} valley / lowland / open country or vale) within Palestine was known to the People of the Book at the time of Prophet Muhammad's (pbuh) preaching.

Please see the reference of Zaboor (Psalm 84:6) in which Allah has already mentioned the place “Bakka”.

Psalm 84:6 New International Version (NIV) “As they pass through the Valley of Baka”, ם׃ לבב לות ב[ ס[ ך מ דם עוז־לו ב י א (original Hebrew text)אשר

Psalm 84

84.1 How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!

84.2 My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.

84.3 Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God.

84.4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.

84.5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.

84.6 Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.

84.7 They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.

84.8 O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.

84.9 Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.

84.10 For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

84.11 For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

84.12 O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.

'Baka' is a place known to be in Palestine

NO HEBREW PROPHET HAS BEEN KNOWN TO PERFORM PILGRIMAGE AT MAKKAH

If, as the Quranic verse states, Prophet Ibrahim's (pbuh) first house was a blessing for all 'Mankind' (Arabic: Alameen) (3:96) and that pilgrimage

was 'proclaimed' to all mankind (22:27), then a very valid question arises.

Why did no Prophet after Prophet Ibrahim (pbuh) (of which there were many) ever travel to Makkah to perform the pilgrimage?

There is no documented proof or support that Prophets Lut, Musa, Haroon, Yaqub, Yusuf, Daud, Suleman, Yunus and even Isa (pbut) ever travelled to a sanctuary in the Arabian Hijaz at Makkah to perform pilgrimage, nor did their followers.

This is a very sound question as the place of worship had already been proclaimed (2:128) and the Pilgrimage had already been declared (22.27) before the births of all of these messengers of God. Why is it then that none of the followers of these messengers were ever known to travel to Makkah in Arabia to fulfil their rites first instituted by their father of faith, Prophet Ibrahim? (pbuh)

وأذن في وأذن في الناس بالحج يأتوك رجاال وعلى كل ضامر (22:27) الناس بالحج يأتوك رجاال وعلى كل ضامر

"And proclaim to mankind the pilgrimage. They will come to thee on foot and on every lean camel; they will come from every deep ravine")22:27(

· Note the proclamation to 'An Naas' (all mankind).

It remains difficult to accept the proposition that all the Prophets that came after Prophet Ibrahim (pbuh) (Musa, Daud, Suleman, Isa (pbut) and all the others (pbut)) would perform their practices at a place other than the location that is being mentioned above. We know that these practices were prescribed from the previous scriptures. It is also clear that these practices were being performed in localities around Jerusalem not Makkah. There is no mention of Makkah as a sacred place in any historic document for the followers of the previous scriptures.

The old sanctuary that Prophet Ibrahim (pbuh) constructed has been described as a ‘mubaraka’ (blessing) and a ‘huda’ (guidance) for all ‘alameen’ (creation) in the Quran. Here again a valid question arises. How can the Kaaba sanctuary today at Makkah serve the conditions of a blessing and guidance to all mankind when Jews, Christians and others are forbidden from its precincts?

Certainly in Jerusalem, Muslims, Christians and Jews are all allowed within its environs.

QURAN 3:96

“The first House appointed for men was that at Bakkah: Blessed and guidance for all kinds of beings”

The Quranic use of the term 'Blessed' to signify a land that is blessed has always been reserved for localities around the Jerusalem;

For example, some terms used in the Quran.

(1) Barakna hawlahu: 17:1 - Masjid Aqsa (Bait Al-Muqaddas)

(2) Barakna fiha: 7:137 - Blessed lands for the Children of Israel

21:71 - Prophets Ibrahim and Lut (pbut) delivered to the blessed lands

21:81 - Wind flowed for Suleman (pbuh) on the blessed lands

34:18 - Saba and cities in-between

(3) Mubarakan: 3:96 - The first house that Prophet Ibrahim (pbuh) built

The Quran never makes use of the term 'barakna' to describe the sanctuary at Makkah, which is normally referred to as 'Masjid Haram' (Prohibited / inviolable mosque ) or the Kaaba which is present within its bounds.

قام إبراهيم ) نات م (3:97فيه آيات بيـ

In it are Signs manifest, the Station of Ibrahim

Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) discarded the 360 idols and did not retain for Islam, the Kaaba (the house of idols) and its Black Stone. Afterwards the pagan shrine was reconstructed with the black stone (Hajr-e-Aswad) and fake Maqaam-e-Ibrahim was made justifying it with the claim that Ibraham (pbuh) and Ismael(pbuh) originally constructed it. However, there is no historical or archaeological evidence for the existence of the Kaaba beyond a few hundred years before Prophet Muhammad's (pbuh) lifetime.

قام إبراهيم مصلى وإذ جعلنا البيت مثابة للناس وأمنا واتخذوا من مرا بيتي للطائفين والعاكفين وعهدنا إلى إبراهيم وإسماعيل أن طه

جود ) كع الس (2:125والر

“As We made the House a place of assembly for people and a place of safety. And appointed the place of Ibrahim a meeting point. And We covenanted with Ibrahim and Ismael that they should sanctify My House for the visitors and for those who stay and for their humble submission”(2:125 true translation). للطائفين means ‘for visitors’ and كع ’means ‘the people who stay العاكفين means ‘the humble who الرbow down before Allah’s commandments’ and جود means الس‘submission to Allah’.

