The four walls are covered with a curtain Kiswa. The kiswa is usually of black brocade with the Shahada outlined in the weave of the fabric. In the Eastern corner about 5 feet above ground the Hajar el Aswad the blackstone is fixed into the wall.
Its real nature is difficult to determine, its visible shape is worn smooth by hand touching and kissing. Its diameter is around 12 inches. Opposite the North west wall but not connected with it, is a semicircular wall of white marble. It is 3 feet high and about 5 feet thick. This semicircular space enjoys an especial consideration and pilgrims wait in queue to find a place to pray there. The graves of Ismael and his mother Hajera are within this semicircular wall. Between the archway and the facade N.
Inside it is kept a stone bearing the prints of two human feet. When the Black stone was to be put in its place the Makkans quarreled among themselves as to who should have the honor to place it there.
They had just decided that the first comer to the quadrangle should be given the task of deciding as to who should have the honor. Muhammad S came in and was assigned this task. He advised them to place the stone in a cloak and ordered the heads of each Tribe each to take an end and bring the cloak nearer the corner on the eastern side.
He himself then took out the stone and placed it in its position. It has been fixed there ever since. He sent a large contingent under the command of Haseen Ibne Namir to Madina which destroyed the Mosque of the Prophet.
But eventually this arrogance of power brought its own consequences and Mukhtar became the ruler in Iraq.
This was later restored with the help of the Makkan people. All that is known is that the Muslim community of the period turned towards Jerusalem in prayers.
Subsequently about a year and a half after the Hijra the Muslims were ordered during prayers which were led by the Prophet of Islam himself to turn towards Makka.
The particular mosque in Madina where this happened is called Masjid al-Qiblatain, meaning the mosque with two Qiblas. Historians say that when it was first built, the Kaaba had no door or roof and was simply made of walls.
The first person to build a door for al-Kaaba was King Tubba, long before Prophet Mohammed, according to historians and what Ibn Hisham said in his biography. The door made by Tubba, which was made of wood, remained in place throughout the pre-Islamic era and the early Islamic era.
It was not changed till Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr made an arms-long door. Historians say that after changing the door in the year 64 AH, and as it corroded throughout the time and during the era of Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr, the door was remade into its original height of six arms.
In AH, the door was changed again. Silver ornaments that weigh up to pounds were added and the door was painted with gold. This was done in the era of Murad IV. It was the first door to have silver and gold in it and it remained that way until the year AH. The door is now in the Louvre Museum, Abu Dhabi, as one of the rare pieces.
The door was divided into two parts with geometrical decorations on it. Three centuries later, founder of Saudi Arabia, King Abdulaziz al-Saud, got a new door made in AH, from his own money, after he was informed that the door had started to shake. Verses from the Quran are written on tablets inset in the marble and the upper part of the interior wall is clad with green cloth decorated with gold embroided verses.
Lamps hang from a cross beam; there is also a small table for incense burners. Caretakers perfume the marble cladding with scented oil, the same oil used to anoint the Black Stone outside.
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