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I think most people would be surprised to know that the Prophet

Salallahu Alaihi Wasallam actually did not want to be anywhere near the Kaba growing up and

That's not because he had a problem with the Kaba

But because everything that was happening around the Kaba was everything that the Prophet slice unhated

It was idle worship. It was the place where all the festivals took place and

And in those festivals you had all the obscenities all the

Displays that the Prophet slice unh did not want to see all the alcohol all the boasting about who your tribe was and the blood money and all these things that

Rasulullah Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam shunned

Because of the goodness that Allah had put inside of him

But once the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam knew who he actually was when Allah bestowed the message upon him

Then it became clear to him that this place was a special place

And his attachment to it as a result of that would grow for the rest of his life

Even the people of Mecca didn't really understand what it was about the Kaba that was so special

They believed in multiple gods. They didn't really believe in an afterlife

They didn't know what was protecting the Kaba

But they knew something was protecting the Kaba because many of them had witnessed Amun feel they witnessed the year

That Abraha and his army had been destroyed trying to attack the Kaba

And so there was this general respect for the Kaba even by the polytheists

And of course it became the central location for everything else that they did anyway

And they used the idols to give themselves power and to give themselves a certain status in Arabia

However, five years before the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam received prophethood

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