The Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Call, and Guidance in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has completed its preparations to receive the pilgrims of the Sacred House of God in the Holy Places during the exceptional Hajj season, by equipping the mosques in the Holy Places area, timings, works, and educational programs, and implementing safety measures in place during this Hajj season under a pandemic. Corona »according to the precautionary measures issued by the competent authorities in coordination with the Ministry of Hajj, and the approved plan for the work of the Ministry and its services for the guests of Rahman.
The preparations included equipping the mosques of “Nimra and Al-Mashar Al-Haram” with all the services that guarantee the achievement of precautionary protocols, including setting paths for movement that guarantee no interference between pilgrims, identifying entry and exit gates, setting up a mechanism for distributing pilgrims inside the mosques, allocating a specialized team to carry out sterilization continuously, and providing all necessary for sterilization And achieve the required spacing in coordination with the relevant authorities.
The Ministry, represented by its branch in Makkah Al-Mukarramah region, completed the technical works of the mosques, including maintenance, operation, cleanliness, sterilization, supplying them with luxurious carpets, and the follow-up of the project for developing air conditioning and air purification systems, maintenance of electric generators, and cameras to follow up the provision of services in accordance with the highest quality standards, ensuring that pilgrims perform their rituals with ease and reassurance.
The Ministry indicated that it was keen to intensify educational programs and means in the mosques of the Holy Places and the location of the pilgrims ’presence, by installing interactive screens and static panels with bar codes, to download the Qur’an of the Prophet’s city on smart devices and other scientific books from the Ministry’s educational and awareness publications in international languages, along with Activate the free answering machine to explain the rituals of Hajj.
The Ministry has adopted a number of TV and radio programs in cooperation with the Saudi Ministry of Information, with the participation of an elite group of sheikhs and preachers to talk about the Hajj and its provisions, etiquette and virtues during the Hajj season, and to allocate episodes of "exceptional Hajj in light of the Corona pandemic" and related provisions, and to address the great efforts that the Kingdom continues to provide under its leadership Rational in the pandemic, and its eagerness to achieve the purposes of Sharia and not to disrupt the Hajj in light of the exceptional circumstances that the world is going through.
The Ministry has assigned a number of administrators, engineers, monitors, supervisors, supervisors and supervisors to stand in the field on the services, follow up the work of maintenance and operation companies and preparations before the arrival of pilgrims and during their arrival and raise immediate reports on the level of services, and ensure the implementation of the operational plan for the two mosques during the Hajj season.
The leaders of the Hajj Security Forces announced during a press conference, the evening of yesterday, their readiness to achieve the security and safety of pilgrims in the Sacred House of God during the Hajj season this year 1441 AH, and confirmed that the Saudi Ministry of Interior represented in Public Security and the participating sectors completed their preparations to perform the Hajj pilgrimage in security and safety, Pointing out that this year’s Hajj is different and extraordinary, and it is being held according to exceptional procedures as a result of what the world is going through from the “Corona” pandemic.
The leaders of the Hajj Security Forces stated that all forces have completed their preparations to implement all health protocols and preventive measures, as there will be a comprehensive security cordon over the holy feelings, and only those who have a statutory permit issued by the competent authorities and according to the specific numbers will be allowed to enter the holy feelings. There is a cordon around pilgrims on their sites with holy sites, as well as on their movements for their safety and those who serve them.
The leaders affirmed that whoever exceeds and does not abide by the instructions will apply the previous penalties against him, in addition to the punishment approved this year of a fine of 10,000 riyals and doubles when the violation is repeated, stressing that there are no campaigns and offices for the pilgrimage this year, calling for lack of coordination about who He claims the existence of Hajj campaigns. She explained that the number of pilgrims this year will be from 160 different nationalities from residents and citizens, so that the proportion of pilgrims from residents will be 70% and the rest of the citizens.
A specialized team for continuous sterilization ... and setting up a mechanism for distributing pilgrims inside the mosques.
Movement paths to ensure that there is no overlap between pilgrims .. And to define gates for entry and exit.