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ShadowsAndDust
Well then what do you think of the pagan rituals still practiced by Muslim's?
Muslims don't practise pagan rituals.
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ShadowsAndDust
I am not insulting you but i question everything before i jump in it.
The above wasn't questioning, but an making assumption. Assumptions aren't good, on the contrary they are dangerous, because they give rise to misunderstandings. Questioning to learn and understand, on the other hand, is good.
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ShadowsAndDust
Circumambulation is one of th eoldest pagan rituals practices ive known and very common in Hinduism and i have known Sanatana Dharma before i have knewn anything about Islam.
Circumambulation is not a pagan ritual. However, if you circumambulate an object to worship it, or believing that you are worshipping it, then it becomes one. Hindusim is the classic example you gave above. At weddings, the bride and groom circumambulate a fire, which they believe to be the Hindu deity agni, so they circumambulate one of their gods, as a form of worship to the god they are circumambulating, the god of fire, who has two heads, a father, a wife, and three sons, brothers etc.
Taking your argument, one can say that worship is a pagan ritual, because some people worship many gods. But as we know, that's not the case. Worship is monotheistic if you worship the One True Lord, and polytheistic or pagan if you direct your worship to more than one deity. It depends who or what you're worshipping. It does not make the whole of worship in general, pagan.
Muslims do NOT worship the ka'bah. Worshipping anything, anybody, or any object, other than Allah, is the biggest sin one can commit in Islam. There are many verses in the Qur'an about the ka'bah, here are two pertinent ones:
Let them worship the Lord of this House. (Qur'an, 106:3)
Notice, it doesn't say let them worship the house, but wherever we are, we must always worship the Lord of the house. Worship of the house, is a SIN. No Muslim worships the ka'bah.
And [mention, O Muhammad], when We designated for Abraham the site of the House, [saying], "Associate not anything (in worship) with Me; and purify My House for those who perform Tawaf and those who stand [in prayer] and those who bow and prostrate.(22:26)
Again, affirming we cannot join anything in Allah's worship, be that the ka'bah, the moon, trees, Jesus (peace be upon him), anything or anybody at all.
Prophet Abraham (peace be upon him) and his son Ishmael (peace be upon him) built the Ka'bah in response to Allah's command, as a special place dedicated for the worship of the One True God and invited humanity to visit it for that purpose. Even today, Muslims who are physically and financially able have to make pilgrimage to it once in a lifetime.
The Ka'bah has remained at the centre of a continuous tradition of worship and devotion, up to the present day. Amongst the ancient religious rites particular to the Ka'bah is circumambulation (walking around it - tawaaf). We now know that creation is in fact always in a state of circumambulation: whether at the micro level, with the electrons that go round the nucleus of an atom, or at the mega level with the Earth and the other planets orbiting the Sun. Allah has appointed for us a central point, to go around when directly in front of it, and to use as a direction for prayer, when we are not.
It symbolises the centrality of Allah to a Muslim's life, and our obedience to His command. It suggests the integrating and unifying power of monotheism in human life and how a Muslim's life should revolve around a pure devotion to Allah. A muslim strives to lead his or her life devoted to Allah, and this is what is physically expressed when he or she joins many of creation by also going into circumambulation and going round the point assigned by Allah for that purpose, in response to His command, and following in the footsteps of the Prophets He sent.
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ShadowsAndDust
I will say this about you, your the wise-man of this forum thats for sure
No. I am one of the learners. There are far more knowledgeable and wise people here.