The House: what its covering was

It is narrated from Muhammad bin Ishaq that an elderly woman of Makkah said: When Sayyiduna Ibn Affan (may Allah be pleased with him) was martyred, I was a girl of fourteen. I saw the Ka'bah in a state where there was no covering on it except what people had put on it: a red cloak that people had thrown over it, a white cloth and a woollen cloak; and whatever it was clothed with was hung on it. Indeed, I saw the House of Allah in a state where there was no gold or silver on it.

Muhammad said: The House was not clothed with a covering in the time of Sayyiduna Abu Bakr or Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both). Umar bin Abd al-Aziz clothed it with wasa'il and qabati cloths; the wasa'il are Yemeni cloths.

Before the Ka'bah used to be clothed with a covering, Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) would remove the cloth or covering of his sacrificial animal before slaughtering it and deposit it in the treasury of the Ka'bah so that it could be put on the Ka'bah. Then, when the Ka'bah began to be clothed with a covering, he gave up this practice.

It is narrated from Layth that in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), a covering of leather and sackcloth was put on the Ka'bah.