Although not a first timer, performing the 2025 Hajj was evidently a profound experience, being one of the privileged guests of King Salman bin Abdulaziz.The trip which lasted for 16 days (May 27 to ...

RIYADH (Dunya News) - The crescent moon marking the beginning of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic lunar calendar, was ...

The General Authority for the Care of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque has revealed that seven types of premium fabrics are used in crafting the Kiswa of the Kaaba, a tradition that reflects ...

MAKKAH AL-MUKARRAMAH, Jun 25 (APP):The Holy Kaaba will receive its new Kiswa (the black cloth that covers the Holy Kaaba) on ...

The sacred ceremony of replacing the Kiswa, the black cloth covering the Kaaba, is being held today at the Grand Mosque ...

The director of the factory manufacturing the Kaaba kiswa, Muhammad Bajoudah, said many Umrah performers pluck the threads of the kiswa and then swallow them due to wrong beliefs.

The tradition of making the kiswa was institutionalised in 1927 with the establishment of a dedicated factory under the directive of King Abdulaziz bin Abdulrahman Al Saud. The facility underwent ...

Preparation of the Ghilaf-e-Kaaba is currently underway at the Kiswa factory. The covering, made from high-quality silk, gold and silver, is completed over a period of ten months. A total of 159 ...

An Afghani elderly pilgrim on wheel chair is pushed by her son, Mawlavi Abdullah Hamayoun, outside the Grand Mosque, during the annual hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, June 3, 2025.

A worker prepares the Kiswa, a silk cloth that covers the Kaaba, the sacred building at the centre of the Grand Mosque, ahead of the annual Haj pilgrimage, at a factory in the holy city of Mecca ...