Muhammad Replaces the Black Stone

A 1315 illustration from the Jami al-Tawarikh, inspired by the Sirah Rasul Allah story of Muhammad and the Meccan clan elders lifting the Black Stone into place. According to a story found in Ibn Ishaq's, Sirah Rasul Allah, the clans of Mecca renovated the Kaaba after a major fire partly destroyed Kaaba. The Black Stone had been removed during the rebuilding. The clans could not agree on which one of them should have the honor of setting the Black Stone back in its place. They decided to wait for the next man to come through the gate and ask him to make the decision. That man was 35-year-old Muhammad, five years before his prophethood. He asked the elders of the clans to bring him a cloth and put the Black Stone in its center. Each of the clan leaders held the corners of the cloth and carried the Black Stone to the right spot. Muhammad set the stone in place, satisfying the honor of all of the clans

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