Islam question on the "black stone"

[Sister_Amy]

But, in Islam they do have a day of atonement – called “Eid Al Adha” which they just celebrated. So, if they sacrifice something – where do they sacrifice it? I just wonder – is it at the butcher? Because I know they usually eat Lamb for the celebration but I have not heard anything about the actual sacrificial offering being done by an Imam or something like that. I am being serious about questioning this – I am not trying to be offensive.

Yes, this was just a couple of weeks ago, Eid Al-Adha. But it’s not a “day of atonement.” Not at all. It’s during the Hajj season which commemorates the life of Abraham. So Muslims do offer a sacrifice (of an animal.) The sacrifice is the slaughter of the animal (a goat, a cow, a camel, depending on financial situation, family size, etc.) and then they eat some of the meat (the family that slaughtered it) and share the rest with family and anyone too poor to have purchased an animal to sacrifice themselves. People can do the slaughtering themselves, which I think is better, or they can have someone do it for them.

 

[Sister_Amy]

Some stuff in this thread is just making me scratch my head. Sorry guys but I haven’t got a clue what you’re going on about. Khabar and Ka’bah aren’t even remotely similar… they only share one sound.

خبر vs. كعبة.

And Arabic in this way has been remarkably preserved. Words haven’t deteriorated like that–i.e., completely mutated.

Anyway, y’all lost me.

 

[Reuben_J]

we are talking about tradition of pagans in arabia pre_islam , actually i was talking about Zakariah Boutros not St. John

and i’m not trying to defense it , ctually islam is completly against it
my concern just about distinguish between real knowledge and fake knowledge which serve someone’s agenda

OK noted. Thanks.

 

[Shin]

Some stuff in this thread is just making me scratch my head. Sorry guys but I haven’t got a clue what you’re going on about. Khabar and Ka’bah aren’t even remotely similar… they only share one sound.

خبر vs. كعبة.

And Arabic in this way has been remarkably preserved. Words haven’t deteriorated like that–i.e., completely mutated.

Anyway, y’all lost me.

When it comes to Arabic, I have no clue, so I can only sit back and listen to the people who know.

In the quote itself St. John uses both the term Khabar and Ka’ba separately.

These things are always difficult topics, feelings easily hurt. God help us to be kind to one another! At least here we can discuss them without some of the horrors that are going on elsewhere.