Re: Prayers In The Direction Of Kaaba
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why did Allah tell us to bow infront of a physical monument every time we worship him? Couldn't we have just had the intention of worshipping him in our hearts and could have prayed in any direction? What are the reasons behind this? Thank you.
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allah told us so that we glorify Alka'aba much more than if it was not our qiblah
another thing that we should be aware of is: we do not worship Alka'aba we just direct our self towards it when we praay only in accordance with the orders of our creature and our god "ALLAH",
and this remind me of what Omar ibn Alkhattab -radya Allahu anhu wa ardah- said when he kissed the black stone:" I swear that I know that u do not binifit or harm and unless I saw the mamassanger of Allah kissing u I wouldn't do so"
he -Omar -RAA- - said so so that the people who saw him doing so know that he did not kiss the black stone for any reason but sunnat Mohammed -salla allah alayhe wasallam-
And about the intintion of worshiping Allah i think the people here did not miss any thing :)