psyah
November 24, 2015, 4:34am
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Re: Banning Non Muslims in Makkah
If we look to the Prophet Muhammad (SAW), there simply was no such restriction. When the Jihad was over finally, he went into the Kaaba and broke the idols. The myth is that at that moment everyone finally submitted to Islam, but this can’t be possibly true. There must have been people who still did not believe in Islam.
But he didn’t check each person to see if they were really muslim or not and he did not block anyone from coming to Makkah. Makkah even then was a small city, it was not just the Kaaba and a few shops. People lived there. There is no evidence he asked anyone to leave their home who refused to fully practice Islam or embrace the religion. His own uncle remained non-muslim - never threw him out of his home. And his uncle lived in that area.
So I see no evidence we should be blocking nonmuslims from visiting, when Prophet Muhammad (SAW) didn’t even block people from living there.
I also know ZERO evidence of him blocking other peoples from doing trade with Makkah / Madinah, and this trade would have involved the traffic of nonmuslims into and out of the city (they didn’t have Fedex back then).
^ and so the above clear SUNNAH argues that the Quranic verses are only in reference to the setting up of idols in the area of the Kaaba. The idea was keep “idolators” out, hence refers more to the verb of “worshipping the idols”. Notice, the term “non-muslims”, or “disbelievers” or “people of the book” isn’t used. It’s “idolators”. Meaning people who want to expressly worship their idols in the Kaaba. The act of worshipping and setting up idols and letting people set up their idols there for parallel worship is what’s prohibited. Not tourism and curious people wanting to explore the faith before they convert, or for journalistic purposes or academic purposes. These things were allowed all before King Faisal, who saw a dream of a few jewish people digging a tunnel to Prophet Muhammad’s (SAW) grave and thereafter banned the entry of nonmuslims to the 2 holy cities. Prior to this, non-muslim people visited the two cities.
How do you guys not know this??
Sister PCG
Well you are obviously an expert in this area. Instead of then asking us here, I suggest you do something. Look through the annals of Islamic writings, legislation and whatnot and find the exact time in history when this was made law. Therein you will find the reasoning for having such an act in place.