Kaaba
Sign in to saveThe Kaaba (), also spelled Kaba, Kabah or Kabah, sometimes referred to as al-Kaba al-Musharrafa (), is a stone building at the center of Islam's most important mosque and holiest site, the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It is considered by Muslims to be the Baytullah () and determines the qibla () for Muslims around the world.
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The Kaaba is a stone building at the center of Islam's holiest site, the Masjid al-Haram mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, and Muslims consider it to be the House of God. It is spiritually significant because it determines the direction (qibla) that Muslims face when praying around the world.
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Article
20 sectionsContents
- <span class="anchor" id="Etymology"></span>Etymology and pre-Islamic usage
- History
- Before Muhammad
- Ptolemy and Diodorus Siculus
- In the Quran
- During Muhammad's lifetime
- After Muhammad
- In non-Islamic literature
- Architecture and interior
- Written marble documents inside the Kaaba
- Significance in Islam
- Tawaf
- As the Qibla
- Cleaning
- Events related to the Kaaba
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
The Kaaba (), also spelled Kaba, Kabah or Kabah, sometimes referred to as al-Kaba al-Musharrafa (), is a stone building at the center of Islam's most important mosque and holiest site, the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It is considered by Muslims to be the Baytullah () and determines the qibla () for Muslims around the world.
According to Islamic tradition, the Kaaba was rebuilt several times throughout history, most famously by Ibrahim and his son Ismail, when he returned to the valley of Mecca several years after leaving his wife Hajar and Ismail there upon Allah's command. The current structure was built after the original building was damaged by a fire during the siege of Mecca by the Umayyads in 683 CE. Circling the Kaaba seven times counterclockwise, known as Tawaf (), is a Fard rite for the completion of the Hajj and Umrah pilgrimages. The area around the Kaaba where pilgrims walk is called the Mataaf.