Demolishing the Ka’bah
بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
A murid came to
Mawlana Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi (q.s.) bitterly weeping and
complaining. Another murid had
broken his heart with harsh words and cold treatment. The next time Mawlana ar-Rumi (q.s.)
met his muridun for dzikr, he did not return the salaam of
the offender, and turned away from him.
The latter was mortified
with shame and severally implored the shaykh to tell him what the
offense was. Mawlana ar-Rumi (q.s.)
spoke to him indirectly, saying, “I want you to take a pickaxe and a shovel,
and go and demolish the Ka’bah.”
“How could my shaykh
give such an order? How on earth could I
dare commit such impiety, O my Shaykh?” the incredulous murid
asked.
“You have already committed
something of greater impiety,” replied Mawlana ar-Rumi (q.s.).
“It must be a mistake. I have done nothing so grievous,” the murid
protested.
The shaykh retorted,
“You have demolished the heart of a mu’min which is the real House of
Allah (s.w.t.).”
Those who do not
understand a true Sufi shaykh are like that; they do not see that a man’s
heart is everything and outer things, however sacred, are only symbols of what
should be really inside man. Rasulullah (s.a.w.)
said, “Allah (s.w.t.) does not look at your forms and acts, but He Looks
into your hearts and intentions.”
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