Saudi Arabia releases first-ever photos of holy Kaaba stone With hajj pilgrimage limited due to COVID restrictions, kingdom publishes high-resolution images of al-Hajar al-Aswad, which believers ...

In the Kaaba, the most ancient and remarkable building or the great Mosque at Mecca, is preserved a miraculous stone, with the print of Abraham's feet impressed upon it.

Haram, is one of the most sacred and significant places for Muslims around the world. Every year, millions of believers gather here to perform the Hajj and Umrah pilgrimages. While many know of the ...

Muslim pilgrims touch the Kaaba stone, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque, as they pray ahead of the annual Hajj pilgrimage in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Aug. 17, 2018.

Prophet Abrahim then directed His son to build the Kaaba. Prophet Abrahim and Ismael are the ancestors of Prophet Mohamed, who eventually put the Stone into the Kaaba where it still resides.

High resolution photos have been revealed for the first time of an ancient religious stone in Mecca, Islam’s holy city, a Saudi government agency has announced.

In the bustling city of Makkah, surrounded by skyscrapers and technology, stands a simple cube-shaped structure made of stone—the Kaaba. Despite its modest form, it is the most revered site in ...

Multazam: The Place of Clinging Located between the Kaaba’s door and the Black Stone, the Multazam is a two-metre stretch of wall where supplications (duas) are said to be especially accepted.

A barrier around the Kaaba that was set up at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic has now finally been removed. Pictures show excited worshippers clamouring to get near the Black Stone.

Islamic tradition holds that the Kaaba, a stone structure draped in black silk at the centre of Mecca’s Grand Mosque where many Hajj rituals take place, was built by Prophet Abraham (Ibrahim ...