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Kaaba

Also known as Sacred House, The Cube, Kabah, Kaba, Kabbah, Grand Kaaba, Ka'aba, Al-Kaba

The Kaaba (), also spelled Kaba, Kabah or Kabah, sometimes referred to as al-Kaba al-Musharrafa (), 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 () and determines the qibla () for Muslims around the world.

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The Kaaba is a stone building at the center of Islam's holiest site, the Masjid al-Haram mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, and Muslims consider it to be the House of God. It is spiritually significant because it determines the direction (qibla) that Muslims face when praying around the world.

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Religious building.building_name: The Kaaba
Religious building.native_name_lang: ar
Religious building.image: The Ka'ba, Great Mosque of Mecca, Saudi Arabia (4).jpg
Religious building.caption: The Kaaba
Religious building.map_type: Saudi Arabia
Religious building.map_size: 250
Religious building.map_relief: 1
Religious building.map_caption: Location of the Kaaba in Saudi Arabia
Religious building.mapframe: yes
Religious building.location: Great Mosque of Mecca, Mecca, Mecca Province, Hejaz
Religious building.country: Saudi Arabia
Religious building.religious_affiliation: Islam
Religious building.rite: Tawaf
Religious building.status: Mosque
Religious building.functional_status: Active
Religious building.leadership: Abdul-Rahman Al-Sudais: (President of the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques)
Religious building.architecture_type: Temple
Religious building.established: Pre-Islamic era

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Area: 119
Image: Rukn al-Yamani 01.jpg
Height: 12.95
Length: 10.18

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Commons category: Kaaba
Commons gallery: Kaaba
Unicode character: 🕋
native label: الكعبة المشرفة
IPA transcription: al.ˈkaʕ.ba‿l.mu.ˈʃar.ra.fa
Stack Exchange tag: islam.stackexchange.com/tags/kaabah
inception: 0600-00-00

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<span class="anchor" id="Etymology"></span>Etymology and pre-Islamic usage
History
Before Muhammad
Ptolemy and Diodorus Siculus
In the Quran
During Muhammad's lifetime
After Muhammad
In non-Islamic literature
Architecture and interior
Written marble documents inside the Kaaba
Significance in Islam
Tawaf
As the Qibla
Cleaning
Events related to the Kaaba
See also
Notes
References
Bibliography
External links

According to Islamic tradition, the Kaaba was rebuilt several times throughout history, most famously by Ibrahim and his son Ismail, when he returned to the valley of Mecca several years after leaving his wife Hajar and Ismail there upon Allah's command. The current structure was built after the original building was damaged by a fire during the siege of Mecca by the Umayyads in 683 CE. Circling the Kaaba seven times counterclockwise, known as Tawaf (), is a Fard rite for the completion of the Hajj and Umrah pilgrimages. The area around the Kaaba where pilgrims walk is called the Mataaf.