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The masjid surrounding the ''Kaaba'' is called ''al-Masjid al-Haram'' ("The Sacred Mosque"). The masjid surrounding the ''Kaaba'' is called ''al-Masjid al-Haram'' ("The Sacred Mosque").

==History==
{{see also|Pre-Islamic Arabia|Jahiliyyah}}
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===Origin===
{{further|Religion in pre-Islamic Arabia}}
Prior to the spread of ] throughout the Arabian Peninsula, the ''Kaaba'' was a holy site for the various Bedouin tribes of the area. Once every lunar year, the Bedouin tribes would make a pilgrimage to Mecca. Setting aside any tribal feuds, they would worship their gods in the ''Kaaba'' and trade with each other in the city.<ref>Timur Kuran, “Commercial Life under Islamic Rule,” in The Long Divergence : How Islamic Law Held Back the Middle East. (Princeton University Press, 2011), 45-62.</ref> Various sculptures and paintings were held inside the ''Kaaba''. A statue of ] (the principal idol of Mecca) and statues of other pagan deities are known to have been placed in or around the ''Kaaba''.<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal|last=King|first=G. R. D.|date=2004|title=The Paintings of the Pre-Islamic Kaʿba|journal=Muqarnas|volume=21|pages=219–229|jstor=1523357}}</ref> There were paintings of idols decorating the walls. A picture of ] and his mother ] was situated inside the ''Kaaba'' and later found by ] after his conquest of Mecca. The iconography portrayed a seated Maryam with her child on her lap.<ref name=":2" /> The iconography in the ''Kaaba'' also included paintings of other ] and ]. Undefined decorations, money and a pair of ram's horns were recorded to be inside the ''Kaaba'',.<ref name=":2" /> The pair of ram's horns were said to have belonged to the ram sacrificed by Ibrahim in place of his son ] as held by ].<ref name=":2" />

] provides the following narrative on the authority of his grandfather:<ref name=":2" />

{{quote|I have heard that there was set up in ''al-Bayt'' (referring to the ''Kaaba'') a picture ({{Lang-ar|تمثال|lit=Depiction|translit=Timthal}}) of Maryam and 'Isa. said: "Yes, there was set in it a picture of Maryam adorned (''muzawwaqan''); in her lap, her son Isa sat adorned."|al-Azraqi, ''Akhbar Mecca: History of Mecca<ref name=":0" />}}

In her book '']'', ] asserts that the ''Kaaba'' was officially dedicated to ], a ] deity, and contained 360 idols which probably represented the days of the year.<ref name="armstrong">{{cite book|author=Karen Armstrong|url=https://archive.org/details/islamshorthistor00arms_354|title=Islam: A Short History|date=2002|isbn=0-8129-6618-X|pages=|url-access=limited}}</ref> However, by the time of Muhammad's era, it seems that the ''Kaaba'' was venerated as the shrine of Allah, the High God. Once a year, tribes from all around the Arabian Peninsula, whether Christian or pagan, would converge on Mecca to perform the ''Hajj'' pilgrimage, marking the widespread conviction that Allah was the same deity worshipped by monotheists.<ref name="armstrong" /> ], in his translation of the ]'s ], says that the ''Kaaba'' itself might be referred to in the feminine form.<ref name="Ishaq">{{Cite book|last=Ibn Ishaq|first=Muhammad|url=https://archive.org/stream/TheLifeOfMohammedGuillaume/The_Life_Of_Mohammed_Guillaume#page/n65/mode/1up|title=Ibn Ishaq's Sirat Rasul Allah – The Life of Muhammad Translated by A. Guillaume |quote=The text reads 'O God, do not be afraid', the second footnote reads 'The feminine form indicates the Ka'ba itself is addressed'|date=1955|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780196360331|location=Oxford|page=85 footnote 2}}</ref> ] was often performed naked by men and almost naked by women.<ref name="Ishaq2">{{Cite book|last=Ibn Ishaq|first=Muhammad|url=https://archive.org/stream/TheLifeOfMohammedGuillaume/The_Life_Of_Mohammed_Guillaume#page/n67/mode/1up|title=Ibn Ishaq's Sirat Rasul Allah – The Life of Muhammad Translated by A. Guillaume|date=1955|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780196360331|location=Oxford|pages=88–9}}</ref> It is disputed whether Allah and Hubal were the same deity or different. Per a hypothesis by ] and Christian Robin, Hubal was only venerated by ] and the ''Kaaba'' was first dedicated to Allah, a supreme god of individuals belonging to different tribes, while the pantheon of the gods of Quraysh was installed in ''Kaaba'' after they conquered Mecca a century before Muhammad's time.<ref>{{cite book|author=Christian Julien Robin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GKRybwb17WMC&pg=PA304|title=Arabia and Ethiopia. In The Oxford Handbook of Late Antiquity|publisher=Oxford University Press USA|year=2012|isbn=9780195336931|pages=304–305}}</ref>

