al-Masjid al-Haram, Also The Sacred Mosque, the Haram of Makkah

Mosque

MosqueAlso The Sacred Mosque, the Haram of Makkah

al-Masjid al-Haramالمسجد الحرام

The Sacred Mosque around the Kaaba, the first mosque set on earth.

The open sanctuary around the Kaaba, where the Night Journey began (17:1). In the Prophet's ﷺ time it was a small yard ringed by houses; from Umar onward the caliphs bought land to widen it. The Ottomans built its domed arcades, and modern expansions hold millions of worshippers.

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