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The
Ka'ba
(Arabic:
ٱلْكَعْبَة,
al-Kaʿbah,
lit. 'The
Cube',
Arabic
pronunciation:
[ka'bah]),
also
spelled
Ka'bah
or
Kaaba
is
a
building
at
the
center
of
Islam's
most
important
mosque,
the
Masjid
al-Haram
in
Mecca,
Saudi
Arabia.
It
is
the
most
sacred
site
in
Islam.
It
is
considered
by
Muslims
to
be
the
Bayt
Allah
(Arabic:
بَيْت
ٱللَّٰه,
lit. 'House
of
God')
and
is
the
qibla
(Arabic:
قِبْلَة,
direction
of
prayer)
for
Muslims
around
the
world
when
performing
salah.
In
early
Islam,
Muslims
faced
in
the
general
direction
of
Jerusalem
(Bait
ul
Maqdas)
as
the
qibla
in
their
prayers
before
changing
the
direction
to
face
the
Kaaba,
believed
by
Muslims
to
be
a
result
of
a
Quranic
verse
revelation
to
Hazrat
Muhammad
ﷺ
The
Kaaba
is
believed
by
Muslims
to
have
been
rebuilt
several
times
throughout
history,
most
famously
by
Hazrat
Ibrahim
and
his
son
hazrat
Ismail,
when
he
returned
to
the
valley
of
Mecca
several
years
after
leaving
his
wife
Bibi
Hajra
and
Ismail
there
upon
Allah's
command.
Circling
the
Kaaba
seven
times
counterclockwise,
known
as
Tawaf
(Arabic:
طواف),
is
a
Farz
(obligatory)
rite
for
the
completion
of
the
Hajj
and
Umrah
pilgrimages.
The
area
around
the
Kaaba
where
pilgrims
walk
is
called
the
Mataaf.
The
Kaaba
and
the
Mataaf
are
surrounded
by
pilgrims
every
day
of
the
Islamic
year,
except
the
9th
of
Dhu
al-Hijjah,
known
as
the
Day
of
Arafah,
on
which
the
cloth
covering
the
structure,
known
as
the
Kiswah
(Arabic:
كسوة
Kiswah,
lit. 'Cloth')
is
changed.
However,
the
most
significant
increase
in
their
numbers
is
during
Ramadan
and
the
Hajj,
when
millions
of
pilgrims
gather
for
Tawaf.
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