The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) on Wednesday concluded the return airlift of Nigerian pilgrims who performed this year’s Hajj exercise in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.The commission ...

Saudi Gazette ReportMINA — Pilgrims started flocking to Mina from their residences in Makkah early on Wednesday, Dhul Hijjah 8, to spend the Day of Tarwiyah, marking the beginning of the annual ...

Near a sprawling tent city outside Mecca, Saudi hospital staff are preparing for a flood of heat-related cases as Muslim pilgrims begin ...

Pilgrims began streaming into the valley of Mina early Tuesday to mark the beginning of the Hajj pilgrimage, spending the Day of Tarwiyah on Wednesday in line with the traditions of the Prophet ...

Nestled in a valley five kilometres east of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Mina is a key waypoint in the Hajj journey. Its iconic landscape of over 100,000 fire-resistant white tents is designed to ...

For Yahya Che An, the journey to perform the Haj was paved with both sacrifice and unwavering faith. To fulfil the fifth pillar of Islam, he made the difficult decision to sell one of his two homes so ...

Those who have returned to Mecca must go back to Mina before sunset. On the 11th and 12th of Dhul-Hijjah, pilgrims must throw seven stones at each of the three Jamarat.

The Saudi Arabia Railways (SAR) transported approximately 1.87 million passengers on the Mashaer Metro Train between the stations of Mina, Muzdalifah, and Arafat during the operating period from Dhu ...

Mount Arafat, southeast of Mina is also indicated. It also locates the port city of Jeddah on the Red Sea. The city of Bahadah, near Cairo in Egypt, and Amman, the capital of Jordan, are also located.

Stampedes have been a recurring tragedy during Hajj. The deadliest occurred in 2015, when approximately 2,300 worshippers died during the symbolic "stoning of the devil" ritual in Mina near Mecca.

Large crowds at the Haj have proved hazardous in the past, most recently in 2015 when a stampede during the “stoning the devil” ritual in Mina, near Makkah, killed up to 2,300 people in the ...