Saudi Arabia permits Tawaf at Holy Kaaba

SAUDI ARABIA: The Saudi Arabian authorities today (Tuesday) have announced that Tawaaf has been resumed at Holy Kaaba allowing a small number of people to perform their rituals.

The announcement was made on the official twitter account of www.haramain.com that officially operates the two holy mosques.

The tweet said, “Tawaf has resumed at the Mataaf allowing a small gathering of people to perform their rituals.”

Tawaaf has resumed on the Mataaf allowing a small gathering of people to perform their ritual. pic.twitter.com/gFyjeG3qFM

— 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗻 (@HaramainInfo) March 31, 2020

Earlier, Saudi Arabia had imposed a temporary ban on the pilgrims to perform Umrah due to the on-going coronavirus disease.

It is worth mentioning here that Saudi Arabia has imposed a partial curfew for 23 days in order to halt the spread of coronavirus. So far, coronavirus has claimed lives of almost 8 people in Saudi Arabia and has affected more than 1400 people.

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