The Black Stone, housed in a silver frame on the Kaaba, is one of Islam's most sacred relics. Some scholars trace it to pre-Islamic times as a meteorite involved in ancient rituals.

The video, taken at one of the opening events of Saudi Arabia's Riyadh Season festival, shows a cube-shaped structure ...

A protective barrier stopped pilgrims touching the Kaaba and Black Stone during the pandemic Pilgrims in the Great Mosque of Mecca in Saudi Arabia can once again touch and kiss one of Islam's most ...

Unlike other sacred sites, Mecca is closed off to believers ... At the southwest corner of the Ka'aba is a black stone encased in silver. Some Muslims believe that this is a stone from the heavens.

Millions of Muslims making the annual pilgrimage to their holiest site, Mecca, flock to get a share ... and its water is used to wash the holy Kaaba stone at the Grand Mosque ahead of the annual ...

The foundation stone for the proposed mosque in the northern ... at the holy mosque in the precincts that also house the Kaaba in Mecca. Masjid Mohammad Bin Abdullah is being constructed almost ...