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  2. Kaaba - Wikipedia

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    The Kaaba is a cuboid-shaped structure made of stones. It is approximately 15 m (49 ft 3 in) high with sides measuring 12 m (39 ft 4 in) × 10.5 m (34 ft 5 in) wide [89] (Hawting states 10 m (32 ft 10 in). [90] Inside the Kaaba, the floor is made of marble and limestone. The interior walls are clad with tiled, white marble halfway to the roof ...

  3. Hubal - Wikipedia

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    Access to the temple of the icon was controlled by the Quraysh tribe. Hubal's devotees fought against followers of the Islamic prophet Muhammad during the Battle of Badr in 624 CE, and Battle of Uhud in 625 CE. After Muhammad entered Mecca in 630, he destroyed the statue of Hubal from the Kaaba along with the icons of all the other polytheistic ...

  4. File:One of the oldest depictions of the Kaaba, from 1307.jpg

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    The history tells how, when Mohammed was still a young man, the Kaaba was being rebuilt and a dispute arose between the various clans in Mecca over who had the right to rededicate the black stone. Mohammed resolved the argument by placing the stone on a cloth and having members of each clan lift the cloth together, raising the black stone into ...

  5. File:Kaaba, Masjid Al-Haram, Mecca, Saudi Arabia - panoramio.jpg

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    This image, which was originally posted to Panoramio, was automatically reviewed on 14 June 2017 by Panoramio upload bot, who confirmed that it was available on Panoramio under the above license on that date.

  6. List of pre-Islamic Arabian deities - Wikipedia

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    Islamic tradition gave an origin story to their cult images; a couple who were petrified by Allah as they fornicated inside the Kaaba. Attested: Al-Jalsad Al-Jalsad is a god worshipped by the Kindah in Hadhramawt. Attested: Jihar Jihar is a god worshipped by the Banu Hawazin. His image stood in 'Ukaz. Jihar is invoked in a talbiyah for ...

  7. Kiswah - Wikipedia

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    The tradition of covering the Kaaba predates the emergence of Islam, with various Yemeni textiles composing the draping. [3] According to Ibn Hisham, King Tubba Abu Karib As'ad of the Himyarite Kingdom, who would later become a revered figure in Islamic traditions, clothed Kaaba for the first time during the rule of the Jurhum tribe of Mecca in the early fifth century CE after learning about ...

  8. File:Kaaba, Makkah3.jpg - Wikipedia

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  9. Sitara (textile) - Wikipedia

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    One of the rites of the hajj is the tawaf which involves walking seven times around the Kaaba. [8] The textile coverings of the Kaaba are among the most sacred objects in Islamic art. [5] A sitara, on average 5.75 metres (18.9 ft) by 3.5 metres (11 ft), covers the door of the Kaaba and forms part of the kiswah: the textile covering of the ...