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Assalamu 'Alaykum W.w.

Request To All Brothers And Sisters To Pray For Speedy Recovery Of Muathin Of Masjidul Haraam Shaykh Muhammad Bin Siraaj Ma'aroof Who Is Currently In Intensive Care.
May Allah Grant Our Beloved Muathin Quick, Speedy And Full Recovery. Aameen

Just Thought I'd Share A Beautiful Athaan Of Shaykhs:
 
Expat commits suicide at Prophet’s Mosque

An apparent*suicide by an foreigner at the holy mosque on Tuesday is being investigate by police.

12 February 2014

Police are investigating the suicide of an African expatriate at a washroom in the Prophet’s Mosque.

The body of the 47-year-old private driver was found hanging from a metal wire tied to a toilet door.

According to a coroner’s statement, there were no marks on the body to suggest any criminal involvement in the death, Col. Fahd Al-Ghannam, Madinah police spokesman, said in a statement on Tuesday. A medical report said that the death occurred at 1:30 a.m. The expat had kicked the garbage box on which he was standing from beneath him after securing a metal noose around his neck.

The body is kept at the King Fahd Hospital.

http://www.arabnews.com/news/524661
 
Re: Imaams of the Haramain - Part XIV - Ramadhan 1435 AH

The Hajj Live channel is active once again. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAaX_CvUWkk

The Hujjaj are performing Tawaf Qudoom and proceeding towards Mina tonight and tomorrow morning.
 
Prophet’s Mosque expansion work goes apace

JEDDAH: ARAB NEWS

Published — Tuesday 16 December 2014

In a race against time, over 6,000 individuals, from engineers to construction workers, are pooling their efforts to complete the expansion of the Prophet's Mosque. That huge work force is supervised by the committee of expropriation, which is part of the project initiated by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah to expand the mosque and develop the surrounding areas.

The team is preparing the infrastructure in the eastern and western sides of the mosque and have already removed more than 100 properties in the central area, including the Ansar market, Awqaf building and the old children's hospital, while work is under way to remove the King Abdulaziz Library and a number of major hotels.

The total space of expropriated property is estimated at 12.5 hectares, with compensations reaching a total value of SR25 billion.

The company implementing the project is preparing the eastern side to take more than 1.8 million worshipers, which is the biggest in the history of the Prophet's Mosque. Among the many renovations, are the addition of a new building beside the mosque that surrounds it and connects with it from the north, east and west. Other expansion plans include the establishment of a lower floor to house air conditioning and other equipment.
The project is now in its fourth phase, after the supervising committee finalized assigning properties for the expansion.

http://www.arabnews.com/saudi-arabia/news/675131
 
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Huge umbrellas to be installed at Makkah Grand Mosque

JEDDAH: IRFAN MOHAMMED

Published — Monday 15 December 2014

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah has approved a project to install about 300 sunshades in the courtyards of the Grand Mosque in Makkah, similar to the ones at the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah.
Makkah Gov. Prince Mishaal bin Abdullah thanked the king for the royal gesture that would reduce the difficulties of worshippers who pray in the mosque’s courtyards under the scorching sun.
“We have decided to install more than 300 umbrellas in the courtyards around the Grand Mosque including the newly expanded areas,” said Sheikh Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais, head of the Presidency for the Two Holy Mosques.

He said the umbrellas would cover about 275,000 square meters of open space surrounding the mosque.
The Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah has nearly 250 umbrellas for the comfort of the pilgrims. Like blooming flowers, the umbrellas are programmed to fold and unfold in minutely delayed sequence to avoid collision between their moving parts. Their near-silent operation is automatically aligned with changes in the daily temperature. They open each morning, creating a translucent ceiling, and retract each evening in less than three minutes.

