Presentation Kiswa

HIST OR Y OF MAKING “KIS WA” Kiswah is the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca. It is draped annually in the month of Dhu al-Hijjah. Contents 1 Current 2 Histor2.1 Pre Islamic

2.2 The Kiswah in the reign of 2.4 Kiswah made by Egypt 2.5 Kiswah in the Saudi reign

HIS TOR Y OF “ KI SWA” The kiswah was first introduced during the pre-islamic era. It is disputed whether the kiswah was made by Ishmael, or the great-great grandfather of Muhammad, Adnan bin Ad. The Kiswah in the reign of Muhammad Muhammad and the Muslims in Mecca did not participate in the draping of the Kaaba until the conquest of the city at 630 CE (7 AH), as the ruling tribe, Quraish, did not allow them to do so. When Mecca was taken by the Muslims, they decided to leave the Kiswah as it was until a woman lighting incense in the Kaaba accidentally burned the Kiswah. Muhammad then draped it with a white Yemeni cloth.

 

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Kisw a” made b y Eg ypt

The kiswah was first introduced                             during the pre-islamic era. It is disputed whether the kiswah was made by Ishmael, or the greatgreat grandfather of Muhammad, Adnan bin Ad. The Kiswah in the reign of Muhammad Muhammad and the Muslims in Mecca did not participate in the draping of the Kaaba until the conquest of the city at 630 CE (7 AH), as the ruling tribe, Quraish, did not allow them to do so. When Mecca was taken by the Muslims, they decided to leave the Kiswah as it was until a woman lighting incense in the Kaaba accidentally burned the Kiswah. Muhammad The kiswa surrounding the then draped it with a white Yemeni Black Stone cloth.

Ki sw ah i n th e Saud i rei gn King Abd Al Aziz Bin Saud, concerned for the custody of the Two holy Mosques, ordered that a factory for manufacturing the Kiswah and in the same year, the Holy Kabah Kiswah factory was founded, and the first Kiswah was produced

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MAKING

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“Kiswa” Kaaba Cloth

“MAKING OF KISWA”

This is a piece of the “Kiswa,” a specially adorned black silk cloth which covers the entire Kaaba housing in Mecca. Talented artisans embroider the cloth with real gold plated silver threads into amazing intricate Arabic writing designs of verses from the

KISWA The current height of the Kaaba is 39 feet, 6 inches and total size comes to 627 square feet. The inside room of the Kaaba is 42.64x29.52 feet. The Kaaba's walls are one 3.28 feet wide. The floor inside is 7.22 feet higher than the place where people perform Tawaf. The ceiling and roof are two levels made out of wood. They were reconstructed with teak which is capped with stainless steel. The walls are all made of

KABA WITHOUT “KISWA”

KISWA

The present cost of making the kiswa amounts to SR 17 million [U.S. dollar This small building has been constructed and reconstructed by Prophets Adam, Ibrahim, Ismail and Muhammad (peace be upon them). No other building has had this honor. = 3.75 riyals]. The cover is 658 sq. metres long and is made of 670 kgs of pure silk.

“DISTRIBU TION OF “KI SWA”

"Every year the old Kiswa is removed, cut into small pieces and gifted to certain individuals, visiting foreign Muslim dignitaries and organisations. Some of them sell their share as souvenirs of Haj. Earlier Umar bin al-Khattab would cut it in to pieces and distribute them among the pilgrims who used them as shelter from the heat of Makkah

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