When Abdullah Khalid Jassem and his son Turki roam the Kaaba, they call to the old house. Unlike many, they easily distinguish the interlocking words inscribed on the cover of the Kaaba. They spent about ten months writing it with about 170 workers in Mecca, the holiest place in Islam.
The cladding is made using 675 kg of black raw silk for the exterior, green for inner linings, 100 kg of gold plated silver filaments and 120 kg of pure silver thread for writing verses inscribed on it at a total cost of SR 24 million.
But Abdullah and Turki do not stop much in those details, the profession they share is primarily a "pride and a pay".
"I am proud to see my work on the Kaaba, it is possible for people to read it. I appreciate reading it and being proud," said Abdullah, 56, who has worked at the Al-Kswaa factory for 32 years.
The phrases that are distinguished by Abdullah and Turki most are "No God but Allah, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah", "Allah is His Majesty", "Hallelujah and Praise be to Him, Subhan Allah al-Azim", " Of Islamic decoration.
The cladding industry, which is changed annually during the Hajj season, on the morning of Arafah on the ninth of Dhu al-Hijjah, is a unique industry in which modern techniques and traditional, local, spiritual and aesthetic instruments combine.
In the Kingdom's universities, scientific studies are recorded about the process of making the cladding. Attention is paid to the cladding so that there is a whole team in the campus 24 hours to repair any damage that may occur due to some of them and their attempts to cut parts Some of which are to be blessed or to be remembered. As for the old clothing, it is definitely cut off and guided by the Saudi monarch to heads of state and diplomatic corps during the Hajj.