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The price of the Ka'bah kiswah is 20 million real

The price of the Ka`bah blanket called kiswah reaches 20 million real or around Rp50 billion and is replaced once a year, said the Indonesian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Salim Segaf Aljufri. After entering the Ka'bah together with a number of Ambassadors and diplomats in the Ka`bah washing procession, Ambassador Salim told Antara journalist, Akhmad Kusaeni, said the blankets were made of genuine silk. Vice President Jusuf Kalla watched the procession of washing the Ka`bah at the same time carrying out the Umrah at the invitation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Kiswah decorated with gold and silver-plated threads to make calligraphy embroidery in the form of verses from the Koran and special decorations with Islamic nuances. The writing forms the number V (number seven in Arabic). One of the sentences written in Kiswah Ka`bah is, "Allah Jalla Jalalah, La Ilaha Illaallah, Muhammad Rasulullah ﷺ".

The cloth cover of the Ka'bah is 14 meters long and 47 meters wide, weighing around 650 kilograms. The cost of making one Kiswah is around Rp50 billion. Before being made alone in Mecca, kiswah is usually made in Egypt and India and given to the Saudi government as a gift. Kiswah consists of five parts, four parts to cover the four sides of the Ka`bah and one more to cover the door part of the Ka`bah. kiswah is black, there is a white cloth called Bithana Kiswah. The cloth is to absorb steam from the walls of the Ka`bah and block the heat absorbed from the black kiswah cloth. This cloth contains absorbency to avoid excessive heat and prevent the walls of the crack.

According to history, during the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, Allah's Apostle had presented Al-washail kiswah. The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ first addressed the Ka`bah. This method was then continued by the Khulafa Urrasyidin, such as Umar Bin Al-Khatab and Uthman Bin Affan and several Umayyad Caliphs. In the present, the kings of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are using kiswah from a special factory making kiswah in Mecca. The washing of the Ka`bah was witnessed by Vice President Jusuf Kalla and his entourage. The process is the wall of the Ka'bah cleaned with water mixed with perfume. After being cleared and the Kabah inside was swept away, state guests entered the inside of the Ka'bah. "We prayed in the Ka`bah," Ambassador Salim said. According to a number of people who had entered the Ka'bah, if they were inside Ka`bah, the congregation may pray by facing anywhere.

"This feels, the Ka'bah is in our hearts. It means, in fact we are the same in front of Allah," said an Indonesian diplomat in Saudi Arabia. Former Minister of Religion Tarmizi Taher who had the opportunity to enter the Ka'bah 13 times said that the inner wall of the Ka`bah, the roof, the floor and the two pillars are ordinary like other stone walls. Every time you enter the cube-shaped building, said Amirul Haj 2006, he performs prayers two rak'ahs four times, each of the two rakaat prayers facing different wall direction.

Tarmizi acknowledged that for Muslims, entering the Ka`bah might be a dream that would not be realized, if it was not a guest of the country of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, even touching the outer wall of the Ka'bah when doing hundreds of thousands of people is very difficult. in the Kaaba was considered very lucky, because Ka`bah was the first place of worship on earth and was built since the Prophet Ibrahim.

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