Makkah: For the first time in Saudi history, the cover of the Kaaba was changed on the 1st of Muharram.
According to the details, at the beginning of the new Islamic year, there was a spirited ceremony of changing the cover of the Kaaba, which was attended by Imam Kaaba and President of Haramain Sharifin Affairs, Sheikh Abdul Rahman Al Sudis.
More than two hundred experts and trained workers, including the Saudi authorities, managers of the Kiswah factory, took part in the replacement of the cover of the Kaaba.
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The process of changing the cover of the Kaaba was started yesterday after the Isha prayer which continued until dawn, on this occasion hundreds of people present in Masjid al-Haram saw the bright scene of the change of the cover of the Kaaba and prayed.
The soul-stirring scenes of the transformation of the Kaaba were shown live around the world.
For the first time in Saudi history, the cover of the Kaaba was changed on the 1st of Muharram.
Verses were engraved with 120 kg gold and 100 kg silver thread on the black cover made of 670 kg silk.
The silk used in the production of the cover has been imported from Italy, gold and silver wires from Germany, while its production has cost two and a half million Saudi Riyals.
Keep in mind that Kiswah is the most expensive cover in the world, made of black natural silk, made in the Shah Abdul Aziz Complex, in Shah Abdul Aziz Complex, a technical staff of two hundred people participates in the preparation of the cover of the Kaaba. The Kaaba is decorated with Quranic verses, which are woven with gold and silver threads.
It should be remembered that the arrival of foreign Umrah pilgrims started from 1st of Muharram, the validity of Umrah visa was extended for three months for the first time.
