The Jordanian endowment is preparing to receive the month of Ramadan and determines the number of rak’ahs for Tarawih prayers in all mosques of the Kingdom

Arab Weather - The Ministry of Awqaf, Islamic Affairs and Holy Places has completed the necessary preparations to receive the holy month of Ramadan.

Muhammad Al-Khalayleh, Minister of Endowments, Islamic Affairs and Holy Places, said during his meeting with the directors of endowments via video communication technology to determine the readiness of mosques to receive the holy month of Ramadan, that the ministry has prepared an integrated plan that suits the spirituality of the holy month.

The Ministry's preparations included holding Hashemite scientific councils under the royal patronage, in the Great Conference Hall of the Islamic Cultural Center in the Mosque of the Founding Martyr King / Abdali.

The councils will address the hadith of our master Jibril, peace be upon him, which included a definition of the pillars of religion (Islam, faith, charity, and signs of the Hour), in addition to holding similar councils in all governorates and districts of the kingdom.

Al-Khalayleh added that there will be a live broadcast of the program of the sunset period, the lessons of noon and afternoon, the jurisprudence lesson and the Suhoor period, in addition to broadcasting recitations of the Holy Qur’an and Islamic muwashshahs from the King Hussein bin Talal Mosque and the Mosque of the Martyr of the Founding King / Abdali and the Great Husseini Mosque for the Suhoor period on television and on the Quran radio Karim and the Jordanian radio and the general program.

With regard to the ministry’s arrangements for mosques, Al-Khalayleh stated that Tarawih prayers will be (20) units of prayer in all mosques of the Kingdom , and intensive preaching and guidance lessons will be held in various mosques according to the approved program, in addition to holding a fatwa council in each endowment directorate, with two councils per week.

He pointed out that jurisprudence lessons will continue to be held after the afternoon prayer on Tuesday of every week during the holy month.

Al-Khalayleh stated that the final qualifiers for the local Hashemite competition for memorizing, reciting and reciting the Holy Qur’an, which included five branches, will be broadcast with special coverage daily on Jordanian TV and the Holy Qur’an Radio, and the final results and names of the winners will be announced on the twenty-seventh night of the blessed month of Ramadan for this year from Al-Hussein Bin Talal Mosque. Good God rest him.

During his speech, Al-Khalayleh stressed the need to adhere to wearing the muzzle in mosques after the issuance of Defense Order No. (36) of 2022, which came to ease the restrictions imposed as a result of the Corona virus pandemic, and ensure the establishment of prayer in mosques according to their absorptive capacity; Without limiting the spacing.

On the other hand, Al-Khalayleh mentioned that the Zakat Fund, as part of its preparations for the holy month, is working to repay the financial receivables for a large batch of fines and to stop the demand for them within the foundations and conditions in cooperation with the concerned partners.

The activities of the Zakat Fund for the month of Ramadan also included a campaign to distribute (6000) shopping vouchers worth (30) dinars for each voucher and a total amount of (180) thousand dinars to be distributed to poor families from the Military Consumer Corporation. In addition to distributing (40,000) food parcels by the Zakat committees in the Kingdom to poor families, and providing a cash gift of (30) dinars for each poor family and families of orphans who receive monthly assistance from the fund.

Al-Khalayleh added that a number of houses that have been maintained and built, and productive rehabilitation projects will be delivered at a total cost of (100) thousand dinars. This is in all governorates of the Kingdom.

Al-Khalayleh concluded his speech by praying to God Almighty to inform us of the month of Ramadan and to bless us with security, safety and stability in the shadow of His Majesty King Abdullah II Ibn Al-Hussein and his trusted Crown Prince, His Highness Prince Al-Hussein bin Abdullah.