'the Honored Ka'ba'), is a stone building at the center of Islam's most important mosque and holiest site, the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It is considered by Muslims to be the Baytullah (Arabic: بَيْت ٱللَّٰه, lit. 'House of God') and determines the qibla (Arabic: قِبْلَة, lit.
The Kaaba, meaning cube in Arabic, is a square building, elegantly draped in a silk and cotton veil. Located in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, it is the holiest shrine in Islam.
The Ka'aba (“cube”) is the most sacred site in Islam, known as the sacred bayt Allah (House of God). It is located at the heart of the sacred mosque Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
The distance between the highest heaven and the world is five hundred years, and between the Kursi and the water as well, and the Throne is above the water, and God is the subjugater of the Throne, nothing of your deeds is hidden from Him.
Tradition goes that the Kaaba was ordained by Allah to be built in the shape of the House in Heaven called Baitul Ma'amoor. Allah in his infinite Mercy ordained a similar place on earth and Prophet Adam was the first to build this place.
The keys to the Kaaba were bestowed on Tasm, a tribe of ʿĀd before Quraysh. It passed to Khuza'a, then Qusai, who gave it to his son Abdul Dar, who handed it over to his son Othman. It shifted from one person to another until it rested with their nephew Shaiba. It is still inherited by their successors.
He is above His 'Arsh, above the seventh heaven, and above all His creature essentially and realistically not allegorically. There is none of His creatures that touches Him. Based on this it is not permissible to say that Allah is everywhere, or He inheres in any of His creatures, for Allah was when there was nothing.
In Islamic traditions, the Hamalat al-Arsh are a group of angels whose sole task is to bear the Throne of God. According to Muqatil ibn Sulayman, the angels of the throne are the first angels God created.
Prophet Muhammad's body is buried in the Sacred Chamber at the Al-Masjid an-Nabawi Mosque. Also known as the Prophet's Mosque, the site is also famous for its enormous Green Dome.
Did you know that the Ka'aba itself was built by Prophet Ibrahim (AS) and his son Ismail (AS)? Commanded by Allah (SWT), Prophet Ibrahim (AS) first built the Ka'aba: “And remember Ibrahim and Ismail raised the foundations of the House (With this prayer): “Our Lord!
The Kaabah, often called the “House of Allah,” holds immense spiritual value for Muslims around the world. Visiting this holy site is a profound experience, especially when granted the privilege of touching its sacred walls.
Attempting to enter Mecca as a non-Muslim can result in penalties such as a fine; being in Mecca as a non-Muslim can result in deportation. In Medina, non-Muslims are not allowed to enter Nabawi Square, where the Al-Masjid Al-Nabawi is located.
Until the nineteenth century, al-Kaaba was open to visitors on specific days of the year, one day for women and one day for men, each separately. It is no longer open for general entry now to prevent overcrowding, as the number of Hajj and Umrah performers has significantly increased.
It is proven from the authentic texts and from the consensus of the Salaf (first generations) of this Ummah that no one can see Allah with his eyes in this world , with the exception of the claim made by some that our Prophet Muhammad alone saw Him.
al-Dajjāl, (Arabic: “The Deceiver”), in Islamic eschatology, a false messianic figure who will come forth before the end of time; after a reign of 40 days or 40 years, he will be destroyed by Christ or the mahdī (“rightly guided one”) or both, and the world will submit to God.
Christians in Malaysia and Indonesia use Allah to refer to God in the Malaysian and Indonesian languages (both of them standardized forms of the Malay language). Mainstream Bible translations in the language use Allah as the translation of Hebrew Elohim (translated in English Bibles as "God").
In short, no one can see Allah Ta` ala in the mortal world while, in the 'Akhirah, all those in Jannah will see Him. As for the Ziyarah made by the Holy Prophet ﷺ on the night of Mi'raj (the Ascent to the Heavens), that too was, in reality, the Ziarah of Allah Ta` ala as it would be in the Akhirah.
The nation of Nuh was destroyed because they rebelled against Allah and His prophet and because they indulged in oppression, unbelief and sins. "But they rejected him: then the mighty Blast seized them, and they lay prostrate in their homes by the morning.
Ali ibn Abi Talib (601-661 CE) is recognized as the fourth Sunni caliph and the first Shia imam. Shia and some Sunni sources introduce Ali as the only person born inside the Ka'ba, the ancient shrine in the city of Mecca which later became the most sacred site in Islam.
There is disagreement as to whether the present al-Aqsa Mosque was originally built by the Umayyad caliph Abd al-Malik ( r. 685–705) or his successor, his son al-Walid I ( r. 705–715). Several architectural historians hold that Abd al-Malik commissioned the project and that al-Walid finished or expanded it.
The dome was built above the place which was used to be Aisha's house where Muhammad is believed to have been died and was buried. It is located in the southeast corner of Al-Masjid al-Nabawi in Medina, present-day Saudi Arabia.
