Undeterred by the heavy rain in Makkah on Thursday, August 21, scores of devoted Umrah pilgrims continued their sacred ...

The sprawling grounds of Madin Academy at Swalat Nagar here is hosting a unique exhibition showcasing the life and era of ...

Sacred Islamic artefacts dating back 700 years, including the 29ft-long (9m) cloth used to cover the Holy Kaaba in Mecca, ...

Also The Kaaba was located at the bottom of a valley and thus when it rained there used to be a flood and even the Kaaba would be covered in water. Yet believers swam to be near It and pray.

Historians specialized in the Kaaba’s history mention in some accounts that Al-Humairi covered the Kaaba with a thick cloth called khasf and later with Maafir, which is originally named after an ...

A team of experts at Umm al-Qura University in Mecca is studying the reinforcement of the Kaaba’s Kiswah using Kevlar, the para-aramid synthetic ...

Today at 12:27 PM Mecca time, the sun will be directly above the Kaaba, causing no shadows to appear. This rare event happens twice a year due to Earth’s tilt and Mecca’s latitude. It offers ...

Before you go Solar phenomena above Islam’s Kaaba expected on first day of Ramadan Staff writer, Al Arabiya English Published: 25 May ,2017: 12:00 AM GSTUpdated: 20 May ,2020: 10:48 AM GST 100% ...

Millions of Hajjis walking around Kaaba Nearly four million Hajjis in Mecca city of Saudi Arabia are walking around Kaaba and symbolically throwing stones at Devil. 07.11.2011 - Update : 07.11.2011 ...

The Kaaba at the Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia will be illuminated by the sun directly overhead at 12:18 p.m. local time Friday, coinciding with the call to prayer in a phenomenon that happens only ...

Abraham, Ishmael and Kaaba By Abdullah Yusuf Ali Then Abraham stayed away from them for a period as long as Allah wished and called on them again but did not find Ishmael.