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Kaaba: Encyclopedia - Kaaba

Islam History of Islam Oneness of God Profession of Faith Prayer • Fasting Pilgrimage • Charity Muhammad Ali • Abu Bakr Companions of Muhammad Household of Muhammad Prophets of Islam Qur'an • Hadith • Sharia Jurisprudence Biographies of Muhammad Sunni • Shi'a • Sufi Art • Architecture Cities • Calendar Science • Philosophy Religious leaders Women in Islam Political Islam • Jihad Liberal Islam Vocabula ...

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Kaaba: Encyclopedia II - Kaaba - History of the Kaaba According to Islamic tradition, Allah (God) ordained a place of worship on Earth to reflect the house in heaven called al-Bait al-Maa'mour (Arabic: البيت المعمور ). Muslims believe that Adam was the first to build such a place of worship. According to the Qur'an, the Kaaba was built by the prophet Ibrahim (Abraham) and his son Ismail (Ishmael [3]). Some academic scholars will only say that it ...

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Kaaba: Encyclopedia - Circumambulation

Circumambulation is the act of walking around something. It is a crucial part of rituals surrounding the Kaaba in Islam. According to Arab Gateway, "The minimum rituals that must be performed by all pilgrims are wearing ihram, standing at Arafat, and the second circumambulation of the Kaaba. Others may be omitted on payment of kaffarah (expiation)." Circumambulation is also a part of Buddhism [1] and Hindu. Circumambulations have also been conducted by charitable purposes [2]. Other related archiv

Kaaba: Encyclopedia - Year of the Elephant

The Year of the Elephant (عام الفيل `Âm al-Fîl) is estimated at 570 CE. According to early Islamic historians such as Ibn Ishaq, the Ethiopian governor of Yemen, Abraha, had built a great church in Sanaa intended to lure the Arabs away from the Kaaba. One of the men of the Quraysh was angered by this and went to Sanaa. He slipped into the church at night and defiled it. Abraha, incensed, launched an expedition against Mecca led by an elephant (and possibly with other elephants) in order to destroy the Kaaba. Several A ...

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Year of the Elephant - Birth year

Kaaba: Encyclopedia - Arabian mythology

Arabic Mythology is the ancient beliefs of the Arabs. Prior to the arrival and initial codification of Islam on the Arabian Peninsula in 622 CE, year one of the Islamic calendar, the physical centre of Islam, the Kaaba of Mecca, did not hold only the single symbol of "the God" as it does now. The Kaaba was instead covered in symbols representing the myriad demons, djinn, demigods and other assorted creatures which represented the profoundly polytheistic environment of pre-Islamic Arabia. We can infer from this plurality an exceptional ...

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Arabian mythology - Sources

Kaaba: Encyclopedia - Masjid al Haram

The Masjid al Haram (Arabic: المسجد الحرام) is a mosque in the city of Mecca. It is considered by Muslims to be the holiest place on Earth and is the focal point of the hajj (pilgrimage; one of the Five Pillars of Islam; required of all able-bodied Muslims who can afford the trip). According to Islamic tradition, the mosque was built by Ibrahim (Abraham) with the help of his son Ishmael. They were ordered by Allah to build the mosque, and the Kaaba contained therein is sup ...

Kaaba: Encyclopedia - Al-Fil

Surat al-Fil (Arabic: سورة الفيل ) (The Elephant) is the 105th chapter of the Qur'an. It is a Makkan sura consisting of 5 ayat. It describes the incidents of the Year of the Elephant, the year when Muhammad was born. It forms a pair with the following sura, Quraish, reminding the Quraysh tribe who dominated Mecca of the favors that Allah had bestowed on them; indeed, it is said that in Ubayy ibn Ka'b's copy of the Qur'an they were written together as a single sura. The Kaaba was central to the life of Quraish, being a ...

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Kaaba: Encyclopedia - Banu Hashim

Banu Hashim (Arabic: بنو هاشم) is a clan in the Quraish tribe. Muhammad was a member of this clan; his great-grandfather was Hashim for whom the clan is named. Members of this clan are also called Hashemites. The Banu Hashim were one of the most important clans in the Quraish tribe at the time of Muhammad's birth, but it was not one of the richest. Its importance came from its role as the maintaners of the Kaaba. During Muhammad's early prophethood, his uncle, Abu Talib was head of the clan, and he subsequently faced hea ...

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Kaaba: Encyclopedia - Zamzam Well

The Well of Zamzam (or the Zamzam Well, or just Zamzam) is a well located in Mecca, near the Kaaba, the holiest place in Islam. Zamzam Well - History of the Zamzam Well. Muslims believe that the well was revealed to Hagar, wife of Abraham, when she was desperately seeking water for her infant son Ishmael. Mecca is located in a hot dry valley with few other sources of water. Muslim traditions say that Hagar ran seven times back and forth in the scorching heat between the two hills of Safa and M ...

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Kaaba: Encyclopedia - Al-Safa and Al-Marwah

Al-Safa and Al-Marwa (Safa and Marwah) are two small hills located in the Masjid al Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia between which Muslims travel back and forth seven times during the ritual pilgrimages of Hajj and Umra. Al-Safa and Al-Marwah - History. Ibraheem (Abraham) was commanded by Allah to leave his wife Hajarah (Hagar) in the desert along with her infant son, Ishmael and some provisions. When the provisions were exhausted, Hajarah searched for water. To obtain a clearer vie ...

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Kaaba: Encyclopedia - Birthplace of Ali ibn Abi Talib

Ali ibn Abi Talib (ca 599-661 CE) was a prominent figure in early Islamic history. He had been taken into his cousin Muhammad's household as a child, and was one of the first converts to Islam, when he was only ten years old. Later, he married Muhammad's daughter Fatima Zahra and fathered Muhammad's two grandsons. He was one of Muhammad's trusted lieutenants. Shi'a Muslims, a number of minority sects encompassing some 10-15% of the world's Muslim population, believe that Ali was the rightful successor to Muhammad, and the first of the Shi'a imams, whom the Shi ...

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Kaaba: Encyclopedia - Abd al-Malik

Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (Arabic: عبد المالك بن مروان ) (646 - 705) was an Umayyad caliph. A well-educated man, he was a capable ruler, despite the many political problems that wracked his rule. Abd al-Malik became caliph after the death of his father in 685. Within a few years, he dispatched armies under Al-Hajjaj bin Yousef on a campaign to reassert Umayyad control over the Islamic empire. Hajjaj first defeated the governor of Basra, he then went on to the Hejaz where Ibn Zubayr was killed, ending his short claim to the caliphate. Hajjaj's success led Abd al-Malik to make him the governor of ...

Kaaba: Encyclopedia - Black Stone

Islam History of Islam Oneness of God Profession of Faith Prayer • Fasting Pilgrimage • Charity Muhammad Ali • Abu Bakr Companions of Muhammad Household of Muhammad Prophets of Islam Qur'an • Hadith • Sharia Jurisprudence • Theology Biographies of Muhammad Sunni • Shi'a • Sufi Art • Architecture Cities • Calendar Science • Philosophy Religious leaders Women in Islam P ...

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Kaaba: Encyclopedia - Hubal

El/Ilah "God" Bel/Belshamin Aglibol al-Lat/Alilat? Astarte? Atargatis (Syrian) Athtar Beltis? Bes (Egypto-Arabic) Manah/Manat Nergal Nabu/Nebo Orotalt Sin/Nanna-Suen Shams/Samas Uzza Yaghuth Yarhibol/Malakbel astral & local deities demons In pagan ...