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this is the mail bag where we answer the
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s this and got some good stuff here
today I want to look at this uh yeah
this one asks why is it the Muslims
claim that they only worship God the god
the same God of Abraham and the same God
of
Jesus peace be upon
them and yet at the same time they're
actually worshiping a moon God in a
black box in the
desert okay I know a lot of Muslims
watching this right now are going ah
this Moon God thing again what is it
with these people well first of all
remember you have to say this thank you
for asking me about my religion because
they have gone to the trouble to come to
us you're always complaining that the
media says this the media says that how
come we don't get a chance well you got
a chance somebody's asking you a
legitimate question why is it okay
because they have perhaps seen pictures
of the cabba especially during the hjge
time and even in Ramadan time they'll
put it on the regular news and show
people going around there's a black box
out there and it is in a desert then you
know it and I know that so what's going
on with that and as far as the moon God
is concerned you and I both know that on
top of many of the mass the mosques of
the world you see this crescent moon and
a star in there so it's a legitimate
question maybe they're asking it in a
harsh way but take some time and give
them the right answer remind them and
remind yourself that Muslims can't lie
especially about our religion and we
have the proof the proof is the evidence
authenticated many many hundreds of
years ago we know since 1400 years the
Quran has never changed and the hadiths
have been verified and authenticated by
imams Muslim and bukari and Teri and
Majid and Abu da and so and so and so we
know which ones of the Hadith are
absolutely authentic which ones have a
question mark and so on so there's no
doubt in our mind what was really said
that's the point so let's remember we
have the truth we have the proof let's
look now and what's the evidence for
what we're talking about first of all
let's treat the subject of the Moon God
and get that out of the way there was
someone recent and I'm not even going to
mention his name okay but he wrote a
book The Moon God called a law it is so
full of fabrication and things taken out
of context misquoting even from
archaeological finds and putting time
dates at the wrong time trying to say
that Muslims worship the moon this is
such a ridiculous thing and the person
himself is ridiculous I have tried to
speak with them and they will not return
our emails or their phone calls anymore
because all we ask him to do is be on
the show with us and let's talk about it
you'll have a chance to say whatever you
want we won't even edit it you can say
what you like wouldn't show up okay so
let's talk about this Muslims are
forbidden in the Quran clearly states in
the Quran that you cannot worship the
Sun or the moon you have to worship the
one who created it so how in the world
could somebody take a statement like
that and say Well they're Sun
worshippers or Moon worshippers because
people did used to do that absolutely
they did it but the Quran forbid it so
how in the world can you twist that
around and as far as what is that
crescent and star on the top of these
mosques that was a symbol of the Ottoman
Empire the Ottomans when they took over
and were running the show for Islam for
a period of time they used that Crescent
and the crescent and the star represent
what because when we look to the sky at
the end of the months the lunar months
we're looking to see where is the moon
because as soon as we see the moon a new
month starts and we know when it's time
to start Ramadan and Ramadan our fasting
month and when it's time for us to get
ready for the Hajj which is also in the
month of these are lunar months so this
is what it represents nothing more than
that and the star this is just some
emblem that they put up there with it
maybe because they see stars at night
when you're looking for the moon who
knows but the point is this was an
emblem only for that dynasty that family
has nothing to do with our beliefs and
it was just an emblem to show which of
the mosques were under that Authority
not a MOS no more than that what about
the Box let's talk about the black box
in the desert a gentleman came up to me
one time after one of my lectures and he
said why is it you Muslims worship a
black box in the desert and I had just
been talking about how to answer these
questions I asked the Muslims sit down
and listen to how I answer the question
so they did and I said to him first of
all do you understand I have to tell you
the truth and we have the evidence to
back up what we say it's not going to be
different from me and maybe some other
scholar over here say something totally
different no it's all the same we know
the same story the foundation of the
place that we're talking about that
Foundation was laid there by Abraham
himself and it's the place According to
some of the narrations we have that Adam
put his head on the ground when he asked
the to forgive him for eating the
fruit that's how old the place is it's
ancient and it's a place of worship
since time in Memorial Abraham used this
same place the descendants of Abraham
through Ishmael lived at this very place
this is the place where Abraham left his
wife Hagar or hazer as we call her in
Arabic and her son is or Ishmael as we
call him in English and you can go there
today if you're Muslim and you can see
this is the place it's never changed
even though people used to worship idols
and statues and so on there when Islam
came it reminded them go back to the
real authentic worship of Abraham and
that's what they were being called to do
the circumambulation and going around it
seven times and the act of wearing the
two towels these are all commemorating
the things that Abraham and others did
since that time and it also clarifies in
the Quran what is correct and what is
not correct when it comes to this
celebration and this type of festivity
of doing the
Hajj it talks about going between the
two mountains of safan Mara and this was
something done by hazra or Hagar at the
time of being left there in the desert
by Abraham all of this commemorates
worship of the one true God and the
house or black box there does not mean
God's in that place any more than it
does in the scripture if you want to
look back to the Old Testament when it
was the prophet David or sulon suan who
was saying when he raised his hands and
looked at the congregration and Bless
the people and he was saying to them
that he was consecrating the house of
worship and he what was he saying he was
saying that this house he said the
heavens and the heavens of the earth and
all the heavens cannot contain you how
much less this house built with human
hands words to that effect depends on
which translation of the Bible you have
but you can see it for yourself and this
is the same attitude as a Muslim there's
nothing that contains Allah in the
universe the universe itself could not
contain Allah it's much much uh remote
from the think of a Muslim to say that
Allah is in the creation permeating the
creation or is a part of the creation
this is away from our thinking it's not
in our belief system or so understand
that we're worshiping here as a focal
point worshiping the God on the place
where Adam Abraham and all of the
prophets had come to at one time or
another to this place to worship
including even Jesus including even
Muhammad peace and blessing be upon them
all well at the conclusion of that
little talk the gentleman who asked me
the question stood up and he said I bear
witness there's none to worship except
the god of Abraham and Jesus and
Muhammad and I bear witness of Muhammad
being the messenger of Allah and with
that he accepted Islam and became one it
was in Canada and he became one of the
strong Brothers of daa or calling to
Islam in his area the next time I
visited he had a long beard was wearing
a white thob and he said do you remember
me I said no he said I'm the guy to ask
you about the black box in the
desert until until next time this you
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