Imoti contends that there were numerous such ''Kaaba'' sanctuaries in Arabia at one time, but this was the only one built of stone.<ref>Imoti, Eiichi. "The Ka'ba-i Zardušt", ''Orient'', XV (1979), The Society for Near Eastern Studies in Japan, pp. 65–69.</ref> The others also allegedly had counterparts of the ]. There was a "Red Stone", in the ''Kaaba'' of the South Arabian city of Ghaiman; and the "White Stone" in the ''Kaaba'' of al-Abalat (near modern-day ]). Grunebaum in ''Classical Islam'' points out that the experience of divinity of that period was often associated with the ] of stones, mountains, special rock formations, or "trees of strange growth."<ref>Grunebaum, ''Classical Islam'', p. 24</ref> Armstrong further says that the ''Kaaba'' was thought to be at the center of the world, with the Gate of Heaven directly above it. The ''Kaaba'' marked the location where the sacred world intersected with the profane; the embedded Black Stone was a further symbol of this as a ] that had fallen from the sky and linked heaven and earth.<ref>Armstrong, ''Jerusalem'', p. 221</ref>

According to Sarwar, about 400 years before the birth of ], a man named 'Amr bin Luhayy, who descended from ] and was the king of ] placed an idol of Hubal on the roof of the ''Kaaba''. This idol was one of the chief deities of the ruling ] tribe. The idol was made of red ] and shaped like a human, but with the right hand broken off and replaced with a golden hand. When the idol was moved inside the ''Kaaba'', it had seven arrows in front of it, which were used for ].<ref>Francis E. Peters, ''Muhammad and the origins of Islam'', SUNY Press, 1994, p. 109.</ref> To maintain peace among the perpetually warring tribes, Mecca was declared a sanctuary where no violence was allowed within {{convert|20|mi|km|sigfig=1|order=flip}} of the ''Kaaba''. This combat-free zone allowed Mecca to thrive not only as a place of pilgrimage, but also as a trading center.<ref>Armstrong, ''Jerusalem: One City, Three Faiths'', pp. 221–22</ref>

Many Muslim and academic historians stress the power and importance of the pre-Islamic Mecca. They depict it as a city grown rich on the proceeds of the ]. Crone believes that this is an exaggeration and that Mecca may only have been an outpost for trading with ] for ], ], and ]. Crone argues that if Mecca had been a well-known center of trade, it would have been mentioned by later authors such as ], ], or the Syrian church chroniclers writing in Syriac. The town is absent, however, from any known geographies or histories written in the three centuries before the rise of Islam.<ref>{{cite book|last=Crone|first=Patricia|url=|title=Makkan Trade and the Rise of Islam|publisher=Gorgias|year=2004|location=Piscataway, New Jersey|doi=|id=|authorlink=}} p. 137</ref> According to the '']'', "before the rise of Islam, it was revered as a sacred sanctuary and was a site of pilgrimage."<ref>Britannica 2002 Deluxe Edition ], "Ka'bah".</ref> According to historian Eduard Glaser, the name "''Kaaba''" may have been related to the southern ] or ]n word "''mikrab''", signifying a temple.<ref name="eoi318">Wensinck, A. J; Kaʿba. '']'' IV p. 318 (1927, 1978)</ref> Again, Crone disputes this etymology.

In ] literature, the Samaritan Book of the Secrets of Moses ('']'') claims that ] and his eldest son ] built the ''Kaaba'' as well as the city of Mecca."<ref>{{cite book|last=Gaster|first=Moses|url=https://archive.org/stream/MN40245ucmf_0#page/n271/mode/2up|title=The Asatir: the Samaritan book of Moses|publisher=The Royal Asiatic Society|year=1927|location=London|pages=262, 71|quote=Ishmaelites built Mecca (Baka, Bakh)}}</ref> The ''Asatir'' book was suggested by some opinion to have been compiled in the 10th century BCE,<ref>Crown, Alan David (2001). . Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck. p. 27.</ref> while another opinion in 1927 suggested that it was written no later than the second half of the 3rd century BCE.<ref>M. Gaster, ''The Asatir: The Samaritan Book of the "Secrets of Moses"'', London (1927), p. 160</ref>

==== According to Islamic opinion ====
The Qur'an contains several verses regarding the origin of the ''Kaaba''. It states that the ''Kaaba'' was the first ] for mankind, and that it was built by Ibrahim and Ismail on Allah's instructions.<ref name="Michigan C 1986">{{cite book|author=Michigan Consortium for Medieval and Early Modern Studies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p44kAQAAMAAJ|title=The Meeting of Two Worlds: Cultural Exchange Between East and West During the Period of the Crusades|publisher=Medieval Institute Publications, Western Michigan University|year=1986|isbn=0918720583|editor1=Goss, V. P.|volume=21|page=208|editor2=Bornstein, C. V.}}</ref><ref name="Abu Sway 2011">{{cite news|author=Mustafa Abu Sway|title=The Holy Land, Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Mosque in the Qur'an, Sunnah and other Islamic Literary Source|publisher=]|url=http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/Abusway_0.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728001911/http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/sites/default/files/Abusway_0.pdf|archive-date=2011-07-28|df=}}</ref><ref name="Dyrness2013">{{cite book|author=Dyrness, W. A.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=inJNAwAAQBAJ|title=Senses of Devotion: Interfaith Aesthetics in Buddhist and Muslim Communities|date=2013-05-29|publisher=] Publishers|isbn=978-1620321362|volume=7|page=25}}</ref>

