Maqam-e-Ibrahim(the Station of Ibrahim)

By Ehsan Ali
Maqam-e-Ibrahim also known as the Station of Ibrahim is the
large stone block on which
Hazrat Ibrahim (AS) stood
while building the upper walls
of the Holy Kaaba. It is
believed that this rock was sent
from heaven to Hazrat Ibrahim
(AS)

One of the miracles of Hazrat
Ibrahim (A.S), which many of
us might be unaware of, is that
when He stood on that rock, it
became soft and his feet dived
into the rock which resulted in
making the impression of his
feet on the rock. After several
hundred years, those
impressions are still on that
rock.

Saeed bin Jubair (RA)
reported that the Prophet
(PBUH) said: The stone is the
station of Ibrahim. Allah made
it soft and made it a mercy.
Ibrahim would stand on it and
Ismail would hand the stones
up to him.

It is in front of Kaaba just close
to the door of the sanctuary. it is located in the place where
Hazrat Ibrahim (AS) offered two rakah prayers after finishing the
construction of Kaaba. During tawaf, at the time of Hajj and
Umrah, it is desirable if the Muslims offer two rakah prayers
behind Maqam-e-Ibrahim.