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It has undergone major renovations and expansions through the years. Īs of August 2020, the Great Mosque is the largest mosque in the world.

The Great Mosque includes other important significant sites, including the Black Stone, the Zamzam Well, Maqam Ibrahim, and the hills of Safa and Marwa. The rites of both pilgrimages include circumambulating the Kaaba within the mosque. It is a site of pilgrimage in the Hajj, which every Muslim must do at least once in their lives if able, and is also the main phase for the ʿ Umrah, the lesser pilgrimage that can be undertaken any time of the year. Masjid al-Haram ( Arabic: ٱَلْمَسْجِدُ ٱلْحَرَامُ‎, romanized: al-Masjid al-Ḥarām, lit.'The Sacred Mosque'), also known as the Grand Mosque or the Great Mosque of Mecca, is a mosque enclosing the vicinity of the Kaaba in Mecca, in the Mecca Province of Saudi Arabia.