Black Stone
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The Black Stone is a revered Islamic relic set into the eastern corner of the Kaaba in Mecca, which pilgrims traditionally try to touch or kiss during the Hajj and Umrah rituals.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| The Black Stone | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic religious relic
ⓘ
sacred stone ⓘ |
| access | public access only during Hajj and Umrah under crowd control ⓘ |
| ArabicName | al-Ḥajar al-Aswad ⓘ |
| associatedFigure |
Prophet Ibrahim
ⓘ
Prophet Ismail ⓘ Muhammad ⓘ
surface form:
Prophet Muhammad
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| associatedPractice |
pilgrims gesture towards the stone if they cannot reach it
ⓘ
pilgrims try to kiss the stone ⓘ pilgrims try to touch the stone ⓘ |
| associatedRitual |
Hajj
ⓘ
Umrah ⓘ |
| associatedWith | tawaf ⓘ |
| category |
Islamic holy sites
ⓘ
Islamic relics ⓘ objects associated with the Kaaba ⓘ |
| color | black ⓘ |
| country | Saudi Arabia ⓘ |
| culturalContext | central symbol in Islamic pilgrimage ⓘ |
| embeddedIn | mortar ⓘ |
| historicalEvent | stone was broken into pieces during historical conflicts ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Kaaba
ⓘ
Makkah Province ⓘ Masjid al-Haram ⓘ Mecca ⓘ Saudi Arabia ⓘ |
| location | eastern corner of the Kaaba ⓘ |
| marks | starting point of tawaf ⓘ |
| material | stone ⓘ |
| meaningOfArabicName |
Black Stone
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
The Black Stone
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| notWorshippedAs | deity ⓘ |
| numberOfFragments | several smaller pieces ⓘ |
| orientation | faces the circumambulation area (tawaf) around the Kaaba ⓘ |
| positionOnKaaba | eastern corner ⓘ |
| protectedBy |
Government of Saudi Arabia
ⓘ
surface form:
Saudi authorities
|
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| roleInIslam | symbolic relic rather than object of worship ⓘ |
| setInto |
Kaaba
ⓘ
surface form:
Kaaba wall
|
| shape | irregular oval ⓘ |
| significance |
important in Hajj rituals
ⓘ
important in Umrah rituals ⓘ revered by Muslims ⓘ |
| surroundedBy | silver frame ⓘ |
| tradition |
believed by many Muslims to date back to the time of Prophet Ibrahim (Abraham)
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believed by many Muslims to have been placed by Prophet Ibrahim and his son Ismail ⓘ |
| veneratedBy | Muslims worldwide ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
The Black Stone