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The history tells how, when Mohammed was still a young man, the Kaaba was being rebuilt and a dispute arose between the various clans in Mecca over who had the right to rededicate the black stone. Mohammed resolved the argument by placing the stone on a cloth and having members of each clan lift the cloth together, raising the black stone into ...
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English: The Ka'ba, Great Mosque of Mecca, Saudi Arabia (4). Photo taken by Richard Mortel in December 2020. Photo taken by Richard Mortel in December 2020. Date
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The Kaaba, [b] sometimes referred to as al-Ka'ba al-Musharrafa, [d] is a stone building at the center of Islam's most important mosque and holiest site, the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It is considered by Muslims to be the Baytullah (Arabic: بَيْت ٱللَّٰه , lit.
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The Kaaba in Mecca. The Black Stone is set into the eastern corner of the building. One tradition holds that the Black Stone was placed by Adam in the original Kaaba. [48] Muslims believe that the stone was originally pure and dazzling white, but has since turned black because of the sins of the people who touch it. [49] [50]
'The Sacred Mosque'), [4] also known as the Sacred Mosque or the Great Mosque of Mecca, [5] is considered to be the most significant mosque in Islam. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] It encloses the vicinity of the Kaaba in Mecca , in the Mecca Province of Saudi Arabia .