{{quote|Verily, the first House (of worship) appointed for mankind was that at Bakkah (Makkah), full of blessing, and a guidance for mankind.|Quran|] ] (3), ] 96<ref name="Cite quran|3|96|t=y|s=ns">{{Cite quran|3|96|t=y|s=ns}}</ref><ref> An alternative version is in {{cite web|editor-last1=Pickthall|editor-first1=Muhammad M.|title=The Quran|url=http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2002.02.0002%3Asura%3D3%3Averse%3D96|accessdate=10 January 2018|quote=Lo! the first Sanctuary appointed for mankind was that at Becca, a blessed place, a guidance to the peoples;}}</ref><ref> Another version is in {{cite web|editor-last1=Shakir|editor-first1=M. H.|title=The Quran|url=http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2002.02.0003%3Asura%3D3%3Averse%3D96|accessdate=10 January 2018|quote=Most surely the first house appointed for men is the one at Bekka, blessed and a guidance for the nations.}}</ref>}}

{{quote|Behold! We gave the site, to Ibrahim, of the (Sacred) House, (saying): "Associate not anything (in worship) with Me; and sanctify My House for those who compass it round, or stand up, or bow, or prostrate themselves (therein in prayer)."|Quran|Surah ] (22), Ayah 26<ref name="Cite quran|22|26|t=y|s=ns">{{Cite quran|22|26|t=y|s=ns}}</ref><ref> Another version is in {{cite web|editor-last1=Pickthall|editor-first1=Muhammad M.|title=The Quran|url=http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2002.02.0002%3Asura%3D22%3Averse%3D26|accessdate=10 January 2018|quote=And (remember) when We prepared for Abraham the place of the (holy) House, saying: Ascribe thou no thing as partner unto Me, and purify My House for those who make the round (thereof) and those who stand and those who bow and make prostration.}}</ref><ref>Another version is in {{cite web|editor-last1=Shakir|editor-first1=M. H.|title=The Quran|url=http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2002.02.0003%3Asura%3D22%3Averse%3D26|accessdate=10 January 2018|quote=And when We assigned to Ibrahim the place of the House, saying: Do not associate with Me aught, and purify My House for those who make the circuit and stand to pray and bow and prostrate themselves.}}</ref>}}

{{quote|And remember Ibrahim and Ismail raised the foundations of the House (With this prayer): "Our Lord! Accept (this service) from us: For Thou art the All-Hearing, the All-knowing."|Quran|] (2), Ayah 127<ref name="Cite quran|2|127|t=y|s=ns">{{Cite quran|2|127|t=y|s=ns}}</ref><ref>Another version is in {{cite web|editor-last1=Pickthall|editor-first1=Muhammad M.|title=The Quran|url=http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2002.02.0002%3Asura%3D2%3Averse%3D127|accessdate=10 January 2018|quote=And when Abraham and Ishmael were raising the foundations of the House, (Abraham prayed): Our Lord! Accept from us (this duty). Lo! Thou, only Thou, art the Hearer, the Knower.}}</ref><ref>Another version is in {{cite web|editor-last1=Shakir|editor-first1=M. H.|title=The Quran|url=http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2002.02.0003%3Asura%3D2%3Averse%3D127|accessdate=10 January 2018|quote=And when Ibrahim and Ismail raised the foundations of the House: Our Lord! accept from us; surely Thou art the Hearing, the Knowing:}}</ref>}}

], in his famous ] ('']'') of the Quran, mentions two interpretations among the Muslims on the origin of the ''Kaaba''. One is that the shrine was a place of worship for ] ('']'') before the creation of man. Later, a house of worship was built on the location and was lost during the flood in ]'s time and was finally rebuilt by Abraham and Ishmael as mentioned later in the Quran. Ibn Kathir regarded this tradition as weak and preferred instead the narration by ] that although several other temples might have preceded the ''Kaaba'', it was the first ''Bayt Allah'' ("House of God"), dedicated solely to Him, built by His instruction, and sanctified and blessed by Him, as stated in Quran 22:26–29.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.altafsir.com/Tafasir.asp?tMadhNo=0&tTafsirNo=7&tSoraNo=3&tAyahNo=96&tDisplay=yes&UserProfile=0&LanguageId=1|title=Tafsir Ibn Kathir on 3:96}}</ref> A ] in ] states that the ''Kaaba'' was the first masjid on Earth, and the second was the ].<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.searchtruth.com/book_display.php?book=55&translator=1&start=0&number=585#585|title=Sahih Bukhari|location=Book 55, Hadith 585}}</ref>

While Abraham was building the ''Kaaba'', an angel brought to him the ] which he placed in the eastern corner of the structure. Another stone was the ''Maqam Ibrahim,'' the Station of Abraham, where Abraham stood for elevation while building the structure. The Black Stone and the ''Maqam Ibrahim'' are believed by Muslims to be the only remnant of the original structure made by Abraham as the remaining structure had to be demolished and rebuilt several times over history for its maintenance. After the construction was complete, God enjoined the descendants of Ishmael to perform an annual pilgrimage: the ''Hajj'' and the '']'', sacrifice of cattle. The vicinity of the shrine was also made a sanctuary where bloodshed and war were forbidden.{{cite quran|22|26|e=33}}

