T h e B l a c k S t o n e 66 The prayers continue. A man climbs up the pulpit and announces: The Governor of Mecca would like to address you all. He climbs down, and the Governor of Mecca goes up. Governor of Mecca: O, Muslims! O, Muslims! His voice can hardly be heard with the sounds of the prayers of the multitudes of pilgrims. Governor of Mecca: O, Muslims! O, Muslims! The pilgrims listen. Governor of Mecca: O, pilgrims. Visitors of Allah’s Sacred House! You should be joyous this year of 339 AH. You should be joyous, as today the Black Stone has been restored after being stolen and kept away for twenty-two years. O, Muslims! Visitors of Allah’s Holy Sanctuary! With us today is Muhammad Sanbar ibn alHassan ibn Muhammad Sanbar. He is the one who retrieved the Black Stone. Before we put it back in
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