{"id":7180,"date":"2016-09-05T06:23:22","date_gmt":"2016-09-05T06:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onepathnetwork.com\/?p=7180"},"modified":"2021-04-15T07:22:58","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T07:22:58","slug":"what-is-the-black-stone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onepathnetwork.com\/au\/news\/what-is-the-black-stone\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the Black Stone?"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/amp-jwplayer>
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What is the Black Stone?<\/span><\/h1>\nThe black stone is the remaining fragments of a rock placed in the Kaabah by Abraham under the command of Allah to serve as the cornerstone of Allah\u2019s sacred House.<\/span>\n\nAccording to the Prophet Muhammad, the black stone is from Paradise (an-Nisa\u2019i) and was originally whiter than milk, but soon blackened due to the sins of the people who kissed it (al-Tirmidhi).<\/span>\n\nThe black stone has had a long history of difficult preservation. In 64AH, the black stone broke into three pieces. The companion Abullah Ibn Zubair (R.A) melded them together with silver. It was then stolen in 317 AH by the Qarmatians, an extreme Ismaili sect. They held it for 22 years, in complete disrespect to its sanctity. It was later returned in pieces and severely damaged.<\/span>\n\n60 years ago there were only 15 pieces left of it. Today, there are only 8. They are roughly the size of dates, held together in black clay with amber, wax, and musk.<\/span>\n\nIt is perfumed daily and goes through frequent maintenance, as it plays a central role in the ritual circumambulation of the Kaabah, known as tawaaf. Pilgrims are required to circle the Kaabah 7 times, and at the end of each to kiss the black stone, or simply to point and greet it, if kissing it is too difficult.<\/span>\n\nMay Allah allow us all to see it one day!<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What is the Black Stone? The black stone is the remaining fragments of a rock placed in the Kaabah by Abraham under the command of Allah to serve as the cornerstone of Allah\u2019s sacred House. According to the Prophet Muhammad, the black stone is from Paradise (an-Nisa\u2019i) and was originally whiter than milk, but soon […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7181,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAow4-bBDA:productID":"","content-type":"","newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[77],"series":[],"speaker":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-7180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-latest","post_format-post-format-video","entry"],"acf":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/onepathnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/a02f105f-ecd4-4655-ac70-1d8d520f0e59.png","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/onepathnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Mums-on-the-RunV3.jpg?fit=2160%2C2160&ssl=1","download_link":"","player_link":"","audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":[],"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/onepathnetwork.com\/au\/feed\/podcast\/mums-on-the-run","embedCode":"

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