According to Islamic tradition, over the millennia after Ishmael's death, his progeny and the local tribes who settled around the ] well gradually turned to polytheism and idolatry. Several idols were placed within the ''Kaaba'' representing deities of different aspects of nature and different tribes. Several rituals were adopted in the pilgrimage including doing naked circumambulation.<ref name="Ishaq2" /> A king named Tubba' is considered the first one to have a door be built for the Kaaba according to sayings recorded in ]'s ''Akhbar Makka''.<ref>{{cite news|date=26 December 2018|title=IN PICTURES: Six doors of Ka'aba over 5,000 years|publisher=Al Arabiya|url=http://english.alarabiya.net/en/variety/2018/12/26/Oldest-out-of-six-Kaaba-doors-tours-the-world.html|accessdate=22 October 2019|df=}}</ref>

====Ptolemy and Diodorus Siculus====
Writing in the '']'', Wensinck identifies Mecca with a place called ''Macoraba'' mentioned by ].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Neuwirth|first1=Angelika|url=http://www.aai.uni-hamburg.de/voror/Personal/heidemann/Heidemann_Texte/Heidemann_Quran_in_Context_2010_Representation.pdf|title=The Qur'an in context historical and literary investigations into the Qur'anic milieu|last2=Nicolai Sinai|first2=Michael|publisher=Brill|year=2010|isbn=9789047430322|location=Leiden|pages=63,123,83, 295|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002140559/http://www.aai.uni-hamburg.de/voror/Personal/heidemann/Heidemann_Texte/Heidemann_Quran_in_Context_2010_Representation.pdf|archivedate=2 October 2015|url-status=dead|df=}}</ref><ref name="eoi318" /> ] states: "Mecca is mentioned by Ptolemy. The name he gives it allows us to identify it as a South Arabian foundation created around a sanctuary."<ref>G. E. Von Grunebaum. ''Classical Islam: A History 600–1258'', p. 19</ref> In '']'', ] argues that the identification of Macoraba with Mecca is false and that Macoraba was a town in southern Arabia in what was then known as ].<ref>{{cite book|last=Crone|first=Patricia|url=|title=Makkan Trade and the Rise of Islam|publisher=Gorgias|year=2004|location=Piscataway, New Jersey|doi=|id=|authorlink=}} pp. 134–137</ref> A recent study has revisited the arguments for Macoraba and found them unsatisfactory.<ref>{{Cite journal|author=Morris, Ian D.|year=2018|title=Mecca and Macoraba|url=https://islamichistorycommons.org/mem/wp-content/uploads/sites/55/2018/11/UW-26-Morris.pdf|url-status=dead|journal=Al-ʿUṣūr Al-Wusṭā|volume=26|pages=1–60|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181117022342/https://islamichistorycommons.org/mem/wp-content/uploads/sites/55/2018/11/UW-26-Morris.pdf|archive-date=17 November 2018|access-date=16 November 2018}}</ref>

] ]s representing the ''Kaaba'', 17th century.]]
Based on an earlier report by ], ] mentions a temple along the Red Sea coast, "which is very holy and exceedingly revered by all Arabians".<ref>{{cite book|last1=Siculus|first1=Diodorus|url=http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Diodorus_Siculus/3C*.html|title=Bibliotheca Historica|location=Book 3 Chapter 44}}</ref> ] believed that this was the Kaaba.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Gibbon|first1=Edward|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.533456|title=The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire|year=1862|location=Book 5 pp. 223–224}}</ref> However, Ian D. Morris argues that Gibbon had misread the source: Diodorus puts the temple too far north for it to have been Mecca.<ref>{{Cite journal|author=Morris, Ian D.|year=2018|title=Mecca and Macoraba|url=https://islamichistorycommons.org/mem/wp-content/uploads/sites/55/2018/11/UW-26-Morris.pdf|url-status=dead|journal=Al-ʿUṣūr Al-Wusṭā|volume=26|pages=1–60, pp. 42–43, n. 200|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181117022342/https://islamichistorycommons.org/mem/wp-content/uploads/sites/55/2018/11/UW-26-Morris.pdf|archive-date=17 November 2018|access-date=16 November 2018}}</ref>

===Muhammad's era===
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During Muhammad's lifetime (570–632 CE), the ''Kaaba'' was considered a holy site by the local Arabs. Muhammad took part in the reconstruction of the ''Kaaba'' after its structure was damaged due to floods around 600 CE. ] '']'', one of the biographies of Muhammad (as reconstructed and translated by Guillaume), describes ] settling a quarrel between the Meccan clans as to which clan should set the Black Stone in its place. According to Ishaq's biography, Muhammad's solution was to have all the clan elders raise the cornerstone on a cloak, after which Muhammad set the stone into its final place with his own hands.<ref>{{cite book|last=Guillaume|first=A.|title=The Life of Muhammad|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1955|location=Oxford}} pp. 84–87</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Saifur Rahman al-Mubarakpuri, translated by Issam Diab|year=1979|title=Muhammad's Birth and Forty Years prior to Prophethood|url=http://www.witness-pioneer.org/vil/Books/SM_tsn/ch1s6.html|accessdate=2007-05-04|work=Ar-Raheeq Al-Makhtum (The Sealed Nectar): Memoirs of the Noble Prophet}}</ref> Ibn Ishaq says that the ] for the reconstruction of the ''Kaaba'' came from a Greek ship that had been wrecked on the ] coast at Shu'aybah and that the work was undertaken by a ]ic carpenter called Baqum.<ref>Cyril Glasse, ''New Encyclopedia of Islam'', p. 245. Rowman Altamira, 2001. {{ISBN|0-7591-0190-6}}</ref> Muhammad's ] is said to have taken him from the ''Kaaba'' to the '']'' and heavenwards from there.

