April 9, 2022 Mekke Hajj & Umrah
On 9 April 2022, Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Hajj and Umrah announced that one million pilgrims from inside and outside the kingdom would be allowed to perform that year's Hajj. Pilgrims had to be under 65 and vaccinated, and those from abroad needed a negative PCR test taken within 72 hours.
197947 years ago
On 26 April 1979, Turkey's Council of Ministers, by Decision No. 7/17.439, assigned the entire organisation of the Hajj to the Presidency of Religious Affairs (Diyanet). Diyanet had begun organising Hajj in 1977 with the Turkiye Diyanet Foundation, and the two ran it together from 1979 to 1988.
20206 years ago
On 27 February 2020, Saudi Arabia's foreign ministry temporarily suspended entry for Umrah and for visits to the Prophet's Mosque as a precaution against the coronavirus. No end date was given; pilgrims from abroad began arriving again on 1 November 2020.
7Hijri
In 7 AH (629), following the Treaty of Hudaybiyya, the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ left Medina on 6 Dhu al-Qadah to make up the Umrah prevented the year before. Some 2,000 men took part; during their three days in Mecca the call to prayer rang out and prayers were held at Masjid al-Haram.
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