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La Masjid al-Harâm (en arabe : المسجد الحرام, al-Masjid al-Ḥarâm, « la Mosquée sacrée ») est une mosquée de la ville de La Mecque en Arabie saoudite, la plus grande du monde et le premier lieu saint de l'Islam. Elle abrite en son centre la Kaaba, petit bâtiment par sa taille, mais plus important sanctuaire de l'islam. La pierre noire y est enchâssée : c'est elle que les musulmans tentent de toucher au cours des ṭawāf (circumambulations) qu'ils accomplissent durant leur pèlerinage (hajj) ; et c'est dans la direction la Kaaba que les musulmans du monde entier se tournent pour prier.
Ka'bah Mecca (Taken before Covid-19)
I have some good and shareable photos of my Saudi Arabia trip (before Covid-19). Initially I was planning to upload a series of Saudi Arabia Trip, including street and landscape/architecture photography. But nowadays I still haven't got much time for Flickr, and I was worried I couldn't complete the series. So I decided to upload and share the best two in my opinion. I just uploaded the first today, and I will upload the second next week/month.
Maybe I will upload the street photography of Saudi Arabia someday, but I don't make a promise :). Covid-19 is still happening everywhere, be safe and be healthy everyone!
Tawaf (Arabic: طواف, Ṭawāf; literally circling) is one of the Islamic rituals of pilgrimage. During the Hajj and Umrah, Muslims are to circumambulate the Kaaba (most sacred site in Islam) seven times, in a counterclockwise direction.
Makkah, Saudi Arabia
The Secret of Kabba and the Golden Ratio
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اسرار مقدسة - الكعبة المشرفة
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The first man on earth - Prophet Adam (as) - first built the Kaaba. He (as) was told by Allah to build it "benath" Allah's throne, i.e. the throne of Allah is "above" the Kaba. However, the throne is symbolic in its nature as Allah is not a physical being that needs to rule from a throne. During time, the Kaba was destroyed and it was later re-built by the Prophets Ibrahim (as) and his son Ismail (as).
Before the time of prophet Muhammad (pbuh), pagans worshipped at Kaaba, as they used to have their idol gods within the Kaba) until prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and his followers conquested Makkah in a peaceful manner without any blood shed. Since then it has since been a place of worship for Muslims.
Muslims from all over the world face the Kaba when they pray their five daily prayers. Also, many travel to Makkah for the Umrah (lesser pilgrimage) or the Hajj (annual pilgrimage). The Hajj is compulsory on every Muslim to do once in their lifetime, if he or she have the financial and medical means for it. One of the rites of the pilgrimage is tawaf - to circumambulate the Kaba counter clock wise. One tawaf is 7 rounds, and is one of the two main rituals of the Umrah.
In this Monday, Sept. 21, 2015 photo, Muslim pilgrims circle the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, while performing Tawaf, an anti-clockwise movement around the Kaaba and one of the main rites of the annual pilgrimage, known as Hajj, in Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)
Kaaba-The House of Allah!
1) Rare Information about Kaaba.
2) Kaaba Inside View
3) Kaaba Structure Information
4) Kaaba Cover(Black cloth) Info
5) Kaaba Construction Info
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KING
(slave of Allah )
Kaaba-The House of Allah!
1) Rare Information about Kaaba.
2) Kaaba Inside View
3) Kaaba Structure Information
4) Kaaba Cover(Black cloth) Info
5) Kaaba Construction Info
and for many more true & secret and rare information of Islam ,visit our Website .....
islamgreatreligion.wordpress.com
For Video's : www.youtube.com/islamgr8religion/
KING
(slave of Allah )
مبارك عليكم الشهر
وكل عام وو انتو بخير
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The Secret of Kabba and the Golden Ratio
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDRWYx98PRc
اسرار مقدسة - الكعبة المشرفة
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AlN7w8wobM&feature=PlayList&....
The first man on earth - Prophet Adam (as) - first built the Kaaba. He (as) was told by Allah to build it "benath" Allah's throne, i.e. the throne of Allah is "above" the Kaba. However, the throne is symbolic in its nature as Allah is not a physical being that needs to rule from a throne. During time, the Kaba was destroyed and it was later re-built by the Prophets Ibrahim (as) and his son Ismail (as).
Before the time of prophet Muhammad (pbuh), pagans worshipped at Kaaba, as they used to have their idol gods within the Kaba) until prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and his followers conquested Makkah in a peaceful manner without any blood shed. Since then it has since been a place of worship for Muslims.
Muslims from all over the world face the Kaba when they pray their five daily prayers. Also, many travel to Makkah for the Umrah (lesser pilgrimage) or the Hajj (annual pilgrimage). The Hajj is compulsory on every Muslim to do once in their lifetime, if he or she have the financial and medical means for it. One of the rites of the pilgrimage is tawaf - to circumambulate the Kaba counter clock wise. One tawaf is 7 rounds, and is one of the two main rituals of the Umrah.
Pole Star, Ultar Peak. Hunza
The stars over mystic Ultar mountains in Hunza valley, As if billions of lovers dancing in a circle around a central force of love as if whirling dervishes in Samaa' giving a feeling of Tawaf around Kabba
Gregorians - The Sound of Silince
La ermita de Eunate, situada en el valle de Valdizarbe, muy cerca de Puente La Reina, está enclavada en un paraje en cuyas inmediaciones se produce una importante encrucijada de caminos.
En su entorno se unen las dos vías que procedentes respectivamente de Roncesvalles y Somport se encaminan a Santiago de Compostela.
Las potentes energías que recorren el Valdizarbe y el singular emplazamiento de Eunate hacen que las doctrinas esotéricas lo consideren como uno de los santuarios telúricos más atrayentes y visitados del iniciático Camino de Santiago.
La planta de esta bella ermita es octogonal, si bien sus lados tienen unas dimensiones claramente irregulares, quizás para aprovechar mejor esas intensas energías del subsuelo.
