Mecca is where the Kaaba is, and that is what Prophet Muhammad taught and how he prayed.
First things first . Muslims don't pray to mecca , Muslims don't pray to some black stone or Muhammad or some emperor ,etc etc. Muslims pray to Allah and mecca is not Allah . Mecca (Mekkah) is just a direction towards which a Muslim faces while praying. 5 times prayer a day is commandment of Allah for a Muslim to do so and it si duty of a Muslim to pray 5 times a day.
Kaaba in Makkah (or Mecca) in Saudi Arabia
Answer 1Muslims don't worship any building. Even, Kaaba (that is the most sacred Islamic building) is not worshiped by Muslims but respected and honored by Muslims.Answer 2Muslims worship in a building called a mosque. They must take off their shoes before entering a mosque.Answer 3If you are asking What building do Muslims worship IN, then the above answer is right. If you are asking "Which building do Muslims worship?" Answer is; Muslims don't worship any building. They worship The one true God (Allah). And Allah has ordered Muslims to face Ka'bah (a building in Mecca) for worship. They don't worship Kabah, but they face to ka'bah to worship Allah (On true God, Not Jesus or The Holy Ghost).Example: After Fateh Mubeen (conquest of Mekkah by Muslims) Hazrat Bilal (may Allah keep him in peace) climbed over Kabah and gave Azan (call for prayer namaz). this very clearly shows that Muslims never worship Kabah and its just a direction.
Muslims only worship the one and only God, Allah, and do not worship anything else, including a black box. The 'black box' that you are referring to is properly called the ka'bah, and is believed by Muslims to have been built by Adam originally and then rebuilt by Abraham. It is considered to be the most sacred place of worship in Islam. Muslims do circumambulate the ka'bah and do face it during prayer, however Muslims DO NOT worship the ka'bah itself. To say that would be as absurd as saying that Christians who go to Church worship the Church itself or Jews who go to the synagogue worship the synagogue itself. The ka'bah is merely symbolic and is considered to be the 'house of Allah' hence Muslims face it during prayer, but actually worship only Allah.
No. They face Mecca.
The city of Mecca (in Saudi Arabia) contains the Grand Mosque, also known as the Kaaba, in which resides a sacred stone which fell from heaven. This object is revered by all Muslims, who face it when they pray. So if all mosques face Mecca, this helps the people in those mosques to know what direction they have to face in order to pray.
While Muslims are in Makkah (Mecca) they face the Kaaba; the oldest God house on earth.
No, they face Mecca.
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Muslims face Ka'aba in Mecca to preform Salat (prayers).
What you termed as "the old temple" in Mecca is not really a temple. It is regarded as the House of Allah where Muslims face when they pray to Allah. It is called the "Kaabah". Muslims all over the world will face towards the 'Kaabah' when they perform their prayers. Muslims also circle the Kaabah seven times anticlockwise when the perform the ritual 'Tawaf' during the Hajj season as one of the seven mandatory acts of the Total Hajj Pilgrimage.