In summer, the open umbrellas provide daytime shade and reflect away much of the sun’s radiant energy. When closed at night, they allow residual heat absorbed by the stone floors and walls to escape back into the atmosphere. The process is reversed in winter. When temperatures are relatively low, umbrellas are closed during the day to allow the winter sun to warm the site, and opened at night to retain heat near ground level.
The mosque itself is air-conditioned. Lowering temperatures in the surrounding courtyards reduces the demand for cooling inside. Shading the courtyards accomplishes this, plus providing more comfortable areas for pilgrims and worshippers.

http://www.arabnews.com/featured/news/674691
 

Saudi Gazette report

MAKKAH — The General Presidency for the Two Holy Mosques Affairs announced new regulations regarding Ramadan iftars (breaking of the fast meals) held in the Grand Mosque, Makkah daily reported.

Director of cleaning at the presidency Maher Al-Zahrani said the new regulations were set to maintain the cleanliness of the mosque.

He said: “The nylon spreads used must be all of the same color and must be as thick as 50 microns.

“The dates served must all be fresh and free of their core to avoid having seeds clogging the sewers.

“The general presidency expects the charities organizing the iftars to be fully responsible by appointing supervisors and volunteers for setting up the iftars and cleaning up.”

The directorate will only allow appointed members of the organizing charities and associations to go in and set up the iftars. “They will be allowed in half an hour after Asr prayer from the side entrances and not the main ones. This will give them plenty of time to set up iftars.

“Everything is expected to be cleared and cleaned up five minutes after the Maghrib adhan (call for prayer) is over.”

He said there are designated trolleys near each entrance where the volunteers can dispose of rubbish. “Our workers will then push the trolleys away from the central area of the Grand Mosque.”

He also said many perform wudu (ablutions) with Zamzam water even though it is a waste of the holy water and causes hazards.

He added the visitors of the mosque should also clean up after themselves and contribute to keeping the mosque clean.

“Visitors should throw their trash and leftovers in the trash bags, not bring in their own food and drinks, consume a modest amount of dates, coffee and Zamzam water and put their shoes in the designated places outside the Grand Mosque.”

“In the past, the directorate used to discard 167 tons of rubbish a day and during the last three days of Ramadan the weight could reach up to 300 tons a day.

“The nylon spreads used to reach 65 km in length and there would be around 70 tons of dates distributed inside the mosque a day.”
 
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:ma: Shaikh Muhammad Ayyub will be back in Masjid An-Nabawi after nearly 20 years.
 
Such cool news. I hope we get good quality recordings of the Mushaf.

It would be awesome if Abdul-Wadood Haneef returned too.
 
Lunar Eclipse tonight,
We

Posted by Luqman Yahya in Haramain.info group

Lunar Eclipse tonight,
We are expecting prayer to start between 4:10-4:20am,
Sheikh Baleelah expected to lead in Masjid Al-Haram & Sheikh Buay'jan in Masjid Al-Nabwi in'sha'Allah

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First Adhan will be call out

Posted by Luqman Yahya in Haramain.info group

First Adhan will be call out 30 mins before 2nd, starting from tomorrow.
Khateebs for Jumua in Haramain
Makkah: Sheikh Usama Khayyat
Madinah: Sheikh Abdul Mohsin Al-Qasim
in'sha'Allah

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The cleanliness and the Holy

Posted by Sohail Sidat in Haramain.info group

The cleanliness and the Holy Mosque brushes management to re-carpet after the completion of washing and sterilization during the Hajj season - and this is carpet throughout the Sacred House in three stages in order of priority, starting on the ground floor and first floor. He explained that the Director of the Department of cleaning brushes and the Holy Mosque Affairs Director General President developmental engineer Maher son of Manasseh Zahrani Office.
He also said that the re-carpet the Holy Mosque which has a numbering nearly fifteen thousand carpet and different sizes are allocated to the various roles of the Grand Mosque.
And under the supervision and guidance of His Excellency the President for General Affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet's Mosque, Sheikh Abdul Rahman bin Abdul Aziz Al-Sudais and follow-up of the Deputy General President of the Grand Mosque Affairs Sheikh Dr. Mohammad bin Nasser AlKhozim.

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