Hajj and Umrah News - South Africa

12 Jul 2020

SR10,000 in fine for Hajj permit violators

Fines amounting to SR10,000 will be slapped on those who enter the holy sites of Mina, Muzdalifah and Arafat without a Hajj permit, Okaz/Saudi Gazette has learned from well-informed sources.

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12 Jul 2020

No plan to charge expressway users

Reacting to a video clip that recently went viral showing an unidentified person claiming that the Saudi authorities are planning to impose a toll on users of a highway linking Makkah and Jeddah, the ministry official on Sunday denied claims that toll gates will be set up on some roads.

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12 Jul 2020

Tajik Doctor Donates Her Precious Hajj Savings To Help Battle Coronavirus Back Home

Shirin Nazirmadova, a doctor from southern Tajikistan, has been saving for years to afford the hajj pilgrimage. She will not wait for another year for the chance to visit the Islamic holy sites she hoped to see this year. Instead, she donated the hajj money she saved to her local Farkhor district hospital to buy much-needed supplies to help battle the coronavirus

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