The Mīzāb al-Raḥma (Arabic: مِيزَاب الرَّحْمة, 'gutter of mercy'), also known as the Mīzāb al-Kaʿba ('gutter of the Kaʿba'), is a rain gutter projecting from the roof of the Kaʿba enabling rainwater to pour to the ground below.[1]
- ^ A. J. Wensinck and J. Jomier, “Kaʿba”, in Encyclopaedia of Islam, ed. by P. Bearman and others, 2nd edn (Leiden: Brill, 1960-2005), doi:10.1163/1573-3912_islam_COM_0401.