Hajj and Umrah News - South Africa

19 Jun 2022

Kiswah of Kaaba raised to mark the beginning of Haj season

In preparation for Haj 1443/2022, the authorities in Makkah on Sunday raised the Kiswah (Ghilaf e Kaaba), the cloth that drapes the Kaaba by three metres, and covered the raised part with a two-metre-wide white cotton cloth (Ihram) on all four sides, an annual custom.

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