On the 25th of December, all the gates of the Makkah Masjid in Old Hyderabad opened for worshipers.
With the Friday Namaz offering, Abdul Qadir Siddiqui, the Superintendent of Makkah Masjid announced to open all the gates.
With the opening, a huge crowd thronged to offer Friday prayers.
Khatib Mecca Masjid Hafiz and Qari Mohammed Rizan Qureshi gave sermons and led the Friday congregation and prayed for the peace and prosperity of the Country and the people.
Mr. Siddiqui said, “Since March barriers were created to prevent the worshipers to (the) enter the mosque due to Covid-19. Only the Khatib of the mosque and the staff were performing the prayers. Since the lifting of the lock-down, only a limited number of worshippers were allowed to offer regular prayers. But due to (the) decrease in the Covid-19 cases, permission was granted to open the mosque for the general public to offer Friday prayers.” He further added, “As far as the fountain repairing, the work is still going on. Once the tiles fitting works complete the fountain would be filled with water for ablution.”
During the lockdown, the masjid authority started repair works and completed it during the lockdown.
The opening of the Makkah Masjid came after 7 long months of closure due to the Novel Coronavirus or COVID-19 pandemic.
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