I was watching Ancient Aliens a few nights ago and they briefly talked about Hajra Aswad (the stone placed in Ka’bah). Basically, they were acknolwedging that the stone is a meteorite from the heavens. they didn’t discuss it much but it had me thinking two things:
Has anyone done any kind of research/experiment to find out where it could have come from?
Has anybody found a similar rock else where?
I am really curious because this really does support their argument that Ancient Aliens indeed visited our planet and left us things of great importance. Could hajra Aswad be one of those things we have kept well preserved?
I love that show (ancient aliens). I think that erich von daniken is a funky genius.
Here is what wiki says
The nature of the Black Stone has been much debated. It has been described variously as basalt stone, an agate, a piece of natural glass or — most popularly — a stony meteorite. Paul Partsch, the curator of the Austro-Hungarian imperial collection of minerals, published the first comprehensive history of the Black Stone in 1857 in which he favoured a meteoritic origin for the Stone. Robert Dietz and John McHone proposed in 1974 that the Black Stone was actually an agate, judging from its physical attributes and a report by an Arab geologist that the Stone contained clearly discernable diffusion banding characteristic of agates.[SUP][3]](Black Stone - Wikipedia)[/SUP] A significant clue to its nature is provided by an account of the Stone’s recovery in 951 AD after it had been stolen 21 years earlier; according to a chronicler, the Stone was identified by its ability to float in water. If this account is accurate, it would rule out the Black Stone being an agate, basalt lava or stony meteorite, though it would be compatible with it being glass or pumice.[SUP][6]](Black Stone - Wikipedia)[/SUP]
Elsebeth Thomsen of the University of Copenhagen proposed a different hypothesis in 1980. She suggested that the Black Stone may be a glass fragment from the impact of a fragmented meteorite that fell some 6,000 years ago at Wabar, a site in the Rub’ al Khali desert some 1,100 km east of Mecca. The craters at Wabar are notable for the presence of blocks of silica glass, fused by the heat of the impact and impregnated by beads of nickel-iron alloy from the meteorite (most of which was destroyed in the impact). Some of the glass blocks are made of shiny black glass with a white or yellow interior and gas-filled hollows, which allow them to float on water. Although scientists did not become aware of the Wabar craters until 1932, they were located near a caravan route from Oman and were very likely known to the inhabitants of the desert. The wider area was certainly well-known; in ancient Arabic poetry, Wabar or Ubar (also known as “Iram of the Pillars”) was the site of a fabulous city that was destroyed by fire from the heavens because of the wickedness of its king. If the estimated age of the crater is accurate, it would have been well within the period of human habitation in Arabia and the impact itself may have been witnessed.[SUP][6]](Black Stone - Wikipedia)[/SUP] However, a recent (2004) scientific analysis of the Wabar site suggests that the impact event happened much more recently than first thought and might have occurred only within the last 200–300 years.[SUP][24]](Black Stone - Wikipedia)[/SUP] The meteoritic hypothesis is now seen as doubtful, and the British Natural History Museum suggests that it may be a pseudometeorite, i.e., a terrestrial rock mistakenly attributed to a meteoritic origin.[SUP][25]](Black Stone - Wikipedia)[/SUP]
The British Natural History Museum if they said that are talking without knowledge about what the Black Stone is ... yeah call it a psuedo ... but then give a plausible explanation to it ... instead of telling us what it is not ... tell us what it is!!! Sheesh ...
On a religious front there have been many "precious stones" - these are called "marwaan" the Bible calls them altar stones or corner stones - hajar al aswad is one such stone ...
Is this the only source you got? Hmm, I will do some of my own research and see what I can come up with. I thought one of you would know about this so why waste time.
Yes, I love that show too. Him and Zecharia Sitchin are both “funky” geniuses. Remember it was Sitchin’s idea before it became Eric Von Danikan’s idea.
I dont have much research on it but from religious point of view, as far as i am aware . it is thought to be a stone from heaven which was bought down by Gibraeeel AS upon completion of the initial build of the Holy Ka'ba by Hazrat Ibraheem AS.
However, In ahadith it has come so also that it is a stone from heaven. One fact that it was originally pure white and it has turned black over time due to the absorbing of sins of the people. ahadith mentions that on the day of judgement this stone will also be a witness amongst many other things that such and such person performed hajj and it i.e. the hajre aswad is a witness to it.
sang-e-aswad was white as i heard and it has turned black over the years due to constant touching...i believe it's now encased in a glass chamber embedded in the walls of the Haram shareef...no one can touch it!
I wonder Why is it so important that it's neatly placed in Ka'baa. I know that it is said to be from heaven and all but there has to be something more to the story. It seems like it was stolen a lot and broken and then brought back to ka'baa
I wonder Why is it so important that it's neatly placed in Ka'baa. I know that it is said to be from heaven and all but there has to be something more to the story. It seems like it was stolen a lot and broken and then brought back to ka'baa
it's because during a dispute at the time of renovation of the Ka'ba cubicle, Prophet [saws] is said to have lifted in his and put in a sheet which was held by leaders of different clans who carried it to the wall and once again Huzoor [saws] put it in the wall...it's considered mubaarak as Prophet [saws] has touched it. it has special privileged position.
^got it. Thanks!
welcome...some HIndus say you Muslims pray to the stones too...but they don't know that we do NOT pray to it or use it as a means of communication to Allah...we do it because it was simply touched by our Holy Prophet [saws]...i was asked by one of my Hindu friends in India.
welcome...some HIndus say you Muslims pray to the stones too...but they don't know that we do NOT pray to it or use it as a means of communication to Allah...we do it because it was simply touched by our Holy Prophet [saws]...i was asked by one of my Hindu friends in India.
Yeah, it's for the same reason muslims do not have any pictures of the prophet. I get it..
i believe it's now encased in a glass chamber embedded in the walls of the Haram shareef...no one can touch it!
It has always been embedded in the walls of the Kaba because that's where your tawaf starts. And it is not in any glass chamber because I have touched and kissed it in recent times.
Hajr-e-Aswad is just a stone. It is important and sacred to us since it was touched by our holy prophet(pbuh) and that it has been placed in 'Allah ka ghar'. We kiss it to show our love to Allah and His holy prophet(pbuh) just like we sometimes kiss a letter from our dear one. that piece of paper has no importance on its own but becomes important to us since it is associated with our dear one.