Muslims initially considered Jerusalem as their ''qibla'', or prayer direction, and faced toward it while offering prayers; however, pilgrimage to the ''Kaaba'' was considered a religious duty though its rites were not yet finalized. During the first half of Muhammad's time as a prophet while he was at Mecca, he and his followers were severely persecuted which eventually led to their migration to ] in 622 CE. In 624 CE, Muslims believe the direction of the ''qibla'' was changed from the ''Masjid al-Aqsa'' to the ''Masjid al-Haram'' in Mecca, with the revelation of ], verse 144.{{Cite Quran|2|144}}<ref>{{cite book|last1=Saifur Rahman|url=https://archive.org/details/TheSealedNectar_201312|title=The Sealed Nectar|pages=}}</ref> In 628 CE, Muhammad led a group of Muslims towards Mecca with the intention of performing the ''Umrah'', but was prevented from doing so by the Quraysh. He secured a peace treaty with them, the ], which allowed the Muslims to freely perform pilgrimage at the ''Kaaba'' from the following year.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Saifur Rahman|url=https://archive.org/details/TheSealedNectar_201312|title=The Sealed Nectar|pages=}}</ref>

At the culmination of his mission,<ref>{{Cite book|author=Lapidus, Ira M.|title=A history of Islamic societies|date=13 October 2014|isbn=9780521514309|oclc=853114008}}</ref> in 630 CE, after the allies of the Quraysh, the Banu Bakr, violated the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah, Muhammad ]. His first action was to remove statues and images from the ''Kaaba''.<ref name="EllenbogenTugendhaft2011">{{cite book|last1=Ellenbogen|first1=Josh|title=Idol Anxiety|last2=Tugendhaft|first2=Aaron|date=18 July 2011|publisher=Stanford University Press|isbn=9780804781817|page=47|language=English|quote=When Muhammad ordered his men to cleanse the ''Kaaba'' of the statues and pictures displayed there, he spared the paintings of the Virgin and Child and of Abraham.}}</ref> According to reports collected by ] and ], Muhammad spared a painting of ] and ], and a fresco of ]; but according to ], all pictures were erased.<ref>{{cite book|last=Guillaume|first=Alfred|url=https://archive.org/details/IbnIshaq-SiratRasulAllah-translatorA.Guillaume|title=The Life of Muhammad. A translation of Ishaq's "Sirat Rasul Allah".|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1955|isbn=978-0196360331|page=552|quote=Quraysh had put pictures in the Ka'ba including two of Jesus son of Mary and Mary (on both of whom be peace!). ... The apostle ordered that the pictures should be erased except those of Jesus and Mary.|authorlink=Alfred Guillaume|accessdate=2011-12-08}}</ref><ref name="EllenbogenTugendhaft2011" /><ref name="Rogerson2003">{{cite book|last=]|first=]|title=The Prophet Muhammad: A Biography|publisher=Paulist Press|year=2003|isbn=9781587680298|page=190|language=English|quote=Muhammad raised his hand to protect an icon of the Virgin and Child and a painting of Abraham, but otherwise his companions cleared the interior of its clutter of votive treasures, cult implements, statuettes and hanging charms.}}</ref>

{{quote|Narrated Abdullah: When the Prophet entered Mecca on the day of the conquest, there were 360 idols around the ''Kaaba''. The Prophet started striking them with a stick he had in his hand and was saying, "Truth has come and Falsehood has vanished..." (Qur'an 17:81)"|]|]|source=Book 59, Hadith 583}}

Al-Azraqi further conveys how Muhammad, after he entered the ''Kaaba'' on the day on the conquest, ordered all the pictures erased except that of Maryam

{{Quote|text=Shihab (said) that the Prophet (peace be upon him) entered the Kaaba on the day of the conquest, and in it was a picture of the angels (mala'ika), among others, and he saw a picture of Ibrahim and he said: "May Allah kill those representing him as a venerable old man casting arrows in divination (shaykhan yastaqsim bil-azlam)." Then he saw the picture of Maryam, so he put his hands on it and he said: "Erase what is in it in the way of pictures except the picture of Maryam."|author=]|title=|source=Akhbar Mecca: History of Mecca}}