La cúpula que corona el edificio recae sobre ocho potentes nervios que vienen a converger de forma irregular en la clave central. Entre esos nervios existen lucernas de claro regusto islámico destinadas a facilitar luz.
Una bella galería exterior, también octogonal, rodea a la ermita, contando con un total de ocho tramos de los que tres son originales románicos y los otros cinco fueron reconstruidos en los trabajos que se realizaron en el siglo XVII. Esta galería exterior, según los esotéricos, habría sido utilizada por los Templarios como deambulatorio en el que estos caballeros místicos realizarían sus rituales de elevación.
No debemos olvidar, en ese sentido, que un momento especialmente intenso de la peregrinación de los musulmanes a La Meca, consiste precisamente en realizar el Tawaf, un desplazamiento circular, en torno a la Kaaba.
En Jerusalén, en el santuario de la Cúpula de la Roca, en el solar del antiguo Templo de Salomón, los místicos del Islam, a través del ritual de la circunvalación en torno a la Roca Sagrada, buscaban el éxtasis y el acercamiento al Altísimo. Rituales similares podrían haber realizado en Eunate los caballeros del Temple.
هي قبلة المسلمين في صلواتهم, وإليها يطوفون في حجهم, وتهوى أفئدتهم وتتطلع الوصول إليها من كل أرجاء العالم. وهي أيضاً البيت الحرام, وسميت بذلك لأن الله حرم القتال بها, وهي أقدس مكان على وجه الأرض بالنسبة للمسلمين, كما أنها مكان خاص بالمسلمين وحدهم.
لإن الله امر إبراهيم برفع قواعد الكعبه المشرفه, وساعده ابنه إسماعيل في بنائها, ولما اكتمل بنائهما أمر الله إبراهيم أن يؤذن في الناس بأن يزوروها ويحجوا إليها.
وصفتها أنها بناء مكعب الشكل, يبلغ أرتفاعها 15 متراً, ويبلغ طول ضلعها الذي به بابها 12 متراً, وكذلك يكون الذي يقابله, وأما الضلع الذي به الميزاب والذي يقابله, فطولهما عشرة أمتار. ولم تكن كذلك في عهد إسماعيل بل كان ارتفاعها تسعة أذرع, وكانت دون سقف, ولها باب ملتصق بالأرض, حتى جاء تبع فصنع لها سقفاً, ثم جاء من بعده عبد المطلب وصنع لها باباً من حديد وحلاّه بالذهب, وقد كان بذلك أول من حلىّ الكعبة بالذهب.
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The Kaaba (Arabic: الكعبة al-Kaʿbah, IPA: [ˈkɑʕbɐ]: "Cube")[1] is a cuboidal building in Makkah(Mecca), Saudi Arabia, and is the most sacred site in Islam.[2] The building predates Islam, and, according to Islamic tradition, the first building at the site was built by Abraham. The building has a mosque built around it, the Masjid al-Haram. All Muslims around the world face the Kaaba during prayers, no matter where they are.
One of the Five Pillars of Islam requires every capable Muslim to perform the Hajj pilgrimage at least once in their lifetime. Multiple parts of the Hajj require pilgrims to walk several times around the Kaaba in a counter-clockwise direction (as viewed from above). This circumambulation, the Tawaf, is also performed by pilgrims during the Umrah (lesser pilgrimage). However, the most dramatic times are during the Hajj, when two million pilgrims simultaneously gather to circle the building on the same day.
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king Abdulaziz towers - Holy Makkah - Saudi Arabia
i'm so honored to photograph the holy kaaba it's one of my dreams ...
the most inspiration place in the world i ever been
the only place u can clear your mind .. think a lot about your self .. the holy mosque Al-Haram
i went up to tower B as they said . . .
31th floor from the ground ... the latest floor
the view from up there is just incredible u can see the whole makkah
the photo is maybe little bit noisy, 'cuz i was photographing behind the glass and it wasn't so clean
photo taken by: me
lens nikkor 70-300mm
hope u all like it ... ^_^
all right reserved
Tawaf is one of the Islamic rituals of Pilgrimage. During the Hajj and Umrah in Holy city Makkah, Muslims are to circumbulate the Kaaba (the most sacred site in Islam) seven times, in a counterclockwise direction. The circling is to demonstrate the unity of the believers in the worship of the One God, as thousands of Pilgrims move in harmony together around the Kaaba, while praying to the Almighty.
A pilgrim raises his hand and says "Allahu Akbar" at the start of a new cycle during Tawaf.
Makkah/ June 2024.
Ricoh GR2.
LoCaTion : Ksa - Mecca /
yesterday i came back from Umrah , oo enshalah alah yaktebha likom oo etzoron el ka3bah el mosharafah ...
Fisrt of all, I 'd like to write a summery describing the ''Umrah'' :
The Umrah is a pilgrimage to Mecca performed by Muslims that can be undertaken at any time of the year. In Arabic Umrah means “to visit a populated place”. As a technical term used in the Shari’ah, Umrah means to perform Tawaf of Kaabah and Sa’ey between Al-Safa and Al-Marwah, after assuming Ihram, either from a Miqat or a place in Hill. it is sometimes called the 'minor pilgrimage' or 'lesser pilgrimage', the Hajj being the 'major' pilgrimage and which is compulsory for every able-bodied Muslim who can afford it. According to some schools of Islamic thought, the Umrah is not compulsory but highly recommended.
Since it is not allowed to take any pictures inside (Al Haram ), i used my mobile ( Sony Ericsson K800i. ) to capture the moment before Salat Al duher ( After true noon prayer ) ...
honestly, i couldnt resist to practice photography right there :>
حقوق الطبع والنشر في هذا الموقع جميعها محفوظة .
