JAMB - Islamic Religious Knowledge Irk (2012 - No. 23)
During the Jihiliyya era, the Ka'aba was the center of poetic contest at the annual festival called
ijāz
Ukāz
Manāt
ushrah474
Explication
Marketplace and site of pre-Islamic fairs and poetry contests in Mecca. Location was tied to the pilgrimage season in pre-Islamic times and served as a place where warring tribes could come together peacefully to worship and trade together. A similar practice was adopted by Muslims on the hajj.