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Official Saudi television reported in the early hours of Sunday morning that the authorities had allowed citizens and residents within the Kingdom to perform prayers at the Great Mosque of Mecca for the first time in seven months.
And in early October, Saudi Arabia allowed citizens and residents to perform Umrah after a stop intended to contain the spread of the Corona virus.
Praise God ❤️❤️ #Sacred Mosque pic.twitter.com/bgv5GBHvMR
– Fahad (@ fazsx7) October 18, 2020
On Friday noon, the Holy Mosque of Mecca witnessed the first Friday prayers held in the Great Mosque in the presence of pilgrims after a pause that lasted almost seven months due to the emerging Corona virus (Covid-19).
Saudi Arabia closed the Grand Mosque last March, as part of measures to prevent the emerging Corona virus, and suspended Umrah, before reopening it again last Sunday on a limited basis to avoid overcrowding.
Live broadcast from the Great Mosque to broadcast the Fajr prayer today, Sunday 1 Rabi` al-Awwal 1442 AH, Sheikh # Abdullah_Awad_Al-Juhanihttps://t.co/BPeyC93sf2@ Yzeed969
– Basem Al-Assaf (@Basem_Assaf) October 18, 2020
Images and videos broadcast on the “Holy Quran” channel, which airs 24 hours from the Haram, showed pilgrims sitting in the halls of the Great Mosque, while the Imam of the Haram, Sheikh Saud Al-Shuraim, delivered the sermon. Friday.
Friday prayers and the five daily prayers were held during the closing period of the Great Mosque in Mecca, in the presence of one of the Haram imams, and workers from the security and service sectors only in the Great Mosque. .
Currently, Saudi Arabia allows Umrah to be performed by its citizens and residents between the ages of 18 to 65, after registering through the “Umrah us” application on smartphones, allowing Umrah supervisors to ensure that that the applicant is free of the Corona virus.
This year, Saudi Arabia hosted an exceptional Hajj season due to the Corona virus, as it limited the fulfillment of mandatory duty to a very limited number of pilgrims from within, after the holy sites received around 2.5 million pilgrims from different countries of the world
And before the emergence of the Corona virus, the number of pilgrims from abroad began to increase annually, reaching nearly 8 million pilgrims last year, with the Kingdom’s plans aiming to receive 30 million pilgrims by 2030.
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