ولا يمكن حفظ او نسخ او نشر او استخدام اي من الصور بدون اذن او عقد مسبق ، و الا سيتعرض إلى المساءلة القانونية
The Kaaba (Arabic: الكعبة al-Kaʿbah IPA: [ælˈkæʕbɐ], "The Cube"), also known as al-Kaʿbah l-Mušarrafah (الكعبة المشرفة; "The Noble Cube"), al-Baytu l-ʿAtīq (البيت العتيق; "The Primordial House"), or al-Baytu l-Ḥarām (البيت الحرام; "The Sacred/Forbidden House") is a cuboid building in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, and is one of the most sacred sites in Islam.[1]
Masjid al-Haram, the most sacred mosque (masjid) in Islam, is built around the Kaaba. Muslims are expected to face the Kaaba during prayers, no matter where they are. From any given point in the world, the direction facing the Kaaba is called the Qiblah.
One of the Five Pillars of Islam requires every Muslim to perform the Hajj pilgrimage at least once in his or her lifetime if able to do so. Multiple parts of the Hajj require pilgrims to walk seven times around the Kaaba in a counter-clockwise direction (as viewed from above). This circumambulation, the Tawaf, is also performed by pilgrims during the Umrah (lesser pilgrimage).[1] However, the most dramatic times are during the Hajj, when about 6 million pilgrims gather to circle the building on the same day.
Tawaf is one of the Islamic rituals of Pilgrimage. During the Hajj and Umrah in Holy city Makkah, Muslims are to circumbulate the Kaaba (the most sacred site in Islam) seven times, in a counterclockwise direction. The circling is to demonstrate the unity of the believers in the worship of the One God, as thousands of Pilgrims move in harmony together around the Kaaba, while praying to the Almighty. The picture shows disabled devotees performing Tawaf on wheel chair in dedicated elevated walkway with the help of an attendant.
The last sight of Kaaba, before we leave the city of Mecca for Medina.
We were done with our Hajj, Alhamdulillah.
An Ottoman addition to Aya Sofya, these are Iznik tiles from 16-17th centuries with Koranic inscriptions. They depict the Holy Kaaba in Mecca - the most sacred site in Islam. All Muslims around the world are supposed to face the Kaaba during prayers, regardless of where they are. This is also the place where all the pilgrims gather to perform the ritual of Tawaf during the Hajj.
As I was leaving Istanbul, the airport was full of pilgrims heading to Mecca as part of the Hajj. It took me a while to figure out why there was water everywhere - all the pilgrims were washing their feet in the sinks. At 7 pm they all lined up in rows, dressed in white, in front of the boarding gate for Jeddah for their prayers.
Aya Sofya - Haghia Sophia - Church of the Holy Wisdom - Sancta Sophia
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Pilgrims circling the Ka'bah, Mecca, Saudi Arabia:
The Kaaba is a cube-shaped building in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, and is the most sacred place in Islam and all Muslims around the world face the Kaaba during prayers, no matter where they are.
The building predates Islam, and, according to Islamic tradition, the first building at the site was built by prophet Abraham (peace be upon him). The building has a mosque built around it, the Masjid al-Haram.
One of the Five Pillars of Islam requires every Muslim to perform the Hajj pilgrimage at least once in his or her lifetime if they are able to do so.
Multiple parts of the Hajj require pilgrims to walk seven times around the Kaaba in a counter-clockwise direction (as viewed from above).
This circumambulation, the Tawaf, is also performed by pilgrims during the Umrah (lesser pilgrimage).
However, the most dramatic times are during the Hajj, when about three million (officially) pilgrims simultaneously gather to circle the building on the same day (like above)
Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved. © Salman Khan
Kaaba is a building at the center of Islam's most sacred mosque, Al-Masjid al-Haram, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It is the most sacred Muslim site in the world. It is considered the "House of God" and has a similar role to the Tabernacle and Holy of Holies in Judaism. Wherever they are in the world, Muslims are expected to face the Kaaba when performing salat (prayer). From any point in the world, the direction facing the Kaaba is called the qibla - Wikipedia via 500px ift.tt/1TiD2iz
The Kaaba (Arabic: الكعبة al-Kaʿbah IPA: [ʔælˈkæʕbɐ], English: The Cube)[1] is a cuboid-shaped building in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, and is the most sacred site in Islam.[2] The Qur'an states that the Kaaba was constructed by Abraham and his son Ishmael, after Ishmael had settled in Arabia.[3] The building has a mosque built around it, the Masjid al-Haram. All Muslims around the world face the Kaaba during prayers, no matter where they are.
One of the Five Pillars of Islam requires every Muslim to perform the Hajj pilgrimage at least once in his or her lifetime if they are able to do so. Multiple parts of the Hajj require pilgrims to walk seven times around the Kaaba in a counter-clockwise direction (as viewed from above). This circumambulation, the Tawaf, is also performed by pilgrims during the Umrah (lesser pilgrimage).[2] However, the most dramatic times are during the Hajj, when, officially, about 6 million pilgrims gather to circle the building on the same day.[4][5]
1 Location and physical attributes
2 Black Stone
3 In the Qur'an
3.1 After Abraham and Ishmael
3.2 Before Muhammad
3.3 Muhammad
4 History
5 Cleaning
6 Qibla and prayer
7 Notes
8 References
9 External links
[edit]Location and physical attributes
The Kaaba is located at exactly 21.25.21.15°N 39.49.34.1°E inside the Masjid al-Ḥarām ("The Sacred Mosque") in the center of Mecca. A large masonry structure in the shape of a cuboid, it is made of granite quarried from nearby hills. Standing upon a 25 cm (10 in) marble base that projects outwards about 35 cm (14 in),[2] it is approximately 13.1 m (43 ft) high, with sides measuring 11.03 m (36.2 ft) by 12.86 m (42.2 ft).[6][7]
Al-Ħajaru l-Aswad, "the Black Stone", is located in the Kaaba's eastern corner. Its northern corner is known as the Ruknu l-ˤĪrāqī, "the Iraqi corner", its western as the Ruknu sh-Shāmī, "the Levantine corner", and its southern as Ruknu l-Yamanī "the Yemeni corner".[2][7] The four corners of the Kaaba roughly point toward the four cardinal directions of the compass.[2] Its major (long) axis is aligned with the rising of the star Canopus toward which its southern wall is directed, while its minor axis (its east-west facades) roughly align with the sunrise of summer solstice and the sunset of winter solstice.[8][9]
The Kaaba is inside the Masjid al Haram in Mecca
The Kaaba is covered by a black silk and gold curtain known as the kiswah, which is replaced annually during the hajj.[10][11] Two-thirds of the way up is a band of gold embroidered Qur'anic text, including the Shahada, the Islamic declaration of faith.
