NOUN
- (Islam) a black stone building in Mecca that is shaped like a cube and that is the most sacred Muslim pilgrim shrine; believed to have been given by Gabriel to Abraham; Muslims turn in its direction when praying
How To Use Kaaba In A Sentence
- Both these patriarchs fathered large families from a number of wives, both were intimately involved with the holy sanctuary of the Kaaba at Mecca and both were renowned for the open-handed generosity with which they cared for pilgrims.
- They must gather at the plain of Arafat... perform a symbolic rejection of the devil at the Jamraat...and circle Islam's holiest site, the Kaaba.
- It is also interesting to note that scholars are unanimous in holding that the face must be uncovered during circumambulation of the Kaaba in Mecca, during what is arguably considered a peak moment of Islamic spirituality. What’s Behind the Veil of Justice? : Law is Cool
- Both these patriarchs fathered large families from a number of wives, both were intimately involved with the holy sanctuary of the Kaaba at Mecca and both were renowned for the open-handed generosity with which they cared for pilgrims.
- Pilgrims are required to circle the Kaaba seven times, counterclockwise, praying as they go.
- Hundreds of pilgrims at the Kaaba I finally reached Makkah - the place of pilgrimage - brimming with pilgrims.
- This Muslim pilgrim in white with the shrine of the Kaaba in his heart is stoning the demons, a ritual connected to the haj, or pilgrimage to Mecca.
- Pilgrims perform a series of rituals including walking around the Kaaba, standing vigil on Mount Arafat and a ritual Stoning of the Devil.
- Muslim pilgrims go around the Kaaba in the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca after morning prayers before the start of the hajj pilgrimage November 24, 2009.
- ‘Only a Kurdish giaour would fire on the livery of the Kaaba.’ Greenmantle