After the conquest, Muhammad restated the sanctity and holiness of Mecca, including its ], in Islam.<ref name="Grolier_Society_Book_of_History">{{cite book|author=W. M. Flinders Petrie|url=https://archive.org/details/bookofhistoryhis04bryciala|title=The Book of History: A History of All Nations From the Earliest Times to the Present|author2=Hans F. Helmolt|author3=Stanley Lane-Poole|author4=Robert Nisbet Bain|author5=Hugo Winckler|author6=Archibald H. Sayce|author7=Alfred Russel Wallace|author8=William Lee-Warner|author9=Holland Thompson|publisher=The Grolier Society|year=1915|author8-link=William Lee-Warner|author10=W. Stewart Wallace}}</ref> He performed the Hajj in 632 CE called the ] ("Farewell Pilgrimage") since Muhammad prophesied his impending death on this event.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Saifur Rahman|url=https://archive.org/details/TheSealedNectar_201312|title=The Sealed Nectar|page=}}</ref>

===After Muhammad===
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The ''Kaaba'' has been repaired and reconstructed many times. The structure was severely damaged by a fire on 3 ] 64 AH or Sunday, 31 October 683 CE, during the ] of Mecca in the ] between the ] and ],<ref>{{cite web|title=On this day in 683 AD: The Kaaba, the holiest site in Islam, is burned to the ground|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/31/day-683-ad-kaaba-holiest-site-islam-burned-ground/}}</ref> an early Muslim who ruled Mecca for many years between the death of ʿAli and the consolidation of power by the ]. 'Abdullah rebuilt it to include the ''hatīm''. He did so on the basis of a tradition (found in several ]s) that the ''hatīm'' was a remnant of the foundations of the Abrahamic ''Kaaba'', and that Muhammad himself had wished to rebuild it so as to include it.

The ''Kaaba'' was bombarded with stones in the ] of Mecca in 692, in which the Umayyad army was led by ]. The fall of the city and the death of 'Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr allowed the Umayyads under ] to finally reunite all the Islamic possessions and end the long civil war. In 693 CE, 'Abd al-Malik had the remnants of al-Zubayr's ''Kaaba'' razed, and rebuilt it on the foundations set by the Quraysh. The ''Kaaba'' returned to the cube shape it had taken during Muhammad's time.

During the Hajj of 930 CE, the ] ] attacked Mecca under ], defiled the Zamzam Well with the bodies of pilgrims and stole the Black Stone, taking it to the oasis in Eastern Arabia known as ], where it remained until the ] ransomed it in 952 CE. The basic shape and structure of the ''Kaaba'' have not changed since then.<ref>]. '' {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100307022435/http://www.renaissance.com.pk/JanIslamiShari2y5.htm|date=7 March 2010}}'', ], ]</ref>

After heavy rains and flooding in 1626, the walls of the ''Kaaba'' collapsed and the Mosque was damaged. The same year, during the reign of Ottoman Emperor ], the ''Kaaba'' was rebuilt with granite stones from Mecca, and the Mosque was renovated.<ref>{{cite web|title=History of the Kaba|url=http://www.bible.ca/islam/islam-kaba-history.htm|publisher=}}</ref> The ''Kaaba's'' appearance has not changed since then.

The ''Kaaba'' is depicted on the ] of 500 ], and the 2000 ] banknotes.<ref>. Banknotes & Coins: . – Retrieved on 24 March 2009.</ref>


==Architecture and interior== ==Architecture and interior==

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Building at the center of Islam's most important mosque, the Masjid al-Haram This article is about the Islamic holy site in Mecca. For other uses, see Kaba (disambiguation).

Kaaba
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File:Kaabah (March 2020).jpgThe Kaaba surrounded by pilgrims
Religion
AffiliationIslam
RegionMakkah Province
RiteTawaf
LeadershipPresident of the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques: Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais
Location
LocationGreat Mosque of Mecca,
Mecca, Hejaz, Saudi Arabia
Kaaba is located in Saudi ArabiaKaabaLocation of the Kaaba in Saudi Arabia
AdministrationThe Agency of the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques
Geographic coordinates21°25′21.0″N 39°49′34.2″E / 21.422500°N 39.826167°E / 21.422500; 39.826167
Specifications
Length12.86 m (42 ft 2 in)
Width11.03 m (36 ft 2 in)
Height (max)13.1 m (43 ft 0 in)
MaterialsStone, Marble, Limestone

The Kaaba (Template:Lang-ar, Template:IPA-ar), also spelled Ka'bah or Kabah, sometimes referred to as al-Kaʿbah al-Musharrafah (Template:Lang-ar), is a building at the center of Islam's most important mosque, the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It is the most sacred site in Islam. It is considered by Muslims to be the Bayt Allah (Template:Lang-ar) and is the qibla (Template:Lang-ar, direction of prayer) for Muslims around the world when performing salah.

The Kaaba is believed by Muslims to have been rebuilt several times throughout history, most famously by Ibrahim (Abraham) and his son Ismail (Ishmael), when he returned to the valley of Mecca several years after leaving his wife Hajar (Hagar) and Ismail there upon Allah's command. Circling the Kaaba seven times counterclockwise, known as Tawaf (Template:Lang-ar), is an obligatory rite for the completion of the Hajj and Umrah pilgrimages. The area around the Kaaba on which pilgrims circumambulate is called the Mataaf.

