The Hajj to Mecca in Saudi Arabia is considered the world’s largest human gathering with almost 1.84 million pilgrims in 2023. The Saudi government restricted Hajj to residents in Saudi Arabia only during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. The number of Hajj pilgrims dropped to about 58.7 thousan...
Haj in COVID-19 times In 2021, due to coronavirus, Saudi authorities curtailed the once-in-a-lifetime experience to only 60,000 worshippers already present in the country. In 2020, the Hajj was limited to just 10,000 local residents in order to maintain social distancing. ...
expressing their thanks to Saudi Arabia and its leadership for their services to the guests of the Most Merciful and facilitating the performance of rituals. They prayed to God that their Hajj would be justified and their sins forgiven, hoping that this would not be their ...
Our trip back to ‘Aziziah was difficult. We had to walk for probably 3 km to get away from the Jamarat and catch a taxi to take us the rest of the way. In the days of Hajj, there’s so much traffic that the local residents jump on the bandwagon and start cashing in on visitors...
More than 1.83 million Muslims performed the Hajj in 2024, including more than 1.6 million from 22 countries, and around 222,000 Saudi citizens and residents, according to the Saudi Hajj authorities. Saudi Arabia has spent billions of dollars on crowd control and safety measures for those ...
ISLAMABAD, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- At least 42 Pakistani pilgrims have died of various causes during Hajj pilgrimage at different localities in Saudi Arabia, officials from the Pakistani Ministry of Religious Affairs and Inter-faith Harmony have said. ...
Saudis and foreign residents circumambulate the Kaaba (Tawaf) in the Grand Mosque complex in the holy city of Makkah. (File/Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah/AFP) Short Url https://arab.news/v3x5p Updated 15 July 2021 Arab News The imams will be available to answer inquiries related to ...
‘Umrah along with the Hajj shall make an offering of whatever animal is available. However, any one who finds none shall fast for three days during Hajj, and for seven days when you return; thus they are ten in all. This is for him whose family folk are not residents of Al-Masjid-...
TEHRAN, Jun. 12 (MNA) – Saudi Arabia said it will limit registration for this year’s Hajj pilgrimage to 60,000 citizens and residents of the Kingdom in light of the coronavirus pandemic. The Arab News website quoted the Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah as announcing in a statement on...
Saudi Arabia said Sunday that more than 1,300 people died on this year’s Hajj pilgrimage – with “numerous cases” due to heat stress and “unauthorized” trips accounting for more than four out of five of the fatalities. “The health system addressed numerous cases of heat stress this ...