Sunday, March 15, 2009

Where is Abraham Grave?


And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre--the same is Hebron--in the land of Canaan.
(Genesis 23:19)

And Isaac and Ishmael his sons buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre;the field which Abraham purchased of the children of Heth; there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife.
(Genesis 25:9-10)

According to the Jewish tradition Abraham Grave is in Hebron.

Muslim also believe that Abraham grave is in Hebron:

Habra (Hebron) is the village of Abraham al-Khalil (the Friend of God)...Within it is a strong fortress...being of enormous squared stones. In the middle of this stands a dome of stone, built in Islamic times, over the sepulchre of Abraham. The tomb of Isaac lies forward, in the main building of the mosque, the tomb of Jacob to the rear; facing each prophet lies his wife.
(Al-Muqaddasi
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Strange.309.jpg )

But what is the Islamic source for that?

I asked in Islam community (source:
http://www.orkut.com/Main#CommMsgs.aspx?cmm=3126&tid=2554556273932877972)
where is Abraham grave and what is the source for that.

At the beginning - no one knew where is the place.One even suggested mecca...

After a while a guy named
Arif said:

"The grave of Ibrahim (as) is located in the Ibrahimi mosque. The mosque is now divided in two in 1994. One part for Muslims and another for Jews community.

but no authentic source.. "

So Muslim can't find any Islamic source not in Quran or Hadith that say that Abraham grave is in Hebron!

So on what they base this believe?

Other guy named
mYstiKaL SouL said:

"Muslim tradition in this respect is not independent. anything in the sources of the People of the Book which doesnot contradict Islamic sources can be accepted. "

So that means that the source of Islamic tradition that Abraham grave is in Hebron is actually the Jewish tradition!!!

One of the guys(which by now deleted his profile) said it's like Isra'iliyat:

The term isra'iliyyat usually refers to early literature of various types attributed by Muslim scholars to Jewish and Christian sources. Despite the continual and pervasive negative regard for isra'iliyyat, however, a massive amount of this material has been utilised by Muslim commentators throughout Islamic history.
(
http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=13759409)

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

A bridge between Judaism & Islam

I usually asked by Muslims what Judaism say about Non-Jews?

Can a Non-Jew(Gentile) be a Righteous And Go Heaven in the afterlife?


Jews Believe that Non-Jews have to practice 7 laws in Order to be consider as Righteous:


1.Prohibition of Idolatry: There is only one God. You shall not make for yourself an idol.

2.Prohibition of Murder: You shall not murder.

3.Prohibition of Theft: You shall not steal.

4.Prohibition of Sexual Promiscuity: You shall not commit adultery.

5.Prohibition of Blasphemy: Revere God and do not blaspheme.

6.Prohibition of Cruelty to Animals: Do not eat flesh taken from an animal while it is still alive.

7.Requirement to have just Laws: You shall set up an effective judiciary to fairly judge observance of the preceding six laws.

Those 7 laws are called the Seven Laws of Noah

(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Laws_of_Noah )

Those 7 laws can be found in Quran:

A possible connection between the Qur'an 17:22-36 and Noahide law might be:

1.Qur'an 17:22 — Prohibition of Idolatry #1

2.Qur'an 17:23 — Prohibition of Blasphemy #2

3.Qur'an 17:32 — Prohibition of Sexual Immorality #4

4.Qur'an 17:33 — Prohibition of Homicide #3

5.Qur'an 17:34 — Prohibition of Theft #5

6.Qur'an 17:35 — Imperative of Legal System #7

7.Qur'an 17:36 — Prohibition of Limb of a Living Creature #6??? (although the last is specifically mentioned by the Qur'an 2:173; 5:3)

(http://wikinoah.org/index.php/Noahide_Law_in_the_Qur%27an)

Whats the difference between these 7 laws and the 10 commandments?

The 7 laws are for all man kind from time of Noah,the 10 commandments are part of 613 laws for Israel nation,from Moses time.

In my opinion those 7 laws of Noah can be the bridge Between Judaism & Islam!


Sunday, February 22, 2009

The rule of religions

While being around in the Muslims communities on orkut,i learned many stuff.

I grew up in Haifa which many Muslims lives in.
In one of the neighbourhoods there where a Muslim community - The Ahmadiyya.

To be honest i never met any of them,every one consider them as Muslims.

Their mosque is something you can't miss when you enter the city.(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kababir )

It was a very big surprise to discover that most of the Muslims don't consider them as Muslims,but as a new religion.

Then i realized that it's some sort of deterministic rule of how religions come to this world...

This rule is for the Abrahamic Religions:

[1]Group A have a religion based on prophet X with the scriptures of @

[2]Then come a man Z who claim he is a prophet and he is a successor to prophet X.

[3]The people from group A accuse this man that he is a false prophet.

[4]There's people that do believe him that he is really the prophet Z and they establish now Group B who follow the prophet Z with the scriptures of #.

[5]Group B say that there's proofs in the scriptures of @ that Z will come.and only the evil harts of group A prevent them to accept this.

[6]Group A say that according the scriptures of @ there's no way Z could be a prophet.

Now you can put instead of A,B,X,Z,@,# any of the Abrahamic religions and it will be the same:

You can say A=Judaism and B=Christianity.

You can say A=Christianity and B=Islam.

You can say A=Islam and B=Ahmadiyyat.

and there will be sure more...