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The Prophet's Hijrah and the Dawning of the New Islamic Year, 1441, By Murtadha Gusau

Dear servants of Allah! In Shaa Allah, in the next two weeks, it is the new Islamic Hijrah year; the 1441th anniversary of the Prophet’s immigration to Madinah, a special moment that evokes a long journey of tireless work to deliver the Message of Allah to humanity, the message of light, mercy, happiness, compassion, solidarity, peace and justice; the universal messages of love, human brotherhood, development, noble morals and well-being.

Grand Mosque cleaned four times a day during Hajj

MAKKAH: Sanitizing and perfuming the Grand Mosque is highly important — the permanent cleanliness and the pleasant odors remain engraved in the memory of the mosque’s visitors. But it isn’t an easy task — over 4,000 people work around the clock to provide a pleasant and clean place for worshippers to perform their prayers. Over 3,000 liters of cleaning products and 600 liters

New Haramain High Speed Railway transported over 2 million Hajj pilgrims

RIYADH: The CEO of the Saudi Railways Company (SAR), Dr. Bashar bin Khaled Al-Malik, announced that 2,333,748 pilgrims have been transported on 2,170 train journeys. He said that this comes as part of the safe and convenient transport plan that meets the aspirations of the Saudi leadership, especially after the Cabinet assigned SAR in May 2019 the provision of the train

Pilgrims’ departure begins with 118 flights today and tomorrow

The authority has established three departure lounges for departing pilgrims at Muhammad Bin Abdul Aziz International Airport in Madinah. About 3,000 flights will take off from Madinah starting today (Thursday).

‘I felt blessed,’ says Saudi security man who carried an elderly pilgrim

Speaking to Al-Arabiya.net, Al-Hakami said: “This is a responsibility that every security man participating in Haj duties — this year or the previous years — has to shoulder.