It is the spot between the door and the maqam, and was named by this name because Abraham peace be upon him allocated him to shelter his son Ismail and his sheep, and was first part of the Kaaba, and when Quraish did not die the expense of its construction
It was left in the form of a semi-circle in the face of the northern side of the Ka'bah between the Shami and Iraqi pillars. Kaaba in the year of conquest and prayed in it.