HIST OR Y OF MAKING “KIS WA”

Kiswah is the cloth that covers the

Kaaba in Mecca. It is draped annually in
the month of Dhu al-Hijjah.
Contents
1 Current
2 Histor2.1 Pre Islamic
2.2 The Kiswah in the reign of
2.4 Kiswah made by Egypt
2.5 Kiswah in the Saudi reign
 HIS TOR Y OF “ KI SWA”
The kiswah was first introduced
during the pre-islamic era. It is
disputed whether the kiswah
was made by Ishmael, or the
great-great grandfather of
Muhammad, Adnan bin Ad.
The Kiswah in the reign of
Muhammad
Muhammad and the Muslims in
Mecca did not participate in the
draping of the Kaaba until the
conquest of the city at 630 CE
(7 AH), as the ruling tribe,
Quraish, did not allow them to
do so. When Mecca was taken
by the Muslims, they decided to
leave the Kiswah as it was until
a woman lighting incense in the
Kaaba accidentally burned the
Kiswah. Muhammad then
draped it with a white Yemeni
cloth.
 
The
“ Kisw a” made b y Eg ypt
kiswah was first introduced
                           
during the pre-islamic era. It is
disputed whether the kiswah was
made by Ishmael, or the great-
great grandfather of Muhammad,
Adnan bin Ad.
The Kiswah in the reign of
Muhammad
Muhammad and the Muslims in
Mecca did not participate in the
draping of the Kaaba until the
conquest of the city at 630 CE (7
AH), as the ruling tribe, Quraish,
did not allow them to do so. When
Mecca was taken by the Muslims,
they decided to leave the Kiswah as
it was until a woman lighting
incense in the Kaaba accidentally
burned the Kiswah. Muhammad
then draped it with a white Yemeni The kiswa surrounding the
cloth. Black Stone
 Ki sw ah i n th e Saud i rei gn
King Abd Al Aziz Bin Saud, concerned for
the custody of the Two holy Mosques,
ordered that a factory for manufacturing
the Kiswah and in the same year, the
Holy Kabah Kiswah factory was founded,
and the first Kiswah was produced
kiswa
MAKING O F “KIS WA”
“Kiswa” Kaaba Cloth
“MAKING OF KISWA”
This is a piece of the “Kiswa,” a specially
adorned black silk cloth which covers the
entire Kaaba housing in Mecca. Talented
artisans embroider the cloth with real gold
plated silver threads into amazing intricate
Arabic writing designs of verses from the
KISWA

The current height of the

Kaaba is 39 feet, 6 inches
and total size comes to 627
square feet.
The inside room of the Kaaba
is 42.64x29.52 feet. The
Kaaba's walls are one 3.28
feet wide. The floor inside is
7.22 feet higher than the
place where people perform
Tawaf.
The ceiling and roof are two
levels made out of wood.
They were reconstructed with
teak which is capped with
stainless steel.
The walls are all made of
KABA WITHOUT “KISWA”
 KISWA

The present cost of making the kiswa amounts to SR 17

million [U.S. dollar This small building has been
constructed and reconstructed by Prophets Adam, Ibrahim,
Ismail and Muhammad (peace be upon them). No other
building has had this honor.
= 3.75 riyals]. The cover is 658 sq. metres long and is
made of 670 kgs of pure silk.
 “DISTRIBU TION OF
“KI SWA”
"Every year the old Kiswa is removed, cut into small pieces and
gifted to certain individuals, visiting foreign Muslim dignitaries
and organisations. Some of them sell their share as souvenirs
of Haj. Earlier Umar bin al-Khattab would cut it in to pieces and
distribute them among the pilgrims who used them as shelter
from the heat of Makkah
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PRESENTATION