The Kaaba and the Mataaf are surrounded by pilgrims every day of the Islamic year, except the 9th of Dhu al-Hijjah, known as the Day of Arafah, on which the cloth covering the structure, known as the Kiswah (Template:Lang-ar) is changed. However, the most significant increase in their numbers is during Ramadan and the hajj, when millions of pilgrims gather for tawaf. According to the Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah, 6,791,100 pilgrims arrived for the Umrah pilgrimage in the Islamic year 1439 AH, a 3.6% increase from the previous year, with 2,489,406 others arriving for the 1440 AH Hajj.

Lexicology

The literal meaning of the word Ka'bah (Template:Lang-ar) is cube.

In the Qur'an, the Ka'bah is also mentioned by the following names:

The masjid surrounding the Kaaba is called al-Masjid al-Haram ("The Sacred Mosque").

Architecture and interior

The Kaaba is a cuboid-shaped structure made of stones. It is approximately 13.1 m (43 ft 0 in) tall (some claim 12.03 m or 39 ft 5+1⁄2 in), with sides measuring 11.03 m × 12.86 m (36 ft 2+1⁄2 in × 42 ft 2+1⁄2 in). Inside the Kaaba, the floor is made of marble and limestone. The interior walls, measuring 13 m × 9 m (43 ft × 30 ft), are clad with tiled, white marble halfway to the roof, with darker trimmings along the floor. The floor of the interior stands about 2.2 m (7 ft 3 in) above the ground area where tawaf is performed.

The wall directly adjacent to the entrance of the Kaaba has six tablets inlaid with inscriptions, and there are several more tablets along the other walls. Along the top corners of the walls runs a Black cloth embroidered with gold Qur'anic verses. Caretakers anoint the marble cladding with the same scented oil used to anoint the Black Stone outside. Three pillars (some erroneously report two) stand inside the Kaaba, with a small altar or table set between one and the other two. Lamp-like objects (possible lanterns or crucible censers) hang from the ceiling. The ceiling itself is of a darker colour, similar in hue to the lower trimming. The Bāb ut-Tawbah—on the right wall (right of the entrance) opens to an enclosed staircase that leads to a hatch, which itself opens to the roof. Both the roof and ceiling (collectively dual-layered) are made of stainless steel-capped teak wood.

A technical drawing of the Kaaba showing dimensions and elements
Rukn al-Yamani

Each numbered item in the following list corresponds to features noted in the diagram image.

  1. The Ḥajar al-Aswad (Template:Lang-ar), is located on the Kaaba's eastern corner. It is the location where Muslims start their circumambulation of the Kaaba, known as the tawaf.
  2. The entrance is a door set 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) above the ground on the north-eastern wall of the Kaaba, called the Bab ar-Rahmah (Template:Lang-ar), that also acts as the façade. In 1979, the 300 kg (660 lb) gold doors made by artist Ahmad bin Ibrahim Badr, replaced the old silver doors made by his father, Ibrahim Badr, in 1942. There is a wooden staircase on wheels, usually stored in the mosque between the arch-shaped gate of Banū Shaybah and the Zamzam Well. The oldest surviving door dates back to 1045 CE.
  3. The Mīzāb al-Raḥmah, commonly shortened to Mīzāb or Meezab is a rain spout made of gold. Added when the Kaaba was rebuilt in 1627, after a flood in 1626 caused three of the four walls to collapse.
  4. This slant structure, covering three sides of the Kaaba, is known as the Shadherwaan (Template:Lang-ar) and was added in 1627 along with the Mīzāb al-Raḥmah to protect the foundation from rainwater.
  5. The Hatīm (also romanized as hateem) and also known as the Hijr Ismail, is a low wall that was part of the original Kaaba. It is a semi-circular wall opposite, but not connected to, the north-west wall of the Kaaba. It is 1.31 m (4 ft 3+1⁄2 in) in height and 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) in width, and is composed of white marble. The space between the hatīm and the Kaaba was originally part of the Kaaba, and is thus not entered during the tawaf.
  6. al-Multazam, the roughly 2 m (6+1⁄2 ft) space along the wall between the Black Stone and the entry door. It is sometimes considered pious or desirable for a pilgrim to touch this area of the Kaaba, or perform dua here.
  7. The Station of Ibrahim (Maqam Ibrahim) is a glass and metal enclosure with what is said to be an imprint of Abraham's feet. Ibrahim is said to have stood on this stone during the construction of the upper parts of the Kaaba, raising Ismail on his shoulders for the uppermost parts.
  8. The corner of the Black Stone. It faces very slightly southeast from the center of the Kaaba. The four corners of the Kaaba roughly point toward the four cardinal directions of the compass.
  9. The Rukn al-Yamani (Template:Lang-ar), also known as Rukn-e-Yamani or Rukn-e-Yemeni, is the corner of the Kaaba facing slightly southwest from the center of the Kaaba.
  10. The Rukn ush-Shami (Template:Lang-ar), also known as Rukn-e-Shami, is the corner of the Kaaba facing very slightly northwest from the center of the Kaaba.
  11. The Rukn al-'Iraqi (Template:Lang-ar), is the corner that faces slightly northeast from the center of the Kaaba.
  12. Kiswah, the embroidered covering. Kiswa is a black silk and gold curtain which is replaced annually during the Hajj pilgrimage. Two-thirds of the way up is a band of gold-embroidered Quranic text, including the Shahada, the Islamic declaration of faith.
  13. Marble stripe marking the beginning and end of each circumambulation.

