The rituals surrounding the Kaaba before Islam included offerings, circumambulation, and prayers—practices that bear a ...

Muslims pray five times a day, facing the Kaaba in Mecca ... is the first of the five daily obligatory prayers in Islam. It is performed before sunrise and consists of two rakahs (units) of ...

Islam is the name of the religion ... a prayer mat facing the direction of a building in Saudi Arabia called the Kaaba, which was built by the Prophet Ibrahim (peace be upon him).