Hajj preparations begin in Makkah
The annual ceremony to change the Ghilaf-e-Kaaba (Kiswah) would be held at the Grand Mosque of Makkah (Masjid-Al-Haram).
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Ghilaf-e-Kaaba changing ceremony held at Masjid al-Haram
The new Ghilaf has been prepared at a cost of seven million Saudi Riyal. Six hundred seventy kilogram pure silk, 120 kilogram gold and one hundred kilogram silver have been used in it.
Ghilaf-e-Kaaba changed as pilgrims surge to Arafat for Hajj sermon
MAKKAH: The annual ceremony of changing Ghilaf-e-Kaaba was held at the Grand Mosque of Makkah (Masjid-A-Haram) early this morning as more than two million faithfuls began gathering at Mount Arafat to listen the Hajj Sermon.
The new Ghilaf has been prepared at a cost of two hundred thousand riyal as six hundred seventy kilogram pure silk, 120 kilogram gold and one hundred kilogram silver have been used in it.
This ritual had started in the age of Hazrat Ismail AS and Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) ordered change of…
Ghilaf-e-Kaaba changed as pilgrims gather at Mount Arafat
MAKKAH: The annual ceremony to change the Ghilaf-e-Kaaba (Kiswah) held today at the Grand Mosque of Makkah (Masjid-Al-Haram) in Saudi Arabia as more than two million faithful started converging at Mount Arafat to listen to Hajj sermon.
The Kiswah, a heavy silk cloth embroidered with Quaranic verses in golden embroidery, covers the Kaaba annually on the 9th day of the month of Dhu al-Hijjah, the day pilgrims leave for the plains of Mount Arafat during the Hajj. It is made from 670kg silk with about 150 kg pure gold used on…
VIDEO: Ghilaf-e-Kaaba changing ceremony in Makkah
MAKKAH: The annual ceremony to change Ghilaf-e-Kaaba was held at Masjid-e-Al-Haram in Saudi Arabia where millions of Muslims have gathered to perform Hajj.