The Kiswa is replaced once a year on the 9th day of the month of Dul Hijjah after the pilgrims go to Mount Arafat. On behalf of King Salman, Makkah Gov. Prince Khalid Al-Faisal on Wednesday handed ...

Every day, Muslims from all over the world bow to pray in the direction of the Kaaba, the most sacred place in Islam. To be able to go there at least once in one's life, to kiss the black stone on one ...

JEDDAH, July 10 (KUNA) -- Deputy Governor of Makkah Prince Saud bin Mishaal Al-Saud oversaw on Thursday the holy Al-Kaaba washing ceremony, which witnessed the participation of several diplomats ...

The ceremony is part of the tradition set by Prophet Muhammad. Dignitaries clean the inside walls of the Kaaba using cloths dipped in Zamzam water mixed with Oud perfume, which are then used to wash ...

Riyadh: The Kaaba, located in the city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, is a highly sacred place for Muslims around the world. Muslims going for Hajj feel fortunate just to see the Kaaba and touch its wall.

In preparation for Hajj, the Kaaba in Makkah gets a new cloth cover every year—and 2025's Kiswa has been raised in Islam's holiest place on Earth. As part of the custom, the Kiswa is raised to a ...

Makkah, June 10th, 2013 -- On behalf of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Prince Khalid Al-Faisal, Governor of Makkah Region, has today the honor of washing ...

MAKKAH — The ceremony of handing over the keys of the Holy Kaaba and the Maqam Ibrahim (Shrine of Prophet Ibrahim’s standing place) was held in Makkah on Monday. Sheikh Abdul Rahman bin Saleh ...

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz washed Sunday Makkah’s sacred Kaaba as part of a yearly tradition before the beginning of the Holy month of Ramadan. King Salman, who was accompanied by Crown ...

ISLAMABAD: Sheikh Abdul Qadir Bin Taha Al-Shaibi, senior keeper of the Holy Kaaba, passed away on Thursday. He was 75. Al-Shaibi's body was buried in Makkah's Al-Moalla Cemetery after offering funeral ...

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