Hajj of the Prophets: Difference between revisions

According to some reports, the Ka'ba disappeared in the storm of Noah. Prophets used to perform hajj without knowing the exact location of the Ka'ba<ref>Al-Arzaqī, ''Akhbar-i Makkih'', vol. 1, p. 38; Ṭūsī, Al-Tibyan, vol. 1, p. 436; Haythamī, 'Majma' al-zawa'id, vol. 3, p. 288.</ref> until Prophet Abraham was commissioned to rebuild the [[Ka'ba]] and revive the ritual of hajj.<ref>Qur'an,22:26; Qur'an,2:127-128.</ref> After the reconstruction of the Ka'ba, he asked God to represent the hajj rituals to him{{enote|وَأَرِنَا مَنَاسِكَنَا and show us our holy rites.}}<ref>Qur'an,2:128.</ref> Gabriel came to him and taught him the rituals of hajj one by one<ref>Kulayni, Al-Kafi, vol. 4 p. 205; Bayhaqī, ''Sunan al-kubra'', vol. 5, p. 145.</ref> and after the command to call people to perform hajj,<ref>Qur'an,22:27.</ref> Abraham  stood up on a high place{{enote| On Mount Abū Qubays, or the stone that later became known as [[Maqam Ibrahīm]].}} and loudly called the people to performing  hajj<ref>Ṭabrisī, Majma' al-bayan, vol. 7, p. 128-129; Ibn Abī l-Hatam, ''Tafsīr al-Qur'an al-'aẓīm'', vol. 8, p. 2487.</ref> and he and his son Ishmael and a group of Jarhamites performed hajj.<ref>Al-Arzaqī, ''Akhbar-i Makkih'', vol. 1, p. 66-72; Ṭabarī,''Tarīkh al-Ṭabarī'', vol. 1, p. 260-262; Hurr al-'amilī,''Wasa'il al-Shī'a'', vol. 11, p. 8.</ref> After that, hajj as a sacred tradition with special actions continued by the other Prophets and their followers<ref>Al-Arzaqī, ''Akhbar-i Makkih'', vol. 1, p. 68; Dar rah-i Barpaei-h hajj-i Ibrahīmī, p. 200.</ref>