FCT pilgrims visit holy sites in Medinah
The first batch of the 2025 intending pilgrims for this year’s hajj exercise from the FCT, who arrived in Madina on Saturday, have visited the famous and historical religious sites within the vicinity of the city. The historical religious sites visited, according to Ahmad Saleh, the I won’t contest against Tinubu in 2027 – Wike […]
FILE PHOTO: Muslim pilgrims gather around the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest shrine, as they perform Eid Al-Adha morning prayers in Mecca, on June 28, 2023. (Photo by Abdulghani BASHEER / AFP)
The first batch of the 2025 intending pilgrims for this year’s hajj exercise from the FCT, who arrived in Madina on Saturday, have visited the famous and historical religious sites within the vicinity of the city.
The historical religious sites visited, according to Ahmad Saleh, the
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Chief Information Officer of the FCT Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, include the famous mount Uhud and its environs in the outskirts of the city, where the Prophet Muhammad (Peace be Upon Him) fought the famous battle of Uhud against unbelievers from Mecca in the second year after Hijra.
Other sites visited included the famous Qubah Masjid (Mosque) in Qubah, a strategic area, also in the outskirts of the city and finally, the Baqiycemetery (the city’s old burial ground), where hundreds of the Prophet’s companions, family members and other followers who died in the city, were buried. The famous cemetery has been in use for over 1440 years now.