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On this Feast Moslems commemorate the sacrifice of Abraham:*
1 After these things God tested Abraham, and said to him, "Abraham!" And he said, "Here am I." 2 He said, "Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Mori'ah, and offer him there as a burnt offering upon one of the mountains of which I shall tell you." ...
6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it on Isaac his son; and he took in his hand the fire and the knife. So they went both of them together. 7 And Isaac said to his father Abraham, "My father!" And he said, "Here am I, my son." He said, "Behold, the fire and the wood; but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?" 8 Abraham said, "God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son." So they went both of them together. 9 When they came to the place of which God had told him, Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar, upon the wood. 10 Then Abraham put forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. 11 But the angel of the LORD called to him from heaven, and said, "Abraham, Abraham!" And he said, "Here am I." 12 He said, "Do not lay your hand on the lad or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me." 13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him was a ram, caught in a thicket by his horns; and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son. [Old Testament / Genesis 22]
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| | | | Adha Feast, commemoration of Abraham's Sacrifice | Tip Rating: | | | | |
" Say ye: We believe in God, 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 (all) Prophets from their Lord: we make no difference between one and another of them: and to Him we are dedicated." [Quran / Albaqara : 136]
On Adha Feast Moslems commemorate the sacrifice of Abraham, and the rush of Hagar seeking water for her infant Isma'il.
" Then, when (the son) reached (the age of) (serious) work with him, he said: "O my son! I see in dream/vision that I offer thee in sacrifice: now see what is thy view!" (the son) said: "O my father! do as thou art commanded: thou will find me, if Allah so wills, one practising Patience and Constancy!"
So when they had both submitted their wills (to Allah), and he had laid him prostrate on his forehead (for sacrifice), We called out to him, "O Abraham! "Thou hast already fulfilled the vision!" thus indeed do We reward those who do right.
For this was obviously a trial, And We ransomed him with a momentous sacrifice:
And We left (this blessing) for him among generations (to come) in later times.
[Quran / Assafat : 102 sqq]
Now one third of such sacrifice -that slaughtered by Moslems on Adha Feast- is offered to the poor, another (third) to friends, and the last kept for family use. Leave a Comment
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| | | | Kiswah of Ka'abah (the Kabah Drapes) | Tip Rating:  | | | | |
The Kiswah is woven from pure natural silk, which is dyed black. The sentences "La Ilah Ila Allah , Mohamed Rasoul Allah". "Allah Jala Jalal'h", "Subhan Allah wa bihamdih", "Subhan Allah A1 Azeem", "Ya hanan", "Ya Manan" are improdered on the black silk in thread of gold. The Kiswah is made up of 41 pieces. Each piece is 14 meters long and 95 cm wide. The wide belt, 45 meters long and 95 cm wide, comprises 16 parts.
The "Ikhlas Sura" from the Holy Quran is embroidered in gold as circles on the four corners.
These circles are surrounded with squares of Islamic decorations. Under the belt, there are also 6 verses of Holy Quran, each of them inside a separated form.
The drapes (Sitara) of the Kaabah door, which is called the Burqu'a, is made of the same black silk material, and it is 6.5 meter in height and 3.5 meters in width. The border and drapes are embroidered with silver threads covered with gold. The whole Kiswah is lined with a thick material of cotton.
The Kiswah has a interesting history through different eras. Some scholars argue that the first Kiswa was made by the Prophet Ishmael. It is mentioned by others that the first Kiswa was made by Adnan bin Ad, a great great- grandfather of the Prophet Mohamed (peace be upon him). But, most sources agree that Tub'a. King of Humayyur in Yemen was the first to start this tradition. After that, many others draped the Kabah during the pre-Islam period. Leave a Comment
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It is the stone upon which Abraham (may Allah be please with him) was standing while he was building the Kabah. It is circled with silver. the trace of footprints is clear in the stone. The late King Faisal Bin Abd AI-Aziz ordered to make a crystal glass cover, surpassed by an iron framework, with a marble foundation around the Maqam Leave a Comment
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an angel was the reason behind this well, when Hajer and Ismail were alone in that area she feard death of her son, she start walking between Safa & Marwa mountains, looking for help, and more importantly, doesn't want to see her son dieing as she simply can't help him.
all of a sudden, she heard sound, looked around and found a man standing over a flat dusty area, she asked him for help, and he asked her to come closer with her son...when she did,,he hit the ground with his feet-some say his wing- and water start coming out, this what later became known as zamzam well Leave a Comment
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located at the southeastern part of Kabah, a sign of divine grace. It is a heavy oval stone, of black reddish color. Its diameter is 30 cm, surrounded with a silver frame. The circler is required to kiss the black stone if possible but usually it is too crowded. It is told that muhammed the prophet (peace of Allah be upon him) said, "the stone and the station of Abraham are two bequeathed from paradise, but Allah obliterated their light, otherwise they would have lit between east and west". He also said, "when the black stone was lowered from paradise, it was whiter than milk, but the sins of humans made it black". Leave a Comment
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the Message was deliverd here, in this cave, the angel gave muhammed the prophet the message and asked him to deliver it to his people, convert them to Islam.
by the way, it is really hard to climp the mountain and could take you hours, as you climp you will find many "kiosk like" shops for refreshments and water, but they pay you extra charge Leave a Comment Directions: Hirra Cave is in Anour mouantain, nour means light.
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on January 8, 2006
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