| The final pillar entails a pilgrimage, or hajj, to the Kaaba, the holy shrine in Mecca, that is to be made at least once in one's lifetime. |
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| Pilgrims are required to circle the Kaaba seven times, counterclockwise, praying as they go. |
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| The Kaaba is a shrine within the Great Mosque of Mecca towards which Muslims turn during prayer. |
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| And people praying in the new mosque extension will not even be able to see the Kaaba. |
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| If the Kaaba were to be destroyed, our children could build it again and if the Masjid al-Aqsa were to be destroyed, we could reconstruct it. |
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| Or the young man who has withdrawn into a Kaaba, because his love was too big for the person he offered it to. |
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| We had to perform the tawaf, seven circumambulations of the Kaaba in a counterclockwise direction, which signal the unity of believers, praying and supplicating together in the ihram. |
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| Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud has called for the quick implementation of a project to double the capacity of the circumambulation area around the Kaaba. |
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| The Holy Mosque in Makkah houses the Kaaba, in the corner of which is set the Black Stone which marks the starting point for the seven circumambulations of the Holy Mosque which every hajji must complete. |
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| Raised 13m in the air, rising just above the top of the Kaaba, this floating halo provides an extra 3,000 square metres of space for perambulating pilgrims. |
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| More than a dozen cranes still looked down on the Kaaba, as seen here, as the hajj got underway. |
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| The kiswa is wrapped around the Kaaba and fixed to the ground with copper rings. |
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| The mataf, or the circumambulation area around the Kaaba, would take 114,000 people, the report said. |
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| Anyone wishes to perform Umrah acts, and heads for Mecca for this purpose, must intend to circumambulate around Kaaba in the holy mosque over seven stages. |
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| The desperation to be, or feel, as close as possible to the Kaaba has forced buildings to become ever higher, ever more ridiculously tapered, so everyone can have a view, however notional, of the sacred centre. |
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| That is, the direction of the Kaaba in Mecca and hence the direction that Muslims should face when praying. |
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| Seeing the Holy Kaaba in a state of disrepair, Qusay bin Kilaab, of the Quraysh tribe, rebuilt it, according to the original design but adding a roof to protect it from the extremes of weather. |
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| Because many of its rooms directly overlook the Kaaba, the cubical building that houses the Black Stone, and towards which 1.5 billion Muslims turn in prayer, the complex can charge sizzling prices. |
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| The qiblah wall should, in a properly oriented mosque, be set perpendicular to a line leading to Mecca, the location of the Kaaba. |
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| Prophet Mohammad did not participate in the covering of the Kaaba before the conquering of Makkah as the polytheists would not allow him to enter Makkah. |
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| Al Hajri told Gulf News that he was circumambulating the cube-shaped Kaaba with his friend Ali when the crane suddenly fell on the Grand Mosque's roof. |
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| He said officials have been deployed to the mataf, circumambulation area around the Kaaba, various halls, and the roof to confiscate carpets laid down to book places. |
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| During the remaining three days of the hajj, the pilgrims continue the ritual stoning before performing the circumambulation of the Kaaba shrine in Mecca and heading home. |
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| You can go to the kaaba and shun Allah, but you cannot be a Congressman and question the omnipotence of the Nehru-Gandhi family. |
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