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What is the house of Allah (swt)
The Kaabah
Why do thousands of people go to Makkah to visit the Kaʿbah and perform Ḥajj every year?
When Nabī Ibrāhīm (A) completed building the Kaʿbah, Allāh (SWT) told him to call people from everywhere to come and visit it for pilgrimage (Ḥajj) and to worship Allāh (SWT) there. Since then, thousands of people go to Makkah to visit the Kaʿbah and perform Ḥajj every year. Allāh (SWT) has made it wājib on all Muslims to go for Ḥajj once in their life.
Did the Holy Prophet (S) visit this holy place when he went on Miʿrāj?
Yes.
Name 2 sons of Ibrahim (as)
Ismail, Isaac
What did God command Ibrahim (as) to do?
Build the kaaba.
Why are the best of people who worshipped Allāh (SWT) - the Holy Prophet (S) and his Ahl al-Bayt (A), all descendants of Nabī Ibrāhīm (A)?
When Nabī Ibrāhīm (A) finished building the Kaʿbah, he made a series of prayers to Allāh (SWT). He prayed for Makkah to become a safe place and to make it a source of blessing for those who believe in Allāh (SWT) and in the Day of Judgement.
He also prayed to Allāh (SWT) to accept their efforts in building the Kaʿbah as per His instructions. He asked Allāh (SWT) to bless his descendants such that they also become true believers and worship Him alone. Allāh (SWT) answered all the prayers of Nabī Ibrāhīm
How many times do we walk around the Kaʿbah during Hajj?
7 times.
What did Allah command Prophet Ibrahim to do? (in regards to his wife and son)
Leave Hajar and Ismail in the desert.
What city did the rocks that were used to build the kaaba come from?
Makkah
Where did Ismail (as) grow up?
The dessert.
Where does the Hajar al aswad come from?
A special stone from Jannah that God told Ibrahim (as) to put in the corner of the kaabah near its door.
Bayt al-Maʾmūr is mentioned in which surah in the quran?
sūrat al-Ṭūr (sūrah 52,
verse 4).
What is Maqam Ibrahim?
Nabi Ibrahim (a) used to stand on a rock when he was building the Kaabah and Allah (swt) made the rock a little soft so the footprints of Nabi Ibrahim (A) were left on it.
What is Bayt Ma'mur
Bayt al-Maʾmūr is a house in the 7th Heaven which is similar to the Kaʿbah on earth.
It is said that Bayt al-Maʾmūr is directly above the Kaʿbah, in the Heaven, and it is frequently visited by the angels.