The Zamzam Well originated when Prophet Ibrahim, peace be upon him (PBUH), came to Makkah al-Mukarramah and left his wife Hajar and his son Ismail in a valley with no vegetation or water. When Hajar's water supply ...
The idea of creating courtyards for the Grand Mosque began during the first Saudi expansion in 1955. This expansion included the construction of new architecture for the mosque, the provision of support for its structur...
The number of minarets at the Grand Mosque is nineteen, each with a height of eighty-nine m. There were five minarets before the Saudi era, and the number increased to seven during the first Saudi expansion. The buildin...
The capacity of Mataf in the Grand Mosque is 107,000 pilgrims per hour, equivalent to over double its previous capacity which was limited to fifty thousand pilgrims. The first phase of Mataf expansion project commenced ...
Al-Kaaba's Kiswa (black cloth) is lifted to preserve its cleanliness and safety and to prevent tampering or veneration due to erroneous beliefs held by some pilgrims. This necessitates lifting the Kiswa and surroun...
The process of purifying and sterilizing Zamzam water is carried out by using two large pumps that draw water from the well to the King Abdullah Project for Zamzam Water Development. The water is transported through rus...
The Umrah season in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is the period during which pilgrims are allowed to perform the Umrah rituals, which consist of circumambulating al-Kaaba al-Musharrafa , walking between Safa and Marwa , a...
Al-Kaaba al-Musharrafa, located in the Grand Mosque in Makkah al-Mukarramah , is washed on the fifteenth of Muharram each Hijri year. Before the washing, it is cleaned with four straw brooms that have silver handles, us...
Yes, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia offers comprehensive coverage through the 'Health Insurance for Umrah Pilgrims from Outside the Kingdom' program, which was launched in 2019 as part of the Pilgrim Experience P...
It is an international project launched by the Two Holy Mosques to teach the Holy Quran all over the world, through an electronic system concerned with reciting the Book of Allah Almighty according to the highest method...
The quantity of gold in the door of al-Kaaba al-Musharrafa and Bab al-Tawbah (Door of Repentance), which is located at the northeast corner inside al-Kaaba, is estimated to be around 280 kg, all of which is 999.9 percen...
The capacity of the Grand Mosque in Makkah al-Mukarramah exceeds 1.7 million worshippers, including all the indoor prayer areas, external and internal courtyards, all floors in the Third Saudi Expansion and its related ...