In modern times, entry to the Kaaba's interior is only permitted on rare occasions for a small number of guests. The entrance is a door set 2 m (7 ft) above the ground on the north-eastern wall of the Kaaba, which acts as the façade.[2] In 1979 the 300 kg gold doors made by chief artist Ahmad bin Ibrahim Badr, replaced the old silver doors made by his father, Ibrahim Badr in 1942.[12] There is a wooden staircase on wheels, usually stored in the mosque between the arch-shaped gate of Banū Shaybah and the well of Zamzam. Inside the Kaaba, the floor is made of marble and limestone. The interior walls are clad with marble halfway to the roof; The marble is inset with Qur'anic inscriptions: The wall directly adjacent to the entrance of the Kaaba has 5 tablets inlaid with the inscriptions The top part of the walls are covered with a green cloth embroidered with gold Qur'anic verses. Caretakers anoint the marble cladding with scented oil used on the Black Stone outside.
There is also a semi-circular wall opposite, but not connected to, the north-west wall of the Kaaba known as the hatīm. This is 90 cm (35 in) in height and 1.5 m (4.9 ft) in width, and is composed of white marble. At one time the space lying between the hatīm and the Kaaba belonged to the Kaaba itself, and for this reason it is not entered during the tawaf. Some believe that the graves of prophet Ismail and his mother Hagar[2] are located in this space.
Muslims throughout the world face the Kaaba during prayers, which they perform five times a day. For most places around the world, coordinates for Mecca suffice. Worshippers in the Masjid al-Haram pray in Concentric circles around the Kaaba.
Drawing of the Kaaba. See key at left for details
Black Stone on the south-east corner.
Entry door, on the East wall 2.13 metres above ground level. It is accessed using a set of portable steps.
Rainwater spout made of gold. This was added in the rebuilding of 1627 after the previous year's rain caused three of the four walls to collapse.
Gutter, also added in 1627 to protect the foundation from groundwater.
Hatim, a low wall originally part of the Kaaba. Pilgrims do not walk in the area between this wall and the Kaaba. Some believe this area contains the graves of Haajara and Ismail.
Al-Multazam, the part of the wall between the Black Stone and the entry door.
Post of Abraham. Abraham is said to have stood on this stone during the construction of the upper parts of the Kaaba, raising Ismail on his shoulders for the uppermost parts.
Corner of the Black Stone (South-East).
Corner of Yemen (South-West). Pilgrims traditionally acknowledge a large vertical stone that forms this corner.
Corner of Syria (North-West).
Corner of Iraq (North-East).
Kiswa, the embroidered covering, replaced annually.
Marble stripe marking the beginning and end of each circumperambulation.
Post of Gabriel.[13]
Black Stone
Main article: Black Stone
The Black Stone
A 1315 illustration from the Persian Jami al-Tawarikh, inspired by the story of Muhammad and the Meccan clan elders lifting the Black Stone into place when the Kaaba was rebuilt in the early 600s[14]
A Persian miniature painting depicting the Kaaba and pilgrims, 17th century; Adilnor Collection.
The site of Kaaba in 1880
The Kaaba in 1910
The Kaaba during Hajj
The Black Stone is a significant feature of the Kaaba, stated by Muslims to have been placed there by Ibrahim (Abraham) and Ismail (Ishmael), a stone from paradise sent by the angels to Ibrahim.[15] Located at the eastern corner of the Kaaba, it is about 30 cm (12 in) in diameter and surrounded by a silver frame. Although not strictly obligatory, pilgrims can kiss the Stone, as Muhammad is said to have done. Islamic sources do not consider kissing the black stone to be idolatry.[16]
The following passage gives an insight into the significance of the Black Stone in Islam:
Narrated 'Abis bin Rabia: Umar came near the Black Stone and kissed it and said, "No doubt, I know that you are a stone and can neither benefit anyone nor harm anyone. Had I not seen God's Apostle kissing you, I would not have kissed you."
