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[quote]Dear tilawat,

I don't understand why you are so confused about something so simple.

The pre-Islam pagan Arabs and modern Hindus prostrate before stone gods. Today Muslims prostrate before a stone structure Ka'ba. The difference between them is that the former believes the stone structure will help relay their prayers to a higher god. That is plainly shirk - giving some creation a power that is only worthy of the one Creator. As for the Muslims, they don't belive the stone structure Ka'ba has any divine attributes, it just marks the spot where Ibrahim (a.s.) built a place of worship and Muhammad (s.a.w.) asked his nation to worship so they are united.

Summary: prostrating before something does not mean you are commiting shirk. But believing that something will help you get special favors with the Creator, that is shirk. Muslims are told to ask directly from the Creator, and not through intermediaries.

The other comment that Allah and Shaitan both misguide, in context of the Quran and in my understanding, that is true. In Sura Baqara, it talks about the example of a knat, how small it is yet the unbelievers cannot even make it. Then it says the unbelievers are left wondering what this example means. And it says that Allah guides many through these examples, and Allah misguides many also with such examples, BUT He only misquides the fasiqeen.

And Allah knows best.[/quote]

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