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    The Kaaba is a cube-shaped building located in Mecca, Saudi Arabia that is the holiest site in Islam. It was originally constructed by Abraham and his son Ishmael as a place of worship. Throughout history, the Kaaba has undergone many renovations due to damage and to accommodate the growing number of pilgrims. Today, it remains a focal point for Muslim prayer and pilgrimage, with all Muslims directing their prayers towards it.

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    The Kaaba is a cube-shaped building located in Mecca, Saudi Arabia that is the holiest site in Islam. It was originally constructed by Abraham and his son Ishmael as a place of worship. Throughout history, the Kaaba has undergone many renovations due to damage and to accommodate the growing number of pilgrims. Today, it remains a focal point for Muslim prayer and pilgrimage, with all Muslims directing their prayers towards it.

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    The Kaaba is a cube-shaped building located in Mecca, Saudi Arabia that is the holiest site in Islam. It was originally constructed by Abraham and his son Ishmael as a place of worship. Throughout history, the Kaaba has undergone many renovations due to damage and to accommodate the growing number of pilgrims. Today, it remains a focal point for Muslim prayer and pilgrimage, with all Muslims directing their prayers towards it.

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    INTRODUCTION OF KHANA KABA

     The Kaaba, granite masonry,


    covered with silk curtain and
    calligraphy in gold and silver-
    wrapped thread, pre-Islamic
    monument, rededicated by
    Muhammad in 631–32 C.E.,
    multiple renovations, Mecca, Saudi
    Arabia (photo:
    Muhammad Mahdi Karim, GNU
    version 1.2 only)
    Prayer and pilgrimage
    Pilgrimage to a holy site is a core principle of almost all faiths. The
    Kaaba, meaning cube in Arabic, is a square building, elegantly draped
    in a silk and cotton veil. Located in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, it is the
    holiest shrine in Islam. In Islam, Muslims pray five times a day and
    after 624 C.E., these prayers were directed towards Mecca and the
    Kaaba rather than Jerusalem; this direction (or qibla in Arabic), is
    marked in all mosques and enables the faithful to know in what
    direction they should pray. The Qur‘an established the direction of
    prayer. All Muslims aspire to undertake the hajj, or the annual
    pilgrimage, to the Kaaba once in their life if they are able. Prayer five
    times a day and the hajj are two of the five pillars of Islam, the most
    fundamental principles of the faith.
    Upon arriving in Mecca, pilgrims gather in the courtyard of the Masjid
    al-Haram around the Kaaba. They then circumambulate (tawaf in
    Arabic) or walk around the Kaaba, during which they hope to kiss and
    touch the Black Stone (al-Hajar al-Aswad), embedded in the eastern
    corner of the Kaaba.

    Map of Mecca, Saudi Arabia (NormanEinstein, CC


    BY-SA 3.0
    The history and form of
    the Kaaba
    o The Kaaba was a sanctuary in pre-Islamic times. Muslims believe that Abraham (known
    as Ibrahim in the Islamic tradition), and his son, Ismail, constructed the Kaaba.
    Tradition holds that it was originally a simple unroofed rectangular structure. The
    Quraysh tribe, who ruled Mecca, rebuilt the pre-Islamic Kaaba in c. 608 C.E. with
    alternating courses of masonry and wood. A door was raised above ground level to
    protect the shrine from intruders and flood waters.
    o Muhammad was driven out of Mecca in 620 C.E. to Yathrib, which is now known as
    Medina. Upon his return to Mecca in 629/30 C.E., the shrine became the focal point for
    Muslim worship and pilgrimage. The pre-Islamic Kaaba housed the Black Stone and
    statues of pagan gods. Muhammad reportedly cleansed the Kaaba of idols upon his
    victorious return to Mecca, returning the shrine to the monotheism of Ibrahim. The
    Black Stone is believed to have been given to Ibrahim by the angel Gabriel and is
    revered by Muslims. Muhammad made a final pilgrimage in 632 C.E., the year of his
    death, and thereby established the rites of pilgrimage.
    Modifications
     During the civil war between
    the caliph Abd al-Malik and Ibn
    Zubayr who controlled Mecca,
    the Kaaba was set on fire in 683
    C.E. Reportedly, the Black Stone
    broke into three pieces and Ibn
     The Kaaba has been modified Zubayr reassembled it with silver.
    extensively throughout its He rebuilt the Kaaba in wood and
    stone, following Ibrahim’s
    history. The area around the original dimensions and also
    Kaaba was expanded in order paved the space around the
    to accommodate the growing Kaaba. After regaining control of
    number of pilgrims by the Mecca, Abd al-Malik restored the
    part of the building that
    second caliph, ‘Umar (ruled Muhammad is thought to have
    634–44). The caliph ‘Uthman designed. None of these
    (ruled 644–56) built the renovations can be confirmed
    through study of the building or
    colonnades around the open
    archaeological evidence; these
    plaza where the Kaaba stands changes are only outlined in later
    and incorporated other literary sources.
    important monuments into
    the sanctuary.

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