Note: The major (long) axis of the Kaaba has been observed to align with the rising of the star Canopus toward which its southern wall is directed, while its minor axis (its east–west facades) roughly align with the sunrise of summer solstice and the sunset of winter solstice.

  • The Bāb at-Tawbah, "Door of Repentance" The Bāb at-Tawbah, "Door of Repentance"
  • The Kaaba with the signature minarets. A similar view is printed on the obverse side of 500-riyal (approximately 133 USD) notes in Saudi Arabia. The Kaaba with the signature minarets. A similar view is printed on the obverse side of 500-riyal (approximately 133 USD) notes in Saudi Arabia.
  • The Station of Ibrahim (Maqam Ibrahim) The Station of Ibrahim (Maqam Ibrahim)
  • The Mīzāb al-Raḥmah The Mīzāb al-Raḥmah

Significance in Islam

The Kaaba is the holiest site in Islam, and is often called by names such as the Bayt Allah (Template:Lang-ar). and Bayt Allah al-Haram (Template:Lang-ar).

Tawaf

Further information: Hajj and Umrah
Pilgrims perform Tawaf around the Kaaba during Hajj
The Kaaba and the Sacred Mosque during Hajj, 2008

Tawaf (Template:Lang-ar) is one of the Islamic rituals of pilgrimage and is compulsory during both the Hajj and Umrah. Pilgrims go around the Kaaba (the most sacred site in Islam) seven times in a counterclockwise direction; the first three at a hurried pace on the outer part of the Mataaf and the latter four times closer to the Kaaba at a leisurely pace. The circling is believed to demonstrate the unity of the believers in the worship of the One God, as they move in harmony together around the Kaaba, while supplicating to God. To be in a state of Wudu (ablution) is mandatory while performing tawaf as it is considered to be a form of worship ('ibadah).

Tawaf begins from the corner of the Kaaba with the Black Stone. If possible, Muslims are to kiss or touch it, but this is often not possible because of the large crowds. They are also to chant the Basmala and Takbir each time they complete one revolution. Hajj pilgrims are generally advised to "make ṭawāf" at least twice – once as part of the Hajj, and again before leaving Mecca.

The five types of ṭawāf are:

  • Ṭawāf al-Qudūm (arrival ṭawāf) is performed by those not residing in Mecca once reaching the Holy City.
  • Ṭawāf aṭ-Ṭaḥīyah (greeting ṭawāf) is performed after entering Al-Masjid al-Haram at any other times and is mustahab.
  • Ṭawāf al-'Umrah (Umrah ṭawāf) refers to the ṭawāf performed specifically for Umrah.
  • Ṭawāf al-Wadā' ("farewell ṭawāf") is performed before leaving Mecca.
  • Ṭawāf az-Zīyārah (ṭawāf of visiting), Ṭawāf al-'Ifāḍah (ṭawāf of compensation) or Ṭawāf al-Ḥajj (Hajj ṭawāf) is performed after completing the Hajj.

As the Qibla

Main article: Qibla

The Qibla is the direction faced during prayer. The direction faced during prayer is the direction of where the Kaaba is, relative to the person praying. Apart from praying, Muslims generally consider facing the Qibla while reciting the Quran to be a part of good etiquette.

Cleaning

The building is opened biannually for the ceremony of "The Cleaning of the Sacred Kaaba" (Template:Lang-ar). The ceremony takes place on the 1st of Sha'baan, the eighth month of the Islamic calendar, approximately thirty days before the start of the month of Ramadan and on the 15th of Muharram, the first month. The keys to the Kaaba are held by the Banī Shaybah (Template:Lang-ar) tribe, an honor bestowed upon them by Muhammad. Members of the tribe greet visitors to the inside of the Kaaba on the occasion of the cleaning ceremony.

The Governor of the Makkah Province and accompanying dignitaries clean the interior of the Kaaba using cloths dipped in Zamzam water scented with Oud perfume. Preparations for the washing start a day before the agreed date, with the mixing of Zamzam water with several luxurious perfumes including Tayef rose, 'oud and musk. Zamzam water mixed with rose perfume is splashed on the floor and is wiped with palm leaves. Usually, the entire process is completed in two hours.

See also

Notes

  1. 22 September 2017 – 10 September 2018 CE, using tabular calculations rather than the direct lunar observation method. See Islamic New Year#Gregorian correspondence.

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  11. According to Muslim tradition: "God made the stone under Ibrahim's feet into something like clay so that his feet sunk into it. That was a miracle. It was transmitted on the authority of Abu Ja'far al-Baqir (may peace be upon him) that he said: Three stones were sent down from the Garden: the Station of Ibrahim, the rock of the children of Israel, and the Black Stone, which God entrusted Ibrahim with as a white stone. It was whiter than paper, but became black from the sins of the children of Adam." (The Hajj, F.E. Peters 1996)
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