I am here again, Malik. I let you be in the past few days because I had not seen you say anything worthy of a response.

Yes, I watched your video where you called Hajj activities pagan practices from the time of Jaahiliyyah.

You said Eidul Adhaa has nothing to do with Prophet Ibrahim but is solely about Hajj activities, which are, in your silly submission, tied to pagan acts.

You asked: What is the significance of Allah asking Muslims to shed the blood of 'innocent' rams and cattle? And your Christian friends—whose god had to come down to shed his own blood to redeem his ‘children’ from their generational curse—were clapping for you.

Look for the stupidest set of people, pick the Christians. They are too stupid and foolish.

Malik! Malik! Don’t worry, your ‘fine bára’ style will pay off one day. You definitely need a new phone and a mic. You also need a set of clothes too. I wonder why it’s always one pullover all the time.

I always pity you, the way you sweat under it. You will definitely need a fan too. Before they buy you one, please always carry a hand fan.

What a miserable life!

That’s by the way.

Now to my proper response.

Hajj is one of the pillars of Islam. The pagans of Makkah did not start the Hajj you see today—Prophet Ibrahim did. Everything Muslims do at Hajj was handed down by Prophet Ibrahim.

Allah says in the Qur’an:

> “And proclaim the Hajj to the people: they will come to you on foot and on every lean camel; they will come from every distant pass.”

Then let them end their untidiness and fulfill their vows and perform Tawaf around the ancient House."

— Hajj: 27-29

That command was to Ibrahim, not to Muhammad (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam).

The Ka‘bah was also built by Ibrahim and his son Isma‘eel:

> “And [mention] when Abraham was raising the foundations of the House and [with him] Ishmael, [saying], ‘Our Lord, accept [this] from us. Indeed, You are the Hearing, the Knowing.’” — al-Baqarah: 127

> “Indeed, the first House [of worship] established for mankind was that at Bakkah — blessed and a guidance for the worlds.” — Aal Imraan: 96

(Malik, if on the Day of Resurrection this becomes a reality to you, wà jé burúkú ìyá, In shaa Allah.)

The House was for the worship of One Creator:

> “Our Lord, I have settled some of my descendants in a barren valley near Your Sacred House, our Lord, that they may establish prayer. So make hearts among the people incline toward them and provide for them from the fruits that they might be grateful.” — Ibrahim: 37

> “And [mention] when Abraham said, ‘My Lord, make this city secure and keep me and my children away from worshipping idols.’” — Ibrahim: 35

So, all the Hajj activities you see today—Tawaf (circumambulation), kissing or pointing at the Black Stone (which descended from Jannah with Adam and was white when it came down, but repeated touching by sinful mortals made it black), Sa‘y (pacing between Safa and Marwah), sleeping at Muzdalifah, standing at Arafah, returning to Mina to sleep, throwing pebbles at the Jamaraat, slaughtering on the tenth day, returning to Makkah for the farewell Tawaf—are all acts handed down by Ibrahim by the command of Allah. Prophet Muhammad had no hand in innovating them.

The people of Jaahiliyyah knew of Ibrahim, Isma‘eel, and their descendants. They knew they had settled in Makkah, and that they were their forefathers. In fact, their lineage is easily traced back to Ibrahim.

Even the Jews and sensible Christians know Abraham was the father of Isma‘eel, and Isma‘eel was the father of the Arabs.

Sensible people know all this—except this ‘reasonable’ Malik and his Christian goons, clapping for his ignorance.

Hajj rites had continued as Ibrahim and Isma‘eel handed them down until polytheism entered Makkah via ‘Amr bin Luhayy, who travelled to Roman lands, was enthralled by their polytheism, and imported it to Arabia. It became the norm afterwards, with more polytheistic modifications.

That’s why the Hajj rites the Messenger of Allah met his people doing were completely out of form.

Allah said in the Qur’an:

> “And their prayer at the House was nothing but whistling and clapping of hands. So taste the punishment for what you used to disbelieve.” — al-Anfal: 35

So, every corruption of the Hajj rite was purified.

See another verse:

> “And when you have completed your rites, remember Allah like your [former] remembrance of your forefathers, or with [even] greater remembrance…” — al-Baqarah: 200

The Messenger of Allah - sallallahu alayhi wa sallam - even wanted to rebuild the Ka‘bah on the original foundations of Ibrahim but refrained because new converts might not understand. Perhaps Allah wanted it that way.

