Makkah
Bab Bani Shaybah was a free-standing arch on two marble columns in the mataf, close to Maqam Ibrahim, marking the gate of the mosque as it was in the time of…
Bab Bani Shaybah was a free-standing arch on two marble columns in the mataf, close to Maqam Ibrahim, marking the gate of the mosque as it was in the time of the Prophet ﷺ. It was remembered as the gate by which he entered the mosque at the Farewell Hajj, and pilgrims made a point of passing beneath it. Verses of the Qur'an about entering in peace and in truth were inscribed on it in gold, together with the names of Allah and of the Prophet ﷺ. It took its name from Banu Shaybah, the family that has held the keys of the Ka'bah since the conquest of Makkah. The arch was about four metres wide and stood until it was removed in the twentieth century. Its place lies in the mataf about 25 metres north-east of the Ka'bah.