General President of the Affairs of the Grand Mosque and Prophet’s Mosque Sheikh Dr. Abdulrahman bin Abdulaziz Al-Sudais announced that the total number of male and female worshipers who visited the Grand Mosque during the first 20 days of Ramadan reached more than 22 million people.
Dr. Al-Sudais stressed that the Presidency prepared the Grand Mosque through an operational plan and strategy that provided all means of convenience and facilitated all services for worshipers to perform their rituals with ease and tranquillity, and also ensured the availability of safety means inside the Grand Mosque and communication with the relevant authorities.
He hailed the Saudi leadership for supporting the Two Holy Mosques and their visitors and for creating the best conditions for worshippers to perform their rituals easily, SPA reported.
The General Presidency of the Affairs of the Grand Mosque and Prophet’s Mosque said that total number of worshipers and Umrah performers from all around the world, in Masjid Al Haram reached 1.4 Million on Thursday.
Ramadan, which began on March 23, sees a huge influx of Umrah pilgrims and worshipers to holy sites in Saudi Arabia.
A detailed plan that aims to facilitate worshipers’ experience during the last days of Ramadan and to ensure high-quality services went into effect on Tuesday.
The plan includes washing the Grand Mosque 10 times a day by over 4,000 workers. More than 70 teams will also operate round the clock to sanitize all areas of the mosque.
Artificial intelligence technologies will also be used to carry out the disinfection operations at the Grand Mosque, Haidar explained, adding that 11 robots will perform this task for up to eight hours without any human intervention.
The plan also provides around 8,000 vehicles, including 3,000 that are electric, to transport worshipers from parking lots to prayer halls. Worshipers can book in advance through the Tanaqol app.
More than 160 staff members will be deployed at the doors of the Grand Mosque to facilitate worshipers’ entrance and exit and to help with any inquiries.
Regarding maintenance, the Presidency has provided more than 90 engineers and technicians at the Grand Mosque and its courtyards where there are more than 200 electric escalators and 14 elevators.
The Presidency urged worshipers and Umrah performers to adhere to all instructions at the Grand Mosque and noted that cooperation with security employees is necessary to maintain security and safety.
Ramadan is the ninth and holiest month of the Islamic — or Hijri — calendar. It is also believed to be the month the Quran was revealed to the Prophet Mohammed.
Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset every day of the month, which is typically either 29 or 30 days.
The department said that it had distributed more than 1,285,543 bottles of Zamzam water to visitors to the Prophet’s Mosque, and provided more than 1,299,510 packaged meals to the fasting people.
“The Presidency's keen to provide comfort for visitors and worshippers to contribute to the development of the system of services being provided to achieve the aspirations of the Kingdom's leadership”, the statement said.
The Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque had also been provided with translated copies of the meanings of the holy Quran
The step “confirms the civilizational message and global pioneering role of the two holy sites, directed by the country's wise leadership,” according to the state news agency.
A total of 82 multi-language digital screens have been installed inside the Grand Mosque and its halls to display directives, with globally approved symbols added to help with the visual delivery of information to worshippers.
The displays operate around the clock, presenting information about the most important sites inside the Grand Mosque, such as the tracks of tawaf (circumambulation around Kaaba) and Masaa (journey between the two mounts of Safa and Marwa).
It also displays Hadith (the Prophet Mohammed's sayings) and prayers that can be recited at the beginning and end of the circumambulation, in addition to educating visitors on health and security matters.
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