Saudi Arabia | Royal approval for washing the Kaaba is issued on Thursday

On behalf of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud - may God protect him - Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, advisor to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, Governor of the Holy Makkah Region, is honored tomorrow, to wash the Holy Kaaba.

Al-Faisal will be honored to wash the holy Kaaba from the inside with Zamzam water mixed with rose water, by massaging the wall of the holy Kaaba from the inside by cutting the cloth moistened with this mixture, which was prepared early on by the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque, as the ceremony for washing the Kaaba will take place this year amid precautionary measures. She stressed, in order to prevent the spread of the new Corona virus.

The General President for the Affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet's Mosque, Sheikh Dr. Abdul-Rahman bin Abdulaziz Al-Sudais, stressed the importance of the occasion for washing the honorable Kaaba, and it is one of the manifestations of the great care that the wise leadership - may God support - gives to the Holy Kaaba and the Two Holy Mosques.

He explained that the occasion of washing the Holy Kaaba combined two things, namely: the Prophet’s Sunnah, in which the biography of the Chosen One - may God bless him and grant him peace - indicated the celebration and care of the Holy Kaaba, as a reverence and respect for its sanctity, status and sanctity, and it is the biography of the Rightly Guided Caliphs - may God be pleased with them - and the imams, caliphs and rulers through History.

He commended the wise leadership - may God protect it - of the utmost care for the Two Holy Mosques and their intentions since the era of the founder, King Abdulaziz bin Abdulrahman Al Saud - may God have mercy on him - up to the prosperous era of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and his trustworthy Crown Prince - may God preserve them -.

Sheikh Al-Sudais indicated that this year's honorable Kaaba washing ceremony will be subject to intense precautionary measures. Given what the Kingdom and the whole world is facing from the spread of the Coronavirus pandemic, stressing that the presidency is providing maximum efforts and energies in accordance with the highest precautionary standards and preventive measures ordered by the government of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques - may God support him -.