Over 210,000 Join Quran Sessions at Masjid al-Haram
By Abdullahi Yusuf
Around 210,848 men and women benefited from sessions held to recite and memorise the Holy Quran in the Grand Mosque, Islam’s holiest in the Saudi city of Mecca last year, according to official figures.
The number of these sessions totalled 75,190 spread over 48,678 hours, the Saudi Presidency for Religious Affairs in the Two Holy Mosques said.
The sessions included regular, online and visitor courses with separate schedules set for men and women. The memorisation sessions were run by 213 specialists in Quran recitation.
The state agency said the courses are organised to make it easy for worshippers and visitors to learn the recitation and memorisation of the Holy Quran correctly, using a well-established scholarly methodology.
Millions of Muslims from all over the world flock to the Grand Mosque to perform Hajj and Umrah or minor pilgrimage.
Hajj, one of Islam’s five obligatory duties, requires Muslims who are physically and financially capable to perform it at least once in their lifetime.
Around 1.8 million pilgrims, including 1.6 million from abroad, performed the Hajj rites in and around Mecca last year. Preparations are in full swing for the upcoming Hajj season.
After undertaking the Umrah, many pilgrims would head to Medina to perform prayers in the Prophet’s Mosque, Islam’s second holiest, in Medina.
Sessions of the Holy Quran memorisation in the Prophet’s Mosque drew more than 60,000 male and female students last year.
Participants ranged in age from four to 91 years, the Saudi newspaper Al Watan recently reported. They benefited from 1,900 in-person sessions and 900 remote courses.
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