Saudi Arabia is sighting the crescent moon for the new Hijri year 1447, or Muharram, the first month in the Islamic calendar.

He added that the prayer would be held after the Asr (late afternoon) prayer in Madina, in line with Islamic rites.

A high-level delegation from the Federal Government of Nigeria has arrived in Saudi Arabia to receive the remains of late business magnate and elder statesman, Alhaji Aminu Dantata, ahead of his ...

Saudi Arabia has replaced the Kaaba’s Kiswa as the Hijrah year 1447 begins. The Kaaba is considered the "House of Allah" and ...

Janazah (funeral prayers) are scheduled to take place on Sunday, June 29, inside the Prophet’s Mosque, Masjid an-Nabawi, one of the holiest sites in Islam. Aminu Dantata gets his dying wish as ...

DUBAI, UAE, June 30: Aminu Dantata, one of Nigeria’s most prominent and wealthy businessmen, passed away last Saturday in the United Arab Emirates. He is scheduled for burial in the holy city of ...

A federal government delegation arrived in Saudi Arabia on Monday to receive the remains of late business icon and elder statesman, Aminu Dantata, ahead of his funeral in the Islamic holy city of ...

Nigerian delegation arrives in Saudi Arabia for the burial of elder statesman Aminu Dantata, who died in Abu Dhabi at 94, ...

Also in the delegation are prominent Islamic clerics Dr Bashir Aliyu Umar, Sheikh Aminu Ibrahim Daurawa, and Khalifa ...

Tens of thousands of Muslim pilgrims clambered up rocks and nestled between boulders on Thursday as they embarked on a day of worship under a scorching sun at the Hajj in Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia unveiled the new Kiswa, the black and gold cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca, on the first day of the Islamic New Year in a sacred tradition that dates back to the Prophet Mohammed ...

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