Regarding the Noble Ka’bah, Allah ﷻ mentions in the Quran in Surah Al-Ma’idah: “Allah has made the Noble Ka’bah, the Sacred House, a source of stability for people.” [5:97]

The Noble Ka’bah has been built or renovated on several occasions throughout history. The most famous constructors of the Noble Ka’bah are;

1. The angels who originally constructed it

2. Adam (AS)

3. Ibrahim (AS) with the help of his son Ismail (AS)

4. The Quraysh who constructed the Noble Ka’bah during the era of Jahiliyah (this was witnessed by the Prophet (ﷺ) when he was 35 years old)

5. Abdullah bin Zubair (R) who reconstructed the Noble Ka’bah in 65 AH according to the desire of the Prophet (ﷺ).

• Directly above the Noble Ka’bah, at its zenith, there is a corresponding place in the heavens called the Baytul Ma’moor which holds the same status there as the Noble Ka’bah does here on earth. Each day seventy thousand angels engage in worship there and none of them get a second opportunity to present themselves there again. The Baytul Ma’moor is such a sacred and honoured place that Allah (ﷻ) takes an oath on it in the Holy Quran in Surah Toor: “And I swear by the Baytul Ma’moor.”[ 52: 4]
• Hadhrat Abdullah bin Abbas (R) reports that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: “One hundred and twenty mercies descend upon the Noble Ka’bah every day and night; sixty for those performing Tawaaf, forty for those engaged in Salah and twenty for those who are merely looking at the Noble Ka’bah.” [Bayhaqi]
• The north corner of the Noble Ka’bah faces towards Syria, Jordan and Palestine; the east corner (where the Hajar al-Aswad is) faces towards Oman, India and Malaysia; the south corner (Rukun Yamani) faces towards Yemen, Mauritius and Kenya; and the west corner faces towards Egypt, Morocco and Spain.
• The covering of the Noble Ka’bah is known as the Kiswah and was first placed by the Ismail (AS).
• During the era of Abdullah bin Zubair (R) the Noble Ka’bah was damaged by catapult fire in 64 AH when the army of Yazeed-bin-Muawaiya laid siege to Makkah. A fire ignited and set alight the kiswah of the Holy Noble Ka’bah. The wooden portions of the Noble Ka’bah were burned which necessitated its demolition and reconstruction. Abdullah bin Zubair (R) reconstructed the Noble Ka’bah upon the foundations of Ibrahim (AS), thus fulfilling the desire of the Prophet (ﷺ), as the construction done by the Quraysh was about three meters short as they had run out of lawful earnings to finance the completion of the building.
• When Hajjaj-bin-Yusuf had assumed the governorship over Makkah, he informed the Ummayad Khalifah Abdul Malik Ibn Marwan regarding the construction of Abdullah bin Zubair and that he had changed the Noble Ka’bah to something that was different to how it was in the lifetime of the Prophet (ﷺ). The Khalifa gave permission to change it again and in 73 AH it was changed to its previous state. However, when Abdul Malik came to know the
• Hadith of the Prophet (ﷺ) of how he had desired the Noble Ka’bah to have been on the original foundations of Ibrahim (AS) he was remorseful about that which transpired.