Makkah/Madinah: The Grand Mosque in Makkah and Masjid Nabawi, The Prophet Mosque, in Madinah Munawwarah have been flooded after heavy rains last night. There are also reports of heavy rains in the ...

One follows the Prophet's example, in words deeds. This cannot accomplished except knowledge of the Sunnah. Tamattu': A pilgrim wears Ihram for Umrah only during the months of Hajj, which means when ...

They then left Mina for Makkah to perform Tawaf Al-Wida (Farewell Tawaf), marking the end of the hassle-free annual pilgrimage on a joyous and spiritual note. Although Hajj concludes officially on ...

Pilgrims have been streaming into Saudi Arabia's holy city of Makkah ahead of the start of the Hajj later this week. The General Directorate of Passports announced the arrival of 1,547,295 ...

Pilgrims travel to Mecca's Grand Mosque to perform tawaf, a ritual where they circle counter-clockwise around the Kaaba - a large cube-like structure seen in Islam as the most sacred point on ...

Unlike other sacred sites, Mecca is closed off to believers of other ... On the final night of the Hajj, pilgrims make the ritual known as Tawaf, circling the Ka'aba seven times while barefoot ...

In late December 2024, an incident irked hundreds of Indonesian Umrah pilgrims who were scheduled to depart from Palembang, ...

Deputy Minister of Religious Affairs H.R. Muhammad Syafii on Friday highlighted President Prabowo Subianto's directive to ...

Afterwards, they return to Makkah for a final circumambulation, known as Farewell Tawaf. Once the Hajj is over, men will shave their heads and women to snip a lock of hair in a sign of renewal. Most ...

In an interview with state media in Makkah on Sunday, he said all pilgrims are being given hygienic three-time food, standard accommodation in Azizia and free transport to Haram to perform Tawaf and ...