According to Muslim tradition, Ishmael was buried in Al-Hijr, inside the Sacred Mosque.

Muhammad Alawi al-Maliki was born in Mecca to a family of well known scholars who, like himself, taught in the Sacred Mosque.

Truly the Pagans are unclean; so let them not, after this year of theirs, approach the Sacred Mosque.

He was awarded a degree in Islamic Sciences, which was considered at that time the highest religious education at the Sacred Mosque.

At the Sacred Mosque, he circles the Kaaba seven times counterclockwise.

He is the son of Abdullah Khayyat, a well-known scholar and Imam of the Sacred Mosque himself.

The Ka'aba thus became known as the Masjid al-Haram, or Sacred Mosque, the holiest site in Islam.

The first verse refers to Mohammed being taken from the 'Sacred Mosque' to the 'Furthest Mosque':

Thereafter Muhammad was commanded to change the direction of prayers (Qibla) towards the Ka'bah of the Sacred Mosque.

Muslims believe that Muhammad was transported from the Sacred Mosque in Mecca to al-Aqsa during the Night Journey.