Station of Abraham, Holy place at Great Mosque of Mecca, Saudi Arabia

The Station of Abraham is a sacred place in the Great Mosque of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, holding a square stone with footprints. The stone sits inside a gold-coloured, octagonal enclosure with a domed top and a small finial. Its eight panels are pierced with openwork arabesque patterns backed by glass, with a band of script above them.

The stone served Ibrahim as a raised platform when he built the Kaaba and needed to reach higher sections. Later generations enclosed it in a shrine to preserve the block for future pilgrims.

Worshippers circle the golden shrine regularly during their prayers in the mosque, pausing to look through the glass panels. The name refers to Ibrahim, whose footprints in the stone are honored as a sign of his role in building the Kaaba.

Visitors view the stone only through the glass panels of the shrine, as direct contact is not possible. The site sits in the open courtyard of the mosque, where large crowds gather and perform the circling of the central building.

The stone is the only historic structure left standing in the Mataf courtyard; at least five others were removed to clear the area for the tawaf. It measures about 40 cm by 40 cm and 20 cm high, and its surface was worn smooth by pilgrims' hands over the centuries.