A reader shared a link to pictures of the making of the Kiswah (the cloth that covers the Kaaba) which I hadn’t seen before. You can check out those pictures by clicking [Here]
Here is also bit of info I found on Wikipedia on the Kiswah:
Every year the old Kiswa is removed, cut into small pieces and gifted to certain individuals, visiting foreign Muslim dignitaries and organizations. 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. The present cost of making the kiswa amounts to SR 17 million [U.S. dollar = 3.75 riyals]. The cover is 658 sq. metres long and is made of 670 kgs of pure silk. For embroidery 15 kilos of gold threads are used. It consists of 47 pieces of cloth and each piece is 14 Mts. long and 101 cms broad. The kiswa is wrapped around the Kaaba and fixed to the ground with copper rings. [Source]
Thanks t-num
5 replies on “Making of the Kiswah”
Thx Mark 🙂
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“.. and is made by disabled workers working in an unhealthy working environment”
i went there when i was 10 years old with -أحياء التراث – and i have small piece of the silk .. it was on the floor and i took it before they start cleaning the floor .
@meh
who said it’s unhealthy
and giving those disabled people jobs in making the kiswa is far more better than employing people who r able to do better jobs or keeping these poor people without a job