Who First Covered the Ka‘ba

Question

For what purpose does the covering that is kept on the House of the Ka‘ba remain there? Has the custom of covering it existed since the time of the noble Prophet ﷺ, or since the time of Hazrat Adam ﵇? Or did some caliph or king introduce it? And what is the secret in covering the House of the Ka‘ba?

Answer

Al-Azraqi writes in “Akhbar Makkah” (p. 249): [ar]قَالَ: ثَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي جَدِّي، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ هَمَّامِ بْنِ مُنَبِّهٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ﵁، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ نَهَى عَنْ سَبِّ أَسْعَدَ الْحِمْيَرِيِّ وَهُوَ تُبَّعٌ، وَكَانَ هُوَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ كَسَا…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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