While many know of the Kaaba as a symbol of Islam and a place of prayer, there are several lesser-known facts that make it ...

Dr. Saleh Al-Shaibi, who was a great scholar, academic and author, served as senior keeper of the Kaaba, spanning over a decade. He assumed the position as the 77 th ...

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 ...

According to a report by Al Arabiya, the Kaaba was built by Hazrat Ibrahim about 5,000 years ago. Historians say that when the Kaaba was built, it had neither a door nor a roof.

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 ...

The Kaaba is a cubical stone structure located in the center of the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, the holiest site of Islam. In 8 AH (629-630 AD), Prophet Mohammad covered the Kaaba with a Yemeni cloth.

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.

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 ...