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Pourghorbani (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''The Gutter of the Ka'ba''' (in Arabic: ميزاب الكعبة) is a channel on the northern wall of the Ka'ba for draining rainwater from its roof. The gutter is located on the side of Hijr Ismail. The Quraysh were the first to build this gutter during the construction of the Ka'ba. This gutter has been reconstructed during various reigns. Furthermore, in the sayings of the infallibles, the Gutter of the Ka'ba is introduced as a blessed plac...") |
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[[file:ناودان کعبه۳.jpeg|Thumbnail|The location of the gutter of the Ka'ba on its eastern side, which drains the rainwater from the roof of the [[Ka'ba]] to [[Hijr Isma'il|Hijr Ismail]].]] | |||
The location of the Gutter of the Ka'ba is on its eastern side, where the rainwater from the roof of the Ka'ba flows into the [[Hijr Isma'il|Hijr Ismail]]. The Gutter of the Ka'ba is installed on the northern side, on the roof of the Ka'ba, and directs rainwater into the Hijr Ismail.<ref>Azraqī, ''Akhbār Makka wa mā jāʾa fīhā min al-āthār'', vol. 1, p. 291.</ref> | The location of the Gutter of the Ka'ba is on its eastern side, where the rainwater from the roof of the Ka'ba flows into the [[Hijr Isma'il|Hijr Ismail]]. The Gutter of the Ka'ba is installed on the northern side, on the roof of the Ka'ba, and directs rainwater into the Hijr Ismail.<ref>Azraqī, ''Akhbār Makka wa mā jāʾa fīhā min al-āthār'', vol. 1, p. 291.</ref> | ||