Holy Kaaba

The Kaaba, or the Sacred House of God, or the Ancient House, as mentioned in the Holy Qur’an, is the holiest place on earth. The first house placed on earth to worship God according to the Islamic belief, and it is the kiss of Muslims in their prayers, and around it they circumambulate. History of the Kaaba: Some Islamic scholars, relying on narratives from some of the Companions, believe that Adam, peace be upon him, was the first to build the Sacred Mosque with the help of the honorable angels, and then God sent the Prophet Ibrahim, peace be upon him, and ordered him to build the Kaaba again with the help of his son Ismail, peace be upon him, as they raised its bases Together, as Muslims believe, the building of the Kaaba was cracked more than once as a result of the large number of torrents and the natural factors affecting the construction, as it was rebuilt several times. Quraish repaired it during the pre-Islamic period, and the companion Ibn al-Zubayr, then al-Hajjaj bin Yusuf, and after him Murad the Fourth during the time of the Ottoman Empire, and the last of which was during the reign of King Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. Description of the Kaaba: The building of the Kaaba is cube-shaped, and hence its name came according to one of its interpretations. The height of the Kaaba is 15 meters, its length from the al-Mutazam side is 12.84 meters, and its length from the Hijr Ismail side is 11.28 meters. metres. The Holy Kaaba during the era of Ismail, peace be upon him, was a building of nine Arms and without a roof, then a person called Asaad Al-Kamel came and made a roof for it, and Abdul came after him Al-Muttalib bin Hashem made a door studded with gold for it, so he was the first to inlay the Kaaba with gold. During the reign of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the king Khalid bin Abdul Aziz made a door of pure gold weighing 280 kg, and during the era of Fahd bin Abdul Al-Aziz, the wooden columns of the Kaaba, which are 1,200 years old, were replaced with solid wood brought from Burma (Myanmar), and he carried out a comprehensive restoration process in which the roof of the Kaaba was removed and rebuilt. The floor of the Kaaba became covered with marble. The corners of the Kaaba are four: the Black Corner, the Shami Corner, and the Corner Al-Yamani and the Iraqi corner. At the top of the northern wall is the gutter Made of pure gold and overlooking the Ismail stone. The Kaaba still retains its sanctity All Muslims, as it is visited annually by about 25 million visitors, which makes it at the forefront of the most visited cities A visit in the world, and because it takes a purely religious nature, it prevents non-Muslims from entering it.