KISWAH~[كسوة الكعبة‎] PROPHET ﷺ USED TO DRAPE THE 'KISWAH' OVER THE 'KAABA HIMSELF {!} [12 Attachments]

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The House of ALLAH in Makkah, The 'Kaaba' is covered by a black cloth
known as 'Kiswah', which is produced & changed every year.
A Special factory is designed for the making of the 'Kiswah' in Makkah.
Kiswah كسوة الكعبة‎, (kiswat al-ka'bah) is the cloth that covers the 'Kaaba' in Makkah .
{Saudi Arabia} It is draped annually on the 9th day of the month of 'Dhu Al-Hijjah'
the day pilgrims leave for the plains of Mount Arafat during the Hajj.
The term 'Kiswah' is Arabic for 'Pall', the cloth draped over a casket,
and is a cognate of the Hebrew word 'Kisui'.
It costs approx SR 17 million.The cloth is made of 670 kgs of silver dyed black.
About 120 kgs of pure gold & 50 kgs of silver is used in writing the Qur`anic
verses over the cloth. The total area of the cloth is 658 sq. meters.

A Description of the 'KISWAH' of the Holy Ka`aba.

The 'Kiswah' is woven from pure natual silk that is dyed black.
The sentences “La ilaha illa Allah, Muhammad Rasul Allah,” “Allahu Jalla Jalaluhu,” “Subhan Allah wa Bihamdihi,” “Subhan Allah Al-`Azhim,”
“Ya Hannan,” “Ya Mannan”
are embroidered on the black silk in thread of gold.
Surat Al-Ikhlas from the Qur’an is embroidered in circles
with gold thread on the four corners.
These circles are surrounded with squares of Islamic decorations.
Under the belt there are also six verses of the Qur’an,
each of them inside a separate form.

When King Abdul Aziz entered Makkah in 1924, he accepted full and total
responsibility for the Kaaba which included providing the 'Kiswah'.
On July 1, 1927, King Abdul Aziz ordered the construction of a special factory to
be exclusively devoted to the manufacture of the 'Kiswah' in Ajyad district in Makkah. 'Kiswah' is also distributed to the dignitaries of the states and cut
into smaller pieces and distributed to the Public ...!