JEDDAH: The Saudi government has allowed children under the age of five to enter the Holy Mosque with their parents.
According to Saudi media, after the relaxation of corona’s SOPs in Saudi Arabia, children under the age of five have been allowed to come with their parents to Masjid-ul-Haram and other mosques.
Saudi media reported from Makkah that from now on, permission will not be required to offer prayers in Masjid al-Haram or Masjid al-Nabawi. In addition, a spokesman for the Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah in Riyadh said that Umrah permits and prayer permits at the Prophet’s Mosque in Riyadh al-Jannah would also be issued to children at least five years old.
Earlier, the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah had said that children under the age of five are not allowed in the two holy shrines. Last Friday, March 11, more than one million worshipers performed Friday prayers in Makkah and Masjid al-Nabawi without any social distance.
According to sources, more than 200,000 elderly people from all over the world, including Pakistan, arrived in Saudi Arabia after the lifting of the coronavirus ban. Due to the increasing number of coronation cases around the world, the Saudi government had severely limited the number of pilgrims for Hajj and Umrah, while the number of worshipers in mosques was also reduced.
