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Origin Of Kaaba Muazzama
INTRODUCTION :
The Kaaba likewise alluded as Kaaba Muazzama, is a building at the focal point of Islam's most sacrosanct mosque. Al-Masjid al-Haram in Makkah in Saudi Arabia is the most holy site in the world of Islam. It is viewed as the "place of Allah". Where ever the Muslims are on the planet they are relied to face Kaaba while performing Salat and this facing of Kaaba during Salat is referd as Qibla. This House of Allah is also called Bait Allah. It was first made by Hazrat Ibrahim and His son Hazrat Ismael (A.S) then by Quraish and then by Abdullah Ibn az-Zubayr then by Abdul Malik and then by Sultan Murad.
According to Dr.Muzammil Siddiqui whi is the president of Islamic society in North America who once got a chance to go inside of
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HISTORY OF KAABA: According to a Riwaya'h actually Kaaba was established about 2000 years before the creation of world in Janna'h whose name is Bait-ul-Mamoor and is still there and the Angels of god use to Tawaf there and pray there. It is also said that if one Angel has completed His Tawaf there than till Qayama'h He will not get his turn back to do Tawaf. The Bait Allah or the Khana-e-Kaaba is established exactly at the same place of Bait-ul-Mamoor down here on earth and it is said that if anything is dropped from Bait-ul-Mamoor then it will fall on Bait Allah straithly. there are different Riwaya'h about the establishment of Kaaba according to Azraq Kaaba was first established by Angels of Allah at that time even Hazrat Adam(A.S) was not born. After that When Hazrat Adam(A.S) was born and was sent on land Hazrat Adam (A.S) asked Allah that "there is no mosque on earth where should I pray to you like when I was in Heaven I use to see Bait-ul-Mamoor" Allah replied : "Go to the place We will tell you and establish the Kaaba there and perform Tawaf and Salat …show more content…
and Ibn-az-Zubair started the reconstruction of Kaaba.
Ibn az-Zubayr said, "I heard Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) say, 'The Prophet said: "If your people had not quite recently abandoned the Ignorance (Unbelief), and if I had sufficient provisions to rebuild it [the Kaba], I would have added five cubits to it from the Hijr. Also, I would make two doors; one for people to enter therein and the other to exit." (Bukhari). He wanted to make Kaaba in the way Prophet (S.A.W.W) wanted to make and he said : “Today, I can afford to do it and I do not fear the people”.
So he started reconstructing Kaaba on Hazrat Ibrahim’s foundation. He constructed and put two doors, one towards east and other toward west because Holy Prophet (S.A.W.W) wanted to do so and he also included Hateem in It. He also added a small window near the roof for light added a second door increased 9 cubits to the height of Kaaba and 2 cubits to the length of walls and also decreased the number of pillar from 6 to

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