2 Jun 2019
RIYADH: The number of Umrah visas issued this year has reached 7,584,428, of which 7,201,851 pilgrims have arrived in the Kingdom, according to data provided by the Hajj Ministry. There are 1,056,618 pilgrims still in the Kingdom, with 732,559 in Makkah and 324,059 in Madinah, the Saudi Press Agency reported. Most pilgrims — 6,386,751 — came to the Kingdom by air, while
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2 Jun 2019
RIYADH: Seventy imams from the Saudi Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Dawah and Guidance delivered the last Friday sermon of Ramadan at mosques in 35 countries worldwide. The imams are part of the ministry’s Al-Imamah program during Ramadan, and their services were requested by Islamic centers and organizations in these countries. The program aims to enlighten worshippers about
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2 Jun 2019
The president of Gambia, Adama Baro, arrived in Madinah on Sunday to visit the Prophet’s Mosque. At Prince Mohammed bin Abdul Aziz International Airport, he was received by Undersecretary of Madinah region Wahib bin Mohammed Al-Sahli and a number of officials. Baro attended the key summits convened by King Salman in the holy city of Makkah on Thursday and Friday.
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1 Jun 2019
MADINAH: The Prophet’s Mosque is ready to receive nearly half-a-million worshippers for the night when the reading of the Qur’an will be finished, the Saudi Press Agency reported a government official as saying. Reading and completing the Qur’an during the fasting month of Ramadan is considered especially holy as, in Islam, the prayer made once the Qur’an is finished is
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1 Jun 2019
He called on the faithful to use the opportunity to obtain infinite bounties from God through increasing supplications in the remaining days of the holy month.
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