Engineer Munir Sarri Al-Jundi, passed away on Wednesday Jumada Al-Awal 4, 1442 AH in southern Germany, the Haramain Sharifain report stated.
The designer of the door of the Ka’bah, Muneer Al Jundi, passed away on Wednesday evening.
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He designed the door of the Ka’bah which was installed in 1399 AH by order of King Khalid bin Abdul Aziz, may Allah have mercy on him and forgive him.
Haramain Sharifain noted that, it is noteworthy that King Khalid, may Allah have mercy on him, issued his order to change the door of the Ka’bah, as His Majesty noticed that the door that was made during the reign of His Majesty King Abdul-Aziz had worn out and he also ordered the work of another door inside the Ka’bah where a staircase leads to the roof.
The work on doors began in the factory of Sheikh Al-Sagha, Sheikh Mahmoud Badr, one of the great sheikhs in Makkah. It is believed that King Khalid assigned the Badr family in Makkah to manufacture the new door. The project was headed by Sheikh Mahmoud Badr and his son Muhammad.
The door was completed within a year and a half.
King Khalid had ordered the doors to be made for the Kaaba from pure gold for the Hajj season.
An official associated with the situation said, “It was designed by engineer Munir Al-Jundi, and its lines were made by Sheikh Abdul Rahim Bukhari. “Its height is more than three metres, its width is approximately two metres, its depth is half a metre, and it consists of two bookends and a wooden base 10cm thick of teak wood.”
The official also said 280 kilogrammes of pure gold were used, and it was agreed with the architect Al-Jundi to develop the designs and follow up on the implementation with an amount of 300,000 Saudi riyals. A special workshop was set up to manufacture the doors in Makkah.
