The Religion of Allah and Hubal are the Same
Payne noted that Muhammad was taught the “ceremonies” attached to Hubal. What are those ceremonies?
“Here at the time of the new moon, following the summer solstice, at the hottest time of the year, the ancient pilgrims worshipped the Moon God [Hubal]… and then reverently kissed it [the black stone], and afterward they walked around the Kaaba seven times” (ibid., p. 4, emphasis mine).
“Allah is not a generic Arabic word for God but a name of a particular god among many deities traditionally honored in ancient times by nomadic tribes in Arabia.
Allah was the chief god among the approximately 360 idols in the Kaaba in Mecca… Allah is a contraction of Al-ilah, the name of the Moon God [Hubal] of the local Quraysh, Mohammed’s tribe… Allah’s symbol was a crescent moon, which Muhammad carried over into Islam. This symbol is seen on mosques, minarets, shrines, and Arab flags” (David Hunt, In Defense of the Faith, pp. 37–38, emphasis mine).
In the book Behind the Veil, it notes the ceremony about kissing the stone:
“Al-Bukhari records a famous statement made by Umar… which demonstrates the confusion of the Muslims. The Bukhari says: ‘When Umar ibn al-Khattab reached the black stone, he kissed it and said, “I know that you are stone that does not hurt nor benefit. If I had not seen the prophet kiss you, I would not have kissed you”’… All scholars confirm this statement” (p. 285, emphasis mine)
Note: Authors of Behind the Veil could not give their names for fear of their lives, but you can find this book on line at http://answeringislam.org/BehindVeil/index.html
Why did Muhammad kiss the stone, the stone that was sacred to Hubal? If Allah was different than Hubal, that would have been blasphemy, “joining other gods with God” as the Koran says! Hubal and Allah are the same deity, there is no question about it!
