MAKKAH: The Presidency of Religious Affairs at the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque has launched the Umrah season plan for 1446 AH, the largest of its kind in the presidency’s history, the Saudi Press Agency (SAP) reported.
According to the SPA, the plan aims to enrich the experience of visitors, Umrah performers, and pilgrims and to create a devout atmosphere through hundreds of religious and scientific steps and programs throughout the Umrah season, involving thousands of volunteers in the Two Holy Mosques.
The President of Religious Affairs at the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque, Sheikh Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Sudais, during the launch of the plan at his office, noted that the Umrah season plan inaugurated with the start of the new Hijri year 1446 AH. He stressed that the plan aims to boost the strengths of the Umrah season, elevate the concept of serving and caring for Umrah performers as a central theme, enhance integrative roles with the Umrah system, and attain harmony with all government entities and success partners, the SPA added.
Al-Sudais also pointed out that the operational plan for the Umrah season in the Two Holy Mosques spans 9 months, divided into three phases, concluding at the end of Shaban 1446 AH, after which the Holy Ramadan plan for 1446 AH will begin.
He stated that the continuous delivery of the Two Holy Mosques’ religious and directive message, with the presidency preparing numerous lessons and scientific and directive lectures delivered by esteemed scholars from the Council of Senior Scholars and teachers of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque.
Al-Sudais said that the presidency has focused on diversifying initiatives, programs, and services in its 1446 AH Umrah season plan to attain the highest levels of comfort for visitors, making their rituals easier and smoother in a devout, healthy, and spiritual atmosphere. The plan includes intensifying scientific and guidance lessons, increasing Quran lessons and on-ground religious awareness, launching enriching religious exhibitions, and inaugurating the largest religious gifting program, the SPA reported. The presidency aims to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, digitize programs, and utilize e-applications across various sectors to serve visitors and communicate with them in global languages, facilitating their rituals and enriching their experience.
