Makkah

Masjid al Haram 88 min read The Kiswah of the Kaaba The Kiswah of the Kaaba: The Complete History, Politics and Craft of Islam's Most Sacred Textile Every year, for a matter of hours, the… Masjid al Haram 63 min read The Mas’a: The Sa’y Corridor as a Building The Mas'a: The Sa'y Corridor as a Building — History, Architecture and Ziyarah Guide to the Passage Between Safa and Marwa Every pilgrim who… Masjid al Haram 64 min read The Mataf The Mataf: History, Architecture and Ziyarah Guide to the Circumambulation Plaza Around the Kaaba The Mataf is the open, roughly circular floor immediately surrounding… Masjid al Haram 53 min read The Minarets of Masjid al-Haram The Minarets of Masjid al-Haram: History, Architecture and Ziyarah Guide to the Towers of the Grand Mosque For more than a century after the… Hajj area 78 min read The Miqats of Hajj and Umrah The Miqats of Hajj and Umrah: The Complete Guide to the Time and Place Boundaries of Ihram There is a line in the desert… Masjid al Haram 53 min read The Mizab al-Rahmah (The Spout of Mercy) The Mizab al-Rahmah: History, Meaning and Ziyarah Guide to the Kaaba's Spout of Mercy Above the north-west corner of the Kaaba, where the wall… Mosque 54 min read The Mosque of Addas, Ta’if Masjid Addas in Ta'if: The Vineyard, the Servant Who Believed, and the Ziyarah Guide to a Small Mosque Masjid Addas is a small, modern… Masjid al Haram 39 min read The Multazam The Multazam: History, Hadith and Ziyarah Guide to the Wall of Supplication at the Kaaba Between the corner of the Black Stone and the… Masjid al Haram 94 min read The Ottoman Colonnades of Masjid al-Haram The Ottoman Colonnades of Masjid al-Haram: History, Architecture and What Survives Today Walk into the courtyard of Masjid al-Haram today and you are standing… Masjid al Haram 57 min read The Rukn al-Yamani (The Yemeni Corner) The Rukn al-Yamani: The Complete History, Story and Ziyarah Guide to the Yemeni Corner of the Kaaba Walk the tawaf circuit at Masjid al-Haram… Masjid al Haram 45 min read The Shadharwan The Shadharwan: History, Fiqh and Ziyarah Guide to the Marble Skirt at the Base of the Kaaba It is the part of the Kaaba… Historical landmarks 82 min read The Valley of Hunayn and the Battle of Hunayn The Valley of Hunayn and the Battle of Hunayn: The Complete History, Qur'anic Story and Ziyarah Guide Ten days after the gates of Makkah… Masjid al Haram 106 min read The Well of Zamzam The Zamzam Well is a roughly 4,000-year-old well inside Masjid al-Haram in Makkah, about 20 metres east of the Kaaba and around 31 metres…