What is the name of the covering of the Kaaba, and is it "Ritaj"?
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It is not known what benefit there is in naming the Kaaba's garments as 'ritaj'. Rather, what is meant by "Ritaj al-Kaaba" is its door, which is derived from "irtaja al-bab" meaning to close it. What is intended by it in the narrated by Aisha, concerning a man who asked: "What is for me in Ritaj al-Kaaba?" and she replied: "What expiates an oath expiates it"; is the Kaaba itself, named as such because one enters and exits through it.
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