There is strong support that the Prophets before Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) held the area of Jerusalem and the Temple within its environs and the ‘signs’ are at Jerusalem where one would also find the station of Prophet Ibrahim (pbuh).

Maqaam-e-Ibraham at Makkah claims to bear the 'foot imprints' of Prophet Ibrahim (pbuh) from nearly 4000 years ago. This is quite an interesting claim but not without some academic incredulity.

Have these footprints actually been preserved for nearly 4 millennia without the knowledge of anyone from the previous readers of the scriptures? Or are they a later institution to give the site validity as the original sanctuary of Prophet Ibrahim (pbuh)?

The Jews claim the Foundation stone (Hebrew: Even haShetiya) at the site of the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem to be the location where Prophet Ibrahim (pbuh) nearly sacrificed his son Isaac (pbuh) but our traditions say that Prophet Ibrahim(pbuh) was passing through Minah near Makkah when Shaitan stopped him three times and he stoned Shaitan. However, whoever made up this false story of stoning the Shaitans did not realise that Jerusalem to Minah or Makkah is not on the walking distance for someone who walked with his Son from home to sacrifice him. Or did Prophet Ibrahim walk with his son all the way from Jerusalem to Minah about 2000 kilometres to sacrifice his son and Shaitan stopped him 2000 kilometres away from their homeland? Therefore the ritual of stoning Shaitan at the time of Hajj seems doubtful.

Prophet Ibrahim's (pbuh) first house that he built with Prophet Ishmael (pbuh) has never been described as the 'Masjid Haram', the 'Kaaba' or

indeed the 'Haram' in the Quran. (The latter 'haram' (forbidden) being the key epithet for the site at Makkah).

The term 'haram' means to forbid, prevent, to make unlawful, deprive, inviolable, to be refused something or to involve some contention or wrangling. This definition is certainly consistent with many Quranic verses used to describe the sanctuary at Makkah.

The original sanctuary built by Prophets Ibrahim and Ismael (pbut) however has been described with the key epithet 'Bayt' (house) and usually with a prefix or a suffix but without the use of term 'haram' (forbidden / inviolable). Whether this is the first house (Awwala Bayt) or the Ancient House (Bayt al-ateeq) or simply 'the house' (al-bayt), there appears to be consistent use of the term 'Bayt' without the use of 'haram'. Where Bayt and haram appear combined, the Arabian sanctuary is indicated as in 5:2 and 5:97.

The Quran describes the sanctuary at Makkah as:

Masjid Al Haram - 2:144, 2:217, 5:2, 8:34, 9:7, 9:19, 9:28, 17:1, 22:25, 48:25; 48:27

Kaaba - 5:95; 5:97

Bayt Al Haram (Sacred House) - 5:2, 5:97

Bayt (House) - 8:35, 2:158

To describe the Sanctury that Prophet Ibrahim (pbuh) built with his son.

Bayt al Ateeq (Ancient House) - 22:29, 22:33

Awwala Bayt (First House) - 3:96

Bayt Al Ma'amur (Frequented House)- 52:4

Bayt (House) - 22:26, 2:125, 2:127

ر بيتي أنا إلبراهيم مكان البيت أن ال تشرك بي شيئا وطه وإذ بوجو كع الس (22:26)د� للطائفين والقائمين والر

"As We gave to Ibrahim, the site of the House , indeed associate not anything with Me and sanctify My House for visitors and for residents and for humble submissions ")22:26 true translation(

· No 'Masjid Haram' is mentioned. Only the 'House ' situated at a particular site.

It is inconceivable to imagine that all the Prophets that came after Prophets Ibrahim (pbuh) (Musa, Daud, Suleman, Isa (pbut) and all the others (pbut)) would perform their duties/practices at a place other than the location that is being mentioned. We know that these religious practices were prescribed from the previous scriptures. It is also clear that these practices were being performed in Jerusalem, not Makkah. There is no mention of Makkah as a sacred place in any historic document or previous scripture.

( 22:33)قإلى البيت العتي(, 22:29)ق وليطوفوا بالبيت العتي 

Ancient House is mentioned - No Masjid Haram

The black cuboid shaped kaaba cannot be built on the actual foundations of Prophet Ibrahim and Ismael because they were urged to keep it sanctified for the visitors, for staying in it and for those who accept and practice Allah’s commandments (2:125). However, the door of this black cuboid is always closed for general public it is also impossible to gather people up and stay in the small cuboid. If the area of HATEEM was inside the black cuboid at a time then again the current building of kaaba i.e.the cuboid is not built on the original foundations of Prophet Ibrahim (pbuh). The outer area of this cuboid has also been extended so many times which cannot be considered the part of original sanctuary raised by Prophet Ibrahim (pbuh). In the light of these practical facts we should accept this reality that the Prophet Ibrahim (pbuh) did not build this black cuboid that is at present known as kaaba and there is no doubt that this black cuboid was built by pagans to worship idols.

