Why Kaaba was built?
The holy Kabaa is believed to have been built in honour of ALLAH, by Prophet Ibrahim AS and his son presenting the Oneness of ALLAH. It also shows the devotion and dedication of Prophet Ibrahim AS towards ALLAH. You can imagine its significance that many Muslims perform Umrah and Hajj around it by booking Hajj and Umrah Packages. It signifies their obedience and love for ALLAH. It was later changed into Qibla; observant Muslims around the world face the Kaaba during their five daily prayers.
Formation of the Kaaba into a cube
The Kabaa remained in the same structure and the same shape built by Hazrat Ibrahim AS for the longest time. It was rectangular and later on, something happened the Kaaba was made into a cube. The Kabaa started to run down and like other buildings, it started losing its form. So it was needed o rebuilt it.
The holy prophet Muhammad ﷺ participated in rebuilding the Kaaba.
The Kaaba was always considered holy. Though people strayed and had become idolaters yet the Kaaba was the centre of worship. During Muhammad’s lifetime, the structure of the Kabaa was damaged due to floods around 600CE. After heavy rainfall, the walls of the Kaaba collapsed and the mosque was damaged badly.
Who built the Kaaba in the cube shape?
The leader of Quraysh came and they were afraid to renovate the Kaaba, they were afraid that maybe ALLAH would send them birds like that with stones of fire, they encouraged themselves. All of them gathered and it was concluded that most of their wealth came from forbidden trade; the Holy Kaaba must be built only with halal money. Hence they gathered money which was pure and they were sure it would be enough to rebuild the Kaaba as a cube. So it was the Quraysh tribe who were among the respectable of all, who built the Kaaba in a cube with alternating courses of masonry and wood.
Setting back the black stone:
There was the last rock left which was the black stone. “Hajar e Aswad”, they were unknown who would put stone Aswad in. They were almost about to have a battle over it, then one of them said: let’s sleep next to the black stone, no one would touch it, and the next morning the first person who would enter first we would tell him to judge and whatever he would say we will follow it. The next morning they woke up and saw a man coming in. They pointed to him and said to each other. Is that the man, we all agree? The man was no one else But Muhammad ﷺ. Before prophethood, he was known for his nobility, loyalty, honesty and his peace-loving nature. Everybody loved him before he was Prophet. They all agreed to him and said: “o Muhammad what do you say”? He said I say to take off my cloak and each one of you grab a section and you all carry the stone to the corner that way no one could feel superiority over others. You all have an equal share and then I will take the rock off with my hands to put it in. so it was Prophet Muhammad ﷺ who placed the Black stone with his hands.
The kabaa was bombarded and reformed into a cube
After the death of Muhammad ﷺ, in the second siege of Makah in 692 in which the Umayyad army was led by Al-hajjaj ibn Yusuf. The fall of the city and the death of Abdullah Malik ibn Marwan finally reunite all the Islamic possessions and end the civil war. In 693CE Abdul Malik had the remnants of al Zubair’s command razed and rebuilt on the foundations set by the Quyrash’s leader. Henceforward The Kaaba was then returned to the cube shape it had taken during Muhammad’s ﷺ time. You can get Umrah from a hajj umrah travel agency. You can get flights, VISA and Hotels individually as well.
The Kabaa was rebuilt multiple times after that under different circumstances but the basic shape and the structure have not changed since then. The boundaries of the mosque have been extended several times which now spread over 40 acres of land. Over the year the structure has been modified but the cubic shape remains the same. Every Muslim should seek knowledge about who built the holy Kabaa because the holy Kaaba is not only the Centre of worship it is the holiest place in Islam. It is a metaphorical place of ALLAH’s residence.
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