Destinations of religious tourism in Saudi Arabia
The Grand Mosque in Makkah
The Grand
Mosque in Islam considered the greatest mosque in Islam and the first of the
two qiblahs is located in the heart of the city of Makkah Al-Mukarramah
As it is in
the middle of the honorable camp, which is the first house placed for people on
the face of the earth to worship their Creator according to the Islamic belief.
The features distinguish it from other sanctities, including: Multiplying good
deeds, reward and reward, since a prayer in it is equivalent to a hundred
thousand prayers other than others
According to the words of the Prophet Muhammad may God bless
him and grant him peace Do not travel except to three mosques
The Grand Mosque, and my two mosques the
Prophet's Mosque and Al-Aqsa Mosque The Grand Mosque is located in Makkah Al-Mukarramah, and it
is intended by the Kaaba and its surrounding areas and yards equipped for
prayer, and the mosque includes all the expansions that it has undergone
throughout history, in the heart of Wadi Ibrahim
peace be upon him, and the height of the
mosque is two hundred seventy-seven meters above the sea level, and it is
called The Grand Mosque has many names, including: The Old House, the Bait Al
Maamour, the Sacred House, the Grand Mosque in Mecca, the Haram, the Kaaba, and
other names
The Prophet's Mosque in Medina
The Prophet's
Mosque or the Prophet's Mosque is one of the largest mosques in Islam and the
second of the two qiblahs after the Grand Mosque in Makkah Al-Mukarramah
It was built by the Prophet Muhammad may God
bless him and grant him peace - after his migration to Medina in the year 1 AH
corresponding to 633 AD after he built the Quba Mosque.
The mosque
went through several expansions throughout history, starting with the era of
the Rightly Guided Caliphs and then the Umayyad state
Where Caliph Omar bin Abdul Aziz included the
tomb of the Prophet - may God bless him and grant him peace - and his
companions to the mosque
Finally, its largest expansion took place in
1994 under the supervision of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
As it served as a social center, court, and
religious school. It also held many war talks, planning the Islamic State and
organizing its economic and social affairs during the time of the God bless him
and grant him peace
It often visited by pilgrims and Umrah
performers after performing the rituals of Hajj
And Umrah, as it is indispensable to pray in
the Green Garden inside the Prophet’s Mosque because of its great reward
Quba Mosque in Medina
The Quba
Mosque is the first mosque built in Islam and the largest mosque in Medina
after the Prophet’s Mosque, as it has great merit
The Muslims were interested in expanding it,
for it renewed by Caliph Othman bin Affan, then Omar bin Abdulaziz, and the
caliphs continued after him to expand
And the
mosque of the Quba Mosque reached 13,500 square meters with 4 minarets, and
housing for imams, muezzins and a library will be attached to it, as it will accommodate
20 thousand Chaplain
The Holy Kaaba in Makkah
The Holy
Kaaba considered the qibla of Muslims in prayer and Hajj, and it is the first
house that placed for people on the face of the earth according to the Islamic
belief. That the people permitted to perform the pilgrimage to it, because God
Almighty
And as
Abraham lifted the staples from the house, and Ishmael our Lord, you accept
from us. The Kaaba has been restored and rebuilt several times throughout
history Quraysh restored it in the pre-Islamic era, then Abdullah bin
Al-Zubair, as well as Al-Hajjaj bin Yusuf Al-Thaqafi
The Holy Kaaba distinguished by its cubic shape, high construction with a height of 15 meters and the length of the side with which its door is about 12 meters, as well as the one opposite it. As for the side with the gutter and opposite it, their length is about 10
Al-Qiblatain Mosque in Medina
This is the
place that God Almighty commanded His Prophet Muhammad - may God bless him and
grant him peace to change the direction of the Holy Kaaba
And this
mosque dates back to 623 AD and has been restored and renewed several times
throughout history
Mount Arafa
Mount Arafa located
on the road between Makkah and Taif, 22 km from Makkah and its importance stems
from the pilgrims performing one of the rituals of Hajj with him on the day of
Arafah on the ninth day of the month of Dhu al-Hijjah which precedes the Day of
Sacrifice
And it is
said that Mount Arafa is the place where Adam and Eve descended from Heaven to
Earth. Mount Arafah reaches a height of 300 meters and surrounded by an arc of
mountains. It also has many names, the most important of which are Jabal
al-Rahma, Jabal al-Thabit and Jebel Elal
Al-Rahma Mosque in Jeddah
Al-Rahma
Mosque located on the Corniche of Jeddah on the Red Sea coast and is
distinguished by that it appears floating on the sea at high tide
And it was designed in the traditional Islamic
architectural style with modern decors with a white shiny minaret with a
turquoise dome, the ceiling is decorated with inscriptions, and a number of
windows at ground level provide a panoramic
View On the sea, which increases the feeling of the worshipers of the feeling that the mosque is floating on the sea
Income of religious tourism in Saudi Arabia
Hajj and
Umrah together add $ 12 billion to Saudi Arabia's GDP annually, which is
roughly 20% of the country's non-oil GDP and 7% of GDP, and the Saudi
government has shown ambitious plans to increase Hajj revenues to 150 billion
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