Bahrain today celebrates the first day of Eid Al Adha.
His Majesty King Hamad yesterday received a cable of congratulations from His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, on the occasion.
They exchanged greetings and wished continued prosperity and blessings for Bahrain and its people, and for the Arab and Islamic nations.
The kingdom’s leadership also exchanged greetings with leaders of the GCC, Arab, Islamic and friendly countries.
Phone calls were held between His Majesty and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, King Abdullah of Jordan, Sultan Ibrahim ibni Almarhum Sultan Iskandar of Malaysia and King Mohammed V of Morocco.
The King exchanged congratulations and good wishes on Eid Al Adha with them.
His Majesty and HRH the Crown Prince and Prime Minister received cables of congratulations from senior members of the Royal Family, Parliament Speaker, Shura Council Chairman, ministers, senior officials, dignitaries, MPs, Shura Council members, municipal council members, governors, diplomats, Bahrain’s ambassadors abroad, heads of diplomatic missions, heads of sport associations and clubs and citizens.
They wished further progress and prosperity to Bahrain as well as Arab and Islamic nations.
Bahraini pilgrims have been transferred safely to Arafat by the Bahrain Haj Mission, as part of a comprehensive field plan prepared in co-ordination with Bahraini Haj tour operators and authorities in Saudi Arabia, to ensure that they can perform their rituals with ease.
Pilgrims began heading to Muzdalifah at sunset, the ninth day of Dhu Al Hijjah, to spend the night there after standing on the plain of Arafat and completing the greatest pillar of the Haj.
The move came after pilgrims spent the Day of Tarwiyah in Mina, following the Sunnah of the Prophet Mohammed.
Saudi security and service teams were deployed across the holy sites to manage the movement from Arafat to Muzdalifah, where pilgrims will remain until dawn today, the first day of Eid Al Adha.
In a solemn scene, about 1.7 million pilgrims, according to the Saudi General Authority for Statistics, poured into Arafat from the early morning hours yesterday to perform the Haj’s central rite.
Dressed in white, they prayed for forgiveness and mercy on one of the most solemn days of the pilgrimage.
Mecca Deputy Governor and Saudi Arabia’s Permanent Committee for Haj and Umrah deputy chairman Prince Saud bin Mishal bin Abdulaziz said at Arafat that the kingdom’s leadership gives great attention to serving pilgrims and harnessing all technical and human resources.
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