Circumambulation - Muslims and Hindus.

MATAAF ..And let them go round the ancient house (Quran 22;29).
Like moths attracted to light you piligrims will be fascinated by the kaaba as mentioned in the Quran 2;127 SubhaanAllah!

What strikes me about this sacred beutiful house is that so many gloris and majestic buildings in the world are found in areas of good climate, but the Kaaba attracts people to its self without having means of entertainment or satisfying ones pleasure... It is however god himself who has created this attraction in ppls hearts through Ibrahim supplication as quoted from Quran in surah Al Hajj;[ 22:27] And proclaim among men the Pilgrimage: they will come to you on foot and on every lean camel, coming from every remote path,

A piligrim by going round the sacred house and doing tawaaf is to prove to Allah swt that his desires are only with him!

SubhaanAllah Imam Sadiq says;

'Whoever looks at the kaaba, as long as his eyes are on it, rewards are written for him and his wrong doings are written off, until he turns his look from it'..



PRADAKSHINA :The act of worshipful circumambulation walking clockwise around a holy temple, shrine, or place. It is is a Hindu way of worship where devotees walk around the garbha-griha, the sanctum sanctorum which is the innermost chamber housing the deity. Pradakshina is done in clockwise manner in odd number of times.