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Who named the parts of the Holy Kaaba with these appellations, and what do they mean?

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The mentioned designations are parts of the Sacred House of Allah (Kaaba). The Black Stone descended from Paradise, whiter than milk, and was darkened by the sins of the children of Adam. The Kaaba has one door after its renovation by Quraysh due to the scarcity of lawful funds. The Hijr Isma'il and the Shadharwan are parts of it, and circumambulation (Tawaf) is not valid without including them. The Mizab is the spout for water from the Kaaba's roof. The Multazam is the area between the Corner (Rukn) and the Door, where supplications are answered. The Station of Ibrahim (Maqam Ibrahim) is the rock upon which Ibrahim stood while building the Kaaba, and it is recommended to pray two rak'ahs behind it after Tawaf. The Yemeni Corner (Rukn al-Yamani) is named so because it is in the direction of Yemen, and it is recommended to touch it without kissing it. The Sham (Levantine) and Iraqi Corners are named for their direction towards those lands, and it is not from the Sunnah to touch them or point towards them. The Kaaba's curtain is its covering, and the first to cover it was King Tubba'. The line opposite the corner and the green light were recently placed to guide circumambulators to the location of the Black Stone.

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