Custodianship of the Kaaba before Islam: A Historical Study
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The caretaker of the Kaaba is an ancient profession. It means taking care of the Holy Kaaba and carrying out its affairs, including opening and closing it, cleaning it, washing it, covering it, repairing this covering if it is torn, receiving its visitors, and everything related to that. More than 16 centuries ago, that is, before the beginning of Islam, the descendants of Qusay ibn Kilab ibn Murrah became the custodians of the Holy Kaaba, and among them are the descendants of the sons of the Al-Shaybi family who are the current custodians of the Kaaba. The Kaaba is the sacred house of Allah and the common sanctuary for the heartbeats of believers, and the qibla of Muslims. Allah Almighty made it a beacon of monotheism and a symbol of worship. It was the first house established for people to worship Allah and it was the landing site for the revelation and Islamic message of the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) and our talk about the Kaaba and its pillar is because of the sanctity of this blessed spot before the Lord of the Worlds and then the worship of the believers, and because of this sanctity we wanted to look at the history of this blessed place and know its events, so it was necessary to talk about the pillar and the building of the Kaaba, and also to the Kaaba during the era of Abraham, Ishmael, and the sons of Ismail, and about the guardianship of Jarhum and Khuza’ah over the Sacred House, and about the guardianship of Quraish over the Kaaba.
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