THE DAILY ISLAMIC REMINDERS. Yawm Al-Khamis. 6th day of Rajab, 1445AH (Thursday, 18th January 2024). *_WHAT IS THE WISDOM BEHIND TAWAAF (circumambulating) THE KAABA?_* BismilLaah.
As Muslims, we don't do anything as we wish. We follow the commands of ALLAH (As-Sabur, The Patient), the Creator, HIS Messenger, or consensus of scholars based on Qur'an and Sunnah. Even how to sleep, drink, eat, talk, walk, etc, must be in accordance with Sunnah. Similarly, Circumambulating the Kaaba is part of the command of ALLAH (Al-‘Afuww, The Pardoner, The Effacer of Sins) through HIS Messenger and it represents the idea of oneness. The meaning regarding the social life is not to leave unity and to try to maintain this unity regardless of our status, colour, nationality, etc. The Prophet did it, and we must do it because we know the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam did nothing other than what ALLAH, The CREATOR commanded him to do
ALLAH Almighty states the following in the Quran: "The seven heavens and the earth, and all beings therein, declare HIS glory: there is not a thing but celebrates HIS praise; and yet ye understand not how they declare HIS glory...". (al-Isra, 44).
The advancement in science has helped explain that verse. As a matter of fact, including the beings that had been thought to be lifeless, everything was found to consist of atoms. The electrons around the nuclei of the atoms rotate continuously and regularly around the nucleus; it was expressed as declaring the glory of ALLAH in the Quran. Therefore, to rotate around the Kaaba, which is the symbol of Islam, means to love Islam, to rotate around it like a moth, and to attach oneself to ALLAH (ArRazzaaq, The Provider ).
Worshipping is fulfilling the duties like takbir(glorifying Him), hamd(Praising Him), and shukr(Thanking Him) by a slave for ALLAH in the way that HE orders. Therefore, the fulfilling of the duties by each being can be said to be their worshipping and glorifying ALLAH (Azza Wa Jal, Mighty and the Majestic).
Tawaf basically means to turn, walk, etc. around something. Everything in the universe, from the tiny atoms to huge galaxies, is in a state of tawaf. ALLAHU AKBAR*_May ALLAH keep guiding us all and grant us understanding of the deen_*. Aameen.
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