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Grandeur of the Kaba and Virtues of Hajj
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Mawlānā Syed Mufti Muhammad NaꜤīm al-Dīn al-Murādābādī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَـلَيْه writes under this verse:

We have been told here that the first place that was designated for the obedience and worship of Allah Almighty, as the Qibla, as the place of performing Hajj and tawaf, and where rewards are multiplied, is the Holy KaꜤba which is located in Makkah.

Specialties of the KaꜤba

Let us hear some of the specialties of the KaꜤba that have been mentioned in Tafsir Ṣirāṭ al-jinān:

1. It is the first place of worship, as Prophet Ādam عَلَیْہِ السَّلَام offered salah in its direction.

2. It was created as a place for all people to worship, whereas Bayt al-Maqdis was the Qibla of a specific group of people for a specific time.

3. It is in Makkah where the reward of one good deed is multiplied by 100,000.

4. Hajj of the KaꜤba is obligatory (farḍ).

5. Hajj was always performed at the KaꜤba; Bayt al-Maqdis was once the Qibla but Hajj was never performed there.

6. The KaꜤba was declared a place of safety.

7. Many signs were placed in the KaꜤba, one of which is Maqām Ibrāhīm.

8. Birds do not sit on the KaꜤba nor fly over it; rather, they come flying and then move away in a different direction.

9. Those birds which fall sick get themselves treated here; as they fly through the breeze of the KaꜤba, they get cured.

10. Wild animals do not harm one another in the boundaries of the Ḥaram, to the extent that the dogs do not run after deer and do

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