“Indeed the first house to be set up for mankind is the one at Bakkah, blessed and
a guidance for all nations. * In it are manifest signs [and] Abraham’s Station, and whoever enters it shall be secure. And it is the duty of mankind toward Allah to
make pilgrimage to the House —for those who can afford the journey to it— and
should anyone renege [on his obligation], Allah is indeed without need of the
creatures.” (3, 96-97)