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The Kaaba, Also al-Bayt al-Haram, al-Bayt al-Atiq, the Ancient House, Baytullah

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The Kaabaالكعبة

The cube-shaped House of Allah, raised by Ibrahim and Ismail, the qiblah of Muslims everywhere.

Ibrahim and Ismail raised its foundations and prayed for a messenger from their offspring (2:127-129). Over the centuries it filled with idols; Quraysh rebuilt it when Muhammad ﷺ was 35, and he set the Black Stone in place. He cleansed it in 630, and it has been rebuilt since by Ibn al-Zubayr, al-Hajjaj and the Ottoman sultan Murad IV.

What does the Quran say?

2:125-1293:96-975:9722:26-29106:3

What does the hadith say?

Sahih al-Bukhari 1583Sahih al-Bukhari 1597

What happened here?

Who else is linked?

IbrahimIsmailMuhammad ﷺAbdullah ibn al-ZubayrAbrahaOttoman EmpireQuraysh

Everyone and everything in the timeline

People named in the Quran and the hadith, the Prophet's ﷺ family and Companions, scholars, rulers, the nations of the Quran, the world's empires and the places where it all happened. Where scholars differ, each entry says so.

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