Ain Al Kuayba Explained

Ain Al Kuayba is a freshwater spring located in Qatif, Saudi Arabia. It hosted the black stone in 930 (317H) after it had been looted from Kaaba by Abu Tahir al-Jannabi.^[1] In 2012 it was mistakenly bulldozed by a construction contractor,^[2] but reconstructed in 2015.^[3] Historians such as Ali Aldarorah believe that it dates back to the third millennium BC.

References

1. Web site: mod1111222@. محمد العبدالله (القطيف). 2019-06-23. القطيف: إعادة رونق عين «الكعيبة» الأثري. 2021-08-04. Okaz. Arabic.
2. Web site: 2020-03-13. عين الكعيبة اثر تاريخي يعود لحقبة العمالقة. 2021-08-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20200313090136/https://www.alyaum.com/articles/972985/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%85/%D8%B9%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B9%D9%8A%D8%A8%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D8%AB%D8%B1-%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AE%D9%8A-%D9%8A%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF-%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%82%D8%A8%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%A9-. 2020-03-13.
3. Web site: 2020-02-20. «عين الكعيبة» تدخل مرحلة التهيئة السياحية قريباً - جهينة الإخبارية. 2021-08-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20200220032400/https://www.juhaina.in/?act=artc&id=24516. 2020-02-20.