The actual size today is two-thirds of what it used to be. During Ibrahim’s time, it had two doors.

Take note: the Ka‘bah is just a building. The Messenger of Allah - sallallahu alayhi wa sallam - once declared that Allah loves the blood of a Muslim to be protected more than the Ka‘bah.

Allah destroyed the Abyssinian governor who tried to destroy it, because his intention was to oppose Allah’s plan.

The Qaramitah were spared—perhaps because they were 'Muslims' and didn’t intend to destroy the Ka‘bah. They carried the Black Stone to Yemen out of sheer zeal and some false sense of superiority.

But Allah dealt with them in another way—they became forgotten.

So the Ka‘bah is just bricks joined together. We don’t venerate it in and of itself. Muslims who try to tear its cloth are just being stupid—and that’s the legacy of the Sufism you used to belong to.

The Ka‘bah has once been flooded. It has once been burnt. No big deal.

Muslims face it in prayer as a sign of unity, and to establish a clear direction for prayer—away from the Jews’ Qiblah (Jerusalem).

I have much more to say, but no time, boy.

The Messenger of Allah - sallallahu alayhi wa sallam - had always wanted to remove the idols from the Ka‘bah since the day he was commissioned as a prophet, but he had no physical power to do so initially.

When he migrated to Madinah, he began implementing what he couldn’t in Makkah. Eidul Adhaa and Eidul Fitr were festivals he established to turn the Muslims away from the festivals of the Jews and the polytheists. That was around the second year in Madeenah.

(You say the Prophet was copying the Jews? Poor you. The Jews themselves knew he was against their ways. Plenty of examples—no time.)

You are wrong to say animal slaughter started at Hajj of the Muslims. No—it started before Muslims could even perform their first Hajj.

The slaughter during the Hajj season was instituted by Ibrahim to commemorate the mercy Allah showed him in sparing Isma‘eel.

The Yorubas call the festival Ileya because during the event, Ibrahim tapped Isma‘eel and said, “Let’s go home.” That’s one view though.

Others say Ileya is the Yoruba way of saying Adhaa.

No big deal about terminologies. You should know that, Malik.

Travelling for Ileya is part of the joy of the season. No sin in that. Stop gaslighting us.

Lastly, you asked: What is truly Ibaadah (worship) in Islam?

Ibn Taymiyyah answers you (O, you didn’t learn this before you ran away. I see you were a Sufi):

> العبادة اسم جامع لكل ما يحبه الله ويرضاه من الأقوال والأعمال الباطنة والظاهرة

Worship is broad: not only rituals like prayer and fasting, but also good manners, truthfulness, helping others, etc.

It includes both speech and action: whether spoken (e.g. dhikr), physical (e.g. salah), or even actions of the heart (e.g. love, fear, hope).

The condition is that Allah loves and is pleased with it. Only what He legislates and approves counts as true ‘ibaadah.

So making animal sacrifices during Eidul Adhaa—or at any other legislated time—is Ibaadah because Allah commands it and is pleased with it.

Doing it for other than Allaah is Shirk - polytheism.

It’s not that He needs the blood or the meat, but that His command is carried out.

Obeying that command is the taqwa He wants.

Believers obey Allah’s commands, whether directly from Him or through His Messengers. We don’t question such commands whether they are clear to us or not but we are sure each command has the wisdom behind it.

Still, the benefits of these commands are clear.

In the case of sacrifice, He said: Eat from it and give the needy to eat.

There are many needy people who want meat. Malik is one of them.

Sharing the meat during the season increases love among the people.

You said you don’t see the significance of what Islam commands. You ask why Muslims go for Hajj. You can never understand, since your mind is beclouded.

If your dad or mum had gone for Hajj, ask them what they benefited. Perhaps your parents are still Muslims,perhaps your case is a worry for them.

I know even you won’t be stupid enough to say Zakah has no significance. Even your Christian friends would say: “Malik is going mental.”

What else did you say? I hope you now see how foolhardy you have been.

May Allah guide you back to Islam.

I’m waiting for your part two. I know you’ll be scared now.

Please don’t be scared. Try again—perhaps one day your heart will open to the truth.