# Did the Prophet restore the original rituals of Ibrahim at the Kaaba?

*Could the Prophet have restored the original Abrahamic rituals of the Kaaba?*

- URL: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/-opjez12nq8/s/3/
- Date: 2019-07-08 · Kind: question · Transcript tier: machine · Recording: Between Authenticity & Paganism: The Black Stone and Safa & Marwa -Mufti Abu Layth (24:46–26:42)
- Status: general teaching
- Watch from the start of the segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oPJEZ12NQ8&t=1486s
- Recording page: https://muftiabulayth.org/r/-opjez12nq8/

**Topics:** Hajj and umrah; Tafsir and verse study; Pre-Islamic Arabia

**Question as asked:** What if the Kaaba and the Black Stone were special, and the Prophet chose to bring back the real rituals of the Kaaba, Safa and Marwa and the Black Stone; is that possible?

**Summary (not a quotation; machine-made, unchecked):** No: nothing was in Makkah when Ibrahim arrived, and although he and Ismail built the house of remembrance, Safa and Marwa are never linked to him. The Quran presents them only as symbols for remembering God, so there is no point guessing at older origins.

**Checked position (checked by two independent reviews, not by the channel):** Mufti Abu Layth says the Prophet could not have restored original Abrahamic rituals of Safa and Marwa, since nothing was in Makkah when Ibrahim arrived and the Quran presents Safa and Marwa only as symbols for remembering God, without linking them to Ibrahim.

**Evidence, his words at 24:46:** “is that possible no because it's not possible because you have to remember when Ibrahim aleihsalaam goes to Makkah there's nobody there” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oPJEZ12NQ8&t=1486s)

## Longer summary

Mufti Abu Layth reads a question asking whether the Black Stone and the Kaaba were special and the Prophet chose to bring back the real rituals of the Kaaba, Safa and Marwa and the Black Stone. He answers that this is not possible, because when Ibrahim came to Makkah it was an empty valley with nothing already there. He accepts the understanding that Ibrahim and Ismail built a house for remembrance, which Muslims believe is the Kaaba, but says Safa and Marwa are not mentioned in connection with Ibrahim. He says some companions from Madinah refused the ritual as a pagan practice and Allah revealed the verse calling Safa and Marwa symbols for remembering God, without saying they date from Abraham, so there is no point guessing.

## Sources and names cited

- Ibrahim (Abraham)
- Ismail
- Quran 2:127 (Ibrahim and Ismail raising the foundations of the House): https://quran.com/2/127
- Quran 2:158 (Safa and Marwa are among the symbols of Allah): https://quran.com/2/158
- Ka'bah
- al-Hajar al-Aswad (the Black Stone)
- Sahabah

## Transcript (machine tier, 24:46–26:42)

[24:39] I'll look at that amazing here and untangle it today I'm a bit busy if that's not the poet says right so let's take a look at right so there's this hadith I want to go over this hadith somebody said what if the Kaaba black stone special and his followers the prophets chose to bring back the real rituals of the Kaaba Safa and Marwah and black stone is that possible no because it's not possible because you have to remember when Ibrahim aleihsalaam goes to Makkah there's

[25:18] nobody there it's nothing it's it's just a valley with you know with nothing so it's not that old already there but yes about there is this understanding that he builds a place for remembrance easier for Ibrahim alkali them in al Bayt why smile that him and his my Ismail build a house for remembrance now that we believe is the Kaaba okay now the so far Marwa isn't mentioned about him but it is mentioned in the Quran so this is my point when Allah mentions he he should Allah would have just said that because

[25:56] why is al-amin ship because the Companions rejected it some of the companions from Medina said we're not going to practice of al maraa it's not from it's from pagan practices so Allah reveals verse is telling you so you don't need to guess you can just read the verses Allah say suffered Marwa today our symbols for remembering God so whosoever considers them to be an act of worship Allah is grateful there you go case closed Allah could have said oh this was from the time of Abraham he he built it and he did this and he did that but he didn't so there's no point guessing

[26:34] that's my that's my point right

## Cite

Mufti Abu Layth Archive, segment -oPJEZ12NQ8/s/3. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/-opjez12nq8/s/3/

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