I wonder, I am always confused with sugar-coated explanations without giving me logic and with reasoning. Why one has to go on Hajj? Prophet Mohammed (Peace be upon him) taught us to worship only Allah, one and only one. Then why we have to go and kiss and take circles of stone/structure? Why to follow rituals of stone throwing? Prophet talked about one God- Allah and the most important entity for believers, then why we copycat Christianity and cannot come out of their practices of eulogizing Jesus and similarly in our case Prophet?
Many great saints came and went before them and will follow them (like we have in Shia traditions), do we lose our focus from Allah and start talking more of the medium than the ultimate Creator- Allah?
I am confused, why we worship idols in different forms? Why do we follow rituals? Why do we waste hard earned money to travelling to Saudi Arabia? Was it not started as a means of sustaining the economy of Mecca and its surrounding- of course by business minded selfish people of that time, and camouflaged it as made compulsory by Prophet?
Any logical explanation? Why shall I bend towards Mecca instead of concentrating and praying to Allah? Is Allah only in Mecca and that too in black stone?
Please help
Abdul Hamid
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