Abraham and his eldest son, Ishmael, were commanded by God to build a place of worship, the Ka'bah, in what is today the city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia The Ka'bah is the central place of worship toward which all Muslims face in prayer to God, Almighty .The Qur'an states that God commanded Abraham to summon all humankind to visit this placeand when pilgrims go there today they say "At your service, O Lord," in response to Abraham's call This proves that only Muslims have the true religion of Abraham-the great messenger the the Jews and christians believe in him.
Abraham and his eldest son, Ishmael, were commanded by God to build a place of worship, the Ka'bah, in what is today the city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia The Ka'bah is the central place of worship toward which all Muslims face in prayer to God, Almighty .The Qur'an states that God commanded Abraham to summon all humankind to visit this placeand when pilgrims go there today they say "At your service, O Lord," in response to Abraham's call This proves that only Muslims have the true religion of Abraham-the great messenger the the Jews and christians believe in him.
The Kabah was always a site of worship - but it was for pagan worship of hundreds of Gods, one of them Allah! When the Jews rejected mohammeds message, mohammed turned from directing worship to the eternal holy city of Jerusalem - back to Mecca, the ancient site of Arabic worship.
Abu Jaffar Al Baqer, narrates from Mohammad bin Ali bin Hussain r.a. that before descendant of Hazrat Adam a.s. on the earth, Almighty Allah, build a house called 'Bait-ul-Ma'amoor' which was right under His thrown and the angels do circumambulate (tawaf) around it. Than Almighty Allah SWT ordered the angels to go down on the earth and build the house there. When generation of Adam a.s. increased, they were ordered to do circumambulate (tawaf) around that house.
Hazrat Abbas r.a. narrates when Almighty Allah descendant Hazrat Adam r.a. on the earth, he was ordered to build kaaba (which mentioned as The First House of God) at the place called 'Bait-Ullah'. This house was created with the stones of five mountains, Jabal Al-banan, Tor-e-Saina, Tor-e-Zaita (near Bait-ul-Muqadas), Jowdi (Mousil) and Hira.
After the storm of Hazrat Noah a.s., this house was expunged only the signs remained there. Later on Hazrat Ibrahim and Hazrat Ismail a.s. re-build (reconstructed) it. Renovations works were carried out by tribes of Amaliqa, Jarham, Qasa and Quraish.
Many Muhadaseen said the Kabba was re-build/re-constructed 10 times:
1- By angels
2- By Hazrat Adam a.s.
3- Than by sons of Hazrat Adam a.s.
4- Hazrat Ibrahim a.s. & Hazrat Ismail a.s.
5- Tribe of Amaliqa
6- Tribe of Jarham
7- Tribe of Qasa bin Kalaab
8- Hazrat Muhammad
9- Hazrat Abdulah bin Zubair r.a. (with permission of Prophet Muhammad he merged the land of Hateem with Kaaba. It was build/reconstructed/renovated after 82 years from tribe Quraish.
10- Lastly by Hajaj bin Yousif Saqafi, the Governor of Abdul Malik bin Mardan Amuwai.
References:
Qasas-Ul-Quran
Seerat-Ul-Mustafa
Tafseer Ibn Katheer
Al Majd al Doula Amir Usama
Egyptian prints Page 182
A unifying direction for the Muslim daily prayers. A direction towards people can all pray towards and can all migrate to for pilgrimage. If it didnt exist then at the mosques there will be fights as to which direction to face when praying.
It was built as part of God's promise to bring a Prophet from the descendants of Ishmael.
so that the great god Allah cud have a place to sleep in the cold windy nights....
He built the Kaaba to worship God.
He Built Kaaba it is true but there was an order by Allah in order to do this work.
The Kaaba and the mosque are and have been a great source of revenue for the country way before there was oil to be had. The small meteorite that is in the center of what is called Kaaba was actually one of the idols that was worshipped before Islam blessed the region with its presence. It later became the symbol for Islam and its worshippers.
Kaaba is a historic building..at the direction of kaaba muslim worship but not worship kaaba
.Kaaba, because kaaba itself is an Arabic word.
The Kaaba is in the shape of a cube. This is because the word Kaaba means cube in Arabic
no difference
The Kaaba was built by Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham) and his son Prophet Ismael (Ishmael) as a shrine dedicated to the worship of one God. It serves as a central focal point for Muslims around the world during their prayers and pilgrimage.
Inside the Kaaba, the floor is made of marble and limestone. The interior walls are clad with marble halfway to the roof. The marble is inset with Qur'anic inscriptions. The wall directly adjacent to the entrance of the Kaaba has six tablets inlaid with inscriptions. The top part of the walls are covered with a green cloth embroidered with gold Qur'anic verses. Caretakers anoint the marble cladding with scented oil used on the Black Stone outside. Three pillars stand inside the Kaaba, with a small altar set between one and the other two. Lamp-like objects (possible crucible censers) hang by a rope above the platform.
Kaaba is a circumambulating of pilgrims. Tawaf is also a performance by the pilgrims.
it is placed in outer side of kaaba
its an angel (subhanallah) it goes into the Kaaba and out of it.
You circle around the Kaaba as a worship to Allah for example in omrah or haj
according Islam prophet Muhammad (PBUH) is from generation of Abraham (PBUH). also the Kaaba is rebuilt by the Ismael (PBUH) the son of Abraham (PBUH). Kaaba first time was made by Adam (PBUH).