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Monday 18 March 2013

Ka'bah

The Kaaba

The Kaaba (Arabic: الكعبة al-Ka’bah :"Cube") is a cube-shaped building in Mecca, Saudi Arabia and is the most sacred site in Islam. The building predates Islam, and, according to Islamic tradition, the first building at the site was built by Abraham. The building has a mosque built around it, the Masjid al-Haram. All Muslims around the world face the Kaaba during prayers, no matter where they are.
One of the Five Pillars of Islam requires every Muslim to perform the Hajj pilgrimage at least once in his or her lifetime if they are able to do so. Multiple parts of the Hajj require pilgrims to walk seven times around the Kaaba in a counter-clockwise direction (as viewed from above). This circumambulation, the Tawaf, is also performed by pilgrims during the Umrah (lesser pilgrimage). However, the most dramatic times are during the Hajj, when about three million (officially) pilgrims simultaneously gather to circle the building on the same day.
The Kaaba is a large masonry structure roughly the shape of a cube. The Kaaba is covered by a black silk and gold curtain known as the kiswah, which is replaced yearly. About two-thirds of the way up runs a band of gold-embroidered calligraphy with Qur'anic text, including the Islamic declaration of faith, the Shahada.
The four corners of the Kaaba roughly point toward the four cardinal directions of the compass. In the eastern corner of the Kaaba is the Ruknu l-Aswad "the Black Corner"" or al-Hajaru l-Aswad "the Black Stone". At the northern corner is the Ruknu l-Iraq "the Iraqi corner". The western corner is the Ruknu sh-Shāmī "the Levantine corner" and the southern is Ruknu l-Yamanī "the Yemeni corner".
The Black Stone is a significant feature of the Kaaba, believed by Muslims to date back to the time of Adam and Eve. Located at the eastern corner of the Kaaba, it is about 30 cm (12 in) in diameter and surrounded by a silver frame. Although not strictly obligatory, pilgrims can kiss the Stone, as Muhammad is said to have done.
A 1315 illustration from the Persian Jami al-Tawarikh, inspired by the story of Muhammad and the Meccan clan elders lifting the Black Stone into place when the Kaaba was rebuilt in the early 600s. At the time of Muhammad (CE 570–632), his tribe the Quraysh was in charge of the Kaaba, which was at that time a shrine containing hundreds of idols representing Arabian tribal gods and other religious figures, including Jesus and Mary. Muhammad earned the enmity of his tribe by claiming the shrine for the new religion of Islam that he preached. He wanted the Kaaba to be dedicated to the worship of the one God alone, and all the idols evicted. The Quraysh persecuted and harassed him continuously and he and his followers eventually migrated to Medina in 622.
After this pivotal migration, or Hijra, the Muslim community became a political and military force. In 630, Muhammad and his followers returned to Mecca as conquerors, and he destroyed the 360 idols in and around the Kaaba. While destroying each idol, Muhammad recited Qu'ran 17:81 which says "Truth has arrived and falsehood has perished for falsehood is by its nature bound to perish."
The Kaaba was re-dedicated as an Islamic house of worship, and henceforth, the annual pilgrimage was to be a Muslim rite, the Hajj, which visits the Kaaba and other sacred sites around Mecca. The Qibla is the Muslim name for the direction faced during prayer. While it may appear to some non-Muslims that Muslims worship the Kaaba, it is simply the focal point for prayer. The first Qibla of Muslim is faced to Baitul Maqdis , and than moved to Masjidil Haram as an order of Allah in Q.S.Al-Baqarah: 143–144.


Question :
  1. Who the first built of kaaba?
The first build the kaaba is Abraham.
  1. Where the location of black stone?
In the eastern corner of the Kaaba.
  1. When the Kaaba was rebuilt?
In the early 600s.
  1. How much the idols was destroyed by Muhammad when he and his followers returned to Mecca as conquerors?
360 idols in and around the Kaaba was destroyed by Muhammad and his followers.
  1. Why every Muslim requires to perform the Hajj to Mecca?
Because, the Hajj is One of the Five Pillars of Islam.
  1. What is the Kaaba ?
The Kaaba is a cube-shaped building in Mecca, Saudi Arabia and is the most sacred site in Islam.
  1. Do all Muslims to frond Kaaba eachtime to pray?
Yes, they do.
  1. What is name of a black silk that covered of Kaaba?
The name is the kiswah.
  1. Are we shoul kiss Hajar Aswad /Black Stone?
No, We Are.
  1. When Muhammad and his followers eventually migrated to Medina?
Muhammad and his followers eventually migrated to Medina in 622.

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