Taraweeh, Eid prayers to be performed at home if…

By Eudore R. Chand

 If coronavirus pandemic continues: Saudi Arabia Grand Mufti

RIYADH 18 April 2020: If it is impossible to perform Taraweeh and Eid prayers in the mosques because of the precautionary measures taken by Saudi authorities to combat the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, then people should pray at their homes, according to a top Islamic scholar and authority.

The Grand Mufti of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and President of Council of Senior Scholars and General Presidency of Scholarly Research and Ifta, Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Al-Sheikh, said in his reply to a number of inquiries raised by the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Call and Guidance on the holy month of Ramadan in light of the continuing pandemic, according to the Saudi Press Agency and Wam.

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