The Description of the Interior of the Holy Ka’bah
Posted May 1, 2009
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The Description of the Interior of the Holy Ka’bah
The characteristics of the Holy Ka’bah from within are as follows:
At the Shami Corner, on the right side of the Holy Ka’bah, there is the staircase leading to the roof. It is a rectangular, closed, and windowless room. Its northern and eastern sides are part of the original wall of the Holy Ka’bah, and the stairs are concealed inside the room. It has a door with a special lock and is covered with a beautiful silk curtain inscribed and decorated with gold and silver.
The thickness of the southern wall of the stairs, which includes the door, is 225 centimetres, and the thickness of the western wall is 150 centimetres. If a person ascends the staircase to the roof to the height of two metres, he will find a small door before him and another one to the left. Both of them reach the two ceilings of the Holy Ka’bah. The space between the two ceilings is 120 centimetres. The stairs end at the roof with a skylight where a tight cover is fixed to prevent rain seeping in. This cover is opened when ascending to the roof.
Inside the Holy Ka’bah there are three pillars that support the ceiling. They are made of the finest wood ever known. They were erected by Abdullah Ibn AlZubair (may Allah be pleased with them) more than 1350 years ago. They are brownish-black and the circumference of each pillar is approximately 150 centimetres with a diameter of 44 centimetres. Each one has a square, inscribed wooden base. Between the three pillars there is a hanger holding donations to the Holy Ka’bah.
There is a support beam that extends over the three pillars with both its ends extending to the northern and southern walls. The three pillars are as high as the first ceiling adjacent to the interior of the Holy Ka’bah. They do not extend to the upper ceiling but several beams of wood, one over the other, were put on the top of the three pillars inside the ceilings until they reached the upper ceiling. The pillars support the two ceilings and every pillar has three bands to strengthen it.
A Perspective of the Holy Ka’bah before the repairs.
25 Responses to "The Description of the Interior of the Holy Ka’bah"
Can you please translate whats wrriten on the wall inside Kabba ?????? I specifically wants to know if the word ‘nanak’ is wrriten anywhere inside kabba. no rush but just curious .
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can anyone help me i know what really goes on at the kaaba ? and what is the story about the devil being in a big stone thing ? and you throw rocks at it ? please help thanks
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What makes the Kaba sacred? It is a man-made artifact. What makes one man made artifact any holier than another? I realize muslims don’t worship the Kaba, but it appears their reverence towards is such that it appears as idolatry.
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hello brother jeff i invite you to research more about the religion Al Islam.
Please Accept my invitation and please feel free to ask question and i will try to get as much information as i can . and i would also request you to be open with information regarding what does islam teach and why people fallow it what are the commandments of Allah (God). feel comfortable while seeking knowledge. May Allah (God ) give you strength to understnad to the best of knowlege.Amine
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you asshole shut up you all christians and all other religions rather than muslims will go to hell
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SubhanAllah! What manner of extremism is this? Do you not know that the Prophet Sal-Allahu alayhi wa Salam became furious when a Sahabi was making the prayers a burden on the people by making it too long? He (alayhi Salam) became so angered because the Sahabi was making people hate the deen in his presentation of it.
The Prophet alayhi Salam dealt with worse people than those in this world, and had the best manners with them, so take from his Sunnah and check yourself. This is for myself first and my brothers. WAllahu 3lm.
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I ask Allah to Forgive us all, and I beseech the moderator to delete that person’s (Faizan) post, for there are truly evil people in this world, and I fear that one of them may try and disrupt any good when they see it.
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Masha Allah, all muslims are very thankfull to view this video, may Allah bless you and us.
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1 | doc9_ridz@ymail.com
September 15, 2010 at 9:26 am
i want to know more about the hangings between the three pillars… plees reply..
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