Saudi Arabia has shortened Friday prayers at the holy mosques in Makkah and Madina to protect worshippers from the intense heat. The move comes under the directive of Sheikh Abdulrahman Al-Sudais, ...

Heavy rainfall swept through Makkah and Madinah over the weekend, offering worshippers at the Prophet’s Mosque (Masjid Al ...

During Muharram 1447 AH (June-July 2025), the Two Holy Mosques in Saudi Arabia received over 60 million worshippers. The Grand Mosque in Mecca hosted approximately 27.5 million, including nearly 7.9 ...

UAE astronaut Sultan AlNeyadi has been sharing beautiful images from space and recently grabbed the attention of Muslims all over the world by posting a video of Makkah, Madina and Jeddah — lit up on ...

Every year millions of Muslims from around the globe converge towards the holy sites of Haram Sharif at Makkah and Masjid-e-Nabawi at Madina in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, to perform Umrah and Hajj.

I looked around as I stood in front of the Kaabah, Islam’s holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque in Makkah, praying, speechless. The emotion on people’s faces, the thousands of hands raised in prayers ...

The process of arrival of Hajj pilgrims from Madina to Makkah will be completed by Friday (today), Radio Pakistan reported. The report quoted a media cell in Makkah as saying that over 16,900 pilgrims ...

Lagos State has lost one of its pilgrims for this year’s Hajj in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Mr Oloshogbo Isiaka Idris, after his return from Tawaf (circumambulation) of the Holy Kaaba in Makkah.