More than two million worshipers, including visitors, citizens, and residents, gathered yesterday evening (Sunday) in the corners, floors, and corridors of the Grand Mosque, its yards, roofs, and basement to perform the Isha and Tarawih prayers and complete the Qur’an in the Grand Mosque. And the delegations of the Most Gracious began flocking to Makkah Al-Mukarramah from the early morning to perform the rituals of Umrah, the evening prayer and Tarawih, and to attend the completion of the Noble Qur’an in the Grand Mosque on this blessed night of the nights in which the Night of Decree is investigated. It is an occasion that many Muslims from inside and outside the Kingdom are keen to attend. And the mother of the worshipers in the Sacred Mosque is the imam and preacher of the Sacred Mosque, Abd al-Rahman al-Sudais, who called on Muslims on this blessed night for forgiveness and liberation from hell, and to protect our country from all harm and Muslim countries, and to preserve our leaders for us, and to make our country safe and stable and the countries of Muslims.
The pilgrims of the Sacred House of God were able to perform their rituals and worships with ease, safety, comfort, and reassurance, and in a spiritual atmosphere dominated by security, safety, comfort, and stability, thanks to the services provided by the Kingdom and the projects implemented under the supervision of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and his Crown Prince, and the personal follow-up of the Emir of Makkah Al-Mukarramah region and his deputy to serve those who come. Makkah. The traffic movement was smooth and there were no significant traffic jams or accidents, despite the large number of cars that entered Makkah Al-Mukarramah on this blessed night, while the Holy Capital Police intensified the deployment of security men and security patrols in all neighborhoods of Makkah Al-Mukarramah and the roads leading to it. The Holy Capital: Cleaning and environmental sanitation, monitoring markets, removing waste from the central area on a regular basis, preventing street vendors, and cooperating with the concerned authorities in arresting beggars. The General Presidency for the Affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque has mobilized more than 12,000 academically and practically qualified employees, securing 25,000 Zamzam water containers, and more than 4,000 male and female workers to purify and clean the courtyard of the Mataf and the hallways, courtyards and roof of the Grand Mosque, and more than 3,500 safes for the i’tikaaf, and more than 11 services through the guidance axis, opening 170 doors to receive the guests of Rahman, and 250 employees to cover the entrances to the squares and guide the visitors of the Grand Mosque to their sites.
And in Medina, more than half a million worshipers performed Tarawih prayers and completed the Qur’an in the Prophet’s Mosque, with the follow-up of the Emir of the Medina region and his deputy.
And the security and service authorities in Madinah succeeded, through their human and mechanical cadres, in providing the best services to the crowds of worshipers in the Prophet’s Mosque, as they began implementing their plan from an early age to keep pace with the influx of worshipers to the Prophet’s Mosque, and the efforts of the Agency for the Affairs of the Prophet’s Mosque focused on organizing the entry of worshipers and strengthening basic services by providing Quantities of mattresses, Zamzam water, follow-up on cleaning work, and mist fans to operate continuously during the day and night periods to create a suitable atmosphere for worshipers.
The reciprocating transfer succeeded in transporting the worshipers to the Prophet’s Mosque via 150 buses, starting at 3:00 pm.
Ahmed Al-Lahani (Makkah Al-Mukarramah) @amead9999, Sami Al-Maghamisi (Madinah Al-Munawwarah) @sami4086