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The archetypal batch of Lagos State pilgrims participating successful the 2026 Hajj pilgrimage has departed Madinah for the beatified metropolis of Makkah to proceed the spiritual exercise.
The pilgrims reportedly near Madinah successful precocious spirits aft spending 4 days engaged successful prayers and different spiritual activities astatine the Prophet’s Mosque.
Meanwhile, the 2nd and 3rd batches of Lagos pilgrims who arrived successful Madinah on Sunday have commenced Ziyyarah, visits to notable Islamic humanities sites wrong the city.
The visits offered the pilgrims an accidental to bespeak connected Islamic history, the sacrifices of aboriginal Muslims and deepen their spiritual preparations up of the large Hajj rites successful Makkah.
Among the sites visited were Masjid Quba, regarded arsenic the archetypal mosque built successful Madinah; Mount Uhud, the determination of the historical Battle of Uhud; Masjid Qiblatain, wherever Prophet Muhammad was instructed to alteration the absorption of supplication from Jerusalem to Makkah; Jannatul Baqi, the burial crushed of galore companions of the Prophet; and Sab’ah Masajid, besides known arsenic the Seven Mosques, linked to the Battle of the Trench.
In a related development, nary less than 343 Lagos State intending pilgrims, comprising 169 males and 174 females, person safely arrived astatine King Abdulaziz International Airport for the 2026 Hajj exercise.
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