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 ...

The stone is framed in pure silver at the southeast corner of the Kaaba (Ka’bah), the cube-shaped building constructed by Abraham and his son Ishmael, according to the Quran.

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 Ibrahim stood on this stone when constructing the Kaaba and marks of His feet are preserved. Outside the building to the north east corner is the ‘Zam-Zam Well’, the eternal Holy Water ...

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 ...

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.

It was affirmed during Prophet Muhammad’s “farewell pilgrimage” in 632 AD, in the 10th year of the Islamic calendar. Islamic tradition holds that the Kaaba, a stone structure draped in black ...