Revealed images of the Kaaba have been widely circulated on various social media platforms, showing a mysterious aspect related to the shape and structure of the sacred building for Muslims. The images depicted what appeared to be a sealed secret door, closed with the same stones that were used to construct the Kaaba, in a completely different location than the well-known entrance of the Kaaba.
The sealed secret door, blocked with stones, is located on the western side, which has puzzled and surprised many, prompting them to ask: What is this mysterious door, and why was it sealed in this manner?
The original shape of the Kaaba’s construction is ancient.
Historians claim that when the Kaaba was first built by the prophets Abraham and Ishmael, peace be upon them, it had no doors, ceilings, or windows. It was simply composed of stacked walls forming a closed cube from all sides.
In other words, at that time, there was no arrangement for entering the Kaaba.
However, later on, believed to be during the reign of the king Tubba’ before the prophetic mission by a long period, in the 4th century CE, the Kaaba was opened at ground level from both sides, as mentioned in the biography of Ibn Hisham. People would enter from the eastern opening and exit from the western outlet.
Nevertheless, even at that time, there were no doors on the walls to be opened and closed in the conventional manner of the current main door of the Kaaba. Instead, the Kaaba had a permanent entrance and exit that were open all the time.
Confirming this, what Al-Azraqi mentioned in the reports of Mecca about Ibn Jurayr, he said: “It is said that Tubba’ was the first to clothe the Kaaba and ordered its guardianship by them, so he ordered them to purify it and made entrances for it.”
Then, in pre-Islamic eras, the door was sealed to control the movement of entry and exit to the Kaaba, which explains the sealed door with 18 stones in the circulated images of the Kaaba without its usual black cover, located opposite the current main door, near the Yemeni corner, at approximately the same height as the main door.