We all know that our Holy Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) had demolished all idols of kaaba but we do not know the fact that our Prophet (pbuh) had also demolished the cuboid. The cuboid (kaaba), however, was reconstructed afterwards and supported by fabricated ahadith in which it was wrongly described that Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) had installed the black stone (Hajr-e-Aswad) in the Eastern corner of the cuboid and

kissed this black stone. This lie was invented to mislead the Muslim nation to turn them towards paganism.

Consider this: if Alcohol is declared Haram and Allah orders you to destroy it, will you destroy the alcohol and keep the bottle? Keeping the empty bottle means that you left the option open for someone to refill this bottle with the forbidden alcohol again. Likewise, if the cuboid of kaaba was used to serve as a shelter or container for the idols since the idols were kept inside this cuboid, then breaking the idols but preserving their cubical store room (kaaba) means to leave the option open for paganism or idol worship to start again. Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) could not have left the option open to restart idol worship.

Furthermore, there is evidence in the history of Arab pagans that they had engraved their idols on the walls of kabaa (the cuboid) and they also had paintings of their gods on the walls of the cuboid which cannot be destroyed without destroying the cuboid (kaaba) itself. So, there was no other option left but to smash the cuboid. Therefore, Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) demolished the cuboid of kaaba together with its idols. The history of kaaba also tells us that the said cuboid was reconstructed 100 or more years after the death of the Holy Prophet (pbuh) and it was demolished and reconstructed many times afterwards. This is also a historical fact that at one time the black stone (Hijr-e-Aswad) was removed and smashed and the cuboid remained without the black stone for many years. The smashed pieces of the black stone were then joined together and placed in a silver enclosure and reinstalled in the cuboid. This black stone (Hijr-e-Aswad) is known as the Hindu idol shiv ling. The stone of the moon god is installed in the golden cage as the station of Ibrahim (Maqam-e-Inrahim) and the black cuboid is itself an idol and symbol of Al-Laat.

Therefore, whenever we pray Namaz in the Masjid Al-Haraam or anywhere else facing towards the kaaba (cuboid) we are in reality worshiping idols and committing SHIRK minimum 5 or more times a day. Praying more Namaz and committing more Shirk because Namaz is idol worship and paganism.

How can we capture Allah in the small cuboid of kaaba when He is the Master of the universes and His presence is everywhere? According to the verse 2:177 of the Quran, it doesn’t matter to Allah whether we face towards the East or the West. Allah’s worship is only His obedience and nothing else, whereas the ritual Prayer Namaz cannot be performed without facing towards the particular direction of the cuboid of kaaba !

We are only required to obey Allah (SWT) and our accountability will be according to the orders of the Quran. We will not be asked why we did not obey other books/sources/traditions/sayings outside the Quran. The details of Allah’s orders which we have to follow are mentioned in the following verse 2:177 of the Quran. If we obey Allah’s orders we will become obedient and will be successful in the Hereafter. Allah does not mention the ritual of Namaz as it is not Allah’s worship at all. ليس البر أن تولوا وجوهكم قبل المشرق والمغرب ولـكن البر من آمن بالله واليوم اآلخر والمآلئكة والكتاب والنبيين وآتى المال على آئلين بيل والس حبه ذوي القربى واليتامى والمساكين وابن السكاة والموفون بعهدهم إذا الة وآتى الز قاب وأقام الص وفي الراء وحين البأس أولـئك الذين ر ابرين في البأساء والض عاهدوا والص

(2:177فن )صدقوا وأولـئك هم المتقو

The righteousness/obedience is not that you turn your faces/fronts facing the sunrise/east, and the sunset/west, and but the righteousness/obedience (is) who believed with God, and the Day the Last/Resurrection Day, and the angels and The Book , and the prophets, and brought/gave the property/possession/wealth on his love/like (to it), (to) of the relations/near (ones), and the orphans, and the poorest of the poor/poor oppressed, and the traveler/stranded traveler , and the askers/beggars , and in the necks'/slaves' (freeing) , and kept up/performed the prayers, and gave/brought the charity/purification , and the fulfilling with the promise/contract if they promised/made a contract, and the patient in the misery/hardship and the calamity/disastrous distress , and (during the) time of the war/hardship ,those are who were truthful, and those, those are the fearing and obeying (God).(2:177 translation by Literal)

True piety does not consist in turning your faces towards the east or the west - but truly pious is he who believes in God, and the Last Day; and the angels, and revelation, and the prophets; and spends his substance - however much he himself may cherish - it - upon his near of kin, and the orphans, and the needy, and the wayfarer, and the beggars, and for the freeing of human beings from bondage; and is constant in prayer, and renders the purifying dues; and [truly pious are] they who keep their promises whenever they promise, and are patient in misfortune and hardship and in time of peril: it is they that have proved themselves true, and it is they, they who are conscious of God.(2:177 translation by Asad)

I have written what I understood from my research and study of the Quran over the years but Allah knows the best.

Dr. Kashif Khan