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[Khairan]

Would u for instance kiss the Intercontinental hotel room door just because it is in Mecca? Unlike of course if it was in Sand Fransisco or anywhere else?? It is the same thing. This is a door and that is a door. How will kissing a gate allows you to strengthen your faith? Or allows you to attain Allah’s love as if u perform Nafawel in order to come closer to Allah.

Salaams,
I follow and respect your reasoning, but I think you are not distinguishing between "unnecessary" and "haraam." What is haraam about kissing something as a sign of respect? I would agree that it is wrong to make something wajib that is not -- for instance if I were to say "Your hujj is not valid unless you kiss Hajr-e-Aswad." However, to my knowledge no one is doing this (please do correct me if I'm wrong). Since that is the case, what's the problem?


Karbala has made a very important point about following the Prophet's tradition: just because he didn't do something doesn't make it haraam for us. Haraam lies in making the impermissible permissible, and in adding to the din requirements which the Prophet did not himself establish.


wa salaam