Kaabah
is the most Holiest place for Muslims across the world. It is the House of
Allah and thus, the reverence that Muslims associate with it is unmatchable. It
is the center of the circles made by Muslims during performing of Hajj and
Umrah and Muslims throughout the world pray facing it five times a day.
Every
Muslim is familiar with the sacredness of Kaabah and the fact that facing Kabah
is one of the primary requisites for offering prayer. Muslims try to make sure that they locate Qibla before offeringprayer and for that the travelling muslims utilize the Qibla Finder Application.Keeping
the imperativeness and Holiness of Qibla aside, there are some other facts
about Qibla as well which people are not aware off. The lines below discuss
some facts about Kabah which are not commonly known.
Multiple Reconstructions:
Muslims
are aware of the fact that Kabah was originally built by Hazrat Ibrahim and
Hazrat Ismail (AS). However, its first reconstruction took place in the time of
Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), and minor constructions kept on going till 1996. In
this year, Kaabah was given a major reconstruction and the building now is said
to be in no need of further reconstruction for centuries at least.
Doors And A Window:
Kabah
for a long time after its construction in the time of Prophet (PBUH) had two
doors, one for entering and one for exit, while it also had a window as well.
The current Kaabah has a single door and no window.
Multi-Colored:
People
of today are used to of seeing Kabah covered in black cloth with gold banding,
however, this was not the case always. Initially Kaabah was covered in multiple
colors until the caretaking of Kaabah came to the Abbasids who used their
household color Black for covering of Kaabah.
One Family Holding Keys:
Before
the time of Islam and the proclamation of Prophet hood by Prophet Muhammad
(PBUH), the keys of Kaabah were in the hands of different families of Quresh
who would then take turns. Afte rthe conquest of Makkah, Prophet (PBUH) gave
the keys to Hazrat Osman ibn Talha of the Bani Shaiba family and commanded that
the keys will remain with their family eternally unless a tyrant ruler takes
the keys from them. Since then the keys have been in the same small family of
Makkah.
It Was Open To All:
Initially
the doors of the Kaabah would remain open to all for prayers. In the past
century it would remain open for two days a week for prayers, however, because
of the rapid expansion of the number of pilgrims visiting Kaabah it now opens only
two times a year and that too only for dignitaries and special guests.
The Second Kaabah:
Right
up the worldly Kaaba there is another Kaaba in the heavens and it is exactly
the same as this one. Like humans do Tawaf around this Kaabah the angels do
Tawaf around that Kaabah in the skies and the angel that once performs the
Tawaf wont get a turn till the end of days because of the enormous number of
Angels.
Conclusion:
In
short, the house of Allah is the most prestigious site that a Muslim can visit
in his or her life and knowing more facts about it helps in relating to the
place in a better way in addition to helping increase the faith of a Muslim.
