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 ...

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 ...

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

Several scholars, academics and prominent figures in Makkah also mourned the death of Dr. Al-Shaibi, who was a great scholar, academic and author. He served as senior keeper of the Kaaba ...

After entering Mecca in ihram, many pilgrims perform an initial tawaf by circling the Kaaba, a black stone structure at the heart of the Great Mosque in Mecca (Masjid al-Haram), seven times in a ...

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 ...

The annual hajj pilgrimage, one of the five pillars of Islam, will start on Wednesday with over one million Muslims from around the world expected to take part.

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 ...

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 ...