The report said as part of this year’s Haj plan, the ministry supplied government departments in various areas in Makkah provinces with enough copies of the Holy Qur’an and large quantities of prayer rugs to distribute among the 9,255 mosques under its supervision in the province.
It said 16 maintenance teams were formed consisting of 46 technicians to repair sound systems and air-conditioning units in any of these mosques. It added that each team consists of an electrician, a welder and a technician specialized in air conditioning.
The ministry said it was giving special attention to mosques in the meeqat points where pilgrims change into their ihram (the cloth all Hajis must wear before performing the Haj rites). These include Yalamlam, Al-Johfa, Qarn Al-Manazil, Wadi Muharram, Al-Taneem and Al-Juaranah, as well as the mosques at the car parks where the entry points of Makkah are.
The ministry said it has prepared Makkah’s 200 mosques for pilgrims to pray in when the Grand Mosque is full or they are unable to reach it.
The ministry said long before the Haj season started, maintenance teams carried out all required repairs in the mosques of Mina, Arafat and Muzdalifah.
It said it has appointed two imams and two muezzins for each of the four mosques in Mina, Arafat and Muzdalifah. These include the Al-Khaif and land pilgrims’ mosques in Mina, Namirah mosque in Arafat and Al-Mashar Al-Haram mosque in Muzdalifah.
