Muslim Claim:
“No Muslim worships a stone. The Black Stone in Mecca is just a symbolic object we honor because the Prophet Muhammad did it. It holds no power.”
Christian Response:
But let’s look carefully at your own sources. In Sahih Bukhari Book 64, Hadith 4376-4377, it says:
“The people of the pre-Islamic period of ignorance used to worship stones, and whenever they found a better stone than the one they had, they would throw the former and take the latter.”
Interestingly, that culture of stone veneration never completely ended. It was carried into Islam through the Black Stone ritual in Mecca.
Even your second Caliph, Umar ibn Al-Khattab, admitted this openly in Sahih Bukhari 1597:
“By Allah, I know you are a stone and can neither benefit nor harm. Had I not seen the Prophet kissing you, I would not have kissed you.”
So if the stone can neither help nor harm, why the act of kissing it in a religious pilgrimage? That is ritualistic veneration — exactly what biblical Scripture defines as idolatry.
Biblical Warning:
The Bible is explicit about such acts:
“Do not make idols or set up an image or a sacred stone for yourselves… I am the Lord your God.” — Leviticus 26:1
Christian Position:
Whether symbolic or not, attributing religious significance to a stone, especially one kissed and touched by millions during a pilgrimage, is a clear act of idolatry according to biblical standards. God seeks worship in spirit and truth — not through objects.
Final Challenge:
If Muslims claim Islam is free from idolatry, then why preserve this stone-kissing ritual condemned by your own early leaders as powerless? Why hold onto a practice rooted in pre-Islamic paganism? It contradicts both reason and the very warnings your scripture gives against shirk (associating anything with God).
The truth remains — salvation and worship belong to Jesus Christ alone, not through stones, rituals, or manmade customs.
“You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only shall you serve.” — Matthew 4:10
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