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Large crowds can make kissing the Stone impossible, so as pilgrims walk round the Kaaba they point to the Stone on each pass.[18]
[edit]In the Qur'an
The Qur'an states that Abraham, together with Ishmael, raised the foundations of the holy house.[19] God had shown Abraham the exact site, very near to the Well of Zamzam, where Abraham and Ishmael began work on the Kaaba's construction or, according to tradition, reconstruction as Muslims generally believe that Adam had made it first and that it had been rebuilt by Noah after the Deluge.[20] After Abraham had built the Kaaba, an angel brought to him the Black Stone, a celestial stone which, according to tradition, had fallen from Heaven on the nearby hill Abu Qubays.[21] According to a saying attributed to Muhammad, the Black Stone had "descended from Paradise whiter than milk but the sins of the sons of Adam had made it black".[22]
After the placing of the Black Stone in the Eastern corner of the Kaaba, Abraham received a revelation, in which God told the aged prophet that he should now go and proclaim the pilgrimage to mankind, so that men may come both from Arabia and from lands far away, on camel and on foot.[23] Going by the dates attributed to the patriarchs, Abraham is believed to have been born in roughly 2150 B.C., with Isaac being born a hundred years later.[21] Therefore, Islamic scholars have generally assumed that the Kaaba was constructed by Abraham around 2130 B.C. The Kaaba is, therefore, believed by Muslims to be more than a millennium older than the Temple of Solomon in Jerusalem, which is believed to have been finished in 1007 B.C.[21] These dates remain consistent with the Muslim belief that the Kaaba is the oldest mosque in history. [21]
[edit]After Abraham and Ishmael
The pilgrimage, as established by Abraham, is believed to have been uncorrupted in its early years. Then the faith of Abraham failed to grip too many devoted followers. It was because "it presupposed too much initial spirituality in its adherents to grip a large community".[24] Although there were always a few people who continued to maintain Abraham's teachings, this minority gradually came to have less power in Mecca, and soon the Kaaba became a shrine devoted to idols.[24]
[edit]Before Muhammad
The early Arabian population consisted primarily of warring nomadic tribes. When they did converge peacefully, it was usually under the protection of religious practices.[25] Writing in the Encyclopedia of Islam, Wensinck identifies Mecca with a place called Macoraba mentioned by Ptolemy. His text is believed to date from the second century AD, about 500 years before the coming of Muhammad,[26] and described it as a foundation in southern Arabia, built around a sanctuary. It probably did not become an area of religious pilgrimage until around 500 A.D. It was then that the Quraysh tribe (into which Muhammad was later born) took control of Macoraba, and made an agreement with the local Kinana Bedouins for possession.[27] The sanctuary itself, located in a barren valley surrounded by mountains, was probably built at the location of the water source today known as the Zamzam Well, an area of considerable religious significance.
In her book, Islam: A Short History, Karen Armstrong asserts that the Kaaba was dedicated to Hubal, a Nabatean deity, and contained 360 idols which either represented the days of the year,[28] or were effigies of the Arabian pantheon. Once a year, tribes from all around the Arabian peninsula, whether Christian or pagan, would converge on Mecca to perform the Hajj.
Imoti[29] contends that there were multiple such "Kaaba" sanctuaries in Arabia at one time, but this was the only one built of stone. The others also allegedly had counterparts of the Black Stone. There was a "red stone", the deity of the south Arabian city of Ghaiman, and the "white stone" in the Kaaba of al-Abalat (near the city of Tabala, south of Mecca). Grunebaum in Classical Islam points out that the experience of divinity of that period was often associated with stone fetishes, mountains, special rock formations, or "trees of strange growth."[30] The Kaaba was thought to be at the center of the world with the Gate of Heaven directly above it. The Kaaba marked the location where the sacred world intersected with the profane, and the embedded Black Stone was a further symbol of this as a meteorite that had fallen from the sky and linked heaven and earth.[31]
According to Sarwar,[32] about 400 years before the birth of Muhammad, a man named "Amr bin Lahyo bin Harath bin Amr ul-Qais bin Thalaba bin Azd bin Khalan bin Babalyun bin Saba", who was descended from Qahtan and king of Hijaz (the northwestern section of Saudi Arabia, which encompassed the cities of Mecca and Medina), had placed a Hubal idol onto the roof of the Kaaba, and this idol was one of the chief deities of the ruling Quraysh. The idol was made of red agate, and shaped like a human, but with the right hand broken off and replaced with a golden hand. When the idol was moved inside the Kaaba, it had seven arrows in front of it, which were used for divination.[33]
To maintain peace among the perpetually warring tribes, Mecca was declared a sanctuary where no violence was allowed within 20 miles (32 km) of the Kaaba. This combat-free zone allowed Mecca to thrive not only as a place of pilgrimage, but also as a trading center.[34]
Edward Gibbon suggested that the Ka'bah was mentioned by ancient Greek writer Diodorus Siculus before the Christian era:
The genuine antiquity of Caaba ascends beyond the Christian era: in describing the coast of the Red sea the Greek historian Diodorus has remarked, between the Thamudites and the Sabeans, a famous temple, whose superior sanctity was revered by all the Arabians; the linen of silken veil, which is annually renewed by the Turkish emperor, was first offered by the Homerites, who reigned seven hundred years before the time of Mohammad.
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However, Gibbon had misinterpreted Siculus's text. Siculus described the location of this temple to be on a bay that extends deep in land to a distance of about 500 stades (about 80 km) and that the entrance of this bay is obstructed by a rock extending into the sea. Here is the description from Diodorus Siculus:
Next after these plains as one skirts the coast comes a gulf of extraordinary nature. It runs, namely, to a point deep into the land, extends in length a distance of some five hundred stades, and shut in as it is by crags which are of wondrous size, its mouth is winding and hard to get out of; for a rock which extends into the sea obstructs its entrance and so it is impossible for a ship either to sail into or out of the gulf. Furthermore, at times when the current rushes in and there are frequent shiftings of the winds, the surf, beating upon the rocky beach, roars and rages all about the projecting rock. The inhabitants of the land about the gulf, who are known as Banizomenes, find their food by hunting the land animals and eating their meat. And a temple has been set up there, which is very holy and exceedingly revered by all Arabians.
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There is no bay that matches this description along the coast near Mecca. Furthermore, Siculus describes this area as lying between the Thamudites and the Nabataeans, not the Thamudites and the Sabeans as Gibbon erroneously stated, which would put it much farther to the north, around the area of Tabuk. It is widely believed that this bay and temple described by Diodorus is in fact the bay adjacent to Ash-Sharmah in Tabuk Province.[37]
In Makkan Trade and the Rise of Islam, Patricia Crone argues that the identification of Macoraba with Mecca is false, and that Macoraba was a town in southern Arabia in what was then known as Arabia Felix.[38]
Crone was responded to by Dr. Amaal Muhammad Al-Roubi in his book "A Response to Patrica Crone's book".[39][40]
G. E. von Grunebaum says,
Mecca is mentioned by Ptolemy, and the name he gives it allows us to identify it as a South Arabian foundation created around a sanctuary.
