Holy Belongings Understanding in the Arabian Societies before Islam

In the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, Arabians took a stone or a piece of earth from Kaaba, after they made a pilgrimage to Kaaba because they would not always be able to come to the Kaaba and Arabians had great respect to these kinds of materials, they took from Kaaba. Based on a rumor from İbn al-Kalbî, one of the main reason of expansion of idolatry in the Arab peninsula was these kinds of attitudes of Arab people. In fact, taking earth from a tomb of prophet or saint or from somewhere, that was accepted holy, was highly old tradition.

Al-Hajar  al-Aswad and Maqaam of Abraham were the major remembrance belongings, which were protected during centuries. Al-Hajar  al-Aswad was brought from Kubais Mountain in order to determine the starting point of circumambulation. Maqaam of Abraham was a marble stone with four corners, on which there are two pairs of footprint, which was attributed to the prophet Abraham. Abraham climbed on this marble while inviting people to pilgrimage and while working on the built of Kaaba. Based on a rumor, Maqaam of Abraham was carried out by Umar to a place, where it presents today. The main reason why Umar did was that many people obstructed worship of other Muslims in the Kaaba, because they misunderstood a verse of the Koran,” Obtain a place for your prayer from Maqaam of Abraham”.

Another belonging in the Kaaba was a pair of horn that belongs to ram, which was sent by Allah to Abraham in exchange for the life of Ismael. Based on a rumor from Azraqî, this ram was hanged on the wall of Kaaba when The Prophet (pbuh) entered to the Kaaba. Probably it got lost during the siege of Mekke by Haccâc