المملكة: International Day of Persons with Disabilities… Services that facilitate worship for people with special needs in the Two Holy Mosques
On 5/27/1439 AH, Cabinet Resolution No. (266) was issued establishing the Authority for the Care of Persons with Disabilities, as an official umbrella umbrella for everything concerned with persons with disabilities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The organization specified the authority’s tasks and powers.
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz, issued Royal Decree No. M27, dated 2/11/1445 AH, approving the system for the rights of persons with disabilities.
On the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we monitor in the following lines the services that the Kingdom provides to them in the Two Holy Mosques
People with disabilities in the Grand Mosque
The General Authority for the Affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque paid its attention and care to the people .The authority was keen to facilitate the movement of vehicles through ramps, by installing information signs and special paths equipped with clear instructions and signs that facilitate the movement process, and it placed guidance paths and posters explaining the places where services are provided for people with disabilities and the elderly, and provided free manual and electric carts to serve them.
The reciprocating golf carts provided by the General Authority for the Care of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque as part of its initiative "Warmth" One of the forms of attention and care for people with disabilities and the elderly, as the visitor can benefit from it by transporting him from the squares surrounding the Grand Mosque to the places designated for them
The General Presidency for the affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque also allocated (25) lanes in the Mataf courtyard, and (4) paths for the elderly and people with disabilities, through its plan to manage crowds, organize access to the Mataf courtyard, Masa’a, and prayer rooms, and implement preventive and precautionary measures at home. The ancient.
The General Authority for the Care of the Affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque also provided support services for people with disabilities in various parts of the Grand Mosque through chapels prepared for them and equipped with supporting tools and means. Prayers were allocated inside the Grand Mosque and located near the doors to facilitate their access. Cleaning and sterilization of the chapels is done periodically before and after each prayer. The chapels are also provided with Zamzam water as drinks. Especially
The person with disabilities can go to any of the three chapels for men located in the King Fahd Expansion – may God have mercy on him – the first floor opposite Gate (91), the first floor opposite the Shubaika Bridge, Gate (68), and the ground floor, Gate (68) next to the Shubaika Stairs. Also, female visitors are allocated (3) chapels located in the King Fahd Expansion – may God have mercy on him – Gate (88) on the ground floor and Gate (65) on the first floor. "Shabika"And King Fahd’s expansion of Musalla (15) overlooking the Mataf courtyard.
The prayer rooms have supportive means for people with disabilities, such as tayammum tools, the Qur’an equipped with a reading pen for the elderly, and the Qur’an in the language (Braille) and a number of valuable books, and a cane designated for the blind, in addition to the presence of a number of qualified sign language interpreters and interpreters to translate sermons, lessons held, and dhikr circles.
Services for people with disabilities, the Prophet’s Mosque
Prayers for people with disabilities in the Prophet’s Mosque
The General Administration for Services for Persons with Disabilities in the Agency for Care of the Affairs of the Prophet’s Mosque seeks to provide exceptional and comprehensive services for persons with disabilities, which reflects the Kingdom’s keenness to serve this group and meet their needs in the Prophet’s Mosque.The following are the most prominent efforts and initiatives undertaken by the administration:
Equipped chapels: Number of chapels: 10 chapels were prepared, distributed throughout the mosque.
3 Chapels in the Northern Expansion
3 Chapels in the Western Expansion.
3 Chapels in the Eastern Expansion.
A special room for the deaf and mute
A room has been allocated on the western roof of the mosque with a capacity of 100 people, where they can perform prayers and understand the Friday sermon via sign language.
