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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.
The Muʻallaqāt (Arabic: المعلقات, [ʔalmuʕallaqaːt]) is a compilation of seven long pre-Islamic Arabic poems. [1] The name means The Suspended Odes or The Hanging Poems , they were named so because these poems were hung in the Kaaba in Mecca . [ 2 ]
Its length is 258 cm (8.46 ft), which is included in the wall of the Kaaba, its cavity width is 26 cm (10 in), the height of each side is 23 cm (9.1 in), and its entry into the roof wall is 58 cm (1.90 ft). [2] [3] A detailed description of the mīzāb around 1183–85 CE is offered by Ibn Jubayr:
Muslim pilgrims continued their religious rituals on Sunday during the annual hajj pilgrimage, circling the Kaaba in Mecca. (July 10)
The tradition of covering the Kaaba predates the emergence of Islam, with various Yemeni textiles composing the draping. [3] According to Ibn Hisham, King Tubba Abu Karib As'ad of the Himyarite Kingdom, who would later become a revered figure in Islamic traditions, clothed Kaaba for the first time during the rule of the Jurhum tribe of Mecca in the early fifth century CE after learning about ...
Custodianship of the Kaaba in Mecca is a role that concerns the affairs and caretaking of the Kaaba, including renovating it, replacing the kiswah and safeholding the key to the sanctuary. The first officially recorded custodianship of the Kaaba started with the Quraysh after the expulsion of the Khuza'ah from Mecca and is passed down from ...
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