4 Rabi al-Thani 1375 AH Mekke Expansions
Work on the first Saudi expansion of Masjid al-Haram, announced by King Saud in a speech on 5 Rabi al-Awwal 1375, began on 4 Rabi al-Thani 1375 (1955). The expansion, which brought the Safa–Marwa gallery into the mosque, was completed in four stages by 1976.
20224 years ago
On 8 April 2022, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced the King Salman Project to expand Quba Mosque in Medina, regarded as Islam's first mosque. The plan aims to enlarge it about tenfold to 50,000 square metres, with capacity for 66,000 worshippers.
195571 years ago
The first Saudi expansion of the Prophet's Mosque, begun under King Abdulaziz in 1949, was inaugurated by King Saud on 22 October 1955 in a ceremony attended by several Muslim heads of state. The work enlarged the mosque to 16,326 square metres.
1409Hijri
On 2 Safar 1409 (September 1988), King Fahd laid the foundation stone for the second Saudi expansion of Masjid al-Haram. Completed in 1993, it was described as the largest expansion of the mosque in 14 centuries up to that time.
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