Emirates | Important updates on the protocol for organizing prayer in mosques during the holy month of Ramadan

Weather of Arabia - The UAE government announced several updates on the conditions for organizing prayer in mosques and chapels, for the blessed month of Ramadan, as it expanded the reception of worshipers, and many procedures that were suspended, due to the pandemic conditions, have resumed.

The new update stipulated allowing Tarawih prayers to be held throughout the holy month, and Tahajjud prayers in the last ten nights, according to certain controls, the return of women’s prayer halls to normal, the resumption of daily mosque lessons, after the afternoon or evening prayers, and the lectures of the guests of His Highness the President of the State, in mosques. .

Dr. Taher Al Ameri, the official spokesperson for the National Emergency Crisis and Disaster Management Authority, confirmed that the UAE, over the past 3 years, has harnessed all its capabilities and efforts in all sectors responsible for the pandemic, and has strengthened its responsibility towards the health of everyone who lives on its land, which is a priority of the rational leadership. By securing and providing an integrated proactive system that works around the clock to deal with the pandemic and face its challenges with high flexibility.

During the periodic media briefing in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday evening, he said that recently in the country there has been a noticeable decrease in injuries, as a result of societal commitment and the high rate of vaccinations, and the relevant sectors have worked, based on the data, to update the restrictions on the absorptive capacity of activities and events in the country, in a tight and deliberate gradual. He stressed the importance of continuing the tight and deliberate gradual pace of lifting restrictions, with societal concern to ensure the continuity of the return to a new normal life.

He added that the state is constantly monitoring and evaluating the indicators of the epidemiological situation, to develop the necessary plans and measures, and the procedures change according to the data of the epidemiological situation.

The new update stipulates maintaining a distance of one meter between worshipers, while allowing Tarawih prayers to be held throughout the holy month, and Tahajjud prayers in the last ten nights, according to certain regulations, including that the time between the evening call to prayer and the start of prayer be 20 minutes. 45 minutes are devoted to the evening prayers, and the Tarawih prayers are 8 rak'ahs for pre- and witr prayers. Tarawih is held immediately after the year of dinner. A time of no more than 45 minutes is allocated for the Tahajjud prayer in the last ten nights.

He said that the update also provides for amending the alignment of worshipers, to be in a straight (vertical) shape instead of a zigzag shape, to facilitate entry and exit and organization, and to re-provide the Qur’an in mosques and chapels, provided they are sterilized after use. It was also decided to return the residency timings for the five daily prayers to their previous era before the pandemic.