The Holy Kaaba

The holy Kaaba or Bait Allah (House of God) is a cubical stone building elegantly draped in the Kiswah, located in the city of Makkah inside Al-Masjid Al-Haram or The Great Mosque of Makkah in Hijaz region of Saudi Arabia. It is the holiest place in Islam. Muslims all over the world pray five times a day facing towards the holy Kaaba, the direction of qibla that is established in the Holy Quran itself.  

Prayer five times a day and the hajj or the annual pilgrimage, to the Kaaba once in a lifetime for every able Muslim are the two of the five pillars of Islam, Millions of pilgrims flock the Great Mosque of Makkah each year and gather in the courtyard of the Al-Masjid Al-Haram around the holy Kaaba to pray. Pilgrims also make “Tawaf” seven times counterclockwise around the Kaaba during the “Hajj.”  It is an earnest desire of every brother or sister to be able to perform Hajj or Umrah.