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The simple cube-shaped stone building located in Makkah is called the Ka\u2018bah or the Sacred House.\u00a0 It is the point toward which Muslims face when they pray.\u00a0 Although Muslims face the direction of Ka\u2018bah during prayer, they do not worship it.\u00a0 Muslims worship and pray only to God.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Reference: www.gainpeace.com The simple cube-shaped stone building located in Makkah is called the Ka\u2018bah or the Sacred House.\u00a0 It is the point toward which Muslims face when they pray.\u00a0 Although Muslims face… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":873,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-misconceptions"],"yoast_head":"\n
The Ka\u2018bah was built by the prophet Abraham and his son Ishmael in response to God’s command over 4,000 years ago.\u00a0 Abraham consecrated the House for the worship of the one true God and invited all of humanity to visit it for that purpose.\u00a0 Even today Muslims who are physically and financially able are required to make a pilgrimage to it once in a lifetime.\u00a0 The Ka\u2018bah has remained at the center of a continuous tradition of worship and devotion up to the present day, symbolic of permanence, constancy and renewal.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
There were periods in human history during which mankind deviated from the monotheism taught by God’s prophets.\u00a0 Before the advent of Muhammad, religion among the Arabs had degenerated into polytheism and paganism, and Makkah was completely submerged in idolatry; some 360 idols had been placed in and around the Ka\u2018bah to be worshipped there along with God.\u00a0 Prophet Muhammad was sent to restore to mankind the pure monotheism taught by all the messengers of God and reinstate the worship of Him alone.\u00a0 This he accomplished, and the Ka\u2018bah was finally cleared of all manmade deities.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
Among the ancient religious rites particular to the Ka\u2018bah is walking around it.\u00a0 This suggests the integrating and unifying power of monotheism in human life and how a Muslim’s existence should revolve around a pure devotion to God.\u00a0 The Ka\u2018bah symbolizes the unity of all true religion, the brotherhood of all the prophets, and the essential consistency of their message.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
When Muslims pray facing toward this single central point, they are reminded of their common purpose and long-term goal.\u00a0 Even when standing directly before the Ka\u2018bah in prayer, one is not to look at it but rather at the ground before him.\u00a0 The spiritual focus is on God alone and never upon any created object.
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