Friday 13/June/2025 – 05:51 AM
The Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah advised to perform Friday prayers in the nearest mosque, and avoid the hardship of reaching the Sacred Mosque, in order to avoid sunstroke, due to the high temperatures in Makkah Al -Mukarramah.
In the same context, the number of beneficiaries of the services of the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Call and Guidance exceeded; In Makkah Al -Mukarramah, Al -Madinah Al -Munawwarah, the Holy Places and Ports in the various regions of the Kingdom during the Hajj season 1446 AH, 3 million beneficiaries, within an operational plan aimed at enhancing religious awareness, and facilitating the performance of the rituals according to the method of moderation and moderation.
The Ministry stated that it worked to pump more than 1.6 million liters of water within the project of watering pilgrims in the squares of the Namra Mosque in Arafat, and the implementation of 125 thousand educational activists in Mecca and the city, with the participation of 1,700 preachers and a scientist to provide direct religious counseling, and more than 1.4 million educational materials were distributed from books, brochures and digital cards dealing with the provisions of the rituals, and broadcast about 100 million educational text messages in multiple languages She targeted pilgrims in different locations.
The Ministry also implemented development projects and a relief of heat stress with a value of more than 35 million riyals, in the Namra Mosque and its surroundings, the Al -Khif Mosque, the Hajjaj al -Barr Mosque, and sites that included projects to reduce thermal pregnancy, prepare and soften the surrounding squares, modernize the control of the air conditioning and ventilation system, in addition to the restoration of vital facilities and the modernization of sound and security control systems, in a way that contributes to improving the environment of pilgrims and raising the efficiency of the efficiency Infrastructure.
