Discussion of the Rock of the Temple of Jerusalem.

The Shaykh : Let us move on to another issue, which is this rock that has invaded the homes of many Muslims and many Islamic institutions, particularly those related to endowments. This rock has acquired a sanctity in the eyes of Muslims, yet it is merely a rock from a mountain with absolutely no value. When it is depicted and given such care, especially when states take care of it and gather vast sums of money to renovate and rebuild it after the Jews damaged it, and to adorn it, this leads people to help the rulers in making Muslims believe that this is sacred, meaning like the Ka'bah. This rock has no value compared to any rock in any mountain in the world, even if it were from the mountains of disbelief, and compared to this rock. Because it is a rock from a mountain with no value. And what is said that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) stood upon it on the night of the Ascension, and he ascended and it flew after him, and it remained suspended; this is deception from the deception of some storytellers and some custodians of certain places to which it is not prescribed to visit.
This rock, in my time, before the Jewish occupation of Palestine, I visited it. And it is a rock protruding from the mountain. Perhaps a craftsman, intending to increase the deception, dug into it, digging into it until he covered up from the people its origin and its connection to what? The mountain. And the people all know, meaning they do not have precision in observation and precision in attention. It is just the rock and the rock, and it has absolutely no value. So such an image contains deception of Muslims, it contains sanctifying something that is not sacred. And you know the saying of 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) when he performed Hajj after the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and stood before the Black Stone kissing it, he said: "I know that you are a stone that neither harms nor benefits, and were it not that I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) kissing you, I would not have kissed you." Because you are a stone among stones, but following the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), I kiss you. Even though the Black Stone, we have an authentic hadith regarding it: , do you see? So it has a type of sanctity and respect. As for this rock, it has no respect at all. So I wanted to remind you of these two facts in the context of mutual advice, and in the context of: .
Shall we go, Abu 'Abdullah?