I-Kaaba yisakhiwo esimise okwekhyubhu esembozwe ngendwangu emnyama esenkabeni yeMasjid Enkulu e-Makkah, e-Saudi Arabia. AmaSulumane ayibiza nge-Bayt Allah, iNdlu kaNkulunkulu, futhi iyindawo eyodwa emhlabeni amaSulumane wonke ayibhekayo emthandazweni, izikhathi ezinhlanu ngosuku, kusukela kuzo zonke izinkomba emhlabeni. IQur'an iyichaza njengendlu yokukhonza yokuqala eyake yamiselwa isintu:
"Ngempela, indlu [yokukhonza] yokuqala eyamiselwa isintu yileyo eseBakkah [Makkah] — ebusisiwe neyisiqondiso emhlabeni."
(Surah Aal 'Imran, 3:96)
Yakhiwa Ubani?
I-Kaaba yakhiwa, phezu kwezisekelo zasendulo, nguMprofethi u-Abrahama (Ibrahim) nendodana yakhe u-Ishmayeli (Isma'il), ukuthula makube kubo, njengendlu enikelwe ekukhonzeni uNkulunkulu oyedwa kuphela. IQur'an iqopha umthandazo wabo lapho bephakamisa izindonga zayo:
"Futhi [khumbula] lapho u-Abrahama ephakamisa izisekelo zeNdlu no-Ishmayeli, [ethi], 'Nkosi yethu, yamukela lokhu kithi. Ngempela nguWe oyiziNgqamu, oyaziyo.'"
(Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:127)
Emakhulwini eminyaka i-Kaaba yakhiwa kabusha yalungiswa izikhathi eziningi, futhi ngesikhathi soMprofethi uMuhammad ﷺ yayigcwaliswe amakhulu ezithombe. Lapho engena e-Makkah ngokuthula ngo-630 CE, wazikhipha wabuyisela i-Kaaba kulokho u-Abrahama ayeyakhele: indlu yokukhonza uNkulunkulu kuphela.
Kungani AmaSulumane Eyibheka Emthandazweni?
Isikhombisi somthandazo sibizwa nge-qiblah. Lapho amaSulumane kuyo yonke indawo ephendukela ku-Kaaba, wonke umphakathi, cishe izigidigidi ezimbili zabantu kuzo zonke izikhathi zomhlaba, uthandaza njengomzimba owodwa, uhlelwe ngezindingiliza ezingabonakali ezungeza inkaba eyodwa. IQur'an iyala: "Ngakho phendukisela ubuso bakho ngase-Masjid al-Haram" (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:144). Ngesikhathi sohambo olungcwele (i-Hajj, insika yesihlanu ye-Islam), izihambi zizungeza i-Kaaba kasikhombisa emkhosini obizwa nge-tawaf, indlu efanayo, uNkulunkulu ofanayo, ukukhonza okufanayo no-Abrahama.
Lokho I-Kaaba Engeyikho
Yilokhu okungaqondwa kahle kakhulu: amaSulumane awayikhonzi i-Kaaba. Akusona isithombe, futhi akukho lutho ngaphakathi kwayo olukhonzwayo, igumbi elingaphakathi lilihlanzekile. I-Kaaba iyisikhombisi nesibonakaliso sobunye, akukho okunye. AmaSulumane athandaza ngokubheka kuyo, hhayi neze kuyo. Ukukhonza e-Islam kwenzelwa u-Allah kuphela, iNkosi yeNdlu, hhayi indlu ngokwayo. Njengoba iQur'an isho: "Ngakho abakhonze iNkosi yaleNdlu" (Surah Quraysh, 106:3).
Ngomusho Owodwa
I-Kaaba yindlu yokukhonza eyakhiwa u-Abrahama uNkulunkulu oyedwa, ikhyubhu engenalutho esenkabeni yomhlaba wamaSulumane ehlanganisa wonke amaSulumane esikhombisini somthandazo esisodwa, ngokubheka kuyo hhayi neze kuyo.
Funda Kabanzi
- IziNsika Ezinhlanu Ze-Islam Zichaziwe. Kufaka i-Hajj, uhambo olungcwele oluya e-Kaaba.
- Yini I-Islam? Isingeniso Esiphelele. Inkolo engemuva kwe-qiblah.
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