One Million Pilgrims Visit Mecca Saudi Arabia After Covid-19 Pandemic To Perform Hajj

New Delhi: 1,000,000 pilgrims from all over the world gathered within the holy metropolis of Mecca in Saudi Arabia to carry out the preliminary rites of the hajj on Thursday, marking it the biggest for the reason that Covid-19 pandemic, based on AFP. Nevertheless, it’s lesser than the variety of pilgrims seen in 2019, when about 2.5 million individuals took half within the rituals, which embrace circling the Kaaba, the imposing black dice at Mecca’s Grand Mosque, and gathering at Mount Arafat and “stoning the satan” in Mina.

The Hajj is taken into account to be a once-in-a-lifetime responsibility for all Muslims who can bodily and financially afford to take action. 

The pilgrims visiting Mecca for the hajj must be underneath 65, vaccinated and should comply with strict sanitary circumstances. Additionally, the Grand Mosque, the holiest website in Islam, is being scrubbed and disinfected 10 occasions a day, AFP reported. Masks are necessary on the Grand Mosque and pilgrims from overseas should present a unfavourable RT-PCR outcome.

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In response to AFP, foreigners have been barred and worshippers have been restricted to only 10,000 in 2020. The quantity was, nevertheless, elevated to 60,000 absolutely vaccinated Saudi residents and residents in 2021. The initiative was taken to cease the hajj from turning into a worldwide super-spreader.

The pilgrimage, one of many 5 pillars of Islam, is a strong supply of status for the conservative desert kingdom and its de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who’s coming back from the diplomatic wilderness.

In response to AP, pilgrims put on easy clothes. It’s typical for males to put on a white draping garment, whereas girls put on conservative clothes and headscarves, with no make-up, or nail polish.