by Shaykh Abdullah Ibn Abdur-Rahman al-Jibreen Download article in PDF format The Superiority And Virtue Of The First Ten Days Of The Month Of Zulhijjah And The Deeds Legislated In These Days from the Gulf Times March 1999 Verily, the praise belongs to Allah, the Most High, and may the
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The Dutch spy who helped preserve Makkah’s history
MAKKAH – A Dutchman played a huge role in preserving Makkah’s history in the 1880s, according to a curator of oriental manuscripts and rare books at Leiden University in the Netherlands. In his lecture organized by Prince Salman Bin Abdul Aziz’s Chair for Makkah History Studies at Umm Al-Qura University
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Custodian of the Two Holy directs start – immediately – the work of expansion of the Prophet's Mosque
Custodian of the Two Holy directs start – immediately – the work of expansion of the Prophet’s Mosque “City” unique deployment of the most prominent features of the expansion Wednesday 09/26/2012 Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques to begin immediately work expansion Prophet’s Mosque, which put her under God’s protection
Unqualified foreign drivers cause 60% accidents involving pilgrims
Unqualified foreign drivers who do not know how to drive buses and heavy vehicles are the cause of about 60 percent of the traffic accidents involving Haj pilgrims, Asharq Al-Awsat Arabic daily reported yesterday, quoting officials of private transport companies. The company officials expressed their fears about the possibility of
King launches largest expansion of Prophet’s Mosque
MADINAH: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah laid the foundation stone for the largest expansion of the Prophet’s Mosque here yesterday. The new project will increase the mosque’s capacity to more than two million worshippers. King Abdullah arrived here last night from the Moroccan city of Casablanca and
No plan to cut number of pilgrims, says Hajjar
Fahd Al-Manee’ MAKKAH — The Kingdom has no plans to restrict the number of pilgrims during the next Umrah season. Announcing this at a press conference here, Dr. Bandar Hajjar, Minister of Haj, put at rest reports that the number of pilgrims will be drastically reduced owing to the ongoing
Makkah-Madinah train set to roll by January 2014
JEDDAH: Construction is under way on the first high-speed passenger railway line between Makkah and Madinah and is expected to be complete by January 2014. Transport Minister Jabara Al-Seraisry, said the new Madinah railway station situated close to the Prince Muhammad Airport would serve Haj and Umrah pilgrims more efficiently.
Six million foreign pilgrims performed Umrah
Around six million foreign pilgrims have traveled through the Haj Terminal of King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah during this year to perform Umrah, said Abdul Hameed Abalarry, director of the airport, yesterday. “One hundred Umrah flights have departed from the Haj Terminal daily since 27th of Ramadan till last