Q11- If Islam is so against any form of idol worship, why do they bow to the kaaba? Why do they call it God's House? Do they believe He lives there?
A11- Islam does not allow bowing down to idols in worship. One of the forms of worshiping Allah Almighty in Islam is to bow down to Him. Since Allah Almighty ordered Abraham the father of Ishmael and Isaac peace be upon them to build the Kaaba (the cubic black building in the city of Mecca, in Saudi Arabia today), people called it the house of GOD Almighty, and it became the direction for us to bow down to Allah Almighty in worship. So in other words, we Muslims worship Allah Almighty in the direction of the location of the Kaaba (The House of Allah Almighty in Islam), but not through the image of the Kaaba.
When Muslims bow down to Allah Almighty in worship at their homes, they do not bow down to the sofa, or to the pair of shoes, or to the table, or to the wall, or to the door, or to the TV, or to any object that is in front of them in their homes. No, they bow down to Allah Almighty only. The Kaaba is the same thing. We do not bow down to it in worship in any shape or form! We bow down to Allah Almighty in its direction.
Otherwise, if everyone were to pick their own directions and their own methods in bowing down to Allah Almighty, then we would end up having Muslims bowing down to idols such as stones, and gods made from wood in their worships.
We do not believe that Allah Almighty lives there. Allah Almighty is unlimited and is every where. Even in the Bible, Jesus peace be upon him bowed down to Allah Almighty the Islamic way; "Going a little farther, he [Jesus] fell with his face to the ground and prayed, 'My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.' (From the NIV Bible, Matthew 26:39)"
Although I can't prove this theory, but I personally believe that when Jesus bowed down to GOD Almighty, he was bowing down in the direction of Kaaba, since it was called GOD's house and was built by Abraham peace be upon him. Is there a single Christian out there that bows down to GOD Almighty in worship?
Jews too bow down to GOD Almighty in worship. Below is a picture of how Jews worship Allah Almighty:
The black stone in Mecca is not worshiped by Muslims.
The Prophecy of the yearly pilgrimage to Mecca in the Noble Quran.
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