Six days need not be consecutive and can be spread out over the month of Shawwal While fasting during Ramadan is obligatory for all eligible Muslims, the six days of Shawwal are voluntary.

Muslims follow the Hijri calendar, a lunar calendar, to determine auspicious dates for religious events, Hajj, and other ...

King Abdulaziz International Airport recorded a significant surge in operational activity during the peak Umrah season, ...

IN the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.Almighty Allah declares in the Holy Qur’an, Baqarah, 2:208-209 thus, “O ye who believe! enter into Islam whole-heartedly; and follow not the ...

The Islamic holiday Eid al-Fitr has been celebrated at a care home near Oxford. Oxford Beaumont Care Community in Boars Hill ...

Located north of Kabul, Bagram Airbase was once the core of U.S. and NATO operations in Afghanistan. With its vast ...

King Abdulaziz Airport witnessed receiving and seeing off record numbers of passengers who traveled on board 31,500 flights ...

Saudi Arabia has announced a temporary halt on issuing new short-term visas to citizens of 14 countries -- including India, ...

All Umrah pilgrims must leave the country by April 29, marking the end of the Umrah pilgrimage season, said the ministry.

The ministry issued a warning, stating that any delays beyond the specified date will be considered a violation ...

Saudi Arabia’s authorities announced that this year's five-week peak Umrah season, which ran from March 1 to April 5 (Ramadan 1 to Shawwal 7), saw a ...