Mastermind Of Theft Beat Aswad For 22 Years, Affiliated With Groups In Other Countries

Photo of the stone Hajar Aswad (doc. Reasah Alharmain)

YOGYAKARTA The mastermind of the theft of Hajar Aswad, which is located in the southeast corner of the Kaaba, has been affiliated with a country in his history. The incident was even told not only for generations but was written in various books and books.

Unmitigated, the stone thief Hajar Aswad not only carried out the confiscation, but also carried out the massacre of the pilgrims who at that time performed the worship. Then who exactly are they?

In the history books, it is said that Hajar Aswad, who has a special role for Muslims, was stolen, namely in 317 Hijriah or around 930 AD. The thief's mastermind Hajar Aswad from Makkah City itself was the Qaramithah group, which at that time was led by Abu Thahir Sulaiman bin Abu Said al-Husain al-Janabi.

The Qaramithah group itself was quite feared at that time. They are also known as a group that often causes trouble. Even the people of Makkah are reluctant to deal with them.

Reporting from the Islamweb website, the confiscation occurred during Tarwiyyah Day. They carried out terror in the Haram Land by slaughtering pilgrims and taking their property, including bringing Hajar Aswad.

On the NU Online website, it is said to be the same thing, that historians recorded the details of the incident in the books, one of which was Ibnu Katsir in Al-Bidulyahwan Nih Shah. Ibnu Katsir, for example, explained that at that time the victims were pilgrims from Iraq led by Manshur ad-Dailami.

The Qaramithah group carried out confiscations, massacres, and disposes of bodies in various places such as being buried in Tanah Haram, Grand Mosque, and even dumped into Zam Zam wells. They were treated disrespectfully like Muslim bodies.

Meanwhile, the theft of Hajar Aswad himself was also carried out under Abu Thahir's orders. He and others tried to break the door to the Kaaba, tore the kiswah, and pryed Hajar Aswad from the Kaaba and then brought him home with pride for symbolizing victory.

Hearing this, the leadership of Makkah City brought his entourage to follow Qaramithah and persuaded them to return the stone by offering all the property owned by Amir.

Fate said otherwise. Amir Makkah and his entourage were massacred completely by Abu Thahir and other Qaramithah entourage. Since then Hajar Aswad has been missing from the Kaaba for 22 years.

According to Ibnu Katsir's explanation, Qaramithah's gang is basically infidels and zinciqs. Interestingly, Qaramithah is affiliated with the Fathimiyah group, which at that time had power in southern Africa, to be precise Morocco. At that time Fathimiyah was led by Abu Muhammad Ubaidillah bin Maimun al-Qadah with the nickname Al-Mahdi.

Al-Mahdi himself was a Jewish seller of gold who migrated to Morocco. During immigration, he admitted that he had a fate to the Prophet from the Fathimiyah circle who was then trusted by the local community until he succeeded in establishing a state with a government center in Sidildayasa City, Morocco.

When he was still a leader, many parties criticized Qaramithah's actions. Al-Mahdi, who was furious, then sent a letter to Abu Thahir and asked them to return Hajar Aswad.

Finally Hajar Aswad was returned after 22 years in Qaramithah's hand, namely in the month of Dzulhijjah 339 H / 908 AD.

Currently, the form of Hajar Aswad has succeeded in returning to Makkah so that Muslims can return to glorify him during worship to Makkah.

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