Dubai: A record 18.5 million pilgrims performed Hajj and Umrah in Saudi Arabia last year, marking a giant rise in Umrah ...

A total of 18.5 million pilgrims from various parts of the world performed Hajj and Umrah during the year 2024. An overwhelming majority of these pilgrims, 16.92 million in number, came to perform ...

Hajj travel packages range from $10,000 to $15,000 per person. “ I hope that this is an issue that can be solved,” says Basyouni. “It's one of the pillars of [our] religion. It's very hard.

Kano State Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has expressed his disappointment over the operation of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) on the conduct of the 2022 Hajj exercise.

 Kaduna State Pilgrims Welfare Agency has begun the refund of excess money paid by 1, 046 pilgrims who performed the 2022 Hajj in Saudi Arabia from the state. Hajj 2022: 1, 046 Kaduna ...

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has said pilgrims enjoyed a $410 reduction in accommodation fare in this year’s Hajj operation, among other services.

They all chose to ignore the fact that the 2022 edition of Hajj was actually not going to be on account of Covid-19 pandemic that had averted several other global arrangements since 2020, notably ...

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister’s Special Representative for Interfaith Harmony and Middle East Hafiz Tahir Memood Ashrafi on Tuesday said the message of Hajj Sermon 2022 was peace and love ...

This year, the hajj in the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia is open to just 1 million foreign and domestic pilgrims who have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, tested negative for ...

Before Covid, Saudi allowed about 2.5 million worshippers to perform Hajj. But in April this year, the kingdom announced it would restrict numbers to 1 million, made up of 150,000 Saudi citizens ...

On the ninth day of hajj, pilgrims leave Muna for Mount Arafat where they stand in contemplative vigil and pray and recite the Qur’an. It was at the Mount Arafat that Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W ...