What Is Mataf in Makkah?

Mataf is the surrounding around the Kaba, center of the holiest mosque in Islam, located at the Grand Mosque of Mecca. It is at the place where the tawaf, the anti-clockwise circumambulation around the Kaba, takes place.

What is Mutaaf?

Mutaaf is a circle of white stone around the Kaa'bah where Tawaaf is performed during the pilgrimage.

What is inside Kaaba in Makkah?

The interior contains nothing but the three pillars supporting the roof and a number of suspended silver and gold lamps. During most of the year the Kaaba is covered with an enormous cloth of black brocade, the kiswah. The Kaaba surrounded by pilgrims during the hajj, Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

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