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Masjid al-Haram

Makkah
المسجد الحرام

The Sacred Mosque surrounds the Kaʿbah in Makkah. It is the largest mosque in the world and the destination of Hajj and Umrah.

Significance

The first House set up for mankind to worship Allah. A prayer here carries the greatest reward of any mosque, and it is one of the three mosques to which a journey for worship may be made.

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Prepared from standard seerah sources; pending scholar review.