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- Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques sets the date for receiving Itikaf requests at Grand Mosque
Posted by : Aahil Shaik
Thursday, March 31, 2022
Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques sets the date for receiving Itikaaf requests at Grand Mosque
The Under-Secretary General for Dawah and Guidance Affairs at the Makkah's Grand Mosque, Sheikh Badr Al-Fraih explained that the registration for the Itikaaf (Seclusion) service will be from the beginning of the holy month Ramadan until the 5th day of it.
He said the registrations for Itikaf will be through the application of the Two Holy Mosques or the Presidency's website, in addition to registering manually through the booths for the following up on the affairs of Itikaaf applicants, in front of the King Abdullah Gate (119) in the western squares of the Grand Mosque.
- Al-Fraih highlighted the need to cooperate with the workers and not to violate the regulations followed inside the Grand Mosque, and to observe the conditions and controls related to Itikaf. See Also : Working hours for private sector during Ramadan in Saudi Arabia
- He added that the Presidency of the Two Holy Mosques renounces its responsibility in the event of losing the belongings of the worshipers.
Women Affairs at the Prophet's Mosque completes its preparations to receive female visitors during Ramadan :
- Meanwhile, the Women's Affairs at the Prophet's Mosque is working on completing its preparations to serve female visitors during the blessed month of Ramadan.
- Women's Affairs carry a number of tasks, such as organizing, grouping crowds in the women's prayer room inside the Prophet's Mosque, where the efficiency of the capacity and operational capacity of women's chapels was raised to 33,500 worshipers per day.
- While the prayer in the Rawdah Al-Sharif for visitors through reservation. By applying our application to organize the grouping mechanism to allow 450 visitors in one group, where the total groups will be 16 to 18 groups, bringing the number of visitors to 7650 per day, 45,900 during week and 198,900 visitors during Ramadan and more than 919 Iftar meals for fasting women during the month of Ramadan.
- As part of Social partnership and providing the opportunity for those wishing to volunteer at the Prophet's Mosque within the rules and regulations the General Presidency of the Prophet's Mosque, 12 volunteer teams have been registered with 800 volunteers to serve visitors at Prophet's Mosque during Ramadan and to respond visitors inquiries in more than 6 languages(Hausa, Malay, French, Urdu, Persian, Turkestan) and daily more than 10,000 visitors are guided in several languages of different nationalities.
- The Women's Affairs agency also provide a transportation service within the Prophet's Mosque and the squares for the people with disabilities and the elderly during the blessed month, and providing more than 3,500 water containers distributed among women's departments. Join Saudi Expatriates channel on imo