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Many Muslim and academic historians stress the power and importance of the pre-Islamic Mecca. They depict it as a city grown rich on the proceeds of the spice trade. Crone believes that this is an exaggeration and that Mecca may only have been an outpost trading with nomads for leather, cloth, and camel butter. Crone argues that if Mecca had been a well-known center of trade, it would have been mentioned by later authors such as Procopius, Nonnosus, and the Syrian church chroniclers writing in Syriac. However, the town is absent from any geographies or histories written in the three centuries before the rise of Islam.[42]
According to The Encyclopædia Britannica, "before the rise of Islam it was revered as a sacred sanctuary and was a site of pilgrimage."[43] According to German historian Eduard Glaser, the name "Kaaba" may have been related to the southern Arabian or Ethiopian word "mikrab", signifying a temple.[26] Again, Crone disputes this etymology.
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At the time of Muhammad (CE 570–632 A.D), his tribe, the Quraysh, was in charge of the Kaaba, which was at that time a shrine containing hundreds of idols representing Arabian tribal gods and other religious figures. Muhammad earned the enmity of his tribe by claiming the Kaaba to be dedicated to the worship of the one God alone, and all the idols evicted. The Quraysh persecuted and harassed him continuously,[44] and he and his followers eventually migrated to Medina in 622.
After this migration, or Hijra, the Muslim community became a political and military force, continuously repelling Meccan attacks. In 630 A.D, two years after signing the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah, the Meccan Quraysh attacked the Bedouin Khuza'a, thereby breaking the peace treaty. The Muslims emerged as victors in the battle that followed this incident and Muhammad entered Mecca with his followers; they proceeded to the Kaaba. However, he refused to enter the Kaaba while there were idols in it, and sent Abu Sufyan ibn Harb and Mughira ibn Shu'ba to remove them.[45][46][47]
Narrated Ibn Abbas: When Allah's Apostle arrived in Mecca, he refused to enter the Ka'ba while there were idols in it. So he ordered that they be taken out. The pictures of the (Prophets) Abraham and Ishmael, holding arrows of divination in their hands, were carried out. The Prophet said, "May Allah ruin them (i.e. the infidels) for they knew very well that they (i.e. Abraham and Ishmael) never drew lots by these (divination arrows). Then the Prophet entered the Ka'ba and said. "Allahu Akbar" in all its directions and came out and not offer any prayer therein.
—Sahih Al-Bukhari, Book 59, Hadith 584
The Kaaba was re-dedicated as an Islamic house of worship, and henceforth, the annual pilgrimage was to be a Muslim rite, the Hajj, with visits to the Kaaba and other sacred sites around Mecca.[48]
Islamic histories also mention a reconstruction of the Kaaba around 600 A.D. A story found in Ibn Ishaq's Sirat Rasūl Allāh, one of the biographies of Muhammad (as reconstructed and translated by Guillaume), describes Muhammad settling a quarrel between Meccan clans as to which clan should set the Black Stone cornerstone in place. According to Ishaq's biography, Muhammad's solution was to have all the clan elders raise the cornerstone on a cloak, and then Muhammad set the stone into its final place with his own hands.[14][49][50] Ibn Ishaq says that the timber for the reconstruction of the Kaaba came from a Greek ship that had been wrecked on the Red Sea coast at Shu'ayba, and the work was undertaken by a Coptic carpenter called Baqum.[51]
It is also claimed by Muslims that the Kaaba is the birth place of ʿAlī ibn Abī Tālib, the fourth caliph and cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.[48]
Left: Conceptual representation of the Kaaba, as built by Abraham according to Arabian tradition; Right: Representation of the Kaaba as it stands today
Technical drawing of the Kaaba showing dimensions and elements
The Kaaba has been repaired and reconstructed many times since Muhammad's day. Abd-Allah ibn al-Zubayr, an early Muslim who ruled Mecca for many years between the death of ʿAli and the consolidation of Ummayad power, is said to have demolished the old Kaaba and rebuilt it to include the hatīm.[52] He did so on the basis of a tradition (found in several hadith collections[53]) that the hatīm was a remnant of the foundations of the Abrahamic Kaaba, and that Muhammad himself had wished to rebuild so as to include it.
This structure was destroyed (or partially destroyed) in 683 A.D, during the war between al-Zubayr and Umayyad forces commanded by Al-Hajjaj bin Yousef. Al-Hajjaj used stone-throwing catapults against the Meccans.
The Ummayads under ʿAbdu l-Malik ibn Marwan finally reunited all the former Islamic possessions and ended the long civil war. In 693 A.D he had the remnants of al-Zubayr's Kaaba razed, and rebuilt on the foundations set by the Quraysh.[54] The Kaaba returned to the cube shape it had taken during Muhammad's time.
During the Hajj of 930 A.D, the Qarmatians attacked Mecca, defiled the Zamzam Well with the bodies of pilgrims and stole the Black Stone, taking it to the oasis region of Eastern Arabia known as al-Aḥsāʾ, where it remained until the Abbasids ransomed it in 952 A.D.
Apart from repair work, the basic shape and structure of the Kaaba have not changed since then.[55]
The Kaaba is depicted on the reverse of 500 Saudi Riyal, and the 2000 Iranian rial banknotes.[56]
[edit]Cleaning
The building is opened twice a year for a ceremony known as "the cleaning of the Ka'ba." This ceremony takes place roughly thirty days before the start of the month of Ramadan and thirty days before the start of Hajj.
The keys to the Ka'ba are held by the Banī Shayba (بني شيبة) tribe. Members of the tribe greet visitors to the inside of the Kaaba on the occasion of the cleaning ceremony. A small number of dignitaries and foreign diplomats are invited to participate in the ceremony.[57] The governor of Mecca leads the honoured guests who ritually clean the structure, using simple brooms. Washing of the Ka'ba is done with a mixture of water from the Zamzam Well and Persian rosewater.[58]
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Main article: Qibla
The Qibla is the Muslim name for the direction faced during prayer.[Quran 2:143–144] It is the focal point for praye
And remember Ibrahim and Ishmael raised the foundations of the House (With this prayer): "Our Lord! Accept (this service) from us: For Thou art the All-Hearing, the All-knowing.
