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The Black Stone

الحجر الأسود

The Black Stone set in the eastern corner of the Kaaba; pilgrims touch it to open the tawaf, stolen by the Qarmatians and returned in 339 AH.

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The Black Stone set in the eastern corner of the Kaaba; the circumambulation begins from it, and the Qaramita stole it for years before it was returned in 339 AH. 1

People and things also explored

al-Qullays (the Yemeni Kaaba)· Zamzam Well· Dar al-Nadwa· Dhu al-Khalasa (the 'Ka'ba of Yemen')· The Kaaba· Mahmal· The offices of Quraysh at Mecca· The Raising of the Kaaba’s Foundations

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islam.museum contributors. “The Black Stone”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/object/al-hajar-al-aswad/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.

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al-Qullays (the Yemeni Kaaba)

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