Ceremony of the Kaaba

After the dawn prayers, the ceremony of the change of clothes of the Kaaba began, as usual, under the general presidency of the Holy Mosque and the mosque of the Prophet on the day of dawn. Arafah.

The replacement ceremony of the old lining by new pure silk and gold takes place at King Abdulaziz's complex for Kaaba Cladding in Mecca.

The coating is composed of 675 kilograms of raw black silk for the outer and green part of the inner lining, 100 kilograms of gold-plated silver wire and 120 kilograms of pure silver wire to write the verses Quranic, for a total cost of $ 24 million. ).

The Assistant Secretary-General for Holy Mosque Affairs, Ahmed bin Mohammed Al-Mansouri, said that the old pavement of the Kaaba had been lowered and that the new cladding, consisting of four distinct sides and curtain of the door, had been raised separately up the Kaaba to prepare the individual. The pleura was fixed from the top by tying and dropping the other end after the dissolution of the cords of the old pleura, moving the new pleura of a permanent movement, and then the old pleura fell from below and the new pleura remained. The process was repeated four times for each side until the dress was finished. Then, the belt was weighed Z straight line for the four seamstresses.

He added to the press agency SPA "Saudi Arabia:" This process started on the side of Al-Htaim, because of the gutter that has its own hole at the top of the dress, and after that all sides were installed, prove the corners sewn from the top of the dress to the bottom, and after that was placed the curtain It took time and mastery of work, make a hole estimated at 3.30 meters wide until the end of the garment, then three holes in the black fabric to secure the curtain from under the fabric, and finally the ends were fixed by weaving in the black fabric on the dress.

Al-Mansouri said that the covering was woven from the outside with patterns of black textile yarn (jacquard) with the words "O Allah, O Allah", "The ilaha illa Allah, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah." Allah "," Hallelujah and be praised to God ". These phrases are repeated on all the pieces of coating.

The son brought back 16 pieces of the Kaaba belt, six pieces, 12 jellyfish under the belt, four Samadiyas placed in the corners of the Kaaba, five jellyfish (Allahu Akbar) at the top of the black stone and the outer curtain of the door of the Kaaba.

He pointed out that the liner consumes approximately (670) kilograms of raw silk dyed inside the complex in black, 120 kilograms of gold wire and 100 silver wire.

He said he was working in King Abdul Aziz's complex for the Kaaba's surfacing supervisor (about 200). Manufacturers and administrators, all trained and qualified, were specialists and indicated that the sections of the complex were as follows: Department of Laundry and Automatic Weaving and Textile Section and Section of Printing and Belt , gilding and mounting It includes the world's largest sewing machine in length, with a length of 16 meters and is computerized, indicating that there are some supporting departments such as: laboratory and administrative services, quality , public relations and worker health and workplace safety in the complex.