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8 Interesting Facts About The Kaaba | Sheikh Mohammed Al-Hilli

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[0:02][Music] eight interesting things about the KA number one the Kaa is

[0:26]the first house of worship the Kaa is considered the first house

[0:29]of worship never built for the sole purpose of worshiping Allah subhana

[0:33]tala According to Islamic tradition it was originally built by Prophet Adam

[0:37]Alam and later rebuilt by prophet ibraim and his son Prophet is

[0:45]number two the height of the ca the Kaaba stands approximately 13.1

[0:49]M 43t tall it is Cube shaped structure with each side measuring

[0:56]about 11.03 M 36 ft number three the black stone the black

[1:02]stone embedded in the Eastern corner of the Kaa weighs around 2.5

[1:09]kilg number four the kiswa the annual kiswa the covering of the

[1:13]Caba is made from 670 kg of silk it costs approximately $5

[1:18]million us to produce the kiswa with the cloth being embroidered with

[1:26]over 120 kg of gold threat number five ta and the circuits

[1:30]during the TA the act of circum ulating around the ca pilgrims

[1:37]walk around the ca seven times in a counterclockwise Direction the circuit

[1:40]of each round around the Caba is roughly 140 M which are

[1:49]459 ft meaning pilgrims walk a total of about 1,000 M during

[1:56]ta number six the capacity of this masam the masam where the

[1:59]Kaa is located here can hold up to 2 million people during

[2:02]the Hajj pilgrimage and around 900,000 people during normal days outside of

[2:07]Hajj it is the largest mosque in the world number seven the

[2:14]cabba's Four Corners the cabba's Four Corners are aligned with the cardinal

[2:20]directions Each corner has a specific name the Blackstone Corner the Iraqi

[2:25]Corner the Levant Corner and the Yemen Corner Each corner faces a

[2:30]different geograph rical region from Syria to Yemen to Iraq number eight

[2:35]in total the Caba has undergone reconstruction or repair at least six

[2:41]significant times throughout history this includes year 64 ah where it was

[2:46]badly damaged by the army of yazid muaah when he invaded Mecca

[2:52][Music] n [Music]

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