Haram, is one of the most sacred and significant places for Muslims around the world. Every year, millions of believers ...

Reports that Libyan Pilgrim Amer al Mahdi Mansour al Gaddafi has died while performing Tawaf of Holy Kaaba in The Makkah ...

handed over the keys to Sheikh Abdul Wahhab bin Zain Al-Abidin Al-Shaibi, the 78 th caretaker of the Kaaba. Sheikh Abdul Wahhab, the oldest member of Al-Shaiba family, was named as successor of ...

The hajj began early on Sunday with the "tawaf" -– the circumambulation of the Kaaba, the large cubic structure draped ... Saudi businessman Samir al-Zafni said all his hotels in Mecca and Madinah are ...

Different rulers have made changes to the door of the Kaaba from time to time. According to a report by Al Arabiya, the Kaaba was built by Hazrat Ibrahim about 5,000 years ago. Historians say that ...

Chief key holder and caretaker of the Holy Kaaba Dr Sheikh Saleh Al-Shaiba breathed his last Saturday morning after a prolonged illness. Al-Shaiba the 109th guardian of the Holy Kaaba and ...

Watch live as Muslim pilgrims from around the world perform “tawaf,” circling the Kaaba in Mecca, Islam’s holiest site, on ...

Every year the Kiswah is removed and the Kaaba is redraped in a new cloth on the 9th day of the month of Dhu al-Hijah, the day the pilgrims leave for the plains of Mount Arafat during the Hajj ...

X Dubai: Al Shaibi family in Saudi Arabia announced on Monday the handover of the key of the Kaaba to its eldest son, Sheikh Abdul Wahab bin Zain Al Abidin Al Shaibi. The new caretaker of the ...

MAKKAH — The ceremony of handing over the keys of the Holy Kaaba and the Maqam Ibrahim (Shrine of Prophet Ibrahim’s standing place) was held in Makkah on Monday. Sheikh Abdul Rahman bin Saleh ...