Saudi Arabia has confirmed that children will not be allowed at Hajj this year. The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah said the move ...

Buses that are used to transport pilgrims, parked at a station in the holy city of Mecca, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage. (Photo by SPA / AFP) The tents in Mina are usually eight square metres ...

Afterwards, the Hujjaj will fulfill another essential ritual of Hajj known as Tawaf Ziarah wearing regular clothing instead of Ihram. Additionally, the Hujjaj will continue to reside in tent city of ...

The federal government has reduced package costs for Hajj 2025. The 40-day Hajj package is now Rs. 1,050,000 after a Rs. 25,000 discount, while the 25-day ...

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) says it has secured 26,287 spaces for Nigerian pilgrims in Mashair and ...

By 2029, the Hajj will occur in April, and in the next several years after that it will fall in the winter, when temperatures are milder. A 2015 stampede in Mina during the Hajj killed over 2,400 ...

In 2015 a stampede in Mina killed over 2,400 pilgrims ... the Hajj was a 1990 stampede that killed 1,426 people. During this year’s Hajj period, daily high temperatures ranged between 46 ...

Despite announcing over N8million as fare for this year’s Hajj exercise, the Chairman/CEO, National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON), Professor Abdullahi Saleh Usman, has said that the commission ...

The Kaduna State Pilgrims Welfare Agency (KSPWA) says it has refunded over 3,000 pilgrims who participated in the 2023 hajj.

IRAN will send no pilgrims to Saudi Arabia this year for the annual hajj pilgrimage, Culture and Islamic Guidance Minister Ali Jannati said yesterday. Tehran blames Saudi “incompetence” for a crush ...

Director General Hajj Abrar Ahmad Mirza says Saudi government has improved the services at Mina, Arafat and Muzdalifah to facilitate pilgrims during Hajj this year. Talking to Radio Pakistan’s special ...