Book Name:Shan-e-Farooq-e-Azam
And make the standing place of Ibrahim (‘Maqaam Ibrahim’) a station for Salah,
[Kanz-ul-Iman (Translation of Quran)] (Part 1, Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 125)
(Bukhari, vol. 1, p. 158, Hadees 402, selected)
Dear Islamic sisters! Let’s hear what Maqaam-e-Ibrahim is? Where did it come from?
Maqaam-e-Ibrahim is the blessed stone on top of which Allah Almighty’s Beloved Prophet Ibrahim عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام stood and raised the walls of the Blessed Ka‘bah. As soon as he عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام put his blessed feet on that stone, that particular place, by the power of Allah Almighty, became soft as clay and the impression of his feet was imprinted on it, although the rest of the area on that stone remained the same. This was a great miracle of his.
Sayyiduna Abdullah Bin ‘Amr رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُما says: I heard the Noble Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم saying: Hajar-e-Aswad (the Black Stone) and Maqaam-e-Ibrahim are two rubies from the rubies of paradise. If Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ had not extinguished their lights, they would have illuminated everything from the east to the west. (Tirmizi, vol. 2, p. 248, Hadees 879)
Maqaam-e-Ibrahim is located almost 13 and a quarter meters to the east of the Blessed Ka‘bah. The depth of the impression in this stone is 10 centimetres for one blessed step and 9 centimetres for the other step. The prints of Sayyiduna Ibrahim’s عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام blessed toes are no longer there on these stones, because this stone was not protected inside a box or a frame and the devotees used to touch and kiss it in order to receive its blessings, that is why the blessed toe prints are not there anymore.
Right now, this stone is enclosed in a glass box inside the structure of Baytullah; one may also visit it. May Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ grant us the Taufeeq to visit the blessed cities of Makkah and Madinah again and again, gaining the honour to visit Baytullah Shareef and Maqaam-e-Ibrahim.
اٰمِیْن بِجَاہِ النَّبِیِّ الْاَمِیْن صلَّی اللہ علیہ واٰلہٖ وسلَّم