The Kaaba, is the most holliest place on this eart...

The Kaaba, is the most holliest place on this earth. Made of granite masonry, covered with silk curtain and calligraphy in gold and silver-wrapped thread, pre-Islamic monument, rededicated by Hazrat Muhammad (peace be upon him) in 631-32 C.E., multiple renovations, Mecca, Saudi Arabia were carried out by different rulers including the Ottomans.

The Kaaba situated in the almost middle of Masjid el Haram.



In Islam, Muslims pray five times a day and after 624 CE, these prayers were directed towards Mecca and the Kaaba rather than Jerusalem; this direction or qibla in Arabic is marked in all mosques and enables the faithful to know in which direction they should pray. The Qur an established the direction of prayer.

All Muslims aspire to undertake the hajj, or the annual pilgrimage, to the Kaaba once in their lives if they are able. Prayer five times a day and the hajj are two of the five pillars of Islam, the most fundamental principles of the faith.

Upon arriving in Mecca, pilgrims gather in the courtyard of the Masjid al-Haram around the Kaaba. They then circumambulate tawaf in Arabic or walk around the Kaaba, during which they hope to kiss and touch the Black Stone al-Hajar al-Aswad embedded in the eastern corner of the Kaaba.