Services feature multilingual communications, Zamzam water, Iftar meals
Volunteers guide worshippers in the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina. The General Authority for Care of the Two Holy Mosques
Cairo: The Prophet’s Mosque in the Saudi city of Medina, received 5.6 million worshippers last week amid a seamless network of services and care provided by a state agency in charge of the place, Islam’s second holiest mosque.
The figure included 390,000 who visited and prayed at Al Rawda Al Sharifa where the tomb of the Prophet Mohammed (Peace Be Upon Him) is located in the mosque, the General Authority for Care of the Prophet’s Mosque said.
The visits were made according to crowd-management rules and separate schedules set for women and men.
Saudi authorities have repeatedly stressed that visitors to Al Rawda Al Sharifa must make prior reservations before arriving at the revered site, and show up according to the fixed appointment to get smooth access.
Some 959 non-Arabic-speaking worshippers last week benefited from multilingual communication services available in the mosque, the agency’s latest figures showed.
Sterilisation and disinfection works were, meanwhile, carried out across the sprawling site with the use of 24,053 litres.
Over the past week, 350 tons of the Zamzam water and 167,382 fast-breaking (Iftar) meals were provided for worshippers at designated places in the mosque.
After performing the Umrah or minor pilgrimage in the Grand Mosque, Islam’s holiest site in the Saudi city of Mecca, many pilgrims would head to Medina to perform prayers in the Prophet’s Mosque and visit other Islamic landmarks in the city.
More than 280 million Muslims prayed in the mosque in 2023.
Source: Arab News
