Why was the kaaba built......?

Question

is there a purpose for it?

Answer 1

If you want facts, then, the facts are that a meteoric rock crashed near the present location of Mecca which was the oasis of the bani al Quraish Jewish Tribe.



This was taken for the Sign of God and a Cult was built of the God - al Lah in Arabic, who had three daughters - al Lat, al Uazza and al Mannat. The rock, which was in pieces, was gathered and put into a vagina shaped container [in honor of the Goddesses] and called the al Hajarul Aswad or the Holy Stone.



A Pilgrimage was created and made mandatory to all Cult Members called the Haj and the then rectangular shaped building called the Kaaba, aka the Ba'it' ullah or the House of al Lah or Allah, was then built by the bani al Quraish faction that left Judaism to embrace the new Religion. The initial purpose of the Kaaba was to house the Kaaba Stone and the 300 and odd Statues of the God - al Lah and his daughters in various combination.



Mohammad ibn Abdullah al Muttailib al Quraish, or Mohammad, son of Abdullah [Slave of al Lah], of the town of Mutta [not too far from Mecca], of the Tribe of the Quraish, was born a bani al Quraish Jew, inheriting his Judaism from his father, and got his Pagan part of the Cult from his mother - Amina binti Wahab. His first wife - Khadija binti Khuwaylid was also a Cult Member of the people of the Kaaba.



After Mohammad began his New Cult of Islam which was, in the beginning, a Christian Cult, he destroyed all the statues in the Kaaba after taking for his New Cult.



According to many Arab Historical records, including Muslim ones, all these facts are confirmed and it is also recorded that the Kaaba was destroyed 5 times in it's existence, so far.



The first two were because of natural Calamities, earthquakes to be precise, and the third happened in Mohammad's time when a flash flood suddenly destroyed it a little after he destroyed all the statues there and he also helped in it's being rebuilt.



The last two times that it was destroyed were by the Muslims, themselves. The first was by the Ummayad Caliph Yasid ibn Muwaiyya and his General Abdul Malik and the last was by the Khwajirites who destroyed it and took the Kaaba Stone - al Hajarul Aswad and ransomed it for a heavy price to the Abbassids who then restored the Kaaba and the stone as we now see it.



These are facts based upon the various Arab Historical Texts and the Sahih or Authentic books of the Muslims like the Sirat rasool'illah, the Tafsir ibn Kathir and the Sahih Hadiths.



Please refer the History of Arabia from the various texts for more details.



Present day Muslims, however, have a different version in which they claim it was built by a 90 foot tall Adam.



It's present purpose, however, is the Qiblah or the Direction of the Prayers; which Mohammad changed from the original position which was earlier Jerusalem.



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Answer 2

Who Built The Kaaba

Answer 3

It was originally built by Adam as the First place of worshiping Allah on earth

Then it was destroyed by Noah's flood

Then Allah ordered Abraham and Ismael to rebuild the Kaaba and call on the world to worship here

Satan then deceived in to idol worship and place 360 idols in Kaaba

Then Allah Sent prophet Muhammad to reestablish the original monotheistic religion of Abraham

and purify the Kaaba by destroying all the idols

Answer 4

the pagan moon god,allah was worshiped there for thousands of years before mohammad captured mecca. some of the customs of the people that worshiped the moon god,had to do hajj to mecca and pray several times a day facing mecca and the kaaba. fasting during their holy month of ramadan and all the other customs muslims have today.they had 360 gods there when mohammad captured mecca. look it up. it is real easy to find information about the moon god,allah.

Answer 5

And I'm adding that the Kaaba is the ceter of allah's throne. They rotate around it as the angels do in the same way for Allah's throne and worship god

Answer 6

(5:97) Allah has appointed the Ka'bah, the Sacred House, as a means of support for (the collective life of) men, and has caused the holy month (of Pilgrimage), and the animals of sacrificial of-fering and their distinguishing collars to assist therein. *113 This is so that you may know that Allah is aware of all that is in the heavens and all that is in the earth; and that Allah has knowledge of everything. *114



*113. In Arabia, the Ka'bah was not merely a sacred place of worship. Thanks to its central position and its sanctity, it nurtured the economic and cultural life of the whole peninsula. Since the entire populace was drawn towards the Ka'bah for the performance of Hajj and 'Umrah, their coming together brought about a measure of unity in the life of the Arabs which was otherwise rent with disunity. This enabled the people of various regions and tribes to establish social and cultural ties among themselves. Moreover, the security which reigned in the vicinity of the Ka'bah provided an impetus to creative literary activity, with the result that in the fairs held in the sacred territory, poets placed their poetic compositions before the audience, trying to excel one another. This led to the growth and flowering of their language and literature. Thanks, again, to the peace and security which reigned in the sacred territory, it became a major centre of trade and commerce. Moreover, since certain months of the year were regarded as sacred months in which there could be no bloodshed, the Arabs enjoyed peace and security for about a quarter of the year. It was during this period that caravans moved in freedom and with ease from one end of the peninsula to the other. The custom of consecrating animals for sacrifice, marked off from others by the collars around their necks, also facilitated the movement of caravans, for whenever the Arabs saw those animals with their collars signifying consecration for sacrifice, they-bent their heads in reverence and no predatory tribe had the courage to molest them.



*114. Were they to consider even the social and economic aspects of the life of their people, the existing arrangements would provide them with clear testimony to the fact that God has deep and thorough knowledge of the interests and requirements of His creatures, and that He can ensure immensely beneficial effects on many sectors of human life by just one single commandment. During the several centuries of anarchy and disorder which preceded the advent of the Prophet (peace be on him), the Arabs were themselves unaware of their own interests and seemed bent upon self-destruction. God, however, was aware of their needs and requirements and by merely investing the Ka'bah with a central position in Arabia He ensured their national survival. Even if they disregarded innumerable other facts and reflected on this alone they would become convinced that the injunctions revealed by God were conducive to their well-being, and that underlying them were a great many benefits and advantages for them which they themselves could neither have grasped nor achieved by their own contriving.



اعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللَّهَ شَدِيدُ الْعِقَابِ وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَحِيمٌ ﴿5:98﴾

(5:98) Know well that Allah is severe in retribution, and that Allah is also All-Forgiving, All-Compassionate.

Answer 7

Jibreal and Adam A.s. layed the foundation of the Khahaba to establish a house of prayer for the worship of Allah SWT



as Jibreal A.s. was told by Adam A.s. in heaven his job as Allah SWT asked the angels to prostrate before Adam for Allah made them all and now has made a creation that will amaze them all.



Jibreal A.s. was told his role as Eve A.s . was being tricked by iblis in the garden.

After the error of all of them being enemies to each other, they were sent down here to the plan of Allah SWT is knowledge and they ate it.



Now you have the knowledge of a bite of what Allah SWT wants and all of you are going to return to him and all of you have books as this is a book.



The Khabah was built so you can repent in a safe place outside there is those who are enemies of each other. Allah SWT always made a safe place so you can worship him.



Allah SWT then had many prophets before Ibrahim A.s. and his kids A.s. to them raised the walls from the foundation.

Muhammed SAW then removed the idols and destroyed them, one idol being this moon god astugfarAllah it was crushed and destroyed! All 490 Idols destroyed and the khabah emptied and retured to Islam Al hamdoullah



The science and democracy was made by Arabs and Greeks

Answer 8

First time Prophet Adam (as) built it- Prophet Abraham (as) rebuilt it.

Answer 9

ebrahim (may peace be upon him) built it so that muslims know the direction they have to face when they pray

Answer 10

it was a place of worship for the Muslims.