I have some questions about the Kaaba in Mecca. Could someone please help?

Question

1. When was the Kaaba built?

2. Has anyone ever phycially lived in the Kaaba at any time?

3. The Kaaba is thousands of years old, yet I've seen photos of the inside and it appears to have shiny, modern-looking marble floors and ornate walls. When were these added?

4. Is there ever maintenance done to the Kaaba?

Answer 1

Abraham did not build the kaaba because many gods were worshiped there and Abraham knew and believed that there was only "One God"

Muhammed conveniently took it over to use it as a tool to sway people into following Muhammed's false message.

From Wikipedia;

Before Islam
Little is known of the pre-Islamic history of the Kaaba. In early Saudi Arabia, the population existed primarily of tribes of nomads, who often battled each other. When they did converge peacefully, it was usually under the protection of cult practices.[10]

Wensinck, writing in the Encyclopedia of Islam, identifies Mecca with a place called Macoraba mentioned by the Roman geographer Ptolemy. His text is believed to date from the second century AD., before the rise of Islam.[11] and described it as a foundation in southern Arabia, built around a sanctuary. The area probably did not start becoming an area of religious pilgrimage, until around the year 500 AD. It was at that time that the tribe of the Quraysh (into which Muhammad was later to be born) took control of it, and made an agreement with the local Kinana Bedouins for control.[12] 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.

According to Karen Armstrong, in her book Islam: A Short History, the Kaaba was dedicated to Hubal, a Nabatean deity, and contained 360 idols which probably represented the days of the year.[13] According to the Boston Globe, the Kaaba was a shrine for the Daughters of God (al-Lat, al-Uzza, and Manat) and Hubal.[14]

According to the Pakistani book Muhammad The Holy Prophet, about four hundred 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 tribe (into which Muhammad was born). 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.[15][16]

Patricia Crone disagrees with most academic historians on most issues concerning the history of early Islam, including the history of the Kaaba. In Meccan Trade and the Rise of Islam, Crone writes that she believes that the identification of Macoraba with the Kaaba is false, and that Macoraba was a town in southern Arabia, in what was then known as Arabia Felix.[17]

Many accounts, including Muslim accounts, and some accounts written by 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 last three centuries before the rise of Islam.[18]

According to The Encyclopaedia Britannica, "before the rise of Islam it was revered as a sacred sanctuary and was a site of pilgrimage."[19] According to the German historian Eduard Glaser, the name "Kaaba" may have been related to the southern Arabian or Ethiopian word "mikrab", signifying a temple.[11] Again, Crone disputes this etymology.


Islamic tradition

Picture of the Kaaba taken in 1898According to the Qur'an, the Kaaba was built by Ibrahim (Abraham) and his son Ismail (Ishmael [1]). Islamic traditions assert that the Kaaba "reflects" a house in heaven called al-Baytu l-Maˤmur[20] (Arabic: البيت المعمور) and that it was first built by the first man, Adam. Ibrahim and Ismail rebuilt the Kaaba on the old foundations. [21]

When Muhammad conquered Mecca, he destroyed the 360 idols around Kaaba which the Meccan pagans possessed. [22][23] There was one god for each day of the year. [22] While destroying each idol, Muhammad recited [Qur'an 17:81] which says "Truth has arrived and falsehood has perished for falsehood is by its nature bound to perish." [22][23]

Muhammad then entered the Ka`abah and ordered all the pictures to be destroyed. [23]

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I have some questions about the Kaaba in Mecca. Could someone please help?
1. When was the Kaaba built?

2. Has anyone ever phycially lived in the Kaaba at any time?

3. The Kaaba is thousands of years old, yet I've seen photos of the inside and it appears to have shiny, modern-looking marble floors and ornate walls. When were these added?

4. Is there ever...

Answer 3

First of all I am not an expert but I do Know a little on the subject.The Kaaba was first Built by Abraham as an Alter to GOD.It has been rebuilt and restored many times.At some point in history the Pagans took it over and installed many of their man made gods inside.The Prophet Mohamed destroyed all of the Idols and returned it to its original purpose .And it has been used as such every since. I do not know when the last restoration took place but the Government of Saudi Arabia are the custodians.

Answer 4

Al kaaba is made by ALLAH, for sure it is not man made,

Ref- SURAH MAIDA verse No 97
Allah has made the Ka'bah, the Sacred House, standing for the people and [has sanctified] the sacred months and the sacrificial animals and the garlands [by which they are identified]. That is so you may know that Allah knows what is in the heavens and what is in the earth and that Allah is Knowing of all things.

Answer 5

how old is Kaaba scientificly

Answer 6

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