AhlulBayt News Agency: The duration of Friday sermon and prayer at the Grand Mosque in Mecca and Prophet’s Mosque in Median will be limited to 15 minutes this summer.
The Saudi authorities have issued directives to shorten the sermon and prayer time, whose implementation will start on Friday, June 21 and continue until the end of the current summer season.
The directive also includes making the duration of time between first call for prayer (adhan) and second call for prayer 10 minutes by delaying the time of the first call for prayer.
This was announced by Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais, head of the Presidency of Religious Affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque.
He said it is meant to ensure good health, comfort and safety of the guests of God, facilitate the performance of the Friday rituals simpler and easier, and prevent hardship for the pilgrims and for the worshipers who perform Friday prayer at the Grand Mosque in Mecca and the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina.
The decision will shorten the two Friday sermons at the Two Holy Mosques to be 10 minutes instead of the current 30 to 45 minutes, so as to ease the burden on worshipers in light of the soaring temperatures experiencing in the two holy cities.
The intense crowding that the holy cities of Mecca and Medina are currently witnessing makes many worshipers directly exposed to the intense heat of the sun, at times when temperatures reach their peak from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. It is certain that mitigation in the performance of rituals is required to protect them from heat stress and the fatigue it causes, particularly to those pilgrims who are patients and the elderly.
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The Saudi authorities have issued directives to shorten the sermon and prayer time, whose implementation will start on Friday, June 21 and continue until the end of the current summer season.
The directive also includes making the duration of time between first call for prayer (adhan) and second call for prayer 10 minutes by delaying the time of the first call for prayer.
This was announced by Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais, head of the Presidency of Religious Affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque.
He said it is meant to ensure good health, comfort and safety of the guests of God, facilitate the performance of the Friday rituals simpler and easier, and prevent hardship for the pilgrims and for the worshipers who perform Friday prayer at the Grand Mosque in Mecca and the Prophet’s Mosque in Medina.
The decision will shorten the two Friday sermons at the Two Holy Mosques to be 10 minutes instead of the current 30 to 45 minutes, so as to ease the burden on worshipers in light of the soaring temperatures experiencing in the two holy cities.
The intense crowding that the holy cities of Mecca and Medina are currently witnessing makes many worshipers directly exposed to the intense heat of the sun, at times when temperatures reach their peak from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. It is certain that mitigation in the performance of rituals is required to protect them from heat stress and the fatigue it causes, particularly to those pilgrims who are patients and the elderly.
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