11-27-2007, 05:08 PM
Another tale which should show the christo-islamic worldview of "tree-worship": a story of Muhammed and a date tree, that I had read somewhere in islami sources...
Just before he was to depart finally, he asked Abu Bakr to call all the principal followers. He was seated under a tree. So they assembled near him surrounding the tree. As they gethered, he asked Abu Bakr to first bring down that tree. After labours, the tree was brought down, and he began preaching his last.
In the end when it was done, Abu Bakr asked him why he wanted the tree chopped down. Because, he said, people should not start worshipping the tree under which muhammed took the last shelter.
Just before he was to depart finally, he asked Abu Bakr to call all the principal followers. He was seated under a tree. So they assembled near him surrounding the tree. As they gethered, he asked Abu Bakr to first bring down that tree. After labours, the tree was brought down, and he began preaching his last.
In the end when it was done, Abu Bakr asked him why he wanted the tree chopped down. Because, he said, people should not start worshipping the tree under which muhammed took the last shelter.