June 17,2012
After Maghrib Salaah
By Sheikh Saud Ash Shuraim
Tuesday, 17 July 2012
New expansion of Prophet’s Mosque ordered by king
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah has ordered an expansion of the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah to accommodate more than 1.6 million worshippers, Finance Minister Ibrahim Al-Assaf announced yesterday.
“The new expansion of the Prophet’s Mosque is part of King Abdullah’s efforts in the service of Islam and Muslims, the latest of which was the unprecedented expansion of the Grand Mosque in Makkah,” he said.
Al-Assaf said the expansion of the Prophet’s Mosque would extend a great service to the pilgrims and visitors who will be able to pray comfortably in the mosque and the surrounding plaza.
He said King Abdullah’s Expansion Project of the Prophet’s Mosque would be implemented in three phases. “The first phase will accommodate more than 800,000 worshippers while the second and third will accommodate an equal number of worshippers bringing the total number of people the mosque can accommodate at a gvien time to more than 1.6 million,” he said.
The minister said the new expansion of the Prophet’s Mosque would complete the other projects that the king has ordered for the welfare and comfort of the pilgrims and visitors. He recalled in this connection the ongoing expansion of the Grand Mosque in Makkah, the expansion of the Massa (pathway between Safa and Marwa), increasing the area of the Jamarat bridge, the Makkah Development Plan, the Haramain Express Train, the Makkah Gate and the new King Abdul Aziz International Airport in Jeddah.
The Prophet’s Mosque has been expanded twice. The first one was mooted during the time of King Abdul Aziz, the Kingdom's founder, in 1949. Work on the expansion started in July 1951 and took nine years to complete. The second one, called after Custodian of the Two Holy Mosque King Fahd, started in 1984 and was completed in 1994.
During the first expansion of the Prophet’s Mosque, four minarets were added in addition to 18 ordinary staircases. During King Fahd’s rule, six new minarets were added to bring their total number to 10 and six electric staircases were established raising the number of staircases to 24.
The ground floor of the mosque has an area of 98,500 sq. meters accommodating 167,000 worshippers, the roof has an area of 67,000 sq. meters accommodating 90,000 worshippers and the surrounding plaza has a total area of 235,000 sq. meters accommodating 450,000 worshippers.
The total area of the mosque and its plaza is 400,500 sq. meters accommodating 707,00 worshippers but at the peak time as many as a million worshippers could be in the mosque at one time.
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Imams for Taraweeh 1433/2012
Odd nights: Shaykh Abdullah al Juhany will lead first and then Shaykh Abdul Rahmaan al Sudais.
Even nights: Shaykh Saood al Shuraym will lead first then Shaykh Maahir al Muayqali.
In the last 10 (nights) of Ramadhan Shaykh Juhany then Shaykh Muayqali will lead Taraweeh, and for Tahajjud in the last 10 nights will be Shaykh Saood al Shuraym then Shaykh Abdul Rahmaan al Sudais.
Sheikh Abdul Rahmaan as Sudais will do the Khatam al Quran dua, and that night Sheikh Muayqali will lead Tahajjud after Sheikh Shuraym.
Rota for Salatul Jumuah during Ramadhaan:
1st: Shaykh Saalih aal Taalib
2nd: Shaykh Usaamah al Khayyaat
3rd: Shaykh Saood al Shuraym
4th: Shaykh Saalih al Humaid
5th: Shaykh Abdul Rahman al Sudais
Eid ul Fitr sermon by Shaykh Humaid
In Madeenah, inshaAllah Shaykh Salaah al Budayr and Shaykh Hussain ale Sheikh will lead odd night while Shaykh Khaalid al Ghamdi and Shaykh 'Abdul Muhsin al Qaasim will lead even nights.
And Allaah alone knows best.
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Inna lillahi wa inna illayhi rajioun.Sheikh Husain Rajab, Muathin of Masjid al Nabawiyy passed away today. Janaazah Salaah was prayed after Dhuhr Salaah in Masjid al Nabawi and Sheikh was buried in Baqi'. Sheikh was 85 years old.We ask Allah to have mercy on Sheikh, forgive him and grant him Jannah without reckoning or punishment.
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