Kaaba

As his message drew more converts, he and his followers were perceived as a threat by the local tribal leaders and rulers of Mecca.

This was when the Quraish opposition arose against the prophet, who profited significantly from the annual pilgrimage to the Kaaba and feared they would be overthrown by Muhammad.

Trying to stop his preaching, some of the high-ranking Quraish leaders tried bribing him by offering a higher position in the tribal structure and an advantageous marriage.

But Muhammad refused.

The patient, including those who fast, will receive their reward without a count.

Fasting is held in high regard by Allah, similar to how the Kaaba is dignified, even though all acts of worship are for Him.

Fasting is a secret act of worship, as it involves refraining and desisting, with no visible action.

It is an internal act seen only by Allah, requiring pure patience.

First, Mecca.

The Kaaba, is that how they say it?

I believe so.

so.Which is translated to cube, cube-like, or the thing with faces.

Tis prayer that church bells chime unto the air.

Yea, church and Kaaba, rosary and cross, are all but diverse tongues of a world-wide prayer.

Footnote A. Winfield's translation of the quatrains of Omar Khayyam, number twenty-two, thirty-four.

So writes a poet, Omar Khayyam, whom Inayat Khan claims as a Sufi, and who at any rate seems to have had Sufi intervals.

What's known as Bayt al-Ma'mur.

Bayt al-Ma'mur is the blueprint of the Ka'bah.

If you travel...

If you took a space shuttle up from the Kaaba, went all the way up into the heavens and beyond, you find what's known as Bayt al-Ma'mur, the oft-frequented house, which rests on top of the Kaaba.

Did you know he lived in Mecca? No.

Did you know he built that Kaaba? No.

That square building that they circumambulate.

You didn't know that today? This is the first time you're hearing that? It's right there in chapter 21 of the Quran.

When you look at the Quran, you need to ask, "Is there any reference to Mecca in the Quran?" There is one verse in the Quran, chapter 48 verse 24.

That's the only verse we can find in the Quran.

If this is the oldest city in the history of mankind, if this is the center of trade, if this is where all the pilgrims went to from 1900 BC when Abraham supposedly rebuilt the Kaaba, then why is it no one's written about it, no one's talked about it, and we can't find any, find any reference to it, and there's only one verse in the Quran that refers to it? And that's why when you look and ask, "Well, who were these people that were there at that time?" we find no Muslims at that time.

Yeah, they called themselves Hagarenes, and they called themself Ishmaelites, 'cause in the lane, they're in the line of Hagar and the line of Ishmael.

We drink from the Zamzam water.

We see this beautiful Kaaba.

Who could think of these things? History is right in front of us.

We know what happened to the previous nations.

Number two is Sayyidina Umar ibn al-Khattab Radiallahu Ta'ala Anhu.

I mean, Umar, Al-Farooq, Al-Farqu bayna al-Haqq wal-Batil.

He is the one who because of him that they had the strength to pray in front of the Kaaba.

You will follow the Sunnah of Umar Radiallahu Ta'ala Anhu or the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam.

The Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam faced physical harassment.

The Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, in the beginning stages, the stages of Makkah, the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam goes to the Kaaba and is offering his salah.

There is a jama'ah, a group of Quraysh sitting there.

And they're chatting amongst one another.