Looks inside Holy Kaaba Masjid Al Haram complete history The House of Allah

Looks inside Holy Kaaba Masjid Al Haram complete history The House of Allah. The Prophet Adam first to build this place.

The House Of Allah Over 1,350 years old, each of the dark brown columns have a perimeter of around 150 centimetres with a 44 centimetre diameter.

The Prophet Adam was the first to build this place.

The Kaaba ordained by Allah to built in the shape of the House in Heaven called Baitul Ma’amoor.

But have you ever wondered what it looks like from inside?

Looks inside Holy Kaaba Masjid Al Haram complete history The House of Allah.

The area, that doesn’t exceed 180 square metres, contains three wooden columns which hold the Kaaba’s ceiling.

Building made of stones, about 60 feet long, 60 feet wide and 60 feet high.

The four walls covered with a curtain (Kiswa).

The kiswa usually of black brocade with the Shahada outlined in the weave of the fabric.

About 2/3rd’s of the way up runs a gold embroidered band covered with Qur’anic text.

Over 1,350 years old, each of the dark brown columns have a perimeter of around 150 centimetres with a 44 centimetre diameter.

Each column has a squared wooden base. Between the three columns a pillar from which the Kaaba’s gifts suspended.

This pillar passes through all the columns and its sides extend to the northern and southern walls. Here we look at what the Kaaba looks like from inside.

Qur’an brought this story into the full light of history. In Sura 3:90 Qur’an says

“Allah has spoken the Truth, therefore follow the creed of Ibrahim, a man of pure faith and no idolater”.

Looks inside Holy Kaaba Masjid Al Haram complete history The House of Allah.

The first house established for the people was at Makka, a Holy place and guidance to all beings.

Qur’an firmly establishes the fact that Ibrahim was the real founder of the Holy Shrine.

When Prophet Ibrahim built the Holy Shrine in Makka, his prayers were that this place should remain a center of worship for all good and pious people.

That Allah should keep his family the custodians of the Holy place.

It is now about 60 feet high, 60 feet wide from east to west and 60 feet from north to south.

A door is fixed about 7 feet above ground level facing North East.

A Black stone (Hajar al Aswad) was fixed into its eastern corner.

In front of the building Maqame Ibrahim, the arch shape gate known as that of Banu Shayba and the Zamzam Well.

Outside the Hills called Safa and Merwa and the distance between the hills is about 500 yards.

Looks inside Holy Kaaba Masjid Al Haram complete history The House of Allah.

These days both of the hills enclosed into the sanctuary walls with a roof over it.

In the Eastern corner about 5 feet above ground the Hajar el Aswad (the blackstone) fixed into the wall.

Its real nature is difficult to determine, its visible shape is worn smooth by hand touching and kissing.

Its diameter around 12 inches.

Opposite the North west wall but not connected with it, is a semicircular wall of white marble.

It is 3 feet high and about 5 feet thick.

This semicircular space enjoys an especial consideration and pilgrims wait in queue to find a place to pray there.

Qur’an in Surah Baqara Verses 121 to 127 described it clearly that Allah ordained his servant Ibrahim to build the Shrine.

There for worship of One God. During Kusayi’s time it rebuilt and fortified.

Looks inside Holy Kaaba Masjid Al Haram complete history The House of Allah.

During the early years of Prophet Muhammad (S) before he announced his ministry.

The Ka’aba damaged by floods and it rebuilt again.

When the Black stone to be put in its place the Makkans quarreled among themselves as to who should the honor to place it there.

They just decided that the first comer to the quadrangle should be given the task of deciding as to who should the honor.

Muhammad (S) came in and was assigned this task.

He advised them to place the stone in a cloak and ordered the heads of each Tribe each to take an end and bring the cloak nearer the corner on the eastern side.

He himself then took out the stone and placed it in its position.

It fixed there ever since.

After the martyrdom of the family of the Prophet at Karbala in 61 Hijri (681 AD), the Ummayad Caliph Yazid Ibne Moawiya did not stop there in the pursuit of his destruction.

Looks inside Holy Kaaba Masjid Al Haram complete history The House of Allah.

He sent a large contingent under the command of Haseen Ibne Namir to Madina which destroyed the Mosque of the Prophet.

They did not stop there but proceeded to Makka and demolished the four walls of the Ka’aba and killed thousands of Muslims who protested.

Yazid died and Ibne Namir returned to Damascus, Ka’aba rebuilt by Abdullah Ibne Zubayr and his associates.

Umawi forces came back to Makka and killed Abdullah Ibne Zubayr, hung his body on the gates of the Ka’aba for three months for all to see the Umawi power.

But eventually this arrogance of power brought its own consequences and Mukhtar became the ruler in Iraq.

Under his guidance the Ka’aba refurbished and pilgrims began to arrive in safety to perform Hajj.

Looks inside Holy Kaaba Masjid Al Haram complete history The House of Allah.

The Ka’aba successfully withstood the Karamatian invasion of 317/929.

Only the Blackstone carried away which returned some twenty years later.

In the year 1981 the Wahhabis brought tanks inside the Ka’aba to crush the kahtani revolution against the Saudi regime and almost demolished the South Eastern Wall.

This later restored with the help of the Makkan people.

Every man living in Makka in the 6th and 7th century must out of necessity have had some relationship with the Ka’aba.

Looks inside Holy Kaaba Masjid Al Haram complete history The House of Allah.

On the Muhammad (S), the Prophet of Islam, the Qur’an is silent during the Makkans period in this respect.

All that known is that the Muslim community of the period turned towards Jerusalem in prayers.

Subsequently about a year and a half after the Hijra the Muslims ordered during prayers.

Which were led by the Prophet of Islam himself to turn towards Makka.

The particular mosque in Madina where this happened called Masjid al-Qiblatain, meaning the mosque with two Qiblas.

The Qur’an tells the Muslims,

“Turn then thy face towards the sacred mosque and wherever ye be turn your faces towards that part ” (2: 139-144)

At this same period the Qur’an began to lay stress on the religion of Ibrahim, presenting Islam as a return to the purity of the religion of Ibrahim which, obscured by Judaism and Christianity, shone forth in its original brightness in the Qur’an.

The pilgrimages to the Ka’aba and ritual progressions around the building continued, but now for the glorification of One God.

The Abrahamic vision of the Ka’aba created a means of discerning an orthodox origin buried in the midst of pagan malpractices to which the first Muslims pointed the way.

Looks inside Holy Kaaba Masjid Al Haram complete history The House of Allah.

Every year after the Hajj ceremony the place closed for one month and on the Day of Ashura.

The Ka’aba washed from inside by the Water from the well of Zamzam and a new Kiswa brought to cover the Ka’aba for the next year.

This is the story of the Ka’aba and the persons who protected it and remained.

Its custodians and protectors from the satanic and evil forces throughout history.

Muhammad (S) and the people of his household (Ahlul Bayt) were the protectors of the Ka’aba.

And currently the 12th Imam from the direct descent of the Prophet of Islam is the real protector.

Its custodian and guardian and shall remain as such while in concealment.

In the following pages we shall unfold the lives and times of these 14 Ma’sumeen Alaihimussalam.