The Ramadan cannon is all set to be used again this month in Madinah.
ARAB NEWS
Published — Thursday 18 June 2015
MADINAH: Madinah Gov. Prince Faisal bin Salman has announced that the Ramadan cannon would be used again after 22 years.
Maj. Gen. Abdulhadi Al-Shahrani, director general of the city’s police, has confirmed that it would be back in use during this month, a local publication reported recently.
The cannon was used during the Ottoman era but was later stopped for administrative and technical reasons. Many have called for its return because its use does not contradict Islamic law.
According to reports, Madinah initially had two cannons, one on top of Sal Mount, about 500 meters from the Prophet’s Mosque, and the other inside the Turkish fort in the Quba neighborhood.
They were fired several times to announce the start and end of Ramadan, and every day to signal the time to break the fast, according to the reports.
The announcement coincides with Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman reinstating several imams at the Prophet’s Mosque, including Sheikh Mohammed Ayoub, who will return to lead the prayers after a 20-year absence.
Ayoub was one of the most prominent voices at the mosque for five years in the nineties and left for administrative reasons. Many people had subsequently called for his return.
Ayoub reportedly received the news from Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Saleh, head of the Madinah courts and head imam at the Prophet’s Mosque. He had asked for the news to be repeated to make sure it was correct.
Four-wheel electric scooters launched at Makkah Haram
Sunday, 21 June 2015 / 4 Ramadan 1436
Sheikh Abdurahman Al-Sudais, head of the Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques, launches on Saturday four-wheel electric scooters, specially designed for the elderly and physically challenged pilgrims and worshippers at the Grand Mosque in Makkah.
Muslih Al-Mehmadi, director of the department for wheelchairs at the Grand Mosque, said these scooters, weighing 250 kg, have been approved by the Saudi Standards, Quality and Metrology Organization and the Saudi Food and Drug Authority.
47 Degrees....I've actually taken a photo of this when it showed 49 degrees. There are rumours that it never goes above 50 degrees otherwise the government would have to officially call it a national holiday. I wonder how true that is.
jazakAllah for the pics. it looks like the imams pray on ground floor ( one leading to mataaf) i must they the workers are very efficient i remember i was there in jan and bulldozers where knocking down the main abdulaziz entrance. also quick question, does the mataf go underneath any part of the building?
Previously they had the basement much lower down, so you would need to walk up into the Mataf. Now it looks as though they have raised the ground floor so you would have to walk down to the Mataf and the basement level is more or less in level with the Mataf area.
This cannot be undone and I am sure it will be greatly appreciated.
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