• The huge number of visits also coincides with New Hijri Year 1445
• Majority of visitors leave for their countries after hajj season

Setting a new record, more than 7.5 million worshippers have prayed at the Prophet’s mosque in Madinah during the period from July 16 to July 23 as pilgrims wrapped up the Hajj season for this year and celebrated new hijri year 1445 last Wednesday.

According to the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Prophet’s Mosque, 7,536,737 worshippers performed prayers in the Prophet’s Mosque in the past seven days, Arab News reported.

Visitors were offered all field services, which included organizing entry to the Holy Rawdah at the Prophet’s Mosque, as 496,533 visitors were honored to greet Prophet Muhammad and his companions. Moreover, 123,301 worshippers prayed in the Rawdah during the allotted time.

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Other services provided to visitors included guidance, translation services, and wheelchairs for 20,038 elderly worshipers and people with disabilities in sites designated for them inside the Prophet’s Mosque.

The General Presidency has also distributed 72,672 packages of Zamzam water, in addition to 55,825 breakfast meals for those fasting inside the Prophet’s Mosque.

The Hijri New Year is the day that marks the beginning of a new Islamic calendar year. This first day of the year is the first day of Muharram.

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Visiting Madinah

Visiting Madinah isn’t part of hajj or umrah rites, but the unique merits of the Prophet’s city, his Mosque, and his sacred tomb attract every pilgrim to visit it. There is no Ihram nor talbiyah for the visit to Madinah or the Prophet’s Mosque.

Visiting the Prophet’s Mosque has unique merits. A prophetic hadith said that a prayer performed in the Prophet’s Mosque is better than a thousand prayers in any other place except Masjid al-Haram in Makkah.

The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) also said: “The person who offers 40 prayers consecutively in my Mosque, without missing a prayer in between, will secure immunity from the fire of Hell and other torments and also from hypocrisy.” (Musnad Ahmad).