— Quran, Chapter 2 (Al Bakarah) verse 127
went to Makkah for an Umrah, took this shot using my cellphone.
i count myself very lucky for having chance to live so many years of my life so close to this place. i have been to it more than 16 times and still it fascinates me every time to see it like i am visiting the first time.
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The Kaaba (Arabic: ٱلْكَعْبَة, romanized: al-Kaʿbah, lit. 'The Cube', Arabic pronunciation: [kaʕ.bah]), also spelled Ka'bah or Kabah, sometimes referred to as al-Kaʿbah al-Musharrafah (Arabic: ٱلْكَعْبَة ٱلْمُشَرَّفَة, romanized: al-Kaʿbah al-Musharrafah, lit. 'Honored Ka'bah'), 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.
The Kaaba is believed by Muslims to have been rebuilt several times throughout history, most famously by Ibrahim (Abraham) and his son Ismail (Ishmael), when he returned to the valley of Mecca several years after leaving his wife Hajar (Hagar) and Ismail there upon Allah's command. Circling the Kaaba seven times counterclockwise, known as Tawaf (Arabic: طواف, romanized: tawaaf), is an obligatory rite for the completion of the Hajj and Umrah pilgrimages. The area around the Kaaba on which pilgrims circumambulate 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, romanized: 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. According to the Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah, 6,791,100 pilgrims arrived for the Umrah pilgrimage in the Islamic year 1439 AH,[a] a 3.6% increase from the previous year, with 2,489,406 others arriving for the 1440 AH Hajj.
The Kaaba (Arabic: الكعبة / DIN 31635: al-Kaʿbah / IPA: [ˈkɑʕbɐ] / English: The Cube)[1] is a cube-shaped building in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, and is the most sacred site in Islam.[2] The building predates Islam, and, according to Islamic tradition, the first building at the site was built by Abraham. The building has a mosque built around it, the Masjid al-Haram. All Muslims around the world face the Kaaba during prayers, no matter where they are.
One of the Five Pillars of Islam requires every Muslim to perform the Hajj pilgrimage at least once in his or her lifetime if they are able to do so. Multiple parts of the Hajj require pilgrims to walk seven times around the Kaaba in a counter-clockwise direction (as viewed from above). This circumambulation, the Tawaf, is also performed by pilgrims during the Umrah (lesser pilgrimage).[2] However, the most dramatic times are during the Hajj, when about three million (officially) pilgrims simultaneously gather to circle the building on the same day.[3][4]
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This is a shot of Kaaba after Maghrib prayer and showing Moslem pilgrimage all over the world doing the circumambulation (Tawaf)...
The circumambulation never stops any time EXCEPT for during Fardhu prayers (5 times daily prayer)...
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One of the cutest things observed in Makkah and Madinah would be the toddlers performing Tawaf on their parents’ arms and establishing Salat on their parents’ laps, the latter especially on the mums’ laps.
Particularly in Masjid al-Nabawi, where separate areas for men and women are strictly maintained, hearing babies crying during Salat from women’s side would be enough for you to realise how Allah sub’hana wa ta’ala has bestowed extraordinary levels of endurance and patience upon women, and how they are special in Islam. May Allah sub’hana wa ta’ala bless them.
Masjid al-Haram, Makkah
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هي قبلة المسلمين في صلواتهم, وإليها يطوفون في حجهم, وتهوى أفئدتهم وتتطلع الوصول إليها من كل أرجاء العالم. وهي أيضاً البيت الحرام, وسميت بذلك لأن الله حرم القتال بها, وهي أقدس مكان على وجه الأرض بالنسبة للمسلمين, كما أنها مكان خاص بالمسلمين وحدهم.
لإن الله امر إبراهيم برفع قواعد الكعبه المشرفه, وساعده ابنه إسماعيل في بنائها, ولما اكتمل بنائهما أمر الله إبراهيم أن يؤذن في الناس بأن يزوروها ويحجوا إليها.
وصفتها أنها بناء مكعب الشكل, يبلغ أرتفاعها 15 متراً, ويبلغ طول ضلعها الذي به بابها 12 متراً, وكذلك يكون الذي يقابله, وأما الضلع الذي به الميزاب والذي يقابله, فطولهما عشرة أمتار. ولم تكن كذلك في عهد إسماعيل بل كان ارتفاعها تسعة أذرع, وكانت دون سقف, ولها باب ملتصق بالأرض, حتى جاء تبع فصنع لها سقفاً, ثم جاء من بعده عبد المطلب وصنع لها باباً من حديد وحلاّه بالذهب, وقد كان بذلك أول من حلىّ الكعبة بالذهب.
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The Kaaba (Arabic: الكعبة al-Kaʿbah, IPA: [ˈkɑʕbɐ]: "Cube")[1] is a cuboidal building in Makkah(Mecca), Saudi Arabia, and is the most sacred site in Islam.[2] The building predates Islam, and, according to Islamic tradition, the first building at the site was built by Abraham. The building has a mosque built around it, the Masjid al-Haram. All Muslims around the world face the Kaaba during prayers, no matter where they are.
One of the Five Pillars of Islam requires every capable Muslim to perform the Hajj pilgrimage at least once in their lifetime. Multiple parts of the Hajj require pilgrims to walk several times around the Kaaba in a counter-clockwise direction (as viewed from above). This circumambulation, the Tawaf, is also performed by pilgrims during the Umrah (lesser pilgrimage). However, the most dramatic times are during the Hajj, when two million pilgrims simultaneously gather to circle the building on the same day.
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king Abdulaziz towers - Holy Makkah - Saudi Arabia
i'm so honored to photograph the holy kaaba it's one of my dreams ...
the most inspiration place in the world i ever been
the only place u can clear your mind .. think a lot about your self .. the holy mosque Al-Haram
i went up to tower B as they said . . .
