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With 22m at Grand Mosque and 21m at the Prophet’s Mosque, a total of 43 million Muslims performed prayers at Islam’s two holiest mosques in Saudi Arabia during the first 20 days of Ramadan, according to a Saudi official.
Ramadan, which started on March 23, is known for its intensive worship and influx of the devout into the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina and the Grand Mosque in the Saudi holy city of Makkah.
Sheikh Abdul Rahman Al Sudais, the head of the General Presidency for Affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque, reported that more than 22 million Muslim men and women had worshiped at the Grand Mosque during the first two-thirds of Ramadan.
“The presidency has readied the Sacred Mosque with an operational plan ensuring comfort for the Umrah pilgrims, the prayer performers and visitors,” he added.
Ramadan usually marks the peak season of Umrah at the Grand Mosque, home to the Holy Kaaba to which Muslims around the world directs in their prayers.
Around 1.4 million worshipers and pilgrims converged on the Grand Mosque on Thursday (yesterday), according to statistics from the presidency.
More than 21 million worshipers, meanwhile, performed prayers at the Prophet’s Mosque in the first 20 days of Ramadan, up 49 per cent against the same period last year, Al Sudais said.