The rites of both pilgr{img} include circumambulating the Kaaba within the mosque. The Great Mosque includes other important significant sites, including the Black Stone, the Zamzam Well, Maqam Ibrahim, and the hills of Safa and Marwa.

The ministry's advice discourages pilgrims from taking photos but is not seen as an official ban. Taking photos at Mecca's Great Mosque used to be illegal and there were religious rulings, or fatwas, that declared it banned in Islam.