Within the preparations of the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Call and Guidance in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, to serve the guests of Rahman during the Hajj this year, the Ministry stood on the readiness of all its sectors in the Holy Places area, and the most important of which is the Namra Mosque, which during the past two years witnessed the implementation of several projects to serve the guests of Rahman, the most important of which is the treatment project Air conditioning and air purification systems in the Namira Mosque, which are developed and modernized, which is a transitional stage in the history of the mosque.
The ministry explained that the project for treating air conditioning and air purification systems in the Namra Mosque was implemented last year in a special way that differs from the types of traditional air conditioning to be consistent with and appropriate to the construction status of the mosque without the need to amend the construction structure of the mosque to maintain its architectural style.
It showed that the development process contributes to pumping one million three hundred and fifty cubic feet per minute, drawing 70% by means of centrifugal fans, 30% by means of entrances and doors, and the project also included the installation of 60 central air-conditioning units that produce 100% clean air, and 122 centrifugal fans that are not The pure enough to change the air twice per hour, and 494 separate air-conditioning units, in a qualitative leap and success after more than forty years of work with the traditional air-conditioning.
She drew attention to the fact that among the development projects of the Namira Mosque that were implemented by the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Call and Guidance, the restoration of the mosque, isolating the entire roof of the mosque, developing and maintaining (1000) toilet for men and women, allocating toilet facilities for people with disabilities, and special paths and paths for them, and the mosque was furnished with more than 110 Thousands of square meters of luxurious carpets, providing the mosque with surveillance cameras and interactive guide screens for pilgrims, as well as providing the entire mosque with sterilizers and toiletries.
The Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Advocacy and Guidance prepared the Namra Mosque according to the precautionary measures to prevent the Corona virus and preserve the safety and health of pilgrims. The mosque was also assigned to a company specialized in the field of sterilization and hygiene working around the clock since the beginning of the month of Dhu al-Hijjah, in addition to identifying paths for entry and exit and the division of the mosque to promote pilgrims Their movement and determining their seating positions for prayer, taking into account the achievement of the distance of two meters between each pilgrim and another by placing posters identifying the places of prayer, and they were numbered and classified in different colors according to the plan of promotion agreed upon with the Ministry of Hajj, in addition to identifying two areas of health isolation run by two health teams, A health center inside the mosque, and a presence of Red Crescent teams, and an integrated field hospital was established in the back of the mosque.
The Ministry assigned a representative of its branch in Makkah Al-Mukarramah region a number of administrators, engineers, monitors, supervisors and supervisors to stand in the field on the services and follow up the work of the maintenance and operation company in the Namira mosque and implement all 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 of the mosque during the pilgrimage season to ensure The safety of the worshipers to perform their ritual rest with ease and reassurance.
And the Namira mosque by opening the noon, and breaking the meme, is one of the most important landmarks in Arafat's poetry, and with it tens of thousands of guests of the Most Merciful praying in the noon and afternoon prayers on the day of Arafa gathering and palaces following the example of the Messenger, may God bless him and grant him peace.
The mosque was built in the place where the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, addressed the farewell pilgrimage, at the beginning of the Abbasid Caliphate era, in the middle of the second century AH, and it is located to the west of the mosque and part of the west of the mosque in Wadi Aranah, which is one of the valleys of Makkah that forbade the prayer And peace be upon him standing, where the Mustafa, peace and blessings be upon him, said: (Here I stood, and all of Arafat stood, except the belly of Erna), and the belly of Wadi Erna is not from Arafat, but he is close to him.
The mosque has gone through expansions throughout history, and after its expansion it has become the front of the mosque outside Arafat, and the mosque behind it in Arafat. There are indicative panels indicating this in order for the pilgrims to know their positions.
The Namrah Mosque witnessed its largest expansion in history in the Saudi era at a cost of 237 million riyals, and its length from east to west became 340 meters, and its width from north to south was 240 meters, and its area was more than 110 thousand square meters, and behind the mosque there is a shaded area estimated at 8000 Square meters, and the mosque accommodates about 350 thousand worshipers, and has six minarets, the height of each minaret is 60 meters, and has three domes, and 10 main entrances containing 64 doors, and it has an external radio room equipped to deliver the sermon and the noon and afternoon prayers for the day of Arafa directly by satellite.