31th floor from the ground ... the latest floor
the view from up there is just incredible u can see the whole makkah
the photo is maybe little bit noisy, 'cuz i was photographing behind the glass and it wasn't so clean
photo taken by: me
lens nikkor 70-300mm
hope u all like it ... ^_^
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The Kaaba or kabah (Arabic: الكعبة al-Kaʿbah IPA: [alˈkaʕba], "The Cube") also referred as Kaaba Muazzama (Grand Kaaba), is a building at the center of Islam's most sacred mosque, Al-Masjid al-Haram, in Mecca, al-Hejaz, Saudi Arabia. It is the most sacred Muslim site in the world.[1] It is considered the "House of Allah" and has a similar role to the Tabernacle and Holy of Holies in Judaism. Wherever they are in the world, Muslims are expected to face the Kaaba when performing salat (prayer). From any point in the world, the direction facing the Kaaba is called the qibla.
The sanctuary around the Kaaba is called Al-Masjid al-Haram (Sacred Mosque).[2]
One of the Five Pillars of Islam requires every Muslim who is able to do so to perform the hajj pilgrimage at least once in their lifetime. Multiple parts of the hajj require pilgrims to make tawaf, the circumambulation seven times around the Kaaba in a counter-clockwise direction. Tawaf is also performed by pilgrims during the umrah (lesser pilgrimage).[1] However, the most interesting times are during the hajj, when millions of pilgrims gather to circle the building on the same day.[3][4] In 2013, the number of pilgrims coming from outside the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to perform hajj was officially reported as 1,379,531.[5] In 2014, Saudi Arabia reported having completed Hajj permits for 1,389,053 international pilgrims and 63,375 for residents.[6]
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how many of you have seen a picture of the Kaaba without the Kiswah (black cover)??
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أثمن ثلاث ساعات في رمضان
الساعة الأولى : أول ساعة من النهار - بعد صلاة الفجر1 :
قال الإمام النووي رحمه الله في كتاب الأذكار : ( اعلم أن أشرف أوقات الذكر في النهار الذكر بعد صلاة الصبح ).
- وأخرج الترمذي عن أنس رضي الله عنه عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم أنه قال: ( من صلى الفجر في جماعة ثم قعد يذكر الله حتى تطلع الشمس ثم صلى ركعتين كانت له كآجر حجة وعمرة تامة تامة تامة ). رواه الترمذي وقال حديث حسن .
- وكان النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم إذا صلى الغداة جلس في مصلاه حتى تطلع الشمس حسناء .
- ونص الفقهاء على استحباب استغلال هذه الساعة بذكر الله تعالى حتى تطلع الشمس وفي الحديث قال صلى الله عليه وسلم : ( اللهم بارك لأمتي في بكورها ).
لذا يكره النوم بعد صلاة الصبح لأنها ساعة تقسم فيها الأرزاق فلا ينبغي النوم فيها بل احيائها بالذكر والدعاء وخاصة أننا في شهر رمضان الذي فيه يتضاعف الأجر والثواب .
2الساعة الثانية : آخر ساعة من النهار - قبل الغروب :
هذه الساعة الثمينة تفوت على المؤمن الصائم غالباً بالانشغال بإعداد الإفطار والتهيء له وهذا لاينبغي لمن حرص على تحصيل الأجر فهي لحظات ثمينة ودقائق غالية .. هي من أفضل الأوقات للدعاء وسؤال الله تعالى _ فهي من أوقات الاستجابة .
- كما جاء في الحديث قال صلى الله عليه وسلم : ( ثلاث مستجابات : دعوة الصائم ،ودعوة المظلوم ، ودعوة المسافر )رواه الترمذي.
- وكان السلف الصالح لأخر النهار أشد تعظيماً من أوله لأنه خاتمة اليوم والموفق من وفقه الله لاستغلال هذه الساعة في دعاء الله.
3 الساعة الثالثة : وقت السحر :
السحر هو الوقت الذي يكون قبيل الفجر قال تعالى : ( والمستغفرين بالأسحار ).
- فحرصوا أختي أخي الصائم على هذا الوقت الثمين بكثرة الدعاء والاستغفار حتى يؤذن الفجر ، وخاصة أننا في شهر رمضان فلنستغل هذه الدقائق الروحانية فيما يقوي صلتنا بالله تعالى.
- قال تعالى حاثاً على اغتنام هذه الساعات الثمينة بالتسبيح واتهليل :
( وسبح بحمد ربك قبل طلوع الشمس وقبل غروبها ومن آناء الليل فسبح وأطراف النهار لعلك ترضى ).
- وقال تعالى : ( وسبح بحمد ربك قبل طلوع الشمس وقبل غروبها ومن الليل فسبحه وأدبار السجود ).
- قال الحسن البصري رحمه الله : ( الدنيا ثلاثة أيام أما أمس فقد ذهب بما فيه ، وأما غداً فلعلك لاتدركه ، وأما اليوم فلك فاعمل فيه
(My Ramadan Exhibition ) in September
Islamic Spirit Photo occasion of Ramadan month
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In this Monday, Sept. 21, 2015 photo, Muslim pilgrims pray at the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, while performing Tawaf, an anti-clockwise movement around the Kaaba and one of the main rites of the annual pilgrimage, known as Hajj, in Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)
In this Monday, Sept. 21, 2015 photo, a Muslim pilgrim prays at the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, while performing Tawaf, an anti-clockwise movement around the Kaaba and one of the main rites of the annual pilgrimage, known as Hajj, in Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)
بِسْمِ اللّهِ الرَّحْمـَنِ الرَّحِيمِ
O Children of Adam! Take your adornment (by wearing your clean clothes), while praying and going round (the Tawâf of ) the Ka’bah, and eat and drink but waste not by extravagance, certainly He (Allâh) likes not Al-Musrifûn (those who waste by extravagance).
-Surah Al-A'raf-31