Combining the prohibition against following the traces of the prophets with taking the Station of Ibrahim as a place of prayer

Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade following the traces of the prophets (peace be upon them). I have a difficulty regarding the Station of Ibrahim (peace be upon him); is it not considered one of their traces?

Answer:
This is what Allah made to be taken as a place of prayer. Allah made it a place of prayer. So we do not analogize the other traces to it, because there is no evidence in the other traces that one worships at them or intends them. But this, Allah the Exalted has legislated it, just as He legislated circumambulating the Ka'bah and kissing the Black Stone. These are the rites of Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He), and revelation came down regarding them. Do we not analogize the other traces, for which no evidence has come, to these? Yes.