Where does the Kaaba’s Kiswa end up after its replacement on Arafat Day?
21 August 2018| 09 Dhul Hijjah 1439|Al Arabiya The Holy Kaaba was adorned with a new cover or “Kiswa” on Monday in an annual process carried a day before Muslims…
21 August 2018| 09 Dhul Hijjah 1439|Al Arabiya The Holy Kaaba was adorned with a new cover or “Kiswa” on Monday in an annual process carried a day before Muslims…
13 August 2018|01 Dhul Hijjah 1439|Arab News The Kiswa consists of five pieces; four of them cover the four sides of Kaaba, while the fifth one is hung as a…
06 August 2018|23 Dhul Qa’dha 1439|Al Arabiya Saudi Arabia’s General Presidency for the Affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque reveals that the ‘Kiswa’ is now ready to…
30 July 2018|16 Dhul Qa’dha 1439|Al Arabiya Saudi Arabia’s General Presidency for the affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque lifted the Holy Kaaba’s Kiswa covering about three…
Cii Radio|Ayesha Ismail|29 May 2018|13 Ramadaan 1439 For more than 16 centuries, before the introduction of Islam to the world, the grandsons of Qusai bin Kilab bin Murrah specialized in…
Cii Radio| Ayesha Ismail|19 March 2018|01 Rajab 1439 A broker is asking for SR 8 million to sell a piece of cloth he claims comes from the Kiswah—the embroidered black…
Cii Radio| Ayesha Ismail| 12 March 2018| 24 Jumadul Ukhra 1439 Mokhtar Alim Shaqdar is the official calligrapher of the kiswa, the black covering of the Holy Kaaba. Shaqdar replaced…
Cii Radio| Ayesha Ismail| 31 August 2017| 09 Zhul Hijjah 1438 Known as the ‘kiswa,’ the cloth is woven from silk and cotton and adorned with verses from the Quran.…
Cii Radio| Ayesha Ismail| 24 August 2017| 02 Zhul hijjah 1438 On behalf of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman, Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, emir of Makkah and advisor…
Cii Radio| Ayesha Ismail| 10 August 2017| 17 Zhul Qadha 1438 The lower portion of the Holy Kaaba’s kiswa (cover) was raised on Tuesday by approximately three meters. The raised…