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The Kaaba and Masjid al-Haram depicted on a talismanic shirt, 16th or early 17th century. The Qur'an contains several verses regarding the origin of the Kaaba. It states that the Kaaba was the first House of Worship for mankind, and that it was built by Ibrahim and Ismail on Allah's instructions: [39] [40] [41]
A typical Kaaba building is shaped like a cube or block and functions as a place for the devotees of a particular god or goddess to worship in. [1] [2] The name "Kaaba" was used by ancient Arabians to describe and label these sites because of their resemblance to the Kaaba at Mecca and the purpose of doing pilgrimage to them.
7th C. - Masjid al-Haram architectural components began. 625-629 : Pilgrim mosques built in numerous countries like (Kerala) India & in China by early disciples of Muhammad. Pilgrimage of Muslims to Mecca per Treaty of Hudaybiyyah. [3] 11 December: Liberation of Mecca. 683 / 63-64 H - Siege of Mecca (683); Kaaba burnt. [5] 692 - Siege of Mecca ...
The Kaaba was originally intended as a symbolic house for the one monotheistic God. However, according to Islamic mythology, after Ibrahim's death, people started to fill the Kaaba with "pagan idols". When Muhammad conquered Mecca after his exile, he removed the idols from the Kaaba. [83] [84] The inside of the Kaaba is now empty. [85]
The history tells how, when Mohammed was still a young man, the Kaaba was being rebuilt and a dispute arose between the various clans in Mecca over who had the right to rededicate the black stone. Mohammed resolved the argument by placing the stone on a cloth and having members of each clan lift the cloth together, raising the black stone into ...
According to tradition, the Kaaba was a cube-like, originally roofless structure housing a black stone revered as a relic. [118] The sanctuary was dedicated to Hubal (Arabic: هبل), who, according to some sources, was worshiped as the greatest of the 360 idols the Kaaba contained, which probably represented the days of the year. [119]
After a while, the original meaning/function of the stones was forgotten and they came to be mistaken for idols. This second version is similar to an idea reported by the fifth-century historian Sozomen, author of one of the first documents to associate Arabs with an Ishmaelite heritage. According to Sozomen, the great lapse of time between ...
Upon Muhammad's victorious return to Mecca in 630 CE, Ali broke the idols in and around the Kaaba, [25] similar to what, according to the Quran, Abraham did in his homeland. Thus ended polytheistic use of the Kaaba, and began monotheistic rule over it and its sanctuary. [26] [27] [28] [29]