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Imams of Holy Haram Makkah

The Well of Zamzam (or the Zamzam Well, or just Zamzam; Arabic: زمزم ) is a well located within the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, 20 m (66 ft) east of the Kaaba, [1] the holiest place in Islam. According to Islamic belief, it is a miraculously-generated...

Saudi Arabia officially known as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), [c] is the largest Arab state in Western Asia by land area (approximately 2,150,000 km2 (830,000 sq mi), constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula) and the second-largest in the...

The Black Stone is the eastern cornerstone of the Kaaba, the ancient stone building toward which Muslims pray, in the center of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It is revered by Muslims as an Islamic relic which, according to Muslim tradition,...

Al-Masjid al-Nabawī "Mosque of the Prophet"), often called the Prophet's Mosque, is a mosque built by the Islamic Prophet Muhammad situated in the city of Medina. It is the second holiest site in Islam (the first being the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca). It...

The Abraj Al-Bait Towers, also known as the Mecca Royal Hotel Clock Tower, is a building complex in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. These towers are a part of the King Abdulaziz Endowment Project that strives to modernize the city in catering to its pilgrims. The...

Saud ibn Ibrahim ibn Muhammad al-Shuraim born in January 19, 1964) is one of the Imams and khateeb of the Grand Mosque (Masjid al-Haram) in Makka. He holds a doctorate (Ph.D) and is a Professor of Sharia and Islamic studies at the Umm al-Qura University...