Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman washed the Holy Kaaba in the Grand Mosque of Mecca on behalf of King Salman, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Tuesday morning.
Паломники, укрывшиеся от сильного дождя в Мекке во вторник, получили помощь, когда Генеральное президентство двух священных мечетей раздало зонтики посетителям Большой мечети.
The head of the Sudanese Pilgrims Affairs Mission, Abdul Hadi Ahmed Abbas, visited the King Abdulaziz Complex for the Production of the Kaaba Kiswa on Tuesday, accompanied by a delegation.
A total of 212,167 pilgrims of various nationalities arrived in Medina after performing the Hajj this year.
Saudi Arabia decided two years later to remove the preventive barriers around the Holy Kaaba, allowing worshippers to once again touch the House of Allah.
About 194,000 pilgrims arrived in Medina after completing the Hajj rituals in Mecca, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Sunday.
Contrary to tradition, the new covering of the Sacred Kaaba in Mecca was installed in the early hours of Saturday, at the dawn of the new Islamic year 1444.
In the past, every year during Eid al-Adha, on the 13th of Dhul-Hijjah, during the traditional «JoJo» celebration, Hijazi residents of Mecca would receive Saudi pilgrims with songs and folk chants in honor of their completion of the Hajj rituals.
About one million worshippers began returning to Mina through Muzdalifah as part of preparations for the final stages of their Hajj after they had earlier gathered to witness the Arafat sermon, the most important ritual.
Официальные представители хаджа заявили, что процесс паломничества проходит гладко благодаря передовым службам безопасности и здравоохранения.