Khilafat Keeps Prophethood Alive — Page 5
‑ 5 ‑ ought to stand themselves on the exact spot where he prayed. That would be impossible and if it were the case, the debate over the exact place of Abraham’s as prayer would never end. And if, hypothetically speaking, this issue was indeed resolved, the small matter of how all the world’s Muslims could pray there would still need to be settled. For example, on the occasion of the Hajj close to 100,000 pilgrims descend on Mecca. Even if each of them was to perform a prayer in the manner of the Hanafis, so that their movements would resemble little more than the pecking of a hen, it would still take at least two minutes to perform their duties. Accordingly, 720 individuals would be able to do their prayers in that particular spot on any given day. And what would the 99,280 other pilgrims do, and what would become of the rest of the Muslim world who would not be able to pray there at all. Therefore, again, if this