Ministry of Islamic Affairs of Saudi Arabia has Cuts Short Friday Prayer by 15 minutes in all Mosques in Saudi Arabia due to Coronavirus.

Dr. Abdullatif Al-Sheikh, Ministry of Islamic Affairs has ordered a few temporary measures related to Salah as a part of protecting the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from the Coronavirus outbreak.

These orders also include the fixing of the duration time between the first adhan (call for prayer) and the Iqamah (second call for prayer) to 10 minutes in all mosques all over Saudi Arabia, Including Masjid al Haram and Masjid an Nabawi.

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The Minister of Islamic Affairs Dr.Abdullatif Al-sheikh has directed that Quran and Dawah lessons in every mosque in #Saudi_Arabia is suspended until further notice, for the safety of Muslims and for the prevention of #Coronavirus.
— Ministry of Islamic Affairs 🇸🇦 (@Saudi_MoiaEN) March 9, 2020

On twitter, the Ministry of Islamic Affairs published a statement on Monday, that the Minister of Islamic Affairs has ordered to conduct the Friday sermon and prayer within 15 minutes, and the imams should not exceed this time.

His Excellency Minister Dr. #AbdulLatif_Al_Alsheikh announced the prevention measurement that are to betaken in #Saudi, temporarily:
1 / Reducing the period between the call to prayer&prayer to 10 minutes.
2 / Friday sermon with prayer shouldn’t exceed 15 minutes.
Continues.. pic.twitter.com/1UxvQslgyL
— Dr Areej Hussain (@asfoor_jenan) March 9, 2020

Among the direct orders from the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, it was also mentioned to put stop to the iftar meal preparation and stopping worshipers to do Itikaf and removing dates and food as well as cups used for water drinking from places where people gather for Salah.

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