Please explain the eminence of Holy Makkah and Kabaah? Islamic Fiqh

THE EMINENCE OF HOLY MAKKAH & KABAAH

 Please explain the eminence of Holy

                                          Makkah  and Kabaah?

                               

Answer: 

The holy Makkah is, indeed, the annals of social and religious evolution of mankind. It became a preaching centre of a particular family during the Prophet hood of Hazrat Ibraaheem [Alaiehis Salaam]and during the Prophet hood of Prophet Hazrat Ishmael [Alaiehis Salaam] it was a settlement of some tents and huts and then it gradually developed into a religious town of Arabia. 

After the advent of Holy Prophet Muhammad it became the bastion of Muslim world. There is in the Holy Quraan that the whole of Haram alongwith miles of outlying territory on all its sides has been made “Marja'-o-Maaman” (asylum, haven) for all Muslims of the world. 

Hundreds of thousands of Muslims visit Ka'ba tul Laah کعبۃاللہ” (the House of God) and perform 'Umrah all the year round. Jut imagine the multitude of the believers hailing from every nook and cranny that throngs it every year for Hajj. 

This practice is not just decades' old but is incessantly going on since the time of Prophet Hazrat Ibraaheem [Alaiehis Salaam] (i.e. for about four milleniums). 

The Kabah's being "Maaman" (safe and secure haven) and protected from every type of mischief and evil does not embrace only the structure of Kabaah or the grand mosque round it but also includes the outlying territory on all its sides where even hunting is forbidden under the Command of Islam what to speak of killing a human being.

Even during the days of ignorance i.e. before the advent of Islam, the Haram used to be a safe and secure haven where during the reigns of infidels and polytheists the hardened criminals would also succeed in taking refuge under the walls of Kabaah after committing heinous crimes. 

One of the "Adiyah" (supplications) made by Prophet Ibraaheem [Alaiehis Salaam]while constructing the holy Kabaah was:

“O'Allaah! Make Makkah city a place of peace and security.”

The peace and security in Haram (Holy Kabaah), Makkah city and in its adjoining areas has no parallel. Neither robberies take place nor caravans are looted and nor people murdered but instead if a murderer enters into Haram and takes refuge, he can not be killed there. Even the polytheist Arabs maintained such sanctity of the holy Kabaah and Makkah.

The other Du'aa of Prophet Hazrat Ibraaheem (ابراہیم علیہ سلام) was that the inhabitants of Makkah keep getting fruits and vegetables and in fact it is so. Plenty of fresh fruits, vegetables and dry fruits are available there notwithstanding the fact that the soil of Makkah is either hard-sandy or hard-stony and it also receives little rains. 

Besides, the Makkans are unaware of (if not then are novice in) agriculture and horticulture. In brief, the holy Makkah and Kabaah have been the sacred and worship places of Arabs since the ancient times. It was first constructed by Prophet Hazrat Aadam and after its demolition Prophet Hazrat Ibraaheem and Prophet Hazrat Ismael [Alaiehimus Salaam] constructed it anew.

The Holy Quraan terms the Kabaah first “Ma'bad” (place of worship) which reflects that the Kabaah is more ancient than “Baietul Muqaddas بیت المقدس”. “Bakkah” is the other name of Makkah. This city is the fount of spiritual and mundane and religious and worldly blessings and benefits for believers.

 The eminence, sanctity and superiority of this Holy city and Holy house have been touched upon by the Holy Quraan and Prophetic sayings at places and under different titles. 

The Holy Prophet (صلّی اللہ علیہ وسلم) said:

“This Ummat will remain in good so long as it upholds the sanctity of Haram and when people will abandon it they will perish.”

This is the very city that has the honour of being the birthplace and homeland of the "mercy" for all the worlds (the Holy Prophet). 

صلّی اللہ علیہ وسلم

The Islam sprang from here and it was the first centre of Islamic teachings. The effulgence of the verses of “Baiey-naat” enlightened and illumined the breasts of the believers here. This is the very city where a Governor of Christian empire and ruler of Yemen - Abraha who rushed the holy Makkah to demlish the sacred Kabaah was himself annihilated alongwith his army. 

It so happened that swarm of birds suddenly appeared from the sea-side holding pebbles in their beaks and claws which they rained on Abraha's army. As the pebble hit a soldier it would pierce through his body and his limbs would begin to rot instantaneously. 

Thus all soldiers were annihilated. Being perturbed and panicked by the catastrophe, Abraha fled the scene and died in Yemen immediately after reaching there.

There is in narratives that Abraha ابراہہ ordered his army that also included elephants, a strange animal for the Arabs, to advance towards the Makkah but the elephants even that one on which Abraha was himself saddled refused to move forward despite the fact the elephant driver scolded and hit him with the mace repeatedly.

 Strangely the animal would march in the direction of Yemen when it was urged to. In the meanwhile, the birds blitzed and annihilated them. This incident further enhanced the eminence and greatness of the holy Kabaah and Makkah.