Beautiful pictures of the cleaning of the roof of the Kaʿbah were shared on social media recently by the administration of the two holy shrines.
Kaʿbah is located near the centre of the Great Mosque (al-Masjidu’l-Ḥarām) in Mecca and considered by Muslims everywhere to be the most sacred spot on Earth. The Ka’bah is also called, al-Baytu’l-Ḥarām (البيت الحرام “The Sacred House”). Muslims face the Ka’bah during their daily prayers. In the Hajj (pilgrimage), Muslims also perform ritual circumambulation around the Ka’bah. Prophet Ibrahim and his son (Ishmael) built the holy Ka`bah, the center of the Islamic movement, on a site chosen by Allah Himself.
This building was not intended for worship only, as mosques are; its purpose was to act as the center for spreading the universal movement of Islam, a world-wide gathering point for believers in the One God to assemble to worship Allah in congregation and go back to their respective countries carrying with them the message of Islam.
