Replacing the covering of the Kaaba with the advent of the new Hijri year

July 31, 2022

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The covering of the Kaaba was replaced in the Grand Mosque in conjunction with the beginning of the Hijri year 1444, to be covered with its new dress on the first of the month of Muharram, after the date of its replacement was the night of the day of Arafa.

Replacing the covering of the Kaaba with the advent of the new Hijri year (Presidency of the Two Holy Mosques)

The Grand Mosque in Makkah Al-Mukarramah witnessed the night of Friday-Saturday the ceremony of replacing the covering of the Kaaba, as the new covering (the garment of the Kaaba) was transferred to it with the advent of the new Hijri year.

It took about 4 hours to replace the clothing, and this is the first time that the dress has been changed at the beginning of the Hijri year, after it had been replaced on the night of the day of Arafah on the night of the ninth of Dhul-Hijjah, under the supervision of the Presidency of the Two Holy Mosques.

Replacing the covering of the Kaaba with the advent of the new Hijri year The covering of the Kaaba was replaced in the Grand Mosque in conjunction with the beginning of the Hijri year 1444, to be covered with its new dress on the first of the month of Muharram, after the date of its replacement was the night of the day of Arafa. Replacing the covering of the Kaaba with the advent of the new Hijri year (Presidency of the Two Holy Mosques) The Grand Mosque in Makkah Al-Mukarramah witnessed the night of Friday-Saturday the ceremony of replacing the covering of the Kaaba, as the new covering (the garment of the Kaaba) was transferred to it with the advent of the new Hijri year. It took about 4 hours to replace the clothing, and this is the first time that the dress has been changed at the beginning of the Hijri year, after it had been replaced on the night of the day of Arafah on the night of the ninth of Dhul-Hijjah, under the supervision of the Presidency of the Two Holy Mosques. The height of the kiswa is 14 meters, and in the upper third of it there is a belt 95 centimeters wide and 47 meters long. Under the belt there are Qur’anic verses written in a separate frame, and in the intervals between them there is a lantern that reads: “O live, O Qayyum,” “Oh, Most Merciful, O Most Merciful,” and “Praise be to God, Lord of the Worlds.” The covering includes the curtain of the door of the Kaaba called the burqa, which is made of silk, a height of 6 and a half meters and a width of 3 and a half meters, on which are written Qur’anic verses, and decorated with Islamic motifs embroidered with silver wires coated with gold. The covering of the Kaaba is prepared annually in the King Abdul Aziz Complex for the Covering of the Kaaba, in which about 200 manufacturers and administrators work.

The height of the kiswa is 14 meters, and in the upper third of it there is a belt 95 centimeters wide and 47 meters long.

Under the belt there are Qur’anic verses written in a separate frame, and in the intervals between them there is a lantern that reads: “O live, O Qayyum,” “Oh, Most Merciful, O Most Merciful,” and “Praise be to God, Lord of the Worlds.”

The covering includes the curtain of the door of the Kaaba called the burqa, which is made of silk, a height of 6 and a half meters and a width of 3 and a half meters, on which are written Qur’anic verses, and decorated with Islamic motifs embroidered with silver wires coated with gold.

The covering of the Kaaba is prepared annually in the King Abdul Aziz Complex for the Covering of the Kaaba, in which about 200 manufacturers and administrators work.