Re: Shia: stone used in Salah
Yeah I kinda always wondered about that...when I first started praying, I went to a Shi'a mosque..not knowing what it was about...and these women put these stones in front of me...I kinda pushed it to the side and one of them was like uh no you need that in front of you to pray! and I was like uh wutever...but not to piss them off, I did...then tailgated it out of there. This was in Canada btw...
Anyways, I guess I've heard that these stones are from some holy place...Karbala maybe..where the Prophet's grandson Hussein was killed and supposedly his blood was staining the earth and these are why these rocks are holy ...cuz they come from this area...uh...correct me if you like...but I hear a lot of crap that's supposed to be Islamic anyways...
wa salam 
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Sahih Al-Bukhari, Volume 1, Hadith 38
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